INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2259, 21 October 1889, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

(Fiji. PRSBS ASSOCIATION . ) % Ohbwxohckoh. October 19 At a meeting of tf c Tailorrt an I Tailoreanes' and PressarB 1 Union la«-t night about 300 wtre p^paen^. The nve'-ins: didouased the qaeition of? wha was to be done m oonuectlon with the Kaiapoi Factory. It was decided to forward a resolution ioquirinsc if tbe direoto s or the ra<\na/»emont of the Kaiapoi Woollen M*nuf joturing Company would p'sdge i th3m3elves to unite with the majority o' firms whi have ag*«ed to do 83 m oarryinq cut the suggested r. forms, and remove iho abudos as flpeo ; fiod m the circular alrandy forvra-ded, (ho refofms boinq laid dowu as fundamental principles of the nowly-formed Union. The secretary was instructed to request a reply by Tuesday next at noon. The Union express themselves anxious to avoid a Bfcrike, whioh would t irow nuny men a^d womea out of employment The dinpute will probably lead to r farm or a strike and lookout. , At the irqjest on the body of the child Robertson, who was run over by a Chinaman's dray on Thursday, the evidence showed that the driver had not eeen tbe child, and <h»t whan called upon to stop he thought they were teasing him as usual. Heuoe he drove on, A verdict of '.' Aocld total death " was returned. A rider was a-3de i t > the efiEeot th it the Obin»man did wrong m cot s'opplng when called on. Tha Coroner, Mr Beetham, t >li him that he had acted like a coward, that be wai a bad man, and that everybody was ashamed of him. Oahaktt. October 20. A firmer named William Riih uond was killed on Saturday night He was riding home, and at a turn of ibe road there was a high oiff. Both horse and rider went over the o'iff, end both were killed Deceased was unraarn'ei.