NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 531, 11 June 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

'■* WOHK FOR THE WORKLEBB. % THE POSITION IN OANTERmmX.' I . . Chrlgtchurch, Jun* DJ." ' .t,■ "■« ■ tfWwtos of local bodies d . the Chnstchureli. district, held 10-day da. j cussed matters connected with finding work , for the workless. The Mayor of Christohurch, f nL^'.W' 1 ' 8 ' ho had received . no reply from the l'nmo Minister to his tclo- - .' gram asking if the Government S , sidiso, pound for pound, worb started by It was decided to further oonnnunicate witt j journ thp.conferonco, till a reply was, reI •■■% J '---£- Wilson, secretary of, the tfoomployod Comnutteo, stated he had the names workless men on his list. Of ' those onei hundred were married with families ranging from child to fourteen. In tho • fast-montaonod: case five children' wcro earn- . "ft T lO ™ 11 * He declared-that there were at toast COO men in Cliristcburch out of work. ' ' „.* T? 01 !, TOS by the dole- . 1 to f..r hat - t ho:-GonoMl Labourers'.Union • should issuo permits to incompetent men to , , enable tiiem to work for seven shillings a i day, and one speaker advocated that this ■ rate bo pmdaU round in order not to attract , unemployed from other parts. , ' : SPURIOUS TOTAUSATOR TICKETS. : ..\TWO MEN CHARGED.V VA ■■■ o r "it> '—.•.-■• •-»■' Aiiofclancl, Juno.lo. like £300 .was obtained from '■■' the totahsatpr at Ellcrslio by forged tickets . duringthe-AJt.C- Winter meeting. In tha ioico Court morning, Wm. Arthur Roberts; and Emmanuel Cyril Martin, wore charged with having forged and tittered rotalisator tickets at the race meeting. Tho ; defence m both cases was, that the tickets had been purchased, by defendants m tho ordinary way. Both accused were' remanded ■ on bail. \ •■■■-■'■. • CHAROE OF MANSLAUGHTER. '■; . VERDICT'OF NOT'GTJILTY.. 1 :- ■ "'o """'' " « :' : ■ AwMan'd, Juno 9. in the Supremo Court to-day tho trial wm wnoluded otJoseph, 6Ha™ ?™W te , \ can ™E the death of a man named. Mores, whom ho was alleged to have struck on the head with a bottle; The ky w^ch^ 104 ° f ■** .*™'. FREE SCHOOL BOOKS. v i-' ~ Auckland. Juno a. w '.t^L 8 meot ™B rf the -Board of Educaftm, ht^SS t^ 10 *, ■ w £, tak « to • statement &**,** ,s d"cation regarding fiS : S^^?? fa which parent, had.winingly provided hitherto, .but before a pant can the Minister insists' .on , the board certifying that none of tho pupils mo are to have free .books have been asked <nv required to buy any additional, reading. • book which the grant would not provide,, but which all concerned considered indisponsawe,- It .was resolved to co-opcrato with • other boards m an endeavour to more ' reasonable course followed.' , / RAILWAY DUPLICATION. ■■ m. Jl .: - ; ;Chrlstehiirch,JuiM9.: . Lho duplication of tho railway lino between Addrngton and RoUeston has Ixxin complctod, ! and, the double track was brought into usi on Monday A good deal of work> haa hadundertaken in connection, witii :.tihe' • erecbon of now signal-boxes to meet tho de-. ?2? °,^ tI r 0 , V m service, and there is sUU ' a little finishing off" work to/bo done, but all the necessary appliances for tho working of the lines have, been installed, and tio Railway Department's officers .have had no ' dinwultr.in handling; the traflio [under: the • -new conditions. • ': •' ■■• ;. . .-'.\ , > .| . NOT ENOUCH COAL BOATS. ?u. .ri--. i ; '"■'■ ; Wciotport, JunolO. - .■_ Abo; district manager, of tho Wcstporf Coa! Compaiiy reports ■ that, the. demand-for' coal is brisk, but,,that the available tonnage is m«J e?eUt » d W 4O : to supply' the de- ■ a state of affairs is' credited to the untoward,delay of boats at' Jiast. Uast ports, resulting from n shortage', of railway trucks.;. In consequence of this " adverse condition, .it >«, seriously, contemplated to;shorten hands at the minos..'. ■ ~ THE WHEAT-SOWiNC AT CHEVIOT. the past'month at Cheviot' (remarks ; onr. Chnstchnrch correspondent) has been phenomenal for the time of the year. . Thero h M been a complete-'absence' of, ram and very little f rost . ; Those ideal 1 .conditions for gram-sowing are' being' fully taken advantage of, and the wheaf thkt has been, and, is being, sown., is far in excess ; ' of any previous year. With an average year. - £l« f y *u reV6 °r o J"?'*!*" «o«-ing.'8honla benefit to tho extent of £1200. : •',...,-. ■.'■.'.'■■. •■■■','.'. Wostport, Juno 10. ~a, stame, two horses, harness, and feerl wpre destroyerl by fire. They were "he .-, perty of Mr. Roirx 7 Boiiisson. • There: was n < insurance. Tho origin of tho. fire Tun .' • known. . ■ •■, . • ■ ■