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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 91, 14 October 1914, Page 6

The Wellington Acclimatisation So* ciety's season at the Maeterton hatcheries will be brought to a close in A few days time. The output of trout fry bo faj> this season has been 550,000. The Wairtwapa Daily Times states thai usually a number of orders are received at Masterton from acclimatisa.tiQfl societies in other districts for trout Cry, but this year, presumably on account of tho war, not one order has been received. The lambing has turned out very successfully in the Masterton district this season (says the Wairarapa Daily Times), and farmers express themselves, generally as being well satisfied with the returns. In the majority of cases the percentages are reported to have reached one hundred. In smaller flocks high percentages are recorded— up to 120 and 130 per cent, and even, higher — but such returns &i;egenerally anticipated where the flock ia constantly under the eye of the farmer, and the conditions existing tend, to, the saving of every lamb horn. It was the general opinion of the business men attending the meeting of the Finance Committee of the Auckland Patriotic League this week that bufli» ness in Auckland was, in view of the continuance of tha war, quite satisfactory. To enable this condition to continue, however, the members of the committee felt that there should be no hesitancy on the part of people with, money to land when good security was offered. It was considered that money should be made available for building purposes, and it was pointed out that/ excellent securities weft) offering at 6 and 7 per cent. The commitree expressed the hope that such securities would be taken up freely, as this would tend largely to maintain in the community a feeling of settlement. A smart rescue from drowning was effected between 5 and 6 o'clock la«b evening by Mr. Robert Cashmaß) a messenger attached to the Departmental Buildings on. Lambton-quay. Mr. Cashman was walking along tne Clyde-quay Wharf when he heard someone cry out that a child had fallen off tho toawalL Promptly throwing off his "coat and vest he plunged into the water, the aurfatieu of which' was about seventeen feet from where he stood, and swam to the child (a boy about five years of age, who was being carried, aw,ay from the breaetworb hy the current from a large sewer. The task of getting the youngster back to the breastwork was by no means an. easy, one, as the water pouring from the sewer kept sweeping him and his burden, out into the harbour. However, he managed at last to get close in to the wall, ad was greatly assisted hy a mar who had jtirnpod in to render help. A ladder having been lowered, the boy was carried up to the roadway and attended to. after which he was taken to his home. An agreement between the employers and employees in hotels in the Taranaki diateiot has been arranged. The recommendations of both sides were heard before a Conciliation Counoil, which concluded its sittings in New Plymouth this- week. Clauses relating to hours of work, holidays, wageß, casual labour, board and lodging, termination of employment, underrate workers, and preference to unionists were amended to the satisfaction of both sides. The , award as a whole betters the conditions of employment, and increases the wages paid to hotel employees of the Taranaki industrial district. The award applies to all hotelkeepers carrying on business in that district, and its term is for three years. At the conclusion of the sitting, says the Auckland Herald, a vote oi thanks was accorded to the Commissioner fer the able manner in which be had conducted the proceedings. Mr. T. Long, secretary ol the Auckland Hotel Workers' Union, referred to tho kindly consideration given by the employers to the union s representations. Further, he esptesaed the belief that, with good setvnee and efficient workmanship and a proper understanding between employers and employees, *he former would never have reason to regret that a union of hot«l workers b&d been formed in the Taranaki dv* trict. The South Canterbury British and Bel« gian relief fund i& now over £5000.

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