Harbour Board's Employees.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12167, 16 January 1903, Page 5

Harbour Board's Employees.

THE WAGES QUESTIQN.

SCALE* OF- INCREASES.

The committee appointed by the Harbour Board to go 4 into the question nf^ wages paid to its employees met on \Viodnosday, - Jaritiary 14th', and reported- to the Board to day (Friday). | l The committee- recommended- the fol-lowing-advances' :-V { Dredgemaster froaX.ls Id to ,1s j3d per hour. j Engineer from Is 2d to Is 3d per hour-- . Assistant engineer from Is Id to Is IJd per hour. f . Deck Hands from lOJd to ll_d per hour. ' , ' Locomotive Driver froto Is 2d to Is 3d per hour./ . '"v i Blacksmith from Is lja tols'Sdpef hour. . ,<, f< • ■ Assistant Blacksmith from Is to lsj Id per houife , . LabduTers from 10i4 t%IUA per hour, the increases to take effect from January i2th;- i! - 1/ t'srA'virf '•••/..:••• . The Board went into committee, to consider the report, which, was eventually, adopted. _ ... „ ' , i ' An application of toe Foreman for an increase from £3, 10s to £4 was refused..

The time for t*he clcs'ng of entries for the Oddfellows' picnic in Stratford has been extended to 1 January 29th. ■ ■ Mr John Walker, of Auckland, lia* ftp.en.cd.up at .Mr Newton King's auction rooms with a "large consignment of choice and rare ferns, pot plants; canaries, cbckatoos, fowls, etc., all of which will bejfor private sale for five days only, i j , Shootists should bear in mind that entries.fr,r>heNorth Taranakt Ifcifle Association's" meeting," to be' held on Uhe Frankley Road range on Febrmry:4th and.sthi close on Saturday, 25th inst. The programme, which appears in jthn advertising columns, is a liberal one, [and should attract numerous entries. On Wednesday next, the 21st inst., Messrs Watt, Laing and Wright will 'sell on the ground ! at 5.30 p.m., „tbe valuable property in Buller-street, known as the Vlr J, Bellringer's. The property will be offered in eight lota, the upseta being extemely low, at £75, and all should me at, with a ready sale. Full particulars are advertised: ' /] In speaking •at the Harbour Board meeting this morning, Mr Conrietc, the chairman, stated that he had 'taken the responsibility of stopping ths diedge, Thomas King, being sent to the wreck of the Gairloch after the first trip. There was no danger to life at-; the wreck, and the did riot think the Board -should take aqy risk with the dredge,. the loss' of »vhioh would mean a serious matter to the Board. In a matter of salvage only he did nob think the Board should endanger the dredge. , ? , When, the Harbaur Board met Ih's .ramming th j members adjourned for 15 minutes but of respect to the* memory of the late Mr Levi'Sarten, who was a member of the Board at the d*to of his The chiirtnah' movdd a r< s->lu-fcion of sympathy to MrsSartenand family ia their s : id 'bereavement. In doing *.o he referred to the services of Mr Sarten as a member of the Board. Mr Max well seconded the motion, sirid also" referred, to Mr- Sar ten's -good services. The resolution was carried. South of^CbristchurcL to day, ; the weather is fine, with blue sky. The resjb of tjhe colony, like K^w Plymouth, is ivs£Tidpjaiied,-with--occasional rain,- while Wanganui and Blenheim report falls of hail. There is a heavy sea af? Castlepoin t and Cape Campbell,, but otherwise 'the coast i$ smooth. < The thermometer at 9 o'clock ranged from,6odeg*at Cambridge to 53 tte& at the Nuggets Parfcicu,lar readings v are :— Wellington 60, (ChfistchurcTi 5 62, Uunedin 60, New Plymouth i66,'Napier 6t,-Wariganui 65 ; kelson 62, Greymouth 63, Hokitiba-57, Timrru 64 r Invercaigill 67, BluflE 54. A . ffhe steamer K6nt will- load at New Zealand ports for South Africa under a Government contract during next month. The four loading ports have not yet been nominated by the contractors, and in any case they will not be approved, byvthe "Government uutir January '25. This gives every safe port in New Zealand an opportunity of securing a 1 cill irom the ftteamer, provided shippers combine to place a guarantee of 300 tons of cargo in the. hands of the Department of Industries and Commerce before January 25. To encourage shipments of timber, for which it is reported there is a good detrian.d'in South Afnci, a specially low rate of freight has^ been fixidat 6s per 100 feet' superficial. The harbourmaster reported to the Harbour Board to-day that for the four weeks ended January 13th, 39 steamers were, berthed, the aggregate gross tonnage amounting^ 35.895 ions. The imports for r the same period were. 2572. t0p5, including* 385 tons of private coal; and the exports, were : 1152 tons, including 121 head of cattle ; a total tonnage of 3724 tons. During the month a considerable .amount of rough boisterous wither had been experienced, inte^fgri^g. with drs4ging operations but hot with shipping. The crew of .the. dredge had their annual week*s holiday fit Christmas. <The dredge worked nine days, making 138 trips, re■moving 8380 cubic yards of sand. , West's 'biis'will runHo the Meetingjof. the Waters omSunday, leaving Ambury^s corner at 2 o'clock.* % / '