NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1023, 12 January 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By .TeU-jji-aph.—Press Association.) • '

PEACE ON THE WEST COAST. NEW AGREEMENT WITH MINERS, . Wcstport, January 11.' Following on tho-satisfactory industrial agreements recently made, outside the Arbitration Court between the Westport Coal Company and . its employees," -ar agreement lias:at last been "come to between- -the Stockton "Goal Comnany. and its workmen. ■ The union and "the. coin- ' pany .have-been- trying, to fix up .au agreement for tho last eighteen, mouths," but without success, and just before - .th» holiduys - the union handed- the whoU matter over-to the Federation of Labour. The executive of-this body sent Mr. Webb, president, and.'Mr.. Dowgray.. treasurer, to try and get things arranged. ;Tlieir efforts have been successful,- and ; an- agreement was.,duly signed, last night for twelve. months.. - , - " There, is no appearance of . any -trouble amongst c'oalminers in tfe- BnHer-;"dis*' .trict, nor is there any- likelihood of trouble in the Grey district. " Everything points to a good year, for co'alminers oi the West Coast. : . ' • . RIFLES AND STORES BURNT. CLOSE CALL' FOR CARTRIDGES. ' Dunedin, January .11". The Caversham Drillshed I was. pjirtiailj •destroyed by fire early this morning.. It. belonged to the City Corporation. Id the main building was a piano," tlw private property of local volunteers, an<J twenty-eight cadet rifles,'valued at. All these were destroyed. They ...were uninsured., Attached to the hall are thret rooms, ond of which was gutted. . Oi the other two, one contained rifles, uni* forms, and about 6000-rounds of, ammuni« ,tion, and these practically untouched. The building- was insured for I .£SOO in. the Standard Office. The care:taker v last night, when, cleaning-out tho •premises/ burnt, papers in. one; oi . the fireplaces,, which "it is supposed caused ttherlire.: . CHARTING OF THREE KINGS. ; POUND TO-BE.ERRONEOUS. .- Auckland,. Januarv 11. . On. a-recent call at the Three Eingi'the officers of H.M.S. Powerful, made "th« discovery that tho islands were' incorrectly placed on the Admiralty chart, the error being of sufficient > magnitude to constitute, a source of . danger to navii gators approaching New Zealand by th« route lying close. to tho . islands; In. sti-uctions have; been sent by 'wireless" to 11.M.5. Cambrian at Auckland to go to the Three Kings and make an accurate survey .to determine..the .exact error, The vessel left port to-day,, and, on com. pleUon of her. survey", will' nroceed- to Wellington to report, being due there oi January 20. . . •

TOWN CLERK FOR DUNEDIN. Duncdin, January 11. : The City Council has 1 .received 48 ap« i plications' for the'position of Town .Clerk at a salary of iCQO per-annum. ...Nina of the applicants t reside ' in'Duriediri,'--" tires' in Christchurch, "three in seven in ' Auckland, two in New Ply-, mouth, and one each in Timaru, Ashburi • ton,. Mastorton, Blenheim,' 'Danne'virke,j '■ Lyttelton,' Woolston,. Pahiatua, Eketa-i . huna,- Ngaruawahea,' Te Kawhata • (Auck-j land), Warrnambool (Victoria),' Warrajul' . .(.Victoria)., and Stawell (Victoria). -. Tha , Finance Committee has been instructed,tct select eight names for .submission to. thtf next meeting of the council.... TYPHOID AMONG NATIVES. Oargavlllej January 11. An. outbreak of typhoid fever at Scar* rott's Nativo settlement, down {he river, ■"resulted in five deaths■ in'the past fortJ night. Five; Natives are sick at present Tho health ; authorities are .taking aD Necessary,'steps. ' ' v:. CHniSTCHURCH STATISTICS. • Christchurch. January 11. . The town;:clerk,;ha : si-forWMded the fol« .lowing annual return to;-the" Government • statistician:—Total .number, .of : rateable '.buildings in the city, 13,676; inhabited dwellings, 11,812; empty :dwellirigs;-. 342| dwellings building, 111;, stores or war©* houses in-which'no,one sleeps, 1522; ditt<( building, 17. . .."