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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 131, 30 November 1904, Page 4

The rainfall during tfe past month was only a little over an iich. The average rainfall for Novembei for the past forty years is 3£in. Rain fell on seven days during the past monfc, the heaviest being on tho 19th inst., riz., 0.44 in. About £160 was realiset by the theatrical benefit carnival he'd in Dunedin on Saturday in aid of the dertie Campion fund. Members of Stephaisou's Comedy Company, Fuller's Entertiiners, and FitzGeraid's Circus were am»ngst those taking part in the carnival, which was very widely patronised. The Petone Homing Society flew a race on Saturday from Auckland for a trophy presented by Dr. Ro»s. The following was the result: — W. Morrison's Lady Plunket, 829 yds per minute, 1 ; J. Abraham's Crusoe 11., 821 yds. 2; V. Dyke and Shardlow's Ladysmith, 756 yds, 3. W. Guilliland, third engineer of tho Paparoa, yesterday afternoon was fined 20s, with £1 Is costs, for having struck a fireman named Thos. Decry in the stokehold. The defendant denied the charge, and said he merely pushed the prosecutor out of the hold because he refused to work. Mr. Wilford appeared for the prosecution. The opinions recently expressed by Mr.. M. H. M'Carthy at the Bakers' Conference in Sydney formed a subject of discussion at a meeting of the New Zealand Bakery Federation last night. Opinions were expressed favourable to the views on the working of this colony's labour laws which Mr. M'Carthy set out in the paper read before the Conference, but nothing was done in the matter. The subject will come up for discussion at the New Zealand Bakers' Conference in Dunedin in February, and it is said to be probable that an official endorsement, carrjiiy; the weight of the trade throughout the*~Cß^ony, will back up Mr. M'Carthy's stric-^ tures. The quarterly summoned meeting of tho Pacific Lodge, U.A.0.D., was held on Monday night, Bro. (J.( J. Bingham, A.D., presiding over a very large attendance of members. The Mungaroa Lodge notified, its intention to hold a public joint installation ceremony next month, and it was resolved to participate in the function. Bro. G. . Stott, P. A., was declared the winner of Bro. Tucker's gold medal trophy 'for the introduction of most new members during the past half-year, having fif]teen to his credit. The following nominations were made for officers for the ensuing term: — A.D., Bros. W. Crombie and J. N. Grant; V.A., Bros. J. Severn, R. J. S. Hardie, T. Bosher; Secretary, Bro. E. Bold; Treasurer Bro. N. G. Bennie; A.D.B. Bros. ?. Hearn. T. Bosher, H. Cummins, W. Bu*' sett; V.A.B. Bros. H. Futter, W t\ Richards, R. J. S. Hardie, H. Mtftflson ; Minute Secretary, Bro. R. l&g" gerty; 1.G., Bros. R. J. S. Hard*, 11.I 1 . Bosher; 0.G., Bro. W. S. AVeston, District President, Bros. N.G. Benne, G. Stott, 0. Neilson ; G.L. Repressive, Bros. E. Bold, R. Flanagan ; iuditor, Bros. H. C. Moseley, H. Cirtis, R. Flanagan. Notices of motion for next D.G.L meeting were dealt win, and a hearty vote of thanks was accoded to the many visitors present. Mr. C. J. Crawford, one <fthe candidates for a seat on the Mironar Borough Council, stated at last nigb's meeting of ratepayers that he had a tj»mway schemo for Mirainar which wo-'ld cost only £35,000, including care »d everything, and connecting with the ity system, and another £10,000 would connect it with Miramar Park. He saic'that the Messrs. Crawford would not "Jake to Miramar the offer they had mad/ to the City Council; it was "much too good to be repeated. The Chief Justiceland a common jury of whkh Mr. H. Bridge was foreman, Mas occupied to-d^* in hearing an action for slander brouglt by Robert James, of Wellington, motrfinan in the employ c£ the Wellington i-'ity Corporation, against Andera Pedorsiu, brakesman in the employ of the ESlbnrne and Karori Tramway Compam< The claim set out that on 23rd Auftist last the defendant said to another person words implying that plaintiff w»s the means of breaking up his (defendant's) home, and that in consequence hf (plaintiff) had lost his situation. H» therefore claimed the ( sum" of £250 a* damages. Defendant denied using tfe words imputed to him, and denied *iat plaintiff suffered any damage as aleged. Mr. Wilford appeared lor plairtiff, and Mr. Nielsen for defendant. Mr 'Wright, Electrical Engineer, stated in evidence that James was dismissed brcause whilst on duty he assaulted Federsen. Mr. Wilford contended that ohe assault would not have been committed had the words compkined of not been used, and that therefore the plaintiff was entitled to damages. His Honouf did not agree with this line of argument, and on tho application of Mr. Nielsen granted a nonsuit, with costs according to scale less £4 4s. He thought, however, that the defendant acted most* improperly in making clnrges against a man in uniform. He suspended execution tor ten days, and resened leave to move to set aside the nonsuii. Thero were bargains in tramcars to he had yesterday, wlen the last of the old horse-cars were s)ld at auction by Messrs Townsend and Paul on behalf of the Corporation. Cars which had cost as much as £125 to bu.ld were knocked down for a. £5 note, f»r conversion into summerhouses, batling sheds, or whatever else might be tie whim of the buyer. The highest prfce brought at the sale for a car was S8 10s, and the lowest was £5. The avenge price realised was £6 each. Three hcrses were also sold — one for £26, another for £14 10s, and the third for £10. A double-decked 'bus was purchased bt Mr. Higgins for £5 10s, and a large single-decked 'bus went to Mr. J. Lani for £4 10s. Thus the last of ths old tramway plant was distributed to th» hghways and byways, and will for the jiosb part be known no more in the active life of the city. . Last night some physical development competitions were held at Mr. Royd Garlick's Physical Culture School. The gold medal for the best-developed man ove* ten stone was won by H. Grosvenor, W. Handyside being second. In the under-ten-etpne section, A. Hebbend was firs* and G. C. Clark second. A prize waa also given for the greatest chest expansion and lung development, and this also I was won by Grosvenor with an expansion of Bj|in, and a lung capacity of 340 in. The medals were presented to the successful competitors by Sir Robert Stout, who made sqme brief remarks on the- benefit ol Sandow's system of physical culture. There was no necessity to enlarge on wha4 Sandow had done, he said, but it had struck him (the speaker) that the breathi ing exercises had been a great advanc* in gymnastics. He had himself taken lessons from Mr. Garlick, and had derived great benefit *rom them. He advocated careful physical training as a road t« j health for youths in offices with little opi portunity for ordinary exercise. Tht figures giving the leading "measurements" of the winner of the "over-10 stone section are interesting as an indication of what good development means. The figures aro as follows, those in parenthesis being the measurement! four months ago before he began hii course of instruction : — Neck 15£ in (14| in), chest expansion Bjin (4iin), expanded chest 45|in (41£ in), upper right arm 14in (13in), right forearm I2^in (12 in), wrist 7in, waist 31iin (32in), thigh 224 in (21§in), calf 14$ in (Win), weight list 131b (list 41b), lung capacity 340 in (300 in). The measurements o{ Hebbeud, who' won the under-10-ston« class, are proportionately slighter