LATE SHIPPING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 48, 27 February 1911, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING.

A&SIVALS. Fehruary 27— Kiaa, s-s. (1.10 pjn.), 2QO tons, .McKenzie, from Motneka. February 27 — Aorere, s.s. (1.50 p.m.)> 7T tons, Fisk, from Patea. February 27— iBga, s.s. (1.50 p.m. iv tne Btream), 032 tons, Urquhart, from Akiteo. February 27 — Hinenioa, s.s. (.2.^5 p.m.), 5^2 tons, Bollonß, from Cook Strait. DEPARTCTKES. February 27— Pateena, s.s. (12.55 p.m.), 1312 tons, Collins, for Pictoo and Nelson February 27— Kapiti, s.s. (1.80 p.m.), 242tons, -Sawyers, for Lyttelton. Fehruary 27 — Klripaka, b.s. (2.5 p.1».), 133. tons, Mclntosh, for Patea. R^M.S. COEINTHIC. With the balance of her Home cargo the R.M.S. Corinthic will leave Wellington, for Lyttalton to-morrow afternoon. After discharging at that port she will commence Homeward loading. Present indications point to the fact that, when she leaves for London on the 23rd March 'she will have a full complement of passengers. ARAWA LEFT CAPETOWN. Messrs Levin, and Co. have received cabled advice that tho Arawa, which is due in New Zealand about the 20th March, left Capetown on Friday evening. Owing to the heavy sea running on the east coast the Inga was unable to complete loading operations at Akiteo. She returned to port to-day, and will remain until the ' weather moderates. Leaving Auckland this afternoon the Haupiri • wj!l on her trip down the coast call at Lime- I stone Island, East Coast bays, Gisborne, and ! Napier. , Under the auspices of the New Zealand Shipping Company the F.H.S. steamer Durham is to commence Home loading at Waitara to-morrow. The vessel left Wellington for tnat port this morning, a mishap to her ■anchor chains preventing her leaving yesterday, as previously advertised. The Auckland cargo of the illfated steamer i Aotea will be loaded on the Kia, Ora, at Capetown. The latter vessel, which is en route from London to New Zealand ports, has on bpjjd 5400 tons of cargo for Auckland, and about 3000 tons for Wellington and Blufl. A consignment of 4000 drain pipes is being shipped at Wellington, for the Gisborne Borough Council by the sclwoner Waiapu, winch will probably leave for her destination on Tuesday. Consequent upon the delay in her arrival irom nelson on account of rough weather, the work of cleaning the boilers of the steamer lnteona. has had to be postponed. The arrival at Wanganui oi the Danish barquentine Carla (late Voorlichter) is expected during Apiil. The vessel is chartered to ! bring coal from Newcastle, and her return cargo will be composed of timber. The ship is of steel construction, and liafa a capacity or about 500 tons. She was built in 1902. Leaving Wellington to-morrow, the Jluritai will proceed to Bluff, afterwaids visiting Lyttelton, Gisborne, Napier, and Wanganui She will return to Wellington about the 15th tl d i ls fixed to leave llcre for London The Corinthic was shifted to alongside the lq-ton crane this morning for the purpose oi --discharging some heavy machinery for the electrical department of the City Council. The Jane Douglas is not due to arrive from Karamca until to-morrow. The Kaitoa, from Wanganui, is due to arTive in port on Wednesday, and will sail the same day for Tarakohe. The Blenheim, which leaves Wellington toBigM. for Blenheim, will on her return lav up for overhajl. The Waihi is to take un •her runniug until she is ready for sea again. The Mokoia left Napier at 3 o'clock this afternoon for Wellington. The Moerai, which is due here on Wednesday from Sydney, is bringing 70 saloon and -86 steerage passengers. Telegraphed advice has been received thatthe Arahura reached Grcyinoutli at 10 30 this morning. At 7.30 this evening she leaves on the return trip to Wellingtonf via Westport. Nelson, and Picton. BY TELEGRAPH. . AUCKLAND, 27th February Arrived— Surrey fnoon), from Wellington LYTTELTON, 27th February. Arrived— Storm (12.20 p.m.), from Chathams. . . . . BLUFF, 27th February. Arrived— Warrimoo (1.20 p.m.), iiom Melbourne and Hobart with English mail aboiu-d „. _ , NAPIER, 26th February Xne Kahu returned to port at 10.10 a.in though stress of weather

