GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 318, 18 February 1910, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

ROYAL N.Z. .ARTILLERY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchureh, Last iNght. The members of the Lyttelton detachment of the Royal New Zealand Artillery, who are. in camp at Fort Jervois. for ten days, commenced their annual class-firing yesterday morning, and concluded shooting to-day. The results of the h'rinu' are not available. Owing probably to the excessively hot weather of the past few days, the water supply at Fort Jervois has become defective, «nd the health of the men in camp has been affected, it is said that a number of them have been badly affected with dysentery during the past two or three dixys. Samples of the water from ihe tanks at the fort have been procured for analysis, for the purpose of detecting the cause of the trouble. DEER-SHOOTING SEASON. Wellington, Last Night. . To-night's Gazette notifies that the deer-shooting season in the Wairarapa district is from March 24 to May 7 4, in the Marlborough district February 24 to April 23, and Nelson district February 26 to April 30. DAIRY FACTORY WORKERS' DEMANDS. 'Palmerston N., Thursday. At a meeting of the executive of the Butter, Creamery and Cheese Factory Employees' Union held last night details in connection with the new demand to be presented to the Arbitration Court were approved. The salient features of the new demands are:—Reduction in hours of butter, factories to 52 per wek in the season and to 14 hours in winter; cheese factories, reduction in hours per week from TO to GO; together with a half-holiday weekly in butter factories. The reduction in hours in the case of cheese workers is including provision for a six-day week. Another proposed alteration of importance is with regard to living accommodation. The new proposal fixes n standard of wages higher than before, but made subject to a deduction for rent in the case of married men. Pie wages range from £2 os for assistant* to £3 os to heads of departments. With regard to creamery managers, the most important change proposed is a provision for cartage of cream, ct •., which is to be let by tender, and int. included in a manager's ordinary worw An attempt is being made all round 1o minimise Sunday labor. The matter will come before the Arbitration Court, aihout June, but it is Open to conference in the meantime. CONGREGATIONAL UNION. Auckland, Thursday. The Congregational Union ha« elected officers as follows:—Chairman, Rev. A. E. Hunt; secretary. Rev. 11. Steel Craft; assistant secretary, Rev. J. H. Mackenzie; treasurer, Mr. W. H. Lyon. CAMP CANTEENS. Wellington, Thursdiy. The Post states apropos to the Now Zealand Alliance's resolution on the subject of canteens at the Kitchener camps, that, it has already been decided that no canteens sliallbe established in the camps during Lord Kitchener's visit.