NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 972, 12 November 1910, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—Press:Association.) —♦- WANTED, DAY WACES. WEST COAST LINE MAKING. Westport,' November 11: ■ A largely-attended public meeting was held to-night in the Town Hall to protest against the payment of only' Bs. 6d. to the men engaged on the construction work on the Westport-lua-nahua railway, and a resolution was' carried to the effect that, owing: to the unsatisfactory way in which the railway; construction in the district, is .carried on under the co-operative system, the', meeting urges the Government to Scarry on the work under day wages, and' to pay the local standard wages, which is 10s. per day. It was, stated by one member of the Labour Union , that the Prime Minister had urged the men "to keep the cradles full," but they found, with the small wages paid, that it'took them all their time to keep their, stomachs full. A big committee was set up to further the object of the meeting.. PAINTERS" DISPUTE SETTLED. A STRONG PREFERENCE CLAUSE. Invercargltl, November 11. Mr. Triggs, .Conciliation Commit' sioner, held a conference to-day with the masters and men in regard to the. ; Painters'. Award, and an amicable agreement was come to. The painters, are''to get an- additional Id. per hour,' which brings them into line , with the wages obtaining in 'the northern centres. There is also in the'agreement' one of the strongest preference clauses yet conceded by employers, . which mjkes membership of the union prao-' tically compulsory.

ON AUTO NUMBERING. . j Dunedin, November IL v ; I In the Magistrate's Court a test: casa'A i was taken under the Motor Regulation i Act. It appeared that Dunedin firms .-j had paid a registration fee of ■ £1" for'' 1 trade purposes. One firm, however, had I run three cars—numbered . similarly— .: j using them for hire. The defence was ! that this was*the practice, and the: cor- ! poration had not interfered. Themagis., /] trate (Mr. Bartholomew) pointed out that the law. was quite clear that every v! car must be registered, although 'manu- j facturers need only , pay £1;. annually . [ to cover all cars used for trade pur-/! [ poses. He convicted the firm on three \:j , informations, the fine-in cach' case bo . ing 10s. ' •' • . '.'V: ::l i ALLECED SHEEP STEALINC. j I Wairoa, November 11. , Hugh Marshall, owner of a small i grazing run, was arrested last ' night, * ' and charged before justices with . j having stolen seventy sheep, the pro- I 1 perty of neighbouring farmers.'The case j was adjourned till November 17; Biil j was allowed.' : ; ; :j j HENRY-POTTS MISSION. | | Palmerston North, November U.- ' The Henry-Potts', mission arrived -ai i Palmerston to-dayj - and were welcomed .:j at a largely-attended meeting.. .The , services commence'on; Sunday... .V| WHAT MR. LARACY NOW SAYS. j Christchurch, November 11. j I Regarding the Otago shearers' dispute, ! • Mr.'Laracy, general secretary of the ■ Shearers' Union, states now that tha | ; owners agreed to pay the present mini- ! • mum rates of 19s. 6d. and 205.. A .fur- •'! , ther cable has been sent. to. Australia I , saying that the trouble in Otago waa ; ! averted. j ) FROZEN MEAT. COMMITTEE. ;j TO CONFER A^'WELLINGTON;'/'' >| ' Christchurch, November 10. i The committee .appointed, by" the frozen ,'! meat conference, which was held early- ! , this year, i met to-day, only the Sonth . Island members being present/ Tha V meeting was convened at short notice,' and '; probably"that accounted .for the absenoa' j of the North Island members. It was I decided to make a special .effort .to ob- j tain a meeting of the whole committee in . J Wellington during the first week in Do- j cember. The committee will then con-.. : ; sider recent allegations as to the exist-" ence of grave defects in the unloading ". and stowing of frozen meat. '' *\ : ■ ' PRESS ASSOCIATION. Now Plymouth, November 10. ■ 'In regard to the evidence given ,by tha ; ; manager of the Press; AssociaHon before :• the Hino Commissiop to Wednesday evening,■ anent the report■ of Mr. Hine's re-' ception at Stratford appearing under tha j heading of Press Association 'in , th«. '• Taranaki "Daily News," tho latter states that it replied immediately on receipt of. Sir. Atack's letter to the effect that tha wire had been sent by. a correspondent,' l and not by the Press Association 'agent.' The "Per Press Association" heading was .' j used inadvertently. •••■." ' i , . j —t: -■ THEFT OF A POSTAL NOTE. i Dunedin, November 10. Frederick Alexander' Urqnhart, .who, pleaded guilty in the Lower Court to tho • ■theft of a. postal note, was sentenced to" three hard labour. : Mr;- Justice Williams stated that he.would be sorry to . lay down a rule that any postal employee convicted of theft wonld-not be.allowed to probation. In.cases of sudden tempta-' tion probation might be-granted. In tho ' present instance there was no suddea : temptation. "STUCK UP." v: New Plymouth, November 10. An elderly man named Blair, wap.-"stuck up" near Stratford last night, and !on refusing to give money, was knocked " down, punched, and relieved of small - sum of money. MAN-OF-WAR'S-MAN'S DOINGS. New Plymouth, November 10.; John Charles Seymour,, a deserter from , :: H.M.S. Cambrian, was this morning sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Wellington gaol for theft of clothing from' clothes-lines. He also pleaded guilty' to ' ] other charges of theft, and was remanded to the Supreme Court at Wellington for' : sentence. WANGANUI BAND. Wanganui, November 10. : . The Garrison Band were entertained at a largely-attended garden party to-day. : SHARP KAIKOURA EARTHQUAKE. Christchurch, November 10. . There' was a heavy shock of earthquake ... at Kaikoura at 7.54 last night,' followed by minor , shakes. Several chimneys, fell, . and. much glass and crockery 'were broken. ' Tho residents were greatly scared.-. Shocks - of less violence occurrd at 2.10 and 5.45 ; this morning. ; GAOL-BREAKERS DEALT WITH.' I n ver carg i 11, November 10. Gordon and M'Queen, who escaped from prison and were recaptured, were each sentenced to-day to., twelve months' imprisonment in addition to terms they are 1 already serving. . ■ . = V.:-