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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 33, 8 February 1908, Page 4

It is understood that tlie Hon. J. M 1 Go wan, who assumed Ministerial charge of the Roads and Bridges Department when the Hon. W. Hall-Jones left for England, will retain coatrol of the department. Intimation has been received from England that tbt English Rugby Union has received seventy applications foi' inclusion in thn team that is to visit New Zealand this fear. No less thon twen-ty-seven of the applicants are international players. The Central Pharmaceutical Association has resolved to 'request the cooperation of the Mew Zealand Wholesale Druggists' Association, witli tha object of arranging more amicable terms between tho manufacturer, wholesale agent, retailor, and consumer, in reference to Hi? b:J.3 of certain patent medicines. It is contended that the retailers do not get a living profit. , > The Swifts Amateur Swimming Clrb intend lielciii-ig its j.;irinn.l carnival next Kctuvrlsy at Te Aro baths. An nttivclivn programme- Una boon arrangst!, in. eluding swimming and diving competitions, fancy ooatumo, nnd iamic diving events, and an exhib tion of water polo by two evenly matched teams. The Swifts Club has attained a high standard in past years, and is striving Jiard to maintain it. , A cose of alleged* forgery cama before Mr. Riddell, S.M., at tho Magistrate's Court ,this moraine A ' man named Christopher Scott was charged with forging the signature of W. J. Kilgour, assistant land registrar, upon a duplicate certificate, on the 14th September, 1906, and also with forging anothor certificate on 2nd May, 1907.. , By consent t»io case was. adjourned until Wednesday, liith instant when a remand till Uio following Wednesday will be asked {or Mr Myers was present on behalf of Ihe Lands Department. At the Magistrate's Court this raorn">g, before Mr. Riddell, S.M., David Taylor was charged with assanltir." Lydia Taylor, and Mrs. Roberts ut Vp.destown on the 7th inst. A remand until Friday next was granted. Bail in enc surety of £50 was' allowed. For disorderly conduct whilst drunk Roder- . ick M'lsaacs and James Wright were'each fined 403, in default seven days* imprisonment. John Daly, an articled' se&man'on board the Corinthic was fined £2, with the alternative of two days' imprisonment, for disobeying ' orders. On a charge of drunkenness Charles Wilson was ordered to pay 10s, or in default to undergo forty-eight hours' imprisonment. One first offending inc. briato was fined 6s, or in 'default twenty-four hours' imprisonment.. In his time an editor is asked to an- ■ swer many weird queries. He is requested to prescribe for the cow whose eyes have assumed an ultra-dreamy look, >a_d may be invited to guess tho age Mary was when sho cut her teeth, assuming that she was then 2.7 times as old bb Anno will bo nesct leap year, minus 6. Of all the strange eeekings after moro o* less useless knowledge, none, perhaps, is quainter than a question which is put to The Post by "A.8.G." "Tho great Harry Thaw trial," he writes, "has now arrived to an qnd, and having taken- a great interest in it, I am desirous to know where Thaw and his wife' lived prior to the trial. Could you possibly tell me?" Mr. and Mrs. Thaw havo not yet taken Tho Post into their I'conficlcncc. All that this Journal can venture to/ say, off-hand, is that^ thoy probably lived somewhere," but where" or how does nob , matter much to New Ze_landere. < "A'. B.C. "| is advised 1 to ,Avritie : t6'TK_w. Daily the aims and li&peu of the statistician .are rising. -By-and-by he .eit pects to havo -humanity, living and dead, accurately, labeled," and « anybody, with any or nqno.of the myriad, diseases that plaguo the flesh* may, see his span of days ijy. looking at a chart: Every* thing ia to -be indexed, correlated, reduced to an exact science. A' communication 'from the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs mentions that Dr. Charlas 0. Probst, Secretary of $he American 1 Public Health Association, has written to Mr. (i. H. Knibbs, federal Statist, recording tho fact {hat the association "extends its cordial conI gratulations to the Commonwealth j Cureau of Census and Statistics, «nd to j the Statistical Conference of Australasia upon tho adoption of the International Classification of Causes of Death, and ! welcomes the possibility of more satisI factory of data, for AusI trolasia and America made possible j thereby." _ Mr. Knibb's translation of r tho Bertillon classification has been I issued widely to tho medical profession in Australia, and vital statistics are being conformed to it throughout tho Commonwealth. The Autocar in its report of tho Olympia Show says: — "For its power, price* 'and general automobile design and execution, the' 14-16 Argyll is not surpassed by any car of its class in tho Exhibition." Catalogues and particu- | iara from Scott Motor and Cycle Co., i Ltd.", Wellington. Advt. [ The recent predictions with regard to I earthquakes do not appear to havo been [ fulfilled, but what doubtless gavo rise to them has been traced to its source and found to bo caused by tha heavjr fall in prico3 at the summer tale now being held at C. Smith, Ltd., Cuba-street. Llurinj the closing uays of this great tale 'unequalled value can bo found in all departments. In the hosiery and glove department a quantity of children's hose ia small sizes, black and tan, worth Is 6d, now at 6d pair ; 100 ladiea' sunshades, reduced to i=s each ; ladies" lace mitts from 3d pair. Call and make a selection as oarly as nc;«ibie. Delays are dangerous — Advt.