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Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 141, 11 December 1902, Page 5

By the Wakanui, which sails for Home to-morrow, eight of the crew of the ill-fated steamer Vent/nor will leave tor London. Seven of the Asiatic survivors were shipped as members of the crew of the Goodwin, which sailed for Hongkong last evening. Eight thousand miles of the Pacific cable were luid by the Anglia. Between Vancouver and Fanning Island the cable earned 6601b of copper and 5401b of gutba percha to the mile, to say nothing of the protecting cover of steel wire. The weight in other places was much less, the new electric route between Fanning Island and Fiji carrying 2<sihb of copper and lbUlb ot lubber to tho mile. Tiie general depth between Vancouver and Fanning Island was 2800 fathoms, or about ihree miles, a maximum depih of 3400 iatnoms I being met with. The Anglia did very nearly four-fitths of the work. When she was making the final splice which converted Vancouver and Brisbane to the Pacific cable a message was despatched to the King by the eastern and western routes, intimating that the British Empire was now linked by a cable entirely British, the sun never setting in the terntoiy through which it passed. The Anglia had a terrible experience while laying the cable four hundred miles south-west of Fiji, having to hold on for ten hours to the cable in the mid&t of a cyclone. Captain Leech thinks that they were within three miles oi the centre of the furious disturbance, the engines just being able to hold her up to the heavy sea, which threatened at any moment to '»weep her decks. A boat hanging in^ the davits 35ft above the wateriine was* washed away. Cabinet has not decided to appoint Mr. Guinness to the Speakerahip (sajs Uhnstchurch Truth), nir. beauon desires to conu-adict tlie rumour. Uabinet has not yet considered the matter. Jwidentiy it is quite a mistake to suppose that) i J^rlialnenfc is to have any say in the election of its Speaker; the Seddon Government is going to hx it up. lueanwhile neither Air. Guinness nor anybody cisc is to consider him&eit eugagea until Cabinet has decided the question. King Richard is not delaying in giving the new .farliament a taste of his quanty, and no doubt Parliament will dispmy due meekness and humility of spirit. Once tnere was a day when the Government which tried to force its nominee upon, the House without consulting it would have got the smartest of snubbings, but the time is past. Cabinet dictates, and Parliament merely humbxy assents. But this is the first time Mr. Seddon has openly declared his contempt for the privileges of Parliament in the selection of its Speaker. Hitherto even the autocrat has not arrogated to himself the established right of the House to select its own chanman. This is a new departure, borne of the recent elections. Verily, too much power maketh some men mad. Mr. Seddon will want to appoint members to Parliament next. The public debt of the colony would soon be wiped out if all native products were as popular and as good as Defiance Butter. — Advt. Ladies are invited to see the large collection of ruffles that C. Smith has just received, and which are without exception the finest lot to be seen anywhere in Wellington, being somo of tho very newest Parisian designs. They are in 'chiffon, lace, spotted net, grass lawn, ! and gossamer, in black, white, cream, Paris black and white, black and Paris, white and black, etc. And the price — that is just it — the special feature is the price. It is quite safo to say they are half the price usually charged. They range from 2s lid, 3s 6d, 3s lid, 4s 6d, 4s lid, 5s 6d, 6s 6d, 7s 6d up to 255. See. the special display O. Smith is making of novelties for the Christmas trade. Special show Friday night. C. Smith, Cash Draper, Cuba-street. — Advt. For the holiday season tho Ferry Company advertises extra trips to Day's Bay daily, commencing on Monday, the 15th December. Full particulars appear in thin issue. Preston and Co., wine merchants and bottlers, advertise Christmas hampers delivered to all parts of the city at reduced prices. Yesterday afternoon, at the Langer ' School of Dressoutting, Miss Kate Stewart gave a demonstration before a large audience of ladies. The school closes on the 20th for summer holidays, and, reopens on the 26th January, 1903, in the Orient Chambers, 61, Willis-street, a few doors above the Evening Post oirice. Ladies are invited to call and see the system any day between the hours of 10 to midday, or 2 to % .p.m. Messrs. Hareourt and Co. will sell by publio auction, to-morrow, the ImperjaJ Buildings, situated in Featherston-streot. This property, which has a frontage of 35ft to Feathorstoa-street, is pno of the most central blocks of offices in the city. It is close to the Post Office, and opposite the Union Bank and Bank of New South . • ales. The building is one of three stories, divided into suites of elegantlyfitted offices, which are let to good firms. The vendors are prepared to allow twothirds of the purchaso money to remain on mortgage for three years at 5 per cent, per annum. Full particulars can be obtained from the auctioneers. The Wellington Co-op. Fishing Company's stnam trawler will arrive and hold a sale of fish as notified by advertisement to-morrow morning. The directors met on Tuesday evening, and in order to endeavour to meet the demands of the public are arranging for the vessel to make tri-weekly trips — i.e., arriving hero on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings in future. Due notice of the proposed altered running will be given in our columns. An auction sale of household furniture and sundries will be held at Messrs. W. H. Morrah and Co.'s auction rooms, tomorrow afternoon. On Wednesday next, the firm will sell the contents of a nineroomed house on the premises, No. 103, Willis-street. To-morrow, at 2 o'cloclc, Messrs. J. H. Bethune and Co. will sell by publio auc- : tion, without reserve, at their rooms, Featherston»street, a valuable collection of books comprising 800 vojumes by best known authors' on history, biography, travel, science, poetry, chemistry, theology, latest works, .of fiction, and a number of special works on Australia and New Zealand. The catalogue, which comprises 197 lots, includes a varied and choice selection. Messrs. J. H. Bethune and Co. also announce that in addition to tho other freehold properties to bo sold by them on Thursday, 18th December, they will sell a freehold property in Wordsworth-street containing seven rooms. It will be sold on easy terms. Repairs to - all makes of cycle executed promptly. Sundries at the best price in town. Makers of the noted Zealandia cycles. We guarantee satisfaction. Oates, Lowry, and Co., Cuba-street.— Advt.

Britain's Army keeps on" growing A great deal stronger every clay, The colonies as well are showing That they have a little say. Mankind, indeed, might alt be stronger, If they'd tako what's good and pure ; Tho very thing — you'll cough no longer — Is some Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Advt.

PEDALS FITTED TO STARS. Solid construction combined with durability and well-hardened wearing surfaces have always been a characteristic of Star pedals. Gall and inspect. Easy terms arranged to suit customers. — Adams Star Cyole Co., Morcer-street. — Advt. EVERY OLD WOMAN Knows the value of linseed as a cure for coughs and colds, and. its action is increased tenfold when scientifically prepared and blended with other specifics, as in the case of Tonking's Linseed Emulsion. To be procured of all chemists and storekeepers, Is 6d and 2s 6d per bottle.— Advt.