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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 112, 13 May 1911, Page 4

The annual moating of bho Post and Telegraph Appeal Board has concluded. The decisions of tho boa^i-d will be re., ported to the Government. Seven thousand artisans and labourer^ are employed by tho Public Works De-» partment on co-operative works — raiU ways, buildings, and roads— throughout New Zealand. In the month of April tho Labour De-. partment found employment for 53 mar-i ried and 109 single men, having 176 de« pendents. Private employment was found tor 119 of these, and Government works absorbed 45. _ Tho tinsmith's conference was corn tinued yesterday afternoon, and con* eluded this morning. A large amount of business in connection with the pro, posed Dominion award was transacted m committee. The fire brigade was called' to 91 t Mein-streot, last night, where & windo\*| curtain had caught alight. The fire, was quickly oxtingtiis-hcd, but tho wallj of the room was damaged. The hou.^ is owned by Mr. John Evans, and 01-. cupied by Mr. Wi^linm Johnson, wh<* had his effects insured 1 for £200 in th<* Sun office. _ Footballers and other sporting ©nthiw masts, together .vith the general public, will be glad to loam that the extension of the Karori tramline to Karori Parle was inspected and passed by the PAlkj Works Department yesterday afternoon., Cars commenced to run shortly afteq noon to-day, and the »ew service wad well patronised. It was resolved at yesterday's nieeti ing of the Pharmacy Board of N«w Zea* land to write Mx> the Minister for In., ternal Affairs, drawing attention to tlwj frequency of poisoning cases arising front the uee of "Lysoi," and to the recent) nicotine poisoning case, as pointing ty the urgent need for revision of the lawi on the lines of the Bill already «üb< mitted on behalf of the board, ' A house of six room* at Johnaon,vil]& ( owned by Mr. F. Simeon and occupied by Mr. W«stwood, in tho employ o? Means. Gibbons and Co., seedsmen, was totally destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock this morning, together with its contents., The inmates had a narrow escape, being only able to get out of the house in theuj night attire. The house was insured ia tho United Office for £460, and the furi nituns and etfecte in, the Royal Ofircd for £225. With the growth of the suburb ofi Wadestown there has arisen a demand! for better postal facilities, to cave thq necessity of residents journeying to; town in order to transact money ordeij and other postal business. A district post office will become an urgent necess sity with the development of the aubtrrbj likely to follow the opening' of the team* way. The committee of the WadestownJ Ratepayers' Association, at its ittGetina last evening, decided to take the n«sc&* eary steps to induce the Postmastern General to establish a local post an<| telegraph office. At last night's meeting of th« Wad«*» town Ratepayers' Association execatavei,} the circular of the Hataitai Association* inviting cooperation in the matter of re* striding the size of suburban building] allotments, so as to prevent the erea* tion of slums, was discussed. Whale) sympathy with the proposal was ex* pressed, some members thought the ob-t ject sought) could best be attained byi prescribing a minimum air space, ratheij than stipulating a 40ft frontage. Eveiw tually, a. sub-committee was set up ti^ confer with other associations and to, take any further acjbipn that might hq thought necessary. I The mediaeval toll-gate system o{ maintaining roads has greatly incensed the Hon. E. M'Kenzie, Minister of Pub-i lie Works. In motoring through fromi Eltham to Mimaia his objection to_ thisi form of raising revenue (states the Wai* mate Witness) took the practical form* of refusing to pay toll, and, with h«| party, he passed through th© barriers, smilingly indifferent to *ho veiled! threats of the gatekeeper. To one ofi the latter tho Minister remarked : "Th«| relic of barbarism is a vanishing inetk tution, and when it goes, a* it will ona of these early days, I shall ccc if I) can't find something better for you toi do than interfering with the freedom of the liegea on the King's highway. 11 With the approach of wintei, work forj unskilled labour slackens off, and thai effect is noticed by the employment bin reau of the Labour Department, whicli last month had to deal with a larger numi ber of applicants than in the previous^ month. This condition Was expected, however. Farming operations are slacla also, and the dairying season is dosing*, The Labour Journal states that private employment outside of Wellington has been offered fairly freely, whilst work; on the co-operative railway-constructiot^ works was also available for those men; used to heavy manual labour. The hick jority of the applicants are single meny and were in most cases strangers to WeK lington. This annual migration to th<s city invariably creates a difficulty foij the department, and, as there is already) sufficient local labour available, men liv* ing in the country will be well advised to etay where they are. The demand for miners and bußhmen still continues, bu# good men used to this class of work arg hard to get. There is still a keen demand for dc*i mestic servants throughout New Zealand 1 * In Christchurch girls are not to be obi tamed, no matter what wages are offered^ In Wellington last month 158 employer! sought the Government Labour Bureau^ assistance, 65 generals being applied for* 43 charwomen, and 16 housemaids 5 89 applications were received from - eraf ployees. Out of these, 69 engagementaS were made. At Dunedin 121 applicth tious were registered, 91 being from ern^ ployers. "The services of 55 general* alone are required aad only 11 applied, l records the Dunedin agent. In Auckland 300 applications were dealt with, 230 from employers and 70 from women da< siring employment. Out of these nuun bers 61 engagements were made. The immigrants who called were all domesti) cated, and were immediately placed in comfortable homes at good wages. OJ the 51 persons who applied for employ nient at Christchurch, 47 were sratedi For the same period 258 application} were received. Mr, J. G. Harkness, secretary of th« National Dairy Association, is a pa* sengor from London by the- Athenic^ due in Wellington on lath June. It is estimated (says the Age) thtff fully 30 per cent, of the children und<B ten years of age in Masterton have beest attacked with measles during tho lasj few montlis. You shifted our furniture splendidly* That's what people say to us continiv ally. You'll be equally delighted with pur care-, skill, and reasonable chargflj if you employ us. Tho New Zealand Express Company, Ltd.— Advb. The shitrp spoil of «>ld weather il bringing before the people of Wellingtoj tho necessity of warm and oomfortnbl) inulorclolhiiiß. In a vftiiablo clinuU) Now Zealand wool, beinp ft non-con«luo tor, i» tho only cafe uiKU'ryvoar, and w arc now in a position to give you bvob (satisfaction in men's wool undor-gnrnieni of a RUtirtmteod quality, attd which, by i special procoss, is rendered unfhriukabl and rtill retains tho softness mid clvi iicity which is so essential to iho com fort of tho woaror. Any garment shmn^ in washing will bo replaced treo d ehargo. Men's all-wool unshrinkaW vests, long bloovgs, in medium or hotiV woigk, 5s 6d, 6> Ud. 7« IW^ ««}• v* dorpants, till wool, unehrmKable, i medium or heavy weight, e& lia, 's iv ,at C. Smith's, tt4. 4 .Cuba'6ireoU,-A<i^