DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1918, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

COJIPENSATION COURT. j By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Sept- 10. The Compensation Court tills morning, Mr. Morrison, K.C., assessor for the Corporation, dissenting, judgment in tlie case 'Duke Jtfuiidiiigs, Ltd.; v. City Corporation, a claim for £11,7-10 in respect of a 10ft strip of land taken from the frontago of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel for the purpose of widening Willis iStreft. •' Taking- betterment into consideration, tho Court awarded both for the land taken and the prejudicial effect, £4GSO. A COURT-MARTIAL SENTENCE. Wellington, Sept- 10. Noel Goldsbury, who was found guilty by court-martial last week of failing to parade for medi'eal inspection, lias been sentenced to 11 mqnths' hard labor. TROUBLE OVER DISMISSED WORKER. Dunedin, Sept. 10. A meeting of the Hillside Workshops' employees to-day passed a. resolution protesting strongly against the dismissal of a fitter who was ordered to transfer to Grcymouth but did not do so, as he considered it impossible to move or to leave his invalid wife. The meeting demanded rcinstatment of the member concerned. It was stated at the meeting that representation had been mado to the Department without, success. THE COST OF LIVING. ' Wellington, Sept- 10. The Wellington Trades and Labor Council, as the result of a letter from tho New Zealand Locomotive Engineers' and Firemen's Association, has decided to convene a conference of trade union representatives nest week to discuss tho question of the cost of living. The locomotive men pointed out the necessity of asking the Government to check the ever-increasing cost of necessaries of life in New Zealand. A, LEGITIMATE GRIEVANCE. Wellington, Sept. 10. Tho Freezers' Union views unfavorably the advent of Australians to take tho place of conscripted New Zealandera In slaughtering. Their branches of the Freezing Industry Union passed a resolution that Australians should not 'be employed in future in tlie freezing works. While New Zealanders have to leave tlpr families and take up military service, their places are often filled by single men from Australia under a safe conduct and guarantee that they will bo exempt from the military law for sis months. A case was cited of an Australian having a contract in a fellmongery ana earning £22 fortnightly. A man he brought with him earned £l2 a fortnight. When his permit had nearly expired, the first man sent for a relative in Australia, and the latter came and carried on the work While the man wont back to Australia, avoiding liability for military service. Now he is coming back at the beginning of the new season to take up the job kept, warm by the relative on a six months' permit- Thus, no New Zealander is able to secure this profitable job.