SOUTHERN NEWS.
Last night. The direct steamer Tainui has sailed from Wellington for London. The appointment of Mr T. C. Gavin, secretary to the Treasury, to the Assistant Controller and Auditor for the colony, vice Mr O. T. Batkin, is gazetted. Mr J. B. Heywood, assistant secretary, takes Mr Gavin’s place in the Treasury. Both appointments data from August Bth. The arrivals in the colony during July were 963, and the departures 1605. Of the latter, 984 were to New South Wales and 353 to Victoria.
Inquiry into the sanitary condition of the Dunedin hospital was resumed yesterday afternoon, when Dr Bachelor continued his evidence. He went over the defects, asserting that as the building was never built for a hospital it was totally unfit for one. Mr McGuire will sue the Wellington City Council for several thousands of pounds for extras in connection with the Te Aro reclamation.
The result of the late election for Timaiu was declared yesterday. Mr Hall-Jones, the new member, goes to Wellington on Satur* day. ' The Wellington Harbor Board have re-
duced the inward wharfage from 2s 61 to 2s per ton, the outward from Is 3d to Is perlon, and the minimum charge of either inward or outward from 61 to 3d. A reduction was also made in the storage of general goods, wool, flax, examination of goods, and vehicle traffic. The chairman announced that the reduction would lower the Board’s revenue by £5.700 per annum. The Christchurch Gas Company has written to the Trades and Labor Council, denying that men were discharged for being Unionists, or that any threats had been made by one of their managers that he would crush the combination of them, and
declining an interview with the council. The latter has replied, repeating the assertion that the men were discharged for being Unionists, stating that they have further evidence of their statements, and again requesting an interview, as the present position ie unsatisfactory to all concerned. The loss in wages since the Brunnerton look out has been £7,000. The loss to the railway also has been considerable. There is no sign of a settlement, though it is reported that the company have written to the Miners’ Association, asking them to go to work at a 30 percent, reduction, pending the report of the Royal Commission. A number of grocers have shut up, and Others are following suit. The fires at the Brunner mine will soon stop for want of coal. It is reported that there is only about 14 days’ coal for the engines. The miners seem to think the Company will raise the price of coal so as to be able to work the mines without loss.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 497, 23 August 1890, Page 2
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450SOUTHERN NEWS. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 497, 23 August 1890, Page 2
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