NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Press". Aeeo'clatlon.)

THE FIGHTING-SIDE OF LABOUR, '

UNITED ACTION' ASKED.' .'•■•'■ i. > ■.' '. '. Auckland, January, 14. ■ '. In response to an .invitation by • the Federation of Labour, about two hundred unionists .attended ■a- meeting in tho Trades Hail, at which Mr. l'arry'urged the advisability unionists beinguie- '• presCntcd.a,t the conlererice'toba held,in Wellington ,to* discuss tlie position 'that had arisen in regard'to Labour,'and en-. dcivbur' to ;secu'rb .'.united .action.:.' Ho complained that the prciorenco clause of the. Arbitration Act was being . used at Huritly and'Wfiihi to excludo members of the federation t from the .benefit pf 'recent .awards'. 'Militant organisation w«b iihpossiblo under tho Arbitration .Act 'in. its present form, as iti\vas'being'.used to ' defeat tho organisation of Labour. ■'■■ '

A good deal of discussion fol- ' lowed on'.the. rolativo merits nction;ttnd.industrial action, •.Thb.trend of tho speeches'.was'.syinpathctic , tho object for .which tho meeting : : '.was called, and recognised tho sorious' aspect ,pf" tho industrial ' outlook as.it concerns active unionists. -, ' '....•.■,.:;• ■', \ SECEDE FROM i :;.'•:... v... ... i.iLcvln,.January,l4.-. ; • A meeting of .ratepayers, of Levin and .vicinities held' last night considered' tho . advisableness of seeking powor.tb eeoede from tho\Wellington'Hospital;dwtrict imd-'-• join tho Piilmerston Hospital district, which is closer, mo.ro lacocssiljle,' alia, cheaper.' ''..'• ;• '..■'■' ; ',vi-' 'V: It..was unanimously resolved that in.'tho ; opinidn of;tho meeting it is .desirable that' "'/; Levin Borough and the northern portion of ■ tho Hordwhentia County 'should '''bo '.'"■'". fevered', from: tho , .Wellington'; Hospital v: and 'Charitable Aid'district, .ahd'-bo at- • ; tachod'to and.tho res- ;' ,: liectivb .obuiicils qf'.Lovin BorougSj'.'Horo- /' ; AvhenuaCouhty are'hcrewith';.rcqilested: to -.'■'■ i apply to'tli6'jirbper'authofitibs-to-'bHllg V i about tho desired change; ■:•••' '■ '■ ' ■■i-i, ,'.-■ ,'"'■• .',; ," 'FOR CHURCH & CHAR IT Y.; ; :' ', '■■' ■<■ '-.' -...-. • Dunedln, Januarj lf.i- , v ' :Thb.; late; Mrs.' Jcssio',. Blair, 'or, .'.Leo ! Creek Farm, neari Outram,' . left. '.£1159 . . , .among.. local, charities.,'"Tlje sum."of. ..-' JG2SO' goes to : the 'Presbyterian'- Orphanage ■'.-! at GraAtV Braes, i2OO foriSt: Margaret's ! College, JCB9O for. Knox College'• endow- • ■ ; nie'nt fund. .£2OO for.tho Salva.tibn;Army,., ','-.- and .£2OO .for, tho Kafifanb .Hospital.:., ... . J ! ' ; HIS SPECULATIONS, : -i'- ' ; ;-.'-.'■ ] ■'A ""■■'"..:'-,'', Auckland,'-, January 14;, ' '.■■■. O.'B. Firrow, a builder; .was-before'.tho .'Magistrate's •Court,, cliargod'.that.,''-/Under . '■.■ tho .Bdnkrliptcr Act ho had' been gdllty i ■. "'■ 6f rash, hazardous speculations., •Ho was ' romanded for, a week." '■•' "''■:';'.'';''' -■''-■■,- v ; .;;■ Aboats &tlT?tar'iff.- ; - : ; , : ■; .-'■ .° . C.h'rlstchurch, January ,14.'' ' 'A" conference, of boot manufacturers' is ... sitting"iiiChristchurchf.tb-dny to;'cbris*ider . i tariff-proposals for submission to tho con- j ference,'called'by-the Minister for Cus- '■'■"'. , tothi;■:''' .. - : '-...• '.■'■ •.''..*■"■.■ -'.':.' ■'; ;.::• HOTTEST/DAY OF SEASON, A' ] . ''■';...','. TlmarUj • January,.l4. : i ' ; I ~/The hottest day of,the-season;was,vex- ; , .- ' perionced' to-day, by ?\ - . i wind,'; half a galo at times.' ' Ninety>two ; < degrees-wero recorded within tho post,of- \ • • jibe, and 95 in the shado-odtdoors. ■ Much " i of tho vegetation, is withered and scorch- ' s pd. ,; Two or three;grass fires havo been ? •; reported,, but'no damage,has^been.;done. Ono threatened,tho;,railway ■/bridge; at ..•"'■ ; i\Vashdyk©'Juhotibri,. a-.party of nion was , . , sent out by' rail,!* but the fire, was 'ox- ,; tinguighed .they, arrived., ~'•'"■•.; ', '.

CHARGE OF FORGERY/; :'

/ ' ,;.' ; ' Invercarglll, Tanuary 14. '.': H; J.' Richards was* arrested on board the steamer Maungahui at'tho Bluff ,on Monday, charged 1 with foTging a. cheque fdr .£5 on a firm of solicitors at Martinborough. At the Court to-day,: Richards' was roniandcd^toi'appear; otnMartinborou'gh'on/.Januniry: 22. '.'' ; ■ .■;> i':-'.■'•'■" ,i'.,

;•'.;•'■ MOTOR,.BUSES FOR TIMARU. i;;.. vj^.': ; !' :: '''^'.■••'' 'Tlmaru;'; January lL k f^ ] ..; I. After 1 much'discussion" in.'th'o 'proSs'of various,'means ; of supplying' the "great .; ,nced for facilities for getting about lowh'. —tramways, ■ trackless- trams, and motor :';'•!' buses—the Borough Council . to-night," ( ' after debate ■ at! n." Special' meeting, < re--: ; ' polyed[■ by'lo votes t0,2 to rate'' payers, to'san'ction a loan of JCGOOO'to in- K stal motor buses. • Trams ■ were estimated at 4100,000-.and trackless trams, 465,000,including, the of the present v plectrio works', 'wnich would be'usoloss if cheaper.' power ; was available from' Lak<. Coleridge.'-. '■-.'■'. v. *-. , " ' ; :■ '-','■ ;''.. '■■■