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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25, 29 July 1911, Page 5

New potatoes are meeting with great competition in the markets, and the few bags available sold at the rate of £65 per ton yesterday. Old potatoes _ were quitted' at the same time at from* 4s 6d to 88 per cwt. The hopeful note which characterises the 'annual report of the Wellington Wharf Labourers' Union practically throughout takes on a, more subdued tone at its conclusion. The report in the end makes mention of this: "There is at the present time a period of unrest amongst some of the waterside unions of fcite Dominion, and there is no reason to suppose that we shall ndt have the problem or industrial unionism before us. Members would be wdl advised to «keep a cltear mind on the sub' ject, and to- place before anything el&e the welfare of their own union." The proposal of the Harbour Board to connect Jervciß-quay Wharf with the T»ranakL«Btreet Wharf and thus take in that part of the waterfront on which the rowing clubs' sheds a,t present stand wae dealt with from a rowing man's point of view by Mr. W, J, Gaudin at the annual meeting of the Wellington Rowing Club last evening. The present site was the most favoured one possible for the sheds, ho said, and if they were removed rowing would have to make a fresh start in Wellington. He mentioned that during Mr, Ferguson's term a« engineer plans had been drawn which made provision for ample room underneath the proposed staging for ♦iti'ibs to launch their boata. The goode delivered, the bill paid— i that's what merchants get when they ! send their parcels through the CO.D. system of the New Zealand Expreas Company.— Advt. The promoters and" stallholders of the Bthibition am to be congratulated upon the success which has attended thpjr effort*, and during th& closing days many people will doubtlcsv pay a final visit. Another example of commercial enterprise is being shown in Wellington by Hie firm of O. Smith, Ltd., Cuba-street, who are, during Mie closing; days of their.^ winter sale, offering special reduction^ in all departments. Reap the big pcioe concessions in the GloVe and Hosiety Department. A largo stock, keenly bought from tho world's best makers is on offer. Ladies' plain and ribbed clock', hoao at prices ranging from 9d to 2s 6d pair. The valu© mtwt be seen to be understood, and. an e»Wy yuit is Rdvinbta™