INTERPROVINCIAL.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7739, 20 April 1896, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

IPBUB MU3BB ASaOCIA'.WON. I

Wklungtok, Thia day. The Government have appointed a feoyel Commission to enquire into the Brunner diaaster. Judge Ward, isir J. Hector, a certificated coal mine manager, and a praotioal working coal miner, will form the Commission. The question of the removal of Mrs Morrison'u license from Sotorua to Paeroe. despite the objection raised by the Govern • ment, ia before the JUaw Officers of the Crown, and if their opinion is favorable the Government intend to take action to annul the tranafer. Mr Hay, Government engineer, haa reported that the wages on tho Otira viorge co-operative works on several Beotions, are owing to the diffloultiea whioh have beeu met with, much b;low the ourrent rates. The Government have decided to inoreaap the pay. Wkbtfoet, This day. Captain Bendall and staff anticipate no difficulty in floating the Ooromandel. The weather ia beautifully fine. A nautical enquiry will be held on Wednesday, before Mr M'Farlane, 8.M., and Captains Yon Schoen and Lawsou, of Wellington. Auckland, Thid day. Obituary—Mr B. E. Watkins, French master at the Auckland Grammar School, from heart dsieaae. Ohbibtchuech, This day.

At the friendly societies' gathering ou Saturday in aid of the Brunner fund tbo sum of £23 waa collected. A resolution was carried that it be a. recommendation to tho Government that the firat issue of the Humane Society's medal be made to Mc Seddon and the miners who risked their livea in the endeavor to resoue the entombed men.

A sensational afiai* ocourred at Windsor, about 3 miles from Christohuroh. A woman reported to the palioe that her husband, Jamas Alexander Sobortaon, had threatened to shoot her and burn her houae dowc. shortly afterwards word was reoeived that the house waa on fire, and when the polioo arrived it was burned down. A shot waa heard iv the neighborhood, but nothing could be teen of the man. Tho searoh was kept up all day yesterday, but so far Robertson haa not been found. Ho haa a family of seven children. The announcement of the death of Mr K. T. Gillon waa reoeived here with deep anrrow, he having been particularly well known in Ohriatohuroh, especially aaongst the Maaonic fraternity.

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There areaomeremarlcablefiguves toheobtaincd from the published statistics of Kevr Zealand Factories "under the Act," anil any one who cau spare the time will find it as funny as Punch, this Government record of our industries. Mot on account of the inaccuracies contained thereiu, but in the astounding dimensions of some of the protected industries, and the number of people who obtain a living by such protection. Feathers are "protected" to the tune of about 25 pet- cent., and as this ia to be considered as protection and not as mere revenue-raising, it behoves us to know what we are protecting. In the leading city of New Zealand there is "under the Act" an DStrich feather factory. So far, so good; but the book goes further and tells us how much the factory hands earn in their various occupations. That ia whore wo look for revelations, for we have it on the best authority, that the total wages paid in the abovementioned industry is iii) Os Oil per week, and we may venture to add a similar amount per *uuutii. In another branchof local industries aot altogether unconnected with the press, we find figures after this style,—we will not ;juoteexactly, as tl inightiufriugu copyright: Ab 15 years of age, buys earn 7s> fiirla ss, per week. But at IG, boys earn 6s, while itii'ls receive ih ; whilo at 17 years (most erratic boyu and girls), theyowigmtn receive )os, while the girls get Bs. Exceedingly funny 1 It ia nice rending, and calculated to turn one's brain, if taken in too large quantities. However, nothing is more soothing to a brain worried by liovernment statistics than Old Judge Cigarettes. They certainly will not wash clothes, but they are the beat obtainable, and comparison is invited with aiiv other brand in the market.