TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12712, 6 August 1919, Page 5

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

\ , The District Engineer invites tenders Tor the erection of a new post office, in brick, at Papanui. The usual meeting of the Enterprise Tent, No. 76. 1.0. R. was held on Tuesday evening, Sister J. Rattray, C.R., presiding. Three candidates were in- : , ' itiated. After the ordinary business' the tent went into harmony. ' 1 V'*' In connection with the recent request 21 tt Sujnner Borough Council that ■ the Harbour Board should renovate the little signal station on Gave Rock, the Marine Department has notV informed: the Sumner Borough Council that it had no objection to the. Council controlling the Cave Rock reserve, - v A large number of applications' for ‘ i emission of fines imposed for offences committed on active service are’being ■ forwarded to Wellington bv the Cit£ sens’ Defence Corps. . The’ amounts in-* ' volved vary from a few shillings to ag - niuch as £IOO, one man recently put* ting in a claim for that .large sum. Inthe majority of coses the claims are paid out immediately, and it is only for ' serious offences that they are refused: ’ As a result bf the recent conference between the Employment Committee of ■ the Repatriation Board aud the Mayor the City Council has provided employment for eight returned soldiers at- the -s council’s coal yard. The Public Works ' - Department has agreed to provide work for twelve men on the Sumher-Lyttel-' 1 ton road, commencing to-morrow. Tho general position as regards unemployment is about tho same os it was' last . week, but it is hoped that the Domains " Board will be. able to take on a num- ■ her of men shortly, to ease the situation. The Employment Committee will v *- meet members ,of the Domains Board this afternoon to discuss the question. ' The monthly meeting of the Canter- . bury Timber-yards, Sawmills and Coalyards Union was held last night, Mn iP. Hennessy (president) presiding. The 1 - Labour Representation Committee' •" wrote inviting the union to submit ■ names for selection of the Kaiapoi and Riccarton KftfSWfehD-. was 'decided to nominate tho Rev; .tJ3B K. Archer for Riccarton, and Mr Mor-fiS gan Williams for Kaiapoi. Messrs Hunter, Cr. H. Duggan, and P. Hen-i|| nessy were appointed delegates -.to. afg| conference with the Amalgamated So-'™ ciety of Carpenters and oJinerds to discuss the formation of a Building Trades Federation. A letter was read at to-day’s meeting , : of the Harbour Board from'a returned ' Soldier complaining that ho had .not been appointed to a certain position, which had been filled, by a waterside worker. He asked whether the board gave preference to returned soldiers. - The chairman stated that this was the ■ fixed policy of the hoard, but it could , not take on any returned sbldjera, re- ■ gardless of capability. In any case there was no record of an application oy the writer of the letter. Previously ■ a returned soldier had applied for a signalman’s job, for which a married - man was absolutely necessary, and ''on Ins declaration that.be was* about to - be married he was given the job. Late he came hack and said that he could not come to terms with the girl, land ’ consequently the thing “ fizzled out but the board had got him another ' job. .■■■■■: ■ .> ■■■■■. A deputation from, the Waterside' Workers Union, .consisting of Messrs E. G. Langley and Shirley, waited on -- the Lyttelton Harbour rioard to-day-with a request that a telephone should 1 £ installed principally for the purpose ; ’ - - of allowing communication between the . ’ men and their homes. Mr Shirley ‘ stated that in two years there had been fifty-five accidents in connection with ■' the railways branch, and he was always -. asking for the use of the railway tele- - phone to communicate with the men’s' ' families. He also asked for an up-to-date lavatory at the end of No. 5 sHed-’ In reply to a question, Mr Shirley said,.' ‘ that the shipping companies had always -. , assisted the men in regard to accidents/-• > Dr Thacker moved that the telephone" *i should he installed. Mr S. K. Slfeigh c: < moved an amendment that the matter - should be referred to the Harbour Cpnv-' 5" mittee with power to act. In th© course of discussion the 'engineer stated- that the employees of the Board had no, facilities such as the Union, asked for, ' - - The matter was referred to' the Har- : hour Committee. ‘