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Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 72, 22 September 1900, Page 4

At last night's meeting of the Petone School Committee, several complaints were received of severe punishment inflicted upon scholars, principally girls, by teachers other than tho head master or mistress. The committee decided to inform the head master that the practice must be discontinued, and the regulations in this respect rigidly adhered to, or future breaches of the rule will pro,bably be represented to the Education Board. Messrs. Harcourt and Co. report that f hey have now sold for £790 the three and five-roomed cottages, on land having a frontage of 100 ft to Doctor's Commons, off Hawker-street, which were passed in at the auclion sale yesterday. Miss Brown, of Wellington-terrace, is the, purchaser. Although but four months have elapsed i since the opening of the Petone gasworks the present consumption . of gas is considered to warrant the assumption that by the end of the first year the works will have earned sufficient to pay all interest charges and working expenses. That the anticipations of the Engineer (Mr. Smithies) as to the popularity of the new illuminant have been realised is evidenced by the fact that the first consignment of meters is all but exhausted. The Secretary of tho Eight Hours' Demonstration Sports Committee will be in attendance at the Trades Hall to-night for the purpose of receiving and closing ! nominations for various events, specified elsewhere in this issue. Acceptances for all events are to close next Monday week. j The poll of ratepayers of the Seatouri District on the wharves question will be taken on Monday. There will be two polling-booths— one^at the Kiosk, Worser Bay, and the other at the Board's office, Featherston-street, opposite Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co.'s. ' ' The Philosophical Society -will meet at the Museum on Tuesday next, when papers by Sir James Hector,- Mr. J. L. Lewis, and Major-General Schaw will bo read. Law lectures in connection with Victoria College will begin on Monday evening. The annual meeting of the Junior Cricket Association wul be held in the Baptist Schoolroom, Vivian-street, on Thursday next, at 7.45 p.m. The United Tradesmen's Club will meet at the Trocadero on Monday evening. It is proposed to form an art and crafts guild among the students and exstudents of the Wellington Technical School. A meeting for the purpose is convened for Wednesday next. The road to the Hutfc should be made good. Defiance Butter is good, fresh, and made from selected cream. — Advt. C. Smith has just received a very beautiful selection of silk and chiffon, fronts, which are in great demand. Prices from 3s 9d to 5s lid ; about 300 dozen lace ties in leading shades from Is to 5s lid each ; lace fichus in plain chiffon trimmed lace, all lace and muslin and lace, in cream, white and ecru and magpie — Advt. ■C. Smith has alsoa I so a most extensive selection of -eal and imitation laces; all over laces and figured nets ; ribbons for millinery in most delicate and newest shades for present season. — Advt. New silks for blouses in pretty stripes and checks at Is lid and 2s lid or in plain silks in newest shades at Is lid to 3b 6d. Prints in almost endless variety from 3;|d to 9J.d ; printed muslins, s£d to Is 3d. Mercerised sateens and Bilk effect cottons for blouses or dresses in the new Wedgwood and other new shades of blue in special value. — Advt. It will be remembered that at the outbreak of the Transvaal War tho Vinolia Company (London) very generously announced that, for .the, purpose of assisting tho widows, orphans, and families of tho soldiers who fell in the campaign, it would contribute a halfpenny to the War Fund for every tablet of Vinolia soap sold during the month from sth November to sth December. Under this it was enabled to send £1000 at the end of the first week. The company extended its qffer to the end of the war, and at the end of June had forwarded £10,000 (representing nearly five million cakes of soap). Previous to' making this offer, this patriotic company gave one hundred guineas to the fund. Users of its 'soap therefore have the satisfaction of knowing that in addition to getting good value for their money they are indireotly aiding the widow and tho fatherless. Messrs. Finlayx M'Leod and Co. announce the arrival of new millinery, sailor hats, dress goods, prints, "muslins, etc., for which they promise ta give special value. Mr. H. Fielder, Manners-street, is now showing some splendid lines of house furnishings. Through our advertising columns he respectfully invites tho public to inspect the stock. Mr. A. D. • Sommerville, of Kensington House, Hill-street, inserts a notice to parents of 'children attending schools in Wellington. Messrs. J. H. Bethune and Co. publish elsewhere the details of the properties which they will offer at their auction sale on the 9th October— viz., three dwellinghouses on Thorndon-quay in the estate of the late Charles Mills, ' five sections with eleven cottages at Newtown, and a fiveroomed ' villa residence at Washingtonavenuo, Brooklyn: also tho three-acre property with six-roomed villa residence - of the lato Captain Dawson, at Johnßonville, known as "Snug Harbour," grounds tastefully laid out as flower garden and oruhard; and a property in Tasma'n-street, 34ft frontage, with eevenroomed residence known as "Cotleigh," with splendid view of the harbour. The firm also notifies that lithograph plans of tho new suburb of Kelburno may be obtained at its office, where sections may be secured on easy terms, and it publishes an attractive list of freehold investments, including family residence, . of 16 room_s in Hobson-street, a bijou villa, Caroline-street ; business sites in Vivian-street, Courtenay-place, and Adelaide-road, and other city and suburban building sites. ! Messrs. Turnbull and Watkins publish an extended list of properties which they are instructed to quit on easy terms, and announce that having been appointed agents to ttie famous Kelburne Estate, they aro now prepared to furnish plan and prices to all and sundry. The firm also advertises details of a sale by auction of a trial shipment of up-to-date bambooware, brassware, and fancy furniture of all descriptions. . » s Messrs. Haigh and Morrah will hold an auction sale of the furniture of a twelve-^ roomed house, No. 57, Wellington-terrace* on Tuesday. Full particulars appear in our advertising columns The firm will hold its next auction sale of city and suburban properties next month. By an advertisement in another column they invite owners of properties to make their entries. Its revised list of properties for private sale will be found in another column. Messrs. Jolly, Wintle and Co. report that owing to the various city improvement and tramway extension schemes a consider- . ablo amount of attention is being devoted by investors to Island Bay. The firm has just negotiated the sale of a large residence situated on over on acre of land in this locality. In its advertisement appears au opportunity to secure two fine blocks of 4a.nd 9 acres respectively at reasonable reserves, besides good city freehold investments. Messrs. D. T. Stuart and Son publish their weekly list of properties, and call attention to a farm at Taita which' is in. their hands to lease. Mr. W. F. Shortt advertises a number of city properties for sale, and calls special attention to two investments in Piriestreet and on Thorndon-quay. Messrs. W. E. Sansbury and Co., 42* Lambtoh-quay, advertises a list of houses to let and for sale.