NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 494, 29 April 1909, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(BY TiLDOBAPU—TKESS ASSOCIATION.) 4 ' MR. CILEB EFFECTS'CONCILIATION. > Auckland, April 28. 'The Uonoilwtion Commissioner, Mr. Harle Giles, presided at conferences between thn parties in tho ship, yacht, and boat-builders' disputo and the -carters' dispute. In both cases settlements satisfactory to PPth parties were arrived at. Tho commissioner was accorded a hen.rty vote of thinks, A WAITER" ARRESTED. , Tplhapo, 'April 28. 'A man named Frederick Armstrong, head wajtpr a.t tho C}retr,a Hptel, has heon arrested on a charge of theft of £3 from the Wrotna Hotel spte.

! "PAPE.R" RATES. |! , . Walroa, April 28. .Regarding the Raglan County Council os;ptnencc with respect, to Native rates, tho Wairqji Coupty rates collectable for tho last two years amounted to £2135 lip. 5d., but there was only collected £24 12s. 2d.

AUCKLAND TRAMWAYS. Auckland, April 28. The Electric Tramway Company has heen ndvisod that a,t the annual meeting in London on May 4, the directors will recommend a six per'cent, dividend.

GENERAL LABOURERS QIBFUTE. PhrlMimroh! April aa.' • The Conciliation CapoU met ta-d.ay to h.e*r tho. General labourers' dispute. A large number qf employera weMTojted, and majiy applications, for ewmptioji made. Tho follqwmg wprp grunted |—Harbour .flpard ant] Tramway Bnarcl (on account of an agreement being arrjvpd at), ppunty councils, road boards., town bo!»rd,s, river htiWds, and thp riri-Aitnlpy wotcr- supply hnwd, T)io following applications for exemption Wro refuqeclt r-Qnttrry-flwnera, plasterers, hnpltniakera, gas. worlja (provided, thp exceptions are allowed as at present), the, other pQiinolls, and the tlrainagq bpard i ,„_,Tho council {.hen n.(ljo"rned. ppndr ing a pqnfprpnPß'botweon the parties with i, view to settlement rc-gardmg wagca and. conditions, , ,

BOXING TOURNAMENT. Pslmwaton NPrth, April 28, In the hosing tournament to-night-Watohhqro, the lpc»l lightwoight, defeated Metcnltfi, of, Awoklpt], tho Now Zealand lightweight champion, in six rpund.a, irpkjo, Vie Nbw SfailiHic] middleweight qnampiqn', inqpkpd out Uliftou, qf Palmarstqn, in t|ip firs,t round., >

ANOTHER ARN?T REQQRD, . Ghrlstohuroh, April '28. J. .Arnst has mado a record ride from Chriatclyurch to Timaru, 113 miles, paced by two motor-cyolcs, in 4 hours 60 minutes. 'In his record ride from Cbristchurch to Dunedin, he reduced the previous record to Timaru (Humm's), by 44 minutes. 'To-day he reduced his. own by 21 minutes. The conditions generally were favourable, esoppt that Arnst had had a bad sea trip from 'Akaroa the night before.

SCULLING OHAMPIONSHIP. Y/aiWiij, A P»I 28, Arnst arrived in town to-njght to prepare for the raco with fof the sculling championship. He apd'Fogwell were met at tho station by rowing enthusiasts, and driven to ,tho hotel, whpro tlipi'r healths wcro drunk.