MISCELLANEOUS.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

Dunedin, February 15. Representatives of the Employers' Association regard the shipping ! award as very much along the lines of the old award. Shipowners anticipated the result, which is satisfactory. . tory in that seamen can neither increase their wage nor claim preference for Unionists. It was only what was expected as the Court was unlikey to go back on the conditions laid down by former Courts, especially as no evidence was brought to show that circumstances had altered. A few changes have been

madetjunder the new award in keeping with various decisions of thr Court on recent cases, or in amplifications of prevailing customs fnot previously mentioned. It is understood that the seamen's represent tives are very dissatisfledlwith the Court's decision. v&ffisߧ& S"A man named Prank Boyes was seriously accidentally cut with an axe from arm to wrist by a fellow' workman at Karangarua, South! Westland. A doctor happened to be in the vicinity, and Was called by a special messenget, and promptly attended to tim Sufferer. I •, A party of Westkinders. including! the Rev. Mr Newton and Dr.Teichel- 1 f mann, and Mr Low, of Scotland, spent a holiday in «outh Westland , alpine climbing. They spent mosti of their time exploring the head of 1 the Cook river and the adjacent I j locality, and made tho first success-; i $ul ascents of two mountain peaks,; David's Dome and La Perouse. The : climbs are described with much enthusism, and the whole toip proved most enjoyable