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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 4, 5 January 1907, Page 4

The attendance at the Christchurch Exhibition for the week ending last night totalled 105,515. The two Southern steamers, the Rotomahana and the Pateena, which arrived from Lyttelton this morning, brought 578 passengers — mostly excursionists, who had been visiting the Exhibition. Shopkeepers and others who desire to close their business premises at 1 p.m. on Saturday (in the event of any day other than Saturday being appointed as the statutory closing v day) are notified to apply in writing to the Inspector of Factories during January. The annual meeting of the Wellington Rose and Carnation Club will be held at Godber's Rooms, Cuba-street, oil Monday evening. A choice exhibition of blooms will be shown, and criticisms by members will be given. • Owners of dogs in the city should be interested in the announcement that the tax for 1907 is now payable. The tax has been fixed at ten shillings per dog. Tenders are invited for "the goodwill of the business and the lease of tho premises in the bankrupt estate of H. S. Izard, at Greytown North, and for his law library. Tenders close at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 10th January. Complaints arc .made by Eastbourne residents that certain young men are in the habit of bathing at Rona Bay without observing regulations regarding dress. Steps are to be taken to niako the offenders conform to the ordinary rules of decency. On the occasion of a, recent examination of' the native school on the coast (says tho Opotiki Guardian), some severe weather was experienced. Many, of the children started from their homes, and swam the swollen river, so anxious were they nob to miss the examination, and as a result the Education Department has requested tho teacher to convey to the children and their parents its appreciation of the efforts made by them to be present at. the examination, in the face of such adverse circumstances. "The premier athletic carnival of Wellington" is the title given to the Miramar Seaside Carnival, to be held on 22nd January (Anniversary Day) at Worser Bay. A rowing regatta, water sports, yacht races and land sports arc included in the programme, which comprises 39 events in all, the prizes approximating £100. A submarine explosion has been arranged for 3 p.m., to be followed by a "dead fish collecting competition." Valuable prizes have been allotted for the swimming events. The police at Napier on Thursday arrested a man named Kenneth Harold Kidd on a charge of having been concerned in an assault and robbery in Aro-street, Wellington, on 21st December. He was brought before Messrs. W. L. Mestayer and J. M'Alpine. Justices of the Peace, at the Magistrate's Court at Wellington this morning, and, with Michael O'Donnell, who had been arrested previously on the same charge, remanded until tha 11th inst. Mr. Cook appeared for O'Donncll, and applied for bail. The application was refused. Frederick W. Neill was remanded to Featherstorj, on charges of theft and false pretences. Several other cases we.v» adjotirned. Last evening the members of the committee of the Young Women's • Christian Association gave a farewell social gathering to the president, Misa M'Lean, 31. A., who leaves this evening for a twelve months' trip to the Old Country. A large number of members v.'ere prpsent, and an enjoyable evening was spent. The girls competed in two interesting competitions, for which Misa M'Lean gave first and second prizesi for each. Mrs. Hislop, as hon. president, voiced the good wishes of th© members of the Y.W.C.A., and on their behalf wished Miss M'Lean bon voyage. Miss M'Lean acknowledged the kind wishes of Mrs. Hislop and tho members, and said so much of the success of the branch depended upon tho personal effort of the individual members. Miss Sonley bone testimony to the help Miss M'Lean had been to them, and also reminded those present of the visit of Miss Spencer, tha World's Secretary, next September. A case possessing a novel feature, in the way of alleged extortion of money by threat, will be heard at the Auckland Police Court at an early date. The story goes (says the New Zealand Herald) that a man, who had been indulgingrather excessively in the season's enjoyments, was accosted by two strangers, who respectively represented ihejnselvea as a, police sergeant and constable, and proceeded to arrest him on a charge ot drunkenness. Getting a few yards along the street the "sergeant" is alleged ta have spoken thus to the offending one :' "Look here, you seem to be a decent chap, and would probably like to be out of gaol, and not make a, public appearance before the magistrate. Pay ma( 10s, the usual fine, and you cap goT I'll send the constable to accompany you home." The 10s was handed over, and the holiday-maker, happy that he had so narrowly escaped several hours' waiting in durance vile, strode along aiily with the "constable." The "sergeant" went ia the opposite direction, and as the distance between them increased the "constable" had misgivings about getting his share in the plunder, and lie abandoned his charge to meet his confederate. Th«| third party wag determined, however, nob to have the terms of the arrangement so abruptly altered, and pursued the "constable." They -were together when a real officer of the law came on the scene, and the holiday-tripper appealed to him as to the arresting "constable's." bona fides. The latter was thereupon appre« hended on a charge of obtaining money by threat. America (says a cable message to tha London Express from New York) is suffering from too much prosperity. There are not enough men to cope with, the enormous volume of business, and! a labour famine exists in varying degrees from New York to San Francisco. So great is the industrial boon thatf newly-arrived immigrants practically commaud their own prices in the western States where the crops arc unharvestcd, and railway extensions delayed for lack, of skilled labourers and farm hands. The famine has affected New Yoik severely. Employment ageucios aTe inundated with appeals for cooks, poiters, carmen, pageboys, and waiters for hotels, and highclass mechanics. Many of the big department stores are paying boys men's wages. There is even a. dnnrth of cleiks in/tha Wall-street district. Contracting firms aie greatly hampered in executing large improvements. The labour "bosses," who supply alien, labourers for tunnel conshuelion, bridge building, aaid road making, at a ceTtain price per handled, have raised thoir rates, and aie still unabls to get all the men they require. Employment agents wait at the Ellis Island ferries to capture nev.-ly-arrived immigrants who have just been "passed" by the immigration authorities. The demand for labour is certain to result in increased immigration within the next few weeks, especially from Ireland. Hundreds of Irishmen employed in New York are sending for their relatives and friends, and it is oven alleged that osTtain employment agencies have furnished funds for tho importation of "desiiable" workmen. At the same time, New York has its unemployed question. There are thouuimls of '"uneniployables"' m the streets.