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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 115, 17 May 1909, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL, At the first call to-day business oj» the Stock Exchange was restricted to the mining section of the market. Waihi shares hardened to £9 4s, at which price a sale was reported, and other transactions coming under the. same category were Kuranui Caledonian Is l£d ; Waitangi, 4s 6d ; Saxon, 2s 3d, and new Alpine 4s. On changa the only item recorded was a sale of Waihi Consolidated, at 2s 4d. Talisman were wanted at £2 11s 3d, which was sixpence under holders' views of value. Grand Junctions were enquired for at £2 3s — a shilling less than sellers would entertain. National Banks were fractionally easier at £5 7s 9d seller and ex.div., Union Steams were offered at £1 14s 9d. The mails which left Wellington on Bth April by the s.s. Manuka, and connected with the Brindisi mails, by the. R.M.S. Mongolia, arrived in London oa the afternoon of the 14th instant — two? days early. While the tug Terawhiti was towing the barque Weathersfield to sea, a wharfinger named M'Leod, in the Uniou Company's service, was thrown against one of the towing beams, and slightly injured his head. The Timber Commission will sit in the Museum Buildings, Wellington, at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. Witnesses are requested to communicate beforehand with" Mr. W. It. Jourdaiiv, Lands Department, Wellington. The District Health Officer, Dr. Freng< ley, reports that for the week ending Saturday last, cases of infectious diseases were notified as follow :—ln: — In the city t Scarlet fever 6, enteric fever 1, dip"h« theria 1. In the Karori Borough : Scar, let fever 2. Petone Borough : Scarlet) fever 1. A fire occurred in No. 65, Rintoulstreet, at 2.33 o'clock yesterday after, noon, and before it was suppressed considerable, damage had been done to both, the house and its furniture. There was a policy of £200 on the contents in the Standard office, and one of £600 on the house in the South British. The building was owned by Mr. John J« Firth, the occupier being Mr. We Forbes. . For* alleged disobedience of an ordei. 1 to pay his wife per week (arreara £10), Frank Harrison was sentenced to-day, in the Magistrate's Court, to> one month's imprisonment, the warramti to be suspended if the amount is paid by next Slon^ay. John Walsh was ordered to pay 10s 6d costs for disobeying an order made against him for 7s 6d per week (arrears £1 4s) towards thei support of his illegitimate child. A new use has been found for th« sheds of the King's Wharf. They make, in their present roving emptiness, admir- , 'able drill halls, and equads of Challenger bluejackets were- to be seen there this morning going through their physical exercises. The proximity of the shed t& the warship renders it very convenient. The jury empanelled in the case o£ Frederick Armitage, charged in the Su< preme Court on Saturday with having stolen £5 in cash and four cheques of ths total value of £43 from the person of John Nelson, after a retirement of ovei two hours, returned with a verdict o£ not guilty. The accused was therefore discharged. The proposal of the Hon. Dr. Fijid. lay to convert the Government Expert mental Farm at Momohaki into a re* formatory station meets with the ap» punal of the Farmers' Union Advp. cate, which sees in it "an endeavour to, train out the criminal proclivities fron> the younger men who may be sent there, woithy of every humanitarian sup> port, and we have reason to believe that it will be the means of reclaiming a number^ of those, who, by their lapses from virtue, are compelled to spend 3) period at the farm." Emma Wright, found drunk on Saturday, was to-day, in the S.M. Couri.^ fined 20s, in default, seven days' imprisonment. A fine of 10s was imposed upon Norman Campbell, who appeared on a similar charge. Penalty for d&* fault in his case was fixed at 48 houra in gaol. A first offender was also dealt with. Robert M'Kay was charged with disorderly conduct in Farish-street on Saturday night, while intoxicated, * and remanded until Friday, on the application of Mr. Jackson, who informed th» qourt that this should prove an intei*. esting case. *~ A picture of the racehorse Elevation, owned by Mr. W. E. Bidwill, is at present on view in M'Gregor Wright's picture gallery. It is from the brush of Miss Maud Farmer, of Gisborne. The. horse, a dark chestnut, is depicted standing on a training track. The out. standing muscles and the sheen of the horse's satiny skin are admirably shown. Elevation won the Canterbury Derby as a three-year-old, and was successful as well in other weight for aga engagements. He was taken to Sydney to race for the Doncaster Handicap, but unfortunately broke down, and now has been retired to the stud. The picture is an admirable one. A wharf can hardly be said Lo be complete without its equipment of cargo, working machinery, and until the largt cranes on the King's Wharf are all in. stalled it is not likely that the big Home boats will berth alongside. Still, good progress is being made with the travelling hydraulic cranes. Ou botli sides the carrying platforms are erected for about six cranes, and on each sidu one is complete and in working order, helping to build the others by raisingthe various parts into position. Th«, rattle of the pneumatic rivetteu is constant, and at the present rate of propress the machinery for shifting cargo should be ready in another month or so, The "assisted' " passengers by the Tai nui on Saturday numbered 85, of whoiv 65 were nominated by friends in Nch 1 Zealand, who have guaranteed them em. pioyment One assisted passenger — Miss Sarah Johnson — died on the voyage from heart failure, and was buried at sea the next day, the engines being stopped, and Captain Moffatt reading the burial service. Deceased was third-class passenger, and had, in company with her younger brother and sister, booked for Wellington. Some excitement was caused by the violent behaviour of two third-clasc passengers while the ship was at Ho- " hart, and they were put in irons fqt the night. Dr. liodgkin, the cii&tinguished member of the Society of Friends, ■who i« visiting New Zealand, left Wellington for Ekatahuna this moininw. In the course of an address at the Friends* Hostel, ftlurphy-KtreU, ycsLerdav, Dr. Hodgkin referred to statements made t*. him by friends as to the lack of fe.it of God in this country. Business and pleasure seemed to gi> forward as H God were not. While this state of aC fairs might bt loss pionoiniced here Ui an at Home, if New Zealand let tlio fear of OorK then farewell to her gr»almen. The fear of God was. the beginuing of wisdom, and it would be found that nearly every noble deed or heroic action had been founded in that fear. Dr. Hodgkin also addressed meetings a(> the Druids' Hall, speaking at the Adul' School m the morning. Ladies' spun silk hooc, with laco fronts, in white, cream, sky blue, turquoise, pink, cardinal, eau de nil, silver grey, etc., at 5s 6d a pair. Kirkcaldi« and Stain's, Ltd.— Advfc