DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1917, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

MINERS" DISPUTES REFEREED TO CONCILIATION COUNCIL. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, List Night. In accordance with the announcement of the employers when the last conference between the «oal miners and mine* owners ended without a settlement, disputes have been filed affecting the Westport, Stockton and Blackball mines. Both disputes will be investigated by conciliation councils, The Blackball dispute ia to bi taken at Qreymoutb, and the We»t« port-Stockton dispute at Wcstporl. The federation refused to request r% preventatives of the workers to meet and discuss the terms and conditions of the new agreement regarding shearers and shed hands, on the .ground of not hems: satisfied that those in attendance wotfla be genuinely representative of the shearers and shed hands of unions. . i SAWMILL WORKER AWARDED £569. Wellington, Last Nigs.:. At the Supreme Court, in a claim by William Bowley, sawmill worker, against W. Booth and Co., for £JOOO damage* on account of an accident to plaintiff while driving a truck along the company's tramway, the jury returned a verdict for £SOO/ The entering of judgment was deferred until legal points had ■ been argued. RAILWAY CONCESSIONS TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. Wellington, list Night. / A deputation from the New Zealand University Senate waited on the Ministers of Railways and Education to maka an appeal for railway coneeasiqns to students travelling by train to attend special schools. It was stated that many students had at their disposal only tlender resources, and that heavy railway fares for them would be an unsurmountable barrier. Replying, the Minister of Railways ; said that if the- concession applied only to special schools he would have pleasure in consulting the Minister of Education on the subject. However, the policy of the railway department now was ■ ra'ther to repel traffic than to seek it. He promised to consult his colleague, Mr Hanan, and give the request careful con- 1 sideration.