NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 188, 14 September 1914, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The members of the Food Commission concluded the taking of evidence in Christchurch on Saturday, and left for Timaru to-day. In Chambers, on Saturday, his Honour Mr Justice Denniston granted letters of administration in the estate of the late Joseph Thornton, on the application of Mr Rhodes. The followiug were the nominations received at noon to-day for the election of a member of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College:—Hugh Boyd and Herbert Langford. The election takes place on Monday next, September 21. One of the men employed on the Christchurch Tramway Board's sprinkler received a nasty blow in the back "at about 11.40 this morning. The accident was caused through the unwinding of the hand-brake. The man was not seriously hurt. The Hornby Progressive Euchre Club continued their meetings on Thursday, there being a fair attendance. The ladies' prizes were won ,by Mrs Bennett (first), Mrs Wilkinson (second), and booby by Miss O. Hawker. The gentlemen's prizes were allotted t,o Mr F. Wills (first), Mr Croker (second), and booby to Mr N. Freeman.

At the last conference of the New Zealand Sawmills and Timber Yards and Coal Yards Industrial Association of Workers,' it was decided that an executive should be set lip in Christchurch. The conference appointed Mr C. F. Mayer' president and Mr H. Hunter secretary-treasurer, and left to the Christchurch Union the appointment of the other members of the executive. The Christchurch Union has now constituted the executive as follows, subject to the approval of the other unions:—Messrs G. F. Mayer and J. Jackson (representing Southland), G. Whiting (Dunedin), F. Schrader (Timaru), E. Parlane (Christchureh), J. C. Ralph (Wellington), G. H. Duggan and H. Hunter (Auckland). The Canterbury Drivers' Union, has received a copy of the following resolution passed by a meeting v of. drivers at Palmerston North:—"This meeting of drivers views with alarm the Press reporta of an agreement arrived at between drivers and drivers' employers in Dunedin for the partial suspension, by mutual consent, of the driver's award, which gives the employers the right to work men on half time. Seeing that such agreement now awaits the endorsement of the other unions, who are parties in the Dominion -Award, we herein register our protest, claiming that it interferes with, and is a direct blow at, the principle of the weekly wage, which is about the only redeeming feature that has characterised drivers' awards in the past."

MOTOR CYCLES. We have just landed a shipment of King Dick and Singer Motor Cycles, finished in dove grey, with several improvements. There is no need to dwell on the quality, of these motors, as recent results can prove; winning every side car trial except one takes a lot of beating. These victories speak for themselves. Sole Agents— JONES BROS., LTD., 122 Manchester St. Inspection invited. Catalogue free. Note.—We have a few good secondhand motors for sale pheap. .243