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Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 72, 22 September 1899, Page 5

Mrs. Yates, ex-Mayor of Onehunga, has signalised her return to the Borough Council as an ordinary member by brusque mauuers and tactless acts. As soon as shu presented herself at the Council meeting on Monday night she claimed, apparently as a right attaching to ex-Mayoralty, to bo allotted the seat at the table next to tho Mayor. Fortunately the Councillor who had hitherto occupied it had tho good taste to givo it up to her without demur, but ho asked Mrs. Yates to understand thnt " onco she took her Beat he should treat her not only as a lady but as a Councillor." Next the woman Councillor made trouble over the' continuation of the minutes of the previous meetimy— at whioh, of course, Mrs. Yates had not been present. She claimed to be allowed to «cc the minutes before they were signed, but the Mayor (Dr. Erson) ruled her out of order, as the could not possibly know whether or not they wore correct, After the minute* had beeu confirmed Mrs. Yatea raised questions as to whether they were in the Town Clerk's handwriting and whether they were'always kept iv the office and open to the inspection of ratepayers. However, tho Council seems to have beeu iv no mood for straw-splittiug.and tho business wag gone ou with without reply beiug made to the queries. The steamer Express, whioh has been employed at Napier in the trawling industry, left yesterday for Dnnedln, having been secured by a syndicate there. All arrangements have been made in connection with the Salvation Army oversea •olony, formed in West Australin.and 22,000 icres of land have been obtained. Tho West Australian Government objeoted to the introduction ot waifs and strays from oversea ma the' commandant had to confine himself to reforming the boys and girls of tbe Australian colonies. He will also take over all the boys and girls from tho West Australian reformatories, and these will be ?mployed on the laud. Tbo rent to be paid 'or the laud is Od per acre, and in 20 years' time it will become tho property of tho Array. The land is beautifully situated, md about three' miles from tho Collie coal Holds railway station. Half of the 22,000 tores is fit for agriculture, and has 24 miles of river frontage. Tho colony will bo worked on the same lines as the institution at Bayswater, Victoria. The WeMeyan Literary and Debating Society held its weekly meeting in tho Taranaki-streot Classroom last evening, tho Rev. W. C. Oliver in the chair. An excollont paper on " Rudyard Kipling," contributed by Mr. E. P. Rishworth, of Nelson, was read by Mr. "W. E. Fuller. Selections from Kipling's works wero read by Messrs. 18. L. BurKetf, J. 11. Helliwell, G. W. Darvall, and li. H. Wedde. Next Thursday evening the society's annual elocutionary competition will be held. The Star of Wellington Lodge of Good Templars held its weekly meeting last evening. Bro. Taylor, G.C.T., with Bros. Pethorick and Hope, paid a visit, and wore received officially, Bro. Taylor taking the chair. During the evening he presented Sis. C. Crcaae with a watch for having obtained the most candidates in the lait six months. It would seem that many Sydney citizens have unwittingly been courting death by poison. Throughout tlie recent wet winter a popular and effectivo remedy for coughs and throat affections was what aro known as liquorice, linseed, ahd chlorodyno lozenges Tho firat appearanco of these lozenges in Sydney was of comparative recent date, but they quickly established a reputation which commanded for them a big aide. It now turns out, however, that theso apparently hnrmless nnd toothsome somi-medical confections aro. capable of dealing death to children, at any rate. At the Central Summons Court the other day, tfie Inspector of tho Pharmacy Board proceeded against two city confectioners for breaches of the Poisons Act, the defendants not being licensed to sell poison. The information stated that these lozenges contained poi!>on — to wit, chloroform. Dr. William Hamlet, Government Analyst, gave evidonco that the lozonges contained about two-elevenths, of a grnin of chloroform, or about three minium. The maximum done erf chloroform would bo five minims. Ho considered them to bo dangerous, and, in his opinion, half a dozen of thorn might kill a child. Mr. Wilshire, S.M., fined each of the defendants £1, with cosia. So in future ib may be assumed that confectioners' stocks will not include theso tasty articles. A professional swimmer named Dalton, while exhibiting at Rockaway Beach (New York), snnk a few daj-s ago in night ot hundreds of people, who, for a time, thought it a trick. The unfortunate man was finally, however, found to bo dead. Dal ton held unquestioned tie record for life wiving, having saved 273 livos. He onco swam tho English Channel, and some years ago swam from Blackwall to Gravesend. Late nows from tho East is to tho effect thot at Woi-hai-Wci recently, Admiral Seymour caused the emergency call to bo hoisted nshoio. Notice was given to tJio tloet, which consisted of tho Victorious, Barfteur, Centurion, Iphigonin, Ratt-lor, Aurora, Bonaventure, Bjrisk, Alacrity, Linnet, and Whiting, at 9.20 a.m. The signal was hoisted an hour afterwards, and by 11 o'clock those available—namely, liOO men, composed of 13U0 seamen and 400 marines, all fully armed, carrying 250 rounds of ammunition, and equipped with two days' provisions — wero landed wil'h their field-guns and ambulance corps by their own boats, ft is reported that tho iphigenia made the best time in ihe brilliftnt mauceuvro. There is hopo for the bluck fellow still (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph), for, to judge from a couple of matters before the Aborigines' Protection Board recently, he is in more respects than ono advancing in the scale of civilisation. In a report on the public schools for aboriginals at Gruftoa — whore, apparently, the colour lino has not yeb been drawn, for white children al*o attend— »it was sot forth that " the dark children work with vigour, and in mechanical subjects surpass the white children. Tho writing of the aboriginal children is a special feature" In partial cotroboratdon of this, the district inspector forwarded the copy-book of an aboriginal girl whose right hand is paralysed, and who has therefore to use tho left. The specimen has been seen by tho Minister for Public Instruction, who has expressed his official admiration. The other pkee of ovidence as to advancement camo trom Forster, where the aboriginals recently declined to accept the ration sugar, on the ailcged ground that it was not good enough for their dainty palates. Accordingly the contractor wrote to tho Board, enclosing a sample of tho sugar supplied, «nd pointing out that tho terms of tho conlTttct stipulated for " good ration sugar." Tho sample was passed round the tuble, and tho members of the Board camo to the conclusion that it was "of good ration quality." Tho aboriginals will therefore have to take ot leave it. Tho work on the Simplon Tunnel, tho longest in the world — it. will surpass Mont Cenis and St. Gothard— proceeds with such speed that it is expected that the railway passing through this new opening in the Alps and uniting Italy with the centre of Europe will be inaugurated in 1904. For this event, tho influence of which will be felt far beyond the borders of Italy, Milan, which will benefit more than any other town, is preparing great festivities, the principal attractions of which will be furnished by the international exhibiton.