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•«f, [By Telegraph]I (PER UNITED FRES3 ASSOOIATION.) TEE FRISfIOMAILSERVIOE. Welhnotoh, Saturday, The Poatmaatei'-Geuei'al haß.qabled to America the decision of" the New : South- Walts Government re the Frisco service, and notifying that unless assuraft'ce-is given; that ■ the *Amer i • can subsidy will be granted, the Now to reooiiimehd the diiliiitiiiuan'oe' of tli'e Frisoosubsidy in;No,vembei; next RAIL7A7 EMPLOYEES ViilOK , ; WELLiNGTok, Saturday. ''
The, Railway Commissioners met the Railway Employees' Booietys' delegates again this morning. Mr Maxwell reviewed fke present .v.qgula--tions regarding time and pay, remarking that they had now been in force over 10 years, and great care had been exercised in drawing 'them "up. Mr Owen said-since he had joined the service in 1871, the rate of pay had receded greatly, and even during the last 10 years it had been cut down; Mr. Hoban pointed out, that Mi! McKerrow had admitted that the eight hours system could be rigidly adhered to, but at somo cost, aud that" was what tho Executive wanted.' Mr Winter 6aid 110 doubt great (jare had been ■ bestowed in 1 drawing tip regulations, but it had all been bestowed in ditebtion,' viz., : to get the largest amount of work done at the 'smallest possible cost, It was this gradual modulation from.higher to lojyer standards the Executire objected to. '
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. Blenheim, Satntday. . At a meeting of the' BlanhieihBorough Council held last night a proposal wus brought. forward ; for Municipal Insurance).' 'Tlie ratepayers generally aro favourable to this scheme as in spite of the largely increased extraction apparatus, insurers arc still charged' the enoi'moits'raM of £4 per cent.
Ho 'Will Bo Sorry- . * SjlHirday!|; A spider named Sorry, alias Jones,' who last year at Christohurch, received three months , imprisonment for cheating, ws to'diiy Beritehced to three months on aohargc of vagrancy. ; In his possession were false dice. Thej l police-repo.rt that there are seventeen spielers" in the towii.' ;:
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3542, 21 June 1890, Page 2
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311VERY LATEST. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3542, 21 June 1890, Page 2
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