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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 108, 2 November 1907, Page 4

t The Customs Telurn and l>;cr duty col1 1 lecled ut Wcllingtrin for the past welc amounted to £11,462 5s 10J and £24,559 respectively. To-day's Customs revenue is £1417 Ms 7d. It is understood that steps will betaken _tp a wend tho regulation pioviding for the quarantining of impoitcd dogs. The present period Js considered' unnecessarily long. Exocllent cnlrks have been received for the military tournament to be held at' Pdhnoiston North on 11th November. Over a hundred men of the Wellington, Garrison are amongst the number-. The postal authorities advise that tho ZoilaiKlia, which left Sydney on the 31st October, has on board a large Brindisi waiJ, which is e:;pocted to reach hera by the express on Tuesday, sth inst. The Tvaikoura Star learns that there is cyevy probability that Mr. W. T. Kobinson, of Cheviot, will bt- nsked to contest the Hurunui seat at the next general election in the Liberal interests. Owing to a breakdown in the machinery the water chute, toboggan, and Kdtzenjammer Castle at Wonderland "will not be in working order until Wednesday; but the giounds wilt be open this and eveTy afternoon, Sundays included. A petition to, the Lord Mayor of M-elbourno, requesting -him to give an official^ recpeion in the Town Hall to Mr. Keir Hardie on his arrival, has been circulated by the Political Labour Council of Victoria, and is being largely signed. An application for £400 compensation under the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act, 1900, has been filed by Elizabeth Henry, Napier, against the Napitr Harbour Board for the loss of bar husband, Afr. Henry, while employed as fireman and general deck hand on tho J.D.O. dredge on 16th October of the present year. The Libraries Committee of the City Council has secured .ths assistance of Mr. A. L. D. Eraser, M.H.R., a well known authority on all mattars connected with the Maori, who will give a lecture entitled "Reminiscences of tho Maori" in the Town Hall concert room. The series will conclude with an address by tho Hey. Tudor Jones on 11th November. Noise created by the wind yesterday frightened a horse belonging to Mr, Arthur Lower, dairyman, South Karon, and the consequences were serious. The 'driver was about to board the vehicle at the corner of Dock-street and Ade-laide-road, but before he could do so the horse dashed off. At the corner of College-green and Adelaide-road, tho runaway collided with a tramcar, which was damaged slightly. The milk carb was knocked about, and the animal had one of its legs brokenr At the request of the driver, the police shot the horse. At » special meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board on Thursday next, Mr. ■Shirtcliffe will move — "That in view of tho inadequacy of the present wharf and shed accommodation to -cope with, the rapidly-increasing import trade of the port, the provision of increased accommodation be treated as an urgent work, and the engineer take steps to have tliß widening of the outer te& of the Queen's WhoTf and the erection thereon of twostoried sheds, as recommended by himi in his report of 31st May, 1906, put in hand at the earliest possible , date." The Arbitration Court — consisting of Mr. Justice Sim, Messrs S. Brown, and R. Slater — is _ expected to arrive in . Wellington this evening. The court will sit here on Monday morning at 10.30, and will take up the hearing of enforcements of award filed up to th© 12th September. On Thursday the court will hear applications for compensation under the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act, 1900. Disputes will be dealt with on Monday 11th. The court— has fixed th© fir&t country -sittings -for the Wellington Industrial District at Napier on the 20th inst. It is proposed to hold a Maori Confer-. encc ll\ "Wellington next ivear, and among the matters that will be considered will be Maori Councils, Native Department, and Natise Minister; Native Health Department ; the Church and native clergy ; Maori arts and industries ; Te A"ute College. Government native schools, Te Rau College, St. btephen's, Three Kings, and other schools. It is hoped that the con. ference will enlighten the people generally as to the industrial and social position oi the Maori, and demonstrate what has been done and is being" done by the Government for the Maori people. The conference is expected to make known, through the representatives who attend it, the views, needs, and grievance^ of the Maori people throughout the land. A. Allan, a young New Zealand swimmer, performed very well in an all-com-ers' race, 67yds, at London, on 16th September. something' from the New Zeaiauder, the handicappers _ gave him 2secs off scratch (Brown, a London crack). Allan won his heat in 42secs (best time of the evening), and semi-final in 42 2-ssec. Ho was re-han-dicapped 2secs and ended third in tho final. The swimming was mostly trudgeon and side. His "crawl" was tho cynosuro of the" evening, causing much talk about progressive colonial ideas. Every club in London was represented. Allan did well at tho Nelson carnival 1906-7, and represented Nelson at tho championship meeting at Christchurch 1907-M. He is at present on a pleasura trip to England. Sli". Justice Cooper heard argument yesterday afternoon on an appeal by George Pinnock, proprietor of the Ttocadero, against a d-ecisxon of Dr. M'Arthur S.M., fining him £2 and costs for having failed to allow five female assistants a weekly half-holiday as provided by the Shops and Oftices Act, 1904, and its amendments. It was contended that tha defendant's establishment did not coma within the meaning of tho Act, that the persons named in tho information wera not shop assistants, and that the word "exclusively" referred to in section 15.i (1) of the ' Shops and Oflices Act, 1904, exempted tha defendant fiom the "provisions of the statute. The Magistrate held tha-t the defendant's .establishment was a refreshment room- and a "shop" within the meaning of the statute, and that the- persons named in the infoTinations weio shop assistants. Having heard Mr. A. L. Herdman in support of tho appeal, and Mr. J. L. Stout on the other side, his Honour reserved judgment. According to statistics, the drath rate amongst infants during the months of December, January, February, aud March, is much higher than in the cooler months of tho yeai, in some parts owing, it is considered, to the difficulty of ensuring the freshness of milk. Tho Society t'i»r the Protection of Women and Children Ihn.s, as one of its main objects, the i instruction of mothei's in tha c.i re of in f nuts, and, at a meeting of the society hold the other day, it was stat- | ed that members would be able to mj crease aud further oxfend tho work, 1 which meant the saving of many valuj able lives, if that suppoit was received from the public which tlie work of the society merited. Nurse Mackinuon, tho expert on humanised milk, whose services will be at the disposal of the society for the next fortnight, will be in attendance at the rooms, 102, Wilhsstrect, from 1 to 4 p.m. daily, except -Fridays. Her address is care of Mrs. M' Vicar, 35, Majoribanks-strecl. . Miss Mackinnon will be pleased to see mothers- pr anyone interested ia the feeding L p£ iufantv