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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 81, 7 April 1910, Page 6

' All persons are warned by District Orders that any one found on the TrentLam rifle range on Sundays, without tha permission of the Itifle Kange Committee or x the custodian, will be prosecuted.. The annual meeting of the Hutt Park Railway Company was held to-day. Theretiring directors, Messrs. T. G. Macarthy and James Ames, were reelected. Mr. J. B. Harcourt was reelected auditor. Cagtain G. G. Smith, Royal Naval Registrar, who is now in Auckland, reports that a, large numbei of applicants have come forward for enrolment in tha Navy and the Naval Reserve, Auckland being specially well represented. It is notified in the latest District Orders that in. future all officers com- | mending unite must submit tenders for; service uniforms for corps forming un-i der their commands to the District Defence Office, for approval of the O.C. district. j The Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association intends building new quarters on the upper part of tho Octagon, Dunedin (telegraphs our local correspondent). It will be ■% two-story building, with shops on the ground floor A good muster of the Wellington Highland Rifles paraded at the Garrisoa Hall, last evening for the annual meetj ing of the corps. Owing to several matters in connection with the annual report being incomplete^ it was resolved to adjourn the annual meeting till Wednesday next, and the meeting lesolved itself into a committee to consider the report- of the Shooting Committee. A specimen of the Australian national shilling was shown to a Post reporter this morning by a recent visitor to ths other side. The new Commonwealth, coin, which New Zealand will not accept, is not a handsome example of the work of the mint. The obverse represent* tha King's head, crowned — a very unusual feature in British coinage. One hac to fo very far back in English history to nd a coin with a king's head surmount-, ed by a crown. It is different, of course, with querfns. The reverse of the Australian shilling shows a shield of the Commonwealth arms, topped by a star and .sustained by a kangaroo and an emu on either side. The motto is "Advance Australia." Enquiries are being made by the police to ascertain whether any drapery establishment suffered loss to its stock last night. They have in (their possession three hats, five blouses, and thirteen ostrich feathers, valued at £12 10s lid, which they charged a man named Donald Baltrop in the Magistrate's Court to-day with stealing. ]ji applying for" a remand of accused, Sub-Inspector Norwood said that while Sergeant Kelly was going along Lambton-quay on his bicycle, shortly after midnight last night, he saw three men, one of whom was calling out to another in objectionable tormn. He got off his machine and warned the mar 'to moderate his language. Accused was one of the men, and, observing that he had a big parcel under his arm, the sergeant became suspicious, and enquired as to the contents. Finding that there was a quantity of new drapery inside the paper, he arrested accused, who had iio't given a satisfactory answer as to where he obtained the articles. Mr. P. W. Jackson, appeared for Baltrop, who pleaded not guilty. In order to allow* the police to make further investigations, the man was remanded (till ihe 15th ins*. Bail was fixed in the sum of £100 and two sureties of £50 each. "This is a serious matter to shipmasters," urged Mr. Myers in the Magistrate's Court to-day, when prosecuting two seamen named Malcolm Christie and Timothy Barrett. Tho men appealed together on a charge of having deserted rom the s.s. Mamari on the Ist March. Counsel asked the magistrate (Mr. W. R. Haselden) to [ deal with accused in a very exemplary manner. , The steamer, laden with wool, he said, was timed to catch the London wool sale*, and it was a matter of importance to consignors and the company that, there should be no unnecessary delay In fact, it was considered of so much importance that the agents were troubling themselves in the affair. It was a- common practice for seamen to desert from their ships and clear up country until they thought it safe to return to Wellington and claim their belongings. The steamer in this instance had been delayed for about twelve hours. Mr. Haselden remarked that no doubt the men committed a mischief, but the question was how to deal with it. "There is only one way provided by legislation," submitted counsel. "Yes, that is so," replied the magistrate, "but," he added, "we don't want them here."' According to the London correspondent of The Post, the whereabouts of tha Gordon Highlanders' trophy is not known to the authorities. The trophy 1 was presented by the Gordon Highlanders in South Africa to the Australians and New Zealanders jointly, as a symbol of their fellowship in the field. Apparently the Gordon Highlanders themselves are somewhat, hurt by the •secrecy prevailing, so far as' they are concerned, a& to what is being done with the trophy. This seems strange in retrospect to t'.e recent championship rifle meeting at Trentham. The trophy waa there on view in the executive's rooms. It was wop again by a New Zealand team ia competition with the team under Lieut. Dakin, from New South Wales. It should be mentioned, that a team of New Zealanders won the trophy at Randwick at the Empire Rifle Meeting chero in 1909, and brought it back witn them. At present the trophy, a very nandbome piece of work, reposes in the possession of the Dominion Ritle Association. It can only be retained by victory in rifle shooting. The next contest will take jylace in Victoria probably ear. ly in the spring, when the present holdcrb will have to struggle to lceep it. The tiophy is by no means missing. With the strike over and the mines resuming work, Newcastle is returning to herself again. There is still a vast array of ships waiting for coal, and for three months the mines will have to work at top speed to meet immediate demands. It is not thought by competent judges, said Mr. W. Pickering, a recent visitor to Newcastle from Wellington, to a Post reporter to-day, that Xt demand will continue so firm. Much business went elsewhere during the strike, and orders will not return to Newcastle for some time. In the meantime the /nines are as busy as possible. "No stop now," is the saying among the colliers, who in the prehistoric days u-sed to be stopped on odd days, in order that the supply might not overtake the demand. Newcastle does not seem to have been very seriously affected. Most of tho colliers had half-acre sections, which they cultivated diligently during the strike, and whereby they were ablp to maKe both ends meet in the wowfc times. Many, too, found other occupations in the prosperous season for fruit and farming generally. Work among the orchards was a favourite inter-strik* vocation of ex-colliers. Racing still gees on in full swing at Newcastle, with t»vo meetings a week. The strike) was not felt half so severely as was anticipated. 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