NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 178, 23 April 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(BY TELEGRAPH —PRKG3 ASSOCIATION.) 0- — . ARTESIAN WELL. Napier, April 22. A now ariesian well sank by the Borough Council to augment the water supply gives ■ a flow of 7500 gallons an hour. OTIRA TUNNEL CELEBRATIONS. Hokitilia, April 22. The Premier has fixed Tuesday, May 5, as the date for the : Otira tunnel contract colebrations. Subsequently Sir' Joseph Ward travels through the Coast districts. . THE DIXON CASE. Auckland, April 22. At a meeting of tho Executive Committee of , the Auckland Employers' Association the matter of Mr. Dixon's imprisonment at ;the instigation of one of his employees for having refused to obey the order of the Magistrate, and pay an amount fixed as bock wages. alleged to bo duo to plaintiff "undef tho Carpenters' Award, came up for consideration. After full discussion the conelusion arrived at was that the only remedy at this stage would be for Mr.: Dixon and his friends to pay tlAj amount ordered. Th\ members of the Employers' Association expressed their willingness to assist ■in this direction. NEWS IN BRIEF. •' _ - • 'Napier, April 22. At the! Magistrate's Court to-day, Alfred William Lester, an employee of tho Harbour Board, wag fined £10, or threo months' im« prisonmont, . for stealing three bottles o{ schnapps from tho cargo shed. "John Owen Crowthcr was similarly charged and fined £5, or one month's imprisonment. R. D. Pirio, a prohibited person, was fined £10 for a breach of tho order. ■ Christchurch, April 22. The South Canterbury Dairy Company pnx poses to closo the factory and ccase opera' tions altogether.