NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 729, 31 January 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By TeleEtarh.—Press Association^

ROAD ROPE BOYS AT A MINE. . SUGGESTED STEIEE. :V ;;:; ';: .. ' Westport, January, 29. Some friction is reported.to hftve oo>: curredat the Westport Coal CoriipanyV Dehniston mine, the.road'rope boys having demanded an increase of wages,-and having asked' the ..Miners' -Executive to' force- the position'.by' a strike, ■'. 'which,'■ however,-the executivecould not see,-its way to do. It waa, decided, however, ta draw' up; anagreement covering the mining operations' on' the.'Hill' for presentation to the company;: ■' This agreement' is to be considered clause by clause to-mor-row.' ■•;•■- . ■. -.

THE -OYSTER. SEASON. .■'; j--m. '' n , '«. 'nvercargill, January 80. ine■ Bluff .oyster season will, open on luesday. Previously it has been theicus-' torn for the boats to go out the. night before and be back/with the oysters early on the opening day. This, year the boats will not leave.till the morning of February 1. Arrangements have been made for sending tho oysters north so that the first consignment reaches Dunedin on Wednesday morning, Christchurch on Wednesday night, and Wellington:on Thursday morning. ■'■.•'-■-. ' ,-^;' ..///: v-/ van-appeal. ■"'.'■: ~;..', '•Vr'"'•« " V,".'Christchurch, January 80." Mr:'.Cassidy, acting for Peter Grant who was fined && ; on- Tuesday for street betting, has lodged an appeal-against the magistrate's.decision;'.'. '•-..>. ~.:'. -i • VALIi ELESS.CHEQUES.V :!' ' r>J'" r «■"-' i FeiWjng,: January" 29. ; Before .Mr. A: D. Thomson, &M:, (Mi rooming, Arthur Hobday, who : pleaded guilty, on Thursday (to issuing sis valueless'cheques, of a total.value,of ,£l6 3a. 2d.,' ..was sentenced. to. three. months'' ira-' prisonment, on the first. charge, - and •< ona month, on each of the other, five, the-sea-' tences to-be. ; concurren£.'-.-' 'V.^:..■"■, -. -, r'^^pUNMfNMviMs^NK/;:;;'^' :_\ .-■..- :. Dunedin, January 29.: The Dunedin Savings' Bank trustees, at the. annual' meeting;: reduced' the ■ fate: of interest'on loans from'sl''to's per'oent.' The annual "■■: balance-sheet shows'that withdrawals -exceeded deposits by' J62340. This due, to-last gear's do-' pression..' The; profit: for; the ■ year • ;waf