LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13321, 5 March 1914, Page 8

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS.

(£er Press Association.) v . W-ELLTNGTON, last night. The annual conference of the New Zealand Federated Plumbers' and Gasfitters' Association of Workers was attended by delegates from . Auckland, Wellington^ Taranaki, Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill. Regarding the proposed dominion . award, referred yesterday to the Arbitration Court' with a request by the association' that a .conference of the parties be ordered to negotiate on the basis of the Auckland award, the judge had stated he had no power to compel a conference, but would suggest that one be held. Acting on the suggestion the parties conferred last night. Nothing definite was docidt-d, and tlie whole matter was again referred to the Court. . . CHRISTCHURCH, last night. A deputation representing the Christ•church City Council and , adjoining boroughs waited on the Hon. W. Eraser, and. asked if the Government Was going to take ,a. contract • for the supply 'of power from Lake Coleridge to large, consumers. Councillor Taylor said that if tlie Government compete it would, mean a rearrangement of the prices charged by tli3 city for supplying the N local authorities- The Minister replied that tlie (government did not want to waste the power. If the city was prepared to supply the power required at once it would hand over: the contracts tlie Government had made to the city, but could not allow prospective consumers 1 to wait two or three years. TIMARU, last night, j The Timaru Post Newspaper Company, ' Ltd., has sold its business as a going concern. to a proprietary company, which has entered into possession. It is understood the old company will go into voluntary liquidation. DUNEDIN,. Iast night. ' Tlie transfer of Rev. P. _s r ; I_night ; from tho Victoria Conference has been approved of. The transfer of the Rev. J. W. Burton to Victoria, was sanctioned, the exchange to be reviewed at the end of three years. Considerable time i was! devoted to the discussion' of the question of constituting tlie Durham St: circuit, a citf mission, the proposal ' be-'i ing .negatived by^i. large majority. .' The first reading of the stations was pre- j sented, to be^ considered at the afternoon session. ' , - '