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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2033, 19 March 1907, Page 3

-MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. AUCKLAND, last night. Tho Hon. G. Fowlds transacted departmental business in tho forenoon, and left for Now Plymouth by the Takapuna, on route for AVollington, in tho afternoon. The Minister expects to remain some little tiino in Wellington. FOLO POSTPONED. NAPIER, last night. Owing to tho heavy rain tho polo tournament has been postponed until to-morrow. VISIT OF JAPANESE SHIPS. AUCKLAND, last night. The Japanese ships llashidato, It skushima, and Matushiina, of tho training squadron under Vice-Admi-ral Twmioka, lmvo arrived at Suva, and leave Fiji for Wellington on Saturday. DESERVED SYMPATHY. GREYMOUTH, last night. At tho convention hold to day undor tho auspices of tho West Coast branch of tho Now Zealand Alliance tho following resolution was carried by standing voto: “That this convention desires to express its deep appreciation of tho services rendered to tho causo of humanity by tho lato Archdeacon Williams, a man of broad mind and largc-lioartcdness. Ho was in deep sympathy with every movement which had for its object tho uplifting of his fellow-men. To the no-lieenso cause ho has rendered libernl financial help throughout his long and useful life. While expressing our admiration of his noblo, Christian character, we deeply sympathise with the members of his bereaved family in the loss they have sustained, and pray that the consolations of the great head of the Church may be theirs in their tiino of sorrow.” MAGISTRATE APPOINTED . DUNEDIN, last nigat. Mr. Ernest Cargill Cutten lias been appointed Stipendiary Magistrate, and will he located at Napier. | Mr. Cutten was born in 1567 in Dun- | edin, and was educated in England and also at the Boys’ High School, Dunedin, and Otago University. He was Judge’s associate to Judge Williams for some time and has been in practice at Naseby for about ten years. Ho was Mayor of Naseby for the last five years, and took a keen interest in public movements in the district. DISGRACING THE UNIFORM. CHRISTCHURCH, last night. At tho fire brigades conference this afternoon a delegate from a Southern brigade, who had been locked up for drunkenness this morning while in uniform, was ordered by tho President to retire from the conference and remove his uniform. Tho man expressed regret for what had happened, and obeyed the order of the President. CRUDE PETROLEUM. KEY PLYMOUTH, last night. Lieutenant-Engineer Wlieater approached Taranaki Petroleum Company on belialf-of the Admiralty toddy, with regard to tho supply of crude petroleum for naval purposes. The company made an offer to supply 200 barrels daily tight away, or if the Admiralty laid pipes to the wharf to supply any quantities required. Lieutenant-Engineer Wheater communicates with the Admiralty at once. WELLINGTON NEWS. 1 WELLINGTON, last night. Mrs. Leonidas Smith, who was burned at Island Bay on Sunday, is in a very serious condition to-night. At poll to-day the ratepayers of the suburban borough of Miramar ■carried a proposal to borrow £12,000 for electrical tramway purposes. WORK AND WAGES. NEW POINTS OF DIFFERENCE. ’ MEN STILL REFUSE TO WORK. ' • Press Association. TIMARU, last night. At Smithfiekl 48 butchers were at work to-day, and eight more are ex- , pected to-morrow. At Pareora the foreman was given to understand on Sunday night that tho men would turn to this morning; but instead of doing so they sent a delegate to the ■ foreman to say that they would not work until rule 5, fixing fines for damaging carcase or skin, was withdrawn. It has transpired that the Pareora men objected to tho fine rule before, and that their delegate spoke against it at the Christchurch conference, but he did not formally object when the rule was put to the vote. This silence then was taken for assent>gr the point would have been reserved. Mr. Waymouth, managing director, has issued a notice that he will attend in tho morning to enrol men, and as their refusal to work to-day alters the relation between tho company and tho men some new points will probably crop up. CHRISTCHURCH, yesterday. Tho strike was finally closed, and all strikers resumed work to-day. Not many of the men who-took the strikers’ places rolled up. •, All hands were in the best of spirits. The fines will all be paid, in cases where the men are short of cash at £1 pci week. Work is now proceeding with great energy to make up for the heavy leeway. ASHURTON, yesterday. This morning forty slaughtermen resumed work, also seven temporary hands at Fairfield. There were 2000 freezing sheep to deal with. DUNEDIN, last night. At a mooting of Burnside slaughtermen it was decided to form a Union, and 40 members have already joined. The Oamaru men were asked to form a local Union, but no reply has yet been received. A statement of working conditions will bo submitted to master slaughtermen. AUCKLAND, last night. At a meeting of master butchers held to-night a committee was set up to draft counter proposals to the demands of the men and deal with the matter preparatory to the case coming beforo the Court. A SYDNEY CASE. PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. Received 10.15 p.m. March IS. SYDNEY, March IS. - The Arbitration Court cancelled the Wharf Laborers’ Union registration for refusing to admit four men who, during the recent trouble, were engaged by steamship owners to take the place of unionists. When the trouble was settled the owners discharged the men on the ground that unionists would not work with them. Tho men then applied, but were refused admission to the Union. The President considered that cancellation made it doubtful whether the Union retained power to enforce the recent agreement entered into with shipowners, though it did not a fleet the wners’ power to enforce it, but it seemed to him the owners were quite willing the men should havo a monopoly of work on the wharves, and shut out anybody they liked so long as tho employers therni selves were not inconvenienced. It , seemed that tho employers were tacitly, but quite knowingly, parties to a course of conduct which it was the intention of the Act to forbid, ■

THE WEATHER. A WET ST. PATRICK’S HOLIDAY. Press Association. WELLINGTON, yostordny. Owing to tho wot weathor all holiday arrangements hnvo boon abandoned oxcopt. tlio tennis match, Wellington v. Canterbury, which is being played in tlio drill-shod. NAPIER, yesterday. Heavy rain sot in last night and still continues, with no sign of abating. HASTINGS, yesterday. Heavy rnin commenced last night, and continued throughout tho day. Tho fixtures lor tlio polo tournament lor to-day nro consequently postponed . AYANGANUI, yesterday. It has boon raining hero hard nml continuously since 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and shows no sign of abatement. NEW PLYMOUTH, yesterday. Tlireo point seven inches of rnin fell in 24 hours to nine o’clock this morning. It is still raining heavily. ■ DELAY OF SHIPPING. WELLINGTON, last night. Continuous rain at Wellington today prevented cargo being worked, and in consequence loading and , discharging wore at a standstill. j Tlio Union Company was com- | polled to postpono tho departures of j vossols as follows :—Wnikaro, for. Auckland via way ports, until to- j morrow, at noon; Pohorua, for Westport and Groymouth, until to-mor-row at noon; Mapourika, for Picton, Nelson, and West Coast, until Wednesday at noon.

It is probable that tho Tyser chartered •toamer John Hardio will not sail for Lyttelton until Wednesday. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Turakina, for Lyttelton, with ,tho balance of cargo from London, will not leave bore until Wednesday afternoon, and tlio same company’s steamer Opawa, to load for London, has postponed her departure for Auckland until Thursday afternoon. The Now Zealand and African Company’s steamer Ayrshire, with the balance of cargo from Liverpool, will remain at Wellington.until Friday, when she will sail - for Lyttelton and Dunedin. None of tlio smaller coastal steamers left Wellington to-day, except tlic Mararoa, which got away at 8 o’clock this evening for Lyttelton, with about three hundred passengers.