GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 220, 5 February 1913, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

THE LABOR MARKET. Per Press Association. Wellington. Last Night. Mr. J. W. Collins, of the Labor Department. having 'Ompleted an inquiry in Wellington regarding the snor-i ge of labor in the manufacturing industries, left this evening for the South to pursue his investigations. After visiting Christchurch and Dunedin he will go to Auckland. Of the large number of immigrants who arrived last evening by the Remuera only about 20 have bo far applied to the Labour Department in search of work, as nearly all were prepared for country employment. No difficulty was found in placing them.

A GOLD FIND. Westport, Last Night. A find of apparently considerable importance to this district has been made in the Swastika Cold Mining Company's property at Mohikinui, where a series of shots have, disclosed free gold in a reef 18 feet in thickness. The shots took place 70 feet in on the reef. There is no diminution in the sulphides. The majority of the shares in the Development Company are held in Wellington. CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS. Dunedin, Last Night. Polling took place to-day in connection with the proposals to borrow £12,000 to complete the Borough sewerage whome. and £2. : >,000 for improvements to McLean and Nelson Parks. A small proportion of ratepayers recorded their votes, and both proposals were carried.