HER ENGINEROOM AND STOKEHOLD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 925, 19 September 1910, Page 5

HER ENGINEROOM AND STOKEHOLD.

''■. ■' ■; }^-^J} : 'tm PAY' THEREIN.;; y£ '. ■ ■':. 'ii; ; ; ; 7i;-:-Wi- .!!;;.v-'"Punedin,f' September. 17/// "'y;Begaiding\statements .;'-.by. /Mr.'D&vid '..'/.Anderson;, •.Australian, manager'.- for'the. VOrient;Company,.in''.a letter to Sir.Joseph .;>Waid, , 'that. i the .Omrdh's .'en-. .".giheroom'.-staff ■. amounted.f/to- : a' ', ,ni6hth,' : :'Mr;:.; Belcher, ■•■•in"'..an '■'. interview■! . givenX/a /"Star"-.'/' 1 reporter,"' -said:—"The i .Omrah': didjiiot, carry, at,;'the-most,:more ■ ; vthaii"abput.'eight engineers.:This:amounts;. ■.■:'\^ ; \>;H6^.jllieM''jngineersv''tronld ; 'Ute.to pouch: ; :snch;!a '■ \ wage!..:/As! a■' matter:. of ;-faot : ! the' of'.the {British-engineers is'-much' '' r?'Below.;.th6se'; : paid in Australia'and-..New' ' •':': Zealaiid,\ .and! according,/tb".-'a calculation. have made.',£22o would- 1 ipra'c,•..;.tically:' pay;-the wages; of the!' whole ,:eri!.y,f eiheroom/and stokehold!:!staffs Von-'. the' ;.viOihrahi:'.-including',','- engineers',; firemen, .'i'trimmers/Tand. greasemeni". ;;-,'!//';!! V! ENDURANCE;OVER;;THE KEYBOARD.v! ;-AGAIN,;B|PKEN3 iS,,^'/'".-?^^^ !':;.!Edward Travis;of'Dunedin,'.,bfokV,the' •; .world's : record -for!! endurance i'piano-!:;•-playihfe"at 11.50 oarSaturday!!night, hav;..!:ing played ' continuously ./for. 75 ' hours. : v! He quite!,, .fresh;-; showing- .no;;?ivisible:!signs)'Of fatigue; ;,The;;preyipsa ! -, world's./record!was. 74"hours. 12. minutes' !;!-by;:Mr.;Sterton^:.of; : Wanganuii';./'..'' : ".fev ! AFFAIR;/;;:-.:::' ■■-_)•:-; .''■:■' ■■ .18. '('■'. , ,-.'•' This, afternoon, about'4.3o;.a man was ■'■ found on: the sidewalk at the North Belt \; -with his throat-,' out. ';'; He' was. taken to S; the hospital, and! is'.no.w >in: a critical con- ;■•' dition. :■ Nobody, seems "to. have' seen:!the' (:. affair," which,is a,most rmys'terious. one! :!,;,: No/.further; particulars! are. available. .;