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Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 145, 20 June 1906, Page 6

The telephone exchange will be closed to-morrow from 2 to 4 o'clock. The Rev. W. A. Evans announces himself a candidate for the Education Board. The Hospital authorities desire to ao" knowledge a donation of £2 2s from Mr. Judah Myers for tße Victoria Chronic Invalids' Hospital. The matter of taking over the Majori* banks-streeji-property was briefly discuss, ed at a meeting of the Benevolent Trustees this afternoon.. It -was decided that further consideration of the question should be deferred for a fortnight pending the receipt of additional informac tion La6t evening, Mr. R. H. 'Bligh, leoi turer for the Australian White Croli League, addressed a meeting of men andl lads overj fourteen years of age in tho Baptist Church, Brooklyn. He dealt with the laws of reproduction, and mad* an earnest appeal for the extinction of the medical quacks. At the close of tha meeting a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Bligh. This evening Mr. Bligh will speak in the Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, and on Friday at th« Anglican Church, Brooklyn. The company which, according to m telegram from Nelson yesterday, intends working the copper mine- near Nelson, will develop the lodes previously knowm as the Champion and United. The idea^ is to smelt the sulphide ores by means oi' a new process, by which the sulphur is used as fuel to obtain the copper. It ia also etated that there is something lik« sdwt of gold per ton running through! this ore. The company has already given instructions to secure men to carry on operations, and they will be put to> work as soon as possible. It is stated that some difficulty has arisen with re« fjard to timber rights, and the company 13 endeavouring to prevent the Land Board giving timber-cutting rights to small settlers, and so prevent the com-, pany obtaining timber for mining puiv poses, as the company holds that, as in is going in for mining on an extensive scale, io should bo safeguarded in this respect. The copper mine is only about thre& miles from Nelson as the crow flies, but by cart road the distance is about twenty miles. Tho route ia through Richmond and Hope, and thoncc across the hills into Aniseed Valley. The City Council notifies in our advertising column tihat it proposes to introduce next session a Bill to effect tho following objects : — Authorising the corporation (1) to lease parts of Te Aro rechmation for bona fide purposes of boatful g and: yachting ; (2) take the subsoil oC portions of the Town Belt for tunnels; \(3) exclude foot passengers from thinnelfl and approaches and from cuttings; (4) vest! Kilbirnie Reserve in the corporation for a recreation reserve ; (5) reclaim land* .at Evans Bay and vest the same in tha corporation for defined purposes and acquire private lands adjoining ; (6) widen Seatoun-road and construct a new street? on the foresbofe of Evans Bay reclamation ; (7) lease part of the 'and reclaimed at Evans Bay and define the purposes to which the rents may be applied ; (8) borrow by way of special order the moneyn necessary for tho proposed reclamation j (9) provide that the Act shall be a special Act within the meaning of thf» Harbours Act, 1878, and the Publio Works Ac«, 1905. Copies of the Bill and plans of the land affected are open for inspection at the Magistrate's Court,* house and the Town Hall. "Well, what) do you want to-day 1" was a question put to an old woman who appeared before the Benevolent Trustees yesterday afternoon. "Will you go to tha Home '" "I've had enough of the Home," she answered emphatically. "I will never go intlo the Home again.- To be kicked out ! How can any Sne ask me !" Sho went On volubly, till the stream' of her invective was interrupted by the ehairman — "We are very buey," he pleaded. "We can't listen . . ." "Well, tliab ia what I'm saying,". exclaimed the excited lady. "I .will make it my business to report to other people. What is the meaning of it!?" she asked, reverting-to the Ilome question. "Why don't you send other people to the Home?" She continued her tirade forcibly till a blunt question turn, ed her eloquence off on a new track. "Where are you living?" ran tfhe query. "I am living wherever I can," she snap* ped. "I don't want people running after me." Ultimately she gave her address, and then declared fnat her religion pTevented her from getting fair- treatment from the board. "See this woman out," ejaculated the secretary, appealing to aj lady attendant, and then the lively visitor was ushered out into the exterior darkness. Our premises will be closed all day to« morrow (Thursday). — Kirkcaldie anol Stains, Ltd.— Advt. After twelve years of Australian and New Zealand experience I am prepared to put in a full upper or lower s«t of teeth (with a written guarantee thai, the teeth and material are of the highest grade) for £3 3s.— W. D. Pittar, London. Dental Institute, corner Willis and Manners streets. Telephone. — Advt. Messrs Macdonald, Wilson ond 00. direct the attention of engineers, inanufac- . turers, sawmillors, etc., to tho sale under instructions from the liquidator of tho Gilbert Machinery Co., of tho whole of Iho company's plant of new machinery, comprising oil engines, belting, launch engine, and other lots as detailed. Catalogues can: be obtained on application to the auctioneers. The advertisement of the salo of 200 head of poultry, iucubators, portable fowlhouscs, etc., to be cold at Island Bay on Thursday, also appears Two now price-lists are inserted by Messrs. Warnock and Adkin in this issue* and are worthy of special attention. Motsrs. Thomson and' Browu will hold a sale on Wednesday next, at 2.50 p.m., at their rooms, Hunter-street. On that date tho firm will offer on behalf of v«riou3 vendors tho following properties: — 6roomed villa in Picton-avenue, with land 34ft by 97ft ; 6-roDmed villa in Fitzher-bert-street, Alicotown, land 40ft by 159 ft; 5-roomcd dwelling and workshop, Baystroot, Petone, land 50ft by 107lt; two residential sections in High-street, Petone, 60ft by 131 f t; and a residential section in, Nairnvillo Estate, Khandallah, having frontages each 62ft to the Main-road and Tolara-Btreot respectively of 200 ft. Their usual change list of city properties and farms appears elsewhere. They also notify that the first edition of their booklet entitled "The Money-maker" having been exhausted, the second edition is now ready and may be obtained upon application. Messrs. M'Keo and Co. insert a fresh list of properties in this issue. Messrs. Exton and Co., painters, paperhangers, Bignwriters, and general decorators, ball special attention to their workmanship olgewhero. The Wellington Builders' Association last night passed a resolution of sympathy with tho lato Premier's family. It was decided that all work be suspended to-morrow, as olsowhero advertised. Messrs. Gualler, Dykes nud Co., auctioneers, of Foatherston-street, will Bell by auction, in tho Chamber of Commerc*, National Mutual Life Buildings, on Wednesday, tho 4th July, at 8 p.m., 13 acres of freehold land, known as "Tho Golf-ter-race Block," subdivided into quarter, half, and and three-quarter acre sections. This land is admirably adapted for building purposes, and alongside the electric tram route. All particulars and plans can. be had from Messrs. Gualter, Dykes and Co., the auctioneers. Tho Wellington and Mannwatu, Railway goods shed will be closed from noon tomorrow. Mr. O. Smith intimates that his premisec [ vU-ba closed at Boon, to-morro^*