NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 81, 30 December 1907, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) .. ; ' WEST COAST GOAL TROUBLE. . STATEMENT I)Y THE COMPANY. Wostport, December 28. The management, of , the Westport . Coal Company mention that it does not seem to bo generally understood that the Company had offered the .3)onniston miners, licforo the caso came to Court, to give tho bank-to-bank clauso subject only to ail .arrangemont of travelling timo to and from. the respective working places, which was absolutely necessary to ensure tho regular working'of th'o machinery. • This offer tho men refused, anil the case went before the' Court, and judg'ment was given , in favour of .thb ; Company! Notwithstanding this, however, the Company repeatedly offered to .forego Clause 16 of tho award, to givo the bank-to-bank clause' on.similar terms' to tliosc'agreed'on,by t)ie Granity minors, but the. offer was again refused by; tho 1 men. ' ■ i■■... THE AMOKURA'S CRUISE, , . oamaru, December 28.: The training ship Am.ofaira arrived this' morning. She will probably remain till Monday. . EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE. Auckland, Dccomber 28. The annual Conference of tho Now' Zealand Educational Instituto, commencing in Auckland on-Thursday, will life an . important one. Thero aro nineteen remits from various coritro3 dealing with promotion apd paymoht of salaries on 'some other basis tlia'n average attendance. ■ ELTHAM AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL. 1 Eltliam, December 28. A measurement shows that Hartneti's record of lmin. 18sec. in • tlie single-handed sawing at tho Axemen's Carnival yesterday was mado on a block 1} inches under the' correct si:jo. The timo, therefore, will not be recognised.