NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 483, 16 April 1909, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

' : ■ l (6t.TBIiEai»iWMREBB:A6aOOU'riW'tO ' -» *-> —' THE MAIM TfiUNk LINE. WtfflC IiXCJfiDIUS ALL tfXPIiCTATIONS laY fKUbUANl—l'ltl'lH A-lv UAIHW I • Alioklaht), Apnl IS, ■ Tho Horn J. Ai Millar, Alliiinterfor Hail* . ways,' stated, m .the' eaurso.-of an Interview a i that tho traffic; on tho Main -Trunk Railway . :■ has -so far-excesded all 'flxpcctat'ions ■ Thu : iHlestion-wad whether ib Wollld cotlUlutoftfe th& - present rate, or',Waß it merely tho novelty .ol tho . .110#, routo: that was appealing. to the peoptoP ' 1 ' "During tho last four..weeks, 1 ' • lie said, ■ "iil ackhtion to tho trucks that ard - being : built here, -I lmW-hftd t6 transfer fifty from % the Wellington section, and' also, to ship up anatliftr llfty fwilt TIiCSS dfo all , ; for either itho-Maih Trunk line traffic, or for tte Auoklnnd.section of'railways.; There' are 1 anothfer fifty. wagofis -tdt Cfltus from Dtinedin wlllnh • Were mtimded far the Hurunui-Bluff, out the pMssing nMds of tha traffic in the Auckland-district liavo hMCssltat&d tho ■ for Of those wagons to: this end. In order to (iatcr foKtho ioal trade,.-whioh is growing -■: steadilyv.uv tho»Auckland district) AYS liavo . ajso ltaken tweilty-fivo. of ' the 'largo 80' ton tih\b&r trueks 'and ■put. Bl<lC9' on them, which will lnako provision. for tflii Carriage Of about * 750 tons of coal, j - xou see tho opening of llip • throhgh line is Jtfausing the coal from this district to ,bt>: sent: down tti places it' <sid not rcadll; before,-; > and: thfc!.extra -wagons • aro . needed. -If viie present traffic on tlm thfiugli •.•■•/.•line toayibS-.takell as a fair, indication for tho • /future, thbro is going to-bo a-'Very liOavy business done." THfc TR<IV/LltfC DISPUTE. ; _ , . . Naplor, April 15. , Tho hopes :br a settlement of* tho trawling dispute havo not.heon;fulfilled. At'a.-mcet-v- >ng'-,<rf the Hawke'B.vßay .Fishermen's Union - ; "UMiightj it/ WAb' tlccidea• to. ridhorc to* then , domand forrcgulai" wa&w as against the ■; ■ , sharo .system. : -Ihcro- is- ai difrerenco ; of . : opinion .; ■.whether.;; employees ivorkinr' on tiharefc WoUld tho benefits of tlic ••• workers'i compensation .'latVi- -,1116 sliltb •-'...•5 1 -thati:jaiejr;havq..tt l flcs!9l'-o»inion:-t)t6t if working, under, the share, ftyattfln tlieV would not be so protected. 1 -Tho employers hold the contrary< viow. 1 ' . , . \ ' BORCLARV. CIW6, April 15. ■ - Bpme.tifflo. duringlast .nfght the resident ■ of Mi'i 11. Jopp, -At ltiversdalo,- was entered and , a -largo..quantity of." jewellery,. money, jnd other artieles lata, Ev v ofv rtom m THe ■house, was entered, and - all the drawei'ir ;.Verified; Vnotwithstandiua :thatt«'o'" : bedioam's. .wore.occupied.. The theft Was ■■discovered by a ■ servant, >. whd, «u * the dlnlnß' room.at:s« o'clock Hits morninpi found tho carpet ablaze;,' The tnblo-cover had just nited. Used matches wcro found in all the . Moms. Mr. Japti w&s -absent in Christchurch. No. cluo has boon discovered. FISHING INDUSTRY, f _ i ' titiaon, April lg. The 6t6am ;trawler - Nora Nivelv" has ■ befiti operating in Taswnn Hay for some time, , '.with : successful, rtsults.v ,-locol fishermen, .;•••• (Jomplftin .-that th«ir busiiioss is ■ . bcihg,-,injured ; through damage - to rocognised fishing beds, .and? representations' are , „ to. s be. matlo to tile; Government to hx the limits within which-each branch.ofr tho- industry may operate. I CYCLE RECORD BROKEN. v 'DUHtdlrt, Apnl 14. J. Arnst, a well-kttOWh cyclist, made a succossfult attack on the Christchurch-Dun-edin-'ej'bliftg to-day.lis ioft Chnstchureh at 5 ft.tn.j and rcadlifid Dlinodll'i at 0.21, p.m., thus reducing :ths rocorrl of 14 hours Imin.i put up by Humm on January 27, by 1 hoUr 40mini i Ho jjunctm'ed a tyro on three occasions, , but, >itlr tho exception of ;; a delay of a quarter of an hour In onto ~ . case, rio. tfmo'was lost. ' ' • "■ :■■. SCOW ASHORE. , . ,' Aueiilahd, April 15. ■ - A voasol, namo nnbiown) is asllore at AVhaBgaporoa. ' Later. 'ho Customs-Department is advised from Tin Tiri lightltoium that tho vwsd is a Small : craft, possibly an oil launchi • There appears - .to bo three men about tho launch. She will .■;.:• probably.,bo floated at high- water. EMPLOYGRS' FEDERATION. ' ' • ' Talhapo, April 15. i . Mr. Pryor, ettcretnry -of tho Employors' i Fetleration, addrcisod a meeting hero last i . night, .rMujting in tlit- formation of ah Em-J ployora -AsMciatlt'ji, for- tho Bangitikei die- i triat. 1 1 i~- »'■ '.'l-'-'y.