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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 139, 9 December 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL m > i A deputation, consisting of Messrs. M. J. Reatdon (president of the Trades Council), W. C. Noot (secretary), and R. S. Bedford, waited upon the Mayor (Mr. D. M'Laren) to-day, for the purpose of protesting against the action of the council in deciding to run trams on Christmas Day. The deputation was the outcome of representations made by the Tramway Employees' Union to the Trades Council. His Worship said that he thought there would be some difficulty in reopening the mat* ten as the council, by a majority, Uiad decided to run the service on the lines recommended by the Board of Management. Th© deputation protested against the action of any majority in so deciding. Mr. Reatdoti traversed the statement of the Engineer that it would pay the couhcil. This, he said, was scarcely in accordance with the agreement; which provided that, double time shall be paid to men who work 'on Christmas Day, and also provided that a day's pay shall be given to the men who did not work. He, therefore, claimed that the men who did work on Christmas Day were entitled to three days' pay. Protest was also made against the running of anything shorter than an hourly service. The Mayor replied that he did not think the council would go so far as to commit a breach of the agreement. He would report to the council the representations made by the deputation, and would ascertain whether the proposal to run a twentyminuted service on some of the lines was a breach of the agreement. Th© speakers at the banquet to be tendered to the Hon. James 1 Allen, Minister of Defence, under the auspices of the local Navy League and Universal Military Training Committee, on Wednesday, will bes— His Excellency the Administrator (Sir Robert Stout), the Prime Minister, General Godley, the Senior Naval Officer present, Mr. A. M. Myers, M.P., Mr. Evelyn Wrench Eagle (organiser of the Overseas Club), and the guest of the evening. Officers w-Hl hot attend in uniform, but decorations will be worn. There is no foundation for the atatemenb that Mr. W. B, Hudson, of the Insurance Department, is likely to succeed Mr. Campbell an Commissioner of Taxes. That position, in conjunction with the other office* held by Mr. 1 Peter Heyes, was, ifc iB understood, offered io Mr. Hudson at the time of Mr. H^yefc'fi resignation three yeara ago, but. Mr.' Hudson preferred to remain ia the Insurance Department. Several hundred people visited the flag» ship Drake yesterday at her anchorage in the stream, the ferry steamers and the little Moturoa making numerous trips. The public showed great interest in the big warship, and the Bailors were very courteous to their visitors. Admiral SirG. P. King-Hall paid a visit of inspection t<> ( the Torch, lying at the Wool Wharf, this morning, and returned to the flagship later. This afternoon Hib Excellency will attend an "At Home" to be given at the Missions to Seamen Institute in hi« honour, by the Hon. F. M. B. Fisher. Financial members of the Navy League attending boys' colleges in Wellington will visit the flagship tomorrow, boats to leave the man-o'-war | steps at 2.45 p.m. sharp. The students from the girls colleges will also visit the flagship to-morrow. In consequence of the Drake's short stay in Wellington, the proposal of the Navy League to organise an entertainment for the men has been abandoned. The cruiser will sail for Sydney, via Milford Sound, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. ' In accordance with a requisition aigned by a majority of the occupiers, the Minister of Labour has decreed that from to-day (9lh December) electrical goods and appliance* in Wellington are to be closed in the evening of working-days a* • follows s— On four days of the week, not later than 0 p.m. ; on one day of the week, not later than 1 p.m. ; on one day of the week, not Inter than 10 p.m. A email company in which some Wellington capital has be«n invested ha* been formed in Dunedin to mine for tin on Stewart Island. Prudent people will see to the purchase of their Christmas gifts during next week, and prudent people will make a selection from Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd.— Advt. "Aertex Cellular," ia the ideal !»ummer underwear. Nwtreet approach 10 the material recommended by Dr. Kirk, of Edinburgh, in hie t famous health book. Hinglela and pahta nnd knee drawers, 3e 6d to 6s 6d. George Fowlde, Ltd,, Manners-street .— Advt. Customs entries made and passed by expert men. Goods forwarded or sorted. Shipping and Forwarding agents to all parts of tho world. The Colonial Carrying Company, Ltd,, 107-109, Custom-houfie-quay.— Advt.