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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 137, 9 December 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL. A Gazette Extraordinary was issued last night proroguing Parliament till 11th February next. Messrs. A. S. Paterson and Co., have sent the fire brigade a cheque for £5 ss, in recognition of the corps' services at the fire on the firm's premises on Saturday. The petition filed regarding the Wellington Suburbs licensing poll will be enqnired into by Dr. M'Arthur and Messrs. W. G. Riddell and W. P. James, in the Magistrate's Court, at Wellington, on Friday, 18tfa December, at 9.30 a.m. Cabinet has declined all the tenders received for the construction of the Auckland Post Office. They varied from £124,000 to £189,000, and were all much above the official estimates. The plans will be modified and fresh tenders called for. A unique silver wedding gift to Sii Joseph and Lady Ward has been made by the ship's company of the Government steamer Tutanekai. It takes the form of a perfectly modelled representation of the ship in silver. Every detail of the vessel has been made, and all is in proportion. The work is a very fine specimen of the silversmith's art, and has been made in Wellington by Mr. L. R. Partridge, of Lower Cuba-street. While some enthusiasts are moving in the interests of building up a "zoo" in Wellington, a counter-spirit is at work with equal zeal, so it was reported at yesterday's meeting of fcbe S.P.C.A., undoing what has already been accomplished. According to an interview the society's inspector had with the caretaker of the animal kingdom, larrikins had broken the locks of various cages, killed one monkey, and stolen four birds ; also, it was impossible to keep any birds' eggs. School cadets of the Third Wellington Battalion went into their annual training camp at Johnsonville to-day. Companies arrived from Lower Hult, Petone, Otaki, Weraroa, and Levin. The boys will be in camp a week, contributing half the cost of maintenance. The Education Department provides equipment, and the remainder of the cost. Eighty-nine cadets came from the training farm, Weraroa, and thirty from the Levin School, under the command of Major Bnrlinson and Captain Burns. James Boyle, who has two previous similar convictions, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for stealing sun^ dry articles of clothing, valued at £2", the property of Wm. Frew. Chief-De-tective M'Grath stated that accused sold the clothes to a second-land dealer for ss. The clothes had since been recovered. His Worship ordered the 5s to be refunded. Wm. Brew was fined 10s for insobriety, a first offender, for a similar breach, 10s, and another was convicted and ordered to pay medical expenses £1 7s 6d. Options ranged from 24 to 48 hours' imprisonment. Ex-soldiers, members of the proposed Dominion Scouts, met at Messrs Thomson and Brown's rooms last evening, Mr. J. G. W. Dalrymple presiding. Com- i nient was made regarding the delay of j over two months by the authorities in accepting the corps. It was stated that the delay was not attributable to the Defence Minister, because Sir Joseph Ward only received the papers a few days ago. The belief was expressed j that the offer of the Scouts would be accepted by tho Government, and that the patience with which the men had awaited the decision would not be much longer taxed. A new regulation of the New Zealand [ Defence Council provides that a soldier | who has been discharged from the naval j or military forces of Great Britain or • the military forces of the Indian Em- ! pire or of any British dominion, colony, or other possession, after having served therein iov three years at least, and within three years of such discharge, may be enrolled in the Kew Zealand Voli unteer Force up to the 30th November in any one year without undergoing recruit drill, but must in other respects fulfil the conditions required by regulations to entitle him as a volunteer to I earn capitatiou. "Leo the Lonely" is at last to be provided with ampler quarters if not with a i mate. The City Council is now calling j for tenders for the erection of a lion's cage at Newtown Park, and Leo will soon have plenty of room to move about. The box in which he has been so long confined was so small that the animal has suffered from dyspepsia due to combined overfeeding and limited moving space. Leo is now, however, in the best of health. The sketch plan and specifications of the new cage may be seen at the Town Clerk's office, and the superintendent in charge of the park will supply further particulars if required. While New Zealand is wondering what to do with the vagrant and habitual loafer, New Jersey is busily trying to discover- the cause of the disease of listlessness and shiftlessness. An "unpaid commission" has been appointed by the Legislature to investigate the causes of dependency and criminality, and "to make enquiry for the purposes of ascertaining to what extent excessive uUa of alcohol or narcotics, diet, lacik cf home training, immigration, the present penal system, conditions of population, and unhealthful tenement-house conditions are contributing causes. The commission shaU also consider such other factors as, in its judgment, contribute to the increase of the defective and criminal classes, and shall recommend to the Governor the best methods, m its opinion, of alleviating the causes." The report is due next year. Two men— Claude Hamilton Maxwell and Patrick Joseph Doyle— were charged at the S.JI. Court to-day, before Mr. W. G. lliddell, S.M., with the theft, of a ham valued at la's, the property of James Wareham. Chief Detective lit Gl *D h Conducted tn e prosecution, and Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared for accused. The informant, a butcher, stated that on Saturday, 28th November, when he closed up, he left six hams hanging in his shop in Molesworth-street. The fanlight was open above the door, for the purposes of ventilation. When- he reopened on Monday one ham was missing. In reply to a question as to whether, he had seen accused before, witness stated that they called at his side-door on the Sunday to purchase some meat, which li 6 refused to sell them. In reply to Mr. Jackson, witness said the fanlight was open about 23 inches. Another"witne&3 saw the two accused standing in the doorway of Wareham's shop at about 10 o'clock on Sunday evening, 29th November. Walter James Jones deposed that on the Sunday night he saw a man leaning over tho fanlight of the door of the shop, while .uiothei was standing by. Witness secreted himself, ana sub-, soquently saw the two men go down Wingfield-street. The two accused were the men. Maxwell was the man he saw leaning over the door. Nolan was identified by another witness as a man who had sold her a ham. Accused Nolan confessed to Detective Cassells later that he and his companion had stolen the ham, and sold it for beer. Each accused pleaded guilty, and was committed to the Supreme Court fo- sentence. 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