NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 January 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

I (by telegraph—pbess association.) CONCILIATION BOARD. .WELLINGTON BRICKLAYERS' DISPUTE. -Napier, January 19. The adjourned sitting of tko Conciliation Board to consider the of the Welling, ton Bricklayers' Industrial Union was held this morning hoforo Messrs. F. Bedford and H Inuess (emplojers' representatives), and A H. Cooper and A. Collins (workers' representatives). The union held a meeting last ciemng to consider the terms of the agreement submitted by the employers, but after deliberation decided t not to accept it. Evidence was adduced at the board's sitting this morning m support of the union's demands, at the conclusion of which Mr. S. E. Wright, secrotarj of the flaw ko's Bay Employors' Association, intimated that the employers did not intend to appear. The board then adjourned to Masterton.

INDUSTRIES OF THE DOMINION. LECTURES TO SPHOOL CHILDREN. Ghrlstohurch, January 19 A deputation, consisting ot Messrs. F. E. Jones (president) and "tt . \V. Charters (treasurer), of tho Industrial Association, was introduced to the this morning by Mr. H G. Ell, MP, in connection wit* the proposal that j. series of lectures should be given to the children attending the pubbo schools on the industries of the Dominiou. It was explained that the idea was to giie lectures, illustrated by kmematograph views,, of the processes ot manufacture in the various local industries m order to interest the rising generation in the industries of the Dominion. Tho Premier expressed his hearty >concur> rence with the proposal, and undeitook to 'et the association have the loan of slides >1. lustrative of some of the industries of the country, and to bring tho reguest of the doputation under ihe notice of the Minister foi '- Education.

CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAYS. . Chrlstchurch, January 19. Uunng the four -nceks from December 7 tc January 3, 986,799 passengers t< ore cameo on the Christchurch tramways. The receipts for the period were £9104 15s 4d. the profit A BOROUGH IN STRAITS. TV. b l „ Walh, ' January 19. , IJiei Borough Council has received noti« from the local manager of the National Bank that he has been instructed by headquarters to demand immediate reduction of the overdraft—which amounts to i25,000-by £5000. lhis renders the borough account with the bank inoperative till the amount is paid A I special meeting of tho council is to be heia this afternoon. ' DEVONPORT TRAMWAYS. Auckland, January 19. A poll of ratepayers of Devonport. Auckland, uas taken yesterday to decide, first, the council - should apply for power to construct tramways in the boiough: and ' second whether such order should be deity gated to tho Devonport Transport Company I h e tot proposal \vas rejected by 131 votes to 1049, the second by 79 to 1907. Fifty per cent, of the voters polled. PROPOSED CHRISTCHURCH CANAL. Christohurch, January 19. rhe executive of tho Canal League mlP 1 meet to-morrow evening, when the report of the Management Committee ro the proposed rating area, etc., will probably be before the meeting. As the matters to be discussed arc ui connection with tho Harbour Board's tenders, the meeting will be held in committee. .

NELSION I? H ARBbtf Bi Q yEKEtSi": ; or..some - years .the r Nelson' Harbour Board'', has,been; carrymg'.puti.ayschenieof.-'improve-.' ments with a view'to bpenihg. the.harbour to ;' now;-:approaching' fcpmpMioii;-: andy with a''"' 1 rie f facilities : bf.; the:--port for;vessels:of•' :the-harbour '•?«?; -Bene- and"' M Do.u^gall.y-Marine-ISup'erintehdentsr^of" the'' :«ew ,/ealarid. Shipping: Company arid-Shaw-Company •"respectively.::. The ; .- result -.-of ..their investigations -; has . not- yet •'■ been'•disclosed.;. J The 'erectibnVpf .the;' Nelson" ■ Freezing Company's^^.:works':!at,\S"tbke. will-he ' Completed; in- a ; ;flbnipanT ''v .na's/decidedii.to.^comin^c'eropefatipns-'ear&'-in'-'' February.;-, S^;;{:";-<;;:;;';;',■ •'';.',■;;; '■". !>'''=•->■;'*.'. i - ''

BREAKINC AND ENTERINCDannevirke, January 18. A man named James' K. Horsefield was before tho Police Court this morning on a charge of'breaking and entering the pre-, mises of V Nymand, jeweller, and stealm" goods to the value of £30. Accused was discovered in the shop by a mghtwatchman. He pleaded guilty, and was remanded to Wellington for sontence. DUNEDIN BANKRUPTCY RETURNS. Dunedln,' January 18. The bankruptcy returns 'for. 1908 in the Dunedm district are as follow .—Bankrupt-' cies, 22, assets, £13,440., liabilities, £16,818 • paid in dividends, £8349. For Otago and Southland the bankruptcies 'numbered 56* 23 orders for immediate discharge were granted, and seven orders made for suspension. The total assets were £15,093: amounts secured to creditors, £6083; liabilities (excluding amounts secured), £23,872 • paid ur dividends, £9261. NEWS IN BRIEF., Walroa, January 19. At a pigeon match jesterday, Kitto (scr.) won with a possible, Falconer being second., Auckland, January 19. The Grey Lynn Borough Council has decided to borrow, subject to approval,by a ratepayers' poll, £45,000 for roading the Surrey Hills Estate and other borough improvements. . * . , Wanganul, January 19. ~ Lieutenant Knox delivered, a lecture in connection with tho Navy League- to-mght. A branch was formed. ' Tho Borough Council to-night decided to appoint' a borough engineer at £400 per year. , Nelson, January 19. * A Chinese market gardener at Stoke was yesterday fined £5 and costs for - smoking opnim, and Is. and costs for having smokable opium in his possession. The latter fine nas light, as the material smcLcd was ashes of opium, w henco only a couple 'of pipefuls could bo obtained." , Christcfiurch, January 19. Tho newly-enrolled members of the Firo Bnpadp ate working- excellently, and have already had several opportunities of proving their smartness in attending two or three fnlso ahrms. This 11 \i\ addition to fires ' where they proved thomsehes to bo thoroughly equal to the work The nnnuil conference of the master bakers of the Dominion nil! bo held in Christchurch next month ' Spurious coins are being put into circulation m Christchurch, and the public aro Married to bo on guard against the utterera of tho counterfeits. Invorearglll, January 19. At a meeting to-night of representatives of the Invercargill Corporation and the adjoining boroughs, it was decided that Wednes dav be the weekly shop half-holiday as hithcito.