NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1270, 27 October 1911, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Iliy Teleuraph-Prese Association.) THE EAST COAST TRAGEDY. Napier, October 26. The steamer Fanny returned u> isoi-t from Wlianpieliu la-t night. The captain ivjwrts thiit a long hhil larcful scnicli ior tin; Iwdii-s of ihf f-:«ur men drowned on Sunday proved fruit li"s. The Rum. another oi tin' smile company's assisted in tin- search, >.\iiic-h wa-, abandon- <•(! id V) o'clock yc.-icr.-lay morning, liic captains of (lie Iv.o stc:iiiu'|-.s deciding it was practicallv impossible to ilrn.n anion!; the rocks wlwro (.In- bodies wore sup]M>,ed to 1,0. ,\ look-out will still k> keenly observed along thu beach, and the Hum will leave again to-nii;ht lor the scene of tlio disaster. FURNITURE WORKERS. Kastinns, October 20. The Conciliation Hoard sat to-day to consider (he t'uniituro workers' dispute. Tim iniiiiiiiiini wage was lixnd at Is. lid. per liour, and (lie hours as ■!■} per iveek. Tho term of the award will lie for three y«irs. Other clauses agreed to are practically on the same line, as thn.-o agreed to at Wellington. CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAYS. Cliristchurch, October 2C>. Tho Tramway Board's merit an<l demerit system, which has lum tlie cause, of much (li.woiik'iit nmougst employee;;, is to be mo<lifie<l. BREAKING AND ENTERING. Christchurch, October 20. Norman Raiiuay, on a charge of breaking and entering tlie ullice of ,T. Jackson and Co., on tho night of the lSth, and stealing field glasses, pleade<l guilty, ami was committed for sentence. ]{'o was discovered through cutting his finger with tho glass of the window ho broke to make an entrance.