NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1813, 28 July 1913, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Press AESooiation.) j, QUARRY WORKERS, Dunedin, July 26. The Otago quarry workers and. owners conferred privately recently, and to-day met. tho Conciliation Council, and con-' firmed a tentative agreement arrived at' nil along the line. Tho agreement is' being signed for one year. Mr. Triggs' said that Canterbury people had agreed in conference practically to the sarno' terras. Mr. Macmanus replied that that' somewhat upset the Otago men's calcula-> tions, as tho agreement here was intended to be only, tentative and preliminary to a' Dominion award. Wage 3 have been increased by Id. and lVd. • FIRE AT HASTINGS. Hastings, July 23. A fire occurred this afternoon in a fiveroomed cottage in Avenue Eoad occupied by Sir. Herbert Pullen, and owned by Mr. John Cowan, junr. The'flames liad a good hold when the alarm was given, and despite the efforts of tho firemen, the interior of the building was gutted. No. ono was at home when the fire commenced. The insurances arc-.—House, .£450 in the Commercial Union; furniture, J2IOO in tho Norwich Union. Very little was saved.

GOOD FOB BOX-MAKERS. Wanganui, July 27. Tlue petroleum -works at New Plymouth are responsible for tho order of 30,000 cases, which arc being manufactured at a factory at Manunui. Box-making plants, have hitherto depended on the dairying industry for supplying a demand for butter boxes, but this new industry has opened up a new market. INDRABARAH'S DOCKING. Dunedin, July 27. After lying at anchor under the shelter of Hayward's Point since Friday,' tho Indrabarah steamed up to port, and iri 11' go into dock to-morrow for survey and inspection. During the time that tho big vessel lay at anchor there was a heavy swell' and strong winds from the' S.W., whicli made it unsafe for a vessel' in such light trim to enter. A lew hours after the Indralzirah came in a severe storm swept tho harbour with such violence that fow vessels could lavo made any headway against it. The storm moderU ute4' about 2,30 pju.