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Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 67, 17 September 1906, Page 4

LO'JAL AND GENERAL. The colonial mails which left Auckland on the 17th August per R.M.S. Sierra, via San Francisco, arrived in London on the 16th inst. Chiding the laity for their neglect of tne clergy, the Stratford Post says;— "Over the bush parson's stipend we reverently draw a veil; it need only be a ve-ry little veil to cover it. What is th-a remedy? We Bhould cay to take a leaf out of tho other worker's book, and foTm a Working Parson's Union and refuse to marry or bury, and generally go out on strike till the other workers' recognise that they have been selfishly thoughtless, and the Lord Bishops real : se that even if a misguided community did import them to fill the high places, the toilers in the' backblocks (which they only hear about), ought to have promotion to the softer livings at least offered them before the 'good things' in the clerical line are hawkesj., abo^t m far-off England." A case of what appears to be unreasonable delay on the part of tbe postal authorities is brought under our notice by Mr S. J. Shaw, of Shannon, On 3.oth May last, he ctates, he Esnt £1 by registered letter to Palmerston North. The mailbag containing the letter jr supposed to have been stolen, but the Shannon postmaster assured' , him he would, have the money Teturned in a few days, and he signed" papers making a claim. After waiting another month he wrote to the Chief Postmaster, and was then asked for 2id, und told that the matter would be quickly settled. He wrote again a month later, but even now ' he has not icceivcd his £1, though four months have elapsed sinco it was lost. Is the Government, he asks, waiting for the nest million loan, or is it speculating on his chance of losing the receipt? The Lyttelton, Times states that the staff employed to deal with the placing of exhibits at New Zealand's "World's" Fair" will have to handle upwards of 30,000 tons measurement, and cnieful and complete arrangements have be&n made, A branch railway line runs alongside a platfdrm, specially erected between the main hall and the machinery hall. A steam crane has been supplied, and there .are large numbers of hand baiTous, Sampson barrows, and other appliances, as well as a staff of thoroughly trained' men, experienced in handling cargo, who have been engaged for the purpose of receiving exhibjte. Ine exhibits therefore will be handled with despatch, and as cases containang exhibits will have tho exhibitors' names distinctly marked on them they will be taken at once to their proper positions. For having neglected and refused to furnish in writing the information required under section 7 of the Labour Department Act. 1903, We Chong was today fined by Mr. Riddell, S.M., £3, with £3 10s costs. Mr. Wilford. for the defcndiint, said his. client did not know English, and was ignorant of the law. Mr. D. iM. Fmdlay, for the prosecution, stated that tbe defendant's position had been cxphiincd to him, and that he expressed the opinion "the law of New Zealand wae rotten." His Worship, *n fixing the fine, said the defendant came to New Zealand for tho purpose of trading, and had to submit himself to the provisions of its statutes. Daniel Campbell pleaded guilty to having cruelly | worked a horse on the Queen's Wharf, i when it was unfit for work and wae ! fined £2, with £1 10s costs. Mr. Uurgess appeared on behalf of the Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Wm. Kennedy, for "having at Lyell Bay removed shingle from below high-water tnaik without from the Harbour Board, whs fined £1, with £1 8s costs. Mr. Izard appeared on behalf of the prosecution. At the fortnightly meeting of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children last ■week, it was reported that soveral cases which had boen brought before the 6ociety had been (satisfactorily .wttled. The treasurer acknowledged the receipt of the following subscriptions: — Lady Plunket, Mrs. T. C, Williams, and Mr. J. W. Jovnt, £1 Is ench ; George and Doughty, Slirvrland and Co., and Benjamin and Co., 10s 6d each ; Lieut -Col. Hume, 10s ; Mrs. Leckie, Mrs, Grady, Mrs, Jnmee Gibb, Messrs. H. Pollen, Heywood, D. W. Virtue, Hayman and Co., and. "Sympathy," 6m each } Messrs. W. Parker, V. Cohen, and W. H. Green, 2s 6d each. Smart ties for men's wear. Just opened, a range of smart tiea in Irluh poplin, with stripe effects, at 1« 6d each, Kiik- ' caldie and Stains, Ltd.—A<ivt» . j