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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 121, 22 May 1908, Page 6

There have been crowded congregations at St. Ann's Church, Newtown, of late, where a mission is being conducted by the Rev. Fathers Lewhanand Creagh. The mission will continue till the end of the month. Subsequently a week's mission will be held at Island Bay and Kilbirnie. The need for surveying the Town Belt and other city reserves has lately beeu considered by the Reserves Committe of the City Council. Last night they recommended that a proper survey of all the reserves of the city should Le prepared and submitted to the council. The recommendation was received and adopted. Regulations, under the Land Act of last year, for granting leases of Crown land for the establishment of the wood-pulp industry are gazetted. No lease is tobe for a longer term than 21 years, and no leas© will contain a rigEt of renewal, nor can any lease be granted without the con&ent of the Minister. A very fine collection of films of N«w Zealand life and scenery (especially of the Hot Lakes district) has been sent to the Franco-British Exhibition, in order to familiarise the British and Continental visitors with the possibilities of New Zealand as a country for eettlement, commerce, sport, and for recuperation in especially beautiful and healthful surroundings. 1 For the conference between the Brit fcish football team and ihe Wellington Referees' Association, arranged by the latter body for the purpose of giving the visitors an opportunity of ascertain* v ing points upon which th© local referees differ from the British ones in interpreting the laws of the Rugby game, thei use of the V.M.C.A. Hall has been secured. The conference has been fixed for Tuesday of next week. Mr. Heaton Rhodes, M.P., who recently shot in the Rakaia Gorge two red deer carrying exceptionally fine antlers, is sending the heads to Macleay, of Inverness, Scotland, the eminent sporting taxidermist, to be mounted. They are to be sent to the FrancoBritish Exhibition for display, and, will, no doubt, attract the attention of Bri. J tish sportsmen to the 6talking possibilities of New Zealand. Queensland is putting forth renewed efforts in developing her scenery re-, sources in" the interests of the tourist. Much information was • sought at tha New Zealand Tourist Office in Sydney as to what this country iq doing along the same lines. The local agent (Mr. E. H. Montgomery); in the bourse of a letter to the manager of the New Zealand Tourist Department, states that Queensland is endeavouring to secure ft site in Sydney for a tourist office. Recently, he adds, a very fine cinematographic perftonanco waß given to a tremendous audience in the Centerary Hall, when pictures of life in Queensland were shown. Salvation in brass bands is seen by the Inangahua Times. This Reefton journal, elated by the formation of a West Coast Bands' Association and the prospect of the first annual contest at Reefton next year, sees glories latent in the* big drums and power for betterment in. the wild clarionet. "The ordinary mind may become illumined as to big B an 4 little B," says the Times. "And simply because the people have put their shoulders to the task, and have accomplished something. There is a rift in the grey sky above. There is hope for Reefton, when we one and all pull together and make the town go. That is to be the secret of our success. The old growling, carping, back-biting, should' be at an end. We want new men — new ideas, and fresh spirit to push on and yet on.'* 1 A recommendation to be made to this year's municipal conference by the Wel« 'lington City Council is that municipalities shall not be liable for damage dons • to luggage for which no charge for carriage is made. In respect of the Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Act, a recommendation is to be made, "That whereas only lodginghouses built in cont travention of the clause relating to aiu space are liable to be pulled down, tha scope of the clause be widened to include dwellinghouses." A further sug-> gested amendment concerns the Publio Health Act Amendment Act, the suggestion being that in the event of the Public Health Department condemning a building the department — m lieu of de-» molition — may, through the council, roquire structural alterations, additions, and repairs. A claim under the Contractors and Workmen's Lien Act was brought before Mr. Riddell, S.M., yesterday, by William John Hague, French polisher, against W.H. Edwards and Son, builders and contractors, and the Commercial Union Assurance Company, Ltd. The amount claimed, £23, included the balance of payment due to the claimant on French polishing and varnish work performed by the claimant on the premises of the company at the corner of , Lamb-ton-quay and Grey-street. The items in dispute chiefly concerned surfaces in which the evidence conflicted as to whether they were polished or varnished. After hearing the ca(se at length ,his Worship entered judgment for £2 3a 9d over and above the amount, £11 18s, paid into court, and costs £4 17s. Mr. Dunn appeared for the ' plaintiff, , M*i Ward for the defendant. ' " Following at a short interval upon the Union. Steamship Company's purchase of the ship Dartford comes the announcement' that it has bought the barquer Loch Lomond, of the well-known "Loch." line, which lies in Hobson's Bay. Whe- ' ther the toch Lomond will be used by her new owners as a "oadet" ship instead of the Dartford, has not yet been decided. It is tolerably certain, however, that, should the company proceed with the proposed system of ' training lads in practical seamanship, only one vessel will be used for the purpose, and if the claims of the Dartford are considered greater than those of the "Loch" liner, the latter vessel will in all probability be converted into a coal hulk by her new owners. The Loch Lomond is an iron barque of 1249 tons, constructed at Glasgow thirty-«ight years ago. Sha is 226 ft in length, 35ft Bin in breadth, and has a depth of 21ft sin. It is said that £3000 is th© figure at which she changed hands. "Every night we have our doorways packed with spielers and lads," said a speaker at the annual meeting of shopkeepers last night. He owned premises in one of the main streets. "No sooner do you close your door," he added, "than they crowd in and pass remarks about passere-by." The police, it was explained, often •chared them away, but as soon as the officer passed on they went back again into the doorways. ' Can't the police prosecute?" asked ons speaker. "Yes," was the- reply, "if you give them authority to remove the loiterers from your property." Another j speaker brought up another subject. Ha said he thought expectorating on th« footpath *-as illegal. One man was convicted and discharged some time ago. but that appeared to be the only practical eftort that had been made, to 6ton the practice. The habit was disgusting, and was becoming so chronic in Willisstreet that the authorities took no notice of it. Some thought that, this was a matter for the City CounciL It was decided to take eteps. to have both nuisances complained of abated. Good news for the mothers of boys. bpecial value- boys' Norfolk suits, at 14s 6d and 14s lid ; strong sergo knickers, all sizes, at 4s 6d and 4s lid. Kirk' t raliliA. sad Siaiaa. Limited.~Ad.Ybi