LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 654, 3 November 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' The postal authorities advise that the Hoano, which left Sydney on Saturday: for Wellington, has on board an Australian.mail, which is due here this morning. ' ■:...-V'"...:,;■••:•. .■■ ~• ~'.; No fewer than six yool-biiyers, Messrs.. E. Beaumont, T. Haggis, 1 ,, . ■ Uyers; T. Davey, and J. Parker, , arrived from London by the. Shaw-Savill steamer lonic.; : Tho quotation I b'y ( d ..'learned counsel <;of >an authority which went against him was referred to humorously byDr. ll'Arthur,: in a judgment yesterday. "I do not knoir," said his Worship, "why ,Jlr. X quoted this, case, which seems to me; quit^. against him,. except ioii" ono or „ two grounds; either, that , : onb,.'of'the ..opposing counsel's authoritie3inadvertently got into his hands,: or that he wished to give mo a practical illustration of the inherent .fairness of' 'Wellington's' learned; counsel, a fairness' which,.to me does' not, requiro- .illustrating, as being axi()mat|c.'' l[ (Laughter.) V. ( ',; , '.'y. , ■/:]■ In a sheltered nook on the deck of the shawSavill liner lonic, which arrived yesterday, stood two small boxes of plants: These were pointed out to a representative of Dominion as n species of curiositjr, being, principally orchids . and tho' total value of the . contents of the boxes,being stated as JJISOO. The plants belong to Mrs. Tcmnend, of Ohristchurch, 6no of .thepassengera. by tho vessel. _ ' : -.'■ v '..'■' "I wouldn't be secretary of a women's labour union for, all the tea iu China," declared one of tho epeakors atitHo Furniture,!Trado Workers' Conferonce yesterday, ... • .

-There'was a rather serious tramway smash at Newtowri on Monday evoning. One of; the big,"deckers" was coming:in from Island Bay to return to the'car-shed. It descended Rintonl Strcat, and ■crossed the track in Rovans Street; to' get.'"on .'the .up-track;,/ Then,' in: the boliet that the, points; had ..been' shifted,, the car forged ahead, but.instead'of taking' the, R'vAns Street'track, as intended,' it took the liinton 1 Street .rails onto more.;' At 'that mbmoht n palace oar,, bound from Nowtown to the cicy, .ivns passing; and the "decker'"'butted right into it,, strippedsoyerolofthodwrsoff the near side, and jlmashed nil tlia glass v : fortunately,, no'ono was 'lnjiirod. The palace car'was- h'roou , deal damaged, but the, "decker , . , got off lightly;. :i . '•. The number; of.. persons '■ possessed ■- of and up to UGSOO in capital, who'feceivod assisted: passages . into' tho; Dominion ■ during '-.the year' ended .30, WOSV.was 1«. . Eishteen' : persons were , assisted l Who. had. orei , : £500 in capital. "The fignrcs'■ jy'ere given.in a retflr'n. 'presented to' the House-, of' Representatives' yesterdo.v.;.Da 01-Mr,ill;ijaren. i _.^»L.

