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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 66, 19 March 1910, Page 5

The firm of Muiray, Roberts and Co. is to be turned into a private limited company as from Ist April, individual interests being preserved as they now i exist The capital is to be a quarter of a million bterfing, with £200,000 paid np The change is purely internal (states a Dunedin Press Association telegram). The Palmereton North Nava' and Military Tournament Committee has decided to interview Admiral Poore, in command of the Australasian Squadron, with a view to securing the attendance of a naval contingent at the next tournament. The committee (states a Press Association telegram) will take advantage of the flagship's presence in Wellington at the present time. No intimation has as yet been received from Wellington (states the Auckland Herald of 17th inst.) as to whether the men concerned in the strike at the Southdown Freezing Works will bo prosecuted or not. On enquiry at the office of the Minister for Labour this morning a Post reporter was informed that full enquiry into the case had been made that the department considered that the men had been guilty of going on strike, and x that action is being taken accordingly. Spurious half-sovereigns are circulating in the Levin district (telegraphs our correspondent). The exterior of the coin stands the jewellers' acid test, being rolled gold of good quality, but the leaden sound given forth on the metal being struck on wood denotes that the coin is not genuine; otherwise, the imitation is almost perfect, a slight variation in the edge milling being the only .distinction. Local opinion is that though there are no reports from other centres so far, the distribution, of tha coins is likely to be widespread. It is stated by the Wanganui Chronicle that Mr. J. T. Hogan, M.P., has received a letter from the Minister for Public Works, acceding to the application that the department should prepare plans and specifications for the proposed new bridge over the Wanganui River, and that the bridge should be constructed under_the supervision of the Government engineers. The Chronicle adds that the Minister has been requested to send an engineer to confer with the two councils interested regarding essential details. H.M.S. Powerful will be prepared to receive a large boarding party on Monday. All young Navy Leaguers who can get away from school or other engagements will be taken over in boatloads to the flagship, where they will be shown over the vessel and have the guns explained to them, and be filled up with interesting facts about guns and gunnery. As was to be expected, the presence of the warships in port has been followed by a large increase in the juvenile membership of the league. Mr. H. L. James, Assistant Librarian at the Parliament Library, will forward to the meeting of librarians at Dunedin a paper op " The Dewey System of Classification, and its application to New Zealand requirements." Mr. James introduced this system into this country some fourteen years ago, and has made a special study of it. He has classified the Parliament Library in accordance with it, and was last year employed by the Board of Governors of Canterbury College to classify the Free Library at Christchurch oh the same lines. The system- has been adopted by the International Institute oi Bibliography at Brussels, and is rapidly finding worldwide acceptance. It was invented and elaborated by Melvil Dewey, Librarian of the New York State Library. An Invercargill resident who recently had occasion to go to Christchurch paid a visit to the Sunnyside Asylum, and (says the Southland Times) happened to bo at the institution when there were exceptional opportunities r for seeing things that the visitor does not usually see. He dieT not see Lionel Terry, who is in the asylum, but he saw that unfortunate man's latest work.. Terry, he was informed, Is at the present time j assiduously cultivating the simple life, ! and indulging in the plain faie, the open-air exercise, and the scanty raiment of the pagan days. He has been fascinated by this pagan life, and deeply impressed with the bonds that have been fastened on men by the artificial living, dressing, and food of these times. As a result he has written a poem, "The Prison Cage," in which the two styles of living are contrasted, to the great advantage of the simple life. The visitor had the privilege of seeing the poem, which, he states, possesses considerable literary excellence, and is beautifully embellished with striking ink drawings and coloured sketches. The work "throughout, and particularly the sketching, is unusually clever. Terry has a strong objection to being on exhibition, and the authorities discourage as much as possible any idly curious desire in this direction on the part of visitors. Property lost in tramcars mounts up during the year to something very substantial. Yesterday afternoon the accumulation of a twelvemonth was put up by Mr. James Doyle, Chief Inspector, for auction in the concert h--.li. There were all sorts of things to sell and all sorts of buyers. Umbrellas and purses were tho staple of the stock-in-trade, and after a while there was a slight glut iv the market. The resulting slump let as many as four "gamps" go for a florin. Purses to the number of 250 were sold, while over a hundred umbrellas changed hands. The total number of lots was about one hundred and eighty. Bidding was vigorous and sales rapid. Second-hand aealera reaped a rich harvest. Among the articles for auction were workmen's kits, and business men's brief -bags, walking-sticks and a demijohn, a syphon and a child's spade, schoolbooks and 'photographs, eeveral ladies' muffs, a bottle of lung tonic, and an accordeon. For some of the buyers there may have been hidden treasures, as one brief-bag had to be sold unopened, the key and its owner being missing. Finally, the whole lot was cleared "at a great sacrifice," and the daily lost property wiD accumulate for another year — untess people take the precaution of enquiring at the tramway lost property office. From the results of yesterday's sale it is clear that much of the lost property of the city is lost in the tramcars. Once more the Mayoral election approaches, and the interest shown, alike by possible candidates and those qualified to vote, leaves a good deal to be desired. If the ladies of Wellington are not much concerned with the Mayoral campaign, they will, however, be interested 6y the fact that C. Smith, Ltd., Cuba-street, have now received their _ fir : t shipment of autumn gloves, a leading feature of which is a special line of medium-weight Suede, Lislo gloves, with rwo-dome fa c ten*rs and stitchad backs. These fit well, and are at all times most useful wear. They are in every w*nted shade, and the price is Is lid per pair. — Advt. The annual harvest festivals, as conducted by the Salvation Army, will be held from to-morrovr iill Wednesday, by the Wellington City, Vivian-street, and Newtown Corps Staff-Captain Orams, assisted by Adjutant and Mrs. Gunn \wll lead tho meetings at the city, while Brigadier Bray and Adjutants Feltham »nd Lamberton will conduct proceeding at Newtown. During the week entertainments on harvest festival lines >yill be Riven by members of the Salvation \rmy and their friends. Mr. F. G. Bolton states that, owing to health reasons, he will not be a candidate on this occasion for the Weltmgton mayoralty.