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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 70, 20 September 1904, Page 5

Two calls have aroused the |?ive Britjivde within the last tweuty-fpur hours. The alarm after dink last night was due to a chimney aiive. That which Cftuaud the turn-out thU morning was an outbreak in an iron ana wood shed in Ing«s-tro-street, belonging to Messrs. Veitch j nnd Allan, and cqn taking budding and j luipqk. About £10 or £15 worth qfdaniuge was dope. The cause of the outbreak is unknown. Thpr^ was no insurance pn j either she 4or content*, In referring tp the position of the tramway work lost evening it was stated lhat the overhead work from tbo Government Baijway Station to the Ktipjsuir ude Hotel ai)d a)oi)g thp Tinakoji-ron^ qection Avoq not quito uompietod. Tluh vvaa not "correct. ' The work on these uqctions baa been completed- The delay In the opening of the Oriental Bay section h&« prompted Councillor Bwper to gVvo notwe qf apojiher motion, wb?ph he wijl move at thur^day n&hft's meeting pf the City pqunqil, as folTowi : — <! That in (.be went of thwfi being any furtheidelay in opootog the Oriental Bay section of the oloctric tramway to its f»)) length, application be m.odo to run the osrs as far as the Te Arq Baois." The Wellingtoß Polo Club hold its annual »eefci|ig litft night. OfHcejrs wore elected as follow*:— Captain Mr. C. l\ Sker^sW-j Opinwjtteo, Mi»»r«(. B. G. A. Cooper, O. J/. or*wfq»d, R. E, Bennett, and IJ, f. Jobnstpn ; Sepretory and Tr«aBufef, Pi.* L. Lx}vin. Spiral now inembors were elec^q* Th « annual aubsorietion for_act,iye members, was reduced to BS 3s. The club, wilf open Jts season on the Isth*prox. Three year* ago next November a poll was token in Petono Borough on a proposal tb«t th© r&ting^on. unimproved valuta shotikl be adoniijd locally, but the moposal was lost. UfKlor tho Act three rears must elapse before onoUier noil can b» taken. Last night, in bis Hdqress tq the burapewes, >Jt. J. Pipor, roferring to the receikt reduction in rotes, stated that if thp ratepayers desired a legitimate reduction tho power was in their own liond*, and advised them to forward a petition in due time asking t-hi't the ppwwil rtrfHtt" t»k« another poll on the rating on ummprov-ed value. It was a course ho io*«naed to move in and ask their assistance. The announcement was )recejv«d wftfc W)ftlw«». , Sitting in his civil iurisdictiqn at tho Magifltir^te'» pourt to-djtfi Pr. A. M'Ai^mh &M.» ?*yßju4gme.at fqr plajntiifa vi roe following cases : — Now Zealand Masonic Newspaper Company, Ltd., v. John Morgan, £2 7s 6d, costs 10s ; Wellington Woollen Company v. Peter Hamilton Jiiiiw, £6 I 5 Bd, costs £1 3s 6d; J. W. Boore a»d Co. y. GeprgeUurrant,, £4 17s I 9d r ppsto 10s j Wm. Henry Naeh vl Jo^n B. Dolton, £5 16s Bd, pos|a £1 3s 6d; George and. Kenney v. Arthur Wnv Sepulbur, #4 14s. 84, posts 10» > Timber, Glass, and Hardware Company, L,td., v. Ws»- 0- H. Baillio, ,01 lSs, cpsts 13s; Jenkinson and Co., Ltd., r. John Bly, £8, costs 18s 6d-; itiaery and Co., Ltd., ▼• Thomas Mflla, £38 8s Bd, costs £1 3s. In the judgment QUmmons case J. W. Hoare and Co. v. Walter Hsnry Baillie, a debt of £4 Us 7d, it was shown that debtor could not meet his liability/ and ito order was flnade. After having furnished material for Jesting by !>• generation qf hn«nourjet|i f the jockey who "pulls" bis mount has attracted thu attention of the inventor. A Gaxette supplement just issued aputains particulars of the invention of on Auckland publican who has grappled wjth the problem. His idea is a pridlo and bit combined, and mado in such a manner thnt it is possible, when in use, lo nsccrtain to wh**); extent a racehqrae is being pulled by its rid^r af. any stage during iv horse racq, and l}as for its object the detection of foul riding ot< the t>art ot jockeys. ' A wnall fun shut clusp down is iixod on the top of the bridle between the horse's earn, and b cpnnectcd by a i;ord to » spiring >n th,e V>t >r in?