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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL. The postal authorities adviso that the Victoria, which left Sydney on the sth instant for Auckland, has on board an | English mail for Wellington. It should in the ordinary course arrive by Tuesday's express tvain from New Plymouth. Monday, the 10th instant, is gazetted the day fox* the election of three members of the Pctonc Fire Board. By notice in the Gazette it is declared that Hill-street, Wellington, is exempted from tho street-widening provisions of tho Public Works Act. Mr- J- J- Mallard is gazetted a member of the Wellington, Palmerston North, and Feilding Fire Boards, vice Mr. F. Allen, who icsignad. A grass fire at Cresvvick-road, Xorthland, yesterday, resulted in a summerhouse, owned by Mrs. Putnam, being damaged. The fire brigade was called out, but tlie fire was extinguished by neighbours. "I think a littlo more Sunday School would do the boys of Miramax* good," said the Mayor at a meeting of the Borough Council last evening. Last Sunday many boys, ho said, were to be seen roaming over the district, intent apparently on mailing the most mischief possible. Several requests having been made for samples of fruit from the Otaki fruit exhibit, Mr. Byron Brown announces in our advertising columns that that he will sell tho whole exhibit in lots at the close of his land sale on Wednesday night, the proceede to go to the Wellington Hospital. The present dry season has' much to answer for, says tho Taihape Daily Times. A "drunk," when charged at the police court, in extenuation of his guilt said that tho water was so bad in the part of the country where he had been working, and contained so many insects, that lie made a bee-line for the nearest publichouse and sought to kill the- microbes with copious draughts of whisky. The episode cost him iive shillings. Tho Crown Prosecutor informed Mr. Justice Chapman in the Supreme Court yesterday that a witness named Wheeler, in the case against Edward James Leydon, charged with theft of a postal packet, could not be found. He there-fore asked that the cas-a should be postponed to tho nest, sitting. Mr Toogood, for the accused, said he was qujte prepared to have Wheeler's depositions pin. in and for the case to he heard now. The Crown Prosecutor assenting, this course \vas adopted. The futility of tlw Trades Unions' Conference? passing resolutions year after year, and arriving at decisions which the Government paid no attention to, was spoken of at last night' 6 meeting pf the Trades Council. The opinion wa3 general that tho conference this year would do better to concentratq its efforts on the providing of machinery for putting previous decisions of tho conference on tho Statute Book, and tho following resolution on the subject was carried unanimously : ''That, subject to the approval of the affiliated unions, tho Wellington Trades Council send no legislative remits to the annual conference, but that the council asls the conference to decide on the best means of consolidating tho Labour movoment in New Zealand, and giving effect to the decisions ,of previous conferences." The criminal business before the Supreme Court was concluded yesterday afternoon. The last case taken was that against Edward Jas. Leydon, who was charged with the theft of a postal packet containing a "ring and 'a brooch. Prisoner, who was defended by Mr. Toogood, pleaded not guilty. Mr. V. Clendon was foreman of the jury. Prisoner was a letter carrier at Island Bay, and tho packet, which he should have handed to another carrier for delivery, was not so handed over, although it was shown that it was posted in a letter box and that the box was cleared. Subsequently the ring was pawned for 3s, by ono Daniel Wheeler, who livod in the same house as prisoner, and who stated that he pawneu it at prisoners' request. Prisoner denied this., and also denied that he had seen an, thing of the packet. The jury found the prisoner guilty and he was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Yesterday afternoon ?i deputation brought under the notice of tho Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister for Public Health, a point connected with the milk supply of the city. The deputation consisccd of Messrs. Griffiths and Swaby, dairy farmers, of Otaki, and Messrs. Broadbent and Hudson, dairy farmers, of Levin. Mr. W. H. Field, M.P., intioduced the deputation. It was represented to the Minister that the members of the deputation desired to collect nxJTn at their dairy factories in Levin and Otaki from registered* dairies in the district, and mix and pasteux'ise it and send it to Wellington lor city consumption. This could not, however, bo done under the regulations, which stated that no milk could be distributed in the city unless coming from a registered daily and kept separate. That prevented tha various registered supplies being mixed for pasteurisation. Tho Hon. Mr. Fowlda said he would consult tho Chief Health Oiticcr and have the matter looked into. Referring at last night's meeting of the Trades Council to the revival of trades unionism in both New Zealand and Australia, Mr. 'Cochran, secretary of tho Sydney Tiades Council, said that in Sydney the:e wero coir 75 unions affiliated to tho council, which was fast becoming a great political factor. Advances were being made politically too • tha Labour members in last New South Wales Parliament numbered 25, while in the present one there were 32. Personally the speaker favoured conciliation and arbitration. Tho New South Wales Act was practically killed now by the many appeals that had been allowed against it. The Government proposed shortly to substitute Wages Boards, but the unionists of the State were against the proposal. The hardening up of the ranks of labour was noticeable in Now Zealand, especially in Wellington ; and from the fight that was being put up ho had hopes of tho success of the Labour candidates at the next election. Ho thanked the Wellington council for its welcome, and would tako back it« greetings to the Sydney council.