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Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 113, 9 November 1906, Page 4

The duty on black twist tobacco imported into the Cook Islands has been i educed to Is per lb. where the collector is .satisfied that the genuine invoice price does not exceed Is 3d per lb. A fhework kno^vn as a Roman candle exploded liibt week whilst being held by a boy in Auckland. Most of the flesh of one hand was blown away, and the bone was also injured. The thumb had to be amputated. There are no.v 23 members in the n«w Fire Brigade at Lower Hutt. Firemen Slinn, M'llvride, and' Stoupe, with Captain, Parrant and the other officers, have been elected an executive committee. Giving evidence at an inqurst oa tho body of a boy who was drowned in Nelson last week, Dr. Andrew said :—lt: — It was quite an erroneous idea that a body, after drowning, would' no^ rise to the eurfacj until nino days had elapsed. There was, the doctor said, no definite time in which a body would' rise — it depended on tho Tapidity of decomposition and the generation of gases in the abdominal cavity. Frequently a body would float in five days, and, in fact, he had predicted that Moynihan's body would come to the surface on the fiftb day, as it bad done. The greatest feat in the history of log rafting on the Pacific coast has been accompished by a steamer toeing a raft having nine million feet of lumber from the 1 Columbia River, in the North-wesb of the United States, to San Francisco, for the rebuilding enterprises, which it is estimated will requrre about five billion feet of lumber. The voyage of eij*ht hundred miles was accomplished in six days. So great is the demand for lumber at San Franeisob that tho l»g« raft was bought by contractors and retail lumbermen before it came to anchor in the bay. The rains in the early part, of this week and again yesterday filled the Hutt River with a great volume of muddy v, atcr, but it was easily kept in the main channel by ths protective works. The hillside creeks in and abqut Wellington attained ihe dignity of miniature torrents, but so far as we have learned no serious damage has been rlono beyond the cutting up of roads. The residents in and about Bridge-street, at Lower Hutt, -who would a few months ago have suffered a periodical inundation, arc today thanking the hill creek drainage scheme, as a result of which the waters ' which used to find its way into tho houses are now intercepted and carried direct to the main river. The Foxton correspondent of the Palmerston Standard sent his paper the following notes yesterday: — Shipping became disorganised here yesterday. The Baden Powell, which left Jie wharf for other parts, broke down so badly that the Putiki had to be called into service to tow her back to the wharf. The Baden's rudder is damaged, and probably she will be taken to Wellington Slip to undergo repaiis. A high wind, which blew with great force yesterday, interfered with shipping generally. I understand the plans for Levin and Co.'s new stores have been approved, and that tenders will bo called immediately for the work. It is said the New Zealand Shipping Company has accepted the tender of a Wellington firm for the erection of their grading sheds here, and that the price ranges somewhere in the vicinity of £2500. The Thorndon Dinghy Club held a race la&t evening for a trophy presented by Messrs. Wallace and Gibson. • The handicaps were as follows. — Scotia 4£min, Laurel and Stella 4min, Rona, Spray, and Blowfly 2|min, Irex, Petrel 2min. Vera imin, Zel scratch. Scotia maintained her lead throughout the first round, wtith the Vera and Blowfly in clos& attendance. The second round altered things considerably, and the boats finished Jin the following order : — Vera 7hr 9min, Blowfly 7hr lOjJmin, Scotia 7hv llmin, Zel 7hr ll£min, Irex 7hr 12£min, Stella 71u- 16|min, Petrel 7hr 17min, Spray 7hr 19min, Rona 7hr 21min. Mi\ L. Servant framed the handicap and Mr. IT. M'Keever acted as starter and judge. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon, before Dr. A. M' Arthur, S.M., Harold Clias. L'Oste Rolfe, of Waipawa, sharebroker, sued James George Wilson and Charles A. Jolly, Wellington, fc-r the recovery of £25. Mr. Loughnan appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Young for the defendant. Plaintiff alleged that by agreement dated 16th May, 1906, made between the parties, the defendants agreed to sell mid plaintiff to purchase lots 26, 23, 29, 30, and 31 c-n the plan of Alicetown, Lower Hult. Plaintiff, on signing the agreement, paid £25 as a deposit in pait payment of tho purchase money for the property. But owing to alleged misreipresentationa- made by the defendants to lum with regard to the property, ' he refused to complete the purchase of the land. He therefore claimed to recover from the defendants the return of the £25 in question. For tho . defence it was contended that plaintiff was bound to carry out his contract; that there was no misrepresentation, and 1 that he had his deposit. His Worship reserved his decision. / The cable messages on Tuesday said : — "Mr. Keir Hardie, speaking at Edinburgh, said that if tho House of Commons refused to discuss iSocialism, armed revolution and general strikes would be the alternative. He had frequently met and admired Socialists who were prepared to risk everything to realise- their ideas, and who were quite prepared to appeal to tho nation." Mr. .Ramsay M'Donald, M.P., criticised this message (telegraphs our Dnnedin correspondent) as "an abominable imposition constructed for misleading people in this part of the world." He says : '"The cables are fearfully and wonderfully made. I have read what purported to bo a, speech of my friend, Mr. Keir Hardie. I have spoken to Mr. Keir Hrfrdio scores of times, and I am chairman of the organisation to which he belongs. I am prepared 1 to state tbat tho impressitki which that cable- has given, is a lie. It may have been some little statement made that was carefully qualified, that was cushioned or set in a context, but that raw, .impossible statement that has been palmed on you is simply an abominable imposition, concocted for misleading intellig-eut people in this pa-rt c-f. the world." Tho continued success of the South African footballers in England has inspired tho hope in that colony that a South African cricket team will emulate their deeds, and, says Iho Natal Mercury, "Mr. Abo Batley has oxpressed thehopo of returning to England in the spring with a team of South African cricketers, and looks forward to them boating the bost English teams." Mr. Bailov is a millionaire, and perhaps tho : best known sportsman in South Africa, i Tho last team to go Homo he took at i his own expense. On tho turf Mr. i Bailey has been exceptionally fortunate. ' Somo six months ago,, at tho meeting of ( tho Johannesburg Turf Club, Mr. Bailey ■ won in stake money over £9000 out of i a total of £11,000 given at tho meeting, I while- nt tho meeting provious he won i £5700 out of a total of £8000. Other i owners then said so many unpleasant « things about tho handicapping of his ( horses thnt ho told all his horses nnd I started racing in England, although < never thoro more than two months of i tho twelvo ; and he has said that ho ex- y poets to suo his horses in tTio front rank < in the Oaks, Derby, and St. Leger next ( year. H.is best known performer is Or- { well, a bay two-year-old filly by Matchmaker, who won the Acorn Stakes at ■Epsom Summer Meeting, and has alto- I gcthor carried off i*6700 in st-Jko money ". Uiifi.jyear.r 1