TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1911, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

v m LIVING ON CO-OPERATIVE WORKS. rtCPLY TO "WILD TALK." (•T fBtSfiHAffI— SPSOUt. TO *H« tOST.] CHRISTCHtJRCIJ, Thi* Day! During the recent agitation in regard to the unemployed it has been frequent' ly stated that one of the chief objec tions to co-operative work on the railways is the high tost of living at thecamp.*. The men in ChckWhtiKh who have been offered employment at Cass »nd Cheviot haVe gone so far as to stipulate for guaranteed wagea at the rate of £2 * w«ek and facilities lor get' ting their provisiehu from th« cfty, but there is another sMe to this question, Arid it has been *>spfe«ed by Mr. A. M. Welsh, who has a butchery business and general store at Cass. Sir. Welsh is in Cliristehureh at the present time and a. reporter invited him to comment on the statements made to the Mayor and at meetings of thfr unemployed about the cost of living. "It's most of ft -wild talk," paid Mr. Welsh, referring to the- taggestion that food prices were very high on the failway works, "t've b*«n in business at the Ca*9 for three years and I can say that' the conditions are ftot nearly so bad as they are painted. I supply mutton (half sheep) from 4d a pound, beef from 4d to 7 A a pound, and bread 6d the 41b loaf. In the grocery Un« I keep on the counter the price li&t of one of fhfi largest firms in Cnristchurcn, and aell all grocery line* at Cbristchureh prices. Havelock tobacco i.i 5s 6d tho pound or 9d the plug. No', I rant see what men havo to growl at in these prices if they . want work. Good 'workers at dpg arc making not less than 10s r. day,, aud >*sth no rent to pay and Ckruticliurch prices for goods the Cass can't, hi such * bad place to ■live and work ia. Some of the unemployed have th«iv own reasons for not wauling to go to the railway works, but they should not fliakft ezeiisek that xre not in accordance- with facts. If they don't -know the truth about the prices of food at the works they ought to hold tfwir tongues." DIG LAND* DEAL SURREY MILLS E&TATE SOLD fOn £32,000, [Vt X«t«OBAPH-"St>»3tAt. TO tttS J>Cs2.J AUCKLAND, This Day. An important land transaction hae just beett concluded by Messt*. Samuel. Vaile and Son*., who have aold tfce> Surrey Hilk estate, Grey Lynai, for £32,000 to several local and- Southern gentlemen, who intend to pursue a vigorous selling policy, and ptieh the allotments as I*sb as possible. The sale, which k the biggest, deal that had taken place in suburban land in Auckland during tbe pact five years, was completed yett«rday^ the are* involved being between fifty and sixty acre*. A large proportion of the purchase price was paid in each. As it wa« announced #ome time ago that the Government valuation of the property had been fixed at £35,000, the price agreed upon may appear to be somewhat low, but, since tie Government valuation was made, a consider' able number of sections in the estate have been disposed , of. some £2000 ■ worth of allotme&te having been «old during the past ten, day«. The Surrey Hill* estate «m formerly on-ned by th« late Hon. James Williamson, and wae used as a dsiry farm up to about fcwenty-fiye years ago,' wh#a. it fell into the hands' of the, Sank of New 55ealand, the area then being about 300 acres. Some time ago a deadlock, resulting in lengthy litigation, Atoao between the Bank and the Grey Lynn Borough Council, and culminated in Wits Appeal Court deciding that the local authority had to mak« the rodds. A park reserve of nearly thirty Icres is situated in the centre of tie wock, and tho.whole of th« estate ie being roaded", drained, et<s., by the Borough Council. OBSERVANCE OF DOMINION DAY SOME OBJECTIONS. (at «ti<MWi>»— stficut to sax rtst.'j AUCKLAND^ This Day. The question of observing Dominion Day was once more referred to at the meeting ,of the Board of Education yesterday, A letter was read from the Department notifying that ..on Dominion Day children were to assemble in the school and tafute ihs 4ag, also that tliere would be a parade of the School Cadeta. The Chairman (MX O. J. Oarland) said it was A pity legislators Would not took' ahead. Dominion Day was fixed in the Michaelmas holidays, and it was unfair to ask either teachers or scholars to assemble to salute the flag. Many teachers in the coaatry took- the opportunity of get-ting into town for the holiday. It was too much to expect teachers to stay from J?riday night till Dominion Day merely to a««enible the children to »aluto the flag. It wa# decided to intimate- that to the Department. • COUNTRY SCHOOLS. CHILDREN MOST BE EDUCATED. > [at MMeaxpfl— spscut to mt »osi.