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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 22, 26 July 1910, Page 6

Some remarkably good catches of small birds have been made in South CanterDury recently. At Beautiful Valley, Air. li. Southby, the Temufca Road Board's birdcatcher, caught 3000 birds in five^ days. Mr. W. King, junr., mads another good catch recently, getting 1250 in one day with one net. One man in (he Temuka district recently earned a cheque of £14 by hia catch of siiiaH birds. According to the Taranaki Herald, the chairman of directors of tho Taranaki Petroleum Company has reviewed a letter, dated 21st July, from Mr. A. L. Beattie, Chief Mechanical Engineer of Railways, stating that trials will be mado by the department of the crude petroleum, with a view of ascertaining its suitability for locomotive- fuel. About 100 barrels of oil will bo required for the purpose, of the trial, and it must ba free from water, grit, or any impurity likely to choko the burner. Representations were made recently by the Chamber of Commerce to the Government in connection with the posting of late letters at the Thorndon railway station, pointing out tho hardship of people having to pay twopence to paps the barrier for the purpose of posting? their late letters. Yesterday tho council of the ohamber was notified that the Government had erected outside tha station a late fee letter box in which! letters may be posted up till five minutes of the train's starting during the following hours : From 11 a.m. to 12110 p.m. ; and from 3.45 p.m. to 4.10 p.m. The chamber also asked for the- provision of telephone facilities at tha wharves and railway stations. This request has also been complied with. Penny- in-the-slot telephone cabinets hava been t-rected at Thorndon and Lambton stations, and public telephone .bureaux at the Queen's and Glasgow wharves. The proceedings at Friday's sitting of the Trades and Labour Conference in Auckland partook, at one stage, of a Gilbertian nature, sayß the Herald. The Wellington Council had forwarded a recommendation in favour of urging the Government to bring in a Fair Rent Bill, but it was an open secret that the four delegates from the remitting body were personally antagonistic to the proposal. It transpired during the discussion that the Auckland membeib wer« in the same position. When the item was called on the Wellington quartette displayed an amusing attitude of backwardness. "Oh, well, I'll face tha situation," at last came the bold remark from one of the delegates. Notwithstanding the showers of cold water thrown on the. proposal of the somiplayful suggestions of avoiding a vota on the question, a division was called for, and the resolution was carried by, nine to eight. The action of the delegates drew down on them an outspoken condemnation from the Hon. J. T. Paul, M.L.C. Loyalty to a council, he said, was commendable, but loyalty to a principle was of etill greater importance. Mr. Triggs, the Conciliation Commi3-i-ioner in Christchurch, who telegraphed yesterday to Mr. Pryor, Secretary of tha Now Zealand Employers' FoderaUon, that he knew nothing of the suggestions which he was supposed to have made in regard to the settlement of tho EheaTers' dispute, states further that what he suggested was that representatives of the two parties should sign a joint requisition to the Minister of Labour requesting him to appoint the three commissioners to visit certain localities to be agreed upon, and ascertain what were fair rate-s of pay and conditions suitable for a Dominion award. The commissioners, a* a result of these inquiries, should then file a recommendation to the* court, and hoth parties should enter into a compact in writing to abide by the award arid not to take steps, during the currency of the award, to prevent workers engaging at the prices fixed. Mr. Triggs suggested that on© commissioner should be appointed for the occasion, and the other two assessors for the parties. This, he said, would be in accordance with tha Act. An interesting phase of the compulsory military training regulations cropped up, at last evening's meeting of the re tone Borough Council, when application was made by the officer commanding the junior cadets for a- certain concession foi an officer who was a servant of the council. The department desired that the officer in questionLieutenant Bolton — should be relieved of his official duties on Friday of every, week between the hours of 10.30 a m. and noon for the purpose of drilling the local cadet unit. Councillors looked askance at the request of the department, aaid immediately enquired if it was obligatory on its part to meet the authorities' wishes in the matter? It was pointed out that Lieutenant Bolton being no longer a State school pupil, had passed the junior cadet stage, so that it was oDen for him to resign his military post if the arrangements did not fit in with his duties on the borough staff. In the opinion of one councillor, tho chances were that the officer's absenoo I on the occasions proposed wi/uld at times interfere with the council's business. In, any case, the compulsory clauses connection with the universal training scheme would not in the ordinary course of event* be put into foroe for some considerable timo to come. Eventually the matter was adjourned sine die. Yesterday afternoon evidence was concluded at the Magistrate's Court, bofor© Mt. W. 'G. Riddell, S.M., in the [ prosecution brought by the Department of Public Health against the Wellington Fresh Food and Ice Company, Ltd., for an alleged sale of milk adulterated with water, contrary to the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. Mr. H". H. Oitlei, who conducted lh« prosecution, stated that defendants had been receiving milk from a supplier at Shannon, and that an. analy6is of his milk confirmed a suspicion that it had been watered. On the 29th MaTch last defendants had been notitfied that their milk was below standard, and unle3B they took reasonable means to find out its condition they were liable to a penalty. Evidence was given by L. J. Duflou, defendant's fa-ctory ma-nagor, to tho effect that when Schauor took the sample, he (Schauer) did not stir it thoroughly, but merely took a quaaitity from the top of the vat. His Worship, after reviewing the evidence submitted, stated that a prima facie case lnd been established agaipst defendants. Defendants' manager, who had stood by when the milk was taken, had practically acquiesced in tho method of taking* the sample. A conviction was entered, and the company was 1 fined 20s, and ordered to pay costs £1 18s 6d. Hon. T. W. Hislop appeared for the company. So reliable are we in chocking bagage, passing entries, forwarding parcals, removing/ furniture, that people come to us sffain and again.— N.Z. Express Co.— Advt. The people of the Dominion, through their Parliamentary representative?, having 1 decided to aboljsh tho bookmrker i»n ' i-c-tain, for the proEcnfc at anj' rate, the t&talisafcor, the excitement -caused by tho recent agitation should now subside Wellington, however, is offered a fieisij. sensation, whioh will ba found in tha Cuba-street etore of C. Snvth, Ltd. Tha plove department of this well-known house is clearing, during the few remaining dayt of the 8»lo, a line of ladles' kid gloves, in beavers and greys, at 1b lid r>er pair. These aro not the goods usually" sold by stores which" carry a glove at this price. but_ something much, superior, as a visit of inspection will prove. Delay is fl»nsrerpus, as the demand is gre&t.— Advtj