NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 400, 8 January 1909, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

• ' • (bt rsMomi'H—miss 43Sdcut:ok.i » HOTEL WACES. .'AN AUCKLAND AGREEMENT. Auckland) January 7. - An -agreement has been arrived at between ' thb-Auckland Licons'ed-Victuallers' Associa-- , tion aild the Auckland Hotel and Restaurant ■Employees' Union .regarding - too hours .ot work' and the wages -of the . .employees, pro- . viding 'for tho following rates:—lutohen "■(wherofivo or more hands are employed), chef, ■ £4 10si ; second cook, £2 los. j third, -£l-7s. > 6d. ;'' others. £1: ss. j where four . hands are employed—Chef, £3 j 165.; second cook, —2 6s. j olhorfl/ £I"ss.j whore three hands are employed—Chef, £3 Ss. : ; second, £1 los.; - other/, £1 5a.; where two hands aft) -em- ' ployed—Chef, £2 6s. j others, £110s. j where one hand is employed—Malo cook, £2; fomale cook, £1 10S. General hands, £1 ss. Waiters (where three ormoroi Graployed)—rHcad £2 lOsij'probotioner' for six months, £1; wnere two are employed—Head .waiter, • £2;' second waiter, £1109. ; ,wher« ono. is employed, ;£l': 10s.|.where two; waitresses are employed—Head waitress/ £1 25., 6d.; second ■ waitress; £1 where,-ono .waitress is pm- ■ ployed, £1. Housemaids, 17s. 6d. ;. barmaids, £1 55.; porters.(day), £1 55.; night (where two aro -ojnployed)—First, £1103.; • second £1 ss. j . where only one ?is employed, £1 ss. • ■ Barmen-(where.more -than ono is kept)— First," £2.; others, £1 10s.'; where onq is •kept, £110sr; billiard markers, £1 10s. v A week's work for all classes of hotel workers shall not oxcccd 65 hours. :: • PRIMITIVE METHODIST CONFERENCE. " Auckland, January 7. " . The /annual " conference :of the ?Primitiv« - •'Methodist''Church was>: opened/at, ; the Eden -Terrace Church) Auckland; this afternoon. delegates attended,. ; aiid were ' comed by ■ the president, the Rev. : John Olphertr Tho selection of ;a new presi- ' dent T foH on the Eev. Hobel-t Raine,-of favor-, : cargill, who defeated the Rev; 'John Dawson, of -Wellington,i in a second ballot, by a single vote. 'The Rev. G. H.' Mann was the only v other, nomination/ :The-Rev. Hi Holland was unanimously elected - vice-president-, and the. Rov. John Suthern. secretary. Tho remain•v dor ofy the; afternoon : was ' occupied- in •> the ■i election of otfier 'office-bearers t and commit-. . toes;: The conference 'will- continue till - Wed--uv : iiesday; Y ; &, ■!: AN HOTEL FRACAS. i Clsborne, January 7. " In connection with/-tho. hotel, fracas, the magistrate said he was'satisfied tho five accused attacked tho young man (Richard Williams). i. .The ringleaders—Thomas Kennedy- ■ /■'■ and' Jas. ; Barnes—wore .finod- £10. each, or three - months' imprisonment - with.. hard - labour. - 'James - Garrotty,* Denis ■ Barry,:. and> ■■■•■ Daniel Ross were lined £3,. in default fourteen'days' imprisonment.; ; Kennedy and - . Barker were also fined £1 each, and ordered . to pay for the damage .done. ..- WEATHER IN CHRISTCHURCH. ' x Chrlstohurch, January 7. • . Thirty-sis hours' heavy incessant rain, with -wintry i temperaturo, was. followed: to- • day by bright -sun and a clear sky, thoiigh • the indications of. rain have hardly yet gone. An inch and a half of ram fell. , TIMARU POLICE COURT CASES. Tlmaru,, January 7. • -In the -Magistrate's. Court to-day, James : Black,: a-fresident of Washdyke for the last- - i ; twelve or fourteen- years, was finod £5, - or •r-in default one month's imprisonment, for •-■■ theft. from. the. house-of a neighbour of: a ■,' number -- of -domestic . utensils. . Accused , pleaded guilty. ' . j.-j . Ernest Dunlop,' who went to Fairlie after ■serving a fortnight for disorderly behaviourin. a train, and abstracted £4 odd from the pockets of a room-mate in /an hotel during . tho night, ploaded guilty, and was sentenced -to three months in gaol. / NEWS IN BRIEF. . Walroa, Jannary 7. .- Thero have been heavy, westerly gales dur- .' jng the.last.few days, and settlers are taking advantage of the fact to burn their •bush. -v'A t Masonic lodge ("Waikaremoana") .was opened here yesterday. ;■ ■ Invaraargill, January 7. . David Buchanan, aged 21. a sawmill hand, was committed for trial to-day, chafged with a .criminal assault on a woman 65 years- of . age. V-,: '.-■--. v. ov- •;, ■ " punedln t January 7. . The .case against. Thomas -Patrick Flvn l ) ■ 1 the j man: . with ' three wives, was brought up BRani ,in tho -.Court, this morning. - •- Kynn vpJeade'^f^ilty,; and was remanded to' . the oupremo Court for sentence. . > . Auokland, January 7. • Two houses in- Mannkau .Road, Parnoll were-completely destroyed by fire at' teil o'elocli this morning. The fire originated in a now unoccupied dwelling being built for • :-Mrs.;-0; B. Gosset, and. spread to the adjoin- - ing bouse, owned and occupied by Mr. J. ' Hunter;- On Mrs. Gossot's liouse thero was .a.builders' risk of £300.. Hunter had an ' ihsuranee of £250 oil. his furniture and £206 on' tho house. '. ' . : Chrlstohucch, January 7. | • At a - meeting of the Christclmrch Trani- . way Board - to-day, Mr. H.. Pearce was i elected - chairman m :place of Mr. A: Vi. Beaven; resignod, and Mr. G. T. Booth was elected denuty-chnirman. . ... Wanganul, Jaiiuary 7. In c'on!i«etion with the Wanganui Caledonian Society's forthcoming; . meeting, a -.; conference-with 'delegates ol the New Zea- . land Athletic Union vwas hold on Wedrio9day night-. It was decided that no competi- .• tor at the meeting shall be liable to dis-i .-//.--.qualification..- The League of Wheelmen have also .granted a permit for tho mooting. - Nominations closo on January 14. v