THE HON. G. FUWLDS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 8, 9 July 1909, Page 7

THE HON. G. FUWLDS.

[BY TELEGRAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] HAMILTON, This Day. The Hon. G. Fov.lds arrived here yesterday. After receiving deputations on educational matters, he inspected the hospital and visited the school this morning, afterwards visiting the Ruakui'a Experimental Farm. He left at midday for Cambridge, where he will receive a deputation on educational affairs. William Tonkin, for .iding a bicycle at night without a light, was, in the S.M. Court to-day, fined 5:3, with costs 7s. For furiously driving a pair of horses and vehicle in a public street, a cabman named Win. Smith was fined 10s, with costs 7s. His excuse was that 'he had contracted to catch a train. Walter Price, second-hand dealer, was Tilled 40s, with costs 7s, for failing to make entries regarding certain articles he held purchased ; and, was ordered to j pay court costs (17b) for purchasing an article after 6 p.m. on the 21st June. The penalty for default with respect to the former fine was fixed at. one week's imprisonment. A Morse signalling lamp of great power has just been fitted on the Onion Steamship Company's tug Terawhiti. It rwill be stsongly visible at sea at a distance of some ten or fifteen miles ; but in communicating with high land it •will be seen for fully 20 to 25 miles. It is on the bridge of thoXTerawhiti, which is not very high above the water; ■but on the masWhead of a bigger vessel the aro of visibility of the Limp would be much greater. In the case of maritime disaster the lamp would be invaluable, as the Terawhiti could signal any message lo a high point some lv\o hours before she reached it, could deliver a message by night without coming into port at all, ;md, having done so, could xeiume operations at sea. '"Coupons, please," was the gentle reminder to generally given after «i cash { payment in the day when the invidious ittle discount slip had a much greater voguo than now. The subject, was introduced informally yesterday at the concla\c of shopkeepers who foini the execu- , tive committee of the New Zealand Shopkeepers' Association. The custom prevalent in various large industrial and commercial centres of the %\orld of giving presents for a cash sale as an attraction to cnstoinois was also di?cus-sed in conjunction with the declining coupon. A member in s. largo way of business locally, stated that one or two firms in Wellington adopted the "present" practice to draw the trade. His chief grievance in the matter was that the gift was usually a cheap line, altogether outside the dealer's business. "Something like your giving away a i pound of tea with a fender," interpolated a humorous auditor. The original speaker mentioned the advisability of the association stepping in to stamp out the tendency which hurt the smaller men in the trade, who could afford no such means of advertisement. The chairman distilled some comfort by remarking that this gift system was not nearly so general in Wellington as in America, •Australia, and Europe. He added that he hardly thought the association could interfere. Another member advised that ihis experience of the practice was that the more who joined in the quicker the novelty was exhausted, and |the sooner the public bothered less aTjout such things and more about the quality of goods. At wbish the meeting loft tyie matter.