NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(BY TELEGRAPH —STRESS ASSOCIATION. J —T-* —— ; OREPUKI-WAIAU RAILWAY. A COMPLAINT. ' • •■, . ~ Invcroarsill, March 6.. . A very influential and representative meet* lug, attended by Messrs. Thomson and Hanan, M.P's., held, to-day, carried a resolution complaining of tho methods of . the Public 'Works Department in completing tho. Orepuki-Waiau railway. > The position'is that' four miles havo been laid beyond Waihoaka at a'oost of £28,000, but. the Public Works Department, instead of ballasting this ,four miles so that the'lino can bo used for traffic, 1 • and return profit on- tho money, expended, ' aro waiting to do ballasting which wjll bo brought from a point at the end'of tho final section now being constructed. Not only has the- unballasted section' been lying idle for -twelve months, - but -six sawmills have to cart timber on a road parallel-to the railway irnU that could bo made, ready-for use in a few weeks. - -•-..'- TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL. ARBITRATION ACT DISCUSSED. Recfton, March B.' • At the Tradcs'%tid Labour Council' this ; afternoon a koen discussion :took place rela- ; tive to a motion condemning the Arbitration i Court. The motion was lost by II to 10. • The Council's work is proceeding very slowly. 1 . _____ ; KILLED BY A TRAM-CAR. \ - ■ Auckland, March 8. ( An elderly man, whose name,is supposed ) to be Cooke, was to-night knocked dovyn and r killed.by a tram-car in Symonds'Streets •, ■ , '• , ' MASTER AND SERVANT. ; . i T ~ ; Auckland, March 8.• in adjudicating on a dispute between mas* > ter and servant in the Magistrate's Court 1 this,morning, Mr.-Kettle, S.M., said that. •: 1 disputes between master and servant, which 1 were too numerous, would be rare, and much ' ', of the time of the Court Baved if employers, I' when engaging sbrvants, entered in-a -'fiook, - : 1 to be kept for the purpose, and-signed',by 1 both parties, the name of the; servant, date ; bf. employment,-rate•:of- wages,-'-how .and when payablo/liow service'to De determined; 1 and.the.nature of the. services to.be rendered • by. the servant. ' A copy of tho ' bo handed to the servant;.: • ■ , ; BREACHES OF THE BANKRUPTCY; 'ACT. i r : '. Auckland, March 6. [ At the P6licß,Cburt to-day Walter-Cowan, builder and . contractor, was charged v with : several breaches of the Bankruptcy, Act, in- 1 j cludjng six 1 charges of - incurring various ,liaj bilities without reasonable hope! of "being able " ■ ! to pay-tHerii, and one of "failing to. deliver t books, into the custody, of, the : Official As- , j signeo when requested : to/do so. .:, Accused, ./',■■. who .elected to/be dealt : with'/ summarily,. ' pleaded guilty! to all the charges', and was j sentenced',, to six months' imprisonment on ' oacli charge, the sentences to run concurrently. • , / 1 NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS' ASSOCIA- ; ~~' /' TION. ' " , , Naplor, March 6. ' At : the 'annual meeting of the . Newspaper e Proprietors' -Association', -'Mr.-l/f-P.-. Selig - , (Christch'urch * "Press") i was elected presi- | dont, and /Mr. F. r E.. Hyman ("Lyttelton " Times") vice-president. A motion condolence was passed to. tho widow andfamilj lof the late Mr., J. C. Wilkin. / , • •