A branch of the General Post Office is to bo established at Thprndon, on a site at the corner of Park-street and Tinakori-road, near iba Thorndon Bowling Green. At this office telegrams will be received and sent direct, and moneyorder and savings-bank business will also be transacted. Some necessary alterations are also to be made in the Molesworfch-street office, but owing to tho growth of business it is felt °that a new building will have to be erected there in the near future. For tho second time in succession the English and Australian mails by the boat have failed to connect at ' Auckland with- Sunday night's express. As a result they are not due in Wellington till to-morrow afternoon. The Military Band performed at the Botanical Gardens yesterday a wellarranged programme of popular music. The attendance was not largo on account ox the unfavourable weather, but the various band items were well received. Intending passengers to Wellington from Johnsonville by the late train on Saturday night had an unpleasant time. Ihe slip which occurred near Ngaio suspended all traffic, and the down train remained all night at Johnsonville, where tho passengers put in a bad night in tho carriages. Mr. Lough, stationmaster at Johnsonville, did his best for tho passengers, but the experience was far irom pleasant. Several houses at Johnsonville were flooded, in some cases the water rising to a height of four feet. Some small slips took place in the Ngahauranga C4orge, and one bridge close to Ngahauranga was completely washed away. Saturday' 3 storm was responsible for -a rise in the Hutt River of seven feet above the ordinary summer level. No damage, however, is reported on this account. Along the sea-front at Petone a considerable quantity of debris wa« washed up. and one or two washouts of a minor nature occurred on the Hutt Park Railway line. In the residential portion of Petone slight damage to footpaths and the crown of the road in some places wps caused through large accumulations of surface water consequent upon the channel-ways and culverts becoming blocked. Much inconvenience was occasioned in the northern end of the bor- | ough by reason of the overflow of j Percy's creek. The roads in the vicinity ! were under several inches of water for | a distance of several chains in places, j 1 and the gardens of numerous residences j received a liberal deposit of sill. In two instances it is said tho water entered residences of two citizens. In tho height of the gale, the big tent of Ilia Seventh Day Ad dentists' Camp was par- ! tially blown in, while the organ was . aligthly damaged with water. At the railway tho subway connecting the north and south platforms was Hooded for ; facveral hours. "It has beeu said by Bishop Julius," 1 paid the Hon. G. Fowlcls at the citizenship meeting in Christchurch, "that wealth and prosperity arc undermining lelifjion. Why, wealth and -prosperity -will undermine anything under heaven, and tho only thing that gives us any hope of heaven is the fact that you cannot take any of your wealth and luxurious habits with you."' It is expected that the Court Houu& now being erected at Petone will be ready for u?o in time for the next sitting to be held by the Magistrate. Fov some years the Magistrate- has conducted the court in the Oddfellows' Hall, and the police cases havo been taken by Justices in the clerk's office. Although when finished the new establishment will not hz of very large dimensions, it should be sufficient to meet the requirements of \,he town for tome years to come. The plan of the structure is very similar to that of the Lower Hutt Court House.

ALLEGED SLY GROG-SELLING. BEER IN A FISH-SHOP. At the Magistrate's Court this afternoon, before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., several defendants were charged with alleged breache3 of the Licensing Act, consequent upon a police raid on a fish restaurant at 289, Cuba-street, on Sunday week last. Nora Nugent. and Fanny Prior werb each charged that, on the 19th February they unlawfully sold beer to Arthur Palmer. John Bedford, Thomas Bedford, William Bolton, Benjamin Eade, John Galbraith, Frank Hunt, Donald Larnach, James M'Donald. Michael O'Brien, and Charles Saunders were each charged, that, on the 19 In February, they were unlawfully found on unlicensed premises when liquor was seized. Each defendant, with the exception of Nugent, pleaded not guilty; Nugent admitted tiio allegation. StationSergeant Darby prosecuted, and Mr. C. R. Dix appeared for defendants. Constable Palmer said that on tho morning of Sunday, 19th February, ho visited a shop at 289, Cuba-street, \n i company with Constable Calwell. Defendant Nugent opened the door ; twen-ty-five minutes later Prior came from upstairs, and in response to a request | made to Nugent, Prior brought two ] glasses of beer from a keg under the j counter. The sum of Is had been paid ' to Nugent. _ Witness called for two more | glasses, which wero brought. A man came in from the front shop and sat beside them; his name was Donald Larnach. Three glasses of beer were brought and paid for. To Mr. Dix : Witness and Constable Calwell had some Kops ale in the first few minutes ; the place was not guarded in any way ; there was no watch: being kept, and the shop was open. Witness" understood the place was a fish and potato restaurant ; they had no beer until defendant Prior came. Constable Caiwell said that after being served with Kops ale by Nugent, the j woman said "Put something in the ! purse, and I'll get you the real stuff." Later, defendant, Prior, brought the beer. The man who was with the constables called for and was served withthree drinks, for which he paid Is 6d. He also bought a bottle of beer, and defendant, Prior, objected to his taking it away. To Mr. Dix : Defendant, Prior, tried totaketho bottle a-way, but was unsuccessful. When, defendant, Prior, first gave them beer she said she would not take any money for it; she did not take money from strangers. They got the beer on the pretext that they had been ! sent by a man named Driscoll. When Prior wanted to get the bottle back, Nugent declared that it was her own private property, and she had given it to Larnach. Sergeant Rutledge saw eight men maa screened-off recess m the chop when he went there witJi a seavch-warraint; he found a five-gallon keg under the counter and eighteen full quart bottles of boer. Thera were two glasses on the table. Prior denied having served any of the men. Thomas. Benjamin Dowell, brewer, said that between 4th amd 18th February he supplied Prior with three five-gallon kegs, four dozen quart bottles, and three d'ozon pints. Mr. Dix objected to evidence of tliis description, but his 1 Worship ruled it S relevant, and took a note of tho objection. Jolm M'llraith. wins and spirit merchant, supplied Prior with two dozen I bottles of bosr on 18th February. I liquor was sold ; it was given to the constables. Prior and Nugent were convicted and each fined £25, in default six months' imprisonment in each case. (Proceeding.)

