NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1005, 21 December 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

IBy Telegraph.—Press Association.) PATEA LUMPERS' STRIKE. HOW THE STEAMERS MANAGED. V/anganui, Dccemter 20. •The wharf lumpers at Patea struck' work this morning for • higher wages. They have recently joined the Waterside workers' Union, and. ask for the rates of pay ruling in other centres—ls. Gd. per Jiour, and 2s. Gd. an hour overtime—also a. half-holiday on Saturday. They refused to work the three s.teamers in port —the' Aorere, Mana, and Kapuni—unless their demands were acceded to, and the officers and crews of the vessels dis-. charged and loaded cargo, the vessels getting out of port without hindrance. The demands of the men have not, sa far,' been acceded, to. • THE PRICE OF TIMBER. DECISION TO RAISE IT.. . Auckland) December 20. A meeting .of the. Sawmillers' Associa* tion was held to-day, at which it was decided to advance tne price of building timber. First-class kauri is to be raised in price 25.; medium' rough heart and Oregon pine Is. - HUNTLY MINERS PULL OUT. \ ' Auckland, Decemher'2o. The Hnntlv miners' ballot on th« question of the cancellation of registrar tion under the Arbitration Act resulted:'—For cancellation, A 3lß'; against,' 85; informal, 11; giving a clear majority 'us ! favour of cancellation.

SEARCH FOR A SETTLER. Masterton, December.2o. A farmer named A. H. Scott; residing in the Miki Miki district, near Master, tori, has been reported as missing' sines yesterday morning. He went out to look for cattle, taking a dog and gun with him. He'is subject to-fits. Search parties'are out.' . " NEWS IN BRIEF. Westport, December 20. The shop of Davies, Ltd., tailors, wai burglarised last: night, and about i6O 'in cash taken. Dunedin, December 20. In the matter of the Sheargrs* Union** application for 'an award in connection with shed hands; the Arbitration Court decided that the recent amendments ofl the Act have not altered the law on subject, and therefore dismissed the. ap« plication. Mr. M'Cullough dissented. . Greymouth, December 20. The escaped burglar's are still at large. The police are confident that"theyiarfl being harboured in the, town., x !' =====-,;-■