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Evening Post, Volume LXIII, Issue 87, 12 April 1902, Page 4

Parliament will be called together for the despatch of business on Ist July. Major Willoughby, one of the staff of the Governor-General of the Australian Commonwealth, who has been spend, ing a holiday in the game dißtncti of the colony, was a passenger to Syoney by the Warrimoo thiß afternoon. The resolutions passed by the Conference of Chambers of Commerce ia favour of closer trade relations between Great Britain, New Zealand, and otter parts of the Empire will be taken to London by the Premier for presentation to the King. They have been written and illuminated on parchment, a»d handsomely bound in carved • wooden covers, gold-mounted. Ono cover represents New Zealand, in the person of a Maori maiden, kneeling to present an address to Britannia. The illuminating was done by Mr. W. R. Bock, the carving by Mr. W. H. Barrett, of the Technical School, the gold-mounting by Mr. S. G. Ross, and the binding by Meiers. Whitcombe and Tombs. The Hon. A. J. Cadman has arranged to return to England by the Paparoa ou the 24th instant, on business connected with the flotation of a powerful company to work the Taranaki ironsand and coal deposits. Some curiosity has been aroused by the fact that the members of the Permanent Artillery are doing warders' duty at Mount Cook Gaol. We learn from an official source that the employment of the men from the Defence Force is only temporary, and has been necessitated by the fact that tho staff of warders was not large enough to take charge of an extra number of prisoners who have been put on to do some outside work required in a hurry. Members of the Wellington Physical Training School are reminded that tho classes for business and professional men will begin on Tuesday next at 5.15 p.m. The new gymnasium on the top flat .of Jackson and Co.'s warehouse, has been well fitted up and lighted by electricity. Mr. Dovey, the new instructor, • has selected twelve leaders for the men's classes, and these are being specially coached for their duty. Sepaiate competitions for prizes will be held near the end of the season for leaders, and for old. and new members. Examinations for efficiency will also be held, and badge 3 awarded. During the last month the Labour Department assisted eighteen married and 43 single men to employment. Eight married and 23 single men were helped in the Wellington district. The Women's Branch of the DeparSnent assisted five single and seventeen married women. Following are the principal unsecured creditors in the estate of Mrs. Agnes Dunlop, trading as A. Dunlop and bon, grocers, Upper Willis-street: — T. audW. I'oung, £2/2 13s 6d ; N. Dunlop, £247 ; J. R. Patterson, £216; A. S. Patereou, £115 4s 4d; Sir E. Lees and Co. (London), £80 ; Strachan and Co. (Dunedin), £70 13s 3d; Johnston and Co., £40 12s 9d; J. E. Nathan and Co., £34 8s 4d; R. Wilberfoss, £37 10s 8d ; Penfold and Co. (Adelaide), £46 7s 6d ; €astle Tea Company, £32 13s 7d ; W. Uregg and Co. (Dunediu), £26 6a sd; JSew Zealand Times Co., £23 14s 6d; Shariand and Co., £23 19s lOd; Levien, Shallcrass and Co. £22 6s 7d ; Briscoe, M'Neil and Co., £21 6s 4d ; Whitcombe and Tombs, £21 18a 4d ; B. Brow a (Otaki), £20. The liability to Whitcombe and Tombs was, according to the debtor, incurred by Strachan and Co., of Dunedin, who will ultimately pay it. The Miramar Ferry Company has purchased from the Auckland Ferry Company the steamer Admiral, which that, company has been using in connection with its trade during the past four years. She is built of Australian hardwood and upon similar lines to the company's other oleamer the s.b. Loyalty, having very little top weight and a good grip of the •water, two important factors ior a- ferry steamer for this harbour. Her dimensions are — 102 ft long by 20.6 ft beam, and her speed is 11 knots an hour. Captain Eckford examined the vessel yesterday and reported favourably upon her engines arid machinery. He was then authorised to conclude the bargain, and he will bring the Admiral to Wellington at onco. She will, on arrival, take up general harbour work in conjunction with the s.s. Loyalty. Argument on law points in the action Jellicoe v. Haselden, as to whether the statement of claim discloses any cause of action, will be heard by the Chief Justice on Wednesday next. It ' will be followed by the case of Haines v. the Melrose Borough Council. During March the estates of 38 deceased persons were placed in the hands of the Public Trustee for management. They included those of Troopers Cotter and Matthewß, of New Zealand Contingents, and a bearer in the Imperial Bearer Corps. The estates in this district were those of Mary Cameron, Mangahoe ; James Martin, Gollau's Valley ; William Neill, Makuri; John Odlin, Titirangi ; C. L. Prophit, Brancepeth ; Thomas Reilly,. Wellington. At tho request of the members of the ladies' morning class at Mr. J. W. M. Harrison's gymnasium, tho days of attendance have been altered from Tuesdays and Fridays to Mondays and Thursdays. The- collection of samples of Turannki ironsanu, coal, limestone, etc., which Mr. E. M. Smith, M.H.R., took with him to Great Britain last year, is now in New Plymouth, together with various articles which have been manufactured of Home from the ironsand. As the outcome of representations made to Ministers by Mr. Smith the editor of the Mines Review (Mr. P. Galvin) will visit i>ew Plymouth next week for the purpose of writing a description of the articles comprising the collection. Mr. Smith has also obtained a promise that Mr. Maclaurin, the Government Analyst iv Wellington, will inspect the collection with the object of preparing » report from a metallurgical point of view. Mr. ..Bay, jeweller, has presented the Clyde-quay School with two handsome medals, one gold and one silver, to be competed for in swimming sports. Messrs. Harcourt and Co. .report the tale of four more sections of the Kelburne property during the post vreek. Sections 4, « 6, and 8, of block 10, have been sola to Messrs. Prouse Brot. for £300, £500, and £350 respectively, and section 25 of Tilock 4, to Mrs. Butler, for £350. In another column Mr. James Toonmth announces his candidature for the Petone Mayoralty, and that he will address the electors on Tuesday evening next. Members of friendly societies are invited to attend the church parade of tho Johnsonville societies to-morrow afternoon.' The proceeds go to the Friendly Societies' Orphanage Fund. It will be noticed thtt Miss Florence Ealgarnie, who comes from England with a great reputation, is to lecture in Wellington on the first six dayi in Jlay. The attention of the members of the Garrison Band is directed to our advertising columns. A meeting of the Operative Butchers' Union is convened for Tuesday evening at the Trades Hall. You- conn ot expect to feeep house economically unless Defiance Butter ia one of the at tides you purohwo. — Advfc.