NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1974, 3 February 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Bγ l i el6cra»h,-'PfcS» i«ipciaU6B.) SAWMILL WORK. DISPUTE WOO MEN. Auckland, February 2, Tliiqr Oohcil.iab'on Council, under, the presidency of Commissioner T. Harto Giles., to-day_ .considered an industrial sdisputc. in which a. good' deal of iijtoroist h lieiirg manifested, fho partiej? ore tlio Timber Workers' U»ion,,j(w.Mcli hue a membership of WOO) and the sSwmrilers of tho province, about 150 of whoiji wore- cited. The union in its demands asked ht sdbsiahtinl increase? i;it wages,, averaging yi'ol't over' 2.5. pel day, q.ijd amounting, in .soiiio eases to 3s. r>, day, for a 443iour week., and fof preforenefe to unionists. The employer? ill their counter-claims stipulated , for, il anything, a reduction in the rates pro vaihiig in the. present award., for longe* working hours thin at present pro scribed., and strongly opptiscd tlio pro* posal for preference. It was eventually dec Mcd;. that, before actually<pfoce<:djn? with tho disputo it«t>lf tiles council should visit somo of tlio leading timber centres da tho province and taiko eyi dence concerning local .conditioiie.

GLdUD-BURST AT FAIRLIE. f (rnaru, February 2, Tho raih-fetorm cleared :off enrly this morning. Reports of. minor damage: b* floods- are received from the- country, ..Tho check to tho; harvest and tho wet* ting of sto.oks' is soniew-hat serious. This afteriioori /a cloud-burst oecurrbd on the hills near Fair.lie, ail .unusual torrent flowing down' the main county road through F.airlie* Thcr6 was a stream 18 inches deep at this Fairlio. Hotel. Considerable damagewas. doiie to tho road by ecour. Tho heavy sea did no damage.

NEtSON'S ANNIVERSARY. Nelsorij February .&;■ . The tw.onty*sec<?nd anniversary of the. foundation of the Proyiiico. was celebrated by a close holiday to-day. The weather was 'fine but tivercQs.t. Various sports meetings were held and the annual-show of the Golden Bay A. atid ■P. Association at lakaba was VcJfy s'iiw Cfissful. " .

ROBBERS ENTf B ST/STION. _ . ~ Foxton,. Fetruaify 2. Tbp local Milway. station was broken into between 10.31) oti Saturday night ; shd B,on. Sunday morningi ' was gaiiifid by, forcinfe ojeii a' \rindow> All t'lie .drawers -jij thfoffibo: wefe priced open and ,abo:(it2ss. iu.<sasii ta-ken. An attempt Was made, to blow open the safe with ge.latine-i 'but was uivsuccfessful,"t)io lock- in.d ''briisswork .being damaged, Swj?gs in the parcel .office■iVeje Used t* deaden tho explosion.-

BIBLE IN SQHpOtS. ~ / WangSriul,. .February 2., . A meeting of de:le'go:tes the .electorates of .Egmcjnt, OfoUaj Pafeea, Kurtgitibei,. Stfa.tfordi Taranakj, \Vaimariiio aiid Wancaiiui, and w.rtli a signed jnemberslni) of 10,70.4, passed a resolution to-night expre'ssing tlicir cojivictto.n that a suipeieiit number o.f people in New, Zealand, iavo' ev.idehccil a dpsije fo;f b, refereiifltinj dii th& Biblb-iii-S.ta.te. Seliools qucstidn, to justify the. Govern, ment jlitroducing iih.o .necessary lcg.isla» tjon. . ■ • .

ARBITRATION CONFERENCE. ■ Chrlstohuroh, February 1. Tho Canterbury Trades and 'Labour Council hold an open meeting on Saturday night in consider its attitude' in connection with tho conference of arbitration unions proposed by the Ohineninri Mines and Battery Workers' Union. t TliWrPhS'nvas cxcludcdt; and, "nffor di'srilsstoin tllo meeting adjourned for a month without apparently arrivingat a decision. > HEALTH OFFICER & RESIDENT^ Auckland, February 2. Avondalo residents arc continuing to placo obstacles in tho way of tho deposit of nightsoil in that district. Last night tb.ev dug a. deep tTcncb across the road leading to tho depot. A polico party filled it in sufficiently to enable carts to pass, ■ THE FIME ON THE FLORA. Oamaru, February 2. A survey of tho Flora reveals no structural ('anugo. Tho Wellington cargo shippid s,f Dunedin suffered principally by tho (ire, and five, truck loads are beinjt railed back. The- vessel sailr to-nigbt Tor northern ports. MATAURA SEAT. Core, February 2 A meeting of tho Liberal party hete asked Mr. Robert M'Nab, formerly mombor for Mataurn, to contest the seal again. Ho promised to announce hi?. intention within ono month. BRIEF MENTION. Auckland, February 2, In tho Police Court, lioonnrcl Ruetin, ,charged with wife; dcsortion at'Dunedin and theft of a bicycle al Wellington, was remanded to appear jit Wellington oi Monday. ChrlEtchuroh, February 2. Tho Mount Somors railway station was entered on January 30, when pipes, and tobacco were stolen valued at £ft 16s.