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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 08, 10 January 1908, Page 6

At the meeting of the Jfyrbour Mount yesterday a. resolution was passed providing that "all communications from members of the staff, and from the em* ployees, shall be made to the Ixiarii, through the chief executive officei " Mr. R. P.etcher dissented, hoUiing that it was ell for members wl ths l^oarn to keep in ab closo touch, with tha btaff its possible. An organising secretary for the Young People's Movement in connection with the Presbyterian Church it required, and. the executive is meeting with some difficulty in its efforts to got the position filled. Several minister who have been approached have failed to see their way to accept the position. A request has been made to Dr. Gibb, who is shortly to visit Canada, to make preliminary enquiries while ihero as to the likelihood of securing a second agent with an expert knowledgo of all branches of Sunday School workAt last meeting of the Auckland Presbytery, says the Herald, no less than five ordinations and inductions were arranged for. The Rev. A. Miller referred to tho fact; with much gratification, He thought 1 ;it Tvas a record not only for the Auckland Presbytery, but for any other Pres* bytery. "We have," he< said, "bee;* moaning over the vacancies in the Auckland district, but we're" filling theci up now, and I for one feel very happy about it." The vacancies filled will provide new ministers for St. Andrew's Church, Knox Church (PurwlJ), Epsom, Rotorua, and Waihi. The dearth of bricks in Gisborne has seriously hampered building operations of late (writes a correspondent), and with a view to supplying the Jocal market, which has recently been actually drawing upon Wellington and Auckland', a syndicate known as the Poverty Bay Brickmaking Company will start operations at an early date at Kaiti. A complete plant has been purchased at Henderson, near Auckland, and will be shipped aboard a scow leaving for Gisborne oh Saturday. The clay upon which 't is proposed to operate has been tested by an expert from Sydney, who considers it to be one of the best deposits in the Dominion. The Attoraey-General, in an interview I with tho Timaru Herald, stated that } copies of the Judiciary Bill had been sent to the judges and the law societies ; and from each of the fudges and from soino of the v law societies he had reeaiyed valuable| criticisms and suggestions, of which he would probably avail himself when introducing the Bill. There ©oemed to be a universal agreement thai tho District Coiyrt should be abolished, a-nd,' its work provided for partly by more frequent sittings of the Supreme Court, and partly by extension of the jurigdio tion of the Stipendiary Magistrates. A Chinese, named Lue Young, appeured before Mr. Riddell, S.M., thia morning on a charge of deserting his wifo at Masterton on the 4th of last month. The Sub-inspector asked for a remand to Masterton. Mr. Herdman opposed the application'on, the ground that tho accused had simply come down from Masterton to consult a doctor. His wife, it was all?gad, was actually living with another Chinese at tho time. There was no justification for the charge. Bia Worship said he was unable to comply with the request of Mr. Herdman. The defendant could appear without prejudice at Mastorton. A remand waa grnntsd to Masterton for the 17th inst. The question of undertaking the construction of another wharf to be known as the Pipitea wharf and to ba built north of tho King's wharf, will bt considered at the next meeting of th« Harbour Board. The plans prepared by Mr. Ferguson provide for a 6tructur« hay. ing a length of 660 feet on 'the southern side and 792 feet on the northern end. There will be two lines of railway and shedi o! two storeys along thn whole length of the wharf and the depth of water at the outward end will be 43 feet. There- will be H?oom for two other wharves, after tho Pipitea structure is completed, alon^ the present breastwork, and it is under* stood these will be known aa Larabton, and Thorndon wharves. The "strictly cash" system fov bakers is in operation in Gisborne. It hat been in existence a week. Carters usually taking back a shilling or two to their employers bring in as many pounds daily now. But there is a fly in the master baker's ointment ; ifc is this : ifc takes 12 to 13 hours a day to deliver bread on the cash system, and carters are not allowed to work more than nirw hours a day without overtime. The increase in the time of delivery results from the carter having to^ wait whila his customer, who may be' at the washtub, mixing a cake, or feeding a baby prepares to receive the. bread (usually left on a shelf at the backdoor), find the money to pay for it or runs around to get change. Owing to the rough nature of the country between the West Waiau and Preservation vety little prospecting has (saya the Western Star) been carried out there in the past. Last month however, Mr. John Gray and a party of three prospected the country as far as the Big River, and found traces of gold and tin, and there is every indication of a good quartz reef being discovered,. Mr. Gray informs us that tho Government track to Preservation Inlet is now almost impassable, the wiro ropes over the river having been destroyed. The party traversed tha shores of Lake Poteriteri, at theiiead of Waitutu River. This beautiful stretch of water, some twenty.-five miles in length, is about seven miles from Lake Hauroto, and a track connecting these two lakes could be cut at very small cost. Frpm. the Waitutu River the prospectors made their way to the Big River, which takca its source from Lake Hakapoua. •'This is tho honie of the black swan, which are to bo seen in thousands. Other game, large and small, also exist. Although no red deer were met with innumerable tracks were to be seen, so that in years to come excellent sport may be obtained. Apart altogether from a scenig point of view tlicro are great possibilities of a good goldfield being opened out in th# west. "The accused went round to the respective owners and, protending he hid work to go to, obtained the loan or hammers 1 and saws, which h© immediately sold at, second-hand shops. Tha proceeds he spent in beer." In this statement. Detective Broberg referred to a man named Charles Hood, who had pleaded guilty this morning to a sertei of potty thefts on the 7th inst. The directive* further explained that tho prisoner had come out of gaol only a week ago after undergoing 12 months' imprisonment. He had numerous previous convictions against him. On the first charge Mr, Riddell, S.M., imposed a sentence of threo months' imprisonment with hard labour; on each of the other charges, a term of one month, the sentences to b? concurrent. The property was ordeied to be returned to the various owners. Edward Richard Black, alias Wilson, came before tha Magistrate on a charge pf being an idle and disorderly person consorting with reputed thieves ; further with having insufficient lawful means of support. On tho third charge of entering on the lst January into the dwelling- hove* of Ro&j O'Hara, Wanganui, with intent to commit a cr^me, tho accused was remanded to Wanganui to appear there on t!ie 15th January. No evidence was advanced on the other charges, and the information was dismissed. Mr. Cook appeared for the accused. Insertions in dainty ope>n-work designs fin-, lin., and liiu. wida, at sid, 6£d, 7£d, S^d, 9d, 10£ d per yard. Kirk, caldie and Stains, Ltd<r-AdvL