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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 8, 9 July 1909, Page 6

Mr. John Fuller, of the Fuller Proprietary, has concluded the purchase of the freehold of the Auckland Opera House for the sum of £22,000. It is notified in the Gazette that the travelling allowance of members of the Rurveyois' Board has been fixed at one fuinea a day when travelling on the usiness of the board. The Mayor of Christchurch has consented, in compliance with a request from the National Defence League, to convene a public meeting for Wednesday evening next to consider the question of national defence. An invitation by the Trades and Labour Council to address a public meeting in Dunedin has (telegraphs onr special) been accepted by Mr. A. W. Hogg, and an address by the ex-Minister of Labour will be delivered some time in August. Last night, Thomas Livingstone, while under the influence^ of liquor, proceeded to a certain boardiiighouse and demanded lodging. He was refused, and thereupon smashed a window. In the S.M. Court to-day he was fined 20s, with costs 10s ; the penalty for default being fixed at 14 days' imprisonment. By tho Ulimaroa, which left yesterday afternoon for Melbourne, a consignment of twenty-five draught geldings and mares was shipped by iMr. JR. D. Knight, of Longburn. The animals were of a very fine order, and included four pedigree pares in foal. 'Mr. Knight accompanied the vessel as far as Lyttelton. While some kerosene tins, ostensibly containing supplies of fat and dripping from a coastal steamer were being taken ashore yesterday, an official on the wharf found, with his iron prodder, that certain o£ the tins contained good butter. The Collector of Customs informed a Post representative that it was a matter for the ship concerned to deal with. At the quarterly meeting of the South ■Wellington Methodist circuit last evening there were eleven votes to one cast in favour of secession from the Australasian ■Methodist Conference. . Our Carterton correspondent telegraphs : — "The South Wairarapa Methodist quarterly meeting yesterday unanimously resolved to support the proposal for an independent conference for JSfew Zealand apart from Australia. " On remand Brown, alias Joaqune Andraes Lancaster, pleaded guilty in the S.M. Court to-day to a charge of. obtaining, by false representation, board to the value of £5 from Mary Jane Bacovitch. Air. Riddell, S.M., classed the theft as a mean, despicable one, and fined accused £3, in default 21 clays' imprisonment. He explained that he could not make an order for payment «f the £5; civil proceedings would require to be taken. ' ' On the Queer's Wharf yesterday, Wm. Johnson was drunk, and consequently wilfully smashed a pane of glass, valued at 6s. Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, 'S.M., to-day, he was fined lCs, with costs 6s, for the more serious offence. The alternative was fixed at one week's imprisonment. For being intoxicated ha was fined ss. Patrick .Rice, for drunkenness, was penalised in the sum of 10s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment. Of three first-offenders, one was remanded for a week for medical treatment; the other two were convicted. Geo. Bastings, alias Taylor, said in the Magistrate's Court to-day, relative to a charge of theft of a copper boiler (valued at ss), that he had appropriated the boiler as it had a hole in it, and he accordingly considered it a discarded article. Sub-Inspector Norwood, however, placed a different complexion on the affair. He said that accused had asked for the boiler, and on his request being refused, he took it and "planted" it on a vacant section. There were against him 27 convictions, seven of which were for theft. A sentence of one month's imprisonment was imposed. In the vicinity of the Queen's Statue this morning, a comical turn was enacted for the benefit of the loungers by a man who had breakfasted on beer. His gait was unsteady, and evidently "aroused the spirit of mischief in his mates, who h?d not succumbed so deeply to the influence. They challenged him to walk the line to show he was not drunk. A piece of black chalk was produced, and a line, purporting to be straight, was drawn over the wood-blocks of the crossing. Then the fhn commenced. Tho acceptor of the challenge took a hitch on tlso main braces, and prepared to go ahead. He advanced with a roll about a foot up the line, then back. He had gone off the line. Another trial found him side-stepping, toes to the chalk mark. This was disallowed, and he decided to essay the feat on the run. He traversed the t first half by mere momentum, but overbalanced then, and j lurched into the gutter. His mates were satisfied, but he was not. He was not to be beaten, and a quarter of an hour later was still to be seen there swaying like a ship in a gale, but still determined to show that man was master of his legs. It wa< all in vain, though, and finally, yielding to the importunities of his companions, he departed. Civil servants, in the main, are perhaps the most criticised people on the face of any country by the general out--de public. Their first sin is merely that of being where and what they are ; their class of work, their hours, are also subjects for caustic comment ; and the Wellington section has had further blame laid upon its shoulders by tho New Zealand Shopkeepers' Association. They, it was said at yesterday's meeting of the above-mentioned body, are responsible for the pernicious 10 per cent discount by which certain houses attract a big trade to tho detriment, it was stated, of the smaller men plodding along the uneven tenor of their way. Nurses, too, were joined as defendants. The speaker declared that the smaller shops were absolutely unable to make a 10 per cent, concession with profit, and, as a consequence, did not get the cus,to:n. As'an illustration, he narrated how a lady customer of his walked out of the place when refused the 10 per cent, reduction. lie believed that this particular practice led to bribery and subteifuge ; the quality of the article was not so good, or the poor general public had to mako up the balance. Ono member, in an incautious moment, suggested that in the case mentioned his brother in the trade should have swiftly and subtly raised the price 15 per cent., and given the ten per cent, off, a suggestion which brought a selfconscious expression to more than one face. As the matter stands at present, Civil soiv.mts nvd ■•- ises are in no danger of their perquisite. • ' Kirkcaklie and Stains, Ltd.', intimate to their customers, that to-morrow the 10th instant, will be the last discount, day for the monthly accounts. — Advt. •Have you furniture or goods you want stored ? We have excellent accommodation in new brick-built stores. Lowest rates. The N.Z. Express Company. Tel. 1333.— Advt. Following a week of cold and blustering southerly, Wellington was visited by a few hours of sunshine, but the .weather is far from settled. The official forecast it to the effect that we are in for a src-H of cold weather. This cold snap will briny into prominence the warm famula gloves at C. Smith's, Ltd., winter sale. If you .ire anxious to economise and get th» benefit of these extraordinary cut prices, you should come to this store at oiics. The lino comprL-es 60 dozen sample cloves in Cashmere, taffeta, etc., lined or unlinet', in all lengths and colours. Wo havo di* vided the range into three lots — Is It 6d. Is lid — Advt. ' "