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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 7, 14 February 1890, Page 3

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(Per Pi:ess. Association.) WiiijjiNGTON,' February 10. \ ,v In the qasie pf Wong Sam; Shin v. Commissioner of Customs, the Chiei : Justice, gave judgment to-day for the amouniclaimed, £lO, and costs. January 107 selectors took acres of land, the bulk, over acres being on perpetual lease. . This is : considered an improvement both over last month and over the same month of lain year. ■ ■■■■■' Cbibi:>rchurch, February 10. The encyst match was" resumed at 1 p.m. to-day, and resulted in a collapse of the Canterbury team; whose second innings closed for 118, leaving New South Walesi victorious by 101 runs. An "elderly man named Nicholl, night - watclraaan : for the Lyttelton Harbour Bbiird, has been missing since three o'clock this morning. His lantern was found capsized, on the wharf, but no trace can be found of the body, though,the harbour was searched all day; Nicholl formerly had command of several coasters, including the steamer Mulloch and the schooner Jennie Duncan. February 11. The; body; of Nioholl,, the missing man. in t Lyttelton, : was found to-day about fifty yards from the wharf with no coat on. : THE SWEATING COMMISSION. Bunedin, February 10. The Commission opened this morning. The Chairman explained that: the scope .of the: Commission was very wide, not only ■to enquire into the sweating, but into all i the:: relations ; between ■ employers and employed. Mr Hanson, Inspector of Factories, gave evidence relative to the working of the Employment of Females Aet.;;The practice of;overtime had been largely put a stop to of late, owing, to press criticiffins. He knew instances in; which the refusal to take work home led to dismissal. Under the Act: he had no.;right,-;to interfere • with this aystem of out, nor had he power to compel admission to factories. -The" of young f persons was not carried on here to any . large: extent* In some few •. cases he had foiind young girls working after . ihours,; hut; he .'was. always! told they ; -were merely rijceivhiig lessons. • Young l>oys were taken on at six in the morning, and kepi ;to: work 1 sometimes ap late as ten at night. This occurred at ; a rope iactorj/i Females hours; were limited by Act, but not boys.; He expressed the opinion that no child . under 14 should be allowed to work, as he knew cases in which evil results ensued. The Act required a good deal of amending. Evil results occurred .from mixing sexes, at faeries. } Legal provision ought 16 be made for payment i>t overtime, Barmaids, who did noi ;cßme-under the operation of- the -Act) -often; worked jfrbm eight in the morn- 1 ingtill, midnight.,,. ~ v , - ri ■ ; .;.; February .1,1. At the Sweating Commission, ,Miss; Morrisdn, Vice-President of the Tailor-; .esses Union, said the wages of apprenticed workwomen in shops ranged from: 5s id ; 35s per week. Theihpura from £.BO till 5.30.' No apprentices were| iaken without' pay. In' factories'' the •workwomen have to work very hard to| obtain; :a bare; subsistence." ;Haltasrown par .day was a good average wage forewomen. If work was taken home it would bring one shilling extra.; This was prior to the establishment of, thg Union. Since then no work was; taken & l &> *s' &*- W on '■ M?*"- &®& watch *" nee * ae Union started wages had=a' Workwomen* were'now *?* wage; aboutl9s 6d fwWbng the hosiery trUdei ; ! The -;<«»»f»r*»dition .of'the Dunedin Fae":%J * as good.

• ■> : ZEALAND FM..;. J/; ..''■, i Wanganui,.February 11. " The * HeKijid;' to-night i . publishes : ,a haveieceiyed' word* trom J London buyers, through Wellington agents, to bring no more flax ..for., the present. It is believed that this is, due, to the fact, .that the output has been' so large, and with orders now in hand? stocks have accumulated. . .. '.:•: r