GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 30, 1 March 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

WORK AND WAGES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christehurch, Last Night. Ihe Council of Conciliation was unable to effect an agreement between the

parties to the bootmakers' dispute and the Council has referred tile matter to the Arbitration Court. The Coincil unanimously agreed to a motion appreciative of the efforts of the Commissioner (Mr J. J! Triggs) to effect a scHlm pnent. lu c representatives of Ihe respective federations also expressed a <lesire that the Court would deal with the , dispute at the earliest possible date, and undertook to appear before the Court in I any of the chief centres the Court inuv decide.

INVKRCARCiIIJ, CUSTOMS RETURNS Invorcargill, Last Night. J He total Customs for Febrmrv show •'•a increase of U2O over February of ast year. The most „otal,lc feature of 10 reiurjis is an increase of C4OO in Ibe duties on manufactured tobacco which more than sets oil' the decrea.se of L2bU in spirits.

I.' EXPORT OK UI'U.TOV Auckland, Saturday Night. Lij! ! ' Smv ' *' vi " and Albion Comlunjs steamer Pake] m , which left for I London yesterday, took awav >i bu-e | and valuable cargo from the 'Domhi.ui. ■The freight offering „t Auckland wis .;;^; hj !!' l . UwsU a e. and ,„ consequence a large ~„aulior ''.'•'"r 0 / VasS,,utollt - ]'H-li'*din ,'«> fieignt from this port were seven i)o.\ea uf gold, valued at C 27.100 shin.F. v the Waihiuow Mining Com, ', aid t«, bars of bullion valued at 1300 ; shipped by the National Bank of x'vj Zealand,

; T.HK NJCW (injjv ])li).; D (;|.;. Orcymoutli. Last Xight. 111.' dredge Mawhera, huilt at lien "'W Scotland, for the' (,•„,• „„ £ Board, arrived on Saturday.

MAH, COACH ACCmiOT Tl,, ,„• f!l ' l '. vmo »«i. Last Xight. Jhc Olira express was delayed for an lionv on Saturday evening, owin- f„ ( ! 'irach capsizing i„ lll(l n,,.,, " { - I'ortir.mtol.v no one was injured.

BKKWiXO WITHOUT A I.K'KXSK ! i n „ G| * ,lo ™'> Sdlnr.l.iy Xight. I .John (,allagher and William l'ollard carrying on business as brewers withom « license, were to,lay lined as follows: (.allagher, CIO or ll.irlv dav<' for brow jiigand UlO or thirty day,' for selli ; lollard. .120 or two nioiilhs' for l„ewmg and .C2II or -even days' for selling, rollard ha, been convicted for the same ollenoc at Riuii'iimi.

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