NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 561, 16 July 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(Dy Tolcurapli,—l'.rcss ABBOclttUon.l : , CANTERBURY . CENERAL LABOURERS. ■''■v.-'TEEb'.AWARD. .;.;•: '•'..'" Ohrtatdhuroh, July; 15., ■ T,ho award in tho General Labourers' tlis- '.;. puto was filed to-day; It,,provides for tho ~':■] following "' rates of , wages-;— Tunnel: works, : ; \ council men, and timber ihen. Is. 3d. ■ per ' 'r hour; building workmen in charge of derricks, scaffolders, and th'oso in.'attendance -, .;,: on bricklayers, Is. ljd. per.liour.ln Tiiuani,; •■-.'; : " and within; a\radius of seven miles from the.-, ■Tiniaru Post Offico,thc minimum specified, ' shall be paid to hod-carriers, instead of to , •' "those in'attendance-on .bricklayers. All';'; other general labourers shall bc'paid':ls. poi-i'.e"-hour. Mr. J. R.' Triggs, Conciliation : Coni«'." ' niissioncr, -leaves on Monday' for the 'south, .;.'•"• to. hear ,a, -dispute' that lias [ arisen between ,-.'■ tho, men employed on the sluicing and dredg- ~,'. ing claims in.Otago and their employers;: The :;•■' first sitting of the Conciliation,. Council to doal with tho; matter will be held at Gore •' on -Wednesday," July 21V, - ', ■' . v , .: "AMOUNTS TOv A'jSTRIKE.'v : . S.S: NBREHANA AJro:'raE;STEVEDCiRES ; < .'; '■'.' 'i- - ; -■: vNaplarji:July IS.\: f The stevedores concerned in the Nerehana , difficulty" state'that v : they: informed-- the ~ - employers .early on' Tuesday •that.'they:would( : not load more than.fivel 'loads,v'-Th&cmploy---', ©rs admit', this, but-state that when"it. was.v >'- found, that the Nerehana-had; to get away, a .'■'. day earlier.than .expected -they informed tho.; stevedores- that .loading would* have to bo' completed by. Tuesday.night. The .employers hold-that the action of: the men amounts ,', tea strike/; '">. :.. .■;'•;,■-.■;■.: '-.'-, .- ■ ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP. ; ,:; \o' ■"[■:• Invercarglll, July 14.' ■.;, ' ■ In view of intention of tho Southland . Rowing Association to apply ; f or the cham-.' pionship- meeting in. February, a thorough; inspection. was made to : day, of. Bluff Harbour. The proved indubitably-that;the alternative two mile'; course is wide enough to .accommodate a "field"; of , fifteen/boats,; ;■. ■ and smooth water can be obtained ' inany, : weather. ■'•:-.. ,- ■:• ■ •-. ■ f ;..-' ■"•■>. . : ~';■ ',".; v' ;: ;;..7;-:h6use' ; bUrned/^;'; : ','. : *C:'[ ••; Chrlstchurohj July 16;;l-,.'',- . Last evening '--a; fiftceri-roomed- house, ill tho pleasure'grounds', .at,' New: 'Brighton,' ■■ known as "Bbgh's Gardens," waß burned. The building was owned by Mr. F. Stevens, who was inthe city at the. time; the. only, - occupants of ,the house-:being-Mrs. 'Stevena.-. --, and three childrea. AH escaped in-. ; ttteir night clothes.. Tke : building was soon com-,, plotely .destroyed.' The.',! Wonderland por- ' 'tion of.tho gardenß.was'untouched.. ■';;:.. . -■ ■\ f THOSE^VALUATIONS. 'Y-; " , ; .; : ~( -;'(r Auokland, July 15.':- ■'.'■ 'The Manuljau- : '•Localißodiefl'-..'Oonforenca ; passed eKpressing. tW opinion.,, that'-tn'e present.' valuing- oount?;,;,:.:. lands for; taxation is 'defective, and lends -it. ; self to injustice;'sinco.improvemonts-are.not ■ 1 properly exemptedj: and ; the. unimproved, value -is ujifairty-increased. -R ental or: P"}"' •-' ducing-yalue,; it'was claimed; -was.a much : -. fairer, basis for"valuation than selling value-, - ■ -; : :":v' l: ;-'-■ /■' ;'-■>:■;:';'; Napier, ;v, ; a: : deputation ofrtrade'unionist tho.Mayor. (Mr.- V •; evonihg, and"'asked him .to.Y forward", to the " Minister for,Labour-a-resolution' urging the. ; speedy erection- of; workmen's dwellings m-;„ Napier. Mr, - Brown, expressed, agreement; -with theviews. of the- deputation,,and pro-.- - mised to do all he could in the matter.;. - ~„.,, ■.'■■:' :boxinc,;: ;';•:•.- : ';":■;'' ■ ./;/.';.' ■ ; Chrlstchurchi: Jtily 15.> ' The finals in,tho' Canterbury foxing cham. ..,_ ' pionship^-are:-Bantam weight, D. IJclhgany Christ-: A church];welter' weights,-,W. Pcnhertyy Lyt- ; telton.;-- Middle, weights,'L. Cade^ Christchychrheavy/woights,,^ ;^r' ;^NOVE^RIFtg^A^CE7r:; v ;', v ~■-■! .' Auokiand,- July IS. , ! Authority to use the roof; of the'reservoi* x ! adjoining the' Newton .West School,for,;«ie: purposes of a rifle range, for- the c^ 8 , tending that school was granted by tho Uty Council' to-night. S THE TAILORINC TRADE. , ■ Dunedln, July 15. J Tho Otago Shop Tailors' and Tailoressos ( 1 Union and the employers in Dunedm, Oam- ' aru, and Invorcargill have, after many con- • foresees, colno to a final settlement in con- > nection irith all matters m dispute. f » l' ' BUFFETED. ( ! ' Cisborne, July 15. Tho barque Empreza, which arrived yea - s terdav afternoon from Newoastlc, had aa i exceedingly rough expenonco off the coast a few days ago. She lost her foretepmast. - ,