GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 17 January 1907, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

PER. PRESS ASSOCIATION, CON CI J. I ATI OX IIOAKD. I'ni l'rttim X"., January 10. The Conciliation Board, Mr J. P. chairman, lunnuencrd a sittiug here today in connection with the demands of the Manawa'tu Flaxmill industrial |_' n j on 0 f Workers. bully til) employers have berfu cited, ami the majority arc present, or ropieseided. After eonrp'ct'ou of rout: me business, the Hoard went into conlereiice on the questions before it, Messrs \\, I'ryor, Scifert, and Grcig i'i'pi-["si-iitiiio tie employers and Messrs Mmpsou, Cmnnicrford. and Castle the _l '■■lien. The demands of the Union include increased wages geucrally, a reduction in working hours from S3 to •lti per week, wi,h time and a half for any work done on the recognised ho idays.

Al'ClvLAXl) .\!KAT TTIADE. Auckland. danuaiT Id. The frozen meat shipped froal Auck" kind for December nionlb wiW'valucd at a record for one month, lieef represented .til.om, lamb .C-173U and mutton Llllll. for the half war coded December .list, :> HiiKJlSlb bed', lbvllMlb mutton, and a:l7,Uut)lh lamb was shipped from Auckland.

TILJ; I'Of'LTUl IXDI'STRV. Auekliml, January 10. The poultry branch of (lie Dcnarlnii'iil. df Agriculture in Auckland continues to grow in importance. Tiio Mamai-i this wel; took away n con siguni'il of rui!) deckling:, from 10 to I 1: week: (id, ai'd (i miii:]i linger ship locnl will he 1'u.1.. direct by the llilkain in a few day„. The Department lias a 1.,0 sent iin exhibit nf Auckland poultry to Ciiri-tchurcli K.xlrhilinn, including at) four months chickens, weighing 1.i1i11., an a vera;.,, of M'i lc.nx each. :'A tlirce no ■ ilt ; - duck bigs, w ig»ill.c. I'MIl e.iell, 12 to.l weeks duckling, weighing .Villi; six Uiivc months dickens, Hii'.diiu- "Til,; and four linedmonths iVkm Mmcovv ducklings, wcighiiu,' aolli.

.MAIMTIMt: CONTIi'IiKXcK Wellington, .hiiiuary 111. Tiie (|ue..|ion "I' llie rep.'e-..illation of .- nii-iers icers. and engineers at (he Maritime Confer, r.ee to be he'd in Loudon next Maroi wis brought umler llie node- of llie I'rcedor l, v a deputation loday. Sir .10-epl, s„j,| llie eoill'erellee lie.il been set ly hv i|,e Imperial ib.verniiient. and \ew' Zenlauil had bee-, invited to send repre sentatives of owners and semi u. ilmvcv r. lie would place tile e.,se of the officers and enmcers before the In,. licri.nl (iovrnmcnl. and ,l,eir repict: for lvpreseinaiion would have hi:, endorsement.

COl'l'Kl! 1 IKLI) I)1A KI.OI'MKNT. ■ 'S'f^ Nelsoe. danuarv 17. ■ The Morel.ied Copp, •■ Compa'ne,- has received an order from li-cdami for fifty tons of ore. They ai- „•.,„ B( , ml nig eIKI ton to be suie'ed in Au-tralia. KKCATT.Y POSTPONED. Invereargin, .lunuaw 16: The Inverciirgill regatta had' to be postponed to the snt), owing to theheavy wind. The entrance fees are'to be refunded to the visiting crows.