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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 5, 6 July 1910, Page 6

Consumers of butter in Wellington are gaining the advantage of a ' cut" among wholesale houses. Since the disbandment of the Wellington Butter Committee, which fixed prices, there have been two reductions in the wholesale price. Some firms are selling butter to the grocer to-day at 10^d per lb, while the same butter costs from lid to ll£d per lb at the factory. The butter sold wholesale at lO^d is retailed at Is. Some grocers are reported to be cutting the price also, so that certain well-known brands, formerly retailed at Is 2d per lb, have been obtainable at lid. An extension of the tramway service is desired by Roseneath residents, and the subject was the cause of considerable discussion at the annual meeting of the j Roseneath Ratepayers' Association held last night. The meeting was not unanimous on the question of route. One section favoured a line from Courtenayplace, up Majoribanks, Hawker, and Shannon-streets, through Roseneath j and Hataitai, finally merging in the present Kilbirnie line. An alternative route* was from the present Oriental Bay terminus into Roseneath. It was decided by the meeting to invite the City Engineer to express his opinion on the question of route. A public meeting will be held in a month's time, when it is hoped a number of city councillors will be present. A cablegram published last night stated that Mr. James Patten, Cotton and Wheat King, had announced that j he intends to retire from the cotton ! market. A preliminary announcement to that effect was made a month ago. [ According to a late London paper, the speculator does not deny that he will "take a flier" in the market for his I amusement occasionally, but as a serious business, he says : "I intend to get Out of it. I have had my fill and I have done pretty well, but ifc is too exciting as you get older." Undaunted by the experience of his last visit, Mr. Patten expects to go to England again in September or October next, when he will probably visit the various industrial centres of Europe. It is difficult to believe that so confirmed an operator as the "Cotton King" will find himself, after all, able to leave the excitement, comments one paper, especially as only two months ago he declared, "Speculation is the spice of life. There is nothing like taking chances in this world. It keeps you young and makes you happy." There was an almost complete unanimity yesterday afternoon among the delegates to the Municipal Conference as to the necessity of regulating motor traffic in cities and boroughs. Six remits were before the conference, three dealing with tho question of bylaws to regulate traffic, two with tho necessity for testing and licensing of drivers, and the last with the registration of cars. The remits to provide for the regulation of traffic were on the lines of the Christchurch proposal : "That the borough councils be empowered to make bylaws and regulations to govern the speed at which motor cars may be driven through the streets of a borough." They w&re all carried without much discussion. The Mayor of Christchurch (Mr. Chas. Allison) moved : "That regulations be made under section 3 of the Motor Regulation Act, 1908, providing for the testing and licensing of drivers; that borough councUs be empowered to make bylaws to provide for the licensing of drivers of motor cars." The mover said that many drivers were incompetent and a danger to the public. The president (Mr. T. M. Wilford) said he did not see why private owners should be exempt from the effect of the remit. The motion was carried. v Prompted by a keen desire to keep moving, or in a fit of mental aberration, a horse attached to an express with a chained wheel, left its position of safety in front of the Palace Hotel, Willis-street, yesterday afternoon, and wandered out on the tram track. The motorman of an approaching palace car (Minifie) rang his bell, but the animal, still in deep thought, took no heed, and despite prompt application of the brakes by the motorman, the car hit the front wheel of the express, twisted the vehicle round, put a verandah post completely out of action, and the introspective equine on the footpath — all with some noise and clatter. As the express swung round the tailboard struck Conductor Knowsley a severe blow on the knee. Dr. Fyffe, who was in the car, rendered first aid, and Knows] cy, a married roan, was sent home, his knee being oadly bruised. Considerable damage was suffered by the "peak" of the vehicle and other parts, and the footboard of the car was splintered at one end, but the horse, when seen afterwards, though repentant-looking enough, had only received a shock to its system. Some time ago, in travelling from Auckland to his home, Mr. Hogg, M.P., found that, although he reached Palmerston North by express at 12.30, or about midday, he could not reach M.asterton under the new train arrangements before 10 p.m. The time occupied in travelling was four hours, but the time lost awaiting the despatch of tiains was nearly six hours, or one hour at Palmerston and five houra at Woodville. To make matters worse, the station at Woodville is nearly a mile from tho township, and furnished with no room for male passengers. In reply to a complaint on the subject, the Minister nays that the time-table in operation is the result of representations made by certain bodies in the districts served by the trains. It is recognised that close connections between trains at junctions is desired, "but train services have to be regulated by the amount of business and the number of passengers travelling between the Auckland district and the Wairarapa is insufficient to warrant the running of an extra train. The position might be met by delaying the departure of the 1.20 p.m. train from Woodville, but this would result in the train missing the steamer connection with the South Island. The department, therefore, cannot see its way at present to make any alteration. The accommodation for male passengers at Woodville is being looked into. An interesting lecture, the first of a "travel" series inaugurated by the Tourist Club in connection with tbe educational department of the V.M.C.A., was given last evening by Mr. W. H. George, a member of the management bpard of the association. Mr George, who has recently returned from a trip abroad, took for his subject "India — the Land of Colours and Caste," and many excellent lantern slides illustrating the customs and condition of the people, and the of the mibsions, were shown. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. George and to Mr. W. Driffield, who had charge of the lantern, at the conclusion of the lecture. Mr. J. Caughley, M.A., presided. So reliable aro we in checking bagage, passing entries, forwarding parcels, removing furniture, that people come to us again and again.— N.Z. Express Co.— Advt. An item of important news that will bo of interest to thousands of ladies in Wellington and district. C. Smith, Ltd., in announcing their winter sale, wish to emphasisa the fact that they hold but two sales in each year — a fact which, whan, taken together with the additional fact of their hugo turnover, rend-ers it absolutely impossible, for bargains offered by them on. these occasions to l>o equalled Vy any firm in the country. If you are out I of town send for ottr price-list. Rcmemr I ber, price is no object with us at tbe present time this season. Goods must bo cleared out. — Advt. ' .