NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1578, 23 October 1912, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

IBy Teleeranh-Pres« Asjoclatlon.l

— »— „„ _, Invercargill, October 22. lho Canadian cadets-were taken for a motor trip lo Winton this morning, and, on arrival there, wcro welcomed by the Mayor ami entertained at luncheon. 'They returned to Invercargill in the Afternoon and-played iv football match with a team of local cadets, Invercargill winning bv six points to three. The ■Canadian boy's play the conventional game, but are not up to the standard of New Zealand football. This ovenjng they al(ended a picture show, and to-morrow they leave for Dtinedin. Palmerston North, October 22. An important sale of cattle was held here to-day by the Now Zealand Loan ami .Mercantile Agency Company and Dalgety nnd Company, on behalf of Mr. V. R. M'Kenzie. lho cattle were excellent in quality, and there was an attendance of buyers from all over the Dominion. The prices obtained were very good. Dunedin, October 22. A meeting of the local branch of tho New Zealand Railway Officers' Institute was held to-night to consider the Government's proposals in connection with the Classification Ameiidiiie Bill, A resolution was carried as follows: "That this meeting d.raws attention to the proposals to still further increase the salaries of the chief cleric by Ji'M, chief accountant by J!3O, and stores manager by .0150, while failing to bring Uho salaries of the lower-paid members into line with the I'ost and Telegraph scale ns recommended by the 191! I'arliumentflry Committee." Resolutions were also carried deploring (lie fact that the Government had failed (o keep its promise (o place railway officers on the same fooling as regards pay, etc., as other State Departments, mid urging members of Parliament, to oppose the Amending Classification Act, so far as the first division is concerned, until various new proposals detrimental lo tho officers were removed, and until I lie railway officers had had an opportunity of considering the Act, and suggesting necessary amendments. It was also resolved to bring under the notice of the Minister <i promise made by the Hon. J. A. Millar, when Minister, to place the Lake Wakntipu officers in the first division in tho Erst Amending Bill introduced.