■ Scarcity ■ 0f..; trucks is • a frequent; cause, of anhoyanoo ■ to-' shipowners in ■ Wellington, and' colliers are often detained for two or three days in i port owing to α-limjted number of trucks being available- for discharging operations. This wertk the Canopus and tne Poherua wero both held up longor than usual owing to tho samo trouble. An inquiry was made from the Traffic Superintendent of Railways yesterday ns to th(i cause 6f, this'shortage. In reply it was stated that tho call for an extra numbor of trucks lon account of the numbor of big opl-. liora arrning nbout tho samo titno comb at a, time when-many of the trucks were in use conveying exhibits to the '-'Palmerston , North-; Show from Wellingtoif and other centres. . '■: Wireless telegraph apparatus, the invention of- Lieutenant 'Holland,' E.N.R., has: been ill-, stalled in tho Shaw-Savill ■ steamer lonic sinco she last visited Now Zealand. The installation is not complete at presont, the vessel being fitted: with: a receiver,' but not with a transmitter. It is stated th'at the transmitter will bo fitted 'on' tho 'next yjsit .to f London.i.,-'Tho v vessel isablejto receive a. messago from a distance' of 500 miles, arid during, her. run down the English Channel on the present trip,.she received several communications. On Monday evening, just before, her arrival at Wellington from ■Hobart, tho vessel received a "message from Sir. Jas. Mills, managing, director of the Union Company,, who sent a few words of welcome to' his daughter,' Miss Gertie -Milk- ivlm-.m* rpturniiig to New Zealand by the Shaw-Savill liner. 7 :■■<;. -, ;.: -. 7 ','■■'■■ • : ..'. ';, ',■ : The onoi.hundred and twenty-eight children who travelled third-class in the Shaw-Savill steamer lonin were tho cucste of-one-of'the passengers, Mr. 11. Crawford, just before tlie vessel reached Wellington. Besides loading each of the children up with boxes of chocolates, Mr. Crawford' presented. each of thorn with' a. threepenny-piece as a souvenir of the trip.' ~ ,■-. •■ ...-, , ~.' ■, ■ ~ .- : ;

The folloTving. donations were acknowledged dt yesterday's meeting of the Society' for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals:—Mr* W. Watson, .£2 25,; , Mrs. W.. E..' Williams arid! Messrs.' Staples and' C 0.(..--£1 Is. 'each; Mrs. Rogers, 6s. j Mrs/ It.' Hannah', -10s;- Dr. A. K. Newman.lOs. Gd.j.Mrs. Jack, and Messrs. W. H.Nhsh, E. Morris and Son, H. J.- Palmer; W: R. Book, W. Mpwbray, W.H. Bennett, and M.W.Rv 55." each; Mrs. Dimock, and' Messrs. ilorno, -J: Little,- W.' Webley, C. .T. Hollard, J. Cotton, Ramsdcn. A. Nuttall, W. Inglis, 'J.v'M. Dawson, ' Elvine, Teats; Clendqn, Ballachy, D. S. Bodingfield, and the . Chronicle Co., 2s.' 6d.' each; and friendß, !Bs. Cd.; ; 18s.-M. . '■-:;:.: '■-... A sub-committee appointed by. the Baths-and Rosefves Committee of the' City Council, and consisting of Councillors Smith,- Morrah, and Cohen, and,the city engineer (Mr., W.' H. Morton),..met Messrs.-T..'Shields..and L. W. Ludwig, representatives ■of ■ tho ':■ Wellington Centro of tho N.Z. Amateur Swimming Association, yesterday morning; -and paid a visit of inspection to, the Tβ. Aro' Baths for the purpose of deciding-what temporary work can bo put in hand oh the, unfinished portion of the bath, so as to tide* over ; the present season; Ii; is understood that the sub-committeo .will recommend that ■' tho" staging /at the , northern end; of'tho bath should be temporarily boarded ovev, and that the \vater-chvtte which has been built should bo erectpd .'• at once about - the middle of the Oriental Bay sidb of tho bath. The . sub-committeo also visited the .Thorndori Baths, to , , investigate tho-allegation that the bath is-jilting'.up.* ; ■;-:■•, - ,■ ;■ ..'