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Evening Post, Volume LXII, Issue 17, 19 July 1901, Page 4

It has been found that tho trout in Lake Taupo will not take the rod or line. A proposal has been made that nets bo permitted in that locality. There is an abundance of trout in the lake, many running between, twenty and thirty pounds. There has 'been no change in the position of ailairs on the ship Beacon Rock. Yesterday, two of the seamen were to have laid their trouble before Captain Smith, the Shipping Master, but the* finally decided that unless they could' go iv a body none should go. The position is, therefore, "as you were," the ere* still in the fo'es'le refusing duty. While the Hinemoa was at the East Cape last week a. 6urvey was made of tho passage between East Island and tho mainland, und a good cable bed was found. It is hoped that the lighthouse* in the island will shortly be connected with, tno telephonic system on tlie East Coast, which will be a great advantage to the shipping community. The Government* is to be urged by the Hawkes Bay Acclimatisation .Society to import springbok and Grant's gazelle for the Taupo Plains, buckbok for the Ruahine Range, and jtrinbok for the lowor parts of the district, also some African giynea fowl and sand grouse. The sum of £60 -was voted by the society towards the cost of the proposed purchases. The dairy farmers' festival, which is to bo held at Palmerston North next week, is to conclude with a smoke concert. Tho "social" is being organised l)y the Agricultural and Pastoral Association and the people of Palmerston as a compliment to visitors. A notification as to the railway fares^-the issue of holiday excursion. ticketß— will be found in another column. Humour is all the better for "being unconscious. A witness in the Magistrate's Court this morning was asked what company was kept hv a prisoner on whose behalf he was called, tn all seriousness, he answered : " I have never seen him keep bad company; I have oeen Jn his company a lot myself." And he seemed to wonder why a smile went round tlie Court. The Trustees Act Amendment Bill proposes to give power to trustees t6 advance moneys to only Harbour Boards which possess rating powers. The larger Harbour Boards consider 'it is unfair that they should bo excluded from the provisions of tho proposed new law, and they intend to take steps to bring about an amendment of the Bill so as to provide that there shall be no distinction between them and those Boards "which havo the power of rating. Jupiter sometimes nods. In the Lon1 don Times df 21st May appeared this cablegram from Wellington : —"Mr. John ' M'Kenzio, late Minister of Lands, who lias jnst been appointed member of the Upper House by the Governnor, Eas left for Sydney to confer with the Duke of Cornwall for his New Zealand tour." At a meeting of master bakers of Invercargill last week,, it was unanimously j agreed to raise the price of broad to 5d ,[ cash over the counter or on cart, and 6Jd booked. This is the outcome of the masters having to comply with the award of the Conciliation Board granting ..the local bakers shorter hours and a higher rate of wage. j It is said that a well-known clergyman in the colony not long ago received 22s 6d conscience money from an anonymous person, who averred that he had cheated him at cards years ago — before the recipient entered the church. | Tho minimum premium rates of the Government Accident Insurance office are published in the Gazette issued last evening There are nine groups of risks, •with numerous subdivisions in each, ana tho rates coyer the employers against their collective liability under the Workers Compensation Act, Employers Liability Act, and at common 'law. 'Discounts ranging froni 10 to 30 per cent, uro provided for where wages paid amount to £5000 and upwards. , The fund for defraying a portion of i tho cost of the luncheon to the members ■ of tho Fourth and Fifth Contingents hds I been increased by £21, realised by the ' stUe of luncheon tickets, and by a donation of £1 from Mr. W. Ferguson. One first-offence drunkard was dealt with by Mr. W. R. Haselden,. S.M., this morning. James Edwards, alias Bolton, was remanded to 26th iDBt. on a charge of- breakingand entering the premises of Clement Walker in Molesworthstreet, accused being in the hospital. Edward Wilson, charged with the theft of to coat and a shirt, valued at £3 8s 6d, the property of A. B. Pyemo'nt was remanded to 22nd mat. Harry Hargreaves, alias Cook, was sentenced to three months' hard labour for the theft of a coat, a shirt, a rat-trap, of the total Value of £1 6s 6d, the property of Robert D. Elliott. Emily Rond and Minnie Bisman were each fined 40s, with the option of 14 days' imprisonment, for improperly importuning passers-by. Further charges of vagrancy against the tame accused were withdrawn. Eileen May Burt, a child whose parents aro in indigent circumstances and unable to support her, was committed to tho Wellington Receiving Home. , Toll-gates have their uses sometime* in Unexpected ways. It was related by the Hobson delegate at the Counties' Conference to-day that in the for north the authorities had a difficulty with a persistent settler who -would drive his cattle night and morning along a certain road, cutting it up badly, and interfering with his neighbours' ' privileges. / Eventually, the County Courioil put up a toll-gate and the cattle trouble ceased. "In fact, it was Hobson's choice, 4 ' said some wag, and the narratot laughingly assented. Messrs. Heckler, Cooper, and Larsen, introduced by Mr. Hogg, M.H.R., waited as a deputation on the Minister .of Railways yesterday, and presented two numerously-signed petitions asking that an offloer be placed in charge of the Mangamahoe railway station, and that a money-order office be established there, and * the hour* for the receipt and despatch of telephone messages be extended. It was represented that the Mangamahoe station, which is almost- midway between Mauriceville and Eketahuna, is an important centre, roads radiating from it to a large area of wellsettled country. Hence the desirability of giving the settlers facilities during reasonable hours for the receipt and despatch of goods, telegrams, etc. The Minister promised to make enquiry, and said' that if he found that the traffic warranted the alteration a stationmaster or other officer would be provided. The deputation also brought under notice the desirability of establishing a daily mail service and telephonio communication at Hastwell, a village on the line midway between Mangamahoe and Eketahuna, and "the Minister promised to ascertain what could be done. What becomes of all the ranges! Messrs. S. Luke and Sons keep a section of their foundry in which nothing else but these household necessaries are made, and which turns out between twelve and twenty every week. „ Wellington Lodge of Freemastifs, E.C., will hold its monthly meeting to-night. Corticelli work is the name given to embroidery of washing silk on linen, and I Kirkcaldie and Stains. Ltd., are showing ' » window full of ail the requisites.— . Advt. '