Enquiries made at the Masterton Hospital by the Age lust night elicited the fact that the boy, Reginald Gardner, one of the victims of last week's domestic tragedy, showed a slight improvement, but the girl, Beryl, was still lying unconscious and in a critical state. Mrs. M'Naughfc, who suffered injury irom burns when her house was on fire last night, is progressing very well, and is out of any danger. An exciting incident occurred on the railway line near Owharoa. on Thursday last (writes tho Auckland Star's Waihi correspondent). A little child of Mr. Skinner (foreman of the railway surface works) toddled on to the rails when playing about. The express suddenly approached through a cut ling, and was almost. !on the child before the driver noticed her. He immediately applied the brakes, which action probably prevented a fatality, but the child was struck by the cow-catcher. The train was pulled up quicidy, and the child was found lying at the side of the line, with her feet towards the rail ; but, with the exception of n slight scratch, it was practically uninjured. The mother witnessed the whole occurrence. The cutting hid tho child from the driver's view, and his prompt action is much commended. The illuminated address presented to Mr. 4. E. Pollock by; tho ex-Manawatu railway employees, was artistically designed, mounted, and bound in book form by Mr. A. Cassic, of the Wellington goods staff. On Uk> front page, on which the name of the recipient is embossed in gold, are two railway views in water-colour. Tho top represents an express train ascending an incline, and the lower a, country station, nnd is surmounted by a gold border. The address is bound >n green plush, making a very beautiful trophy. The text is as follows :— "To A. E. Pollock, Esq.— On the eve of your departure 'from Thorndon to Hastings on transfer, we, the undersigned, ox-members of the late j Manawalu Railway Company's service, j desire to express to you our sincere regret at your departure from our midst. The deep and enthusiastic interest you have always shown in connection with any movement which had for its object tho betterment of the lot of the railway employees will always be lemembered by us with feelings of gratitude. We but express the thoughts ot all those who came in contact with you during your long connection with the service. When W3 say that, wo trust that you will be spared for many years to enjoy renewed health and happiness. Trusting that you and yours may prosper exceedingly is the since wish of youra sincerely." (Hero follow the signatures of all the ex-Manawatu railway ememployees.) i

The local hon. secretary of the Navy League recently sent a letter to Admiral Sir William Kennedy welcoming him to Wellington on behalf of the Executive Committee. The Admiral, in his reply wishing the league every success, expresses his thanks for the " interesting details " contained in the league's annual report, and says: "It is most satisfactory to hear what good the league is doing and how keen the lads a<nd lasses are about bite Navy ; for it would be a bad day for New Zealand if evcir our Navy was beaten. However, I see no prospect of such a calamity at present, and trust it may never come to pass. . . . I am pleased to hear that 'my book. 'Hurrah for the Life of a 1 Sailor,' is so much appreciated. . . . I Have enjoyed my slay in New Zealand very much.'" Admiral Kennedy left by train for Napier this morning, en route to England. Mr. J. Colvin, M.P. and Chairman of Committees in the House of Representatives, who has been on a visit to Wellington, will leave for his home in Westporfc to-morrow.