. ■•'-.v,- • ;■;,-■• ■ > His Worship the Mayor,(Dr. A. K. : N6wman)i has consented to lay the'.foundation stone pf tho new King's Theatre, iu Taranaki. Place, at 3 p.m. on .'Monday,-.next. -'.The.stone. wilL'be faced, by' .a■: marble tablet, inscribed ■' in gold lettering .as follows:—"This.stono -was laid by his Worship the" Motor ■ of' Wellington, 4th November, 1009,, Builders; Meyer and Illirig-' worth;.architect,..Jariies. Beanie,";:', The. Royal Pioture Syndicate, who,.with West's,are .erecting the new theatre, are issuing invitations'to' city and suburban'niembers of,, Parliament, municipal officials/press representatives, leadins; citizens,- and their ladies. 'Afternoon tea will be provided. .;■ ,L,.,,:.,,; „,•.:■/■., .- The: Wellington Liedertafel ' object to. the speoial charge of, £i for the, setting, up'of. the additions to the stage'in tko Concert' Chamber of the Town Hall- on' the.'occasipn', of'-the sooiety's concerts. -'.A ■ deputation from:; the society .:waited; upon'■ the . Finance Committee of the City.-Council yesterday .to: point put , .that, in their p'pinipn' .the charge .wcs: exc«'ssiv6i/ more.especially' as,with' the addition the'stage' was, onlyi.ivhat,' it sliouUl-.,1!aY0,-,.b,fen?iwheri it' was! first »ilV tl ;; Ik,w4§TPRJHtcd : out fthat the oharEfl..Wesped^,.heAyjlj;.: . Tihdgrtafel; was at- prepml in -debt. Th« .deputation,suggested I .that' the 'cpundil should: assist ' a.;local society,of ,the kind in every possible ,wny; and if 1S, 1 charge , , was iuade'dt'alf it .slioukrbSJa'-'mini-miim one,' '.The committee promised' to ; consider the matter; • '■/•'■''■:•■ '>/■• .■■'•;-'., v- ,, '"' . .•A. deputation, consisting , 'of Messrs.' G.Goldie and H.,8r0wn.,. waited, on tho .Finance Commit-' tee. of the . City Council vesterday, on behalf' of.thj Lawn: Tennis Association, and asked, for' a:reduction.'in tho charge for.the use of the Town Hall when tho : association hires 'it: for a concert, whioh-. is to b-3 held in aid' of the' rtpund improTe'ment furid., It 'was pointed put by'.'Mr.. Goldie. that:.,the': proceeds of the - eon-' cort ! were-, to ,■ go /towards improving , the piece nf Town' Belt, which ' the council'.had set : aeide for the .association.: The association; wouldhave to. spend abput;',£soo. on the. /ground before -it would be fit- for inlaying on, : but/an eft ort. was ■being .liiaue to get - tlie ground in ~. order/for.' next season—heuco, the request, for a ' rpduc.non'i" In answer , , to. a question bv: Councillor Ballinger, ; it 'was-,stated that' tho Tennis Association controlled/ over. 2i)00 players, about 1200" of these, being in the.town; The' committee Will 'bring dow'n' a recommendation at to-mor-night's meeting, of the council...'/' z>. , . The trustees acting in'.' connection with- ; the will of the. late Janlcs -i-Tysoa'. have decided to take actionngainst. the Queensland Government for tho refund of .£12,536, ; which it is olaiined was-wroiigfully-paid as stamp .duty. Mr.' W.L.. Foivles, •, the' 11 nder-Secrotary of • the ■ Treasury, has : been made the- nominal', defendant.,; •The ShaWrSavill steamer. , ' lonio,- broujht "a total of 904 souls from London', tlio passengers numbering 723 and the orew: 181/ -The crew" list on the vessel:is. tho: heaviest, over entered at ■ Wellington; being' six than tho nrevious/ highest, on account of.'the new Board of Trade-regulations iii '-reference to boat- man- ; ning. ■;■■■ The. vessel brought 2iO assisted passengers, which total comprised: 58 'men; ,120 women,' and ,67 Ohildreri;'.'- Tho , number nominated by relatives in.-New Zealand was 163;' ,Seventy.adults at:d five childron-were approved by tho High Coriimissioner, their total oapital being JJ3275. ■-■ -' •'■ '..■■'■ ... - ..--. .

