CABLE NEWS.
British and Foreign.
■ London, June 8. Tho colonial 4*4s and #;illery teams were pres-^T at the trooping of the oolours to-day. Several members of the Royal Family wero present, and congratulated'the colonials.
At a meeting of the committee which is enquiring into the marketing of frozen meat, Air Long suggested • the branding of Homegrown meat, in '• preference to the marking of the' colonial article, and urged that special signboards should be placed over the shops where imported meat is sold. He advocated that foreign butter should be packed in special boxes, similar to tho Victorian, and favoured the"branding.of imported oheesoon , the same lines as the American State ' brand..,;
A largo number of the frozen sheep by the Otara'ma were spotted. .The frozen meat by tho ship Timaru (left 20th January) arrived in good condition," but. there are complaints that all the Mjsoiirne mutton ia irregular as to (wMj and illegibly marked. WethersWmiMd with ewes, the medl'Proughly dressed, ungraded, and packed in inferiorolotbi. /; ;:. ';. ; '. The Waikato's shipment of cheese arrived in good condition. An infernal machine lias been discovered in the Exchequer Court, Dublin, It bore the .words ■ Eeraember Judge Murphy." j The clockwork was not geared up, and (his prevented an explosion. , Ives, the American champion, won the billiard match.- wilji Roberta by 2719. He made a break of 2540 from cannons, through' the' balls' getting jammed in'thejaw of theioi pocket. './' •'■' ■".'■■ ■■ ''■
; BiDSE^ lM Junei,'.. The Western collieries have gif 14 days notice, ajjwhe rest cea^ work qa There is an unsettled "feeliog in labour circles. • ■■■•.■..•"■'
• The railway; ipen are dissatisfjed' : with the reductions,'and especially with .■;. the ■ system of booking off, • whereby men may be on duty for W hours, receiving pay for 8 or 9 hours whije they actually work 17 hours. Small strikes among the; bakeri,;.... butchers; and bus drivers have taken'.'."; place,/, ... .i, . . ~-.„„ ■ , : : ';,'.':■;"
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4437, 6 June 1893, Page 2
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306CABLE NEWS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4437, 6 June 1893, Page 2
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