NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (BY TELEGRAPH-PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 109, 31 January 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (BY TELEGRAPH-PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

1 < connection wira: "Vancouver SERVICE" A TENDER'FOR SIJVA,. m< * Dunedln, January'3o io uierease,,facilities for ,the' transtunme'nfc ! of New Zealand passengers, by tCTmon Obmpanj s steamers to thb Canadian and ' Austialnn rqtil mail liners at Suva,' the { cbmpanj, is providing a powerful stean? ) launch to ho dispatclicd at an early date • FIRE AT PAEIATUA. - a„' .1 .', , Pahlatua, January 30. ] - tf a -V" ft?-occurred-;m• a\rcKim-.a\ - s ; tho back of Airs Milne's Central J3ook Ar'l" 3 mwaing Iho lire brigade got to f prMyrt'te "'id, with a splenaid' ptessure ot yiator/ioon o\tmguished the flames lho of stalloner y other jjerTk LP ~! las P ra otically destroyed. Pm, ff °( w ere insured in the bl r> lljc building, ownod ' - e "' r ° S '' Dlmodm i- w aa-also <n- - DUXEDIN HARBOUR BOARD l „ 4 Du| icclln, January 30 Jnc, Harbour__;Board's,trovonuo - for--' 1907 amounted to £93,991, inclusive of a ternporary transference of £4261, showinf an lncrc ? io , of £3265 . notwithstanding a mm 101 ! of J ! »ppmg duos amounting to id 1, ! C ° iho , b , e Sinning of 1904 the dues me been lowered b 3 £12,500 Pilotage has inp.eased £3366, dues on goods £2903; •' and'- - towage ~263, while . port charges liavo di* - T ' lo ex P cr, dituro totalled £",301, nn increase of £1158 during the year.. WAGES OF CARTERS T » Auckland, JanuarviSO ' a 11 ®portfurnishedU) 1 the City Council to-mjht, tho Works Comiii'tteo stated .that.- the-Council was paying its carters wages in excels of those laid down by the award of the Arbitration Court, and recommended" that, so, long'aa j ■ .thp., City.- Lngineer., ,vras :.satisfied ; ' that the *■ dnver nere doing good work 110 alteration should bo made 111 tho rate paid The roscommendation, sorno<■:discussionwaa l ' adopted .THE STATE- AND'THE WINE: INDUSTRY, • .; THEj TRADE ' ; OPENS ITS ARMS: :: < _ , Auckland, January 30 _.Referring, to ..the..statement made by tb», ; "on.'.ll..,M)Nab as.to.!' the objecting • to Government,gbing into the wino ludustry. n loading member.of V the '.trAdc'* says-thero ivno-justiricatiou fcr Mr. M'Nab s assortion. The Trade,". lie savs,: would be onlv-. toa glad, either to see wine manufactured' by.'theGovernment,, or private, enterprise encour-, - aged to embark in- this: industry,, thoroughly believing tlyit.. the- popularising .of drinking light - pure,:'wine '..would, •bevin .the best: in- 1 -terests: ot temperanea.'- ■: -■