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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 8, 10 January 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

' Income-tax is payable in ono sura |on Wednesday, the 31bu hist., at the office of the Commissioner of Taxce. At a special meeting of th© Hutfc County Council yesterday afternoon, it wa6 decided that Wednesday should b* the day on which shops in the count* should close at 1 p.m. The Conciliation Council will sit on Friday morning next to hear the cooks' and waiters' dispute. Other work before the council is consideration ot the plumbers' dispute at Wanganui and Palmers tori North, and the Wellington tailor-i esses' dispute. A Palmerston Noi'th resident was, in, turn, the officiating Justice of the Peace and the defendant respectively in by law. cases in the Police Court on Moncay.' In his mom dignified capacity (a»ys th© Standard) he lined a cyclist who had trespassed on the footpath, and as an. offouder himself, in respect of driving without lights, he submitted later to % penalty imposed by the Magistrate. One question before Mr. Widdowson, &.M.. at DunodiD on Monday last, \va« wftetJier a certain person by excessive drinking impaired his health, wasted hi* substance, and so on, and amongst the, many so-called facts giwn to the Magi*, trate was this: that tho man dvewod himself at seven in the evening and propared to go to work, thinking it wm "^V?^ 6 momlll S- The witness nr* eented this aa proof positive. In acknowledging tho presentation of a gold-mounted stick from his constituents at Waikou&iti, thß Hon. T. V Duncan said that when he looked at tha number of smiling faces before him, both ladies and gentlemen, ho could not heltj thinking that if there were another Goal oral Election within the next few months he would be at it again, and the stick might be of some service to them, boi causo they had fought the last election, too quietly. ( The question of keeping the mam roads in tho Maiiawatu district in good order m apparently becoming moru and more difficult, iv view of thd increase in the motor traffic. It is noticeable that where the roads arc narrow they sulfer most, as the wheelssof the vehicles must of necessity run m the same groove. Where the t'oade are wider, however, the damageLi not so bad, and the opinion is 1 expressed that it might bo advisable to materially widen many of the. most'used roads, A Preea Association, telegram, from Timaru states that Mi\ J. Brown, agricultural instructor to tho South Canter- - bury Board of Education, resigned yesterday, having accepted a post with larger remuneration under the South Australian Department of Agriculture. Mr. J. • G. Glow, chief inspector under the South Canterbury Board of Education, who recently concluded twenty-nvo years' service, intimated to the board I yesterday his intention to retko at aii early date. A local authority on stock informed a Maaterton Times reporter that thero >wiU be a keen demand for stock for fattening purposes this season,' owing ito the prolific supply of grass. From a farmers' point of view, ho anticipates that the present year will be tho best experienced in Wairarapa for many years. The oat crop 3 m (ho Lower Valley are looking finst-elus* at the present time, and, in tho opinion of a Masterton farmer, generally hotter than those in the northern portion of tho district. As far as the slaughtering and tho freezing trades are concerned, tho present season is only a moderate one, accounted for by the unreasonable weather which has ' prevailed. Thia time last season the butchers employed at the Gear Company's works at Pctono vroro working ono hour overtime every day, with thr.ee hours over ofl Saturdays. This year, however, slaughtering is normal, and no extra time is necessary to cope with the work. At Ngahauranga things are going much, stronger this year than last, and the slaughtermen are reported to be making gooa money. ' "There are more empty houses in Potone no\v," said an interested business man to a Post .reporter to day, " than I have known for some considerable time." Asked to make an estimate as to tho number -of dwellings to let, he- replied that 120 would not be far out, "I have houses on my books now which I have never known, to be empty before," he continued. "Ib is difficult to discover any reason for this, but evidence is not, lacking that a , portion of Petone's population is gradually drifting to the Lower Hutb. I could mention half a dozen families who have just recently moved to the Hutt." Landlords always find teason to grumble at the Want of care in tho treatment of their premises by tenants, but perhaps a ca*e that is reported locally i* unique in its facts (remarks th« Elbhnm Argue). Tho tenant had a mania for shooting minahs, and with a pea-rifle he popped away at them whenover tho birds settled on the roof of the dwelling. The result is best expressed by the landlord bimeelf when, he- got up through a manhole in the ceiling looking for tho cause of the leaks : " I'm hanged," he said, "if it wasn't riddled like a pepper-pot." Aud ac if to add insult to injury tho culprit left and didn't ev*n pay the Jfent. Mr. Foster, uituir»gir,g director of the Wellington Meat Export Company, informs us that the published st«temar.:> as to a strike of yardmen at the company's works tA Nghattr»ug* is not. iv accordance with facts, K*>ur yardmen whose wheta business was to urg* cheep thsongU a gateway, yesterday asked for wore wagus. Thty ware told the coaipwiy couUi ml afford to pay higher rates tor this pftxtteuUur class of work. As to th» eessalikv, «t work *s tho result of tlw *U««M "strike,'* Mr. Foster exjvlaißS t&*t rot certain l»««»<«« reasons (hey vcwra wofc ktUtaf yesterday af. toraeoa.. Tfcvs has (h& say*) been magnified into * ttoifc& Wwk is proceed iug as «&>** *gwa. ttni»y> SkHra (s*Mi»fe«k ta bKfeMfc a popular pastiwa 1» F*Mfe »wrt winter, quite a wwntowt <at femiug decided to Ma \k& mm- ot Uw 'Nsno w-aliders." ! *V> <oHte> visw> *Nwrt4<tiip&ted in the sport twit, ,v[<?*if> $$* lift** ski-tag » not now >» Htt i& abiQttfc to receive the fillip I %%& FcteaJng Works have now I *#Sfmt<k fef toeaiAg etock. Tb« first | stotwttlt vtitt b« m*de by the Malatu» at ute «ad ot tb.t» month. . Men** mdy-t<M«MN? business suits, Koglish tailor-made, in dark and mixed eh&dos, at 45«, 50s. 555, 63a, 70s thß suit, packed in box. Kirkcaldio and Stains, Ltd.— Advt. Th« dsmand exceeds the supply may ba applied to tho labour conditions iv Now Zealand at tho presobt timo, co thcro is no oxotiso for unemployment. Wo hear from the various centres. that tho demand for workers hn« not been met, and tho outlook in Wellington for trado and liv hour conditions may bo considered promising. At this time of the year wo turn from work to play, the holiday season is hcroi and ail ladies who arc not supplied with the holiday attire- had better inspect this lino at ouco. Ladies' Linen Di-cMcs (blouse and skirt), bWao well mado with double collar and pocket, skirt well stitched and good stylo, iv amethyst, browu, green, 6ky, navy; oa» prico only, 9s .6d. At 0> Smith, Ltd.— iCuktvsteeet^Adit.