STOCKTON NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 29 March 1926, Page 6

STOCKTON NOTES.

(Our Own Correspondent.) News from here is a scarce commodity at present. The mine difficulty is the main theme of interest. At pi*esent the Mino remains idle. Both sides appear to be. marking time, 'the reason lor the present stoppage, is that the Manager j s trying to flout the oft-expressed wish of the members of

the Union, namely, the reinstatement of those men who got their dismissal notices at the starting of the flume. T he members of the Union through the Executive, pointed out- to ilic management at the time those notices were issued, that until all those members were, reinstated into permanent positions, the Union would stand ioi no new appointments in their stead. Yet such have been attempted, hence the deadlock. According to a cable Inst week in the Argus, a certain Captain Guest has had a brain wave, and i s preparing to organize an army of unemployed to invade the Dominion. What about finding work for those who nrc already out here Mr. R. Weekes, of Westport, was a

visitor to Stockton on Wednesday. The Stockton Sorcer (earn sent two teams to Denniston on Saturday tc> compete in the fivc-a-side tournament.

TTiere have been a good few complaints here, lately in regard io the sanitary arrangements of one or two places, and the other day the lle-alth Inspector paid a visit, but from information received, he could do very little by way of improvements. With regard to the Stockton Hall, he is reported as having said that the Buller C-ountv Couiu il should not. have allowed the hall to be rented or suly-lot without the proper <<)uv< > ionces being provided. At the present time there are none. Tn regard to sanitary arrangements at the Bath House, the Inspector is reported to have stated that he had no- power to make the Company provide either latrines on W.C.’s at that place. A. rumour is going the rounds of the place that the Shv'klmi mine, would hn.vo been idle last Wednesday, in anv case, owing to the extra heavy rain on Tuesday f'oodng the B lavbye and causing other damage to the locoi road.