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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 68, 22 March 1910, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL. The postal authorities advise that the Vancouver mail which left Suva by the Makura is due here on Monday next. The Prime Minister has advised Mr. A. Dillon, M.P., that the name of the post and telegraph office at Kaikora North will be changed to Otane as from Ist April. "If I post this letter now, when will it be delivered ?" is an everyday question to which the querist may now find a rea-dy answer if he consults a map in the vestibule at the General Post Office, alongside the postal boxes. The map represents Greater Wellington, illustrated in five distinct colours. Each colour shows the various deliveries, both urban and suburban. Red denotes the inner city, in which it is shown there are deliveries at 7.45 a.m., 9.10 a.m., 10.30 a.m., 1.45 p.m., and 3.20 p.m. The immediate , suburbs, which are marked with green, are favoured with three deliveries a day, namely, at 7.45 a.m., 10.30 a.m., and 1.45 p.m. Further away is the blue colouring, showing where there are daily deliveries at 7 45 a.m. and 1.45 p.m. On th& outer boundaries is yellow, where there is the one 1 delivery at 7.45 j p.m. Still further away remains white, indicating little or no population, and, consequently, no' delivery. Appended, in alphabetical ordei', is a list of the names of the streets- of Greater Wellington, each being marked with a colour corresponding with, the coloui scheme on the map. For instance, if the questioner, when posting a letter at the G.P.O. at 7 a.m., wishes to know when it will reach its destination, say, Lambtonquay, he refers to the list of streets, which .informs him that Lambton.-quay is in the area served with a delivery at 7.45. The map is an original idea, emanating from an officer in the local G.P.O. It should prove of great convenience to the public. It has been decided by tho Union Com pany that in view of the small number of passengers who applied foi berths, the proposed Easter tour of the Takapuna through the Marlborough Mounds will be abandoned. A reserved judgment, important to shipowners and shippers alike, was delivered by Mr. W. It. Haselden, S.M., to-day regarding an action brought by Sanders Bros., contractors, against the Shaw, Savill and Albion Shipping Co., Ltd. — a claim for £53 13s 9d, damages in respect of merchandise destroyed in transit. It appeared that the shipping company took delivery of two packages of granite in Glasgow for transhipment to New Zealand. It was alleged that while the freight, which was part of a consignment .ordered for the Union Bank contract, was being discharged, it was dropped from the slings. "I am compelled on the authorities," remarked Mr. Haselden, "to hold that the damage alleged comes within the exceptions to liability provided for in the bill of lading. The whole action is based on the negligence of the servants of the defendnnt, and harsh as it may appear, the law is clearly laid down that such negligence may, by the terms of, the bill of lading, exempt the defendants from liability." Two cases were cited in support of the ruling. The plaintiffs •were non-suited. As to the terms offered by counsel for defendant, regarding storage, it was decided that the case may be mentioned again, 14 days hence. Mr. Blair was for plaintiffs and Mr. Myers for defendant company. Now that the strike has been settled, .Newcastle is looking forward to a compensating period of prosperity, wrote the Newcastle correspondent of the Sydney Telegraph on 14th March. During the past four months the business of the city has sufitered to a greater extent than is generally admitted. The fact that the State has lost £1,000,000 in wages alone maker it apparent that the storekeepers at any rate have been experiencing a bad time indeed. Pay Saturday is invariably a busy day in Newcastle, and during the strike nothing was more noticeable than the stagnation of business on that particular day. However, for pome months at least theie is a good timu ahead, and tlie shopkeepers who have suffered so uncomplainingly should reap the benefit. Theie are at prebent about 100 ships in the port, and for some time the mines will be working at their full capacity to supply the cargoes required. It is estimated that fully 600,000 Tons will be needed to fill all the ordeis that are in hand. Outbid* the charters and contracts that are still in existence, the prospects for future trad<? are, however, by no means bright. The Victorian Government trade, which represents about 300,000 tons yearly, has beni practically lost, owing to the development of the Powlett River field, and the hade with Manila and the Philippines has also received a severe shock Just at present the own-ers nre not desirous of saying much about the position, but the. fact cannot be overlooked th.it ilie colliery industry of this State has leccived a blow from which it will U&e a considerable time to recover..