WAGES REDUCTION REJECTED.

Evening Star, Issue 20312, 22 October 1929, Page 16

WAGES REDUCTION REJECTED.

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A Londort Press Association cablegram, dated October 21. .says ■that twenty-two unions, embracing IoIUiOU employees in the wool irade in the Rradfurd district, rejected the employers' proposals for a. reduction of S.-3 pci’ cent in then’ wages. MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The animal conference of the New Zealand Methodist, Missionary Society was held at Auckland to-day, about sixty delegates being present. Mrs George Rowron, of Christchurch, presided. Reports dealing with home missions and the Solomon group were adopted. It was decided that the next conference ho hold at Napier.-—Press Association. ACCIDENT NARROWIW AVERTED. Tho.se who were watching the Public AVorkft operations on the site for Dunedin's new Post Office received -omewhat of a shock this afternoon when the big crane and pile driving plant suddenly crashed to the ground with a great roar. Fortunately, no one happened to he working below alien the fall look place. Tho steam-driven plant was hoisting a huge wooden staging. weighing anything up to four or five ton-, alien’, without any waining, the main wooden -Lem (12in by 12in) broke away irom its ha-c ami toppled over on to a ; lack of pointed piles. Some idea of the strain which the plant was intended to bear can be gained from, the fact that the big main stem asm completely broken aero’--'. Tim whole plant wa< badly damaged, and it aill he some days before it can he restored to its lull working capacity.