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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 119, 23 May 1910, Page 6

The total amount of ordinary Customs revenue collected at Wellington during last week was £15,319 6s Bd. Beer duty totalled £432 7s. The Eastbourne Borough Council has decided to ascertain the cost of a report by an expert iipon the possiblt tupplies of water for the district. Empire Day, 24th May, will not, by a decision of the Wellington Education. Board, be observed as a school holiday in the fcchools of the district. The terra, holidays begin on the 30th May. This week the City Engineer's Department expects to make a start with th« work of establishing a reservoir for tho Melrose and South Kilbirnie uplands. The site is in the N-ewtown Park Reserve, near Mount Albert. Important matters are set down for discussion at a conference of New Zea^ land chemists to be opened in Wellington on Bth June. The subjects to bo dealt with include the Sale of Poisons Act, the Pharmacy Act, Australasian. Formulary, the Opium Act, and th© establishment of a Chemists' Defence Fund. Stoats and weasels greatly hampered the operations of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society last year. According to the annual report, it is beyond doubt that the presence of these pests in the district greatly handicaps the society in its efforts to establish ground game of any kind. The Caiifornian quail appear to hold their own fairly well against them, but not s6 pheasants. At the Y.M.O.A. yesterday afternoon, Mr. Mathieson, late of America, and vow pastor of the Church of Christ, Vivian-street, addressed a large gathering of men. The speaker's address was based on two important questions in the Bible:— "Where art thouV" and "Where is thy Brother?" Tho strangers' tea was largely attended, a great number of new arrivals being present. Mr. Clem, president of the Hobart Branch, wa> among the guests, and conveyed tha greetings of that association. N The average attendance at the Peton* main school during last month was 630— 337 boys and 293 girls. This represento a decrease of several hundred scholars on last year's figures, explainable solely on account of the advent of the new building at the west end. Despite this fact, however, the old school buildings do not present the appearance of being by any means too "roomy," owing, doubtless, to the excessive overcrowding that had of necessity been indulged in in the past. The average daily attendance at the District High School — 30 boys and 42 girls — continues to be satisfactory. Writing from the jtfavy League Sea Training Home at Liscard, Lieut. Knox, in a letter to the local lion, secretary of the league, says: — "Before I leave, I am to give the boys a lecture on New Zealand. I much enjoy lecturing on tho country which was so kind to me, and don't get half as many opportunities of doing so as I should like. I attended tho debate on the Naval Estimates in the House of Commons and sat through seven hours of it. The programme on papei is fairly good but, as I have said on th© platform and in the press, it is not. this year's programme at all, but next years, as out of its total, only £1,429,040 is to be voted for this yeaT, and not one of the five battleship* is to be commenced till January, 1911." . . "The Navy League is going strong all over tho country, and the women having taken it up makes an enormous difference." Since February of the present year there has been a marked movement ia the shipment of draught and medium draught horses to Victoria from Bluff, Dunedin, Oamaru, and Northern ports aa far as Wellington. The Otago Daily Times reports that the shipments have averaged between 50 and 60 horses per week, and the steady demand has given rise to some speculation as to what the horses are required for and their ultimata destination. Some persons favour the opinion that the animals were being shipped to Victoria in the first placa merely as a "blind," and that their eventual destination is some Eastern or European country, where they are to be held in reserve for military purposes. I Inquiries made by a member cf our staff show that this speculation is groundless, and it is explained that the demand ariees from the fact that in Victoria recently some lai'ge areas of pastoral and other lands have been cut up for closer settlement, and the horses are therefore required for farm work only. The closer settlement of land in Western Australia is also said to be a contributing factor in the demand for horses of the draught class. By rail and sea we are now checking baggage. To avoid trouble, save money, employ us. Delivery promptly after arrival of steamer, tram. New Zealand Express Company. — Advt. The vexed question of immigration is ajrain in the fore. The proßont system of paying part of the passage of desirable immigrants still continues. These privileges are confined to farmers and domestic servants, who may be counted as valuable assets to the country. Farmers and others arriving in New Zealand for the winter will no doubt requiro warm blankets for the cold nights. Such being the case, compare the colonial and English blankets now on display at C. Smith, Ltd., Cubastreet. Colonial blankets — Roslyn, Kaiauoi, Petone — Singlo bed 16s lid, double bed 22s 6d. Imported blankets— Single bed 9s lid, 12s 9d j double bed, Kb 6d, 17s 6d.— Advt.