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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 105, 31 October 1904, Page 5

Wellington is the only city that has taken to the discount stamp issued by the State. During the September quarter at amps were issued at seventeen post oliices in the colony, there were no sales at eleven of the offices, and of the £855 os worth of sales made at the other six offices, Wellington was credited with £768 10s and Thames with £69 15s. .Stamps to the value of £707 19s .and £64 17s were redeemed in Wellington and Thames respectively. During the same quarter of last year £725 worth of discount stamps were sold at post offices und £661 13s redeemed. The double postponement necessitated by bad weather interfered with the success of the Petone Football, Cricket, and Hockey Clubs' carnival held on the local recreation ground on Saturday afternoon. Some excellent costumes and fancy dresses were worn, and the spectators were entertained with games, and with selections played by the Peto*he Brass Band. About .615 was taken at the gate and by the vale of tickets. At the open-air meeting of the Socialist Party yesterday Mr. Hampton dealt at length with "Our Milk Supply," and dwelt on what he termed the corrupt practices in the distribution, and the impurities and adulteration of one of the greatest necessaries of life. More vigilance, he said, was demanded from our inspectors, and all the necessaries of life ought to be produced and dispensed by the municipalities. In the Socialist Hall last evening the debate, "Will There, be a Bloody Revolution?" was opened by Mr. Key, who thought the poverty existing in the old countries was enough to make the poor rise in revolt. Mr. Hampton thought there would be no bloodshed, as the capitalist would be taxed out of existence. Mr. Wolstenholme thought the capitalist would be converted by the system of munieipalisation of all the industries and public nervices whicth was going on at present. Mr. Hulberb thought the present state of affairs warranted a change, and collectivist ownership of production, distribution, and exchange was the solution. Last week's thunderstorm at Wanganui was productive of several sensations. One of the Express Company's drivers was driving at the back of the racecourse when the storm broke. The cart was struck by lightning and shifted a couple of feet the horse stunned and thrown to the ground, and the driver blinded for a few minutes. At Mr. R. Horsley's residence at Sedgebrook, three young girls (according to the " Chronicle) had an experience of a terrifying nature. A thunderbolt burst in the room in which they were sitting, and smashed to matchwood the wa.ll through which it made its exit. .A piece of board was hurled some twenty yarda a-way, and a piece of 4 x 2 scant.ling was smashed. That the occupants of the- room escaped death is marvellous. There were 1175 telegraph offices open in the colony during the September quarter of the present year, as against 1141 open during the same quarter last year. Tne number of ordinary telegrams sent during the three months ended 30th September last was 053,207, for which ,628,968 was paid, £2560 was paid for '10,518 urgfent ordinary telegrams, nnd .63969 for 93,000 press telegrams. The Government telegrams numbered 62,943, .for which the Department was credited •with the sum of £4814. The number of Government telegrams sent out during the September quarter of last year was 67,186, valued at £5500. The total number of messages sent out by the Telegraph Department during last quarter, including 147,593 bureau communications, was 1,134,318, exclusive of Government messages. The programme for the next contest under the auspices of the North Island Brass Bands' Association, to be held in Auckland between the 13th and 20th February next, is now available. The committee ha» decided to offer prize money which is £100 more than has ever been given in the colony. About £400 will be divided into— £lso for the two Mat pieces, £75 for the marching, and the rest for solos. There are 100 gold and silver medals to be given for Ihe various events at a cost exceeding £50, and there are a number of trophies offered by English, American, and Australasian firms, aggregating in value £200. Then the, North Island Association gives twenty-five silver medals with gold centres to the best band,' and the Besson Shield (won by the Kaikorai last year at Palmerston) will be again competed for. It has been arranged that the test pieces and the solos will be played under cover this year, as the playing in the open air was so disastrous at .Palmerston last year on account of the rain. The marching will be held in thp Domain. The cost of the contest is set down at about £1000, towards which £600 is to be guaranteed. The Wellington Garrison, Wanganui Garrison, and Kaikorai, the three "cracks" of the colony, are to compete. The music has already arrived in the colony, and is being kept under seal at Palmerston North. The judges appointed by, the committee are:— Military judges, Sergeant-Majors Carpenter, Rogers, and Ma«donald; Judge of Instruments, Mr. Jas. Impey; Judge of Uniforms, Captain Bosworth; Judge of tfiterrals, Lieut.-Colonel White ; Timekeeper, Mr. James Hunter. The position of judge of musical contests will be left to the bands themselves to ballot for. Furniture carefully packed, stored, and removed by experienced men; special low rates. New" Zealand Express Company, No. 20, Customhouse-quay. Telephone 92. — Advt. Munt, Cottrell, and Co., general carriers, Customs and forwarding agents. Storage a speciality. Furniture packed and removed. Office : Queen's Chambers. Telephone No. 23. — Advt. Oluny insertions and lace. Extraordi. nary value at O. Smith's, Cuba-street. "White, string colour, or black, washes well, 2d, 3d, 4d, sd, and 6tl per yard; don't fail to see this line. Torchon lace, new veilings, and all tho latest tilings in l*ce or chiffon for neckwear. Ladies' hom•tttched handkerchiefs, cheap enough to lose, Ib, la 3d, Is 6cl, 2s per half-dozen. Patent leather belts, a fine aseorlment just, nrrivod, all the fashionable colours,' Is 3d each. Boys' tunic belts, tan leather, Is 6d. Infants Japaneso silk dresses and tunics/ smocked and trimmed, lace and insertion, the prettiest selection in Wellington; prices right. Our ladies' canvaa and crash jackets and costumes can't bo excelled ; a few with lace coatees and fiohus ; just tho right thing. C. Smith, the popular cash draper, Cuba-street.— Advt. Those who intend to send giffß of New Zealand greenstone to friends abroad are invited to obtain a. copy of Messrs. Stewart Dawson and Co.'s greenstone booklet. This firm has at present an exceptionally fine Block of greenstone jewellery. Messrs. Thomson and Brown insert their usual change list of properties for sale: / A replace advertisement of properties for sale by Messrs. Baker Brothers appears in our advertisement columns. The "Western Medical Review," gays: — "Thousands of physicians have attested that BANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI has a pronounced and indisputable superiority over all other preparations of Eucalyptus." Tour health is too precious to be tampered with; therefore, reject all products foisted apon you by unaertipulous mercenaries, and insist upon getting SANDER & SONS' EUCTLYPTIEXTRAOT. In coughs, colds, (even, di*rrhoea,kidney diseases, tho relief ii instantaneous. Wounds, ulcers, burns, iprairu, etc., it heals without inflammation. As mouthwash (5 drops to a glass of wftforj it prevents decay of teeth, and deitroya nil disease germs.— Advt.