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Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 101, 1 May 1901, Page 4

The origin of the fire, which aestroyed Messrs. iviason and Ellis's flocls; factory at WaiweLu ye&terday "is not definitely known. It appearj, however, that Messrs. John Eilis and Walter Webb, who work in the mill, left it* at about 11 p.m. on Monday, and before going set fire to a quantity ol tlulf lying about the niachir.o that converts the rags into flock. They carried the burning fluff outSide, but it te fcurmised that some bit of fire regained and Jghted the inflammable maler-al iuside, or that rav;s ignited .some ma c"n;^ contained in the old clothes. It is stated that an iucreuibie quaauty oi 1A...1 .. . come to hand in the ca&t oil" garnJu.-iifc. As the mill is run by water-power and „.» boher is used, these &eem W be the v j theories that can account for the fire. < Yesterday a woman applied to the Benevolent Trustees for a passage to San Francisco, becau.se she hud relatives in America. "Uh, you're asking too much," snid one of the Trustees. "You'll have to set to "work aud earn the passagemoney yourself." When the Cliairman informed her that Ihey could 'not send her so far as America, the applicant [ a^ked'the Trustees to send her to London, because it would then only take £3 or £4 to get from London to America." j This second request surprised the Trusj toss into a general smiie, bat they could not grant euher request, 'ihey urged tho woman to write to lier relatives for help. The Dunedin Star, commenting on the municipal elections in its own city, gays : —"The utter failure'bf #c. ticket' on this occasion is a healrJiy 'sign* thai/ the community is recovering its sense of independence, and is likely in future to resent the interierence and dictation of the leaders of certain m-gonisations, whd assume to rule the country both in general and local policy, travelling thus beyond their proper functions, whigh' are admittedly beneficial and useful." The Star describes the new Mayor, Mr. Donniston, as a business man of good repute, but suggests that he should add suaviier in modo to fortiter in re. We have received a copy of the third volume of a handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria issued by the Agricultural Department of that* colony. Very complete descriptions of the .various insects are given, and there are some .thirty • coloured plates showing the different stages of development of each insoct. The book also contains a copy of the Victorian Vegetation Diseases Act, whioh is very similar to our Orchard and Garden Pests Act of 1896, and the report -of the Board states that there has been very little friction under 4 it ; 3800 places have been visited by the inspectors, and in only four cases has itl been necessary to . institute proceedings against the- occupiers for non-compliance with the regulations. The volume is very well got up, and the plates are exceptionally well produced. ' -.. The Roseneath School Committee last night elected Mr. James WishaYt as its Chairman, and Mr. Kobert Dixon as Secretary. , The law firm of Messrs. Travers and Olliver .has dissolved partnership, and a new partnersmp has beeu cveattd, which will ior the iuune carry on under the style of Messrs. Travers, Russell, and Campbell. The committee of tbe newly-formed Mastertoa Gymnasium and Physical Training School has appointed Messrs. Harrison, Ronaldson, ana Wiley, of Wellington, to select an insiruccor. Patent rights have been 'secured by Messrs. Hugues, Rayward and Ba.awin lor a folding namper' inveined by Mr. A. Hoskiug, of PaimeiUon' isoruh. " Ihe sam^e seen by us, is made of wicker, but tue hamper can be made of Mood, wire, or othw material. Its primary use is for the carriage 01 mail matter, such, as parcels or papers, but it has impressed merchants as a likely carrier 01 merchandise. In the folded form, when not in use, the hamper will take up very little space, thirty oi them requiring me space occupied by twe^e ot \ha hampers at present used oy the Posta. Depunnieut. The Department has b.ad the invention brought under its notice, and is' considering ilie question of adopting it ior use in tlie parceiS post section. The annual meeting of the Wellington Licensing Committee wiil;be held. at the Magistrate's Court on 3rd June, and vhat of the Suburbs Committee at the Lower Hutt Courthouse on. stli June. Excellent progress is being, made' with the work of constructing the Awatere railway bridge, and Mr. Scott expects to have the woik completed in two months. The railway works are (says a jßienheim paper) being pushed ahead on the other side of the rWer, and probably when the bridge is out of the liands of the contractors ihe connection of -Blenheim* and Seddon will only be a matter 01 the' laying of a*few rails. At a meeting of the Marist Brothers' Old Boys' Association last evening, an interesting paper on "The Land t^ueacion" was read by Mr. Jno: kays. An impromptu debate, which afforded ' much scope for discussion, was afterwards held. The weekly meeting of the Wellington Ratepayers Association' was held last night, Mr. H. Hurreli (President) in tho chair. Fifteen members were preseut. Several members spoke in gratulation to the As oc ;. . on upon the success of its work in the municipal elections and the earnest it gave of . future uselulness to the city. In the course of the discussion, the Secretary said that the Association had been careful not to take sides in the Mayoral contest^ He mentioned as an evidence that the Association had not opposed Mr. Aitken that some ,qf its j members were on that' gefttleitau's committee. Messrs. \V. H. Atack, E. Arnold, A. L. Wilson, and the Secretary (jur. M'Alpine) were appointed a committee to attend the City Council meeting oil Thursday in oider to witness the method of doing business a,nd obtain material for discussion at the next meeting of the Association. A committee was set up to make anangements for a reunion. In farm matters the threshing and de-" livery of grain to the stations in Canterbury was going forward so merrily last week that a block was experienced at the sheds in Lyttelton, and the demand for railway wagons was greatly in exoess of the supply. There was also a block along the southern line ot railway, especially at country stations. It is a growing impression among farmers that many of the country railway sheds are capable of enlargement, and that the storage of gi*ain there, for which tates would be paid the same as in Lyttelton, wbula, be a decided convenience to the farmers, and a source of profit to the railway. At present if a block at Lytt^cou and iv the procuring of trucks takes place, the farmers have in many cases to stack the threshed grain in the open, aud naturally they pieier to have it housed. Miss Cooper, who has been on the staff of the Petone School for some time past, has been promoted to the position of first assistant io the Upper Hutt School. Yesterday afternoon Miss Cooper , received presentations from the teachers and scholars of the Petone School. The Rev. A. Thomson (Chairman of the Committee), and the headmaster (Mr. Home) spoke in commendation of the > ou::S lady's work while at the school. Tho <?oniand for Defiance Buttet is increasing every dr>y, Atade from selected cream, : Hs become a genfttal favourilc. — Atlvt.