The Strike in the Boot Trade.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3037, 25 October 1888, Page 2

The Strike in the Boot Trade.

I •-. ■■*, 24?ft? No furtber;progress has been' made in^lejegtitialionstasettleHlib'diffi- 1 culty beivwonitheJßbotnWforßlUhioii to firm',has so. far, igiiored i cations!; of'!tho. ; Tradea.'and-iabor taken on some morerion-Unioh hands. As .the Union is j eqiia'lly - persistent' in the dispiite' ia nptlikely to lime to! come. y yJiubljc i»tereßt';lu" the'.vb;boU ! makprß'strikelihh: leßsbnecl t and sbvera) bf the strikers haye'goiieto'Sydiiey;

Heath bfalattle; GiilFfom Ex,;:^!;,,,,!;';j;x.!:,posure.in.'3f;^;-

i'o'i-y Cw.ri'::U : ' TiuAiiUj October^24.'.. I- A little girl, agedjtwoiyears,nariieci Coulter,- strayed' from T honio: at Soulh" : Rrthgitata;ori■:Tuesdiiyjt;aiid ■ wiis found dead among,; tlio' thssbeks af noon to-day. Tuesday night! was very cold mid wet, and it is cohcludctl l.tliat' the poor child : died from exS ! (insure.- .She was; missed on Tuesday cearth parties -failed to imtil 12 ■ ''h»'avA i occurrence has'cast quite a.glqo'nr over i the -Rangitilto' and : Geraldine' districts. ■ \~■•:' ■•''• ':'•;

'TlieBM cif New Zealand.

Auokland, October 24.

. Mr John Murray wjio has held the position of Irispebtbr of the Batik' ofNew Zealand for some time, has' Been appointed to the 'office of general manager pf that institution.- ~

Sudden Death*

Auck'l'asd! OetoboV?!

A man named Emanuel Amos, formerly residing in.: the .Wellington District, and employed .bushfelling in the' Waikato, died suddenly on Friday last..; He had suffered, from, injuries received from a fall of earth at Wellington , :

Tiie : Threatened Seamen's Strike

Dunedin, October 24. : The difficulty between the Seaman's Union and.tho Shipowner's Assooiatlouhas' been satisfactorily settled by the .negotiations between Mr Jas, Mills, on behalf of the Association, and.tho vJce-Presideufc and Secretary on behalf of tho Federated Union, .

Proposed Dunedin Exhibition.

~ ... ; .., Dunedin, October 24 ' A preliminaryin'eetiiig is to beheld tomorrow, convened .by the-Presi-dent of the Chamber of Commercei to consider whether the project of holding an exhibition in Dunedin iiext is'; prabticible/ •' ; ■--!'■'.:'

The prospect for holding an" exhibition here is. mooting, with much favor; It is expected that Mr Ebb'erts, President of : the,. Chamber.'' of Commerbe, will head!the projbsbdguaranteo fund with. £6OO, and seviral merchants have promised £IOO each. 11 !l '■'.;, "'"! '' Auoklahs, October 24.; The two inen,.MoMahon and Eay. ter, charged with damaging property at' tho 'Onehiiiigi ■ reservoir contract early on Sunday morning last, .were fined 10spitch] and costs, at the Police Court.. ,They pleaded .that they had gone in the night to ascertain the depth of. water in. the reservoir, as they would not be permitted by the contractor, to; see it, during the'day; and they were ratepayers having an interest in the dam, ■■'-.'■ Visitors to Melbourne. ; Duneoin, Thursday.', ~ TheMararoa takes nearly GOO passengers; for Melbourne,,while.niany aro shut out.