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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ifj ie anticipated that the 'printed results of the census will be available about the end of the month. A staff of about thirty clerka is etill at work, but tho number will be considerably lessened in a week or two. The Year Book should also be available in bulk form about the end of this month. The^advance sheete have already been diatributed. A garden party was given at Government House yesterday by His Excellency the Governor and Lady Islington. The weather was delightfully fin©, and the grounds of the Vice-Regal residence were seen at their best. The guests, who attended in very large numbers, were received on the terrace in front of Government House by their Excellencies. In case of wet weather two 'large marquees had been erected on the kwn, but, fortunately, these were not required. The visitors were entertained in the ballroom. In the course of his speech ab the ceremony of the laying of the new workers' homos at Dee-street yesterday afternoon, the Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) stated that everything that tended to bring down the rent paid by the worker was a good thing for the country, as a whole. Th© inevitable re suits of the land purchase* 1 of such alarge operator as the 'Government had been to make those who owned land~eifcher in** town or country — ask a great deal mor© than the land wa> worth. The scheme for erecting ' workers' homes was .the outcome of an endeavour to grapple with the rifficulty pi getting land ot & fair price. Sir Joseph mentioned that the Government had made an arrangement with' the State Life Insurance Department for insuring the head of th© household, at a cost of 2s 9d per week to a man of thirty, so, that in tho event of his' death beforo the completion of tne payments required under the scheme, tht^ house would be handed to his widow or dependents free of charge. A powerful public opinion backing the scheme would soon bring exorbitant rates to an end. When the ceremony concluded hearty cheers were given for the Minister oi Labour (th© Hon. J. A. Millar), Sir Joseph Ward, and for the success of the scheme. Sir James Carroll cam© to th© help of the Maoris who have juet returned from England, rich in experience but empty in pocket. Mr. C. B. Westrnacott, th© manager for the syndicate that sent them Home, stood by them to the last, and saw them safely away bound Northward yesterday. Sir James Carroll advanced the ways and means for them to roach their homes. Owing to th© treacherous weather at the year's end, the show projected by th© Wellington Rose and Carnation Club for December last, had to be abandoned. In order, however, that interest in the club might be maintained, it wae decided to hold an exhibition on a smaller scale, and without competition. This took place m Godber's rooms last night. Roses were few. one small section of tabl© sufficing tor the accommodation of all that were shown, but there were some very fin© exhibits of carnations and sweet ,peas, and on© glorious display of gladioli. A notable exhibit wa« a colFection of begonia blooms from the garden of Mr. Chapman, Lower Hutt. Dr. Izard opened the exhibition. Upon the doors of th© entrance to the public counter at the General Post Office is inscribed : " Open da-ily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m." "8.H.W." states in a letter to th© Editor that he entered the building yesterday morning at five minutes to 9 o'clock, Vnd that standing before th© counter wer© some thirteen persons waiting to' be served, while behind the counter wer© on© 1 lady and four men. Th© young lady ¦ was th© only on© of the five clerks who was attending to the public wants. One man was reading a ncwupapor, another cleaning his nails, while the remaining two were quietly emptying ca*h-boxes and filling tills. Our correspondent asked one of the men for Btamps, but th© request was ignored. Not until the clock struck 9 did the men attend to tho wants of the public. "8.H.W.; concludes: "TPhe tommy-rot which w written upon the doors shonld b© mad© to read 'From 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ... or those behind the counter should be given a Rood shake up." Lack of real and intelligent interest in politics on the part of. the great majority of women— "the good sort of women," as he put it— furnished Dr. Schone last evening with an argument against the female suffrage. If, however, the principle of adult suffrage was admitted, then n© could not understand how women were logically excluded from Parliament and office. After all, perhaps, it worked out well, for it waa generally understood that a woman voted as her husband voted, and daughters voted as their fathers voted, co that th© married man, the family man, had two or' more votes, as he ought to have, against th© single man with only a bachelor's responsibilities. In view of the hazy Australasian idea of th© German girl and wife, Dr. Schone gave a graphic description of the women of his country, and showed how much they were loved and respected by their menfolk. In Germany votes for women i>ve,re, undreamt of..