':. 'Apparently, the lot of a' labour organiser is not-a happy, one;, When,.-yesterday, Mr. D, Monarty (of tho .Wellington Furuiture Trade Union), was; .urging ,, - upon the Furniture Workers; Conference the,necessity of adopting a .scheme for tho : systematio organising of th'd workers throughout, New Zealand, ho said that those .\tho undertook such work had a thankless task. Worljerg had: acquired a • horror of the labour "agitator," as-thoy considered an organiser to' be, and- as soon as. th«y saw one -took the earhpst opporranity. of dodging him. It was, another; instance of: tho innocent suffering for .tho guilty, but it had now come, to pass that when, a man-wm commissioned- to organise tho workers in a particular district, a genuine mission-.,in the:; best-, interests of labour, not .with the jobjebt of' stirring up strife'between master, and man, ho had the greateet: difficulty in getting into touch with .the men. It was generally supposed that the , labour organiser liid a fat billet, lived in flash hotels, and generally had, a : very, good time. Ho,(the speaker) held yibw. ;..;•■• i "Taranaki is. tho happy. jiuntirie-eround: .of the blaokleg, and.the.'!whole- district there is absolutely, at the ;meroy of the, employer," asserted Mr. D, Moriartv; speaking.at .the Furniture Trade Workers' Conference yesterday on tho subject of the urgent need for a system.atio organising of the workers throughout the Dominion/-- "I. have heard,',' said he, ."of workers there being paid .(13'10s; for a 17 hours' week. In urgiug ■ upon the conference : ; the need .for a. bettor system- of organising their workers; I do not wish to, lie understood that we are put after tho employers'• scalps. ' The relations at, present existing, between tho employers and■-, v;orkers in tho furniture-making establishments, iir,Wellington are , most satisfac-tory,'-'so' much' so,- -indeed; that at d re6cnt conference we'-had with tho,employers on the subject of more : wages and shorter hours, it only needed a ibottle of whisky to mako the confercnto a.Social §athprine."' Mr. Morlarty then went: on to discuss the general;■morite of a' federal scheme, for organising thb-workers of their trade."■ There was no reason, ho said, why a furniture-maker in- Wellington should not be abjo 'to obtain in Invcrcargill, or in tiny other coutro, the same , wages, undei: tho snnie .'conditions, as those whion obtained'in Wellington.. '~.'. ■./'.,:, .. .'...,,. A deputation from the : New Z'oaliihd FurniUiro Tvades ,, Oonfcrcnco will wait upon the .-Minister'for.labour dloh. J. A. Millar) at an cnrly date- with the-purpose of bringing before him certain matters arising out' of the "deliberations of tho:conference;- v-'- ; 'i;;-.■A^■■;..-,-. :, -~..' ' - A. ■ conference : of timber merchants' and saw- , millers is to be held at Palmerston North to.wards the end,of. tho,month. .. ; , .' / .; : ,\.v,yv. ■ '•'Tlieris is i\ ehortago.pf Minors in tho;horthorii .field. • Several, managers in their reports this week, refer to-'diih'culty";' in , .'getting men. Xlio lnnnagpr of the Waijii'<l)each;mlno writes: ' It -is .very .difficult to got' mon to , stayVout here us thero are none out; of work at present .■ Tho. contractorstartetl >yith. four men on Mon-' day, but tw6' loft' liisst day. Hβ got somo more .niAn^.h]i(-..,Hie».,ji-niiU..Wiit^f«»t.**j*l..\; r .«) i>^

. A second-class pa/ssenifbr by: the Ctcamcr lonid ■■'■'■ tarried too, lorig'atCapo Town: as J missed, his .''■" passago'on- toWelllngfou,'' Tho passenger's luf- ; -: gage was brought ion. to ( Wellington, and will be., stored until,, tho.'tiriynl 'of tho 'laggard ■'■■"■;. tripper. JV; ":. ; ..'.,, : ,'-. ,'f;.-.! ; ..;;. ,- ; ' .> :'■■-*. :'!■■■■■', ■!'■ Some contracts appear.to be, a direct breach ./'V of tho Conciliation and' Arbitration Act; ; ,Sβ ' considered the delegates,attending tho , Furrii-.: , : ture Trade Workers Conference yesterday, who '/■ unanimously adopted a resolution that the V. Mitriatct (or Labpur bo aeked to define more precisely tho term worker, by adding to the ■ ■'. clarsc in the' Arbitration Act'.—'"Worker , 'i.: means any person of-any age of either eoi employed by any employer to do any skilled ': or unskilled manual or clerical SVork for hire / or reward"—the .words i-. "irrespective of. whother such worker supplies, the material '; necessary for his labour or. otherwise." It w, ■■'■ stated that thoro \Verb rases where individuals ' had contracted for certain' work' 'at : prices, which were actually below the-Award rates of pay—sweating rates, in fact. Tho object of the; '• resolution was to defeat the ends of (hose ' wh6 encouraged 1 thie^ort'of thing.

