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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 48, 27 February 1911, Page 6

The High Commissioner has cabled td the Prime Minister as follows^ — "General Baden-Powell wishes you to arrange for a representative Patrol Boys' Scoutl to attend command parade at Windsoi on 4th July." The matter will be considered by Cabinet during the week. A public meeting will be held at* Khandallah to-morrow evening, when the gas proposals put before the Onclow) Borough Council will be explained. Bowlers had a day off on Saturday* ■ owing to the heavy rain. The greens were getting very dry and bare, and tbaf downpour was generally welcomed. The Borough of Eastbourne suffered' only slightly from the heavy downpour, on Saturday night. At Puriri-streel fchej flood waters descended in the form of a small cataract from the gully ■above tha roadway, and tore up the tootpath for; nearly a chain, and at Nikau-street oj considerable amount of damage wad done. "It is a hai-d thing to be a Christian," remarked Bishop Julius at the), citizenship meeting in Christchurch,,' "and what we .want is not quantity buti quality. And I tell my Methodist brothers that if they would take half of my people over to themselves and double/ the quality of the other half, I would 'thank them for it !" At a meeting of the Timaru Harbour Board last week the chairman reported! that a record had been established in dredging ab the port during the year, the total quantity lifted being 321,309 tons, which was 16,000 more than for the previous year. The dredging had! cost one penny per ton less during the past year than ever before. The life of a country publican may, be a good deal of beer— it is certainty nob all skittles. A licensee in the Masterton district states, according to the, Age, that in one week' recently he had to supply over a thousand! swaggers with free meals. A trio of. sailors who caaio along demanded grog and accommodation at the point of a revolver. Fortunately the publican has a. repeating rifle, which he keeps loaded, and the production of this had a subs duing effect upon the thirsty "salts." Speaking to a representative of The. Post, J. Tancred (manager and trainer of "Doss" Burns, the viator in tlia recent Burns-Leckie professional welterweight boxing bout at Petorae), stated that Burns is claiming the professional welter-weight championship of N&w Zealand and is willing to accommodate all disputants at the welter-weight limit with or without a side-bet. Burns hails from Sydney, and As credited with, thirteen fights, in which he tasted defeat bwice only, both winning and losing againsft " Cushie " Brown (coloured) and MuTlins. The advent of wireless telegraphy in New Zealand is regarded by the opera, tors in the Telegraph Department as pro, viding an avenue for promotion. Within a few months some of the low power stations will be completed, and the officers state that the manipulation of tha instruments should present no difficulty after a very short instruction, while tha -technical knowledge should readily ba acquired by one who has a grounding in electricity and magnetism. Therefore, the officers trust that the executives and staffs for these stations will be drawn entirely from their own service, and that) the department will not deem it necesi eary to employ outsiders. Settlers had a very anxious time in the neighbourhood of Huiroa (Taranaßi) during last week. Grass fires were raging in all directions, settlers having from! 250 acres to 500 acres of grass completely burned. The- fires spread with) such rapidity that most of the settlera were compelled to shift all their house-,' hold goods, and vehicles of all descrip-* tions were put into use to convey them! to a place of safety. Mr. G. Syme's mill, adds the Stratford Evening Post, was also in great danger, and it was only the strenuous efforts of a willing gang of men that saved it from destruction. v Same fifty men were busily engaged ab the time on shifts, and managed to save the mill, although a good l deal of damage was done, including the burning of several tram bridges and lines, the result of which compels the mill to close down for a time in order to get things puts in order again. tlnt In remarking that Ministers of the Crown have latterly been informing audiences in Auckland and elsewhere that an area of 20,000 acres of native land in the Wairarapa was about to be thrown open for settlement, the Age states that "people in this district have been anxiously enquiring as to the whereabouts of this land." It now, transpires that the Government hae been negotiating for the acquisition of a portion of the Waitutuma Block, comprising some 12,000 acres, which is situated in the vicinity of Cape Palliser. The quality of the land may be judged from the fact that the price offered by the Government ramges from 5s 6d to 20s per acre. As the natives have demanded a price higher than that offered by tho Government, it is a question whether the negotiabions will be proceeded with. In any case, the whole block would not carry more than half-a-dozen setfriers. So much, concludes the Age, for close settlement in the Wairarapa ! During his stay at Christchurch the Postmaster-General (Sir Joseph Ward) discussed with Mr. G. Laurenson, M.P., Mr. M. J. Miller, and Dr. Guthrie, of Lyttelton, the question of improved telephone communication. Mr. G. W. Russell, M.P., who was also present, suggested that tlhe Government should establish public telephones at railway, stations and other public places for use of travellers. When he was travelling in the North Island, for instance, he said, it would have been a great convenience for him to use the telephone at t-lie Wellington railway station and let his friends know that he was* spending a little time in the city. Palmerstoa North, where a ■traveller had sometimes to spend twenty minutes waiting for a train, was another illustration. A charge of about 6d might be made for five minutes' use of one of those telephones. It was a trifling cost whioh many people would be very ready to incur. The telephone had entered into the public, private,, and business life of the people, and some scheme like tho one he had suggested was absolutely necessaiy. Sir Joseph Ward said that the Government had been experimenting in t.ho direction pointed out by Mr. Russell. Slot telephones were being placed in some of the post offices, and several weiie in the open at Wellington. I» different centres in the Dominion public telephones could be used at the post offices. All baggage troubles may be avoided by utilising our Baggage Checking System. We collect yom 1 things, check on by rail or sea. and land them in your hotel by time you arrive, charging only small fee for cartage. N.Z. Express Co., Ltd.— Advt. Tho present drought is bringing boforo the people of this district, bath in the city and the country, the necessity of a larger water supply. However, it is believed that rain is advancing, and everyone will bo glad to got the promised .water, atid ife may be advisable for the farmer to cxperi. ment in the dry-fanning methods which havo proved such a sucoeas in othor part* of the world, but whether you arp in tho town or country, it is necessary to wear cool and comfortable underclothing, which can be found in the well-known store of C. Smith, Ltd., Cuba-street. Special show of Men's Fine Natural Wool Underwear, guaranteed all pure wool, and absolutely unshrinkable, shirts long and short sleeves, 3s lid, 4s 6d, 4s lid. Drawer?, saliccti seats and knees, 4s 6d, 4s lid, 5s 6d.— Adr(.