PRODUCE FOR LONDON.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 108, 8 May 1909, Page 6

PRODUCE FOR LONDON.

• e> r Jhe Ruapehu sailed for London on Thursday with 3755 boxes of butter and 10,651 cases of cheese. Ihe respective shipments were as follow :—: — Butter Chec-se. Auckland 475 169 New Plymouth ... 1255 1705 Palea 1152 3046 Wellington 873 1850 Lyttelton — 229 Dunedin — 727 Other ports ... — 2945 3755 10,651 (boxes) (cases) The boat sailing this time last year, the Tongariro, leaving 7th May, took 1281 boxes of butter and 5294 cases of cheese. It will be seen that the butter shipments by the boat this week are nearly, treble those by the corresponding boat of last year, and that the quantity of cheese exported is nearly double.

Labour is fairly plentiful for country requirements. There are, however, openings for good ploughjtnen for Timaru and Southland, according to information received by the Labour Department. The men must, however, thoroughly know the business. The Theatre Royal will present a fine series of pictures to-night. A novelty is included — a biograph representation of "Harry Lauder in a Hurry." The Naples scenes are- described as particu larly fine, while the Campergne motor circuit racing will furnish a thiilling picture. The comic element is also strong. "Enquiry," in a letter to the editor of The Post, desires lo know why a tree tramway pass is allotted to a highsalaried officer of the Government, especially when he has a liberal house allowance, " while less fortunate clerks under him, and compelled to live in the suburbs, are debaired lrom the same privilege." r i\\o other correspondents — "Payer of Rates" and "Ratepayer" — express ;m inability to understand why '■ well-paid officials employed in the Town Hall" should enjoy free rides on the cars, while " labourers, the leastpaid of the council's employees," are obliged to pay their way. Enquiries by a Post reporter show that, apart from city councillors' passes and those issued to members of the tramway staff for duty purposes, there are only 39 free passes, and only one on issue to a Go■vernment official. This officer is a member of the Public Works Department, who is sometimes called upon to do ct'itain inspectioa work on the tramways. There is a system of Government coupon passes, but as these are paid for by the Government, at face value, the result to the tramway revenue is as satisfactory a; if ordinary tickets were Issued. Bartholomew Mahony had three charges to answer in the Magistrate's Court to-day, fie was arrested in a drunken condition in Manners-street yesterday evening. For insobriety, he was convicted and fined 20s — in default seven days' imprisonment. For refusing to leave lieen&ed premises, he was fined 40s, punishment for default being fixed at 14 days in gaol. Threatening behaviour on the Trenlham racecour.se, whereby a breach of the peace was occasioned, was the third charge. A fine of 40s, with cobls 7&, was imposed. The alternative is' one week's imprisonment. Two first offending inebriates were convicted and discharged. The agents for the sale of Red Jacket cigarette tobacco announce a competition, open to 'football and other sports enthusiasts, in connection with the football matches to be played in Wellington next Saturday. Full particulars of the competitions will be found in the Sports Edition which will be published this evening. Messrs. Levicn, Shallerass and Co. advertise a sale of furniture seized under bill of sale to be held at the Central Auction rooms on Tuesday next at 2 p.m. Tneir weekly sale will bo held at the same time. The firm advertise a number ot different properties to let, including warehouses and offices, being tho ground floor of the Windsoi Hotel Buildings. The fc.s. Duchess will run excursions to Day's Bay on Sunday morning and afternoon at the usual hours. The Cobar will make trips to Seatouu and Karaka Bay, and the Admiral will run from PetonD. The full 'time-table appears in another co him if. Members of Jupp's Band are requested to meet on Monday night. The Colonial Co-operative Building Society of Wellington calls for applications for shares.

Some of tho arrangements in connection with the Conference of the Sooiety of, Friends aro advertised in this issue. The morning and afternoon services to-morrow will bo held in the Druids' Hall, and the 7 o'clock meeting in tho V.M.C.A. Hall. Services will be held at tho Unitarian. Free Church to-morrow. During tho Sunday mornings of^May Dr. Tudor Jones will preach a series of sermons on "Christian Ethics," and in the evenings on "Christianity and the Needs of the Present." The attention of income-tax payers is drawn to the advertisement, in. another column, of Mr. J. F. C. M'Clelland. Service at St. Michael and All Angels, Kelburne, was by an unfortunate error advertised for last Sunday at 7 p.m. instead of 11 a.m. The services aro now at 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Sundays of the month, and at 11 a.m. on the first, third, and fifth Sundays. The council and members of the Wellington Trained Nurses' Association desire to thank the D.I.C. for furniture, Mr. Poole for plants, Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs for stationery, and nurses and friends for their generous help in making the dance a success.