'If a worker started at. 8 a'.in,, knocked offat 12 for. lunch, started again at 1 p.m.* and worked till 5 p.m., with an. 8 till 12.spoil of work on Saturday—worked; a total :■■& hours psr .week—the. employer "would get more-out of the worker than under-present conditions," asserted Mr. D. Moriarty at the Furniture Workers' .Conference yesterday., The system advocated by him ■ had operated very satisfactorily in Christchurch for some ye'iirs. In Wet lmgton; they worked 46 hours por>'wc,ek. ,Theconference'.unanimously; affirmed tjw,. principle of a U hours'..week throughout New/Zealand. ;,

Tire peroent. increaso in tho wage's of the 'workeri means, something liko 20 per-cent.'to' the consumer."—Mr. D. Mcriarty's vkwof the economics of tho.furniture trado, as expressed! at the • conference 'yesterday. ■: ■■••"'■ / '-' ■''''" [ :.' .Referring to the vaccina laboratory in ; hja : annual , report,, ■', Dr.. f • Makgill, Government' Bacteriologist,-says!-"It is satisfactory to bd' able to roport that difficulties,with, regard to. the weakness of the vaccine lymph have been to" a great extent ovorcome. The percentage of case-success has risen ( to 91; per cent. -Thisfigure wo may hope.to see improved' in future, as'the influence of the alteration ini'methode .which brought about tho improvement did not oxtend to the whole. of the past year. The principal cause •of failure; wo. found to, bo a y<;ry simple matter—namely, the sudden changes <-, in tho temperature to' Which ; the lymph . was exposed.. Lymph, taken straight from our icechest and submitted to , a temperature of DOdegrees Fahiv or so in the postal bags during summer produced-very'.uhEatij'actory results. ,- If the change is made gradually, less detoriorahen/takes, place," .■?.': ■-..• ■ - .;■ ; ~v ,-.. • '■■ Special tramoars. at ordinary fares will run to-day-and on Friday, to~> connect with the 7.10 ' a.m. excursion train;to Palraerston, Tho first car. will.leave Newtown at C.25, α-m,*' and the/ second-at 0.30 a.m.' ' ''.-.-'.'. ', ~.: - _/' The second annual meeting of the Wellington old hoys' branch of .Palmerston North High. School 'Ex-pupils' Association was ; held last , night in the, Y.M.C.A./rooms.: Tho meeting was well attended, Mr. C. Inder occupying the chair. The annual .report;! and, balance-sheet. *ere adopted,: and the following were elected to form a now committee i~Messrs. L. Harri- , son, J. H. Chapman, A. >D, -Newth, E. Irider (president), and J. M.; Spoar,'(hon. secretary/ and treasurer).'; A'.hearty vote' of thanks was;, accorded to the hon.'■■ .secretary- , and treasurer . for the manncr.in ,l which'he carried out thfc ' duties; incidental: to a successful- financial and' social year. , ■■ ./A.; ',:.,:... p= ••,:•■;'■,■ \ '■'■■">•".;:';':':.' .; Some interesting, points pecur;in connection' ■ ■with tho anhua^.report 'on,the To: Waikate Sanatorium, which.is just to hand. It appears that of the 105 patients admitted during the year ,71 .-were males/and 34 females. ',Dβtails.of - coses treated, I8.'of: the' par/ tients follojs'ed: domestic duties, 0 were'farmers,' C each were shop assistants,.clerks, miners,.and'.. dressmakers,, and & were: carpenters. . Erftm a. list of theiocalities .whence patients entoredat ' appears i that 38 came' from Auckland knd-; 15 from .Wellington, whilst'uo,,other district pup-. plied '.more than.i. patients,. Seventy-three; of ; the" patients " were ; ' of '•'■ New, Zealand ■ birth./ '11 :■ of 'English'! birth,, ','-7.-. of. ■■.Scbtoh-"-. birth:-.;-'.' 4-. ■:■ liish .birth,' !' 3.;: ,;Maoris and half-casteii, and .1 each -Australian,..-. Dutchi German; and Swiss. 'Attention is.drawny to the appareht great need of the ■ establish-' ■: ■ment' of hospitals for "consumptives apart from ' feanatiiviai . ; .•.,■;•.■■ '... ;Vi. .:' ■;..-! '■.-'■ <•") '■

