WANGANUI JOTTINGS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1718, 8 April 1913, Page 4

WANGANUI JOTTINGS.

T (By Telegraph.-Sucolnl Oorrccpottdwit.) Wanganui,. April 7. A "shirkers' parade" was held at- the - Magistrate's Court this morning'' wlic-n >iS ." senior cadets, for laxity in attending drills, were fined ten shillings and costs ' each. ' * The "baker's dof.cn" of workers' homos which the Government has erected at " Wanganui East and Gonville were not allowed to stand empty for want of ap-' plicants. Though only just ilnished, each 0110 is already tenanted. ■ There is an unsatisfied demand for' vouths in tho manufacturing trades-hero,.ll' The Labour Department says thnt, though', nearly every factory iu Wanganui row quires apprentices,, they cannot get them'... I'lierc is also a shorlast, ot laboi.rers, - especially in the building trade. . ■ , - Settlers in that part ot the Patea Couii* ■; ty on the south side of tho Waitotara rKivcr have petitioned tho Waitotara. , County Council to take steps to have their district brought under the jurisdiction . of the latter body. A similar attempt, made somo years ago, failed, owinz to the opposition of tho I'atea Council. The Waitolara Council favours the proposal but, before tolling any steps, has decided to send Iho petition nil to th< T'alea Council for consideration.