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Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 85, 12 April 1901, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. ♦ A very readable, instructive, and entertaining Supplement has heen prepared' for to-morroAv's Post, which- Avill consist of sixteen pages. Several short stories and diverting sketches find place in the columns of the Supplement, and there is a world-wide range of general articles upon topics of the day. From the Spectator is taken an interesting summary of English and foreign news, and our London correspondent sends us a number of articles. In the Literary Column recent publications are noticed, and some entertaining comments from our contemporaries Avill bo *f ound under the 'heading I "In the Papers." A neAV departure which will attract general attention will be found in a special column containing Labour Notes, showing trades union > movements the world over. It is intended to publish this column regularly in the Supplement, and its ' contents should interest a large section of the community. A large number of city as' well as country readers will find much that is interesting as Avell as instructive in the budget of Agricultural Notes. For our lady readers there are &ome notes and comments, and a description of two foreign weddings from our London correspondent. The regular columns of news and notes on special and general topics are compiled from the best sources and the latest files. Mr. A. W. Hpgg, M.H.R., is to be Chairman of the Royal Commission set up to enquire into the desirability of the establishment of a colonial staff of teachers and colonial scale of teachers' salaries. The Commission is to report Avithin forty days. . ~ •' The King's assent to various Acts passed during the last' session of Parliament is announced in this week's Gazette, Assent to the Defence Act Amendment Bill, the Deceased Husband's Brother Marriage Bill, and the New Zealand Ensign Bill has been reserved. Mr. John Terry has been appointed Sheriff of the District of Maryborough, Deputy-Registrar of the Supreme Court, Clerk of the ■ Magistrate's and Warden's Courts, etc. , in place of Mr. J. B. Stoney, transferred to Stratford. Constable 0. H. Warneford is to act as Clerk of the Magistrate's and Warden's Courts at Okarito, replacing Constable J. Watt, transferred. The resolution passed by the Trades Council urging the City Council to print and distribute circulars showing Avhat the rating of tbe city would be under the rating on ' unimproved values ' system as compared Avith that under the present system, came before the City Council last night, and, was referred to the Government with a 'suggestion that it should supply the information. A rumour being current that the burglars Ayho dynamited^ the safe in Harrisstreet lately got the money subscribed by Chinese tradesmen towards the ' Queen's Statue Fund, Messrs. Townsend and Paul request us' to state that there is no foundation for the report. Th» money ■was banked when received, and paid over by cheque to the City Treasurer. The Picton Hospital' and Charitable Aid Board has accepted the tender of G. A. Smith and Sons, of Picton, at £2195 Bs, for building the new hospital. The only other tender Avas from a Wellington firm, Avhose price Avas £2846. The building will bo commenced as soon as proper arrangement? can be made for the accommodation of the staff and patients. Writing from London to a frieiJ. \u Melbourne, uuder date 23rd February, iur. William M'Lean (M'Lean Brothers and Rigg, Limited) mentions that there is a very strong probability that t'. c celebrated American preacher, the Raw Dr. Lorimer, of Tremont Temple, Boston, will be induced to visit Australia next year. The City Reserves Cominittea is to make some recommendation to the Council as to what it ought to do in the case of Mr. George Gibb, caieukei* of the Botanical Gardens, who' loaf, boih legs in an accident on the railAVny line at Petone recently. Messrs. Shand, Mason and' 00., the well-known London firm entrusted with the contract for supplying a steam fifeengine for the Corporation of Wellington, have- written to the Council stating that the engine is well in hand, though the difficulty in obtaining materials has caused delay. They hope, hoAvever, to fulfil the contract in the time specified, and supply a wholly up-to-date engine. The regulations relating to "the oxawiua lions for admission to the Indian • Civil Service, . Avhich are to be held in London in August, are published in this wtok's Gazette for the information of Nnw Zealanders Avho desire to qualify for admission to the Service. The Governor, in accepting the resignation by the Hon. A. J. Oadman of his seat on the Executive Council, has expressed his regret "at losing Mr. Cadman's conscientious and valuable assistance." The three exhibitions of £9 9s each instituted by Trinity College, London, for colonials proficient in the pianoforte, organ, violin, or singing havo just been awarded for the first time. The London correspondent of the Argus mentions that the successful competitors are — Percy Brier, ' of Bi'isbane, aged 15 ; Eileen Ward, of Dunedin, aged 14 ; and Josephine E. Donovan, of Warwick, Queensland, aged 15. The perfection of a clock is not to go fasl, but to go rightly, and the perfection of a butter is to be fresh and palatable j Try Black Swan Butter if you Avish ' perfection. — Advt.