/Word was-received., yesterday/that.;W.'Fv-v,' Simpson, the,.Oauterbury-' ; runner,-.-who.-.hqlda,',. the New. ■.:,!. Zealand's! orwk.'orMSrCOUutry./iiuillieriil.wili'Com';;^, l pste in the.Maratboa;race, \yjiich .is to bs'irun .-.■;:,' 111 Wellington-on with-thoiWellington-'Aniateur; Athletic Assb'cia-'■/'; 'tio>V!(neetirig;--;Hi'llJot:Ca"nftrb^ryi'Hvho, , c.Wpa.: l '' ee&ond in the 1 .Ashburton Marathon 'race ■'■'■ ip :v ! FebruaryJast, will,alpi,be. a coinpetitor. / \' :■ •( "■' At a\m«etihi bfilho SWeUingt&j the Amalgamated.Society of Railway Servants. , '/ held lately;'itn'o'-follbiving niotioii was carried. ':■ unanimously :—"That >. this, branch of'-.the', ' .A'.S.R.S. .enters) its'ciiiphatic 'protest/agaiiist. 'any 'alteration in: the Arbitration Act toward -.■•' allowing the: ttriyers' ■'■ and. Firemen's Associct- 1 ': tioh: being'recognised, by. the MiniErter.: for Rail- /' ways.'.as' it/will be. detrimental to thointerosta .; of the railway men as a/whole.' , // '~-/,. ,':.''

,'ln 6ur report yesterday of the' Marlborough', celobratioris the. following, appeared:—"ln-pro-posing the.\ toast, of ; 'Parliament,'.'.Mr; K.' , M'Callum described Mr. Ma6sey.as bell-Bannerman of Now; Zealand..politics. Tile '<■ Opposition: party had, lie .continued, fought: a ■■' hard fight and a good fight, aud'',although, he, (the speaker), had been'a .Government sip-'. porter-for twenty -■years.- he wasVnow'oneVof, ■ many.-people who would liketo' see 'Mr. Manser •■ got into power, for'a term of'office. '(Loud ap-.,; plause.)"! ..■Mγ.■'.' M'Calluin' telegraphed last- •' night to say that this report did not correctly. ''; oxpross'his utterance. .What ho said* wasi—.-. "My one objection to.it was that it never gavc.the Opposition a turn, 'and. this;Svas riot as' it should bo.-,. , What I-.said was. certainly, no.', reflection on the.'Liberal: I .Ministry,' of' which'' I a v 'suppoi;tor since Ballance's days, but a. mild suggestion'of ■ the Opposition's 'inability, to oust our party."| \\ I)' ■•■: :.-'.; 'C, , "-...." Some ; fifty Natives,from':Taranaki have atv rived in- town;, and ore holding a meeting .pro-'j limiriary to framing a petition for presentation'-'' to the ..Government concerning Native affairs. ■ The-' Maoris intend regaining in Wellington - for about a' fortiiight. V •'■':.'-V.-. ;"'','"■"; ,:.!..' 'Tho annual meeting of the New Zealand. liniployera' Federation, whioli will 1 bq held in Wei. • -lington'on. November.: 17;. promises .'to 'be-'. »\ largely-attended gathering. About tw«nty : deltu , . gates have already announced, their intension of being present,-and-at lehst forty -ice expected. '.'• A : largo numbcr\ of. remits hai e Wen . received by tho secretary (Mr. W. Pryor). Tho . Wellington Employers' Assooiation-' has- ar-'.ranged-to entertain tho delegates at- luncheon 'V at Godber's on-the day the mepting oommencee,' The Prime, Minister, tbv Minister for.Labour, . and the Leader of the Opposition will be invited.'tobo present; ■■''.•■.... \:^ ! .--: ■:■:■•;. ■;..;.:-::',' i A meeting , of. the Advisory. Board, and Par*' -V liamentarv Couiittittee of the New Zealand,: Employers' .Federation- was ■hold yesterday;:. \ letter was received' from Mr. 1 ,T. K. Sidey, M.P.,.in refbrence.to the,' New Zealand Local : Time Bill. (It-to,resolved to place:the question on. tho order paper for.tlio annual meet-" ing of the federation,, and'.Mr. Sidey was ;in-; vifed to. btt«n'd''and'. cxDlaiu'.thd'measure.'

