CHRISTCHURCH (From Our Own Correspondent.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 17

Otago Witness, Issue 2571, 24 June 1903, Page 30

CHRISTCHURCH (From Our Own Correspondent.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 17

Soip" of lho Chnstohurcih butnhers arj vc-rv \irtucusly indignant indeed at the O:ty C^uniil's aot;on 111 fore ag tilicna to kill at tiie City Abattoirs all the meat coming; into tho 01U. The petition is t'..it fie Legi claturo "coniiv.l'od the t-.ly to build rosit'y aba'.'.oirt). iukl save tho c.->unwl poircr to ccrr..pol the. butchers tv -o>3 tl.!jm. Tho co,t to the but^hur will b? o^out 1-36J per Id frr p'ang-htpnng, ond tho bfnt.'to to the butc'. <•!• aud tlu> imbhc will bo ccjirtlrty to all and a btttfr g^iararitco of umfonn.ty on-i cflicie:iry of iibiH'C''on. The l/utt-herb' obj-rctions arc: — (1) Tuat tho lri^pec.tion mig' t lx; liieffic'i'i't, fcisd merms of redress wou'd !>o wnriti.ij;; {2) i'lj <->«fu 101. tl.at v.i ul'l be eiitniled on t\v butcher; w/h i-p-j,'ird to cirhng: (3) tho fad that in 'ho loi.g 1 uu the m'feitro would bn tho purbhe.

Before commencing the. business of the A-->e.ism<nt Court tins m'-ruiujr Mi Hn,rld:u. S.M., find- " I dr-'ra to <-ay one word ac! to the pnnevp'o oil which tins cciirt acts m cndf\i\uuring to arrue at the iuumpro\ed \aJu<> of Irtinl. A !iiinil>or of pialcments "lm\o liLi-a ni.de as to the ica^-ons fjr tlio d?ci->ion of tnu» court in \.tnon-. ci-~l*s, bit, tiioy are Ji'>t in acooid.nn" v irh trivtli. 'i ho only pri'K'nlc fiuidin^ ihu-, court w to find out the saleable \;inio of i\\v o\vnn\ in-torc-i. in the partic ulur pn.<><? o f land on (.he <-ii) po«iiion that there uro no impro\ cmfiits ou tho 1-jud. In o:J.ei wordi, the d"fimtion ot " unimproved \:i!ne" 111 section 2 of • Tiie Uo\ oruinuul \\Uu.\bion of Iv3ii<l« Act, 190u. ' i-> strictly adheied to Jiiat the ta ; k sot tho c-iurt is a difficult one >s wry true, ami tho difficulty i-> not lc waed I>> vncaridid <.t/trnK:it-> made by owners «■. tr, the c\r ci v_*taiKV~ connect -J wi'h their property A pMitkmPii who f lys lie bis ju->t piirf! a-"<l :i pin )Ttj for -,t much k-«c <-iun tlian ii i-i ji-.Cird at, hut who conct.al-> fr'ie fact that the purchase- has hi-~n irade in pursuance of a ijinc!jt>ing clt-u-o in f< kasn i\fcutod federal ye.us ajo, in not rand id, and helps to in. li ad th- court instead of a^iiimg- to arrive at a ju-t c«oiU'lu-ion ; and pirsnn-. u'-o a.-»ert tlia.t ibn pourt proceed* on theories invented by theaustJveo are equally culpable." A rnotiui. — ' Tliat, with a view to countcraoung the damage done tr> farm workers by professional agitators the union will take all possible stops to p-isist the farm labourers to become farmers and employers" — was dUonssed at the North Canterbury Farmers' Union Executive to-day. Mr Leadley (ex-nresident) said he had, in cons>"quenee of the letters appearing in print, qono to the trouble of going- into fifrures and, taking tho njjuie-s given by Mr Hardinir af-

the Provincial Confejenoe, it showed that the men, €imployed in other lines of labour were far worse off than farm employees. The averag-a wagca paid to male employees 111 other cceupat'Oii'S vrer-e, pxjeording- to iHo "Year Book,' lowor than *hose paid to farm employees. Wh-on the foot that bho farmers' n^e-n were found board and residence was cons.cjered, these figures (which •nc\ided boy workers, but not females) were: —

a gjp „ . S?! i; — ™ -3 jh <j S » =n S " g Freezing woik? .. .. S2S3 £3(U,^10 £91 Bacon curing • . 185 13,891 76 Butter and cheese woikers 1365 95.4C1 82 Brewery workers . . 677 63.45J 123 Sauce and pickle factory hands . 77 4.G23 63 Soap and catd c workers 224 19.-103 S3 Cosworks men .. .. 563 70,£58 123 Lime and cement wcukers 181 16 577 90 Tinware workers .. 336 23,107 63 Engineers and biassiomiders ... .. 3370 30G.77S 86 Agr. cultural implement wo J-.ars .. 634 5.1879 02 Prilling emp'oyees . 2627 268,041 102 Ccachbiuidcr3 and . painUis 11S3 83,156 70 The matter r.ps ultimately defence!.