NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

<Uy ' Teleeraph.-Fr&aa Afleociatlon.i , . —. o .— . INDIGNANT SLAUGHTERMEN; '< THEIR WORK NOT "SCAMPED." Christchurch, August 31. Slaughtermen express a good deal" of indignation in regard to Mr. Gilbert Anderson's statement, in a letter from London published in a local paper, that they get as. much wages as possible for as little work as possible. One of them told a reporter to-day that the .trouble complained ( of did not occur in tho slaughterhouse, but in the freezing cham,ber. , He attributes any damage to meat entirely to the treatment which it receives while it is being hurried through the freezing chamber, and he says tliat all, workers, especially, slaughtermen, display as much care as circumstances will allow.. - Mr. ' Anderson's letter will' be discussed at a meeting, of the .Canterbury Trades and Labour Council on Saturday night. '-.'"-.' ."•.'■ , A gentleman who is interested in labour affairs says that Mr. Anderson's remarks apply more to the North .. Island to . the South Island. He thinks ■V it tbe- meat receives better treatment here, arid he. explains-the difference by the fact tiiatthe carcasses in. the North are larger and are more difficult to deal with, the tendency. ;being to "scamp" the work. , •.'.■■ DUNEDIN COMPETITIONS. . : .'..' ; .. Dunedin, August 30. i The ninth annual, festival held under , the' auspices 'of the Dunedin Competitions Society opened; to-day under favour-' able -circumstances. Theiinumber of entries this yea/ shows a falling, off, being. 1050' as against. 1184 last ;year. . The judges are :Mr; W. L.'"Paine, of Melbourne (elocution), and . Professor -. fves, , of Melbourne, (music and sirigirig).' ; The attendances, at to-day's sessioris were very encouraging. The ■' results, are:—Humorous recitation |(gentlemeri), O. A. Devereaux" (Chri'stchureh), I;'D. J.' Miller, 2.. Prepared speech: D...H. Benton (Master-. ton),.l';.T. P. Laffey^Dunedia), , 2; E. 8.. Slyfield: (Dunedin),■ 3. Soprano solo-.; Miss Daisy. Hall , (High Cliff), .1; Miss Veda' 'W. Etters (Dunedin), ,'2; Miss May Walton (Dunedin), 3. . Tenor -solo: 5 .W:- H. Ashcroft. (Dunedin), M ; ; D./ Lyons (Dunedin), -%; H.: Uichards' (liivercargill), 3...; . TO STAND. THEIR TRJAL. -,- .' . \ .. ,*■'-.■ .■.■ Levin, August. 30.;.. :. John:,Earnshaw, .Henry. Robert. Hunt, and Leslie Ellis, the three ■: young irien. who ■. are . alleged to ' have burglariously entered .the ■ Leviri: Hotel''and'. , ': stolen therefrom a safe,-money, ■ and valuables of an estimated, value 1 , of XICO,:-,wero ,to r . day committed .for trial at the, Wellington. Supreme Court, sessions next Novem-' ber.:';Evidence ! 'was, given to.-the'reffect that the safe , , had been' shifted over; a quarter of a mile,' arid there blown: open by.; dynamite.:' AH'. .the ,stplen property hra been. recove red,. except one cheque. : : /i; DIVORCE-CASES. / . - ; _'! ".-'. -. Christchurch, August 30. ■In ; the "Supreme' Court, a'.decree 'nisi was granted i iii tho rasftFlorerico Hilda Whitford- v.-.-Jqhn .AVhitford, ■' on' the ground of bigamy, : respondent : haying been sentenced to. a. term of .imprison-; ment.: In" the caso Edward Washbourn'e. v. Ellen AVashbourne,' it .whs shown that th'o' wife was an inmate'of a mental lios--. pital.'and- was apparently hopelessly, in-. sane, 'arid a decree nisi Was- granted.' '■: .'■', 7: FPR'LIBRARY AND kBATHS.Vv ';. -. Palmerstqh North, August 31. ■ A - meeting of:. ratepayers ..to-night en-' dorsed the 'proposals to raise for swimming, baths' and JESOOp. for libraries and', a. museum. -.' ';-. [:'■'.[;■'' ;' •■.■.'■ '•;.. ;-.-'. -■- TENDER TURNED ;DbWN.; ; , .-,:'' Auckland,; August,3l. ': The.' Thames Drainage .Board received, a tender/ that, of. Mr. • Downes, for the 1000 feet level- cross-cut:, which Mr. Gil-.. fillan stated worked out to' without providing .for machinery. The board decided; not to accept'tho tender.'