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Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 146, 21 June 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. » At a, laTge gathering of West Coasters, held in Hhe Government Buildings today, it was decided to form a West Coasters' Association. Mr. E. J. Fitzgibbon was appointed secretary pro tern. Another meeting will bs held to-morrow evening. Mr. Thos. Carmichael, who recently resigned the .position of President of the Wellington Working Men's Club, was last night re-elected to the office by a large majority. The Wellington Stock Exchange 'is advised that the Talisman ■ Consolidated Qoldmihing Company, Limited, has declared a dividend pf Is per share, payable on the 2nd July. Alfred Baldwin, who was seized with a paralytio stroke at the Opera House on Monday night, and was removed to the Hospital for treatment, is to-day reported to be progressing satisfactorily. Mr.^A. T. Bate, who has been on a visit to Australia, returned to Wellington last night by the Waikare. Special sinking and straight talking characterise tho mission being conducted by ,Rev. W. Lockhart Morton in the Baptist Church, Vivian-street. Last night a large congregation listened with interest to an address on " Clear-minded People^" which the srjeaker divided into five divisions-r-conviction ; conscious acceptance of ' God's offer; consecration to service- ; confession before man ; and consistency of life, each of which was fully dealt with and illustrated by many apt quotations. A duet by >Misa Morton and Mr. Pargetter, and a, solo by the latter, were highly appreciated. The subject for to-night is entitled " Stiff-necked People." Court Sir William Jervois, A.0.F., held its half-yearly meeting in St. Thomas's Schoolroom on Tuesday night, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: — 0. R., Bro. W. Hutchings; S.C.R., Bro. F. Toomes;Treasurer, Bro. S. Hoy; Secretary, Bro / . T. L. Coe; S.W., Bro. Bradbury; J.W., Bro. J. Bell; 5.8., Bro. Bourne; J. 8., Bro. G. Parkes; M.S., Bro. G. Morris; Auditor, Bro G. Hall ; extra doctors, Drs. Cameron and Kemp ; nominations for District Officers, D.&., Bro. A. Whiteford, and D.T., Bro. H. Bird. Several new members were initiated into the order, and others proposed. Tired nature's sweet restorer — balmy sleep, is delightfully wooed and easily won these chilly nights under blankets — the nice warm, all-wool kind we are selling. Our blankets are cheap — not in quality, but in price. The good kind is the only kind to buy, and these .all-wool colonial blankets offered by us at ridiculously low prices are good. Every pair fresh, full weight, and full standard aize; 9-4 blankets, usually 16s 6d, now 13s 3d; 10-4 blankets, usually 19s 6d, now 15s 9d pair; 12-4 blankets, usually 31s 6d, now 24s 6d pair. Kirkcaldie and, Stains. Ltd.— Advt.