BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 3848, 24 June 1875, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

_ „ _ . Timaru, June 23. The foundation stone of the Jewish Synagogue was laid with considerable ceremony. All denominations have subscribed towards the cost of the building, which is to be in bluestone. Father Chaitainger—a much-respected Catholic priest, and long resident here—has been called by Bishop Redwood to labor at Wellington. He will probably be succeeded in Ins charge here by two priests. The Catholic body presented him with a carriage and horse and LSO. (From our own Correspondents.) Auckland, June 23. Referring to the Dunedin Typographical Association delegates coming up here to investigate the union question of girl labor, the T Star says “In its yesterday’s issue appeared a telegram from Christchurch saying that, having constituted themselves into a deputation from the Dunedin Typographical Society, they bad come to the City of the Plains to endeavor to resuscitate the principles of trade union; but the Christchurch printers, to their credit, would have nothing to do with them. But the funniest part of the is that these wanderers, who are described in the telegram as ‘discharged Auckland printers,’ thereupon expressed their intention of proceeding to Auckland to investigate the system of girl employment at the ‘Evening Star.’ We shall be very happy to see them again, as we want a little more fun at their expense, but we trust they have picked tip some money in their pilgrimage, as they null be grievously disappointed if they expect to sponge again on the decent, hard-working printers of Auckland. These have had quite enough of loafers, and were only too glad to get quit of them. As for the subject of girl employment at the * Evening Star,’ which they coming from afai to investigate, at® happy to believe their report Will be of the_ most satisfactory kind, and that all anticipations of evil in which they indulged have proved that in this office there are now seven young ladies apprenticed to the honorable business of printing for the same terms and at the same Wages as apprentices of the male persuasion; and we are happy to say that they show themselves most •pt to learn, and are exceedingly expert at the business. They have clearly established the right of women to this new employment, and we trust that these pilgrims, whom our girls have frightened into wandering to a distant land, if they have learned any wisdom in their wanderings, will, after seeing the success which bM attended our experiment, return fa the South and urge all printers there to take their slaters aqd sweethearts aud teach them the way to earn ap honest and honorable livelihood.”