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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 09, 11 January 1908, Page 4

By Admiralty order the pocket-money )f boy bluejackota has been raised by 6d i week to the following amountß : First:lass boys, Is 6d ; second-class boys, Is. "Ambulanco instruction" was tho order 3f the evening at tho weekly meeting of the Boys' Division of the V.M.C.A. Several lectures, which were listened to intently by the boys, were given by members of the V.M.C.A. division of tho St. John Ambulance Biigade. During the month of December, 65,876 :ai cases of frozen mutton, 52,296 caries of lamb, and 7369 quarters of baef vvere exported frorn^ New Zealand. Compared with the same month of 1905, Ihese t figures represent a decrease of 56,216 carcases of mutton, 27,373 carcases of lamb, and 17,892 quarters of beef. Tho fall in this returns is partly accounted for by the backward season and the absence of demand at Home. A week of useful work has been gono through by the members of D Battery, who last Saturday went into camp at tho Lower Hutt racecourse for the annual training course, of sixteen days' duration, prescribed for all field artilf lery companies in New Zealand. Field sketching from personal observations by the rank and file of the company has been done with marked success, and practice in range-finding, reconaissance, scouting, riding, and signalling has also been obtained. A sketch of tho whole surrounding country is to be made this afternoon, for use in tho trial shooting practice with live (shell to be fired on Saturday next, under direction of tho company officers, and in the presence of Captain Richardson, Director of Ordnance for New Zealand. "Givo me a show to get back to the railway and Ohakune, your Worship," pleaded an old man with the white hair and beard of a patriarch, in answer to a charge of insobriety this morning. "Mr. Tregcar told me to «> back. i have given very little trouble either to the magistrates or to the police." Tha accused was a first offender, with nothing against him. He was convicted and discharged. Mary Wilson,' alias M'Girr, who had a number of previous convic* tiong on record, asked to be allowed to return to Dunedin. His Worship reminded her that she had-, mad© the sam« plea before, and got drunk shortly afterwards. A fine of £1, or in default Beyen days' imprisonment, was inflicted. Ha'pe Tanara, a- Maori, appeared before Mr. Riddell, S.M., on a charge of forg. ing and uttering a cheque for £8 12s at Featherston on. the 31st December. A remand was .granted to Feathersten for the 13th inst. It is difficult 'to say what result tha opening of the Main Trunk railway will have on the progress of some of the towns en the West Coast, north of Marton. New Plymouth is already be-> coming anxious. A member of the local borough council has given notice of his intention to move the following motion at the next meeting :— "That, in view- of the near completion of the Main Trunk railway, this council rfrge upon the TaTonaki Chamber of Commerce the ndviscvbility of at once approaching the Union Steamship Company and tha Northern Steamship Company with a view to reducing the passenger and freight charges Between. Nevf PJymtfuth and Onehunga, so that the port may not be prejudiced by tho diversion of trade by rail ; and that, with the samo object, tha Chamber of Commerce be requested to endeavour to induce the Harbour Board to remit the passenger toll now levied at tho port. The first issue of the Waimarino County Call, a tri weekly paper to b& . published at Raetihj, has reached us. Raetihi at present has a population of 400. In its oditorial anDouneoißejii the pall breaks new ground. "Every infant ishall, with the consent of its parents, have its advent into this world' of sorrow and joy announced in our columns," it says. "Every little lad and lass, as they pass the various standards at their respective schools, shall find a pleasure in seeing their advance in learning chronicled year by year. When young couples — aye, and old couples, too — have iuiished! billing and cooing, and stand before the altar of Hymen to publicly declare their vows, we shall be at hand to speak of the brave and handsome bridegroom and the beautiful bride and her winsome maids. All along tho journey of life wo shall be pleased to say a kind and helpful word as occasions present themselves. And when, at la^st, some member of fie household passes onward into the piogressive life beyond, we shall not forget to send' white flowers of good thoughts to the bereaved." The first election of councillors for the new Makara County takes .place on 28tbJ instant, and the council meats for the first time on tha 29th. The returning officer is Mr. George Hislop, clerk to the Makara Road Board. Six councillors are to be elected, four for the "Pprirua Riding, and two for Makara. The reason for the formation of the county was that the Makara people were dissatisfied with the treatment they received from the Hutt County. An attempt was made to get a Bill through Parliament during the session of 1906, but was unsuccessful. Last session a further attempt was made, but the Hon. Dr. Findlay, Attorney-General, declined, on behalf of the Government, to support a Bill for creating 3 county so small in area, the Makara Riding being only 25,000 acres in extent. The Government did not object to an extension of the area, and .ultimately a compromise was made with the' Hutt County, a«d the whole of Porirua and Makara Ridings were included in the pew county and the Bill passed. The new county extends almost as, far north as Paremata. The boundary runs from Paremata east and south to the western boundary of Petone Borough. The other boundaries are those of the Johnsouville Town District, tho Onslow and Karori Boroughs, the city of Wellington, the sea, and the harbour. The total rateable value of the new county is £712,000. Some comments on the principal! in the Webb-Tresidder sculling match, in _ Tecent issue of the Chronicle, make interesting reading for followers of tha sport. It is i reported that Webb has evidently entered upon his task with a very light heaTt, and in the best of spirits, notwithstanding his recent indisposition. At the present time the champion goes to scale at 10.10, but his ooujsa of training increases his weight, bo that, all being well, he will row at, say, 11.2. Webb is a. very easy man to train, and whatever weight he does put on after this means absolute muscle, ju>st the same afe when he trained; for the races in which he defeated Stanbury on the Wanganui and C. Towns on the Parraraatta. Several local scullers who acc6inpanied Tresidder on his spin up-river praise ' his finished style of rowing, but to a Chronicle representative who also witnessed tha "go" it. seemed that the finish was far better than tho catch — that* is to say, the visitor's left hand has more- hold otthe Water than the right, thus causing the craft tb wobble when tho actual weight ia being put on ; but there is no doubt about the length and strength of tho stroke. It is > significant of the interest which is already pcing exhibited throughout the Dominion in this interesting contest for, supremacy in tho semling world that tho railway authorities K nre arranging for a special train to be run. from Wellington to Wanganui on tha day of tho race. Tan hose in Lisle thread, cotton, and cashmere, both plain and tace, at Is lid, 2s 6d, 2s lid. 3s 6d a pair. Kircaldia and Sfcajjis.-. Mxt* ~ s