TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1812, 6 November 1888, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Therefis>np! fcfbapect fah the Society; of N.Z. Bootmakers thion and Garrett Bros., Auckland, coming to a jnutuahuhderstand-. ing on trade mutters. The firm has replaced-their Oiiion.barids who struck by; other men, and the operations at the factbty .are nowin full awing. • That being so th3y Contend, there .i.e. nothing.to settle. \ .D.iA.J.Rass ,w'ascharged on Friday with selling beer ,ahd .spirits at' the! Hussar Spor.ts.at Tahu-aa P.ark, Dunedin, without a license. It was contended for/ the defence.;, that only lemonade and refreshments, had... been., disposed of,: but on evidence being given of whiskey and beer having been been bought, a plea of guilty" and £2 18s costs inflicted.

During Wednesday night or ear'y on Thursday morning, three large fishing boats belonging to Av t Thomson were cut. adrift-. a±...Port-,Chalmers, ,and,™wuntonly destroyed by being chopped wjith an ase," rendering them uselesc \The only clue is the finding of the bow of ono of the boats in the bush in which a auw w»sfonpd. ... At a meeting df the Pore Chalmers Dock Trust, it was decided to extend tie time for floating Hie loan for the construction of the new dock for twelve roodthsi One memner proposed the resolution,, the chr-irman.peconded it, Mid notwitbatandii g the protest of the third iweuiber f .,the resolniiop was CHrried. ' ' ■■ " l ' The Auck'and Bricklayers Union has been divided.

The Colonial Sugar pany, with which the New Ze*a!arjd Sugar Company is incorpprated, l^av^..declared a dividend of 7 per cent 'per annum; The wport shows that the business is on asouhd baaip.

At a meeting of the Trades and.Labour. Council at Auckland a d.iscussjoia took place on the Bweatirig system in trade, and a statement wue riip.-; which went to prove that the 5 system is "as rampant in Auckland as it appears to be ipf Chrißtchurch and DunediD, and causos equally demoralising effects. Th^Brnproyeesl at "MaCiirthur and'' Oo's boot factory. Auckland, hav« gone out on strike. One of the tulea and was" fined. Be refused to pay the fine, j so; the oth<eT men declined to work with him.

A yonng man named Dellitore was killedSihils^felling)buali-iui-thfe vil« district, near Marton, on Saturday. - A eornrmpy,..haa.be&n. floateoV,at ton called the'Lattcluriveatrrieht Company Limited, for the purpose of buying land inr b]eckß;inj .apd) ,selUi in email' £20,000 in £lO shares. The first issue of 1250 shares is fully subscribed.; vv Tbe. companyhas 'p6wef : tdincreaW i.is^apital. The Tiffin and- DrjhW wrestling match at; Greymouth on Saturday night for £SO lasted till midnight. Dunn won the Cumberlapd and- Tiffin , the co l>»r and elbow styfe. wrestledtili 12 o'clock at hola'B'yle'withou't a fall. The match will be resumed n f «xtSiturday-night atßrunnerton.

At the Presbyterian Synod at Dunedin ; on Friday night the question of Professor galm^DdV'«'Rifii^"pprS^'rwis raised by several petitionPty^evetal : 6.lderß with* drew their names from the petiiions, as they were satisfied with the position the aspunied: Macgregor, of |thwp'| oppjojedi letting the the matter drop,"and the former iwid the respon*ibilityvieste^)w'ith- of aliow'ing Professor Salmond to retain the fall Btattrtlrif mini'sterj•< while he pKrHohnlly wouldisoOrier-die than : own him. as a Chilianiminister. ; It was Tesolvtd on father action betaken; A proießt wbb madefy theroioority. - During the-hearing of the' Maori will caseißera-Pitiiv. Ngairaihi te' Pekun,;-at Wanganui ninV whichi-1 gddgment'reservfld,! JMaioF Kemp said i he thoughj the, should tnaka a law by whiofeiill ISTative'wills shouia be ■•invalid; ODl(BSiOdrawn"eurJ in, the presence of' a' magistrateior!bouirt; officia'. • His -Honour the Chief Justice suggested that Major Kemp ought to bring the matter before the Government and he he would do •0. .;7 ;•: i t.i jt. ;i ;.i ■> ■