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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 23, 27 July 1911, Page 6

A meeting of Opposition supporters is to be hold nt Ptihiatua on Saturday next to take a ballot to derirln which ot the two Opposition candidales of« fering themselves shall conlcaL thd sent. "Tim habit of judging our member^ by the amount of Government grants they get for their district a it becoming at positive curse,'' dcclaird Mr. W. Pnofl ftt a ''social' 1 lo Mr. R H. Clnilt, M'.P, for Chalmers. "We are encouraging ouf ( members of ParllßinchL to become o raca of carpet -baggers." At a meeting of the Pfllmetiston Nortl^ Borough Council, on t lunsday fuelling^ the following resolution was oairird :— 4 "That the Mayor ha authmised lo tall at mpeting of the ratepayers fof the putn pose of submitting a proposal for thq installation of an electvic ca.v service I*ols tho borough, »udh service to be thfl Mdiaon Ptorage battery, ul a fntst 0^ ■545,000, for an eight mile uerviets" The suggestion made at thft Farmer** Conference by Mr. If. A. Nevins, of To Nui, yesterday that tho Govei'iimen* phonic! have power to requisition ths npo of a certain number of horses fo^ ♦-he mounted corps, carried with it thflj further ml-atsmeht by Mr. Kevins, mv support of his belief in this direction^ that "if tho Government had power ta requisition the men it should ako hay« power to requisition the horses." trt view of the rmanclal responflibiHties o! (he new eche-me, however, it is hardly, likely that this will be done, "tf voup farmers think we should have voujj hoi-HCB," aaid Major General God" ley, "that ib all right." And he laugh*] a 4 heartily as th& othev delegates iti « epint of agreeablo doubt. Writing to tbe editor of the Mastertorj Times. Mr. Mftssey, M.P.. »utes that hi* will gladly avAil himself of any opportune ity of visiting Mnslerton. and addreßfeing a meeting on some Saturday night during the Bession, on a date to bs Wft.ngecf later. , Mr. Massey makes reference toi a. letter which appeared a couple of weeka ago asking whether, if his proposed re. forms were brought about, the working) men of the Dominion would be prejudicially affected. To this he replies i-« "Mr. Revell's enquiry seems perfectly, genuine, and I am glad to have the bpi portunity of telling him that our pro* posals do not include the cutting down of the workmen's wages, On the con-, trary, out aim is to do everything we possibly can to ensure good times, gooA wages, and equal opportunities for all.'* 1 The following letter has been sent by Mr. Cecil W. Palmer, honorary secretary] of the Wellington Branch of the Navy] League, to the headmasters of tha {schools •.—'"Following up my recent circular letter, in which the subject for this year's essay competition was mentioned! as '.The Navy During the Tudor Period,'' it has since been decided (upon the eug\ gestion of Mr, George MacMorran. chalft man of the Headmasters' Association) to adopt as an alternative subject, Thf immense importance of maintaining m, all-powerful British Navy as the, onlfl means of ensuring the Empire^ safety.** The firgtwn&med Biibjcct is open to those schoolmasters who may prefer to adopti it; but, as Mr. MacMorran very truly) points otitu we cannot too fre^uantl't impress pn the minds of the boys tv,; 'gtrw the vital necessity of the retention of British naval supremacy. Tho form of essay now proposed is practically on the same lines as last year's competition. Ten per cent, of the names of the tost of thq competitors should be submitted to this office not later tlmn the Ist October." "Doe 9 the board intend taking any action in regard b» the Occident afc Rona Bay on Monday evening?" asked Mr. H. C. Tew*ley at last night's meet* ing of the Harbour Board, when "quea» tion time" arrived. M»\ ' Tewsley'a query had reference to the drowning of an old age pensioner, and the suugc*tit>ni by the coroner at the inquo-l thai enquiry should be ihiudr into tli<? fttrt Lhafc on Mich a dark blenk niglit there was ho light on the cml of Ihe wharf. Th« questioner last evening added that that, was not the first time the lights had been absent. The chairman (Mr. B. Fletcher) said that enquiries had beem made. The lamps (acetylene) had been lit, but some water Kad got into them. The caretaker, who was a most ca.reful and trustworthy official, had been work, ing at the lamps, previous to the ftecidtmt for a long time without mult. The caretaker nlmoflt slept on the wharf, he was co painstaking. No one was mow poncorntd than he at the accident. Mr, Fletcher intimated that the board was going to whitewash uiat particular cor» ncr, and if potable, erect a hand rail along that particular side, Schedule C attached To the petition to b* presented to Parliament, by the Railway Officers' ln«ti(«te. give* an interesting comparison of salariw paid to a ntim« wr of office** in the t»os* and Telegraph Department, and those paid to officers of the Railway Department, in equally *c* ftnonsible poeitifvn. The Velegraph engineer at Dunedin receive* «, maximum salary of £600, whereas ihe maximum salary of the disk-kit engineer of railways at Dunedin is £525. The maxi* mum salaj-y of the chief pet-master at i inverewgiu and al.v> at Wanganui k £526. whilst that of traffic manage* of railways for the same places is £450. Officers in charge 0! the principal telegraph offices receive up to £475, whilst the maximum mlaries of city traffic clerks, *tAtioiwnfletei«, workshops foreman, locomotive foremen, .range from £400 down to £500. A»i«tant postmasters are graded at a maximum of £425, as aUo flwistfttit inspector, whilst in the railway services, stores, audit, and traffic audit inspectors are given a maxi* mum of £356. Numerous other parallel* a.re given, the advantage in each inBtn.nce being against the railway officer. The institute, in making comparison with the Post and Telegraph. Department, regarding the salaries, makes ib clear that it does co only because tile Post and Telegraph Department was the only other classified department in the Public Service. It desires it to be understood that it does not wi'eh in the slightest degree to disparage the dublea of members of the Post and Telegraph service, or in any way to prejudice their classification, fte there is no doubt thftb tht classification provided only what was jiiet and reasonable for tho valuable eer* vicea performed. The institute, how* ever, is- confidant that Parliament, after carefully considering the requests, would agree that they are fair nnd reasonable, and would give them hearty support. The banquet which the Hibernian Society {b giving in honour of Messrs. Redmond, Haalrton, and Donovon, the Irish ehvoys to New Zealand, will be held in the concert chamber of tho Town Hall to-night. The envoys were the guests of a ntimber of citizens »t luncheon at the Royal Oak Hotel to-6\y. The goods delivered, the bill paid-* that's what merchants get when they, send their parcels through the C.O.D. system of the New Zealand Express Company.— Advt. The promoters and Rtnllholders of (,ho Exhibition nro to be congratulate! upoh tho fittcceis which has attended their effort*, rind during thf closing days many people Tull dontit,U>M ptiv fc final visit. Another example of fomiiercinl enterpn'pr> it boitig nhown in Wellington by Hip firm of.O. Smith, fyd,, Cuba-strpol, who rit, durihg tho clothe o&Va of their winter sale, offering ppnciftl reduction* in all departments. Rean tho big price con« cessions in tho Glove nnd Hosiery Department. A largo Mock, kewly bought from tho world's best makers is on offer, 1 LadW p\am and riblW meek hoso al, Wires ranging from f»d to 2s 6d pair. The vflfne mi«l be «epn to ho tindpN stood, and an efrvl? vieit i« advisable,-* Ad?A