DUNEDIN NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1451, 11 May 1905, Page 3

DUNEDIN NEWS.

Per Press Association. Dunedin, last night.

I Tho Compensation Court gavo its award I In tho oaso of W. Honderson, dairyfarmor, I v. the City Corporation, claim for £I6BO I for loud taken'for water-works extension. I Tho Court awarded £6OO in satisfaction of [ all demands, no costs boing givon. Tho I latest claim is for £ll3B by Catherine I Wilson and Jessie Harding, of WellingI ton. I An Industrial Dunedin and Suburban j General Laborers’ Union has been formed, and a statement of wagos and hours of I work has been forwardod to all looal J I bodies. Tho hours are to bo 44 per wook j and laboring work is to bo paid la port hour, with an increase for skilled work. All tools aro to be supplied by employers, I except hods, and preference to unionists is I asked for.; I

I William Roy, of Wairunga, oontosts I Clutha seat as an Independent oandidnto. I Mr Evans, tho Timaeu miller, on tho I eve of his departure for Europe, was entertained by representative oommeroial f and professional men, and prosentod with several artioles for use on the voyage. A number of spoechos were made eulogising Mr Evans’ half century of work as a I colonist.

Except in a fow isolated cases where shopkeepers threaten to disregard the law, 6 o’olook dosing will be observed quietly and universally throughout Dunedin.