TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 399, 7 April 1908, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

A SMALL STRIKE. Westport, April 4. Thirteen carpenters employed at the Westport-Stockton Coal Company’s construction works at Ngakawau demanded an increase of wages from xos to 12s a day. The request was not granted, and the men struck. Three returned, and the others remained out. Stockton is a new company which has not yet reached the coal output stage. There is no labour union there. FIRE IN MATAURA. Gore, April 6. A disastrous fire occurred at Mataun at two o’clock this morning. It was discovered in the hardware premises of J. aud J. Galt in the centre of the town, and spread to the premises of Alex. Galt (butcher), Welham Brothers (bakers), aud Watson (tinsmith), on one side, and on the other to a smsll building occupied by McKay (dentist), and D. Hay, where it was stopped by a brick wall. The stocks of Domigan (chemist), Greenwood (stationer), Hardy (tobacconist), Adams (cycle agent), Smithland Jeffrey (watchmakers), and the Southland Drapery Company were removed in safety, but the spread was stopped through the exertions of a bucket brigade. The insurances available are :—J. and J. Galt, v£2oo on the premises aud on the stock in the North British; Alex. Galt, plant in the Victoria ; Welham Brothers, stock aud plant, in the South British, and the Victoria. A SURVEYOR KILLED. Tauranga, April 6. Mr Julius Percy Murray, aged 37, died yesterday through being struck on the forehead by a branch of a tree when engaged clearing a survey line at Kaimai on Saturday. The deceased leaves a widow and seven young children. He formerly resided in Auckland and Eltham. TWO:UP SCHOLARS FINED. Christchurch, April 4. Four men, arrested at the two-up school at Islington on March 31st, came before Mr Day, S.M., to-day. Andrew Millar, Charles Walters, and Matthew Walters were each fined 40s and costs. Fritz Sutherland, the other man, was dismissed. Inspector Dwyer said the school had been in existence at Islington for two years, and the game of two-up was rife there.