DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 February 1918, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

SHORTAGE OP LABOR. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Feb. 9. Replying to a deputation urging the importance of various railway works, Sir William Fraser said his problem was labor more than money. There would lie a great scarcity of such labor during the war. He was determined not to p:n men more than lis per day. It was the Government's duty to find employment for soldiers wh 0 returned. He couid employ 10,000 men now on public work if they were available. The number now obtainable was only WOO to 1700, compared with 4000 to 5000 usually employed at this time of the year. AUCKLAND SOLDIERS" CLUB. Auckland, Feb. 8. As the result of an expression of opinion by Mr. J. H. Gunson, Mayor of Auckland, that the erection of the new Soldiers' Club should be postponed until after the war, the Returned Soldiers' Aosociation passed a motion affirming that the Mayor's action was directly opposed to the interests of returned soldiers, and calling upon the Mayor to resign his position as president of the association.. Air. Gunson thereupon tendered his resignation. THREE WEEKS IN HIDING. Waihi, Feb. 8. William Dunlop, who is alleged to have deserted while on leave from Featherston Camp, was arrested here by the police. It is said that Dunlop has been in hiding in a friend's Shouse for three weeks, only coming out under cover of darkness. Late train from lyttelton. Christchureh, Feb. 8. Arising out of representations made by the Lyttelton Harbor Board, the Minister of Railways lias decided to institute a late train service between Lyttelton and Christchureh from the 18th inst, leaving the port at 9.45 p.m. The provision of a night train, it is hoped, will facilitate the working of the port and remove any grounds for intercolonial and otiher vessels passing by Lyttelton. The waterside workers liave refused to work cargoes in the paßt after six: in the evening owing to the withdrawal of the train service, and as a consequence shipping has been subjected to seriouß delays, and in some cases vessels have cut out the port altogether so aB not to be inconvenienced.