WELLINGTON NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 261, 8 November 1906, Page 5

WELLINGTON NEWS.

(From Our Own correspondent.)

WELLINGTON, Wednesday. ARBITRATION BREACHES.

At the Bitting of the Arbitration Court) held this morning, to deal with applications for the enforcement of awards, Mr. P. Hally, Inspector attached to the Labour Department in Dunedin, expressed the opininon that there was a laxity of attention to award provisions in Wellington that was not observable in other centres. The president of the Court (Mr. Justice Chapman) acquiesced, and said that there were, at least 20 cases at Wellington to every one in Auckland. There were more offences in Wellington than in any other of the principal centres. COMING TO NEW ZEALAND. Disgusted with the state of affairs now prevailing in the Transvaal, several well-to-do British settlers in that country have advised their relations in Wellington that they are prepared to invest a quarter of a million of capital in good agricultural land in New Zealand, provided that the freehold tenure is stipulated in the conditions of agreement; otherwise they will seek a new home in Canada or Australia; the latter for choice. A representative of the party has been spying out country here likely to prove suitable for farming purposes, and it is understood he recommends the acquisition of certain areas in the Northern part of this Island if the conditions are not made prohibitive. LARGE BUTTER EXPORTS. Though the present dairy season is only in its infancy the shipments of butter so far have exceded those of last, year by a substantial margin; and, if present indications are a reliable gauge, the dairy farmers have a prosperous year ahead. It is worthy of note that in Auckland the increases in output have been particularly marked, as is shown by the fact of 10,524 boxes of butter (or 263 tons) being available for shipment. The quantity at disposal for the corresponding period of last year was 6284 boxes. For the present season to date the export has been 25,924 boxes, as compared with 13,795 boxes to the same date of last season. Similarly healthy increases are. reported here, and good returns are expected from the various factories in the Taranaki province. The October shipment of butter from New Zealand amounted to 44,826 boxes. The s.s lonic, which sailed for London yesterday, took 28,306 boxes of butter and 2018 cases of cheese.