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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 16, 20 January 1910, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL. m Saturday next will be observed as a special bank holiday by the banks in the Wellington Provincial' District. In view of the fact that Wellington, District Hospital Board goes out of office after the next meeting, that body decided yesterday that it would be unnecessary to fill the vacancy on the board caused by the resignation of Mr. J. W. M'Ewan, of FeWne. Mr. R. C. Kirk was nominated by the Lower Hutt and Petone Borough. Councils. The Professorial Board of Victoria College has considered the subject of establishing a chair of military science, but up to the present the College Governors nave not received any intimation of the determination arrived at. Somo of the Governors at a meeting last night suggested that the report might be brought by the professors before the. present annual meeting of the Senate of the University. Apiarists in the fertile valley of the Hutt have recently been much perturbed by rumours in the local papers of a strange epidemic which is said to be akin to the dreaded Isle of Wight disease which recently played, sad havoc in- the South of England apiaries. Therumoms of this disease seem something like Pepper's ghost— untraceable to its source — ■ but nevertheless the Government Apiary Department has decided to take no risks in the matter, and a thorough inspection of all hives in the district will shortly be made, and all beekeepers harbouring foul brood, etc., may expect to be called upon to comply with the conditions of the law. In connection with the coming visit to New Zealand of an Australian cricket team, the Sydney Telegraph reports that Messrs C. Hill, F. Iredale, and P. M'Alister were appointed selectors of the team, Mr. Mayne to act if Mr. Hill was unable to undertake the duties. The team will consist of thirteen players and a manager, and it has been agreed that they shall each receive 5s per day in addition to hotel and travelling expenses. The manager, the captain, and another member to be appointed by the Selection Committee will act as Selection Committee in New Zealand, and the Selection Committee will appoint a sub-committee of the board to appoint the captain. > The efficacy of the system of attaching tags to rate notices has been demonstrated by the Upper Hutt Town Board. In September last, at the expiry of the usual days of grace, with the help of the ' gentle reminder," the board had received the sum of £288 2s 6d. In December last, when the next lot of races were due, certain members of the board took exception to the "tags,'.' with the result that the clerk was instructed to discontinue the custom. This time, at the end of the period of grace, it was found that less than £20 had been paid in. The ( total amount received up to date amounts to £56 3s 9d, leaving no less than £413 10s lid outstanding. Several ratepayers have expressed the opinion that the tag system shoxild b& reverted to. s \ Inadvertently, a word of vital importance was omitted from an information in a case heard in the Magistrate's Court j-esterday afternoon. The charge, against !# Chinese, should have been that accused was the occupier of a common gaming house. The word "gaming," however, was missing, and counsel for the defence, urged that the information should be dismissed. He said that it was no offence to keep a common house, which might mean "an every day or common garden variety of a house." SubInspector Norwood pointed out that itwas a mere slip which could be easily amended. If the information was dis- | missed, it would only mean that proceeding would be delayed. Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., took the police view of the matter, and added the missing word. Counsel asked the Magistrate to note his objection, and added that the Bench had no power to make the amendment. The following letter has been forwarded by the Town Clerk (Mr. J. E. Palmer) to Inspector Ellison : — "I am directed by his Worship the Mayor to call your attention to the state of things prevailing every Sunday morning at Oriental Bay. It appears to have been the habit for some time past for men to bring horses to the bay for the purpose o£ cleaning them ,• and the men at the same time take the opportunity of disporting themselves in anything but proper costume. This practice seems to have attracted a number of other persons, and young .girls are also to be 'seen on the beach insufficiently clad. The public are taking notice of this, an^ Jetters are appearing in the prees regarding the matter. As there" is a constable located at Clyde-quay, could you arrange for him to deal with the matter? One or two examples would have a salutary effect in the neighbourhood. I may add that the residents have also made complaints on this score on several occasions. The following letter has been sent to Captain Newton, the officers, engineers, and crew of the s.s. Waikare by Sir James Mills, managing director of the Union Steam Ship Company :—"I: — "I desire to take this opportunity of expressing to the captain, officers, engineers, and crew of the late s.s. Waikare the directors' appreciation of the fine work done by them on tho occasion of the wreck of the ship in Dusky Sound on Tuesday, 4th January. The occasion was one which called upon them for the exercise of the best qualities, and it is most gratifying to the directors to know that in every case they acted like men, and that, by the combination of their •efforts and the favourable circumstances of time and weather, not a single casualty took place. While opportunities offered for individuals to render specially' valuable services, all the ship's company were actuated by the same spirit, and I am glad to thank them and to place their conduct on record." The kanakas of Tahiti were much exercised in their untutored minds lecently over questions of currency . and legal tender. Tahiti (remarks the Syd ney Telegraph) is a French colony, and the official coin is the franc. But the Chilian dollar — a relic of the old trading days — is used more commonly, although never recognised by the Government. Lately the Governor issued an edict declaring that the Chilian com was a cuckoo in the financial nest, and explained for the benefit of his dark subjects that a dollar Chilian was only worth about a franc and a half, and must not be taken for its face value. The kanakas promptly and loyally repudiated the Chilian coin, and expressed readiness to be paid their wages (two and a half dollars Chilian) in French money. Their powers of translation, however, did not extend beyond expressing two and a half dollars Chilian as two and a half dollat-s French, and when their employers offered only about four francs, the Chilian i equivalent, instead of 12 francs, the French equivalent, their grief was unbounded, and they struck work. Gradually, however, the true position of affair's was borne in upon them, and they resumed, but not till a steamer or two had been uncomfortably delayed. There is a movement in Nelson having for its obiect the erection of a memorial to the late Hon. Colonel Pitt. For summer wear. Fancy coloured hose with self clox, in tans, sky, silver, Mauve, champagne, reseda, and pink. Price 2s 6d per pair. Kirkcaldie and Stains Ltd.— Advt.