LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 87, 3 April 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Stratford Ladies' Hockey Qlnh will hold their annual meeting this evening in the Borough Council Chambers at 7 o'clock. It is hoped there will be a full attendance of members.

The Cbristchurch soap Workers before the Conciliation Council asked for an increase of wages from Is to Is; 3d per hour. The employers' representatives said it would give the Northern centres an unfair advantage especially in Auckland. The wages clause was referred to the Court, and the other clauses were agreed to. —P.A.

The Arbitration Court at Auckland has ruled that the Shops and Offices Act is mandatory as regards one cleai day off ill. each week for hotel workers, and has framed the new Wellington award accordingly. The same provision will apply to the Auckland hotel award. No. difference is to bti made whether the hotel is large or small. The Press Association says that the Court suggests that the extra expense can and probably will be me; by an increased tariff or by reorganisation of the staffs.

A fire in the Silver Grid restaurant in Durham Street, Auckland, las! night was suppressed ■ by the fir brigade in its early stages, states .tin Press Association. The building which was owned by .Cain pbellEhren fried Co:; #as damaged ta the'.extei'i of about,£soo, which was covered h\ insurance in the New Zealand Insn: ance Co. The restaurant was gutted and the store of Schneideman adjacent, containing worth oi stock, Afas much damaged by wate: Miss A. Henderson was proprietor o! the restaurant, which was insured n the National office for £425. Schneidenian Bros', was insured in the Lon don, Liverpool and Globe for £IOOO.