Page 6 Advertisements Column 5

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 77, 31 March 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL. In the dullish market which ruled at to-day's meeting of the Exchange, mining interests piovided a cheerful note. Talisman was again the favourite meaium of speculation and at £2 lis and £2 13s 3d a considerable number of shares changed hands. At the finish £2 12s 9d was on offer with £2 13s 6d wanted. Grand Junctions weie in demand, selling up to £1 18s 6d, and the reniarkabie jump in tha price of ■ scrip has been one of the features of the I last few days. Earlybirds in Auckland secured scrip at 23s last week, but for later parcels London has been drawn upon, and when delivery of these lat-' ter is made, quotations may not improbably ease somewhat. Waiotahis were quitted at 2b Bd. Waibi were quiet. Quotations, however, show scarcely any variation. Scrip is wanted at £9 6s 6d, but the selling price was unaltered at £9 9s. Mosgiel Woollen, were accepted at £3 Is; other quotations were unchanged. From to-morrow (Ist April), the Public Works Department will extend the i iunn:ng of its train at the northern | cud of the North Island Main Trunk Railway to Erua, four miles beyond Waimarina, thus reducing the- coach journey to 14 miles. In consequence of this- extension of the service the train will lea\e Taumarunui ten minutes later than at present, viz., at 7 o'clock, and will leave Erua at eight minutes to 4, instead of leaving Waimarino at 4. 'During the Easter holidays (16th I April to 21st April, both days inclusive) the- evening tram from Mataroa to Waioru will run on to Ohakune aud ' the early train from Waioru to Mataroa will start from Ohakune. The annual meeting of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway- Company will be held in the Chamber of Commerce at noon to-morrow. Mr. Maughan Barnett will give the weekly city organ recital in the- Town Hall to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. A varied and attractive programme has been arranged from works of Handol, Bach, Lcmmens, and other composers. ''The Inangahua Charitable Aid Board yesterday passed a motion urging the Government to take over the control of hospitals and institutions at present under the jurisdiction of Charitable Aid Boards and control the same in me same manner as mental hospitals," telegraphs our Greymouth correspondent. The jury list has just been completed by the police. Out of a district which comprises a radius of ten miles from the courthouse, 5000 names have been recorded. Every man over 20 and under 60 years of age who is not exempt or disqualified by some legal enactment is said to bo included in the list. Among the Cook records that the Hon. R. M'Nab had with him at Ship Cove (says the Marlborough Herald) were three first editions, printed in old style, and for which, it is said, he paid Jal6. When a question of dates cropped up the Minister dived into his bag and appealed to one of his musty-looking tomes. A youth pleaded guilty before Mr. Riddcll, S.M., yesterday, to a charge of stealing a quantity of lead and a copper boiler, value £1, the property of William Williams, on the 2fth inst.. at Wellington. The chief detective described how the stolen property had been taken from a vacant section and sold to Messrs Andrews and Manthcl. Mr. Hindinar&h asked for leniency on the ground of the prisoner's youth. His Worship acceded to counsel's request that the- boy should be ordered to return to the country. A fine of £2 and £1 costs for the bouer was imposed, with an option of 14 days' imprisonment. After a five months' "holiday,*' the Council of the Churches came forth into renewed activity last evening, holding a public meeting at Courtenay-place | Congregational Church. Tho meeting dealt with many subjects, but the attendance was conspicuously small. Almost every section of the Nonconform- \ ist Church was represented, however, and the public business occupied a considerable portion of the evening. It was considerably after nine when the council went into committee to consider matters of detail, and the desirability of more frequent meetings, with the purpose of stimulating public opinion on matters affecting public morals and well-boing. Invercargill's recent manifesto on the no-licenso regime •net with the unqualified approval of the Council of tho Churches, at its meeting last evening, vhen the following motion, by Rev. A. Dowdney (Baptist), was carried unanimously : — "That this meeting of tho Council of the Churches expresses its cordial gratification at tho publication of the important manifesto signed by the Mayor and one hundred lending citizens of Invercargill bearing testimony to tho marked success of the nolicoose experiment in that town j and regards it as an encouraging call to all good citizens to use their utmost efforts to secure no-license for Wellington at the coming local option poll." Ladies having household necessities to buy will hnil with delight an opportunity to purchase their winter requirements of draper}' and clothing at special prices. With this paper is issued, in connection with the gieat Eastor fair at the Economic, a bargain list that must appeal to every lady in this busy cily. From a standpoint of economy it is certain that v uetter chance to procuie crisp, clean, and seasonable goods has never been offered. Messrs. George and Korsley, Ltd., landed ex s.s. Ivimutaka a case of boy's suits und men's overcoats in ii damnged condition, tho goods having got wet with salt water. They applied to the insurance) rompany for mi allowance, which was granted, nnd they intend offering the goods at prices that w ill 6urely make thorn ino\.c. — Advt.