Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2990, 30 August 1888, Page 2

Telegraphic.

Fatal Accident,

Ciiristciiuhou, Thursday.

' . Yestorday evouiiig James Gibson, aged ten years, son of William Gibson, farmer, Vest Melton, was thrown out of a cart while going homo from market at Addington and killed by the wheel passing over his head.

Auckland, August 29. A special meeting,of shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand is called for October Brd, to receive the report of the shareholders' Committee, and to consider the recommendation of the Directors ; to the Committee that •New %land'shares of the value of one million bo oreated, and siioh amount issued as may be deemed expedient. . • . The bootmakers employed 011 piece work at' Garratt Bros.' factory have gone qnt on strike, though, as stated by Garratt, thoy are absent with the consent of the firm, pending tlio Battlement of the dispute. At a meeting last night, the Operative Bootmaker's Union passed a resolution declaring the town on strike, and a levy of 5 per cent was umdo 011 the earnings of the members in employment, it being also decided that the men' who have' left work shall be paid (strike wages) by the Union:as follows Married njen, 25a pey \yoek; single lqei], 2Qg;