NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 969, 9 November 1910, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) i * RAILWAY SOCIETIES. I ' Havvera, November 8. .At a meeting 'of tlie A.S.R.S. last night a resolution was passed to the effect that" the Hawera branch views I wi tli alarm tho recognition of the En-J gine-drivers', Firemens', and Cleaners' Association, as fully 80 per control the flrailwaymon arc against it. Christohuroh, November 8. At a largely-attended meeting of Tailway drivers, firemen, and cleaners, held at the- CTfjine shed to-day, tlio following resolutions wero carried unanimously : —That there is absolutely no chanco of the members of the Enginedrivers', Firemen's and Cleaners' Association breaking up their own union and going back to tho Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants; that this meeting' indignantly protests against tho ununion dog-in-the-manger tactics of the Amalg&mated Society of Railway Servants in endeavouring to influence membprs of Parliament to coerce tho enginedrivers', firemen, and cleaners into a union which is so bitterly onposed to them. . THE TIMBER TRADE. . Dargaville, November 8. -The timber mills of tho Kaipara are unusually busy just now completing orders for England, Australia, and colonial markets. The barque Cliala sailed yesterday for Liverpool with a full cargo of timber. Several very large overseas orders have come to hand, and tho Kauri Timber Company's mill at Kopurii is obliged to run a night shift. Other mills are correspondingly active. WANCANUI BAND. . ' ■ Talhape, November 8. Tho Wanganui Garrison Band arrived hero this morning and were accorded an enthusiastic reception. They were welcomed' by the Mayor and the president of tile Chamber of Commerce and wore the guests. of the town. They gave a'concert this afternoon after which .they left for liome. LAW AND CRIME. Dunedln, November 8. ■'.'. ■ At the. Supreme Court this morning; George Harris.was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for attempted incest. Frank Mervyn Kemphead, for breaking and' entering, was admitted to probation for two years, under certain, conditions. ■