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Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 22, 27 January 1899, Page 6

The young man John Day. who pleaded guilty some days ago to a charge of theft of goods from his employers, Stewart and Co. , Avas brought before Justices this afternoon for the report of the Probation Officer. After consideration of the report, the Bench convicted the accused and fined him £2, Avith costs 15s, and administered words of good advice to him, hoping that this punishment Avould deter himself, and be a Avarning to others in places of trust. Mfisrs. Harcourt and Co. sold at auction to-day tAvo sections in Home-slreet, off Kent-terrace, comprising 15 perches over the quarter of an acre, to Messrs. HaAvthorne and Crump, for £850. Two sections in the same acre AA r ere sold at £10 per foot, the purchasers being Mrs. M'Kenzie and Mr. A. B. Smith. The centrally-situated section at Johnsonvillc which Mr. John Orr generously placed at the disposal of the Presbyterians in that district last year will shortly be occupied by a handsome little place of worship. The Presbyterians of Johnsonville last night decided to have a church erected Avithout delay, and a committee Avas set up to make the necessary arrangements. The building is to accommodate betAveen 150 and 200 people. The boys' swimming race at the Terrace School picnic at Day's Bay yesterday AA r as Avon by Harold Hearn. The Avinner of the SAvimming race for girls Avas Irene Raymond. At the weekly meeting of the Women's Democratic Union last nigllt two neAv members were elected, and Mrs. Somerville read Mrs. SievAA'right's first paper on " The Economic Independence of Married Women." A discussion folloAved. The Pastime Quadrille Assembly Avill hold a social gathering in the Victoria Hall, Adelaide-road, on Tuesday evening next. The premises of Messrs. James Smith and Sons have been thronged all day by purchasers, all anxious to participate in tho first grand clearance sale. The Avindows of Tho New House will be lighted up to-night, AA'hen a special display of bargains for tomorrow Avill bo made. Mr. C. Dames Mackintosh, teacher of ilie pianoforte, singing, &c, notifies that he will resume teaching on Ist February. Miss Grace Kennedy Avill resurno t-.ltion on the violin on iflst inetant. What shall we do Avith our boys? Well, take thorn to C. Smith's if it ia clothing they Avant, and if the men want clothing or you want blankets, sheets, or other household gopds you Avould do well to have another look over tho salvage stock. The Avholo lot is undoubtedly to bo sold bofore the arrival of the neAv goods, Avhi«h were cabled for directly after the firo. No portion of the salvage is to be retained, and to ensure a clearance greater reductions are being made Avith tho balance. A large portion of tho stock that Avaa only slightly damaged lias been kept hnek so that it should be thoroughly dried, and it is this that will now be tt'ered at most startling reduction.— Abvt,