THE SQUADRON.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 121, 20 November 1908, Page 7

THE SQUADRON.

Admiral Poore will be present at the Navy League demonstration at the Town Hall this evening. His Excellency was entertained at dinner by the Wellington Club last evening. The Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, was present. The Admiral inspected H.M.S. Encounter this morning. The crews of all warships in port today were at general quarters ; in other words, the ships and their guns were manned as if engaged in actual warfare. navy league display. Mr. C. W. Palmer, secretary of . the Navy League, has completed arrangements for the display at the Town Hall this evening. The 1 Governor (Lord Plunket) will bo present, and will deliver a short address. The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) will also be present; also Admiral Poore and officers- of the squadron and officers of local forces. The Amokura boys will form the guard of honour to the Admiral. Juvenile leaguers, whose enthusiasm makes them too boisterous or leads to misbehaviour, will bef warned for the first offence and removed from the hall for the second. This regulation has become necessary, in the opinion of the secretary of the league, in view of the noisy pioceedings of the Trafalgar celebratii ns. The musical and gymnastic portions of the programme are expected to form together a most enjoyable entertainment, to which the public will be admitted free, except to reserved seats.

For the past three months the Tutanekai has been almost wholly employed in cable work, and it is estimated that by using her for that service the Government has effected a very largo financial saving. For many years it was the custom to charter one of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company's 1 steamers to repair any of our cables — a proceeding which involved great delay and the expenditure of a considerable sum of money. About £100 a day >.vas charged for the uee of each vessel. The Tutanekai now does the work at a fraction of the amount previously expended J — and another advantage in employing her is that being in Dominion waters, , she can be got ready for cable service { in a few days. It frequently happened under the old arrangement that the work of repairing a New Zealand cable was delayed for weeks through the Eastern Company's vessels being unable to leave the Far East, .wheri they were wanted here. A youth, Charles Thomas Scoringe, appeared before the Magistrate's Court to-day on a charge of having stolen 18s from the dwelling of a Chinaman. Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared for accused. Remand was made to 27th November. Bail— in self £20 and one surety of £20 — was granted. William George Fisher was convicted and fined 5s for drunkenness. For entering licensed premises while under a prohibition order, the defendant was convicted on four counts, and fined in the aggregate 40s", with costs £1 11s. In two instances the alternative was fixed at seven days' imprisonment. For insobriety one first offender was convicted and discharged, one was remanded for a week for medical treatment, and two others wero con-; victed aud fined 6s and 10s respectively. Default was fixed at 24 hours' in gaol. For Colds in the Head and Influenza, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, la 6d »nd 2a 6d cer bottle. — Advfc»