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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 79, 5 April 1910, Page 71

Mr. A. G. Parkes, representative of Ihe United and Australian Steara NavU gation Company, is in Wellington. Mr. W. W. Bird. Chief Inspector of Native Schools, who is at present m tho North Auckland district, will return to Auckland on Thursday week, 14th mst. The time arranged for opening the Magisterial Enquiry into the DuchessCobar collision is 10 a.m. on Monday next. Tho Marine Department will be represented by Mr. C. S. Xison, Collector of Customs. Residents of the district are anxious to see tho Constable-street tramway pushed over the hill to Kilbirnie, and are agitating to secure a promise from the City Council to have the work done as early as possible. A deputation will bring the matter once more under the notice of the council at the meeting on Thursday night. Captain Dalrymple, of the Dominion Scouts, having been acquitted of the charges made in connection with the fracas which occurred at the recent military encampment at the Hutt, was yesterday officially released from mfcitary arrest by Lieutenant-Colonel Bauchop, Officer Commanding the Wellington Volunteer District. It is understood that the court formed the opinion that Captain Dalrymple had not taken sufficient piecaution to see that his order closing the canteen was carried out, and reprimanded him accordingly. A parade of tho •quadron will take place on Thursday, *hen Captain Dalrymple will icstune ctramand. The lnvercargill correspondent of the Dnnedin Star telegraphs :*— "The extent of the typhoid fever outbreak has been causing *a little alarm locally, fourteen cases In Southland having already been reported to the authorities. Two cases have Been attributed to the Kitchener camp at Abboteford, both being mounted men, and one (Quartermaster-Ser-geant Fkhey) has already succumbed. Fahey was a member of the First Contingent to South Africa, where he was vrounded. The other volunteer patient reckons that he contracted the fever through drinking from a half -dry creek daring the Saddle Hill manoeuvres. Four cases have been reported from the Bluff and three from Winton. Dr. Ogston conferred with the local health authorities, and the cause of the country cases is attributed to the peculiar weather af the summer. After four months of drought, heavy rain fell, followed by hot weather, with the result that germs arose from the soil with the evaporated moisture. The outbreak is not expected to oxtend further. The resumption of work at the Newcastle mines has not had any appreciable effect on the output of the Blackball Coal Company, says Mr. C. Harcourt Turner, the local manager. A large part of the coal which had been diverted for bunker purposes during the strike will now probably b? supplied to the Railway Department, although big quantities of Newcastle coal arc used on the railways and' shipments arc already on the water. This latter coal has an advantage over the local product in that it is able to withstand the weather a good deal better. The New Zealand coal is somewhat soft and friable, and .under the influence of atmospheric changes is apt to crumble away. On the other hand, the Newcastle coal remains hard and firm, and big stacks can be kept in good condition for a considerable time. There is st^ll a fair demand for sti-aming coal in Wellington. In delivering his reserved judgment today in the civil action, Thomas Ridgvay T. Henry Hihnar Wolters. » claim for £90 for wages stated to be due for the J period, 20th November, 1908, to the 15th | January, 1910, at the rate of 30s per week, Mr. W. R. Haselden, S.M., observed that the agreement which existed between the parties was not in its essence an agreement to pay wages, but in fact i an agreement on the part of the plaintiff to manage and work a certain tarm, on a basis of division of profits, such division to cover a payment of 30s p«r week to the plaintiff, any surplus remaining to be shared equally. There had already been a payment of £60 to tho plaintiff, who v admitted that, but gave no credit for it. Plaintiff, continued the judgment, might have a cause of action against the defendant, but not for wag^s due under the agreement, as there was JiO absolute agreement by the defendant to pay wages. The plaintiff was therefore non-suited. Ihe great Murrumbidgce irrigation works in western New South Wales are approaching completion, and the new settlement will shortly be thrown open to occupation. As regards the quality of the land which is to be irrigated, says the Sydney Herald, all experts who have seen it agree that it is about the best which could have been selected for the purpose — a deep rich red sandy loam, fit to grow to perfection anything which is suitable to the climate, and above all, lucerne and fodder plants. When this irrigation settlement comes into being, as it will within the next year or two, a new province will be added to New South .Wales, with all the possibilities of closer settlement under intense cultivation with the certainty of annual returns. Excellent sites have been selected for towns and villages adjacent «.o good deposits of stone, the contour of the surface lending itself to drainage and reticulation. It is anticipated some of these towns will, carry a large population, and areas are being allotted accordingly. In connection with the ArnEt-Whelch sculling match at Akaroa a fruitless excursion was made from Lyttelton by the Maori on Saturday. A writer iv the Star observed that the boat left "under gloomy Fkies and suspicious auspices, and returned under gloomy skies and gloomy auspices." She went forth with a motley aggregation of about bOO souls, to whom the prospect of witnessing the world's sculling match between Richard Arnst, of Tai iapu, and George Whelch, of German Bay, was as -the pioverbial bunch of carrots in front of the donkey's nose, and as impossible of attainment. The Maori dropped anchor within tight of what the cognoscenti refer to a* the convincing ground, and after ljir.g inert for four hours, durmg which nothing continued to happen, weighed anchor again and steamed out into the teeth of a north-easterly gale of unusual violence, with the aforesaid 50U sportsmen on board, with their bets temporarily off. When it was announced that tho race had been postponed the captain decided to wai:, with the rc&ult that the trip j home was made m darkness. There was , seasickness on board, and not a little of , it. Some choice spirits braved the dan- i gers of the dining saloon, but more than one returned hurriedly before an aggressive smell of cooking For those who had their sea le^s, however, tht. j return in inky darkness had its interes-t 1 ing features. Several passing vessels Laving learned by Morte Hashes the identity of the Maorii preceded to make enquiries at a distance of several miles regarding the race, and tho Maori kept up a constant string of replies such as -Raco olf!" "Off," and* so on. The Bipple, which was met on her way to the Chatham Islands, kept up a lengthy conversation, and would probably take to the sporting world on the inlands the Very latest particulars of the postponement. If vuu are thinking about a photograph* and want an artistic picture at a reasonable price, call at the Zak Studios, 69, Man»ers-street, where, all tha appointmentE are now up to date. — Advt.