INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1602, 6 July 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

. ■ Auckland, *Jn\yfc At a special meeting of the Seambnk Union last night it 'was resolved ndtitfr grant a concession of overtime without pay m the case of the new eteam'er.Biohm ond, but that 'she waa to -bekworSed purely under the ruleer of the Unibny it being considered 'that the granting of con» cession hitherto had not worked satisfactorily. Tbis is the latest phase of the dispute which has arisen: respecting C ith« employment of a native crew on board tile Richmond. ' " . i WjBLMNaioN l iJaly/&. ■'■' A'man; named Fredk. L, G. Flint rwaß arreßted 'to-dayion a-chargeof obtaining (articles, value a fett shillings, 1 from "Win. Eedmoad,' of Gbristcaurch, by means -of a valuele ;s ctieqne;} r ■ vil /i£\- :i^^3 ;c ' - i ' GRBYMODXPy' JTjIIy^Bj ; Birch, a miner m the Hjai"jeia4 nilnJBJ was yesterday fined 10s for havjing an»unlocked 1 , lamp 'm his possession. " :i ffif> Magistrate expressed surprise that after : th'e'Ta{e : "ehqui^ v 'any''ffiiuepv.<^Md-*-ba v io careless. At the County Council meeting to-night, a resolution wai passed to asb the Government to grant a release of reservations of land for the; Midland : RailwaJr Company, m order to' enable people to get on the landV as these, reserves are interfering with • the, settlement and, permanent occupation of : ;th ; eU^Crown?jliHidyil(3lie resolution was elicited m consequence of the application of one Ryan for a piece of land equivalent to Vhat the. Council took from him for public . services eighteen months or more ago.V.' A man named Johnson, a- well-known contractor on. the Coast, wua found .dead m .bed Jtbiday atClifl: ord>:hoteJ|^ l&wn. So far the Chinese who landed from Ihe Koranui show no signs of disease, feflt none of the two loto who lefjj here, fouV on Saturday and five on SuhclayJ hive \ been brought back. * -'"