WITHIN THE DOMINION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7869, 3 August 1911, Page 1

WITHIN THE DOMINION

LATEST TELEGRAMS PIIES3 ASSOCIATION. THE GENERAL ELECTION. DUNEDIN, August 2. It is understood that Air H. D. Bedford will contest tho Dunedin West scat against tho Hon. .1. A. Millar at tho general election as an opponent of the present Government, ami that he wiil receive tho support of tho Labour organisations as well as that of the Opposition. Air J. AV. AXunro, who contested tho seat at tho last election, will also bo a candidate. DISQUALIFICATION OF A JOCKEY UPHELD. THE JULIAN CASE. WANGANUI. August 2. The metropolitan committee ’ of tho Wanganui Jockey Club to-night considered tho appeal by Julian against bis disqualification for twelve months for his riding of Napper in the Kaitoko Hurdles at the last winter mooting. Tho appeal was dismissed. CONCILIATION COUNCIL. INA'JHRCARGILL August 2. Mr Triggs, Conciliation Commissioner, started hero to-day what promises to be a busy sitting of tho Conciliation Council. Six hours were spent in consideration of a suggested agreement between the Slaughtermen’s Union and various employers. In this case the employers were the applicants (tho first case of the kind) iu Southland. Clauses relating to hours of work and overtime were adopted on the basis of the Wellington agreement. Small concessions were granted to rates of pay as to dead animals and potted lambs. Tho proportion of learn'ers to journeymen was hxed at one to eight. The term of tho award is from August Ist. 1911, to January Ist, 1912. Tho commissioner was also engaged in the first section of a dispute between the recently formed General Labourers’ Union and the employers. An agreement was come to relating to builders' labourers. Of nine clauses in the claims by the union three were adopted as proposed, three amended, and three (relating to hours of labour, minimum wages, and piecework) referred to the Arbitration Court.

ELOCUTIONARY CONTESTS. GEE YHOUTH, August 2. The local elocutionary contests began yesterday and will last all tho week Hr Baeyertz, the judge; eulogised the competitors generally on the marked 1m provement since last year, both in elocution and general aptitude to learn. There are 320 entries. The audiences have been enormous at each session—thrico,daily. EXPLOSION OF GELIGNITE. NELSON, August 2. By an accidental explosion of gelignite at a clay bank cutting ien miles from Murchison. W. Sewell and David Sewell were seriously injured. William Sewell was ramming homo tho last plug while David was "preparing another, when the tamping stick was blown into W. Sewell's face and body, making largo wounds No details are available as to tho present condition of tho sufferers.

DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN. CHRISTCHURCH, August 2.

At an inquest in the hospital this morning concerning tho death of Lena Buchanan, aged twenty-two, married, a verdict was returned that death was duo to septicaemia, following child-birth. Tho medical evidence was to the effect that the case was an extremely bad one, but the doctors could not say where tho infection came from. The nurso who attended the patient was unregistered. She was positive she took all tho necessary precautions. It was suggested that as two, people had died in the same house tho building might contain disease germs.

Xhe coroner remarked that an unregistered nurse ran a great risk in undertaking such a case.

One doctor, in his evidence, said there were hundreds of unregistered women practising as midwives in Christchurch.