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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1907, Page 6

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SYDNUY, 11th January. Arrived— Manuka (ll a.m.), fioui Auckland. SBWOASTLK, 11th January, fejiled — Senonta, lor Knipara. DUNKDIN, llth January. Sailed — Tahtnc, for Knrth. r.tsspngere for Wellington— Misses Ijowcloii (2), Urown, Mesdnincs F.iil. Wilson (2), Mcssu. Colbeclc, Kay.

The Marylebonc cricketers arrived at Greymouth last evening niter an overland trip through th 6 Otira Gorge, and were to begin a match against a West Coast team at 2 o'clock. Ko scores ! had como to hand up to the time of | our going to press. Tit (ho weekly meeting of the membcis of the junior department of the Young Men's Christian Association thpiv was an attendance of £0 lads — rather a decrease, in consequence of other attractions and the summer weather. Mr. ,7. Cassoy was in the chair, and in tho absence of Mr. C. S. Falconer, who wno to have spoken on "The Coming Year," Mr. W. Eghn gave an illustration of "resuscitation," or restoring animation to a drowning person. Arrangements are in hand for an Easter camp. The appointment of Mr. E. J. Harrington as Registrar of Marriages, Births, and Depths for the l'almeivston district is gazetted. A deplorable state of depravity was ventilated in the Magistrate's Court Today, when two Chinese fruiterers, named Vow Lee and Ah Chow, in business at the corner of Oxford-street and Adelaideroad, were charged with serious offences i) gainst two youn;; gills under the age of tixtcen years. Ono of the informants came here from Hnwera recently, and t In; other was tho adopted child of people living in Wellington. Both girls woiked together at one of the city factories. Evidence showed that they went to three different shops conducted by Chinese on the morning of Satuiday, 15th December, and asAied for money. Eventually they Vferc invited into the premises of tha accused, whom they had previously visited The offences, the girls alleged, were committed at these premif.es on 15th and 17th December. Vow Lee was committed to the Supreire Court for trial, bail being lefused. The case against Ah Chow was proceeding a& we went to press, the evidence being the wrrae us in the iirst case. \ Amongst the successful exhibitors at tho Chiistchuvch Horticultural Show was Mr. Fox, of Wellington, who bccurcd a first and a second award for s>\cct peas. At tho meeting of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council Lust night, it was decided to admit the Domestic Workers' Union to alliliation. A letter was received from the colonial oxccuti\e asking tho council to forward remits for the annual conference It was referred to the Management Committee for consideration and report. The matter of forming a Gardeners' Union was considered, and it was decided to call a meating to discuss the question. The Marino Department has appointed Captains Reed and Campbell to act as nautical assessors in connection with the magisterial cuquiiy into the wieck of the barqucntine Klverland. The evening excursions to Day's Bay are growing in popularity. On Wednesday night the Duchess took about 1000 people to that favourite seaside resort, and it is expected that to-night's excursion will be equally well patronised. The water-chute and grounds will be specially illuminated, and a full brais band will bo in attendance. Refreshments will bs provided in the pavilion. Pull particulars arc advertised. Mr. M'Callum, Wellington manager for Messrs. Kirkpatrick and Co., of Nelson, has just undergone an operation for appendicitis and is making a satisfactory recovery. Mr. M'Callum will probably be able to resume his duties in about a I month's time. , The present spell of dry weather -emphasises the necessity of proper precautions being taken to safeguard the public health, particularly in the suburbs. Discussing the matter with a Post reporter to-day tho Chief Health Officer (Dr. Ma' on) said :— "What we have advised is that the local authorities should pass sanitation by-lawe now. If they wait till the sections are covered over with, houses, they will have the- greatest difficulty. The remedy lies in their own. hands. However, they usually wait till a district is big -enough for a by-law, and then, because of vested interests, it is difficult to get the people to agree. It I is very much easier to pass a law at a i time when it does not affect the people veiy heavily. People do not so much object to being prevented from doing a. thing as to desisting fiom doing a tiling once they had begun." Tho lcporter suggested that the local authorities might plead that the cost was a handicap in districts which had not then a. very large population. "They could do something," answered Dr. Mason. "There are. nil sorts of ways in which something could be done, iho matter is in their hands. They would Tesent our interference, rightly, because they are quite able to look after themselves. They have- been advised." We are informed that the opening days of Te Aro House summer sale have (surpassed all previous efforts for that wellknown firm, and it is evident from present indications that tho sale of 1007 will constitute a record for Wellington. In connection with the N.Z. Exhibition, Mr. Burke, proprietor of tho Cafe do Paris, Clirißlcliurch, one of the leading hotels in tho city, and tho moßt centrally Hituated, lias arranged tho following land, viz., 8s per day, or £2 2s per uock. Such a moduralo ecalo of charges -for a iiislclass hotel should moot wilh the approval of Iho travolling public. — Advl. Mr H. F. Allen, secretary of tho Wellington Industrial Association, who lias just returned from a. holiday trip to Auckland, reports that induslnnl matters arc very satisfactory in tho northern city. A brunch of Iho Industrial Association has been formed there upon similar linoa to tho Wellington Association. "Yours" is tho title of a business w»nouneoraont published in this ibsuo by Mohbi'B. Thomson and Druwn. Special attraction-) for to-morrow's sale at Tho Now Houhg aro advertised. By advertisement clsfiwhero Messrs. James Smith Dnd Sons direct attention to a lino > of boys' Kaiacoi suits.