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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 9, 11 July 1910, Page 6

There were eighteen domestic servant)' among th& third-elat^ pu-ssengei's by th( Tainui from London on Saturday. A mission in connection with th< Thorndon Catholic parish was opened at Northland yesterday by the Rev, Fathers O'Connell and Kimbell. It will be continued for a week. There are three services daily — two in the morning and the other at night. Civil servants who retired last year, have been granted pensions under "the) Civil Service Act as follow : — W. W. Beswick, £316 13s 4d; J. A. Kutton, £400 ; R. Tait, £283 6s Sd (General Post Office); J. K. Warburton, ex- Auditor-. General, £666 13s 4d; R. Carter, ex-Sec-retary of Customs, £533 6s Bd. - During hi 3 attendance at the Muni* cipal Conference, Mr. J. M. Coradine, Mayor of Mastertou, took an opportunity to interview the Premier on the question of finding the money required by Masterton for the proposed drainage" exten- . sion. The interview, reports the Age, was of a most satisfactory character, and the Mayor will report fully to the next meeting of the Council. In the course of a chat about rates of wages last* week, a gentleman connected | with the Belfast Freezing Works told a Lyttelton Times reporter that the slaughtermen employed at the works this season had been exceptionally busy, making often from £7 to £8 per week They were paid 26s per 100 for sheep. He added that there were seasons when they did not make nearly such good wages. ' Work among boys who need a helping •and restraining hand is recognised as of supreme importance by the Wellington Church of England Men's Society. At the Diocesan ConfeEence on Saturday ifc was resolved :— "That this conference recognises the great and urgent need oi rescue and prevention work among boys ; and tiiat the matter be referred to ths council, and that it be -advised to ap^ point a treasurer." A fire broke out at 20 minutes to 11 o ; cloek this morning in a house of six rooms in Bernah-street, Berhampore, owned by Mr. Arthur Ramsay, of Mein-straet, and occupied by Mr. John Peck. A lighted candle came into contact with some clothes, and caused a blaze. The Fire Brigade was summoned, and the flames were soon suppressed. The damage was not extensive. Th« house is insured, but there is no insurance on the contents. Yesterday afternoon, just as the ferry steamer Cobar was about to leave tha Ferry Wharf for Day's Bay, it waa noticed that a rope had fouled the ves^ sel's propeller. All attempts, from tho wharf, to remove, the obstruction proved unsuccessful, and eventually Captain. Williams, who formerly had command of the Cobar, donned some old clothes, and, slipping over the side, dived into the water and cut the rope with a knife. The feat was greeted with loud applause by a number of spectators and the passeng«rs on the- Cobar. In order to put a stop to the practioa or reduce the demand being made oq the hospitals by people in good' crrcamstances, Mr. John Mac Gibbon, at Thursday's meeting of the Southland! Hospital and: Charitable Aid Board, proposed, says the Southland 1 Times, that the maximum charge for miaTntenanca and attention at the various hospitals under the board be 12s a day, to bo collected: according to the paying power of those who -received: th© benefit. This- did not meet with th* favour of the board, -which after discussion decided to make 5s >a day the maximum and uniform tariff. In tire course of the annual report of the Wellington Letterpress Printers' Machinists' Union, to be. presented at the annual general meeting next Saturday night, reference is made to the Labour Department and alleged breaches of award*. Owing to continued allegations, the secretary instructed the Labour Department to enquire into certain breaches occurring in ' several city offices, ' but although the Department are commended for the prompt action taken, in no case, states the report, was there a breach of the award disclosed, and members are notified that unless they are prepared to substantiate statements in future no notice will be taken of imaginary breaches. 4. youth named Stanilaus Wysocki was brought up for sentence in the Supreme Court to-day tor <l t^t and false pretences at Dannevirke. Appearing "on tho prisoner's behalf, Mr. M. Myers admitted there was a difficulty in the way of allowing the young man piobation, because of a previous conviction for theft standing against him Art/used, he said, was only 11 years ot ii^e at the time. He had been already incarcerated for a fortnight, aivi was in a precarious state of health. Mr. H. H. Ostler, appearing for the Crown, did not object to the prisoner being admitted to probation. The Chief Justice ordered him ~to come up for sentence when called upon. Horseracing pure and simple has a warm friend in Archdeacon Harper, who described it to the Church of England Men's Society Conference on Saturday as a good and wholesome sport. But he hold that there were too many race meetings in New Zealand. They could, with advantage, be reduced by 75 per cent. The Archdeacon condemned the totalisator becaus& it had enormously, increased gambling. Betting, though the medium of tho "tote," had become respectable, and not only men, but women and girls were habitual investors on the totalisator, whereas they would not dTeam of dealing with a bookmaker. He opposed a proposal to heavily tax totalisator takings for the benefit of charity., as that would but elevate the machine in public estimation, and so encourage a further increase of gambling. "Unt'ethered Unionist" writes: — "I note in the Labour Notes of your Saturday's issue, 25ih June, some remarics in regard to the funds of previous Labour Day picnics. 'Unionist' states there are no funds in hand. I should like to ask what the council has done with the funds derived from past picnics, aii ol which to my knowledge -were earmarked for a new Trades Hall. I think £64 was the credit balance of the picnic two years ago. Where lias that gone? What • right has the council to finance other ventures with money the unions and public donated for the Trades Hall, by helping the Labour Day picnics with that one thinp; in view?" "Unionist" replies: — "By special resolution of th© council, the whole of last Labour Day's profits weie invested in shares in th© Weekly Herald. Tho profits ot the two preceding years were banked to the general funds of tho council, out of which the losses on two former years' Labour Day celebrations were paid. The books of tho council arc audited by an outside professional accountant. There is no resolution on the books of the council within the pabl four or five years directing tho '('armaikiug' of picnic profits for any special fund." So l'oliftblc are we in checking bagago parsing entries, forwarding parcels, romovnipc furniture, that people come to us again and again.— X.Z. Express Co.— Advt. An Horn of important news that will ba of imci'ct to thousands of ladies in 'Wellington and district. 0 Smith, Ltd., in announoirg their winter sale, wish' to emphasis© the fact that the;- hold hut two sales in each yew — a, fact which, -when taken tog^th-er with the additionaj fact of Uioir huge turnover, renders it absolutely impossible for bargains offered by them ou thcte occasions to be equalled by any firm in tho country. If you wo out of town send for our price-list. Reinenv ber, price is no object with us a* the present time this season. &oods must b» cleared ov±.— Advt.