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Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 115, 12 November 1900, Page 5

The tug-of-war contest on the programme of last week's military tournament, was pulled off at the Drill Shed on Saturday night. It was somewhat of a fiasco, only one team, and that from tho strongest corps in the city — the Highland Rifles — having pluck enough to come out against the redoubtable team of Permanent Artillerymen. Porridge had not given the staying power of the bone and muscle of the Permanent Force, and the Scots were pulled over the line twice in succession without much trouble. The teams were composed as follows: — Perniauent Artillery (under Gunner M'Donnell)— Gunners H. Overton, J. Ratland, X Hooker, J. O'Brien, J. Ingles, F. Wade, A. Walker, G. Murdoch, G. Rohcris, M. Glassetb. Highland Rifles (under Private Jamieson) — Colour-Ser-geant Mitchell, Corporals Turner, Black, mid Meldrum, Lance-Corporal Grant, Privates Paterson, Black, Seeler, Cleary, and Copper. The first prize was £2, and tbe second five shillings. , Large congregations assembled yesterday morning and evening at tho anniversary services of the Petone Wesleyan Church, which were conducted by the Lievs. E. P. Blamires and W. B." Marten respectively. The church was tastefully decorated with evergreens and liowers. The tea and public meeting will be held on Wednesday next. The meanness of the "political steal" is accentuated (in tho opinion of the Nelson Evening^ Mail), by the circumstance that though members of Parliament have increased their own salary, they have permitted many score of Civil Servants, whose incomes were reduced in 1887, to continue without a restoration of the annual amounts deducted because of the poverty and depression of the colony thirteen years ago. Even the Premier has admitted that this restitution should be made. ... In common .justice, before members increase their own allowances, either by a political, dodge or by open raid on the Treasury, they should restore to the Civil servants who are worthy of it the annual amount taken from them on tho plea of colonial poverty and depression in 1887. The sum of £40 each to the 74 members of the House of Representatives amounts to £2960 a year. This money, instead of being grabbed by members of Parliament, should go very far towards restoring the deducted percentages of at least a couple of hundred Civil Servants to •whom annual increases of from £10 to £25 or so — in some instances even £50 — would be most welcome, and also in a measure a right. The Mayor of Napier (Mr. Swan), cpeaking at a meeting of the City Council the other day, refuted the statements made by the Premier with regard to the s-teps taken to assist the widow of the late Lieutonant Berry. Ho characterised Mr. Sedclon's assertion that he (the Mayor) hud suppressed a portion of the correspondence as deliberately untrue, itnd declared that it was the Council and not the Government that had taken tho initiative in the matter. In support of his contention his Worship laid on the table the whole of the letters and telegrams which had passed between himself and the Premier, and invited councillors to peruse the documents and then decide as to who was in the right. If they considered that he had been guilty of what the Premier had charged him with he would at once resign the position he had held for so many years. A man who would act in the way imputed would not bo fit to hold tho high and. .office. -of. Mayor. He did not altogether blame Mr. Seddon himself, 'as no doubt he had been misled by the officials of the Defence department. This being the .Jubilee year of Christ's it is understood (says the Christchurch Press) that the proceedings at the end of the term will take a somewhat special form. Tuesday, December 18, will be Commemoration Day, when the usual religious services will be held in the morning. The sermon at matins will be preached by tho Yen. Archdeacon Dudley, of Auckland, a very "old boy." In the afternoon there will be an inspection of cadets, and the distribution of school prizes, in both of which His Excellency the Governor has kindly consented to take the leading part. Wednesday, 19th December, will be given up to cricket amongst the old and present boys. It is intended to hold on the Thursday evening a dinner for "old boys" and masters. The governing body has decided to erect somo handsome iron entrance gate as a ' permanent memorial of the Jubilee. Letters received from Johannesburg ' from Mr. G. Hutchison^ M.H.R. for i Patea, describe the " Golden City " as he found it when he arrived there towards the end of September. It is, he writes, " more like at city of the dead with buildings fit for 100,000 inhabitants, and not a third of that number here,' while thousands upon thousands are impatiently waiting for admission. Most of the places of business are boarded up or sheeted in iron. No outward sign of damage appears beyond a few . broken panes which had not been protected. Displays in shop windows that were left in a hurry remain with twelve months' dust upon them— a restaurant, for instance, with a plate of mouldy toast and an egg that has not v burst." The mines, he says, with perhaps one or two exceptions, are intact so far as machinery 1 goes, but some have been worked and the shareholders thus laid under contribution. The tabs about scarcity of provisions are, Mr. Hutchison adds, not to be believed. The Otago Daily Times says .that Mr. Hutchison intended proceeding to Pretoria a few days after the date of hi 3 letters from Johannesburg. Mr. A. J .Abbott is to hold the silver cleek of the Wellington Golf Club for the next twelve months. ! Yesterday afternoon the Garrison Band gave a perfoiimnoe on the Thorndon Espla-nade, and made a collection in aid of its expenses in attending the Christchurch Exhibition Band Contest. The amount realised was £5 Is 6d. The quantity of dairy produce shipped from tha colony by the Waimate, which ' saned for London, on Saturday night, was as follows:— Auckland, 4U tons butter, 9 tans cheese; Dunedin, SO tons butter, 21 tons cheese ; Lyttelton, 2 tons cheese; Wellington, 319 tons butter, 66 tons cheese; total, 380 tons butter, 95 tons cheese. The Petone Homing Pigeon Club flew a race on Friday from Nelson, but none of the birds arrived at their lofts within the time limit. Cotton costumes add comfort and enjoyment for holiday or picnic wear. C. Smith is selling a grand line in white, cream, and fawn piquo at 15s 6d, also in drill costumes and better lines up to 30s. A«lvfc. Holiday Blouses at C. Smith's in print and fancy cottons from Is lid, 2s lid, 3a 6d, 3s lid, 4s 6d. White skirts, 2s 3d, 2/j lid, 3a 6d, 4s 6d, 5s lid, to 12s 6d, all beautifully trimmed with lace ; coloured cotton Bkirta 3s (sd, 3" lid, 4s lid, fls 6d, 6s 6d, 7s 6d, look well and easily washed after the holiday.— Advt. Holiday Straws for ladies, Mifmes, and children at O. Smith's in great variety from la. Pique hats and bonnets with button crown from 2i lid to 6s lid. Children's coloured sun hats Is lid, 2s 6d, 2s lid. — Advt. Great value in men's straw hats, holiday hats, tennis shirts, trousers, ties, etc., at C. Smith's.— Advt. •