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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 150, 22 December 1911, Page 6

The itlimaroa, Zcnlandia, Wimnicr*, and MoolWn will (advi&es the Telegraph Otitec) probably be within w*,reloss range to-ni^nt. Homeless m\<i havd-up liicn have aoly been forgoli«n by t'lo Snh'Alion Army, which will give its r.suai fioe Christnvw dinner to them at th<- Biicklo street fihclto!' on Christmas Day, The following tenders have- bcor k received for the contract for staging from Jervois'qnity Bre-tstwork ann to Taranaki-strect Whtu-f : Mcsmy. Ponald M'J>an ar-d Co. diccepted), £7900 Is; Messrs. Thoma? XJUloji and Co. (declined). £8541 loa ?d,> The enjineer'o estimate we* £B^7o. Pilfering ocean rsi'Soes ■'« 'joing ou Somew'flm-i! (pays the Taranaki Now«). A local, boot tnercluittt had one of his cases opened the otW day in the gocca fched, und there wero only « f x pairis of boot* out, uf a total of sixty supported to have bc*n pftcLftd Tho llfhlnpse ot the case led to its being ummokcj in th* ehed. I Encouraged by tiials made in New Zwland, Mr. Harry Fisher took h<s> pAtent noh-siiikabk- lifoboat to Cunatf*. There tlio irv«)tion lu-r. been taken wi and a. company floated. Tho ccmra-nj. will be known as the lnteruriTiona! Lifeboat Company, Ltd. It wUI have .m aulhomet capital of a million dollar, divided into 10,000 shim* of 100 dollars each, and hone! omens in Toronto. My. i'lsnei- is taking tho boat to England for tr-iai before people interested in shipping, and, as hi> says in a l<.u^ r t o the editor, "ii v»jl! undoubtedly bo brought to New Zealand." My. lusher quote* "a marine man." who predicted Uf him "that every ship that ridec tii» ocean will be carrying tbe lifeboat*." lMoio lcjtvisig GifcWiie fc-v Wo)li:i<" ton early in tlie w«:kV Ulo ITon. tf. M'Kcnzlc. Minister of Public Works miormed a Herald ropr"«<mfativo that tho prospecting survey on the Kungi,roa railway *houid bo curried through to tho point near Tiniroto where. it. had been discontinued by Mr. J. H. Hay about 1899. Th? Minister's inability to inspect the route on this oecaemk would not, howßVor. delay the progress of the work. Ho had inetructed Ml. Armstrong. District Engineer, that a« soon ac Mr. Thoiye completed his work afc .Tiniroto he should be directed to return 'to Gisborne and commence the location find pegging off Uie line from the Gisborne end. This, would be commenced from Makr aka and proceed through Patutahi, toward* Ngatapa, 'and over the Te Aroha Saddle into tho Hangaroa Valley. The special train which ran up fidtn Timaru to Lincoln oh Tuesday cost the sixty farmers who travelled by it £68 (says the Timaru Herald). This char&b' was considered unreasonable, working out as it did at 4d per mile. ' Each farmer had to pay £1 8b 6d, yet the hrst-class fare to Chrisfcchurch 'is only 16s Bd. A calculation was made which showed that the cost of running the train was not as much as it would cost to run a threshing plant for a day, and it was eaid that the department, in charging such an exorbitant amount, was not running the railways in the interest* of the people. In addition to the heavy charge, the department insisted on returning with the train at least an hour earlier than the farmers wanted to return, thereby causing them to miss seeing a number of things at Lincoln College which they would like to have seen. The manner in which the telephone list is published is the subject of a com munieatiori from Mr. A. O. Hume, proprietor and manager of " Hume^ Machinery and Business Exchange," who complains of what he consider), a moet unbusinesslike way of isbuing lists of subscribers to the Telephone Exchange. Mr, Hume forwards copies of correspondence with the department, which shows that on 9th December he wrote to tho' officer in