TELEGRAMS.

North Otago Times, 27 January 1906, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

DUNEDIN.

January 20. Tha Arbitration Court, has ieeu engtugcd on fc seamen's dispute for over a TO k, and tho caso for the Union is still unfinished, • Mr. liclclier, conductins «» casi' for the men, has called a host o: witnesses, 'including offers of the Union Company, from tho gcnc-al manager down to firemen, and'.expects to finish •about Tuesday. Mr Kirby, oi Iho Lnion Company, will then lead evidence for tho other side. It was the hope of the Court that it would be able to get away for Hie West Coast on Thursday, but that is now out of the (question.

TIMARU. Janyai'y 20. At a' meeting attended by 28 busines men it was resolved to establish a Chamber of Commerce for South Canterbury. Mr J P. Newman, manager of the Farmers'' Association, was elected president.

■ WELLINGTON. January 26. The general manager ol the National Hank of New 'Zealand has l'cceivod cab! advice from London that the Hoard ot Directors have, resolved to make an issue of 50,000 of the unissued shares of &1 10s each in the capital of the.Bank. The shares will 'bo issued to existing shareholders in the proportion of one new share for every two shares now ..held, at £3 10s per share, of which £2;s)s will le capital and £1 premium. "Pull particulars will lie supplied to shareholders by circular early, n March. •A prisoner named Crook, who escaped from the prison works yesterday, was captured to-day wearing civilian clothes, alleged to be the proceeds of a. burglary committed during his brief period of liberty.' The Government has decided to abandon the projected labor parliament, owing to the numhc! of employers' associations refusing to take part, and some labor organisations making Impossible demands.