INLAND TELEGRAMS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 167, 19 March 1915, Page 2

INLAND TELEGRAMS

NO WET CANTEEN". A "DEFINITE STATEMENT. r.'6«a Association —Copyright. AUCKLAND. March 17. Replying to a W.C.T.U. deputation, the Hon .Tamos Allen said that ho ha<! already given his assurance that no wet canteen would be established nt Prentham. Legislation would nut ; '■ low it, although if' ho wore prepared t< :lo so there was a possibility of gettim round the law; but ho knew the offer!: of liquor in camps, and did not inten: to alter the existing arrangements. AUCKLAND FREEZING INDUSTRY. A SERIOUS HOLD-UP. AUCKLAND. March 17. Such is the stagnation of the froKe meat trade that the big freezing woriat Southdown have been closed dow; for the whole of this week. T;; steamer Eotornn is about to load *?■ thousand carcases for London, bnl this is only equivalent to three days' output from Southdown. In a day u two the Karamea is to arrive and loai 12,000 carcases (equal to four days' output), and the Pakeha is due on April sth to take IS,OOO carcases (The result of six days' killing;. As a result of the inadequate supply of ships, the works of the, Auckland Farmers' Freezing Co.. will only operate for about '.'.() days in the twr An interesting development has oc curred in connection with the arrangements for facilitating the payment oi farmers who desire to sell stock i the Auckland district. It is that a fir e.ilar is being issued by the froozim company offering to finance individtia farmers between the time of the deli-, cry of stock to the works and the is suing of cheques by the British Boar-' of Trade ('meat supply branch). TL •oinpany has realised, the serious con ■iOi'uiCiioes whicli would probably resnl to small holders of stock if then had t. wait, say. six of eight weeks for pay meiit. The Auckland, Freezing Co.. unlikrmio of the companies in the Soul! island, does net make a practice o buying stock which passes through it works. Hence the need for special ar rangemonts in the present cv.no. TATtMEE'S FINS SENTIMENTS £IOOO FOE BELGIAN RELIEF. PALMERSTON N.. March 17. Mr. P. A. McHardy. the well-If now. Manwutu farmer, has given £.IOOO ! 'he Belgian relief fund. In a letter i the Standard covering the cheque Mr McHardy says: As a producer and one who is deriving increased rcvenu. from the efforts of those who arc 1 dy ing. fighting and enduring the hard ships and torture, having their eour.tr 'aid wsste and their homes destroyed t is my duty to return something t'< those who are so nobly defending oni existence, whose su fforers —wounded maimed and destitute—need imrnediati are. attention and assistance. The in .'•leased price of produce is, in my jpinion, conscience money or ill-gottei fains —gains derived from the Britisl ml Allies on the laud and their Hoots ' t sea. Whatever vc give is urgently antd by those who are upholding e iu-.i left to Belgium is her hose • For this she has laid down her j'i'e r.v "•crificed her eountrv, She '.- - ; i ; Ighting to help t:s and our All.it ; i r.nash the awful oppression vd.id hreaL-ns cur existence. Do not let a ■vitni.'Oid oor generosity cr stay or a; : si.v.:eo until it is too lute, for thin a: '.i'-.ii did nor hesitate to fling it.-.eif i ho enemy's path and so prevented , : var v.hich have lasted many years am" men of grave consequences to the eel mies vs a whole. Let us not stay ov ■;;f:s behind suggestions that the ea.i y may get a portion or that (hoy ■ho-.-ild first be driven out of oßlgium. ,Ve have r.ssuranees that money will '-•e spent in the interest and welfare of those for whom it is intended, and th" fCp.lis through the press afford read pg which will open the hearts of those 'n a position to give and assist. Sur"- '>■ our country is not going to be found tVf.nting in loyalty to those whoso dobl It is impossible to repay in coins. W.C.T.U. THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The annual conference cf the Women's Christian Temperance Union opened to-day, there being ninety delegates present. Mrs' Don, president, in her opening address, said the convention was almost the h-igest in the history of the movement, and paid tribute in the pioneers of the Union. ARBITRATION COURT, AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. • JllOIU.n INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES BE RESUMED? CASE FOR THE EMPLOYERS. WELLINGTON. This Day. Res: { ding the cc:t ci living, M » V jor contendc:! Cue by Incr3S--ijl wages the Ocurt would be aggravating the position. The employers viewed *h:dr application as an attempt to

obtain wages based upon a con- i diiiui c : . things thai could nol in any case obtain for any great lenlgth ci' lime, and they asked themselves what the attitude cf the workers would be when ma.tiers resume their normal condit.icns, cp, more serious still, if matters became sub-normal. If it could be shown that the wcrkfevs were working under lois favourable conditions than in other countries., then pcrhap.- }\ r . Couit might* f.ct. There were one-thing like JOO di.-.putes filed bofore the Con i, and how way the Court u deal with thorn if iv decided tc resume fiie hearings? In most cases he felt assured the Court would be unable to agree to further increases, but if one or two increases were granted the workers in otli?r industries would feel aggrieved. He wished to refer. without in any way uttering a threat, to what would probably be the atti- j tude of the employers it they were faced with the possibility of further burdens being placed upon them. At the outset cf the war the Employers' Tederation impressed upon employers the motto, "Business as usual." The I employers had been loyal to their ! Federation, and had shouldered the | bin den cf increased cost instead of I passing it on in full. They thought ! that unicn 3 were prepared to abstain ! from making fresh claims, but if they I felt they were to be subject to the { annoyance, trouble, and expense of [ contesting fresh claims at a time like j the present they would get down to I -trike business lines, charjge full extra I costs wh,erever possible, employ only such workers as were necessary, and I entrench themselves as securely as possible to withstand any bad time that might yet com,e along as the result of the war. Generally speaking, unemployment had not yet proved a serious problem. Mr Cfirey briefly replied, and the Court reserved judgment.