NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8872, 5 November 1907, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

GOLD YIELD. HEAVY FALLING OFF. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, November 4. There is a considerable tailing off in the quantity of gold exported for the ten completed months of the present year, as compared with the total for the corresponding period last year. Since the beginning of the present year the dominion has exuorted 408,248 ozs, valued at £1,630,217, which is a decrease of 61,072 ozs, valued at £263,738. Last month's total export was 26,167 ozs, valued at £102,691, as compared with 57,291 ozs, valued at £231,118 in October last year. The export of silver last month was 145,302 ozs, valued at £14,882. SEDDON MEMORIAL FUND. By Telegraph—Press Association.. WELLINGTON, November 4. The employees of the Railway Department throughout New Zealand subscribed over £4OO towards the Seddon memorial fund, this sum being handed to the general committee in Wellington. ARBITRATION COURT. BREACHES OF AWARDS. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, November 4. A large number of breaches of awards were dealt with by the Arbitration Court to-day. The cases were of the customary character, employers being variously charged with paying less than the minimum wage, employing non-unionists, and failing to indenture apprentices. Fines varying from £2 to £5 were imposed. In one or two cases workers were al°o penalised for accepting less than the minimum wages fixed by the award of the court. BURGLARS IN A MANSE. ; £6O STOLEN. By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, November 4. On Sunday night burglars entered St. Andrew's Manse while the ministar, the Rev.""J. McKenzie, was conducting service in the church, and abstracted goods to the value of £6O. To-night a man named J. Mclntyre was arrested on a charge of Leing implicated in the affair. GUN ACCIDENT. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON. November 4. While rabbit shooting, yesterday, a hairdresser named Thos. Isaac, as the result of the accidental discharge of a gun, was severely injured, part of the charee entering his left knee, an 1 part of the calf of the right leg. HOTEL DESTROYED BY FIRE. By Telegraph—Press Association. WAIPAWA, November 4. The Tavistock Hotel, Waipukurau, was destroyed by fire last night. The insurance on the building was £3,200 in the New Zealand office. Particulars of the insurance on the stock are unascertainable. PRICE OF BREAD IN CHRISTCHURCH. AN INCREASE. J By Telegraph —Press Association. i CHRISTCHURCH, November 4. Local bakers on Saturday evening decided to raise the price of bread to eightpsnce the four-pound loaf. MORE ABOUT CHILD SLAVERY. ■ By Telegraph—Press Association. ELTHAM, November 4. Further interviews have been published regarding child slavery. A farmer at Rawhitiroa says that children may milk nine or ten cows at the very outside. A school-teacher refutes the charges, and says that children may get up at 5 o'clock, and instances how inspectors are sometimes led to wrong conclusions. Mr W. H. V. Bandon, who had inspected the Taranaki schools for a number of years, says that ten or fifteen years ago there were abuses and children fell asleep at their examinations. He did not know the general conditions ' for the past seven years. Speaking for his own district (Rawhitiroa), he says that the charge is not now justified, but children get drowsy during the day, and he knows that when the milking season is on it is impossible to get some lessons done.