PRICE OF BREAD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 8

PRICE OF BREAD.

• ,Chrlstohurchj-May'lS. 1 "^ vJYom\ to-day,- tho--.price of . bread-"in the city will bo raised./ Tho master bakers hold - :a meeting,-.,at. which l ,the matter- was' thoroughly \diKU&'ed; 'on-Saturdiy.'evoning. Y It wis .unanimously resolved that;-sowing>.tp' '' ;an?advance in the -price -of--flour,' the price ' ' : should'be advanced • t6-j7d/xash,- 7fd;'"booked, per. 41b:' loaf.'• .' ' . "";; -. - -, . COAL.p'UTPUT' / •« a 5...-. ■ ■ w ' -W.estpor.ti 'May' 18. • \The;;Westport-Coal. Company's': output 'last" -.Week,-.was:- tons'' 14cwt.,•'' Work 'is" pit)- ,v ccedrng rapidly in . the r'WestporfcStocktoii , mine, pointing to: coal being m ; the markofc by July. / . ARBITRATION: 'COURT-V. - ' • L__,i•• •• .■ • ' Auckland, May. 18.'* Aucklandsittings-:-b'f;;the AArtiiti'ation " Court,' so;, far : asVthe talring.-of evidence is -' corice'riicd)wire ;to : day.' A' short '• ~n■sitting will :be 'beld to-morrow/for 'the pur- ■ pose. of .deliyeririg/a judgment';/arid -the /-. bars of. the A Co'urt-will -leavo later-;in 'tho day. . : for ■Thiß/'C9urt"..was : 'occiipieid , .to-',... ■ day 'with the hearing ,of. the typographical dispute. The .JJnion stated that it- was pre--parod'-to accept , the. Canterbury^award with • the; exception of' the minimum output,. whirlj l ltvdesired - should remain at. 7000 ens; 'in- ■ stoad- of being, raised -to 7500." The'award will-be filed in due course. ' ■ ' SUDDEN DE^TH , • Auckland,V May: 18 ■ ; . >WhiJo .waiting- for :a' theatre • porformanoo .t-o .cpmmcnpo this evening, :Miss Minnie Hart, daughter of-^lr. r WoolfvHart,'-of'"Ponsonby, was taken [with a sudden hoai-t seizure, and x sfeb-jras removed to a,chemist's"shop; .'where she died in.ten minutes. Dtceasxxl had been / heart disease : for sbmb'time:.-./ /- [' •FARMERS' UNION.. ' 'v''.-Auckland, May 18.''? ■: Delegated from, the various .branches of: the : Farmers' ■-Union inVthe '.Auckland'!' Province wil I■' mcctv in■ conferenfco ?on -. Thursday.. ; * Tho / 'remits,foif discussion include'such; Subjects-as tho'irpa'ding' of baiclv cbuiitiy', ;amendmerit !of thoUfbitrati&nAot,: 'holders of land paid loading for; road works- , .where/no road -"flrdrk .-has' beferi shortage' of.trucks, making Native land: liable - for • rates', -, 'protection' ..of - lanli ; from ■ damage * ■**; througlr deposit -grinning •'de^'. , iti---riviere;-' •' tho land question, and ,whfether .or not-the-Farmers'), (Jnion should bccome •a • political party. .. - " ■ , -

.V \^lON,-STEAM: SHIP. CbMPANY.; " • ; ; .- • .The Union, Company! has..declared 'an into:' rim. dividend! of S)J per cent.- for ' tHo half-" ;yqar,.ended'*'Marcli';3lV'i-... V- '■ LAWN TENNIS.* ; \ r ' I v ' - ~ \ : : ; Dunadin, ; ;May-18.' '' ' '.>The - Ofago- Lawn Tennis -'Association has i unanimously ■ declared '. favour;' of •/' the Siazenger; ball!: :A . strong protest-"was- en- - ' . tordd'-' againfet;- tho' New' Zealand-. Association"'. soVhaStily' v deciding -to adopt- Syies'-' baU,' 'without Jfirst "obtaiuing 'decisions', : .'i ! ri)m' tie •' vari6us 1 provincial associations.. A .VALUABLE FREIGHT; ■ i - V -- Auckland, May : . The stearaor ' Wimmeraj which .sailed for Sydney, -.-to-night,' '-. is', carrying .*■ a-. valuable■ ■ freight across tho-Tasman Sea; -She' hasiten boxes -of ■ gold v .bars,- valued;. at: £-19,000. from ' tlio. South; while. licr'Auckland' shipments;are':'" alsoix6nsiderable,vcprisisting-:'of>;'.2s ;bars:-:of : - . silver.-'from l .Company . and '18- bars 1 'of: biillioii-?fr6m;:tKp -.National ■' ' Bank;- ': •--■ . - > -- TAILORS' DISPUTE '• '. • Nap{Bf|' ';'May ; -'.-; ■ 'A . sitting of-the . Conciliation:'Bcianitfas : held: to-day. to take' evidonce\iri•'thb^-fcailpf-B*! dispute; \Ari 'application - ; of :/tho'Vuniolii : '';{o subpoena- several' employers-, wis granted; 41-'' . though the employers' representative' stated' thatj they ; . 'desirod-; ; thQ/;.caso ••to' r go'-loi-the° Arbitration Court; :' :>-■ \ : After,-'-hearing, .tho, evidence.- of the em- ; ployeesand .employers,. the.Board adjourned,>': ' to,sit at'Mastorton on^May-.^lv-;-1 V"'!