During Hie monlh of August, 81 cows,, 597 bullocks, . r i bulls, 510,1 sheep, 15 lambs, and 10 calves were slaughtered at Iho municipal abattoirs. Out of this number 22 cows, 71 bullocks, and 01 sheep wero condemned as unfit for consumption. The. fees for stock slaughtered amounted to .£143 Us. 9d„ a decrease of £10 10s. ?d. on tihe previous month. The total receipts for the month lotnlled .£lO4 lis. 7d. Mr. J. E. Fitzgerald will address (ho electors at Minimal - to-night. The claim of Slate coalyard employees to bo belter paid was advanced in Tarliament. yesterday by Mr. Fisher, who stated that t'hey were paid is. per hour, whereas private employees received from Is. lid. to Is. 3d. per hour. The Minister for Mines slated in reply that the men in question were paid at a slight advance on award rates for the dietrict in which they resided-
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1244, 28 September 1911, Page 4
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