WITHIN THE COLONY.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 150, 18 May 1894, Page 3

WITHIN THE COLONY.

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(Per Press Association.) Labor Parliament. Wellington, This day. The Trades and LabourCouncil have resolved that tho Labour Parliament be held in Wellington in April of next year, such Parliament to consist of representatives from the various trades unions and labour organisations in the Colony. The objects of the Parliament to he the consideration (1) of matters affecting labour generally; (2) of local government ; (8) to formulate a platform for next general election, each body to have one representative for ! every fifty nu mbers or fraction of fifty, ; each trades Council to be represented | by its president and secretary, but I in to instance shall representation of any one body exceed six. It was resolved that the Postmaster General be asked to authorise the Secretary of the Council to frank all correspondence on this matter. A letter was read from the Premier, who stated that the question of old age pension* would lie taken up by Parliament n< xt session in some shape or other. The Ballance Memorial Committee reported that on the recommendation of Dr JKctor it had been re- | solved that the stone used in connccI tion with the memorial be Bluff, a most suitable stone for carving. Tenders for the work will be called shortly. Arrivals and Departures. Wellington, This Day. During tho last month tho arrivals in tin colony nurnborori 2221 and tho doparturos IJ)‘.)7. More than half tho arrivals won* from Now South Wales, while tho majority of departures were also for that colony. Resigned. Wellington, This Day. Lieutenant Taylor, of the Oamaru Naval*, and Lieutenant Holmes,of the Hastings Rifles, have resigned the commissions. John Drysdalc, of Dunedin, and lame* Hughes, of New Plymouth, have resigned their appointments as Justices of the Peace. Earthquake. Dcnedin, This Day. A severe earthquake shock occurred al I o’clock this morning. Suicide. In m op., Tin . I lay. Mr Bridge.-, , f Tlu.m ;on o Bridger, liiirdw.nv inqi.irLi i ~ eoininitied . ui

cide by shooting himself in the head with a revolver at his residence, Caversham, this morning. The Governor at Rotorua. Auckland, May 17. Lord Glasgow and party were mot at Rotorua by Sir P. Buckley. The Rotorua Town Board presented the Governor with an address of welcome. It is expected tho Vice-regal party will return to Auckland to-morrow evening. The Tendering System. Dunedin, May 17. At a meeting of the Education Board to-day, it was decided to grant the request of the Master Builders’ Association, and introduce an arbitration clause in the conditions of future tenders. A motion was carried that tenders be invited for all printing, but that no tender bo accepted from a firm that does not pa}’ what is known in the trade as fair wages.