NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2002, 9 March 1914, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

STRIKE FEELffiG, EPISODE ATLYrffiWm (Br A:t*xrfaU.o ! n,> Ciirlstchurc)), Marelt 7. Tjiero was slight trouble- -eit the; wharves at 10-felton id-day, arising oiiii! of the granting _of preference to ■■ tb.o original arbitntionfets. A lUfinber oif steamers wore working, and , (vlicii tilt) Ganoptis arrived with coal forty-dgij men vi'we required t<? begin <Hseli*tjciii]; immediately, The Victoria appcSTe'd a ' H inter, and required thirty-six m«m, ] while twelve were waiitat for iiieKaiji.o. 'Only five arbitrat.ioitists were available.,' . mud those ivero tatam, Tlicij atatt '. eighty tffc«tri leers kft the w-lfarvp-s nijd' ■walked quietly into Oxford Street.. Six-' teen cx'Strikefs remained, n.nc} ac6?))tcd employment. Tlw other liands rcqniral \v«o picked i»p quickly, and no delay !in working tlio boats oecijwed. nip jimttor Wiis reported to- tlvo Eiftptuj'fecfc' Association, vrhMi cfiHiiiiiinicated witTi• tlio uiMoii esceuth'e. MitltAßY RESERVE. inveroMiUi Uimeh. 7. At a largely attended mecti'nft a Irraiieli of tlio New /festaiui Heßorvo Farce waa faf-med lierp. o*cf two littndrod Mitres, chiefly of were enrolled, aiiflf much otith.asksin i\'.aS manifested, PEACE AT LAST. Creyiiiouih, Maroih: 7. Tlio industrial disjiuta- uftSio Bliickl&jiH Coal Mines was settted yesterday bisfdto , tin?. Conciiiatioii Cammissionor; Mr. Hal* i'ey. The agreement, ivhidh ycill rmi jFor three yohre. is ptacticate tlio 9ain& as ■exlsted prior to the ■strike, o%ei- macJiinery clause.! hav-o bceiv addeft. 'Clip State- bins diswite has not been B.6ttled. In nil proljabinty it will be s-übnvitted to the Arbitration 'OoUrt. Tho qiuestipil of liwiiig fates word vital paints of &\fta> ence in both disputes.

ORDERED. I Thames, March 8, / Another large Qoverntarot oMor for railway locoinofciyGs has beeii placed ivitli Messrs. Price Bros. I'ko Inst canfeifit ■i'-sar toft engines \vas teerea-sed to twenty. Those wcro Glass Ads 72 tons.; tlw present order is fw twenty of Class B.