charge of the Telegraph Department stating that in July ho took over a house in which a telephone was already installed, and applied in August to have the name of the previous occiu pier altered to hie own on the telephone list Since then he had at various time* telephoned the officer-in-charge of telephones asking when the list wan likely to •appeal- with his name upon it. On each occasion he received a reply to the effect that a list was being printed, and would be published in the course of a day or two. As the liet waa net forthcoming, he applied for a. refund of the payment made by him in September, and on 11th December the officer-in-charge wrote informing him that nix application for the transfer was just too late for inclusion in the supplementary list which was then being issued, ami he added :_ "Your name will appear on the new list, .which, 1 am informed by the printer, will be available this week."' The application for a refund could not be entertained. Mr. Hume consider*; it a most one-sided affair where one is compelled to" pay the subscription "in advance" and then have lo wait some months before one's nairi6 anpeans on any list. Encouraging new* is to hand from London in respect to .several im'pol'tant mining propooitif>ii3 on" the" Weat Coast/ which ore i<>ceivin,z the attention of English inverters (wile* th<> Greymouth cor-lvsiiondi-nt of the Olago Daily Tunetrt. Mepsits. Mark fiprot and C ! o. received cabled intelligence from their London ugeiitfl. Messi*. J. Morrison ahd Gj.. that tho North Brunner and Tynesuta Amalgamation had been *Ucce££ fully ar rpngfd. This will mean thai a capital of i!30.00J will bo 4 avaiial'h to further (Jc-volop the properties named. The tenne of the omalgoinsitioi* pi o vide that the new concern shall take over the Tyneside syndic ate'a hull: at Wellington, while it will a l*o onjoy the advening') to be derived frVmi cho T«nei.ide"s exiting oversea tYnAo coum-dion.' Mr. A. I*. llaiper, who hae been visiting l>y don in connection with the matter, will leave on his return about i!ic end df tli cmonlh. iiv v \ An-i in No>v 2r.iland at tit? latter mut 0/ .TuuuuVy. Tho tcau*i<'i of tl'c pivpi'itic* wiil at once be made a.na prepaiaiiaiifi mado for an immedio'o resumption o* operations thereafter, li regard to tin* Walkend mine, M.avlr Kjm.u and Co. have hcHi advised thai Stonier and Co. have everything well in hand fur underwriting the scheme. The yitvispcclus provides for a working capital of J330.000. which would be more than eufiiciont to re-open the shaft and to hif'ta'.l the neceeeary plant and mnciiir,ei\\. Wvilii^ under date of 7th November Mr. Richardson stated that im» London market \va« then not too favourable for New Zealand mining propositions, bui he was inclined to rofiu'd'tht 1 prospects of flotation after the New Year holidays as very good. The option over the mine expire* on 51fit March, 1912. The Tramway I3a:id wil 1 play a pro* sramme of music at Newtown Park on ounday afternoon. Tlvt puisonpev who know* how to enjoy Muitelf geto us to check hi* luggage. Costs no more cither, for we check Tiea. The New Zealand Express Coinntinv.— Advt. j _ Tho roj.uU of ihe gpcorm ballots is con- ! fiicleroil evidence that a miuh^ jrrontf!" interest w being; tnken in poliiieiu mfiitors than \\&e, t R.r somi> time been (he case. Mid thf»x is mc<^ cu'siu'tvlty « henllhy I eifj-i). #No\v thai 'he eluclioirt nro ever, Xman gifts aro the order of the day, ami C. Smith, Ltd.. &ro at the top/)! Uie poll with their four famous litx>s «>i Iddte?^ kid tflovos- ' i?., "Leader" 2s ltd, "DtMiuu'oii'' 3s 130, "CuW 4? 6d, nnd ! "Perfect ion" ?«_ M vvt unir. TI'MC a;-" the best value for their ii'jpeciivc pvip- % « in N.Z. See thf>u\ with'ul dflu; wlijlo stocks oro well Assort od. Tf cut of town write at 0u.c0.~--Ad.vtt.