MEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 27 November 1901, Page 3

MEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

(per press association.)

Quartz Mining Returus

Nelson, November 26

The Golden Blocks mine near Collingwood obtained 184 ozs 10 dwts of gold from 197 tons of stone, being 28 days crushing. The low level tunnel has been driven 412 feet.

The Supreme Court;. Dcnedin, Nov 26.

At the Supremo Court James Hammond was found guilty of indecently assaulting a girl at lioxborough and was remanded for sentence. A charge of a similir nature against JaniC3 Wood was not concluded.

Dunedin Dredging Appointment. Dunedin, Nov 26. James Howlison has received the appointment of superintendent dredge-mas-ter for the AshanteeGoldfiolds Corporation 1 at a salary of some £ISOO per annum. l The Arbitration Court ' Wellington, Nov 26. s At the sitting of the Arbitration Court r to-day President Cooper made some < remarks with regard to the oft discussed ] question of preference employment of , Unionists. One of the demands of the j painters Union was that when a non- ;

Unionist was engaged by an employer > on account of the Union not being able \ to supply a man equal in ability within j twelve months, thereafter the Union should have the right to supply a man provided the person first employed declined to join the Union this to apply to : non-Union men now employed. j His Honor referring to thisi said he ' would never be a party to the insertion I of such a clause in any award. This would compel workmen to join the Union or else lose their emplo.ymeut and would bo neither right nor just. Preference would be granted to members of a union which had an open door, but not to such

an extent at this demand asked. Retired From Service. Dtjnedin, Nov. 27. Captain Bichardson, formerly in command of the Waikare, has retired from the Union Company's service owing to ill health. The Arbitration Court. Wellington, This Day. The Arbitration Court delivered its award in the Drivers' Dispute this morning. Ten classes of labor are dealt with in the award, and on all round an increase of wages and decrease of hours is ordered. The Secretary of the Union estimates that the drivers of Wellington, Petone and Hutt who number between 500 and 600, will benefit to the extent of some £13,000 per annum. Effect of the Federal Tariff. Dunedin, This Day. As an illustration of the effect of the Federal Tariff the "Star" mentions that the Westralia's sole cargo from Bluff for Sydney consists of a solitary box of cheese. Up to the present there is next to nothing booked atLyttelton rnd Wellington, and

when the vessel leaves the latter port on Saturday it is expected that the cargo under hatches will not embrace more than fifty tons. Post and Telegraph. Delegates from the various branches of , the Post and Telegraph Association cf New Zealand, waited as a deputation on Sir Joseph Ward this morning, and brought under his notice a number of • matters connected with the administration 1 of the Post and Telegraph service which ' were very favourably received by the Minister. - Ministers on Wing. I Sir Joseph Ward and Right Hon. ) Seddon go south late to-night, to be present at the QtegQ sh°w on Friday.