COMMERCIAL FRATERNITY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 110, 11 May 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL FRATERNITY.

» A movement is on foot in New Zealand to exterd the Commercial Travellers' Association so as tx> include members of the profession in every centre and ultimately to federate with Australia. Mr. H. C. Tewsley (the president), and other officers of the federation in both Wellington and Auckland, have met with considerable encouragement in the desired direction, and it is expected that a wider New Zealand federation will soon be an accomplished fact._ The first step towards it, or, at any rate, -an important move, is the provision of facilities for closer social intercourse between heads of houses and departments, and those "on the road," or attached to city staffs. This, it is held, may be accomplished by the various commercial clubs. The "Wellington' Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Club accordingly, today inaugurated a midday luncheon at which there was an unusually and unexpectedly large number of heads of departments aaid members of principal business houses present. The club has gone to considerable expense in fitting up a handsome diningroom and modern kitchen equipment, and the appointments were to-day used! for the first time. It is hoped that the experiment will prove successful in its objects, namely, to consolidate the relationship existing between all members of the city houses, and lo contribute, in some measure, towards placing the profession on as good a tooting in New Zealand as it holds in Australia.

Since the resignation of Colonel Coilins from the position of Finance Member of the CounciKof Defence, the duties connected with the financial department of the council have been carried out by Captain F. B. Mabin (Pay and Quartermaster), of the staff of the Wellington Rifle Battalion. Captain Mabin has now been appointed to the position of Finance Member of the Council of Defence, though it is understood that his position will actually bethose of Financial Secretary to the> council — a position for which, as the accountant of the Defence Department, he is well fitted. The new Sports Club has completed arrangements to lease or take sporting rights over the large athletic park, with its grandstand and other buildings, at Miramar. The same arrangement has been made regarding the Wonderland grounds, with their gardens and accescories. A lease, with a satisfactory purchasing clause, has also been arranged of the club buildings. Arrangements have been made for a nine-hole golf course, and, if sufficient members offer, a second set of nine holes over extremely interesting country can be arranged. At last night's meeting it was resolved to impose a £3 3s entrance fee as soon I as the membership of 200 is completed. [ Messrs. A. L. Wflson and Co. advertise for sale to-morrow, at 2-30 p.m., by public auction, a property comprising a 10roomed up-to-date residence, on land 80ft x 120 ft, situate Brougham-street, and known as No. 91. Intending 1 purchasers will note that the sale takes place on the premises. At 11 o'clock on Friday the firm will sell some Prince of Wales ferns, and on the same day the weekly sale will be held. Messrs. R. and E. Tingey advertise the arrival of a new shipment of art wall papers, which are now on view at their showrooms, Manners-street. By arrangement with the committee of the Berhampore School.. Mr. J. W. M. Harrison will commence physical culture classes next week at tho South Wellington School Hall, Newtown, for school children, youths, ladies, and gentlemen, in addition to those slready in progress under his direction at St. Andrew's Church Hall, Wellington-terrace. Messrs. T. Kennedy Macdonald, Ltd., advertise in this issue full details of the sale by auction^ under instructions from tho official Assignee, of all the landed properties in the bankrupt estate of George Pinnock. The date oi sale has been altered to Thursday, 26th inst., in place of tho 17th in6t.. as previously announced. The lots to be offered comprise a farm property situate in tho Mungaroa Valley, containing in all 200 acres recently occupied by the bankrupt, the improvements on which consist or large building, formerly occupied as a cheese factory, and fitted with engine, boiler, etc., also Manager's house, eheds, fowlhouse, two men's whares, stables, etc. Also "farm adjacent to the latter, containing 90 acres, with dwellinghouse, stables, and other buildings thereon, subdivided into paddocks. In the same estate, city properties comprising the famiiy residence, "Mervyn Bank," containing seven rooms and seel ion having a frontage to Mein-»treet ; two-story family residence, containing ton rooms, situate Rintoul-st., with large section, 63ft. frontage by a depth of 165 ft, ako cottage containing fiv« rooms and scullery, with 6ection, situate Rintoul-atreet, and. adjoining the latter, a residence containing six rooms, stables, etc., with land half an acre to each, hald under lease for twenty-one yeara, with right of renewal for two further periods of twenty-one years each.

Curious interest, connected with the » King's death, attaches to a paragraph in the Church Chronicle of Ist April (accouding to one of The Post's correspondents). "The festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary is coincident this year with the fast of Good Friday," stated the Chronicle. "Therefore, according to old British custom, the former would give way to the latter. In mediaeval times these holy days coming together were taken to indicate illfortune." An ancient couplet ran: — "When our Lord falls in our lady'a lap England will meet with great mishap."