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Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 115, 12 November 1900, Page 4

LOCAL jIND GENMtAL, ■» , The Minister . for Education and the Native Minister came up from Christchurch yesterday. When, tho Minister for Public Works returns from Huntervine to-night the whole of the Ministry will be in Wellington. There wih, however, be a scattering again to-morrow, as the Premier and probably the whole of his colleagues are then, to go over to Picton in the steamer Tutanekai to attend the two Marlborough banquets to the Hon. C. H. Mills. The Tutanekai will wait at Picton, to bring the party back after the Blenheim gathering of Wednesday night, so that they may go on to attend the Palmerston Show on Thursday. The mai'ket value of New Zealand hemp shows a tendency to advance, and according to private cabie^ advices sales have beeu made in London at auction at £24 per ton. The price of Manila hemp has risen, and the New Zealand fibre is moving up in sympathy. Some of the Foxton millers contemplate re-opening their mills, the price being high enough now to yield a fair profit. It is understood that the Wellington Drivers' Union intends to ask the Conciliation Board to bring the grooms and guards of the city tram service, and also other grooms, under the clause in the Conciliation and Arbitration Act of last session that • concerns "related" trades. While having his breakfast at r hotel in Ohristchuroh the other morning, a gentleman noticed that a slice of pork on his plate did 1 not appear too healthy looking, and he showed it to a Government veterinary surgeon. The latter uoihesitatingly pronounced it to be a large tubercular nodule which had been cut through. This (says the Press) is an argument for the erection of a public abattoir. Th& takings at the gates of the Christchurch Metropolitan Show last week were substantially larger than last year's, the total stun being ±51004 7s, as against £915 4s. The sum of £70 3s 6d was taken for admission to the grandstand, making a grand total of £1074 10s 6d. The returns from the railway (which ought to amount to over £300) are not yet available. Three first- offence drunkards were dealt with at the Magistrate's Court this morning by Mr. W. R. Haselden, S.M. John D. B. Thorpe was remanded to Blenheim on a charge laid by his wife of having disobeyed an order of the Court. Accuse- was arrented at Palmer- i ston North. At his request bail was allowed — himself in £20 and two/ sureties of £10 each. At the Mount Cook Police ] Station Mr. R. Ayres, J.P., dealt with two drunkards. The Railway Department has fourteen locomotives under construction at its various workshops, and a number of engines which have been in use for some time are undergoing conversion. In order j to make provision for the summer traffic it was found necessary to adopt the overtime system at some of the workshops, but the pressure has now been relieved. The up-to-date carriages which the Department has ordered from St. Louis are to be shipped next month, and the locomotives that are being made at the Baldwin tvorks, Philadelphia, will be placed on a New Zealand- bound steamer in January. It is reported that the Christchurcb Meat Company's new works at Picton, with a freezing capacity of <jowu per day, and a storage capacity of 00,000, will commence operations at the end of this month. At Picton the works will havp an advantage not enjoyed by any other in the colony, as the ocean-going steamers will be able to lie alongside the cold stores and take in cargo with the minimum of handling. The .General Manager for Railways (Mr. Ronayne) returned yesterday from an inspection of the various lines around Christchurch and Dunedm. The crops in the districts through which he passed are looking well and a good harvest is expected. The trafiio on the railways in the Soufch Island during the grain season is expected to be very heavy, and the Railway Department is making ample provision -to cope with" its Mr. Ronayne iound that many farmers — principally owing to the lack of storage accommodation — have not yet threshed out the whole of last season's crop, and in some cases there has been no threshing of the produce of two seasons ago. Mr. Ronayne will probably return South in a few days in connection with- matters relating to the Invercargill line. The Assistantgeneral Manager (Mr. Hudson) will pay a visit td the North shortly. The Bruce Herald states that a short time ago a resident of Glenore forwarded a letter addressed to Mr. James Allen, M.H.R., Wellington. Some time afterwards the letter was returned from the Dead Letter Office with the significant red mark, " Unknown." Such is fame. Mr. M'Kay, Government Geologist, while on the West Coast, will select a site at Dobson (Brunner), on which to bore for coal. The tramway traffic in Christchurch on Friday was very heavy. The Tramway Company carried no less than 30,000 passengers during the day— ls,ooo to the Show and trotting races, 6000 to Sumner, and 9000 on other lines. Mr. T. Williams, of Martinborough, is ; the winner of the extra id per lb given by Messrs. W. Dknock and Co., Wellington, for the finest quality pigs delivered at their factory for tho week ending Bth November, having secured 37 points. There was a largs attendance a fc the funeral of the late Mr. George Ross, which took place yesterday. Amongst those who sent wreaths were tin? Wei- j lington Lioansed Victuallers' Association and a unmber of tix& residents' of Waipukua*au, at which town the deceased died. The Premier and the Hons. J. G. Ward, W. C. Walker, and C. H. Mills and nearly every member of the Licensed Victuallers' Association were present. The Rev. Mr. Bartlett, of St.' Paul's, conducted thie service at the graveside in the Karori Cemetery. The anniversary of the Courtenayplac© Congregational Sunday School was celebrated by holding three special services in the church yesterday. The feature of the services, which 'were/ all well attended, was the singing of the children, who were assisted by the church choir and a strong orchestra, Mr. 'A. M. Lewis being the conductor. Addresses appropriate to the occasion were delivered DT the Revs. J. R. Glasson (morning), W. L. Saltier (afternoon), and W. S. Fernie (evening) „ The celebration is to conclude tomorrow evening with a tea-meeting, to be followed by a public gathering, at which the reports will be read, prizes distxibuted, addresses delivered, and the children will sing anniversary music. The Premier is to attend the Commonwealth inauguration ceremonies in Sydney on Ist January, and two other members of the Government — probably the Hon. J. G. Ward and the Hon. W. HallJones— will also be present. The Federal Parliament will be opened in Melbourne by the Duke of York in April. • i Probaoiy the first thing that strikes a visitor when taking his meals in Wellington is' the superior quality of Defiance butter. Fresh, pure, and good. It is praised Everywhere,-- Advt.