WITHIN THE DOMINION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6493, 13 April 1908, Page 6

WITHIN THE DOMINION

LATEST TELEGRAMS rxt£B9 A4900U.T102*. XSVmOAUOIU* TRAGEDY. THE SimVIYOHS. INVERCARGILL, April 11. Of tho two survivors of tlio Baxter family, th* b*.by is woiikor, and sink;in«. Phyllis k conscious, but has no of recent events- Bho _ is paralysed on one aide, and complains of pains in the hood. ALLEGED PILFERING. DONE BY “THE OTHER PEOPLE.” AUCKLAND. April 11. Mr Way, secretary of tho Waterside Workers' Union, states that in his evidence at Wellington in tho Arbitration Court recently, when ho said it was supposed tho offenders regarding pilfering wore gold braid, ho did not refer to the Harbour Board officials, but tho other peopleA TRAMWAY BOARD’S TROUBLES. CHRISTCHURCH, April *2. At a mooting of tho oxocrutive of tho EngincwlrTvors* Union on Friday evening a letter was road from the Christchurch Tramway Board stating that it had decided not to recognise tho claims of several ongin^ r drivers for back pay. In August of I DOG tho Board was convicted of a broach of award in paying loss than tho minimum wages. Tho hack pay, amounting to about £2OO. has never been paid, although repeated applications have been made by the I men. Tt was decided to take legal proceedings, and a ballot was hold to determine which of the men should be selected for a tost case. THE CAREFUL CUSTOMS. AUCKLAND, April 12. The rare with which the Customs authorities examine articles was illustrated at tho Harbour Board's meeting yesterday, when tho fact was mentioned that owing to there being an average of two and a half matches too many in some boxes, one hundred oa.sos of matcehes had been detained in tho wharf sheds. Tho Customs warn ted increased duty, and delay arose while tho matter was under Tho result was a charge for twenty-eight clays' storage fees. Tho committee decided to recommend tho Board to remit half the storage charges under the circumstances. A WELCOME GIFT. CHRISTCHURCH, April 12. It is stated that tho trustees under the will of the late Hon. J. T. Pea-cook have presented the Canterbury Society of Arts with a sum of £-*SOO to be expended on pictures by European artists for tho permanent collection.

HORSES KILLED BY A TRAIN. NAPIER., April 12. A stock train ran into a number of horses on tho railway between Napier and Port Ahnriri at about 11 o’clock on Saturday night, killing four of them and injuring one. Tho horses belonged to Maoris, who are working at clearing and road formation on the Wharo-o-maraenui reclaimed land. A CANOE’S CREW DROWNED. AUCKLAND, April 11. Nows by the Manapouri states that a canoe containing fifteen natives was 'lost on a voyage from Atiu to Mitiaro. All tho occnpants wore drowned. A LABOUR BUREAU. NAPIER, April 12. It has been decided to form a labour bnreau branch of the Hawke’s Bay Employers’ Association. Tho membership roll of the association now stands at 127. ACTION ENDORSED. WAIROA, April 11. Meetings of local bodies yesterday passed resolutions strongly endorsing the action by Napier commercial men in pressing the Government to provide for a complete survey of a railway from Napier to Auckland via Wairoa and Poverty Bay. THE WAIROA HARBOUR. WAIROA, April 11. The Harrbour Board, at a meeting last night, rejected a proposal to reduce tho wharfage rates by 50 per cent. A motion was carried engaging Mr Leslie Reynolds, engineer, to report ou a scheme tor improving the river entrance.