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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 25, 31 January 1911, Page 6

The examination of Territorial officers for certificates of rank are to be held half-yearly instead of quarterly, as in the past. They will take place in May and November of each year, about the same time as the "C" and "D" examinations of officers of the Permanent Staff. Compensation is being claimed by Mrs. Pedersen from the City,, Council in respect of damage sustained by her premises in Abel Smith-street. The occa<sion was the burning of a boardinghouse, "Tho Grange," and Mrs. Pedersen' s residence adjoining was, it was alleged, damaged by water. The Fire Brigade Committee will consider the matter at a special meeting to be held this week. The Anglican Bishops of New Zealand will hold their annual meeting in Wellington to-morrow for the discussions of matters relating to the Province of New Zealand. Bishops Wallis (Wellington) Mules (Nelson), and Averill (Waiapu) are in town, and the Primate (Bishop Nevill) and Bishop! Julius (Christchurch) and Bishop Wilson (Melanesia) will leave Lyttelton for .Wellington tonight A block of 23,000 acres immediately south of Retaruke will probably be opened up in March. This country, said Mr. James Mackenzie, Commissioner of Crown Lands, in. conversation with a Post reporter this morning, varies considerably in quality and topographic conditions. It varies from fairly level in the north to hilly and broken toward the centre and south, but ifc has the appearance of being good sheep and cattle country. It will be offered in areas of from 300 acres up to nearly 2000. Much benefit has resulted to the members of No. 1 Company, Garrison Artillery Territorials at Fort Dorset and No. 3 Company at Mahanga Bay during the sixteen days' camp, which is more than half over. The guns are in good working order, and a live-shell practice was carried out last night by No. 1 Company. Shooting will take place daily for the remainder of the week. Major-Generai Godley will inspect both companies on Thursday night, and will witness the shooting on Friday morning. Correspondence has been passing be. tween the City Counoil and the Wellington Acclimatisation Society on the subject of permits to hunt pigs on the Wainui-o-mata reserve during the breeding of the deer, the reserve being a sanctuary. The society asserted that, even if pig-shooting were forbidden, pighunting with dogs tended to disturb the does with their fawns. The Town Clerk has notified the society that one permit had been issued for the purpose of keeping down the pigs on the reserve, but that will be withheld iv future during periods when the young deer are with their mothers. Mr. Justice Chapman will preside at the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court— which will be opened at 11 a.m. to-morrow. The charges are as follow : — Walter Hasler, indecent assault ; George Herbert Conroy, breaking and entering; George Williams, assault with intent to rob ; Joseph Banneker Edger, indicent assault; Matthew Cooper, assault; Albert Murphy, attempted housebreaking; William Thomas, alia* Thompson, theft from dwelling ; Christopher D. Mills, indecent act; Henry Joseph Clements, wounding wvth. intent; Frederick Rollin, indecent assault. Prisoners for sentence are : — James M'Lean, false pretences at Feilding (two offences) ; Frederick William Jones, forgery and uttering at Waverley." The following paragra phappears in the annual report of the Wellington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals : — A large number of anonymous letters continue to come in, and, while many of these lead up to important cases, the committee desires to urge the public to give their names and addresses when reporting cases that come under their notice, in order that the committee might be satisfied as to the bona fides of a report, also that the inspector may be able to communicate with the writer if fuller particulars are desired. The committee has always respected the 'wishes of persons desiring their comj munications to be treated confidentially, I and is anxious to have the confidence, as well as the assistance, of everyone who takes an interest in the unfortunate lot of ill-used animals. There was a rather fine point of law involved in a prosecution heard at the Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., when Thomas Wilson, late an articled steward on the J Athenic, was charged with having wilfully damaged certain stores of the ship by casting such stores overboard. Mr. W. H. D. Belf 1 appeared for the Shaw, Savill, and Albion' Company, and Mr. H. F. O'Leary for defendant, who denied the allegation. The evidence for the prosecution showed that Wilson had been engaged as a third-class steward j for the outward voyage only, and that if any damage is done to crockery or utensils the cost is deducted from the stewards' wages in London. While serving a number of third-class passengers at Wellington last Thursday, Wilson was seen to throw some forks through a porthole. Defendant's explanation was that he saw three forks which had been damaged by the passengers; thinking that they were worthless (they were doubled up) he threw them overboard. This was all the table gear he threw away. None of the witnesses for the prosecution could swear that the articles put overboaid were not damaged. His Worship held that defendant could not be convicted of wilful damage, and the information was dismissed. Wilson may have committed an error of judgment, but his explanation was satisfactory. A strong appeal is made by the Rev. Alfred O. Williams, Superintendent of the Wellington Diocesan Maori Mission (through the columns of the Church Ohronicle, issued in Wellington to-day) for the better support of the Mission. In the course of his letter, Mr. Williams says :—"I: — "I cannot believe that tho spiritual life of our Church people is at such a low ebb that they are utterly indifferent to our Lord's command to evangelise all nations. Surely if the General Mission has brought a blessing into our lives, our first thought should be for the cause of missions, so dear to our Lord's heart. The Maoris themselves are taking much more interest in the support of the Mission than they have done for some years. At Otaki, for instance, they are having a weekly offertory, and, in addition, all Maori Ohurch people are contributing two shillings per head for every man, woman and child in Otaki towards the support < • I , Mission - In the Raugitikei dis met they have promised to give at l Mt j two P oimds . f«m each village in the district, which should amount to at least £30 a year. And now, while the Maoris are doing more, our pakeha brethren aro each year giving less, not much more than half as much as they gave four or five years ago. Is the intercso m the Maori Mission dead, or has the superintendent been too long in. charge of the Maori Mission ? He would very gladly make way for a younger and more active man if it is thought advisable. I plead most earnestly with the clergy to urge the claims of the «v lo v upon tllell< P eo P le > an d with our Church people to help us by their means to increase our staff. The "present state of things is heartbreaking. One sees the needs and the open doors, and is helpless, owing to lack of men. Will you help us?"