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

A scarcity of miners is reported at the Thames. At Gisborne there aro no seamen out of work, and two vessels were detained there last week because vacancies in the crews could not bo filled locally. Four vessels of the Australasian Squadron — the Challenger, Pioneer, Pegasus, and; Pyrames — arc at present at Nelson, having had a few d. ys* gunnery practice in the- bay. The Challenger was to leave to-day "for Hobart. Ths Hutt Biveri consequent upon, the excessive spell of dry weather, is now at. the lowest lsvel reached for come years past. Reporting to tho Rfter Board last evening, the foreman of \rorka (Air. Clayton) intimated that tho river was now three inches below the lowest Bummor level attained for some years. „ Tho Johnsonvills Rifle Volunteers held their annual muster parade last evening under Lieut. George Willis. Thero were 48 members on parade. Lieut. -Col. W. G. Duthie, Officer Cony manding the Wellington Rifle Battalion, who conducted the muster of arms an 4 accoutrements, afterwards inspected tba company for the first time, and expressed himself pissed with, its efficiency and appearance.' Politics h,jwe much to answer for, Al discussion on the subject last ovening culminated in an assault in a local boardinghonse. The sequel was the- appearance in court this morning, before- Mr. Riddell, S.M., of Williraa Black, charged with assaulling William Devlin, a fellow boarder. It was stated that accused had! struck Devlin on the head with a stick. Defendant was fined. £3, and in the event of non-payment was ordered to be impri* Boned for seven days. A punctured tyre was the reason of- • fered by a juror for tardy attendance afc the Timaru Supreme Court. Mr. Justico Denniston cautioned the juror, and advised 3iim to allow a wider margin for punctures to his tyres on a future occasion. The fine was remitted on this occasion. The juror was profuse in his thanks, and was leaving the court when his Honour exclaimed, "Oh, you are not exempted as well as, excused. Swear him," and the juror was sworn accordingly. The final appearance locally of mem. bers of the team of athletes who are going to compete in the Australasian amateur championship meeting at Hobart will be niade at the Hutt Valley amateur athletic sports at Lower Huti Recreation Grounds to-morrow afternoon. Tho programme, arranged by a particularly/ enterprising committee, is one of exceptional attractiveness, containing aB it does six provincial championships, cycling, tug-of-war, and wood-chopping competitions. A record attendance is % confidently expected by the sosiety. "I will give you a chance," said Mr. Riddell, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court this morning, when Frederick • Wheeler Rodney came up for sentence for attempting to commit suicide by cutting his throat. Defendant admitted that he had been -most foplish, and 6tated that ho was willing at once to set to. work to pay the expenses that had been incurred since he had committed the act. His Worship stated that the expenses amounted to £40, but as defendant had agreed to pay £4 a month ho would be discharged when £20 had been paid. Defendant was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when cajled upon. A prominent resident of Wellington who has just returned from a tour in tun ■, Sou til speaks in tho Highest terms of tU« attractions of Henley, on the Taieri River, for sportsmen and holiday-makers. Henley is about twenty /miles from Dunedin, and is on the Dunedin-Invercargill railway line. There is grand gorge iconory,'and towards tho mouth of the Taieri the views on the river are very like some parts of the Dart Between 'lotnes • and Dartmouth, England. Excellent sptet for rod and gun may be secured, and. io addition to motor-boats on th« river ft novelty exists in the shape of a comfortr able houseboat. The broken bottle has sharpened dp the Sumner Borough Council. Sumner is a pretty place by the sea, a few miles from Christchurch, and the tawny sands have been disfigured by the dark green fragments of vessels which once held beer and other commodities. Therefore the council has passed a bylaw forbidding the promiscuous distribution, of bottles over the beach. Offenders ara liable to a penalty of £2. The local authorities roundabout Wellington could well follow the example set in Sumner. The reveller, or even the comparatively modest picnicker, often leaves the sea beach in sorry plight ; and, departing, , leaves behind him DottleSvOn the sands of Rona or other places. These aro soon broken, and the jagged pieces remain to lacerate tho feet of unwary children. fn a letter to the Premier upon Mount Cook, the way thither aud the accommodation, Sir Wm. Steward wrote : — "As Mount Cook, the glaciers and the principal alpine attractions of the Dominion happen co be in tho electorate which I have tho honour to represent, I feel it my duty to bring under your notice the fnct that the most is certainly not being made of the magnificent national asset which wo possess in these grand natural features." Attention is called to the experience of Admiral Fawkes, who had to turn back in his motor car when within IS to 18 miles of the Hermitag-o, the road being untraversable. Sir Wra. Steward continues : "I by no means con? plain of the expenditure in the Hot Lakes district, but I submit that ths Alpine sceneTjr of the Mount Cook district 4s in its way equally unique and attractive, while so far it has not received a tenth of the expenditure." Ho urge 3 the need for better roads, immediate erection of ths new Hermitage, and extension oE th« telephone* system. In his reply, 6ir Joseph Ward stated that Sir William Steward's representations would receive attention. On a charge of being an idle an dl3orderly person Norman Campbell appeared at the Magistrate's Court beforo Mr. Riddell, S.M., this morning. He pleaded not guilty. Th 6 evidence showed that defendant had been working occasionally, and he oould, if h£ so desired, earn his living, Suit Tie Syss very much addicted to drink. His Worship* wished to give him a chance, and, after fldvisipg the man to keep off liquor, ho discharged the defendant. For drunkenness, Margaret M'Elroy was fined ss, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. James Ling, who wn3 convicted for drunken- , ness within the last few days, was agsia before tlicr court for a sitnilar offence. A fine of 10b, in default 48 hours' imprisonmont, was imposed. Throe firstoffending inebriates were each fined ss, in 'default 24- hours' imprisonment. A young man named John George Edward Harris was charged with ths theft of a bicycle valued at £4, from Joseph Chalmers, of Woodville. Chief Detective M'Grath stated that defendant stole the bicycle at Woodville, carne'on to Wellington, sold the bicycle, here, and proceeded on to Dunedin, where he committed a similar offence. On that occasion he was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when tailed upon. Taking this into consideration, his Worship imposed a fine of £3, or, failing payment, an alternative of seven day? imprisonment At the semi-annual— Crope-de-chen« pugarees in white, pink, heliotrope, and sky-blue, 2yds long, lOin wide, going afc 3s 6d each.— Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd. — A4srt.