DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 January 1928, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Press AssooiatiQn.} WATERSIDE WORKERS. ■ AUCKLAND, January 16. Several non-unionist waterside workers complained, to-day, that they had made application for admittance as members of the Watersiders Union, and had been told*there was no chance of having the requests acceded to. The Secretary of the Union declin-. ed to discuss the situation, and said several' hundred non-unionists assembled at the wharf each morning, and frequently the Union members had to go without employment. BLACKGUARD IMPRISONED. WELLINGTON, January 16. “Your language is that of a drunken young blackguard,” said Mr. Salmon, S.M., imposing a sentence of three months’ imprisonment on James Sydeny Cody, 27, who created a disturbance at a dance at the Early Settlers’ Hall, in an altercation with the doorkeeper, who suspected Cody of giving a pass-out check to a friend outside. It was stated by the police that Cody had been four times before the Court last year for fraud and theft, and as an idle and disorderly person. ■ TRAMWAYS AWARD. CHRISTCHURCH, January 16. When the Conciliation Council met this morning to hear the Tramway Workers’ dispute, the assessors for the Board, declared that the Board would not give /any increase in wages. A representative o*t the Union contended that motormen and conductors were not being adequately paid tor the strain which was placed upon them.

Mr William Hayward said the employers in New Zealand have gone, the limit. We can’t give away a farthing. \ The assessors for the Board offered a renewal of the old award, MANGAHAO DAM. WELLINGTON, January 13, The Hydro-Electrical Department announeved to-day that the water ia the dams at Mangahao has been failing on account of the deficient rainfall, and that for several days past local plants have been assisting in carrying the load required to maintain the necessary power in'the dis> trict served by the Government station. The Chief Electrical Engineer (Mr F. T. M. Kissel) mentioned that the new dam at Mangahao, which is now practically completed, was not finished in time to be filled with water from the seasonal rains before the dry si set in. The dam was only partly tilled but as soon as rain comes the water will probably rise to the toplevel, and the present difficulty, it is. expected, will not recur. All three city plants are in cojwhssion and working to their full o&paoity (on steam) to supply the energy Mangahao cannot produce. it is understood, too, that in several of the provincial towns the service from Manga-, hao is far from satisfactory.