} AUCKLAND/ This Day. When the fact wa* mentioned at the Board of Education yesterday that the department would not build schools where there are lee» than 25 children, Mr. Banks, of Matamata, said he considered ' the department should grant £100 to put up a building in the case in question' where there were twenty chil.dren. .People in the country seemed to lie expected to put their hande in their pocket* to erect buildings, but in towns the people would not do that. They would simply talk until they got the money granted. A district where there wore ten to twenty children was entitled to have a school. He thought they should put up » porch first in socn ca«e«, and then when the district grew the school could be added. People in the country did not expect tko comforts of town life, but their children must, bo educated. [PBKSS ASSOCt AtIOH.] MERIT AND DEMERIT SYSTEM TKAMWAY MEN'S GRIEVANCE. CHRISTCHtmCH. 13th Sept. In a lengthy statement. Mr. G*ovge T. Booth, ohakmnn of the Tramway Board, deftU categorically with the allegations made 'at last night's public meeting at which the grievances of the tramway employees urising oufc of the operation of tile merit and demerit system were discussed. After enumerating the five separate meanfe provided for appealing against cfecisiofu under tho system, he Vl'&te* that of twelve -tppeals during the past twelve months eight, weie dismihW-d, two succeeded, and in two ca&es the demerits originally awarded were reduced. Early in the year the union asked the board to receive ft deputation regarding complaints of treatment accorded all branches of the service, but the deputaiioa did not.maitg agy tibjfctioii to the

merit and dementi system of to punishments thereunder. In view of this, and of ttte. elaborate machinery provided for hearing grievances, and iiie comparalively email use that is made of it, it is abundantly clear, Mr. Booth says, either that the alleged accumulation of grievance* under the merit and demerit sys* tern does hot exist, or that the constitutional remedies have not been exhausted. Regarding the system of inspection^ he says :— "The uninformed public mightbe led to assume that the inspectors are really intended to act the part of criminal detectives, and to adopt any ' kind of trick to entrap and catch erring employee?. Such supposition hardly calk for refutation. An effective system of detection must be secret, or as nearly so as practicable. Our inspectors aTe well known to every man in the service, most of them having worked their way up from the ranks; mid they are clad in uniform, which effectually prevetrte any attempt at serrecy, even if such was desired, which ft is not. The fact is, that the board's inspection sys* tern is corrective father than detective. It may be- necessary at times to employ more oP lees detective methods, but there is no caee recorded for over twelve months past) which calls for special work in this direction. So long as human nature is what it is, dishonesty is Liable to occur either among servants or the users of the trams, although ii> may [ happen wry rarely. Some sucfi. system of inspection, therefore, may be imperative at times,'' THENELSOM SEAT. ."" r MR, GRAHXM WILL NOT STAND. j NELSON, 13th September. . Air. John Graham, M.P.. announces through the Colonist that he will not sec-fc reflection ' in November. Mr. Graham is one of the senior members of the floiise, having sat continuously for Nelson since 1805. Mr. George llacffiahon, a, well-known farmer, will be a ! candidate as a straigltl»out Government suppose*. Mr. Macmafcon ha« been prominently identified with