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Evening Post, Volume LXVI, Issue 152, 24 December 1903, Page 4

tt lie-South African market keen competition from England and Canada is ci perienced by our exporters of poultry •u\ if. D. xxyae learns £rpm private 1(0 vices that large quantities of UontiuentaJ poultry, chiefly Itussian, are purouaseo by English firms and unpacked in Londoi> before shipment to South Africa as (pre sumably) iinglish poultry. The average weights of the birds are below our slant, ards, being 2Jlb for fowls and 3ilb foducks. The Canadian shippers send » bird of similar Weight, and have the ad vantage of lower freights and better ship ping facilities than we experience. So long, however, as we keep up the presenf standard of excellence, says the Govern ment expert, there will be no difficulty in finding a ready sale for all that cau be produced in this country. Several letters have been received from different firms in South Africa, stating that tlio poultry sent from New Zealand is tLw 'best packed and the best in quality tuat. has reached there from any part of tlu> World. "If ungraded poultry is permitted to leave the colony the good name now obtained will Boon be lost,? adds Mr Hyde. The sitting of t'ho Magistrate's Courrthis morning was presided over b* Messrs. J. Arnott ana 11. Ayres, J.P. 1 * Louie Perm was fined £2, in default, seven days' imprisonment, for having committed on Mucdonuld-crescent an iii decent act. -Horace Pritchett, a seaman about without leave from the Tokoinaru, was ordered to be put on board, to pay Court costs, and to forfeit two dayfi' pay. A lad aged about twelve yean> pleaded Guilty of theft from his employer of 16» 4d, the greater part ol which has oeen refunded. Accused watt discharged. Arthur Grogan, charged with 'having stolen a horse valued au £15 the property of G. Heppel, of Lower lutt, was remanded to appear before tha Magistrate. Charged with indecent assauit on a ien -year-old girl, Edward Winter was remanded to 'appear on ls« January— bail, self in £50 and two sureties of £50 each. For drunkenness) Arthur M'Manus, twice previously convicted, was fined £2, in default seven days' imprisonment ; six first-offence iiir ebriates were dealt with. The entries for the Championship Tourney at the Chess Congress constitute a record. The highest number oil entrants previously was 14, and that wot ten years ago. This year there are l?t left in the contest, of whom 16 are car. tain to compete. It has oonßoquentlj> been found that tho only room that c&if .be spared at the Working Men's Club for the use of the Congress is not largo enough, and the Chess Congress Commit tee last night decided to use the Wei lingion Chess Ciub's rooms, No. 22b.. Willis-street, where the Congress wil' open at 11 a.ni or. Saturday. In the ab sence from Wellington of the Patron (Si* R. Stout) and President (Mr. Justice Den niston), the formal opening will be mad« by the two local Presidents, Mr. C. Ben bow (Wellington Club), and Mr. F. J Eberlct (Working Men's Club). It hat\ been decided to provide & championship ribbon, in connection with which a votr 01 thanks was accorded to Mrs. J. A Connell (wife of the Honorary Secreturj to the New Zealand Chess Association) who has kindly undertaken to supply it A' vote of thanks was accorded to tht Auckland Chess Club, which is sending five chess clocks down by Mr. Grierson. The public are invited to attend both at the opening of the Congress «nd throughout tho tourney. Auckland fruit dealers frequently com' plain of the quality of the locally-grown fruit. Some of it is • rat-eaten, Infected with codlin moth, spotted with applescab, and as for grading and packing th« less said th« better. Commenting on tbit Mr. Boucher, one of the Government Pomologists, says the consignor ftstf purchosef are both equally to blame. Tin \v ellington market, ho states, proves th«l it pay* the dealer to purchase and retail good sound fruit after ?«ying a good price for ifc «nd accepting a fair profit on his outlay. When higher prices, rule in Auckland then better fruit will be pro< curable there. "Father Christmas" has paid a vlelt tq the Hospital in a, motor oar laden witli. toys. 'He promptly found the children')) ward, and visited each little on*'« bed, present in c toys and hooka to every patient. Tht proprietors of the Economic,, who inspired the visit, are to be congratulated upon their very happy thought. * Messrs. George and Kersley have also been very generous to the Hospital in other ways. Not only were the cßildreu thought of, but the adult patients aUo came in for useful present*. , ' Scientists from all parts of Austral • asia are now assembling for the conference of the Association for the Advance, ment of Science, which is to meot hi Dunedin On the 6th January. The s.s. Waikare, which arrived last night from Sydnoy, brought across several delegates, among them Professor David, ' ProfesaoJ of Geology, Sydney, and Dr. Eugen Hirachfeld, of Brisbane, who it an enthusiast on the subject of research in(p the cause of and prevention of the spread of tuberculosis, and is secretary of the Brisbane Society for the Prevention of Consumption. Among the New Zealand delegates will be .Professor Easterfleld, of the Victoria College, Mr. Thompson, 8.A., and Miss Poy, of tho Thames High School, Mr. V. Morgan, of the Thames School of Mines, and Mr. P. Morgan, of the Waihi School of Mines. Besides the usual addresses, numbers of papers 01 important subjects will be submitted by various delegates for dimension. The svilabus is, however, arranged day by day. Those delegates who have papers to read advise the secretary at the commencement of the conference, and they are referred to the various sectional committees, who decide as to their suitability or otherwise, and arrange the order in which they are to bo brought before the conference. Writing on the subject of agricultural education in primary schools, Mr. I*. W. Kirk, Govttttfeent Biologist, remark* with plewur* that greater intemt v heing dvinoed. " The Mauriceville West scht^Jrid* fair to become of immense w f'"^> i< L I tlw jwwolta resident* of tho dustneb. Tt« teacher (Mr. C. W. Davies) is a thoroughly able enthusiast. Nothing more need be said. Th« pictures and syllabus published with these 'remark* speak for thomselvea. It U to be hored that the example set by Mr. Davits will be followed in many rural schools. Tht question of asswting such schools is 0 matter for favourable consideration. I this year provided the seed potatoes for Mauriceville West, but some comprehensive scheme for assisting in the prosecution of practical work is needed. ' The War Cry Christmas Number has reached us from Melbourne— sixteen large illustrated pages and specially desigucd cover in many colours — all for twopence. The matter it contains is seasonable ; the literary and artistic features of the paper ore excellent, and great care tieems to have been given to every detail. It ie accompanied by the Christmas Number of the Young Soldier, the drg&n of the juvenile branoh of the Salvation Army. The frontispiece represent* a scene «(n the " Children's Crusade" of seven hundred years ago, which furnishes a text for a suggestive article by the late Colonel Booth-Tucker. The positions of verger for the chureb and custodian for the Sunday-school of St. Augustine's, Petohe, are vacant. Application* are invited by advertisement elsewhere from pewou* eligible to fill the office*. Kirkcaldie and Stains (Limited) wifft each and every one of their many customus a Merry <%rUtuwa »a«jL * Happr IJJew \earj~ Ad\k