CABLE NEWS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13737, 19 May 1910, Page 7

CABLE NEWS.

exists as to whether the railway employees, including workshop haucb and Surfacemen, are to be granted a bolide v on Friday for his late Mawstys funeral on full pay. Kindly reply as early as possible." Mr Witty has no* received the following reply:—-. In reply to your telegram re Friday next, alt hands, including casuals, will Uo yiven a holiday on full pay. Ot course, this «lot>s not mean suspension or tram., nor will it apply to men who arc merely extra casuals, t but only io permanent casual hands.' „ At a general meeting of tho Canterluirv Tobacconists' Association 01. luesday evening 'Mr W. -Simpson presiding it was decided to observe .a close 'holiday for the whole of to-i-.orrow. All trains running to-morrow are tobe stopped for a quarter ol an hour from 2.30 p.m. c At v meeting of the hotelkeepers «>f Lvttelton yesterday it was decided that all hotels in the port should bo closed and blinds drawn from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. to-morrow as a mark of respect to the late Kins. NOTES. The ordinary meeting of the North. Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Board yesterday was adjourned, alter the Chairman, Mr F. Horrell, had proposed a resolution of sorrow at tna death of tho lato King, and sympathy with the members of tho Koyal I'amily. The North Canterbury Education Board made- a short adjournment after carrying a'suitable- resolution, proposed 'by the Chairman,. Mr T. W. Adams, while at tho special meeting of tno Harbour Board"a motion of sorrow and sympathy and expressing loyalty to King fteorgo. proposed by the ehairi man, Mr H. -Friodlander, was earned. Suitable resolutions have been passed by the Council of tho New Zealand Hockey Association, Pioneer I»dge or Druids, Waimsite District High School, Tawera County Council, Limvood Public Library Committee, and New Zealand Utility Poultry Club. ■ At the Boxing Tournament, under the auspices of the Cbristchurch Sporte Club, last evening, a resolution expressing sorrow at the death of tho King, sympathy . with the Royal Family, loyalty to King George, and the hope, that ho -would prove ns true a sportsman as his late father, proposed by Dr. Thacker, was carried by the. audienco. The Kaianoi Borough Council «>n Tuesday evehinp adjourned its ordinary business for a week. The North Canterbury Public School EP?adnmsto-.V Association has suggested thatitTie schools be closed on .Time 3rd (now the King's Birtlulnv) for tho Emnire. Day celebration, and that no holiday he. observed on May '24th. The. Education Board hr.s approved of tho suggestion. A PERSONAL "REMINISCENCE. The".Southern Cross' , anycrcargill) says:—"That sturdy old colonist. Mr E. Pollard, of Clifton, recalls the. fact tha + - ho mot his lato Majesty, then the Prince of Wales, 49 years ago. Hβ was,' relates "Mr Pollard, 'staying with tho Ihike of Beaufort for a week's foxhunting. While riding out one day the party came to a small wayside hostelry known as Trouble Inn, between Teibury and Cirenccster, where my father was gamekeeper and fox preserver. Tliey gathered there one Monday. The cover was only one .emtrH field away from the inn. The fox "cartlis" had hceti stopped at 12 o'clock on Sunday night by lather and myself, and as tho ' hounds'got. to cover a most 'beautiful fox came out in full view of the hunters. The Ihiko remarked to the Prince, 'That's Pollard again: he always finds one at th*> right time.' 'H 1 * , }'., a, splendid run round the district, and the. fox made hack to its earth again, and was there killed. The Prince, tho Duko and the other members of the party then rode over to the little* inn, and the Duke, noticing my father with his velveteen coat on, beckoned to us. to come inside, and we did so. There was only homo-made beer to, be had, end we all drank it out of earthenware mugs, of which I remember there were three sizes—halt a pint, pint, and quart. After- enjoying our beer with the Prince and the rest of them, wo retired. Father afterwards became a favourite fox preserver in connection with the Dike's hunts. I may add that the Prince was so highly pleased w\th his trip that later on he came down from Windsor with a stag and staghounds, and had a great day's hunting. The place where these things happened is not far from Calne, where our iietv and respected Governor, Baron Islington, hails from.' " , THE M.EMORiXI SERVICES.. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE I'EESS." Sir, —-While the memorial service was being held in Cranmer square on Sunday last I was surprised and not a little disgusted tq see a number of men (?) and' youths so.far forget themselves as to indulge in smoking pipes or cigarettes, as if th«y were out for an afternoon's enjoyment, instead of conducting themselves as they eho.uld have <3one on such a solemn occasion. If such individuals cannot show more respect for our beloved departed Sovereign, it would bo more becoming of them if they would respect the feelings of others by making themselves conspicuous by their absence. It would be well ii a few constables are present during the memorial service to be held ,on Friday afternoon nest to stop euch unseemly conduct.—Yours, etc. 1 A MOURNER^.