NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 542, 24 June 1909, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

'• i(By .Tclccraph.—Press Association,) - 1 / > <WORK! WORKI THE DISTRESS IN AUCKLAND. Auokland, Jtme 23. i -. ; i A:,deputation of. unemployed waited oil the in accordance with the Mayor's suggestion, applied to,the secretary of the Charitable Aid Board for rehor, but. were informed that tho . . board mado a. point, of not assisting - a-b10... ... bodied., men unleM under '-'specia-l circum- . stances. - Thoy statedthat many were" suffer- ■' ing /privations,,! and asked 'what tho council . would do. ~ The, Town Glerk. stated that he had received a telegram from tho- 'Actmg- . Premier'that the Ministers • for -Labour and' :r.Publie /Works',w«ro• taking-, oil as many;mon W^ible,. and doing -thoir hosfc to provide , workin different,parts of the colony to'relieve tho congestion. • MR. -HOGG. COMMENDED. % Timaru, Juno 23. v ' A,- largely-attended : special' / mooting:last v.; ®f«aimg r of., the ;Timaru Waterside :. Workors' amotion/tb^hb;.d£Fe'<^'that union admired fhe manly attitude of the , Hon. A. W. Hogi?, and, condemned the Minis- ' try for forcing, the resignation of one of the .workors best advocates; in New Zealand; : , CYCLE TRADERS' ASSOCIATION. 1 ' Dunedln, Juno 23. ; *:■ ;; 4 ; conference; of/detegdtes representing - the' -£■' -fflSfe&pdes 'jinKChristthurchjmarti, and,lnverca'r(jill; was;held ; here to-day. ... ..when • it was decided to; form' a. South Island Traders',: Association.", Several matters "and. tyro .U.vy. gp^^tMs;rwere. : discus'sed;.r:The membership: of tho association is reported to bo 150. LICENSE& IN THE KING COUNTRY. Palmerston North, June 23 ; A mooting of Rechabitea; in tho proposed now sub-district resolved: "That this meot- ; ing expresses its ,indignant' protest against - ■ jthe granting ,of licenses in the King,Coun- : : try. for tho 6alo, of alcoholic liquore, the samo v, r being a flagrant contravention'of the treaty entered into with tho Maoris." - HICHER DUTY WANTED. * ' . Auckland, June 23.. ' • ' jii' a master, and. ..'journeymen i favouring an additional duty pf 20 per cent, on imported saddlery, and nlso an export ■ - V 1? onMcs. It was stated that tho Now: ■ •<:' ~-./ealand miirket was boing glutted-byrartain : %\-i j, ImGS of imported-saddlery,' and also that too ' . .... wore being exported, with the resuit that-there, iwas sometimes a difficulty . m getting orders in leather fulfilled. ;