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Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 135, 8 June 1906, Page 4

America still appears to be energotio in buying up New Zealand pelts. Out at Petone the other day a Post reporter saw a large number of sheepskins treated by the Gear Company. "They are all going to America," remarked the manager of the fellmongery department. "America takes the pelts, and returns them in the form of fancy leathers." Mt. H. Hopley writes to say that) as be was returning home past the Basin Reserve at half-past nine on Tuesday night he was stopped by a young lady, who asked his aid againstl a man who had followed and molested her. Out correspondent thinks that additional police protection at night is needed. The Registrar-General's staff has shifted its quarters from the Government Builumgs on Lambton-quay to the new Customhouse. The offices which it has just vacated are required by the Education Department. There weTe nine defended judgment summons cases heaid in the Magistrate's Court ye&tciday by Dr. M'Arthur, S.M. Ernest Tucker, who was indebted to Henry Pritchard to the extent of £4 13s Bd, was ordered to pay forthwith, in default fourteen days' imprisonment, warrant to be suspended till 21st June. A similar order was made in the case New Zealand Clothing Factory v. Leonard Double, a debt of £10 5s 9d. The Karori Golf Club will hold a handicap competition for men only tomorrow afternoon for a trophy presented by a well-wisher. Members are requested to attend early in the afternoon. On Monday last Jlr. L. Watkina returned the best card for the round and will receive a trophy. Co-operative labour is all being stopped on the back roads, says the Urutl correspondent of the Taranaki News Contracts are being finished, owing to- there being no more money available. This is a great pity, he adds, as we are / gettdng close in touch on the Uruti-Toad with Matau, and, in the Moki, with Whanga- ' momona, and the settlers in these backblocks were in hopes of having au opening through the Mold to Waitara. Finally he asks, Where is that big surplus? A little of it would be welcome now to keep tlhe work still going in these two important outlets. | With reference to the decision of Dr. j M'Arthur, S.M., on the question, "Who is a tobacconist?" enquiries were made by the Christchurch Press from the firms in the trade as to whether they would be affected. The reply was that they would not, as the Christchurch tobacconists were not working under the clause of the Act which enables the majority of a trade to petition for an enforced hour of closing. "There is nothing," said one prominent tobacconist, "to prevent our keeping open till midnight if we liked." Eleven hundred and forty-one entries have been received in the- poultry, pigeon and canary classes at the Manawatu winter -show, notwithstanding the riso in entrance fees. There are 885 entries in the general classes, including 163 for factory butter and cheese, 15 for farmers' butter and hams, 513 for horticulture and roots, and 111 for fat stock. There are twenty candidates for the schools' milk testing competition, nnd twenty-five- entries for the jumping event. The chief inspector of fisheries (Mr. L. F. Ayson) reports that seven additional quinnat salmon have been caught in • the Hakataramea River, where a goodly number have lately been spawning. There is now no doubt as to the identity of tho fi3h, and it is thus established that the quinnat salmon has after many years of endeavour been acclimatised here. „ A now regulation under the Government Valuation of Land Act is. gazetted, j In future persons objecting to the valuation of their property will be required to fill in a form, giving the reasons for their objection, aa well as their own estimate of the capital and unimproved value and value of their improvements, The Town Hall and Concert Hall have been secured for the occasions. "A Sufferer" complains of the condition of Jacob's Ladder. "Jacob's Ladder" was supposed to lead to heaven, but) the name must have been bestowed ironically on those slippery steps that form part of Church-streetl. A young man who made a descent in a pair of new boots, nailless as to the soles, states that though he has an unblemished reputation for sobriety, he is afraid that the steps may havo cast a smirch on his fair escutcheon. The light was co poor and the asphalt) was co slippery c that he skidded in all directions, and had to cling to the rail to help himself down. Yesterday morning, -when rain made tho steps grensy, a man slipped, on his back while walking down and was lucky to escape concussion of the brain. All persons who have to grope up and down the foimidable "Ladder" must be unanimous in a conviction that they are entitled to an improvement! in the dangerous thoroughfaro and better lighting by night. A civil service junior examination nnd a junior national scholarship and free place examination will be held about 11th December, and a civil servico senior examination for teachers' certificattes about 6th December. The civil service junior examination is tho examination which holders of junior national scholarships are required to pass at the end of the second year of their scholarships (junior scholarship continuation examination). It is also a qualifying examination lot senior free places in secondary schools and district high schools ; further, it is the first examination for pupil teachers. With the junior national scholarship examination will be taken the junior free place examination (including the examination for junior free places in technical schools). Candidates may qualify for junioT free places in either examination. At tho half-yearly meeting of Sanctuary Sir George Grey, 3118, A.0.F., held at the Oddfellows' 'Hall, Lambton-quay, Pastor Bro. H. Swindell presided. After a keen competition the following offioeis were elected for the ensiling term : — Pastor, Bro. G. W. Key; S.P., Bro. J. Cashman; F.Att., Bro. E. W. Arnold, jun. ; S. Att., Bro. E. J. Piercy; F. Keep., Bro. E. C. BreWerj S. Keep., Bro. H. Swindell; auditor, Bro. E. J. Piercy (re-elected) ; Arbitration Committee, Bros. O. R. Hamilton, J. Jackson, E. W. Arnold, E. H. Harlem, W. J. Lightfoot, J. T. Webber, G. Key, E. J. Pietcy. The' sum of £1 Is was voted to tho Friendly Societies' Council to help defray expenses of tho late conference. Bro. E. W. Arnold^gaVe his report re tlie late conference, which was well Teceived, and he was accorded a, hearty vote of thanks for services rendered, liros. W. J. Harlen and E. J. Piercy were voted an emblem of office for continuous services. A funeral claim of £10 wag passed for payment!. Don't judge these ties by the price. We bought over 500 do2en and secured big concessions — hence the ridiculous price. Theso ties are all silk, reversible, and in the fashionable 1 widths. Your pick at three for 2s 6d. See window. Then, for the cold weather, men's English Cardigan jackets, high necks, and button cuffs, ull sizes, large and small/ to go at 6i 6d each ; 15 dozen boys' plain and fancy knitted jerseys, all colours, one price only, 2s 6d each. Kirkcaldio i and Stains, Lt<L — Advt t