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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 150, 21 December 1907, Page 7

The Rotorua Times reports that the sulphur cavern which supplies the vapour baths P.fc the Sanatorium has again become active alter six months' quiescence. There has been collected as Customs duty in Wellington during the current .week the sum of £13,107 6d Id ; today's return being £1318 16s sd. The j beer duty for the week is £301 4s. Those passengers who have booked for Westport by the Arahura, which sails to-night for the West Coast via; Nelson, may transfer to the Moura, which proceeds also to-night for Westport direct. The Swifts Amateur Swimming Club held a 75yds handicap race last evening. ,Tha race, which was keenly contested, desalted as follows : Wilton, 17secs, 1 ; Jenkinson, Bsscs, 2; Fordham. ssecs, 3. lime, 60 5-ssecs. During the week ending to-day the Public Health Department was notified of the following infectious disease cases Laving occurred in the city : — Scarlet iever 4, tuberculosis 3. From the Hutt County one caso of scarlet fever was reported. Like a row of convalescents in hath chairs, the fow volumes of the New Zealand Gazette and' a trio of the Jourfcals of the House, survivors of the recent fire, wero taking the sun yesterday afternoon in the lee of tho library. With open folios they basked in tho warm radiance, and slowly recovered from the tremendous sousing they underwent on the disastrous morning of last week. In the process of drying the leaves naturally curled aud crinkled, and the last muster of tomes looked 1 but a battered wreck of the spic and span volumes that once adorned in© shelves of the House. On a charge of stealing a case of whisky, valued at £3, the property of Julius Adolph Lutz, on the 19th Decem■ber, a carter named William Willis was remanded by Mr. Riddell, S.M., this morning until Friday next, tho 27th inst. Mr. Cook represented the accused. 'For insobriety, Alfred Burnecle and John Golding were each fined £1, or in "default seven days' imprisonment j ■ Joseph Barker and Annie Cain each 10s or 48 hours' imprisonment; one first offender ss, with alternative of 24 hours' imprisonment,* two were convicted and discharged, and a third was ordered to pay the costs of medical treatment, 15s 6d. The treasurer of the district of Wellington Hospital Board, Mr. R. C. Kirk, desires to acknowledge the following donations towards tho Christmas cheer to the patients of the Otaki Sanatorium:— Bell, Gully, Bell, and ■Myers, W. H. Quick, Young and Tripe, W. H. Field, R. C.Kirk, W. H. Aurnbull, r R. T. Turnbull, C. P. Skerrett, N. M'l/ean, Algar Williams, Goring Johnston £1 Is each; F. G. Bolton 10s 6d, ,and Mr. Grenfield ' and Miss F. Peach 10s each, a Friend Is 6d.. Any .further donations would be welcomed, and could be sent to Mr. Kirk, Mr.' George Willis (secretary), Mr. Godber (chairman), or to the Matron direct.Vandals went up to Newtown park \ •recently and took care that the monkey there should bavq no Merry Christmas. Tho unfortunate little animal was bombarded with sticks till it was bruised and battered— iead, body, and arms. The victim of the cowardly outrage had its life almost beaten, out. Tho carefaker is trying to nurse the Sufferer back to soundness, but the prosnect of a recovery is far from bright. > This is the socond time that merciless persons have ill-treated inmates of the "Zoo." The public would like to 'see the hanfl of retribution clutch one of the cruel destroyers,, and make- him lvpent his conduct bitterly. A leading farmer, in Poverty Bay, lias Void the Gisborne Times that the district was in for a prolonged drought, fie Tiased his prognostication on tho unusually early appearance of the insect pests. In sinking a mact for grassseed harvesting the other day, he stated that there were myriads of cricket grubs a foot beneath the suvfaco of the ground, and no surer indication of drought could exist than the early appearance of crickets. Again, he stated, ths. bot-fliqs, which usually did not appear in numbers until after Christmas, were .very troublesome, and had been seen in largo numbers for some considerable time past. Horse-stingers were also very plentiful. The early appearanco of these insects, ho stated, was a sure indication thai we wero in for a repetition of the drought which caused such havoc to farmers in Otago a short time ago. "How long" plaintively writes "Detour," correspondent, from Hillstreet. "How long.ars the Government going to keep the pathway across Parliament Grounds closed to traffic. Residents on the further aide from the city havo to rise half an hour earlier in order to make tho long detour to avoid a trespass. Many arc unablo to conic, home to lunch, which means an additional expense — no mean consideration as the cost of livirg increases. When there was a clanger to children from tottering chimney stacks and smoking ruins, reasonable excuse might be urged "on the grounds of public safety, but now the fire is out and the chimney's down, why should not the people be allowed to resume a short cut from business homowaid. There does not appear to be much to steal in the wreck of old iron and bricks. Burglars, then, aro out of the question. How long," repeats the correspondent. "How long shall wo havo to wait?" There is a probability of a rehearing of the accident compensation caso, H. Elliot v. tho Wellington Corporation. Mr. D. M. Findlay, who appeared for the plaintiff, ascertained from Mr. Justice Button in Chambers this morning that his Honour would hear during the vacation the motion for tho rehearing to be mado by the defendants, Mr. Findlay having stated that Elliot was anxious for the matter to be finally settled as early as possible. Tho caso, j it may b 9 recalled, was a sequel to the J fatal tramway accident on the Brooklyn line in May last. Elliot, who is a baker by trade, was injured in that accident, and he recently obtained £'/j • compensation against the corpoiation. The case was heard before a special jury. Tho corporation's representatives, Messrs. Gray and O'Shca, (city solicitor) contended that the damages were excessive, and this is the point upon which the motion for a rehearing will bo based. Motor Cars. — Wo have just opened z. shipment of Enfietd and .Stuart Motor Cars, and have every confidence in recommending tho 1908 model as a- British car of the highest class of manufacture. Immediate delivery. Ask for a trial run. Inglis Bits., sole New Zealand agents, ,Willis-6trcret ; motor garage, Harrisstreet. — Advfc. New Customs Tariß. — Information refarding changes can be supplied by the few Zealand Express Company, Ltd.. 20 Customhouse-quay. Telephone No. 2410. — Advi. Holiday anticipations aro uppermost in the minds of most pooplo jiisl at present, end l!\o question of wlitre and when to go for a change is being debated by the great majority of the inhabitants of Wellington to-day. One word of advice ran bo given to all holiday-makers of the fair Sex, and that is to visit the More of C. Smith, Lid., Cuba-street, for all travelling requisite- 1 . Unequalled value and variety can be found there in sunshade?, gloves, and hosiery. New styles in parasols just opened up and well worth inspection. Hosiery and gloves from Uxa world's Acadian. makp.rg.— Ady£.