the local bodies of th* district, holding, among other positions, tk© chairmanship of the Harbour Board and Charitable Aid Board. Me i« also chairman of directors of the Nelson Freeing Company, CARPENTERS' DISPUTE SETTLES, WANGANUr, 13th September. Mr. P. ffally, Conciliation Commissiofier, presided Over meetings of the Conciliation Council held yesterday And to*day, and which lias now arrived at an agreement with regard to the conditions, wages, etc., of carpenters in the Wattgftntti district. A complete agreement was arrived at upon all points. | Ordinary building carpenters, forty- j four houre weekly, . Is 4£di per hour ; those engaged in factories, forty-six hoars weekly, Is 4d per hour. Existing conditions are maintained in all other matters., except th*t of a preference clause similar to the recent Wellington .carpenters' award, with a view to arriving at » Dominion award, i Similar cases have been fixed for hearing at Palmrston North and Mas* twftwii , * The agreement stands tor two years, unless a Dominion agreement is arrived \ at, when the local agreement lapses. The assessors for the men express themselves as highly pleased at the i treatment they received at the hands j of the employers' representatives in the matter, WAN6ANUI FREEZING COMPANY. | WANG AN tn, 13th September. ■ j The Wang&nui Freezing Company held ite annual meeting to-day. The report showed a logs of £5725 on the yeaa-'s working. , This waa attributed to' the high price paid for stock, and the low price received for meat. The retiring directors were re-elected. HABITUAL CRIMINAL AUCKLAND. 13th September. At the Supreme Court. Ivor Thomas, *li&« James Reynolds, for false pretences, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment on each of two charges, and declared an habitual criminal. There i wete many previous convictions against him. COUNCIL ELECTION. \ , GISBORNE, 13th September. I Polling took place to-day in connee* I tion with vacancies caused by the retire* I ment of Mr. W. D. Lysnar (MayoT) and I Councillor Frank Harris, and the consequent elevation of Councillor Pettie to the Mayoralty. The result of the election was as follows :— John W. Bright 945, George Wildisb., 72?, J. S. Sheridan 673. D. W.'ColeriKttTsB4. A. H. Attdef«on 548, lan I. Simson 175, vVong King 134. RAIN IN TARANAKI. NEW PLYMOUTH, 13th Sept. Rain has been falling all day, and continues this evening.' This will be of enormous benefit to Taranaki. Last summer was very dry, and there has been very little rain this winter. It is about a month since we had any, and the growth of grass has been disappointing. DIVORCITcASES. MASTERTON, 13th September. At the Supreme Court to-day decrees nisi were granted' ift the following case* : —Harris v. Harris (wife's petition), adultery ; Colville v. Colville (wife's pe* tition), desertion ; Warner v* Warner (wifes petition), desertion; Groves v. Groves, drunkenness, cruelty, and desertion, The sittings will conclude today. INCENOIARISITsUSPECTED. OAMARU. 13th September. Dvriag the absence of a widow on a vieit to Tier son, her house of two rooms was set on fire and destroyed. It has been ascertained that kerosene was used, ■as an outhouse, which wae not dei etroyed, was liberally sprinkled with this oil. Everything in the house wae destroyed, as well as the building itself. CARGO-BROACHING. I AUCKLAND, 13th September. At the Police Court to-day John Buchanan wa£ sentenced to three months' hard labour for cargo-broaching on the steamer Rimutaka. In the caee of Bert BiSMrfo, similarly charged, the Magistrate reserved his decision. PILES CURED IN 6to 14 DAYS. | •' Your Chemist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any 1 case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Pro* j trudinc Piles in 6 to 14 days. 2s 3d.— Advt. He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, and whistled as he went— for want of thought. The man who trudges along nowadays, smokes Sweet Slice Golden Eagle tobacco, not for want -6f j thought- but because there's no better brand. Golden Eagle. Sweet Sltee ia 2oz tine or plug* all tobacconists. Save I labels for Ureat Gift Sheme.—Advt. i