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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 42, 18 August 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL An active market ruled at tb-day'B meeting of the Stock Exchange, invest-, mfent shares receiving more attention than has lately been the case. Wellington Gas, £5 paid, were the medium •of*fair business, shares changing hands at £11 and £11 Is 3d, with sellers asking £11 2s 6d for further lots. Whitcombe and Tombs were accepted at £4 2s Mining scrip was in good demand.. Talisman was dealt in at £2 "7s 6d and £2 7s 3d, and Waihi was transferred afc £9 5s 6d. Grand Junctions have not been dealt in for some time, but to-day a sale was effected at £1 12s. Tangiaro scrip was wanted at Is 6d, with holders asking Is Bd, but no deal was * clinched. Union .Steam firmed to £1 15s 6d sellers, but other quotations were, unchanged. The Postal authorities adVise that the Warrimoo, which left Sydney for -Wellington on the 15th inst., has on board an Australian mail. She should in the, ordinary course arrive in Wellington to-, morrow morning. A conference of inspectors of stock; in charge of provincial districts was opened in Wellington this morning. Mr. E. Clifton, Cbief Inspector of Stock, is presiding. The Minister for Lands (Hon. 8., 'M'Nab) has received a telegram from Mr. T. Mackenzie, M.P., stating that he • will not be at the service of the Government to contest the Wakatipu seat against Mr. W. Fraser. This is interpreted to mean that Mr. Mackenzie will stand for the Taieri seat, from which Mr. D. Reid retires? - j> The Immigration Department has been advised that the Oswestry Grange, which is due in Wellington from Liverpool during the first week in September, is bringing 57 nominated passengers, 46 of whom are adults. Amongst them are seven farmers, several agricultural la^ bourers, and eight domestic servants. A' party of three — consisting of a mother, and two daughters (domestics) — is booked for Auckland with a declared capital of £1100. ' ; At the instance of the workers the" Napier Drivers' dispute has be.en re- ■ ferred direct to the Arbitration Courli for settlement. "The man with the lung .power is ' the fireman of the - present day, provided that his intelligence is on a par with his physical power," said Fire Boards Inspector Hugo at Gisborne, in, recommending physical drill for all fire-i men. Messrs. Turnbull and Sons, architects, have had .instructions from Messrs., Staples arid Company to erect new, brewery premises in Murphy-street, the. plans of which are in active preparation. Tenders for the work will be advertised ' for in due course. The progress of the large oil store; buildings now being erected on the Huttroad for the Vacuum 'and Standard Oil Company is satisfactory, the contractors having most of the foundation work completed and ready for the rearing of the walls. The contract is to be completed within sixteeii weeks. The Postmaster- General (Sir Joseph! Ward) will attend the annual dinner of the Wellington letter-carriers' staff next Friday if his Parliamentary dnties will permit him. Invitations to attend thet dinner have been accepted by the Secre-i tary of the Post and Telegraph Depart-* ment (Mr. D. Robertson), the Assistant Secretary (Mr. W. R. Morris), the Chief Clerk (Mr. P, V. Waters), and various? members of Parliament. "There are twq classes of people in,' this world," said Mr. Alexander Gray, in the municipal Concert Hall last night, "who, from time immemorial, have been thought unable to combine and work together, and do anything for themselves.. These are tjie farmers and the workingmen ; but I think that fche New Zealand farmers and the working-men of England have proved tp the hilt the fallacy, a.nd the utterly mistaken notion underlying such an idea." It has been decided by the Girls' Col" lege to form a sub-branch of the Navy League. At the invitation of the Lady, Principal, the local hon. secretary mada a short address to the girls yesterday afternoon, explaining th 6 aims and objects of the league, and pointing out how the /college could assist in the movement. Great interest was manifested by the girls', and after a few words by Miss l M'Lean, a show of hands was taken ab the close of the proceedings, with the, result that practically the whole of the pupils present signified their -wish ta • join the league. * -, It is understood that the 'matter of tramway construction to the beach at Lyell Bay was finally considered at yesterday's meeting of the Tramways Committee, of the City Council, and that th& committee resolved to recommend the council to immediately call for tenders to supply tho material necessary for the work. The line is to be joined to the tramway track at Kilbirnie, and it is • estimated that this can be done at a cost of about £4000. It will be a perfectly straight and level line, about 44 chains in length, and it is thought that a period of eight weeks will suffice for the vrork of laying down the track and rails. On a charge of being an idle and disorderly person, Mary Parker, alias Bond, appeared before Mr. W. P. James, S.M., at tho Magistrate's Court this morning. According to the police evidence, accused had dona nothing for the past two years, and had been in the habit of wandering about the streets aJI hours of the night. On the night of the Bth instant, accused was arrested for creating a disturbance in a house at Hainingstreet. For the defence it was asserted that Parker had been off the street since Ist July, and had not since come under the vagrant clauses ot the Act. She was v living with a man who was prepared to pay medical expenses incurred, and to take back accused and provide for her. On these conditions accused was discharged. Mr. Wilforft appeared to defend. A Maori, writing to tho Rotorua ' Times on the starving Maori subject, says : — ' 'My business takes me, about continually, and I visit all the pas in tho Waikato and Rotorua districts, also down at the Bay. So lam well conversant with their condition. » There are to be seen in none of the districts I visit ' Maoris in a more comfortable position than those in the Rotorna district. Most of them are working either for the Tourist Department, on the roads, or at the Mamaku mills. A number are engaged in such occupations as typing, clerks, etc. Even if in some cases the Maori gets less wages than the pakeha, he pajT? no "rent, and has land on which to run a little stock, keep fowls and pigs, and grow vegetables, potatoes, and maize. As a Maori, and a grandson of Wiremu Thomson, I must protest against tho stataments made about Maoris starving, as it casts what I consider a serious reflection on my people. It would Lad outsiders to think the Maori was too lazy to work for a living, preferring rather ' to eat 'rotten' maize, and starve on it. I know of no Maoris starving, and trust that on his return the Rev. Bennett will tell us where they are, so that Maori and pakeha may join in relieving their necessities, and finding out how they came to starve." * Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., will tomorrow clear all remnants'and oddments left over from the sale. Store open, until 5 £.m. to-morrow.. — Adv.fct '