WELLINGTON NOTES.
(Fnoit Ouk Own Cohbessokdent.) WELLINGTON, March 8. hands on the Government steamer Tutanekai, except the oflicers and three men, have been paid off, and the vessel will be laid up pro tern. The shortage of railway trucks is still inconveniencing shipping hero. There is trouble in connection with, the contract for the new General Post Office. Dobson's stone, from Greymouth, which is provided for in the specifications, is said to be unprocurable. This stone was to be used for the basement. As indicating the general improvement in the labour market it is worthy of mention that there are now very few applications for relief coming before the trustees of the Bcnevolorit Institution. Mr A. F. Harding, who was captain of the Anglo-Welsh football team 'that toured New Zealand about two years ago, and who has been in the Dominion for some little time, has joined the accountants' branch of the firm of Wilford and Levi. The Hawke's Bay Fruitgrowers' Association use about 150,000 cases in a season. 'This represents half a'million feet of timber.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14777, 9 March 1910, Page 5
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