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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 70, 20 September 1904, Page 4

"It's a hardship on both horses and horse-owners." — Inspector of the Society for Prevention of Cruejty tp Animajs referring to the state of the Hutt-road. The Now Zealand Soldjenj' Grave Guild has benefited by a donation of, £55 received from tho Napier Moro Men's Fund. Sirs. Spddon, who is Pre^jdpnt of tho Guild, in acknowledging receipt of tho amount, tu?ka us to expreps her pense pf the munificence of the gift. "If you rob your children pf tb^ir education," remarked Mr. W. P. James to a defendant in a truancy case in the Masteiipn S.M. Court, "you rob them of the most valuable posseosipa which it is ppssible to obtain,' Bricklayers are now in brisk demand in Palmoraton North at £J. a day, being unprocurable at that high wage, reports an exohange. At Gisborno last week a- man named* Mawhbauka was sentenced to seven days' hard labour, without the option of a fine, fpr using obscene language in tio hearing of hjfl children. 9 It was decided at the meeting of the Hospital Truatecs to-qoy, pn the motion of Mr. B. C. Kirk, to ascertain the earliest dato when the Town Hall would be avajlablo for a poster ball in aid' of the funds of tlfe Hospital. Tho representative hockey match -Wellington v. TuTanakJ will be played next gaturday. Wellington will bo represented (is fpllqws:— Goal, Pregtpn ; full-backs, C Hickson, F. A,shbojt'; liall-b^cfei, Reid, panipbell, Weybourne; forwards, Allen, Elliott, S. Hickeon, Davics, and Smythe. A cose in which drivers pf hprses had left their charge? standing for sey«r»l hoars with harness on in a vacant aectioji at Thorndon was brought u^der Una notice of tbo Comniitteo of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals yesborday. The Inspector urged that something should bo done to put a stop to the practieo, which, he said, was going on all over the city. The Wellington Hospital Trustees have decided tp ask Mr. Aitken/ M.H.R., to confer with Mr. Bollard, M.H.R.,-7-a member of the Auckland Hospital Board —.and endeavour to get an amendment to clause 74 of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Act of 18g4, whioh will make it easier tq recover feep on accpijnt of persons *7ho aro admitted from other districts. Wjth fc he view of mitigating thp" truancy evil, the Secretary tp the Wellington Education Board has sent out tp tho various schools in the district a set of forms intended to show the number of absences by pupils, tho number of childron withdrawn, and the numbpr admitted. These \ are to be filled in monthly, and roturned to the head office, and by this meaps it is hoped to easily tracp children who evade sohoqling by leav; ing one schopl with thp professed inteption pf attending another. A meeting of tho solicitors practising in Maeterton tppk place on Prid^aT to discuss the question of obtaining sittings of the Supreme Court in Maatcrton. It was held that the sittings were much required, and would be of great convenience to all the resjdenta of tne Wairarapa Valley having business <vt the Cpurt. A deputatiqn consisting of Messrs. Bunny, Beard, and Pownall was appointed pn behalf of the solicitors of the Woirnrapa tq wait on the Attorney-General and bring the matter before, him. In consequence of a clerical error in the carrying out of the formalities in tho striking of tho Petono. borough rates a special meeting of the Council was held lnsfc night to go over the ground already covered. The r^tos as already agreed upon were duly made and levied. At the same meeting the supplementary burgess roll v»s passed. Another meeting, of the Council will be held next Thursday evening to deal with several important matters. Teams representing thp D Battery and the Submarine Minmg Corps fired % Morris tube match lnst night, tho former winning by 26 pojnte. The scores wero; -tD Bftttory: King 34, Petherick 33, SKTlley 33, Career 31, Raven 2p, Courtney 28, 28, Hogan 28, Day 27, Wickens 24 {total 294. Submarine Minens :" Korslake 31, Caldwell 31, "Wilson 30, Baker 28, Macgibbpn 28, R. >Monse 27, O. Morap 25, Prpss 24, Freeman 22,, Palmes 22, \ total 268. Empjoyera iv the building trade in Wellington complain of a recent decision of f he Arbitration Court t^iat p'rivato persons erecting premises for thejr pwn occupation may employ men, to do the wor.k at lowep dajly wqge^ than are payable py builders and contractqra under tfi© existing indusiriol agreement. Builders contend that it willlx) unfair to them if men employed under" such circumatjinopa are not paid the ful} rates specified in the award pf the Cpurt. A ineefini pf 1 employers and sub-contrnctors in the building trade is to be held in the rooms 'of the Wellington Employer^ 1 Association to-morrow night to consider tne situation. The powerful influence of fashion on tho drapery trado was, referred to by Mr. ifndlayqon at a meeting at Auckland ' in conqoctiqn with the protest against tho proposed increase qf duties on "shoddy" goods, "fashion," ho said, "osppoialty in regard to thp ladips, rqles everything in, this trade, tf," he said, j "a certain article of clothing was not in fashion, no power on earth would cbmpe la woman to wear it." ' ! I do not thin,k," hp added, "that o\'P n tho Right Hon. Mr. Soddon himse)f would unqertake the contract — at any rate I would like to be there and see him make the attempt." The merits and demerits of the practice of dehorning cattle wero discussed at yesterday's meeting of tho Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Aninwle. Tiie Inspector (Mr. Seed) submitted a case to the Committee in connection with the dehorning pf a well-grown bull at tlio Taita. The beast wns examined by a veterinary surgeon, who reported that it had to be casb so m to allow the operation to be carried out, and, was suffering groat pain, the dehorning leaving apparently been carried out in a. crude manner, the heijst's h,^^ presenting a sickening appearance. Mr, Seed is strongly ngainat dehorning, whioh he cqnsiders cruel >yb.ic.hever way it is done, and ho pointed out that it is illegal in England to dehorn cattle at any age. It wna eventually decided to instruct the. society's solicitor tp take action' in the above CA«e. Nelson is interesting itself, iv comnioi) with tho rest of the colony, in the liquor traffic control question. It hta organised a State Control Party, which held a big puGlio meeting a few evenings since, at which a resolution wns pqestjd affirming that State control offers the true remedy of the drink evil. The platform of the party is thus concise!) put : — " 1) That tho State should acquire by purah,ajs' all interest in hotels, breweries, and stocks of liquor in. New Zealand ; (2) Thut the entire importation, mamifaoture, and sale of all alcoholic liquor^ should be under the control and management of a nonpolitical board of commissioners, nnqwerable only to Parliament 5 (3) Thnt the ne.t profits should not be used for increasing the fiscal revenue, but that "all surplus profit? accruing from the salo of liquor, after providing for interest on capital invested and sinking fund, should be directly d*voted to counteracting the attractions of the bar, by providing healthy recreation, amusement, and instruction for the people." You ought to obtain what you ask, aa you only oac wiiat is good when you asi for Blaalt Sanw Mutter.— Advb.