STOP PRESS ITEMS

Evening Star, Issue 18258, 24 April 1923, Page 12

STOP PRESS ITEMS

CONCILIATION COUNCIL—BIIICKM AKERS, ETC. Mr W. 11. Hugger sat this morning to hear an application by the Dunecl’ni Bi icknmkers, Pottery-makers. and Sanitary Pipe Makers’ Linion for a new award. Up to 2.30 p.m. the only agreement readied was as to hours _of labor (forty eight) and overtime (double pay). The assessors were: For the union—Messrs Joseph Keen, Henry Fox, and Jas. Friend, with Mr S. Boreham as agent; for the employers—Messrs Tl. G. Hudson, C. A. Slue], and \V. 13. Lambert, with Mr A S Cookson as agent. FLOOR RELIEF FUND. _ it- n , .. , The Dev. Vincent King has received contributions to the Hood reliet fund totalhng £.172 11s 9.d. SUSPENDED RAILWAY TRAFFIC. The Hallway Department this afternoon that tho water on the south line was abating fast, and that there wa,s a possibility of getting a train through to Milton. THE STOCK EXCHANGE. fiale on ’Change : New Zealand Paper Mills, 25s lOd. Sales reported : Westport Coal. 39s 9d; 5 per cent Poit Office Bonds, 1927, £97 7s 6d. BURNS IDE STOCK SALES. Very little stock from outside districts was forward. Sheep : Prime wethers, 35s to 38s; medium, 27s to 295; light, 21s upwards; ewes, up to 345; land) prices unchanged. Prime bullocks, £ll 6s; prime cows and heifers, up to £7 ss. Prices showed a reduction of 10s per head. SUPPLIES FOR RELIEF OASES TO-MORROW. The Mayor has the consent of the authorities for tho opening at certain houis tomorrow of bakers, butchers and grocers’ shops for the supply of goods to those in urgent, need. ANZAC SERVICE AT PORT CHALMERS. Owing to slips on the road tho Kaikorai Band will bo unable to take part, as arranged, in the Ai.i-ac services at Port Chalmers to-morrow. THE SYDNEY STEAMER. The Manuka, from Sydney with oversea mails, arrived at Wellington at ILcO a.m. to-day. LATEST CABLES ■ NE WVO.KK, April .23. —The ‘Evening Post’ announces that Paderewski by sixty-six recitals in the United States, since November, earned over 460 000 dollars, equal to 23,000,000,000 Polish marks.—A. and N.Z. Cable. ’LONDON, April 23,—Lady Betty’-i wedding will be of ivory mo : re mousin’', designed with extreme simplicity. Elio wished for a speck-ly nub shade of ivory, and tho material was dyed accordingly. Followin' classical lines, the dress is cut in one piece, reaching almost to the .wound. The waistline is slightly raised, and the sleeves just cover the ton of the shoulders. The bodice is decorated with lour bands of pearl tnminiims, and another band is used to decorate the front of the skirt. '1 lie wedcliim veil i.i caught at each ear witii a white rose and a spray of orange Wesson" which is the only color to act as a foil to the creamy whiteness. The veil consist? of old lac-' belonging to the Queen, and Hie train is of Nottingham lace. The back of the dress lias a panel of silver tissue. —A. and ’^WdXF v April 24.—Mr Carden. secretary of the Labor Council, has returned ‘from' a visit to Russia. IDs views regarding the Soviet’s, methods of government have been materially modihed. He declares fuat n is t/io onlv form of government suitable for Russia; but it is unsuitable lor Australia whim E much further advanced than Russia, (The Soviet system of school educat on, however, is the finest in the Eond*