NEW ZEALAND-NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 908, 30 August 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND-NEWS.

(By Telegraph.-Preß! Association.) INVESTORS TIRED.OF IT. "THE CONTINUAL-WORRY." ' Chrjstchurch, August 29. In his address at the annual nieetinj of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. H. J. Marriner, ' acting-president, said" the trade' outlook was promising. The demand for wool.was increasing,. and trade with Europe and America was'expanding in all. branches. Unless European complications intervened, the . Dominion should havo another period of prosperity. The only disturbing factor was Labour. For the first time for-fifteen years the returns last' year showed a decrease' of 1042 adult workers and 1258 juniors. Christchurch -had paid .£29,312 less in wages'thaii in the previous year, indicating, that investors were tired of the continual worry and anxiety, as to the futurej anil were withdrawing their capital. Labour had yet to learn that unless the investor" could"get' a"fair return for his money'he would not invest in an industry.' ' ■'- v." .- . "T.HE OTHER JURY WAS GULLED." CHIEF JUSTICE~kND. PRISONEE.' ■ • ■ Auckland; August 29;" > At : the Supreme Court to-day, before ■ the Chief Justtee,- JolUi Sidney Hines pleaded not,giiill} .0. iiuhargt of breaking aud outering thf: gum store of Francis Deacon, at Kunieu. Denny, a halfcaste Maori, was similarly -. charged on Saturday with -breaking and entering in. . connection with tfte offence, but was acquitted. Hines, who conducted his own ■ defence, denied his guilt, and pointed . out the absence of evidence connecting . him -niHi tlic 'offence.' The jury return- .- ed a verdict of .guilty, and prisoner was' remanded for sentence. "Can I appeal, your Honour?" asked prisoner. "Yes, replied his Honour, "I suppose .you feel sore'because the other jury acquitted your companion, and you bave been found guilty. The fact is," concluded his Honour, "the other jury was gulled, but', this jury bas ' not been gulled." David Todd was charged with breaking and entering, and 'stealing, from, the dwellinghouse of Gustav Kronfell, and was found guilty, and remanded' for sentence. ON THE ROAD TO SETTLEMENT. . SOUTHERN SHEARING DIFFER- /. ■' ■, enoes. .. ..';';, :.'. ■; : -. Christchurch, August 29. •, After a considerable amount of negotia- ' tion a forward move has :been made-in • the direction of arriving at a settlement ■ of: the dispute'. between the . Canterbury • Sheep-owners'- Industrial... Union of '-. Employers : and the . Canterbury ■ branch of the. Shearers' Union; Mr. ; Triggs (Conciliation Commissioner" for ■ Canterbury and Otago) has received a ■ communication from the Minister for Labour agreeing to Mr. Triggs's sugges-. ■ tioh that the' three Conciliation Commissioners'of'the Dominion (Messrs. Hally,'--Giles, and Triggs) shall take evidence in. the dispute, and forward it to the Arbi- : tratiou Court for. that tribunal to base its > award upon. The representatives of both' 4 parties to the dispute have signed an undertaking to abide by the award of the -. Court in the matter. The three Concilia- • tion Commissioners will sit in Christchurch' to take evidence on September 13. ; DELUGE IN KIRIPAKI MINE. . : TOO MUCH FOR THE PUMPS. ' Auckland, August 29. i The manager of the'Kiripaka inirio reported to-day that the water-in the mine : was still rising, and,'''according". to his gauge, it is coming <n tyiree' times as fast as the piimps can cope with it. The !.pumping facilities.in'the mine have .a: capacity of.'twenty thousand gallons per hour, but the. water is coming in at thr rate of sixty thousand gallons. LABOUR CONCLAVE IN CAMERA. '..,:' 'Christchurch,. August 29. .' • Representatives of the New Zealand : Federation of Labour and- the Now Zoa- . land Trades Councils met to-day to dis- . cuss the question, of co-operation bo-, tween the councils and tha Labour Fed- . eration. The ' fe<leration , was repro- ; sented by Messrs. Semple, Hickey, , Glover, and Webb, and the Trades Coun- • cils by Messrs. Breeu, Whiting, and : Young, and the Hon. J. T. Paul. Jlr. ; : J. A. M'Cullough presided. ; The conference was not open to. the press, but be- .' fore, the proceedings closed the chairman : was authorised "to. inform the- reporters .- that -the conference was a harmonious ; one;, but that no definite result, had,been : arrived at for the present. . : . .' ; ..-, RAILWAY SERVANTS'SOCIETIES. Palmerston North,'-August 29. At a meeting, of tie Pa-lmerston North branch of the Engine-drivers, Firemen, aud Cleaners' Association the following resolutions. were unanimously :— : "That this meeting -. is- unanimously op- < posed to the direct, representative scheme ■ of the Amalgamated Society of Bailway Servants,, as it is useless to expect such' an organisation to do justice to -. loconio- ..'. tive affairs." "this meeting also,.desires-: to proclaim its loyalty to the Council ■ of the New -.Zealand Locomotive. Engine- I drivers', Firemen, and Cleaners' Asso- : ciatiou, and heartily approves the steps r being taken to secure legal recognition..-, of the association..,- This meeting con--; siders that the A.E.R.S. should: be made . to prove' its contention that it has. 700 .• against recognition, sesir.g that..1089.-but :■ of USO drivers, firemen,, and 'cleaners... signed the petition now .before the House, praying for legal recognition of '.. ciation." •'•' . ■' ' ■■.'.; ' . HE COLLAPSED. -..";.■■' ■ Levin, August 29, Albert Burley, while attempting to establish a new record for endurance piano-playing, fell .from his stool at i . o'clock' this morning, after completing forty-six hours'continuous playing. The : extremely cold weather - enfeebled . him,-; apart from the strain of persistent.play- ' .ing-'' ..; ■■ -, •'■'■'■■ '■ , " : ". -•' SHEARERS PLEDGE THEMSELVES, ■ "'■ Masterton, August 29.. ■: The Shearers' Union decided on Saturday 'evening' that members .would abso--, lutcly pledge themselves not-to shear for'' kss than.Vilper.lOO aud found, and that a cable be sent to Australia warning', -shearers of the position in New-Zealand.l-