NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 55, 28 November 1907, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

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EMPLOYEES' GRIEVANCES. '; .• _ i . Auckland, November 27. •"•'•'At. an interview between l , a' deputation from tho .Electric Tramway? 'Employees' Union; and tlie General Manager of the ; Company, this afternoon, a number- of griev.- ' iinces were discussed. .Among pie matters : 'referred'to was the recent dismissal of conductor Holdon shortly lifter he had given •evidence at ,an inquest regarding the system ' of brakes. It .was pointed out that Holdon, ■who had'been four years in the Company's "employ, had' been discharged - without any reason being >• given, : notwithstanding the '"promise made by tho Company's Manager 1 on the occasion of last year's strike-that no ■man should bo dismissed without a fair hearing or a reason bcing'given. In rogafd ' to this Mr. Walldate said that,, as tho Unibn .'■had'referred tho'matter to tho L'abour Department'for investigation, he would'prefer - not to say anything at present.' He would '•defer his reply until the matter had been by tho Department. : ;

THE HOLIDAY QUESTION.

Chrlstchurch, November 27. J- " The following notice of motion was given by Mr. J.. A. Frostick at the Chamber of ,$f Commerce meeting to-day"That in the ;opimori of this Chamber it is neither necesi sary nor desirablo ttat Dominion Day should bo observed as a public holiday, but it su|- ; < "gests/that it would. be- desirable to con'stii;-.; tute ; _ tne. anniversary days-, in- the different Eroyihees as public holidays in place, of. the aboiir,,Day holiday at at present fixed, tho :-,.,fthniyersary. day holidays- to 'be : known- as • to6burVd.ays." -v-.----. • -A CALL. " "- ; / , : y'' ■ ; ' Auckland,' Novembor 27. At'a meeting of the congregation' of Knox .../.Church', ParrieTl, last ovemng, it was unani.../.inously .agreed to:present a call tortho Rev; J./M-Simpson, of AVinton (Southland). • _.r , 'FIRE AT A GASWORKS. .. , ... 1 Ashbiirton,'. November ''27. :; firooccurred at tho gasworks early this "j morning, and resulted in the destruction of *"'»■ storeroom and workshop, and a number of //. old meters; The gas supply was not affected, ''Sand it is understood'tnat tho damage does vriot exceed £100. .The insurances are not ' .available. /. • ' A PLUCKY ARREST. - //jyi" -Lyttelton, November 27. y-j -'This- morning at tho Lyttelton' Magistrate's "• Courtj 'James Wilson, alias Charles Edward 'Campbell, alias Charles Duncan, admitted -having and,'entered a'shop here on ; jthe" - morning of November 25, and -having y stolen ill' lis.'. 7d. worth of. watches. : The "'"/ details given showed that Constable. Wilson, ; who'* made - the arrest, j had behaved • -;ver.v ,/: pluckily.'/ The burglar,-, When discovered, .rushed from tho-darkness of the shop with : ' u % marlin-spike .in his hand, and attacked the ■;, .Representative /of t|ie law,who," however, ; Tivas able, after a' sh'ort struggle/' to over- ' .' come him, and with the aid of a civilian to. /.flateiv handcuff him;- Wilson 'was' also sentence®. to one. month's imprisonment , for /having damaged the. constable's overcoat. !":/, " DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM. ' ,».,-./ Masterton, NovemW 27.'. • Peter Jackson, .while chloroform, was- being adnpnisteredatMastorton Hospital, this', .'forenoon, pnor to' an operation, becamo .violent-aftor. the-anaesthetic began to . take i'i-effect, and death, taking : place immediately. Two • doctors were; pre-, sent. ~ ~ _ ■ ' \ A NEW DEPARTURE. i .V . Dunsdin, November-27.' / ■' The -Aparima, now at, Vancouver, will load >.*Vfnll cargo of wheat at Puget Sound for the •> United Kingdom. This'is the first occasion . "o&'which'a Union Company's boat enters the trade in- Northern 1 seas.' ;i. .. ' HRE AT STANLEY BROOK!, ' ''I Nelson, Novombor. 27. | ■V On Saturday morning:"Mr. . J;. -Tlioms's dwelling,'at Stanley Brook, was burnt down. 'iThe fire started in an outbuilding and Spread to'the house. It was.impossible.to save tho r '''-place'owing : to'the absence of water,'but. •° Some ■ furniture and a-piano were - rescued; ; fj ■-Ihe houso was.almost • new,-.and;two-storied. DUNEDIN, SUPREME COURT.' . Dunedin, November 27; Edward■; Ernest Maxey has been found "/ guilty 6f ; arson at • Kaikorai in September Sentence'.was deferred. James Nic-' fholson.y found guilty of stoiie-thTowin'g and at-Evan's Flat; was- admitted' to probation for twelvo months and, ordered to pay £15 costs. At the Supreme Court .this afternoon j i.William Patrick Harrington, at oiie timo em'■'"ployed in . the Mutual Stores, was-charged. . with having stolen drapery and glassware to the vahie : of. £115 from his employers.'.,; The case for the prosecution lasted up to the time ''of the adjournment. METHODIST SYNODS; - . / ; . Auckland, November 27. ,: ;. / . The Rev. G. Bond, in his presidential ad-; ./..dress at-the opening of the Methodist' Synod to-day, expressed satisfaction at; tb!p'..passing ,v<qf 'the Gaming Act.. The .measure, did not meet all, their desires, but • it' was half the "' .proverbial, loaf.' ' Ho was;,glad.'tojannounce, , ,;|bat the' much-desircdlegislation with, rq-i ." spect - ; to dircct representation in local " church'maiiagemeiit had been passed atTlip : '-general 'conference.'' • ■ ; ' Napier, November 27;" " ' -'The Synod recommended the Conference . to - contribute £50 to the Wellington Suburban. Circuit from the Home Mission Fund, ' as. a--special • supplementary ."grain't' for th'o. "'vear 1903. It was dccided to hold the next' /''Synod.at.Wellington. . - :• DRAINAGE work at, timaru. , " ;Ti.maru,.,November 26..'. - '■ 'Tho Borough -Council... has acpopted tlie, ..tender of Fibbes and Clymont, of'Dunedinj ... ..for the'first scction of reticulation of under- , ground drainage—one-fPurth of the whole— ' at'£s2s2. Two Timaru tenders wore -£5993 and £6133, and two other Dunedin tondors .-- £11,941' and £13,492. The tender is for i" labour only. ' ; THE UP-KEEP OF A LIBRARY. . ; Christchiirch,' November 26. ' The; Canterbury College '.Board' 1 -, of '; Governors has resolved to increase tho public library , subscriptions with the' object of re- .. anniial deficit which now takes' filace."; The Board also'resolved to procure egal as to whether it is solely, rcsponsible fof. the' up-keep and' maintenance of the library.. : ■ BREAKING,,AND ENTERING., ■ AuoUland, November 26.- ; At-the Supreme Court this afternoon David Green and William AlHeft Simmonds were each sentenced to threo years' imprisonment . on a charge of breaking and entering the — premises of Quong Lee "at EpstJm, and stealing the .sum of £20. 1 '