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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 142, 15 December 1908, Page 6

A f ull-dreßß parads of tho Wellington Rifle Battalion under Lieut. -Colonel Duthie will be held to-night. The yacht White Heather, which has been purchased by Mr, F. L. Bucholz, of Wellington, left Napier for this port yesterday. A quantity of fruit, principally strawberries, is arriving in Wellington from Auckland daily. Peaches from Hastings are now on the Wellington market. Mr. Justice Cooper reserved his judgment in the special case between the Trustees of the Heath Estate and tho Commissioner of Taxes. Argument was concluded yesterday afternoon after The Post went to press. Tho untimely frost that was experienced in Christchurch last week has caused severe loss to professional gardeners, says the Star. It is stated that one grower of tomatoes estimates his • loss of 10,000 plants at £200. It is a pity (says the London Stan-» dard) that the New Zealand barley shown at the Brewers' Exhibition wa« not for competition. An expert stated that it Avould have taken very high j rank if submitted to the judges. Mr. R. A. Young, who for tho past fourteen years has been resident engineer for the Public Works Department at Westport, is retiring on superannuation at the end of this month. He will, however, retain the position of engineer to the Westport Harbour Board. Thomas W. Montgomery pleaded not guilty yesterday afternoon to a charge before Mr. Riddell, S.M., of having unlawfully executed certain plumbing work in the city, contrary to the provisions of the Wellington City By-Laws. After hearing the evidence his Worship imposed a fine of ss, and gosts £1 Bs. Mr. O'Shea appeared for the City Council. A poll of ratepayer of Mjramar will be taken to-morrow to sanction a £6000 loan in connection with the Harbour Board's works at Evans Bay. We are informed that the larger landowners have signed deeds securing the payment by them to the borough of the sum of £1050, and that negotiations with tha Wellington Gas Company are proceeding satisfactorily. Writing to a friend in Christchurch, ' a well-known New Plymouth lady now lesident in England says : — "What a fight the Suffragettes are making! I think they are grand women. I used to think in New Zealand they were unwomanly and many other hard things, but I sympathise with them. now. . I have met most of the leaders and find them i-efined, cultivated -women, but full of pluck and convinced this is the only way. Remember the newspapers exggerAte things and 1 the Suffragettes don't do all that is reported of them. I met Annie Kenny, who is a mill hand, but there was no Toughness about her, only a determination and an intelligence I admired." , A report on the condition of tho ' teacher's residence at Eketahuna, state* the Express, was forwarded to tiio Education Board some three months ago. The purport has evidently had no effect, for at the recent meeting of the school committee the head-teacher complained that the back of the range was still burnt out, the paper still hung loosely on the walls, that the rooms still let in the sunshine and the rain, and that there was a likelihood of the tank-stand crumbling to pieces. Enquiries at tha Education Board elicited the fact that the Clerk of the Works, a very busy person in a large district, was in the Wairarapa, working his way northwards, and would in due time visit the Eketahuna school and embody the result of his investigations in his report. Some interesting evidence regarding causes of giddiness was given in the Supreme Court to-day by Dr. James. He stated that ten years ago a gentleman in Wellington, whose sobriety and character were beyond reproach, was attacked by giddiness. One day, when standing outside his shop, he became so giddy that he fell down. A doctor, passing by at the time, attended him, and assisted to carry him inside. Next morning the patient saw Dr. James, who had been attending him I for twenty-five years, and expressed the belief that his heart was affected. Dr. James, however, found that he was all right, and ask^d if he had yet taken to wearing glasses — he was over fifty years of age. The patient replied in the negative. Thereupon the doctor examined his eyes, and found him* suffering from astigmatism. Accordingly he" prescribed glasses, which had the effect of at once removing the giddiness. Two or three years afterwards the patient went to the' Old Country. In Paris he had the misfortune to break his glasses, and leave his prescription in London. He purchased other glasses, but the old symptoms at once returned. On returning to London he had other glasses prepaied in accordance with his prescription. The symptoms disappeared as soon as he wore the new glasses, and be had not had a recurrence of them until this day. The distinction of being the city in which the cost of living is highest in New Zealand has, according to Christchurch Truth, always been claimed with a sort of melancholy pride by Welling* ton. The windy city has now, however, been called upon to defend its claim, and Christchurch is mentioned as a dangerous rival. The challenge was thrown out in the Arbitration Court the other day by Mr. Darcy, who was appearing for the Drivers' Union. He contended that, although rents were admittedly higher in Wellington, the difference in ihe price of commodities was against Ghristchureh, and that that difference, equal to 20 per cent., made the cost o£ living in Christchurch, if anything, higher than in the capital city. Tha subject was referred to in the Arbitration Court yesterday morning,, when Mr. Darcy returned to the charge, armed with a certificate given by Mr. Cleghorn, accountant. The document set out that Mr. Cleghorn had examined the figures quoted in the Journal of tha Department of Labour, giving thß prices of commodities and tho rents of houses in Wellington and Christchurch respectively. The total cost of the commodities specified would be in Wellington £5 16s 6£d, and in Chnstchurch £6 4s sd. As far as rent was' concerned, he had taken the figures for fourroomed houses, and had concluded that the average rent in Wellington was J6s, as against 12s in Christchurch. Having considered the figures available, it appeared to him that tho cost of living in the two cities was practically the same. The New Zealand Express Co., 89 Customhouse-quay, pack, store, and remove furniture at specially low rates. Only careful, competent men employed. Goods sent to any part of the world. Tel. 1333— Advt. The keen competition at the recent wool sales will give the people of Wellington the idea that there will be a rise in the price of woollen goods. Now it is noticeable that whon ono staple article rroes up there is nearly always a falling-off tendency in some other direction. Such is tho case in Cuba-street at the shop of C. Smith, Ltd. Tho prices at this /stora are of tho lowest possible grade, while tho goods are of the highest. As an instance, we quote the following lines as a plum for Christmas buyers — Sunshades in every wanted colour, plain silk 4s lid and 6s 6d ; floral shades, 3s 6d, 3s lid, 43 6d to 10s 6d. C. Smith, Ltd., Cubastreet. — Advb.