NEW ZEALAND.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1893, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

Chbistchurch, May 30. The Mayor waited upon the Minister for Libour to-day 01 b;half of a number of men oat of work, lies tid he believed there were now 200 men on the books of the Labour Bureau, m»ny of whom were married and had families to support. Tbey asked that something should be ot onoe done to fiad work for them. The Hon W. P. Reoves said that on learning that so many men were in want of work he at once sent urgent telegrams to the Premier and Minister for Public Works. He might mention thit the Bureau was not intended for making work, but for seeing bbab men were sent to pkoes where works were going on. He had sent for Mr Lomas, the local agent, and the men would be tabulated and Bent to works most suitable to their various conditions as Boon &% employment cou d be found for them. The Government was making arrangements by which more men could be sent t> the Cheviot, but these would bo married men, who would, of course, have the preferc co, over tho3B with no ouo depending o<i them. It was quite likely Borne work would alno be fouad in the North Is'a d. The Mayor made reference to the fact that when men finished their work in the country districts they invariably mads for the city, and as there was not much doing in the country at the present time, this help.d to swell the number on th« books of tha Bureau. The Hon Mr Reeves said this ba'l always been the case in New Zealand, and a travelling population bad become Quo of the inet'tutions of the coloDy, He considered the local bodif s should do something towa-xU finding work, especially for elderly mea. He thought it was scarcely fair to throw the whole onue of finding work upou the Government. At tha Supreme ■ Court to-dayj John Wyld, charged with shooting at his daughter with intent to murder, was found guilty of slooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm, ai.d the jury made a stroug recommendation to mercy. A sentence of I 18 mouths' impriEoninent with hard labour wa3 passed. In a second charge ogaiust Wyld of inflicting grievous bodily harm upon hia wife, no evidence was offered by the Crown, and a formal verdict of not guilty was returned. Mary Coir plead d guilty to a charge of arson, and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour.