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Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 148, 23 June 1906, Page 4

The freehold of the Albert Hotel has been sold by the trustees of the estate of the late Mr. John PJimjner to Messrs. H. Gilmer and A. Maguire. The price paid is not stated. "They are well-known criminals," oaid Detective Kemp at the Police Court this morning of two young men named Daniel Morris and Hugh Spiers, who pleaded guilty before Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., to having insufficient, lawful means of support. The detective went on to say that neither of the defendants worked, and that yesterday he found them in a hotel with eight or nine of the worst thieves and housebreakers in Wellington. Hie Worship sentenced Morris to three months' imprisonment, and. Spiers to one month's. Among the new meteorological instruments that have been supplied to the Rev. D. 0. Bates is a pluviometer, which registers not only thg. amount of rainfall, but the duration of the showera, a most important point, says the weather recorder. During his. recent visit through the North Island he placed new thermometers and other instruments at stations where they wero needed. He declares that the finest meteorological observatory in New Zealand belongs to the Rev. Dr. Kennedy, of Meanee, near Napier. Dr. Kennedy is also importing one of the best telescope? ever despatched to the colony. The Minister of Lands has promised to bring under notice of Cabinet the question as to whether the present embargo on the rafting of timber down Wanganui River should be removed, and the practice allowed subject to regulations that would obviate any danger to steamer traffic on the river. A large number of the Poverty Bay Maoris are antagonistic to Te Rua, the tohunga and self-styled prophet. The Maori Village Committees publish a notice, under powers conferred by the Maori Cpuncils Act, forbidding the selfappointed one and his followere from entering 6everal settlements under their jurisdiction. The penalty for non-com-pliance is that proceedings will be taken. The weekly meeting of the V.M.C.A. Literary and Debating Club last evening took the form of an "elocutionary evening." Mr. R. Brown occupied the chair. Mr. Roland MacGowan opened the meeting with an address on "Elocution," and gave an exposition of it in some able recitations. Contributions were also given by Messrs. Hean, Boocock, Budd, M'Clean, Armit, and Good. The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to Mr. MacGowan. A youth named Wm. Drary, on or about 15th June, obtained a week's board from a person in Ghuznee-street in consideration of a fictitious guarantee purported to have been signed by a wellknown brickmaker; and prior to that, on 6th inst., stole a watch and chain valued at 10s from a room mate at another boardinghouse. These incidents led to a charge of false pretences and one of theft being preferred against him at the Magistrate's Court this morning. He pleaded guilty on both informations and was remanded by Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., until Friday for sentence. Chief Detective M'Grath explained that the defendant said he was sixteen years of age and that he came from Palmerston North a month ago. James Dunnachie for indecency in Manners-street yesterday, was fined 40s, in default fourteen days' imprisonment; and two first-offending inebriates were each fined ss, in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment. Mr. H. Daymond, a settler at the Chathams, writes to Chnslchurch Truth t from Waitangi on 2nd June, concerning a statement showing "the area of Chatham Island, and the land held by the Maoris uuoccupied and lying idle, and that they refuse to let it to Europeans." Such i's not the case, he says. The land now held by the natives is no more than they have fully stocked and cultivated. All their surplus land has been leasted to Europeans for the past forty years. The ; fact is this, that the natives are so short of land to live upon that they are anxiously awaiting the end of some of the leases to get their land back to live upon. The bulk of the lana on the island is now in the hands of the Europeans, and mostly in very large blocks. The natives on the island work then* land the same as Europeans; in fact, a good many of them surpass the latter in farming. The Napier Hospital Trustees, through Mr. Shrimpton, have received the offer of a handsome contribution towards the erection of a hospitlal for the treatment of cases of chronic disease. ' The anonymous donor offered £1000. According to- the board's architect a suitable hospital, to contain 24 beds, would cost about £2020. With the subsidy of the Government, a sum of £2000 will be available, which would provide the home and partly furnish it. The weekly report of the Exhibition Commissioners states that the application of Messrs. A. H. Redwood. and Co., of Sydney, has been accepted for the tea rooms Nos. 1 and 2 witiim the Exhibition Buildings, and that of Mrs. Constance M'Donnellj of Auckland, has been accepted for tea room No. 3. The Miramar Borough Council met last evening. Present : The Mayor (Mr. H. Townsend), and Councillors Brodie Richards, Wardell, and Witt. The Mayor reported that Mr. Willing had been appointed clerk of the Seatoun tunnel works. The council decided to affiliate with the Municipal Association of New Zealand, the Mayor being appointed delegate. Two ratepayers wrote complaining of the manner in which cattle" and horses were allowed to stray upon the roads of the borough. The clerk was instructed to appoint a ranger. The Manager of the Bank ot New Zealand wrote in Merenco to the application for a loan of £23,000 that as soon as the necessary legal formalities had been observed, an advance of £20,000 would be made. * The letter was received. The Mayor stated that a letter had been received from the Wellington Harbour Ferries Company in reference to the Seatoun and Karaka Bay wharves. As they had good reason to believe that the Harbour Board would take over the wharves at the end of July, he suggested that consideration of the letter should be held over. This covuise was agreed to. It was agreed to allow to Messrs. Eosson and Company a rebate of 6d per ton on wharfage dues ohnrged on coal. Messrs. A. and C. Crawford wrote stating that they had no objection to transferring part of a strip of land on the foreshore sear the Seatoun wharf, provided the Borough Council paid the costs of the transfer. The council passed a resolution of thanks for this kindness. Councillor M'Grath wrote resigning on account, of his entering into relationship with the Public Trustee in connection with the prosecution of the Seatoun tunnel contract. Councillor M'Grath's resignation was accepted with regret, the Mayor and Councillor Wardell speaking in appreciation of the services he had rendered to the borough as a councillor. The City Engineer (Mr. W. H. Morton) attended, and explained the details of the draft of the Order-in-Council connected with the Seatoun and Miramar tramways. Accounts amounting to £708 5s 8d were passed for payment. Every woman appreciates smart millinery at low prices. See our special win. dow display and note the prices. Kirkcnldio and Stains, Ltd. — Advt. Messrs. M'Keo and Co.'s fresh list of jWSß.or.ties is w.ell worth readinjr..