NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1473, 28 June 1912, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph-Freta Association.!

ONEHUNGA WATERSIDERS. DISSENSIto PATCHED UP. Auckland, Juno 27. The troublo trith the lvatersiders at OnehuDga was ndjusted to-dtiy, and the men resumed work at 2.15 o'clock. A conference was previously held with the Onehungit representative of the Northern j<.S. Company. An agreement was then come to under which, for the future, the men will ba both put On nnd off by the foremnn and off by the mate. v rho men are allowed a quarter of an hour's pay if they work six minutes beyond the hour. Their objection to being put off by the mate was that a difference of a couple of minutss between his watch and that of tho foreman might result in extra pay being lost to them. In regard to tho question of signing tho agreement with the Federation of Labour, it was agreed that it should stand over for a. month, till the manager of tho company (Mr. Bansoii) returns from Australia. WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Auckland, Juno 27. Tho Department of Labour has invited tender.? for the erection of 36 workers' dwellings at Ellerslie and Otahuhu. Of this number 28 aro to bo added to Laurry Settlement, and the other ten at Eccleston Settlement, Otahuhu. DISCONTENT IN RAILWAY SERVICE. Dunedir), .June 27. At a meeting of the Dunedin branch of the New Zealand Railway Officers' Institute, a resolution was carried expressing indignation at the failure of tho Minister for Railways to give effect to tho recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee who inquired into the complaints of the I'irst Division, referred to in a petition presented to Parliament last year. The meeting regarded the failure to carry out the recommendations of the Railways Committee as a distinct bleach of faith on the part of the Government, and strongly expressed the opinion that by so doing it would increase Uie discontent and dissatisfaction already prevailing throughout the service. Entire approval of the action of tho delegation In advising the Minister for Railways that his proposals were unsatisfactory was also expressed. . COWS FOR JAVA. - • Auckland, June 2". A representative of tile Java Government is in Auckland for tho purchase of about thirty milch cows, the class required beings breeds giving large quantities of milk for drinking, not for butter or cheese. Hitherto supplies have been drawn from Australia, but these were stopped on accoxit of the prevalence there of pleuro. If the present shipment is successful' others will follow, SENSATIONAL ESCAPE. Christchurch, June 27. Two children named Rasmussen had a sensational escape from death on Tuesday at Otira. One of them found a phi" of gelignite near a heap of wood and hit it with an axe. There was a terrific explosion. Both children were picked up for dead, but an examination showed that neither was seriously injured. FOOTBALLER'S DEATH. Rotorua, June 27. A half-caste named Honry Mason, aged twenty-two years, on Saturday last was winded.on the football field. This affected his liver, which was in «n advanced stage of disease, and Mason diotl yesterday afternoon. , AN IMPORTANT SALE. Messrs. W. H. Turnbull and Co. insert in our auction columns particulars of a sale to bo held at their rooms, a/ PKTama Street, under , conduct of t'/le Registrar of the Supreme Court to-day at' 2.H0 p.m., comprising a splendid three-story brick building and reinforced concrete building and basement, on land having a frontn»o of 183.3 links to Tnranaki Street bv a depth of 181.81 links, and being part Section 212 on" the plan of the city of AVeiliiißton. The buiMniK is fitted with up-to-date electric lift, and should appeal to buyers in search of a good warehouse oi- factory. 'Hie and is freehold, and one-half of flip building is let to permanent tenants.