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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 4

sinus the concort inside had to be suspended until tho loud-sounding items bt'ing played in th^ ojwii air were con-r-ludod. The Corporation should not h.ivo allowed the two concerts to clash. Another source of complaint last night waa tho absence of proper drefcsingronms for patrons of tho concert. Tho rooms which should havo been sot apart as dressing-rooms aro occupied by thn City Solicitor and the City Valuer. If the Concert Chamber ie lo bo lot to tho public, dressing-rooms aio a necessity. Tho Customs revenue collected at th© port for the week amounted to £7458 7s Bd, and the beer duty for the same period lo £291 Bs. The Public Health Department reports the following infectious disease cases as having occurred in tho city for the week ending 20th May :— Scarlet fever 1, diphtheria 1, tuberculosis 1. llutt County: scuilet foyer 1. In tho early part of this morning tho fog was bo thick in the. city that many of tho electric tramcars had all their lights switched on. It is stakd that a Taita farmer is feeding his cattle on cabbages, as the market valuo of the greens is not high enough to warrant bringing them into town. It is staled that Is a sack was tho prico offered for the cabbages. Following tho examplo of his predecessors in tho Mayoral chair, Mr. J. G. W. Aitken, M.H.U., lihs presented an tnlargcd portrait of himself to the City Council, to be hung in tho Council Chamber. An application by Joseph Thomas for variation of a maintenance order was acceded to by Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., yesterday. Tho order was reduced to' £1 2s 6d a week (10s 6d for tho wife, und 6s per week each for two children). Tho Secretary of the Wellington Board of Education publishes in another column a. list of school districts in which meetings aro to be hold on the 12th prox. for tho purpose of electing committees for the ensuing year, • Owing to the South Wellington School (Berhampore) losing livo weeks while waiting for temporary premises, due to the destruction of theV-hool by fire, that school will not tnko the term holiday >vhich tho other schools of the city are to observe nexU week. Tho Wellington syndicate which has acquired the rights to the branding system invented by Mr. Andrew M'Leod, of Wellington, bos been advised that letters patent for the invention have been issued by the United States authorities. Tho licensing itrugglo h beginning in real earnest. Two muss meetings are advertised by the No-license Party to be hold in the largo Town Hull during the coming week. On Thursday evening a nuouc welcome will be extended' to the Rev. Leonard Ihitt, the well-known temperance lecturer, who has been campaigning abroad. On Friday a great meeting will bo held, which will be addressed by Messrs. T. K. Taylor and F. M. B. Fisher, M.ll.R.'s. This will bo the first public address delivered in Wellington by Mr, Fisher since the by-election, and a large audience is anticipated. Residents of Upper Willis-street are warned that a new form of sneak-thieving ha.s made its iippejinmce. One resident advertises in to-night's i«sue of the Post that during the last threo months tho registered collar ha.<t been stolen off the neck of his fox-terrier dog three times. "1 he result is tlmt the dog is usually discovered in the Corporation kennels, causing expense and annoyance to its owner, Tho matter has been placed iv tho hands of tho detectives. The miserable condition of the roads in tho Mukuru district is the subject of a letter of complaint from Mr. William Ililchcocka. a settler of that place. Mr. Hitehcocks says that on the sth inst. tno terriblo condition of tho rond near his residence caused # tho upsetting of the trap in which he was driving with bis wife. Amongst other injuries Mis. Hitehcocks MLStained a broken collurbono, and her husband three broken riba. He complains that application* to the Mnkara Road Board for improved roads have been in vain, lie wishes that the Hutt County Council would increase the rates, as such might load to an improvement, and he thinks that it would be advisable for the Mutt County Council to take tho roads over. - Notice has been given of tho following motions for tho meeting of tho Hurt Borough Council next Monday evening ; —By Councillor llobbs: "(1) That a committee be set up to arnuigo the best , way to form and equip a fire brigade ; (2) that a committee bo appointed to amend the building bylaws, especially with a view to preventing people from building on or below tho level of the footpaths and roads." By Councillor [ Yerex: "That the salary of tho Foreman (Mr. Clayton) be £4 per week." I That courtesy does not always bring j its own reward is shown by the following 1 authentic story which comes from a dist rict not far from Tiinaru. A farmer, ; to assist in keeping down rabbits on his i land, had been in the habit of kindly supplying sportsmen with ammunition wherewith to annihilate the pest. Kecently a small party of sportsmen secured a fino bag of rabbits on the farmer's property, and, proud of their skill, duly published their success in tho newspapers. The paragraph happened to catch, the eye. of the rabbit inspector, and tho result was that tho farmer had an information laid against him for failing to keep down rabbits on his property. Now sportsmen have to look for fresh fields, as tho farmer has notified that all trespassers in search of game will be prosecuted. The Marlborough Express learns that supplies of fat stock aro falling oft" very much nt tho Picton Freezing Works, und that in consequence it is contemplated to close the works at a very early date. "It can hardly be supposed^ (remarks that paper) "that tho fanners aro studying their interests in neglecting their opportunities for establishing the freezing industry on a permanent oasis, and WO should not be at nil surprised to i find that if the Freezing Company do not get any moro support they will be compelled to clos.o up tho works until such tinio as they can get larger quantities of fat slock." A correspondent sends us a letter (signed "A Plea for Lazarus"), too long for insertion in full, in regard lo the case ' of an old man who applied tho other day for admission to the Ohiro Home. The writer thinks this poor old derelict was subjected to a. needlessly severe examination by tho Trustees as to the way in which ho had disposed of his pension. A small room in the lowest part of tho cily could not bft rented for less than 3s 6d a week, which would leave od a day for tho old man's keep. The statement that ho had paid his son 30s for the previous month was quite credible, and the transaction could not be called profitable for cither party. In resolving to postpone dealing with the case our correspondent thinks tho Trustees acted harshly. This evening the whole of the now Economic BuiUTmgs will be thrown open to the public for tlie first time. The Garrison B.md will givo a high-clnss instrumental concert on tlfo top floor from 7 to 9 p.m. Tho new electric lift will take visitors up in ten jweonds. Some wonderful bargain Hues will bo on salo hi the mercoiy, diess, Manchester, and mnullc departments.— Advfe.