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Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 48, 26 February 1906, Page 6

local a^dgmmal. — ■■ * I" Excellent progress is being made with Iho extension of tho electric tramway to Brooklyn, Tho mils havo boon laid from the proposed t«rmiinis In Cldvolnndstreet, Brooklyn, to a point in front of Mr, X, Sengar's residence, nl (ho ton of the Ohlro-road, and most of tho poles— some of them with tho brackets nttached — -tire now in position. Very little moro ottrbliwovk requires to bo dono, and at an enrly date a start will be made to removo the fctrinll houses in Franklyn* terrnco, off Nairn-street, which arc occupying lnnd over which the line is to run. At tho present ralo of progress the tramway should be working wjfchin tho next two months. At the Magistrate's Court this mom« ing David Alexander Elliott eloctcd to bo sent for trlnl before n jury on a clmrgo «f having fraudulently convorted to his own uso sixteen cases of fruit, value £10, the property of Joseph Normnn. Mr. A. L Herdman prosocutcd on behnlf of Norman, and tho accused was defended by Mr, 0. R. Dix, who mndo his debut as a- solicitor, The prosocutor deposed to having engnged the accused n« a fruit salesman at a wngo of £2 per week and hi* keep. 110 gave ]slliott 22i cases of fruit nt Woodvillc and instnicled him as to their disposal, but accused had failed to account for tho quantity whioh formed tho subject of tho prosecution, George Burton, a fruit 'hawker, who described his address ns a bonrding-hotw? "opposite the Royal Oak," gnve evidence that Klltott sold tho fruit and cloarod out, leaving him nnd Norman at Kketahuna without any (money. A son of tho prosecutor testlficd that nccused sold somo of the fruit nt Woodville nnd Hnmufc. When witness asked him about his father's money, Klliott threatened to punch him. Accused, who reserved his defenco, was comniittod to the Supreme Court for trlnl, bnil brine nllnwod Dr M'Arthur, S M., wn« on tho bench, Molting enquiries into tlio stitn of tho buildiin? tmde in OhriMnhurph h Ttulh roportor found that mnttris nrn very bruk just now. On every hnnd thero Mds plenty of work, nnd no fenr for tlio fnlui'i' Fi'din flcurps uiven, it was tnndn iipnnreiit ihnt »t tho pt'Cßcnt time Iho l)iiil(lii)if operations in Ghvistcliuroh in* volvo n lotnl outlny of voiy nearly £100,000. Ono building— that of the Kx])i'pss Company— will bo one of the laraoil in the oniony. Kiifht stories high, it will «ivo (Ilirwiehurcli Hist a glimpflo of what, they uro in tho hnblt of doing in America In the way of building. Tho Kopr.mo «ulo In tho nnlhom "lioveiy Appear" from Gounod's """Hedemption, sung at St. John's Church last evening was tnken by Mrs, Olovcr Knton. In our costume department nro «6\v bo« Ing displayed the newest styles for tlio coming season. Conts nnci skirts are leading in popularity. What is flinnrtor thnn a well-cut, smnrt-fltting coot, nnd n skirt that (Its nnd hangs well? Coals nnd alrirtfl in plnm and striped tweed*, also plain cloths in the newest shades. Kirk* Cftldio and Stains Ltd.— Advt.