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Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 119, 16 November 1900, Page 4

LOCAL jIND GENERAL. «. . To-morrow's supplement to the Posb will contain interesting and instructive articles and notes upon passing events the would over, and two short stories. A Lady's Letter is contributed by our London correspondent, ana Rudyai 4 d Kipling's great poem on the Australian Commonwealth, entitled "The Young "Queen/ concerning which roiucli interest has been aroused, will also appear. The Literary Column deals with current literature. Footballers will be interested in an account of a match which took place in Pretoria between a locai team and fifteen colonials. No less than eleven of the latter team Were New Zealanders, some of whom had "won representative fame in the colony. A\otes upon other sports and pastimes, tho turf, and amusements will also appear. The sir members of the Permanent Artillery whom the Government Department is sending to England for special training in gunnery lea.ye this afternoon in the Monowai. Their names are — Bombardiers Sawle, Valentine, Kewish, and Hamilton, and First-class Gunners Fox and Rutland. They will «c absent twelve months. Representatives of the Timber Yards and Sawmillers' Union assembled last night for the pui'pose of meeting representatives from the employers, in order •that a conference miorht ue held on the subject of wages, hours of work, and such like matters. The employers, however, did not attend, and the Union representatives have therefore decided to file a dispute for hearing by the Board of Conciliation. The necessity of protecting the spikes of the fence round the new band rotunda on Jervois-quay was urged on the City Council last night by Councillor Townsend, who urged that unless some such measures were taken very serious accidents would probably occur. He moved that tho spikes be protected and that the work be carried out at once. The Council agreed .to the motion without discussion. The Gazette notifies that the census of the colony for WOO will be taken on Monday, Ist April, 1901, for the night of Sunday, 31st March. The following enumerators have been appointed :— • Samuel' Johnson, Waipawa and Kaitangata; George Moore, Pahiatua and Eketahuna; William Sellar, Akitio, Musterton, Casllepoint, Mauriceville, and South Wairavapa ; F. W Mansfield, Hutt and adjacent districts ; W. C, Nation, Horowhenua and Manawatu; Andrew Guy, Oroua, Pohangina, and Kiwitea j Ernest Barns, Rangitikei, Waitotara, and Wanganui ; J. A. Turton, Patea, Hawera, find Stratford j Wm. F. Shaw, Taranaki and Clifton. The valuable services rendered by Mr. J. E. Page, Town Clerk of Wellington, who has b«en in the service of the City Council for twe-nty-four years, have been recognised by the Council granting him six months' leave trf absence. Mr. Page intends to pay a visit to the Old Country, and tha holiday has been granted by the Coumqil on the understanding that it can be extended to nine months if necessary. He does not intend taking his holiday before February or Marob, Mr. Chappie will act as Town Clerk during Mr. Page's absence. Captain Lauchlan M'Lean, who died at Nelson, at the age of 66, was for twentyfive years master of sailing ships between India and England. He retired from the sea many years ago owing to ill health. Ho came to Nelson from -Christchurch sixteen or seventeeu years' ago, and had been living upon his property ever since. He suffered very much from a complication o'6 diseases, the immediate cause of death being apoplexy. The newly-formed Wellington Hardware omb is taking steps to secure comfortable quarters in the centre of the city. The following are the officers of the new organisation : — President, Mr. John Duthie ; Vice-Presidents, Messrs. G Denton, J. M'Lellan, E. C. E. Mills, W. Morley and G. Winder; Honorary Treasurer, Mr. T. R. Arohjbald; Honorary Secretary, Mr. A.- B. Thomson; Hon. Auditors-,. Messrs Briggs and Ga;rdipe.r; General Committee, Messrs. J. Brodie, W. Christie, H. Jessop, — M'lntosh,, G. \ Martin, R. Ravmoad, R. Wakelyn, A. I C. Wells, W. Wills and J. Wilson. Councillor Smith, whose absence from J Wellington for some time past lias been \ occasioned by the illness of a membei oi j his family, was present at the City* Council meeting last night, and- was warmly congratulated by the Mayor, in the name of his brother- Councillors* on the faot that the patient had so improved that he was once more able to attend to his duties. Councillor Smith warmly thanked his Worship for his kind expression oi feeling. He was,, he said 1 , well received by the City Council, a*. Auckland, and he thought, from careful observation, that the Wellington Cotmc.il compared favourably with the Council at the Northern city. A report by Di\ Martin on some old houses in Douglas? Wallaoe-stree.t and Majpribanks-street was presented to thb City Council last night. It indicated that they were in an insanitary condition, and on the motion of Councillor Townsend it was decided that the officers of the Council be instructed to take the necessary steps to have the buildings put into a proper state. The sequence of our articles on "The Laws of the Land" has been interrupted by other demands on our staff. We have reason to know that the articles have ben greatly appreciated by our readers, and they will be continued- as opportunity •offers, until all the important legislatioa of the late session has been reviewed. Councillor Barber, who represented the City Council at the opening of the Ghristchurch Exhibition, reported to the Council last night that he had received every courtesy from the officials, who had done everything in their power to 'render his stay there as pleasant as possible. There is no need to prove the existence of light, and so there is no need to prove the superb quality of Black Sw.an 1 Butter,— Advt.