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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 75, 31 March 1910, Page 6

Mr. C. J. Crawford, a candidate for the Wellington Mayoralty, will address the electors in tho Concert Chamber of th© Town Hall on, Monday evening. A missing tablet porter at Te Hora 6tation delayed the second Main Trunk express nearly two hours yesterday. Nobody was at the station to hand over the tablet, and tho train could not proceed. Trains at the Wellington end were also delayed. It is understood that an enquay into the matter will be held by railway official*. A number pf the Wellington and {southern delegates who have been attending the annual session of the Loyal Orange Institution of New Zealand at Auckland, returned by the Main Trunk express yesterday. The Past Grand Master (Mr. J. Aston) states that tha session just held constituted a record, both as to the numbers who attended and the business dealt with. During the past year there has been a large increase in membership, and ten new lodges were opened. Mr. R. Meredith, of Waimate, was appointed Grand Master for tha ensuing year. "You pay a man who is engaged mixing mortar one thing," said the Conciliation Commission- when hearing a Labour case in edin on Tuesday, "and you propw. that the hod-carrier should be paid on a different basis. Why? It is all the same class of woik." A union delegate supplied an ingenious answer, remarks the Daily Times. "Tha hod-cairier has to use his arms and legs," he said; "the mortar-mixer uses only his arms. The hod-carrier should therefore be paid more." "I have seen men mixing moriar with both arms and legs," remurked another delegate, and the other union representatives indulged in reminiscent chuckles. The Moana landed at the Bluff on Monday a transhipment from Canada consisting of ten moose (four bulls and six cows). The animals are reported to be in splendid condition. This must bo considered satisfactory, seeing that they were transplanted from a climate lOdeg below zero in winter and passed through, th© tropics. From the Blnff (says the Bluff correspondent of the Otago Daily Times) they will be shipped per Hinemoa to Dusky Sound, where they will be liberated at Supper Cove. This is a*, the end of the track leading through, to the south arm at Lake Manapouri, so that the moose will have a capital opportunity of spreading along tha country heading the eastern branch of the fiords system and inland amongst the cold lakes. An outstanding feature of the conference in Dunedin of representatives from New Zealand public libraries was the obvious and unanimous desire of delegates to have scattered broadcast in remote hamlets and neglected backblocks the best literature known of men. This was emphasised (says the local Star) ia no uncertain manner during discussions on travelling libraries and the withdrawal of the Government vote of £3000 for country libraries. In tha first discussion one delegate, who had travelled far, and learned the look of things, spoke of the value to be gained from serving the backblocks almost simultaneously with the better-circum-stanced folk in cities. 'He told of a, memorable living picture he saw in the wilds of Canada, as he waited at a wayside station. Miners in the surrounding hills had heard that Shackleton's book was on the train coming from East — cha hub of culture and luxurious convenience. The book was coming in the travelling library. And when it cam© it was rushed like gold. The last phase of tho picture the traveller will never forget was a group of fifty men — shaggy, eager, and happy — listening with all their ears to Shackleton's story as read by a Cambridge graduate, who at the end of his drift was' still the- representative of cultured education. In the second discussion the cutting away of the vote to country libraries was described as an absolutely stupid instance of retrenchment. It was said that the Minister's retrenching tomahawk might have been used on some other skull than this. Among the other things which are to be enquired into by the Registrars of Shipping at Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, concerning the disappearance of the Waratah, are the following: — ■ The description of cargo and weight loaded and unloaded at Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney, to ascertain total weighs of cargo on board the ship when 6he sailed ; weight of bunker coal loaded at Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide ; from stevedores as to cargo loaded, and amount in each hold, and how and where stored and secured ; and as to bunker coal and where; also ac to weight and description, etc., of cargo or bunker coal, if any on deck, and how secured ; vessel's draught of water in saltwater and freeboard when she left the different ports ; whether the vessel was upright on leaving each port ; number and names and rating of crew, passengers, and other persons, if any, on board when she left the different ports ; reports from pilots who took the vessel to sea, on the vesssl generally, condition, trim, state of sea-behaving of ship, etc. ; evidence of Messrs. Richardson and Saunders, who sailed to Durban in th© vessel, left there, and returned to Australia, as to deck cargo or bunker coal ; behaviour of the ship, etc. ; evidence from four seamen who left the ship in Australia, on the behaviour of the ship ; and generally evidence from any persons available in Australia who travelled by the ship to Australia ; extracts from tetters received from passengers to Durban, if any reference is made to the behaviour of the ship on the way ; or to complaints referred to in the report of tha interview with Mr. Saunders at Durban. It is anticipated that when these local enquiries have been completed, the Bbard of Trade expects to be in a position to account for the mysterious disappearance of the liner. Before the Paris Courts last montb Mr. Clayton Strawbridge, a Philadelphian millionaire, was awarded £6000 damages against a local automobile company. Last year Mr. Strawbridge, accompanied by his 'wife and his stepdaughter, hired an automobile from the defendants, with the intention of taking a trip to Biarritz. He was to pay £7 a day. On the way thither a portion of the steering-"gear gave way. The car, becoming uncontrollable, ran into a ditch and capsized. The millionpive had both his lens broken, an,jl his wif» vid stepdiup;hler received severe injuries. The defendants sought to shirk responsibility, pleading that if there \< r** a defect in the car it was due to carelessness on the part of the manufacturer. The court refused to admit the plea, and held that the rhatiiTeur, v,-ho was a servant of the rlefanaKng company, «l>o"ld have satisfiel himself t'mt everything was in order previous to setting out on his journey. A fine shipment of new blind hollands i has just been opened in all widths and colourings. Write for patterns. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd.— Ad\t. Probably at no period in this country's history ha 3 the industrial outlook beon so promising, and with the splendid season now in view, together ,witb the high ?i' ccc ruhng for wool and a demand fc ""w Zealand products, the people of the Do. minion must shave to the iuli in m.. .ncreased prosperity. One of the good things •will be found in the store of C. Smith, Ltd., Cuba-street. A special line im. orted for tvery kind of outdoor wear — Ladies* Tweed Hats in all the latest popular shape. The new "Burberry, ' "Peter Pan," "Hurlingham," "Lily," and man? others. Prices range from 4s lid, 5s 6d, 6s lid to lls 6d.— Advt. The Inspector of Factories publishes ia our advertising columns a notice to OCCUpiers of factories and shops.