NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2135, 29 April 1914, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

UNION THAT STRUCK. THE CONSEQUENCES NOW. ChristchWGT], April 28, _ ill tire Arbitration Court, judgniuni IH tm> ta-xi-cafc drivers' dispute was git-oil to-day. Mr. Justice Btrin«w stated that tho Ootirfc thought, in faeo of Mr. Justice Sim's judgment ju December, it could sint hoar Iho dispute at present. Tfie union had not btav prosecuted for sfcrikiug nor suspended, but it was practically sus]K»Mrlcd by the tact that no award %ai Iroeii made,' fit© ■Court told the paiiios to confer, ami ii' they arrived at fl ii agreement it would bo »iido an ward; otherwise tlio union wonM have to begin proceedings iJfiaw and tho Court wfftiM then act." ' ' '

INDUSTRIES, WEEK. A DOMINION SCHEME SUGGESTED. AiicHlsfidj April 38. An interesting suggestion that a J.iominipji industries week should \ie obsetw ed simultaneously irem one end of New Zealand to the other., was inado by the jhTOsklfint of the Aiiekkftd Provincial Association (Mr, S. J. Harhutt) -at tlte annual Ijinchi3o.:i trf membors tills after-. noon. The epeaker expressed iho &pmion that they were not getting the most out of the loeal tednstrios week which had been hold in tho pas!, He tb.ffujd.it that the Gos'tu'ivment might tend tlu-ir akl by iMstitatiiig raiiwa.y oxcurskus for tho occasion, aiid by influencing the Edtieation Department to.publish in. the moniWy school journal special articles on Doiiiiiiion Manufactures, and reports oji visits to factories, thus emphasising on the niinA of tho young the advantages of patronising New Zealand gosds. TfIOOPS AT TAP AW ERA. Nalsoh) April 28. Tae work of tho' Territorials ■ in camp -at Tapawoirft has tioyr coi.nmmicttd, iji «aMjest. The camp eomprises the Tenth Mounted Rcgijnent Battery, fwelffii Infantry ]}«Kijncnt, mid a section of tho FicH Ainlniiance, Fiokl work .is lieiiig carried out and preparations .oro bwng made for a ehiun battle with tho CG-operation of all troops fur Cicnfira! ttaniilton'e visit oh Mmiday, Jk.V 4. CJolonel ChaiTcy is in ohe-tgo, Siiich rain, lias hecii cxporieiwed, bijt all tho men have ffiado tins best ftf it afld have "played tiie gam«." Thoro .ire HOQ moii under canvas. AH n-rrangefneitts have been carriwl out iii excellent order by Oaptain Avcry ami Tlbmhs. HOTEL HANDS' WEEK. christchurohi April ?8. Tho Licensed Viotnn-Uftrs' Association and tlio Hotol Employees' Union have signed an ''industrial agreoinent fixing a sis days' week, 'flic agreement generally follows th* ' ■Wellijigixm award, but there aro a few increases in wages greater than those in 'Wellington. Catnjiulsory prcferiinw, sirailal- to what has teen in force for three years, was Rgfeed. to. GOAGH & MAILS LOST, Ghrlstchgcqhj April 28, 'Tho coach from 'VVaian to lvailtoura cajisized in Lottery Kiwr this morning, and was swept dawn tho stioaw. No wcro injured,. l' l 't they bad a narrow escape. Six mail bags are missing. .