Wellington Items.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 20, 25 January 1901, Page 3

Wellington Items.

RETURN OF N.Z. SHOOTING TEAM

PRESENTATION TO MINISTERS AN I) MEMBERS.

[By Telegraph—Press Association.] Wellington, last night. Tho foreign consuls in Wellington, being desirous of expressing their condolences to His Excellency in connection with the Queen’s death, the Earl of Itanfuvly has announced that lie will receive members of the Consular Corps in a body on Saturday morning. Licut.-Coloncl Collins, who went to Australia in charge of the New Zealand team which competed at the Commonwealth rifle meeting, returned by the Vv album this morning. Colonel Collins ascribes the non-success of our men partly to the heat, but more particularly to the want of practice under the altered conditions. They lmd, however, a really good time, and were treated with the utmost kindness throughout the trip. The workmen at the Petonc workshops arc taking up the proposal to make a presentation to the Hon. J. G. Ward, in acknowledgment of the recent increase m tvuges, and a scheme is being prepared by winch each railway employee throughout New Zealand be given an opportunity oi making a sixpenny contribution towards the presentation fund. Apart from this it is the intontion of the Pctonc men to organise a banquet to the Hon. Mr A\ aid, at which a presentation will probably be made to Messrs J. Fisher and I. Wilford, M.H.U.’s. „ . . The award of the Conciliation Board in the sawmiUcrs' dispute was announced to-dav. Tho principal recommendations arc as follows :—That the week shall consist of 40 flours ; that for men working planing machines the minimum wages be A'2 15s per week ; men working circular saws, «£2 8s; engine drivers driving engines over live liorsc-powcr, .63; under five liorse-power, .62 10s ; yavdsmen, solely employed in delivering timber, F 3. The minimum wages pf men at unskilled works of other capacities was fixed at .62 os, and casual labor 8s 6d per day. The Board, makes the usual recommendations for the payment of overtime and holidays, and on the question of apprentices decides that each machinist bo allowed one bov, whose wages shall commence at 12s 6d per week, with such gradual increase as shall be agreed upon.