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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1252, 7 October 1911, Page 4

Mr. E. J. Carey, secretary of the Cooks' and Waiters' Union, received word yesterday of a disagreement amongst (he staff in one of tho Wanganui hotels. Tho trouble, which :iro«o through personal differences between tho stall' and an individunl member, lms been brewing for lomo time, and yesterday reached a cli■>iax, when ton of tho staff left at a mimito'fi notice. Through tho good offices of tho branch union secretary, u selllo mcivt wns effected, a«d work was resumed. The local secretary, Mr. Carey, wishes it to bo understood that tho tronblo has no connection wit.h, the now award which only came into operation last Monday, but merely the outcome ».f personal foeliui? between an individual and tho remainder of tho staff. Tho Wellington Cordage Company, Ltd.i which has boon recently llontod,, is an industry that should bcHofil Wellington and suburbs. The directors of this company have lost no time in Retting to work. They havo purchased a fine block of land at tho show grounds in Petoue. Orders for tho machinery havo been cablicd ito England and America. K should arrive hero shortly. Mr. John S. Swan, architect, has drawn plans for tho factory buildings, and is calling for tenders, to close on tho lGth of this month, for the erection of tho saino. TJie dirootors expect tho factory to be in full.woffc. mjr order about.lXfbruar.v.l. 1912... . .