NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1298, 29 November 1911, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

tliy Tclecraph-rrera Acsoclatlon.l Tlir AUCKLAND TRAM MLN. Auckland, November 2s. .A meeting ot tramway employees was * held yesterday morning, nnd spent hours discussing a request |iy the malinger of the Tramway Company to allow n settlement of the men's deniiiuds to sit.ind over lill December HI, when the managing director arrives in Auckland. [ It .is . understood it was resolved by a majority that the request, tor nostpoueI ment he refused, and nn immediate set- \ tlement he demanded. A meeting nf Ihp ( balance of tho employees was to he, held I Just night. It is understood the general . leeling was strongly averse to postpone- | ment. which would carry tho dispute over ! tho .Chrislmas holidays. J,ater. ; The tramway employees' mooting last night endorsed the action of the morning ; meeting in its decision, and will inform | (lie company Hint; nn immediate setl.le- , inont. of their demands is required but whereas Iho morning meeting gave tho company a fortnight. Hie, later ouo reI duced llto tirno limit lo n week, i Tho union delegates and tho representative,'? of tho company met in conference ; this morning. Over four hours were spent in discu.-sing the molormon's demands, i and Hie eonlVreiu-o then adjourned. PICTURE SHOWS PfIEFEfinED, Auckland, November iH. "The desire for something new is the great desire ot' the nge," said Mr. John Fuller, sent'., 10-dar when informing a reporter that, the Fuller I'l-oprietnry, tt-liie.li onus the great majority of the' lending theatres of New Zenlmml, has decided to entirely drop the vaudeville husiue.-.s and utilise all Us for picture-show purposes. The firm hns come lo this decision, ejplnineil Mr, Fuller, because the ml vent of tho moving picture shoiv has meant the passing of the mummer. In the lour chief cities of the Itouiinion the lirm'.i experience Ims been the same—picture shows draw big crowds nnd pay handsome profits; vaudeville entertainments atlrnet but indifferent patronage, aucl cost far moitt money. BOLD BORROWEnS. Dargaville, November 28. Recently tho ratepayers authorised a. .£'20,000 loan lor road improvements. Yesterday, by oil overwhelming majority, tney "authorised a further loan of .£10,(1110 tor gasworks and sanitary servico. OTIRA HOTEL BURNT. Christchurch, November 28. The Terminus Hotel at Otira, owned and occupied by James O'Mnllcy, wns burned to the ground on Sunday morning early. The fire started in a lavatory and ran up a staircase, cutting oft' the retreat of the boarders on the nppe,' floor, who had to escapo through the windows to tho verandah. One man was badly hurt in getting out, and was removed to the hospital. The boarders lost practically everything, tho losers including the stationmastor and postmaster (both relieving otlicers), and Dr. Cairns and family. . The building and furniture were valued at JCSOOO. It is understood they were insured in tho State office for a thousand pounds.