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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1912, Page 6

For some time past (telegraphs our Chmtchurch correspondent!, Mr. JL) Dennohy has been engaged in a now and übvel forrti of mining euterpriec. Acting on behalf of a registered syndicate, with its headquarters at ChrJßtchurch, ho lias been mining mica at a claim in tho Charleston district. The first output a ton in twelve box«6 — was shipped to London on Sunday, and a further consignment will be ready shortly. It is understood that there is an increased demand for mica for electrical and other purposes, and it is calculated that th© quality and accessibility of tho Charleston product will make mica mining there profitable. The material muet be exported to Britain. The mica, depoeite at Charleston ai*e fairly extensive. Big possibilities come with the extension of the railway line to Glenhope (eaya the Nelson Mail). With co-operation between the Railway Department and Messrs. Newman Bros., coach proprietors, it will be possible to proceed from Neleon to Greymouth in a day. The advantages to be derived from such a traffic can hardly be over-eetimated. To an interviewer the coach proprietor stated :— " We are confident that through, traffic to Greymouth. in j. day will b& a success. We are prepared, bo confident of it are we, to make a very considerable outlay in providing a quick coach, service between Glenhope and the terminus of the West Coast railway four miles further on than Inangakua 'Junction. Wo know the country, we know the large number of people prevented from making the trip 33 at present, through lack of time ; and we are perfectly confident that hundreds of people who do not now vieit these parts will do so if there is quick connection between the two places." A walking party of cix, including two young ladies, etarted from Mahara House, Waikanae, on Sunday morninc last, with the object of reaching Upper Hutt, the other side of the ranges, in time to catch the 5 p.m. train to town. A start was made at 8 o'clock, and after covering about six mile* Mr.- L. Freeman drove up with an early lunch A member of tho party, who sees a big future for the trip, suggests that it would be better to have just a " snack " before leaving, and that the subsequent •, meal should be made to serve for breakfast and lunch, and "leave greater leisure and inclination for the enjoyment j of tho entrancing pleasures of the cix- ' mile ramble through as yet untouched uatural beauties of fern and flower growth— a veritable Wilton's Bush, Queen's Park, and Botanical Gardens all . rolled into one." At the end of the sixj mile stage Mr. Edwards, of Upper Ifutt, met the party at the' head waters I of the Akatarawa liiver, and conveyed them for a, pleasant walk , of twelve 1 miles, in view of the river all the way, to the Upper Hutt. The trip is described as one that only neede to oe known to bo highly appreciated, and was thor--1 pughly enjoyed by all who took part in it. four charges of theft from dwellings in Newtown on 24th and 26th January I last wer» preferred against a fotirteen-year-old lad in the Juvenile Court f o-da-y. Evidence was given that the boy entered the houses and took 1 articles { such as coins, medals, bras* badges, a . miniature sword, eomo pencils, h. etlver ' pin, and two canaries, the total value being £55 4s. The lad was given a good ( character by one witness, and his school reports, which were favourable, were also 1 put in. It was stated that he was , never allowed out at night and that ,he was alec a regular attendant at Sunday school. All the stolen property 1 except one of the canaries, which the , boy said had flown away, was returned, ,' and the accused's father undertook to pay the value of the missing bird. The Magistrate, after some kindly advice, entered a conviction and ordered him fto be whipped. A peculiar point in connection with the case was that although the lad'b oflicial school reports were all favourable the report submitted i to the police by the same master was iof an entirely different nature, llis Worship remarked that if the report sub- , mitted to the police was a fair one, the official reports were very misleading to the lad's parents The Star, in an article on Auckland's Anniversary Day, remarks (fltates our Auckland correspondent) :— "Tho exact . date which New Zealand in general, and Auckland in particular, ought to regard I as the national birthday is and alway^ must be a matter of dispute. It was on 29th .January, 1840, that Captain Hobson arrived in the Bay of Islands, from Sydney, to make arrangements for securing the country as a field for British colonisation. Is 29th January the date of the founding of the colony or 30th January, the day on which Captain Hobson landed at Kororareku, and read the declaration empowering tho G6v«rnment of New South Wales to annexe New Zealand to its territory, or 6th February, when' the Treaty of Waitangi .was signed ? or the latter day, on which Captain Hobson purchased the site of Auckland from the natives? or 16th Saplember, when Captain Symonds arrived in Auckland harbour to take possession of the land chosen for the seat of Government; or 18th September, when the British flag for the first time waved over tho shores! of tho Waitemata ? or 16th January, 1841, when Captain Hobson transferred his headquarters from the Bay of Islands to Auckland; and if we find some natural difficulty in deciding between these rival dates must we not admit that most of them have less claim for enduring recognition than that memofable day — the 9th of October, 1342 — whenthe Duchess of Argyle and the Jane Gifford sailed imo the Waitemata with the first contingent , of immigrants to people the newly-founded settlement? But. however far opinions may differ on these points, there 1b an obvious fitness in commemorating as thft birthday of th^ country the date on which its existence as an appanage of the British Crowa was first formally recognised." Despite the fact that somebody said, once upon a time, that a roso by any other name would smell as sweet, Councillor Roots, of Lower Hutt, does not think that this can be made to apply to Alicetown. He believes there is a great deal in a name; hence he is desirous that that portion of Lower Hutt to the south _on the railway side of the river, should no longer be known as Alicetown, and he suggests Southern Hutt as more appropriate. Tho majority of residents, he says, are all anxious fob the change, and if necessary no trouble would be experienced in drawing up a monster petition. The only difficulty which appeared lo confront the council last night was as to the necessary steps to ho followed to bring about the' change. It was decided to obtain a legal opinion on this point, and in the meantime the proposal I was allowed to stand over. \ A branch of the Progressive Liberal League ib to be formed in Levin next month, The usual change of programme will bo. made at the King George Theatre, Lower Hutt, to-morrow evening. A very carefully-selected programme has been arranged for, which, will maintain the firm's high reputation for first clahs eubjects. The films will be headed by a Western drama entitled "The Sheriffs Daughter" There will b& numerous 1 other I 'star" dramas, and the "comics" I are said to be unusually tine. A com- ! plete change will be mutte on Saturday. At 9 a.m. to-mcrrow, Wednesday, Kukcaldie and Stains, Ltd., will begin their siuninor sale. The- bargains on this occasion ar« pdsi£ively extravagant. ~ Aayt.