- When the reins are pulltd beyqnd tho set position tho fan ia opened pyt in proportion lo the pull. Recently an qgicer qf the Tquriit Deuartmont visjteq the Mokau district, and o*nqeq up the Mokifu Hiver from tho 1 Pcjojtjfl ta the terminus of traffic, a distance of about forty-five miles, thfmco travelling through the King Country, with a view to gauging the value of the route as a scenic track. \Vheu the river is rendored iiO.V|gahje for power-launches •or steamers tq \he vicinity of £he prooent head of oanpe traibo, it will ((ays Jhe Acting Superintendent in his departmental report) undoubtedly bacome a pppular route of travel, offering as it does some of the finest forest and river :icon«ry in tlie Island. At present; the Mokau n only navigable by ste&mers lor about twenty-two tntics; abqve this there are numerous rapids, averaging about ono tq ev*ry three-flugrteni of a mile, until Totorq, tht head of canoe lijavigftUqn. Ie reachtd. An unroaded gap of two or thcee miles separates the riverhead from Mohoenui, tlie nenreat point on the Kuta-Mokau Main Road. From hero thif railway station' at Te Kuti may be easily reached in a day. Between, Waitara and Moknu Heads the main road passes throngh country abounding in fh*e landscapes, and crosses over- a high ridge of Mount Messenger, an offBpUr ot tie Parininihi/ Range. The road over this mountain is at t^meii in bad condition, owing to the nature of tho country, but jn the summer season it is, as a rule, in fairly good ordor. The fortnightly meeting of the Loyal "tfewtown Lodge, M.U.1.P.0.F., was held m St. Thomas* Schoolroom lost evening, Bro. H. P. Webb preside ing. The Lodge will be well represented at the card tounwment, J\*rwtora v.' Oddfellows, to be held in the Lambton-^uay lodge-room this .week. It was decided lo present ft framed fiash-Kght photograph to Mw WHlard for .her wrticss in connection with the social gathering last night. A notifientUin elsewhere in connection with Mrs*. Btll's prlas« will interwit members of tho Wellington Oolf Olub. A meeting of tho Thorndon Cricket Club Will be held m tho Wcsleyan Schoolroom, $loleswottb-«treet, on Thursday evening. Intending membors are invited to attend. Evidently, the enterprising burglar is " a-bnrgling." He has visited two or three towns, and probably intends making other calls. It is advisable for storekeepers Mid others to follow the example of"0. Bniitii in' J»a4menston, and be w«e in time and secure one of John Tunn's burglarproof safes. John Tann was 100 mnch for the burglar, and tho dynamited safe defied the burglar, saving Air. Smith £40 cosh contained in it, and tho burglar left with hi* hopes more shattered than the safe left behind him. Sargood, and Ewep t£o the ugonts.-r-Advti. Munt, Cottrell, and Co., general carriers, Customs and forwarding agents. Btorag* a speciality. Furniture packed and reraoTed. O«oe; Queen's Chambers." Telephone No. 23.— Advt. C Smith has juet recoivod the now jrtfittl's itoek of nrieings— over 500 patterns to iftleot from— and U prepared to make good lervicoafole euits from 455, 60*, 63s tq mpMure; indigo yiouna suits a ipeoialty, 55s and 63«. All garments thoroughly shrunk »nd relj»bl« Ip every way.— O Smith, Tha Owh Draper, Cuba-«treet.— Adyfc. All intending buyem for cheap oynle* »re invrted to impact Oates, Lowry and Oo.'s stock of «ooond-h»nd oyolc*, comprising all makes, These machine* h»vo been overliwibKl and guaranteed in good v-epaii .— rAfivt 1