INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11871, 8 June 1909, Page 5

INTERPROVINCIAL.

1 ,;. ■ (Per Press, Association.) | ROTORUA, this day. 1 At .the Stipendiary Xfagiatratels Court, the^lountttin Rimu Timber Company yvaa ' prosecuted, by the Inspector 1 pf. Awards for^tv ba-eaxjh of the timber iiward m pay T iiigV a : carpenter less 1 ■than, the award wa£es. The wage? paid were 8s 6d, whjle the a,yard r wage Was >,Bs. Defendarita urged that .the- man Was ■employedi'iiis a general useful hand, not as -a; carperiUr.-,' The, compitny wo& fined £2 and 12s!: costs", • 'tThe Bartholomew; Timber and Land Company \v as also prosecuted ; by th« same inspec^oi- on the. same kind of charge. : Defendants urged that Is a we^k was Kept buck -fpV blue rent of .a cottage Avhich ,th« man ; -had . lifed m. A, fine- of £"? aiid costs, iindhiileage 30s, vvaa imtjosed.. \ ' ■■[■! YVm^h this day. The memorial stone of the boy« home, being erected by Eaivoy Jenkins- as a .gift to ilie Salvation. . A^rxny , at . a cost of about £4000,- was laid tyesterday by the jStvyoi v of Elthahi^ . „ ■£ .. . -vVELLINCITO^, this day. T/he directoi-s of tlie Clefir Company have declared an interim dividend of 6 per cent, for the- nJonths end«d MaySlst.^ .. ■■ -. :■:'■- ■'■■■-;.■■■■ -. ■ Constable Mills, wdlo \v<is antpxicat«d while on duty m Wellingt<«i"lcity on Satiirday, s has been dismissed from the service. ■■■';' • • The question of a. bankrupt's liability was involved m a civil action m which the Te Aro Loan Co.' sued G. 18. Lusk ftvr £2Q. It appearcdl that Lusk, while bankrupt, signed a promissory note m renewal of a promissory note g>veii befoi'e ho was adjudged » bankrupt. Dr McArthur, S.M., held that the original note, was a debt payable m bankruptcy tinker section ,520 '0f the Bankruptcy Acif, and an order of discliai-ge released baiikrdpt from that debt. Judgihent was oritered for defendant, ; -.' , The returns of hemp graded m tha Dominion d-uring May total 5476 baJes, an increase of 1114 bales on tlie corresponding f period of 1908. The hemp gradted for th© twelve . months ending 31st May totalled 75,470 bales, a decrease of 39,474 "bales for the twelve months. OHHISTCHURCH, this day. The tailoring trade dispute Was before Conciliation ' Commissioner Triggs today. Clause 12, safeguarding tailorUlado work 'tis against factory . mud<N, and aiming '.it .; ; jßrms advertisinpt "made to measure" suits for thr&e; guineas instead of ready-made, , was • deferred to j the Arbitration Court. ■:' : t