■ A delegate at i/ho 'Sawmill Workers' Confer-/ ence yesterday,. speaking' against tho iniportav tio'n of railwny sleepers, said- that, if it : wae : truei Rβ stated, that a jai'rah alcoper' could be' l ' landed .on the- Main Trunk lino, for .2d.' less than the' local ones could lie produced froin' •close.'at hand, there must.. he'■ 'sweating some, where. .Hβ also asserted, from.his own experi. .ence in Western-Australia, that jarrah was not immune from the,. depredations of the white,'; ;aut. ~■ "Get a'consignment of while,.'ants', on"' your, railways," Jio added, "and there Wi)l stion" 'bo"no"eleepore."v:'.".;■' • ■-■ ' ''!••..''.', ■-■:.-. jV ! --'-"'.- '■.-'■ . Spcakini in favour of.State Labour. Bureani; Mr. H. J. Lyons, at the ; Timber Workers , .. Conference,': complained of tho charges made by : 'private registry offices.' He Eaid . that. two : young' .'-women obtained ' employment 1 , up ' the country: through: a Wellington i'egistry offlco^ , ' and wo obargea It:. 6d.. each. When they, got to the placo 'they- found the Wnges were only;los.va week each. Dther' dslcsatce related experiencee. of: being misled by'TOls regietrj' oflicesj' and, sent'ujion, fruitless; jouttleyf.', One speaker m\A' labour', akente w<-i-o''a hectisnry' eyjl. . They-had:a,greal deal to put'uji with,' aiid they -\v«re ui\dcr' tho strict supervision'of tho Labour i|)cpiirtment'. They were not allowed, to charge a'higher fee'than 4s, 6d. A , labour agent wltoiu.ho'kn6\Y in the .south was one of, .tho best of mqn, Icadev; of'a labour iorganisi. ■ tiori. jind. perfectly straight ..in hie .dealings,' iAnptlit; delegate eaid. the fir?t placft a - man' . should go.'tq;.ori :arritarin' a"'town !was the'' Trades lull; where the eeorctary.'of the nnion in histrado might )jc able: to.,send'him:, t.o' : a' job; , '"' " •■■'" ■ "■' ' ■■■ ' ■' "

Tho manager oC tho Citj Abattoirs took up his tluhc>> ytsterdtij. It is understood Uia* tho building will probnbl) bo opened « fortnight. : Somo iiitcen charges of illicit Irndini? |n liquor, all having icforoncc to the Park Street liiid at Mastorton, ,hn\o been laid! and will bo hoard shottly. Mr. C. A. i'ovtuall has been rotained for the dofanro. , ■, ,

In tho opinion of Mr. 1). Uonnrty, Bxjiroswd at tho Conference of FumlUiio Tiado Vforkew yeStorda), lawjors should bo lcstruineH front nppearilip i» imtubtnai disputes bet-noon ma*