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Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 52, 4 March 1901, Page 4

The boxes in which the choicest fruit is sent away from Hasting* this season are imported ffoin Australiu, and, strange to say, me made of New Zealand white pine sliced by a special machine, which leaves tho wood smooth on both sides. uon packed they are enclosed in crates, to mimmiso the risk of bmising the fruit. With reference to the destruction of the oyster beds by, the mysterious slime Which recently visited the Nelson coast, the Golden Bay Areus says it is stated that years must elapse beiore the oyster beds will regain their former position, and the industry is therefore practically exterminated for the time being. The Petone Homing Pigeon Club flew a race from Napier on Satmday. The result was as follows:— Mr. S. Uiddler's Umis first, with a velocity of 1003 yards per mmule; Mr. Austin's Whatnot second, 949 yards; and Mr. Hag^ar's Lady Lome third, 794 yards. The velocity of the winning bird is stated to be a record for the fly from Napier to. Petone. The Carterton Borough Council held a special meeting to abolish wards and reduce the number of Councillors, but after taking legal advice concluded that it wou.d oiofc do anything, on the ground that the fixing of the number of Councillors for each ward at present rests with the Uoveraor-in-Council, who, the Observer remarks, is Mr. Seddon. At present one of the Carterton wards with 400 ratepayers, and paying the larger part of the rates, has three representatives, while the -other two wards, having between them 250 ratepayers, " elect six Councillors. The population of the boS is 1300 ' and its annual revenue Asked by an Auckland Herald reporter as to whether he contemplated re-enter-ing political life, tae Hon. W. Rolleston said .-—"I can only give you the same answer I have given to others. I have no desire to 'go into public life again, though I feel as fit as I did before 1 left it. I certainly have no desire to leave home, and revert to the life in Wellington, which is rather hard on a man of my years. I do not intend, therefore to make any move in the direction of reentering public life, but if those who have reposed confidence in me in the past pressed it upon me, and I saw sufficient rea on to think that I might be of use, I should have to consider the position." Mr. W. J. Hunter, assistant master in the Hastings disuicl school, has received word from the Registrar that the University Senate has awarded him the Mac-millan-Brown Essay Prize. The prize, which originates in a fund sub cribed as a memorial of the good work done by Professor Brown, late of Canterbury College, is given every two years, and this is the second time it has been awarded. It is open to all undergraduates of the New Zealand University. Mr. Hunter is an undergraduate of Victoria College, Wellington,, and the subject of the essay was "Prehistoric Man." In the Supreme Court at Wanganui on Friday, beiore Mr. Justice Edwards, H. A. Pntchard, of Ohingaiti, sued an Auckland constable named Maher for specific performance of a contract to sell a farm at Ohingaiti for £1700. Mr. Treadwell appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. W. J. Isapier for the deiendant. A written agreement was put in evidence by plaintitf, \Nhich stated that defendant sold the "goodwill" of the farm for £5 an acre. Mr. .Napier asked that plaintiff be nonsuited, as the agreement was void for uncertainty under the statute of frauds the term "goodwill" being indefinite. After legal argument his Honour nonsuited the plaintiff, with costs. Ten drunkards, two of them women, were called beiore Dr. M' Arthur, S.M., this morning. Six were first offenders, and of these two had fines imposed for non-appearance, the remainder being discharged. Annie Bowers and William Shand were each fined 10s, or in default to undergo 48 hours' detention; Chas. Skeily was fined 10s, and ordered to pay £1 Is medical expenses, or three days in gaol ; and Harry Hargreaves had to pay iil, or go to gaol lor seven days. Adolph Fisher, arested on warrant charging him with wife desertion, was remanded oh bail to appear at Christchurch. ■ In .connection with the death of Mr. James Huddarfc (says the Dunedin correspondent ot the Christchuich Press), it is a somewhat singular occuirence that witiiin the last n\o or three years, four ot those intimately associated with the fortunes of the Huddart-Parker Company — J. Huddarl, Paiker senior and junior, and Captain Webb— should haye passed away. vyhen the Canadian-Australian line of steamers was formed, Mr. Huddart withdrew from the Australian company so that he might be able to concentrate his whole energies in the new concern. Unfortutiate.y, the *hew speculation was for him a somewhat unlucky ■one, though others are now likely to reap the benefits of his far sighted policy. One of his sons (a midshipman in the navy) was killed during a fight with Boers at Graspan. Complaint is made in Carterton that the local bakers charge the highest price in the Wellington province — 6d a 41b loaf, and sell under-weight even at that. The committee that has in hand the Masterton Co operative Dairy Factory hopes to have the plant in going order at the opening of next season. Messrs. J. A. Renall and R. K. Jackson are spoken of as candidates for the Mayoralty oi Masterton. The American moose libeiated some time ago up the Hokuika Kiver were &een the ouier aay, and appeared to be in first-class condition. The discu»bion at the conference of delegates lroin the North L>.and Poultry Societies he.d at i\ew Plymouth on Thursday ranged cluetty round the question of the inclusion ot tiie Manborou&h, JNelson, Westpoit, and Hokitika districts in the proposed new association. A motion by iUr. L. J. Carmine .(Welling ion) that proxies from the societies in the districts named be admitted, was negatived. Mr. Carmine moved that a JN'ew Zealand Association be formed, stating that should the meeting support him in this a majority of poultry societies in the colony would affiliate. Mr. W. . M'Jiwen, for Masterlon, supported the motion, which, however, was ultimately lost. Mr. J. M. Thomson (Auckland) next moved that a North Island Association be formed, and this was seconded by Air. Goodacre, of New Plymouth. As an amendment Air. Carmine moved that a Northern Association bo formed, to include Marlborough, JNelson, Westport, and Hokitika. He pointed to the fact that the=e places weie in tho Wellington judicial, educational, and ecclesiastical district, and that they had further stated that they would not join the South Island Association. In view of this met, and in order to bring the whole of the societies under either one or the other of the governing bodies, he hoped the conference would adopt his amendment. This was seconded by Ma§terton, but after lengthy discussipn it was negatived, and the motion ior a North Inland Association >vas carried. Mr. Carmine then moved that tho first duties of the Association be to make overtures to the South Island Association with a view to having the societies he hnd mentioned included in the North Island Association. This was seconded by Mr. Goodacre, and carried unanimously. The Secretary of the Association is Mr. A. Hardy, of New Plymouth, where the headquarter^ of the Association are to be located for the ensuing year.