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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 76, 1 April 1910, Page 6

Under the Factories Act it is provided that if the occupier of a factory lets or gives out work in connectio» with textile or shoddy material to be done off the premises, a label "in the prescribed form" must be affixed to each article so made. By regulations gazetted last night, each label must be at least two inches square, made of cardboard, printed in type, and filled in : — Made by No. street town. In an unregistered factory. Afixed under the Factories Act, 1908, section 30. Any person unlawfully removing or defacing this label will be prosecuted." The regulation? further provide that the space to be reserved tor the use of each person working in a factory shall not be less than 250 cubic feet of air-space where Eersona are employed during the hours etween 6 o'clock in the morning and 6 o'clock in the evening, and not less than 400 cubic feet of air-space where persons are employed between 6 o'clock in the evening arid 6 o'clock in th« morning. By a written permit the inspector may allow persons to be employed in a factory where there are less than 400 cubic feet of air-space for each person employed between 6 o'clock ing the evening and 6 o'clock in tha morning, provided such factory is lighted by electricity and by no other artificial light at all times during such hours as artificial light is needed while persons are employed therein. The Postal authorities advise that the Wimmera, which left Sydney on Thursday for Auckland, has on board the newspaper portion of the English mail, also an Australian mail, which is due here by the Main Trunk express on Tuesday next. "Conscience money" to the amount of £1 has been forwarded to the Treasury by a person unknown. By Order-in-Council gazetted last night, the district valuation roll for the Petone Borough is to be revised as at the 31st March. ! Full details of tho scale of cnarges under the Public Trust Act, which have been considerably reduced, as stated by the Prime Minister would be the ct.se, are gazetted this week. Judgment will be delivered by his Honour the Chief Justice at 10.30 a.m. on Monday next in the cases Riddiford v. Foreman, and Rhodes Trustees v. Commissioner of Taxes. At yesterday's meeting the Land Board, authorised the commissioner to issue a sawmill license to Mr G. Bartholomew i'oi milling timber taken on Crowa lands near Oio. The terms are to be fixed by the commissioner. Mr. A. D. Hart, president of the Painters and Decorators' conference, has been presented by delegates with a gold pallette medal, as a recognition of his services as president of the past two conferences. Maintenance fees received by the Wellington Hospita) Trustees during the official year ended yesterday amounted to £3369 13s 10d. The fees for the corresponding periods were :—1907-8.: — 1907-8. £2626 19s 4d, 1908-9, £3031 18s. There were eight bankruptcies in Wellington district last quarter as compared with ten in the corresponding period of last year. Three out of the efght cases were filed last month. In March of last year there were five bankruptcies in the district. There was a comparatively small coa | signment of fruit by the Ulimaroa from. Melbourne this morning. It comprised fifty-four cases of Mildura pears, fifty cases of South Australian grapes, and thirty-one cases of preserved fruits from the Mediterranean. With reference to the non-reporting of the Warrimoo at Stephen's Island on. Wednesday afternoon, it has been pointed out that tho tek-graph line between Wairangi and French Pass (over which messages from Stephen's Island are sent) was at that time interrupted through heavy weather, and consequently the island was unable to communicate with, any transmitting stations. To-morrow a team from the Wellington Schoolmasters' Sports Club will play a cricket match with the Education Department on Kelburne Park. It is to be an all-day match. A good wicket has been prepared. On the same afternoon teams from the sports club will play tennis and bowls matches with representatives of the department. A non-suit was allowed in the Mag istrate's Court yesterday afternoon xa the case, Kitto and Graham, tailors, v. Edward A. Banks, a claim for £5 j.Us, price of a suit of clothes. Defendant denied that he ordered or received the goods. Mr. Moran was for plaintiff, and' Mr. Kirkcaldie for defendant. A necessary reform in the administration of hospital affairs was advocated yesterday afternoon by Mr. J. Danka at the last meeting or the Board of Hospital Trustees. He hoped that there would be under the new board one definite place where in-patients' tickets might be procured. At present people travelled all- oyer the town to find ft member of the board, in order that they might get die ticket required. At a sitting in Chambers this morning, the Chief Justice made an order in the case Bowron Bros. v. Bishop and another for interrogatories to be answered within five days ; also, for the cross-ex- ' animation of a witness, J. F. Andrews, before the Registrar. An order was made for the removal of the proceedings into the Court of Appeal. Mr. Skerrett appeared for Bowron Bros., and Mr. Salmond, Solicitor-General, for the defendants. The arrivals in New Zealand during the month of February totalled 2689, and the departures 2843, as compared with 4141 arrivals and 2857 departures for February of last year. Of the arrivals for February this year, 341 came from the United Kingdom, and 332 left for the came place ; 415 came from Victoria, and 513 left for that State ; 16U4 came from New South WaJps, and. 1651 went there ; 178 came from Tasmania, and 193 went there. The arrivals included 1551 men and 880 women, and the departures 1580 me*n and 1036 women. Steps are being taKen by the Department of Agriculture to obtain, with a view to general adoption throughout New ZeaTand, the beFt system of distinguishing between tho live stock of different owners (by earmarking orotherwisej. it therefore proposes to appoint a committee of pastoralists to report upon the merits of any .systems that are submitted for that purpose. Anyone who has a scheme to put forward should communicate with tbe Secretary ; for Agricultuie, specifying the royalty, payable in a single sum, which would" be required if the scheme was adopted officially. "I had something to dc with tha slackening of the rate of motor cars in Christchurch, and if I have any power I will slacken their rate here," declared Mr. W. It. Haselden, S.M., to-day, when dealing with a defendant (one Frederick George Butlei) appearing before him, charged with driving a motor car round the corner of Constable and Riddiford-sUeets at faster the regulation spscd. The police stated that after the car had turned the corner it was travelling, according to the leckoning of a constable, at a rate of twentyone miles an hour. A fine of £2, with costs 19s, was inflicted. If lovers of Rare Japanese Art will ealJ at Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., Lambton-quay, they will be shown some exquisite specimens, imported direct — | Advt.