LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2915, 21 March 1891, Page 2

LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS.

(HY TKLKI.IIAI'H.— "WN COUIIKSPONUKST). AUCIU.AMi, List, Nicllt. M.utK U.\Wl.lN<;s, the former treasurer the l'arnell Orphan Home, was to-day convicl<jd of embezzlement, and sentenced I) three yours' pen«l servitude on e;ich of tlio chafes, the sentences to run concurrently. For some time past the Bootmakers' Operative Union lias been moving in the direction of securing an increase of pay in Auckland, and matters are now approaching u crisis. What mieht Vie considered an ultiinntuin was submitted to the Mastcrs'Association, the schedule of prices |iaid by employers in the South, and the masters were allowed seven days in which to arrive at a decision. The matter will ba considered at a meeting of the. Masters' Association this evening. It is understood that pressure has been brought to bear upon the Union hy their brethren in the .South, whose employers Complained about having to lmiiiiie.te with articles manufactured in Auckland. where the tariff paid was lower.

This afternoon (.bo committee of tl:u Auckland Racing Club im-t to re-consirler tin) desirability "t bringing into operation ruin -0 nf tlio Metropolitan rules nf racing, as recently ;»t?rceri on. Tho carrying of this rule into effect prevented owners, trainers, and jockeys having any connection whatever with trotting or pony meetings, niicior pain of disqualification. The meeting was 1 -ii|r<;!y attended. and il was moved and carried, " That Rule - J0 be not enforced as to any programme that has been advertised up to date."