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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 48, 27 February 1905, Page 4

Tho ballusting work between the IVlono railway station and a point a short distam-e aoulh of tho Korokori> Si roam was completed to-day, and the double line of railß which commences at the Hutt is being extended to the point named. Tho concrete butt resses to support the rails over Iho k I roam wero completed porno weeka ue», tho bouses which ptood in the way lt.ivo been sold for removal, and thero is no obstacle in the way of the laying of tho double lino for this portion of Mm main work of duplication between Wellington and the Jlutt. The double line available will probably bo in use by tho middle of April, when tho new stations at Petone nnd the Hutt Mill also bo iv use, The Zealandia Rifles arc required to submit their firms for inspection by Iho Government Armourer at parade to-niprht. Each member is personally responsible that the arms be submitted tonight, mid that (ho rifles in particular are found in good order. Mr. 11. Field, Secretary of the New Zealand Employers' Federation, hns just returned to town from a visit to tho Msuiawatu, Wanganui, and Tamnaki districts. Employer*' Associations have been formed at Pnlmerston North nnd Wangnnui. Disputes in the suwmilling, coachbuilding, ciibinctmaking, and the carting trade me being extended from Wellington to thoso districts, and Mr. Field has been conferring with tho employers with a view to assisting them before' tho Arbitration Court. Thus morning's crop of sorry inebriates at the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court was of average number. Seven first-offenders were leniently dealt with. Michael Fitzgorald was fined £1, with option of three days' imprisonment, and lleniy Bartholomew Wallaco was fined 10s, with a forty-eight hours' option. John M'Kay and James Cameron wero sent to prison for three months on charges of vagrancy, and tho hearing of a similar charge against Mary Smith wns adjourned to the 3rd March. A icmand until the same day was made in a case against Robert M'Carry, that he did wilfully attempt to sot fire to a. stable in Frederick-street. Tho Postal Department is about to erect a bmall post ojike in the township of Manakau, and tho residents of that town aro having a dispute as to on which sido of tlio railway line the office shall be built. On tho west side of tho lino (writes our Otnki 'correspondent) is the county road, over which most of tlio traffic runs, whilst o<i tho east sido is the hotel. The other evening n> meeting of tho householders was held for the purpose of finally settling tho site by ballot, when tho hotel side of tho lino was carried by a big majority. Protests wero lodged by tho other party, nnd the matter is to bo referred to Sir Joseph Ward. A young man named Herbert Pyke was charged at tho Stipendiary Magistrate's Court this morning with having (in 1903) stolen numerous articles of drapery, etc., from Christopher Smith, the total vnlue being £50. The ca«e wns adjourned till Friday, bail being allowed in -two sureties of £50 or one of £100. Speaking at the Political Labour League's mass meotiug in Merccr-strect on Snhtrdny night, Mr. John Brown, who is a candkluto nt the City Council elections, rof erring to tho question of homes for working men, sharply criticised tho action of tho Premier in having said that any request for land for Workingmon's Homos was premature, inasmuch ns tho land now set apart had not yet been taken up. But, asked the speaker, what was tho uso of setting apart land thirtcon miles nwny from tlio man's employment? What wns wonted was land near tho city. No worker could afford to pay away over one-third of his wages in lent, in support ot his statement, Mr. brown advised his hearers to got Mr. Tregenr's report on Iho rent (jiiestinn, entitled, "High Wa^cs and their Exploitation by the Capitalist." High wnges wero useless with commodities at an abnormal price. What aeems to be convincing evidence of tho exportation of bad hemp has come lo hand in a letter to tho Premier, written by tho W.ardon of tho Industrial Department of the Central Prison of Ontario, Cnnvdtt. The writer htates that, accepting Government inspection ns greater security of quality, the Department considerably increased its purchases of the New Zealand product; that, instead of being better, the average hemp arriving from tho colony is now "much poorer than heretofore" ; and that if these conditions continue, tho Depnrtment will bo compelled to cposc using New Zealand hemp. As an earnest of what he says, tho writer forwards a sample of the grade "Good fair Wellington," nnd states thnt somo bales contain hundreds of similar pieces. The sumplc forwarded is strips of loaf which aro described iuf showing little evideucc of stripping or dressing oi nny kind. Thero are reasons why this sort of thing may eludo a grading system — one U that tags are sometimes changed on tho bales uftor they have left me grader, and the other is that a grader cannot examine every hank in a bale. To fill out a bnle with inferior pieces, and to change tags, are both acts of dishonesty, tho only difference being thnt the former is a. covert act, nnd the latter nn overt one. The ultimato result to the trade will in either case bo much the samo. There is only too much reason to fear that some millers, mindful of past market fluctuations, havo but ono motive — to make the most money possible m me shortest possible time. Tho campaign for the coming municipal elections was opened on Saturday night, when three of tho candidates selected by ihe Political Labour League — Messrs. D\ M'Laren, J. Brown, and W. 11. Hampton —addressed a largo crowd from a cart in Mercer-street. Tho candidates wero introduced by Mr. J. Ball, Secretary of tho League, and had n, good hearing. "Mr. Brown severely criticised the actions of tho present City Council, and urged citizens to get rid of tho old fossilised idea that only business men could properly govern a city. Working men should now be given the opportunity to sit upon the Council. It wns time the city obliterated its slums and mado proper provision for the housing of its people. Mr. M'Laren quoted modern instances of the growth of tho representation of Labour on municipal bodies iv tho Old Country, Labour nnd its representatives had hitherto been misrepresented, but the time was coming when tho people would learn to make better uso of tho franchise. Mr. Hampton also dealt with Labour in municipal politics, and declared thnt the mx candidates selected for the coming contest would prove themselves a crodit to the League nnd to tho people who supported them. A canvasser for the snlo of jewellery on time-payment, by name Oliver Webley, was charged b'eforo Dr. M'Arthur, k.M., this morning, with having received a gold chain, valued nt £2 15s (on terms requiting him to account for tho same to limest Ingram Proud) and having unlawfully converted tho same to his own use. Chief-Dctectivo M'Grnrh. explained ihal accused received jewellery to sell on time-payment conditions, and that it was alleged ho pawned some of the articles, giving a false name, at the time. It was further alleged that he i cached Wtllmgton yesterday (invelling under tho same falso name. The hearing of tl.e caso wus adjourned Until Friday, on tho application of tho police, bail being allowed in two sureties of £50, and accused's own recognisance of £50. You want pure nnlk? The Fresh Food and Ico Co. supply it. Not how cheaply, 'but how nood.— Advt.