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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 25, 22 April 1890, Page 3

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The New Plymouth Murder.

The Wreck of the Emi lie.

The Sweating Commission.

Westport,- April 18. ■ Thomas Dolman, late secretary of the" Oddfellows’ Lodge at Denniston, was charged at the R.M. Court to-day with embezzling £8 12s, the monies oi the Lodge. . The accused, who admitted the charge, was remanded till Wednesday. .. . Christchurch, April 18. Mr Samuel Manson, one of the oldest settlers, died at the head of the Bay, Lyttelton,'to-day, aged- 75. BA was bom in Scotland, arrived m Wellington in 1840, and came to Canterbury in 1843 with the brothers Dean: and the late William Gebbie. The party went to Eiccarton, where they erected the first house built on the Canterbury Plains. Mr Manson settled at the head of the Bay in 1.845,. and leaves a widow and seventeen children, fourteen of whom are married. ■ ; . New Plymouth, April 19.

The natives at Pauhata have been subscribing money to pay a lawyer to defend the native, charged with the murder of Maloney, and have retained Mr Samuel as counsel. Mr Samuel had an interview with the prisoner yesterday. The inquest will be resumed on Monday. .. , A Invercargill, April 19.

(Ireen, Gumming,, and Meek, the survivors from the wreck of the Emilie, are doing well in the hospital. Meek is worse than the others, and probably will not be able to use his feet for a month or six weeks. If Green and Gumming are sufficiently recovered; the nautical inquiry will be held on Wednesday. . ■ . . Wellington, April 18. Before the Sweating Commission.a woman complained that her daughter Had been employed dressmaking in a large establishment for twelve months ■vvithout payment. She was then sent aiway on the grounds that the firm could not afford to pay her. A young girl engaged in the manufacture of shirts for various houses said she employed five girls, in her house and four outside. She recevied 6/6 for making cotton shirts, 7/6 for Union, and 9/6 for Crimean, and she found all butrons, cotton, and silk. For “feath-. ering” apd ; stitching she supplied machines and all material to both inside and outside hands, and paid them 4/- per dozen for cotton shirts, 4/6 for Union, and 5/- for Crimean. The girls worked from 8.30 to 5 o’clock. Girls could comfortably make a dozen shirts a day. The actual cost of cotton shirts to her was 5/-, leaving 1/6. for hen'own work and responsibility. She did not think the prices paid sufficient, and approved of the efforts of the Tailoresses’ Union to rgdse them. It took a very smart shirt hand to make 6d an hour.