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

Mr. C. 'E. Gannaway, supervisor of tho mail-room at the General Post Office, returned to Wellington last night from. Australia, where he has been spending a holiday. The executive of the District Hospital Board met yesterday, Mr. J. Godber in the chair. It was reported that there was a credit balance of about £5300, including £3000 raised by the public for sanatorium purposes. After passing accounts, and transacting 6ome other routine business, the board adjourned. A woman named Mary Neylon was this morning brought before Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., on a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond. The defendant pleaded Guilty, and was convicted and ordered to come up for. sentence when called upon, on the understanding that she went to the Salvation Army Home and remained there for three months. One first-offending inebriate was fined 10s. in default 48 hours' imprisonment. He pleaded Not Guilty, and at the conclusion of the case was asked why ho entered such a plea. His answer was, "Well, I only had four drinks." Sitting in his civil jurisdiction at the Magistrate's Court t)o-day, Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., gave judgment for plaintiffs -in the following cases: — Margaret Milner v. Joseph Marsh ? £3 12s, costs ss ; Macdonald, Wilson, and Co. v. Mrs. Alfred Carter, £10 16b 6d, costs 15s In the judgment summons case, Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd. v. Wm. C. Kenneth, a debt of £6 5s Bd, no order was made. There was a large attendance of members at the weekly session of the Star of Newtown, No. 24, 1.0. G.T., held in the Trinity Wesleyan Schoolroom, Revansstreet, last evening. The juveniles mustered in strong on the occasion of their official visit to the adult lodge. The following contributed items: — Sisters Connel, Reid (2), L. Ward, D. Greeks, N. Bennett, Taylor, Lobb, I. Dodds, R. Greeks, IS. Ward, L. Taylor, Chamberlain, M. Baily, Milford, Brothers Ward, Atkinson, and Bennett. A dialogue was given by Sisters 1 Milford, Atkinson, Lobb, D. Greeks, and Dodds. An attractive programme has been arranged for the Garrison Bond's concert, which is to be held in His Majesty's Theatre to-morrow evening. The band's selections will include one from Verdi's opera, "Un Balla in Maschera," and a descriptive fantasia, "A Trip to Blackpool." Vocal items will be contributed by Mts Chegwin (of Christchurch), and Miss Mina Caldow. At the meeting of the St. Mark's Young Men's Club on Tuesday night adebate was held on the question "Should Party Government be Abolished?" Rev J. Bartlett occupied the chair. Mr. C. Burdekin opened for the affirmative, and Mr. J. Boyd replied. A large number of members spoke, and at the conclusion a show of hands resulted in each side paining the same number of votes. At TU© conclusion a voto of condolence with Mrs. Seddon and her family was passed in silence, the members standing. The Onslow Borough. Council yesterday prosecuted in the Police Court a dairyman named Patrick Cavanagh on, four charges of having allowed cattle to wander at Kaiwarra, KhandalJah, and Crofton, with having destroyed a lock on the Crof ton-road pound, and' with having rescued nine head of cattle. The defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined by Messrs. W. Hildreth and Jas. Gallagher, Justices, £4 and £1 8s costs on the charges relating to wandering cattle, and £5, with 14s costs, on the other charges. In addition to this he was directed to pay £4- 13s for counsel's fco and witnesses' expenses, making a total • amount of £15 15s. Mr. Wilford ap- j peared for the borough council and Mr. ORegon for the defendant E. Bucholz was fined £1, with 9s costs, for having driven a motor at other ttein a walking pace round the corner of Willis-street and Lambton-quay, and Richard Clark was similarly dealt wibh for having occupied premises in Vivian-street in which a chimney caught fire. The bench said these offences were becoming a serious nuisance, and would have to be checked. A prohibition order was issued against James Roy. The Victoria, College Council met last night at the college, there being present : Dr. Findlay (chairman), Rev. W. 4.. Evans, Dr. Knight, and Messrs. J. Graham, M.H.R, A. R Meek, M'Callum, Fleming, Talbot, F. P. Wilson, C. Wilson, and H. D. 'Bell. The general account showed a credit balance of £2143 10s, duo by laboratory account £260 6s 7d, making a total of £2411 16s 7d; less building fund £8 3s, and biological observer station £4 18b, total £23 Is ; payments required £1352 11s 2d leaving ft balance of £1046 4s sd. The sum of £3800 is on deposit on the general account, and £166 10s on the laboratory account. Tho sum of £7600 had been received from the Government and, paid to contractor for buildings, making a total payment to the contractor of £24,100. Dr. Knight was re-elected Treaeurer, and Mr. Hadrell, of New Plymouth, wrote with reference, to the conditions under which Itis daughter had won a Queen's Scholarship, claiming that the scholai'ship should have been awarded under the new Act. It was decided to refer the complaint to tho Government, as tho council had no power to deal with _ the matter. Prof. Salmond wrote stating that he proposed delivering a course of lectures on commercial law, for tho benefit of clerks and business men. The course would, he said, commence at the end of July. Tho proposal was agreed to. An occurrence probably unprecedented is reported by the Nelson Evening Mail. It seems that Nelson possesses a citizen who keeps a publichouse for a living and follows manual labour by way of recreation. The matter was discussed by tho City Council last week, apropos of a communication from the Trades and Labour Council enquiring, " why men were discharged from the council's employ while a man who held a publicau's license was kept on." A discussion ensued amongst 'councillors. Councillor Atmore thought a man holding a publican's license should not bo employed by the council if ho was keeping another man out of a place. Ho moved to tho effect that it be a recommendation to the city surveyor that if any man had been discharged and another man earning a living by other means had been kept on, the latter should be dismissed. The city surveyor said the man referred to only a casual, and Avould be dismissed when his present job was finished in a few clays. 'Councillor Harrison said the council had to get the best men they could, and they could not put the men on out of charity. Councillor Petitt said Councillor Harrison had lost the point of the letter. The fact was that a man with a publican's licenso was working for the council and perhaps keeping a married man with a family out or work. Councillor Turner said Cody, the man referred to, was one of the best men the council hud, and he saw no objection to him being employed by the council. Councillor A tenor© said that work was not too plentiful at the present timo, and if a man was making a fair living out of one calling and was employed by tho counoil to tho exclusion of a married man he should be dismissed. The motion was- carried, An inset issued through this paper by Messrs. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., calls attention to nn exceptional offering of remnants at half-price for to-morrow and .Sttturd*y only.— Advt.