JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1060, 24 February 1911, Page 2

JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.

■ ! WAGES OF'COUNCIL WOEEMEN. . tßy Telcirapb.—Special Correspondent.) Wanganul, February 23. James Howe, a bushman, camo iilto | Wanganui oil' Tuesday afternoon and vis-' | ited soveral hotels in company with a i friend .lie. "picked up." After several drlnk3 they went to Queen's Park for a i sleop. Rowe woks up two hours later ] and found the other man, Chas. Richard ( Smith, had gone, also his (Howo's) i money.' Smith was subsequently arrested, for theft, and, pleading guilty at the' i court this morning, was remanded to the | Supreme Court, tit Wellington for sen- 1 • tence. . i Tho following cargo was taken away by ' the Star of India, which left tho road- J stead'this morning:—Bo22 carcasses of ' mutton, 13,868 carcasses of lamb, 618 quar- " ters of bwf, 316 crates of mutton, 35 f carcasses of pork, 3 crates of sheep's kid- ' neys, 231 casks of tallow, 107 casks Of * pelts, 330 bales of wool, 23 casks of casings,'and 1 case of preserved meat. J A prolonged conference ' was* held last night between the Wanganui Borough T Council and representatives of their lab- Jj ouring staff, with the view of settling tho •? rato of .wages, hours of labour, and oth6r 5 Conditions of employment. It is under- ? stood that an amicable arrangement was arrived nt.. Details are not available yet, . hnt there is reason for believing that an ' increase of Is. a day all round was agreed ? upoii, tho hqurs of. labour to remain as at preseiit. •