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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 76, 29 March 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL I i <«....«fcn« y . _ The term 1 ot appointment ot Sir William Hall-Jone6, which expires at the" end of the present month, has beea extended to th« end of May. Thift fact was announced by Sir Joseph. Ward last evening. / Tho Local Government Bill, which was introduced bjf the Ward Government during the brief session in February, in to be cota&ideted at a cotfeteftte of locat bodaes in Wellington on a date vet to 1 be arranged. Th« Ward Government, before- go'Jhg out df office yeaterday, authorised the expenditure^ of £1000 towards tbo expenses of delegates. The Postal authorities advise that thd s.s. Wimmera, which left Sydney at noon on Wednesday ftfr Auckland had on board an Australian mail, also an: English mail via Suez. The Wellingtorf portion 'is due to arrive hef» by Main Trunk express on Monday next. A Mew post office is to bo erected at Kaiwarra. The Government has accepted the tender of Mr. A. Seamer, of Wellington, at £1000, for tho work. Other tenders accepted by the Govern' ment for various works are 1: Erection of departmental buildings, New Plym6uih, Coleman and &>n, £3390,* erection of eight cottagefi at Lake Coleridge, Mills' and Keppie, Spfeydon, £2846 19s id} supply of steel plate girders for Leader RiVef railway bridge, E. J, Kudttick, Addington, £879 5s Bd. Shortly b^fo/e nooh to-day feome paint vt'hlch wa6 beiftg heat«l ia ih§ Colonial ■Tinware C&hipany's factory in Victoriastreet, near Te Aro railway station, boiled over. A bench caught alight, but the flahies were sOt/ri «iipnfa!sfeed. The damage waa not extensive. Messrs. Luke and Co. are fhe owners of the premises. Mr. C. A.^Lotlghrian, of Palmeretori N6rth, has issued a writ claiming £IfJGO damages foi 1 alleged libel oti behalf of Thomas Stftgpbole against Frederfck Pirani, journHlist< and Fxederick Pi* rant and .Oct., Ltd., proprietors of the Foildirig Star. The alleged libela are contained in the Star of Monday, 18th March, in -which a heading to a report of the conclusion o( {he Stagpeole c«ee read ."A fraudulent return sent in by Mr, Stagpool^/ 1 An editorial wde brofacfed by a «tateimmt by Mt. Pirani that Mr". Sta-gpodltf woilld fee 1 debarred from holding any position as a tettChei'j «rid would find jt impossible to obtain any position of trust. AIBO, in tfio tep^ort already referred to, Mr". Plrtfli is repotted oi Saying thai the board liad Wit defrfttlded. All these matters ahd (lie articles refetred to form the feu'bject of the action. A flrtrnnn Siametl Thofi. Winkle plead' ed guilty under extefiuatitig cfft'tlfn* stances at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon to h charge of deserting from the steamer Rotorua on 24th March last. In a lengthy explanation, Winkie Spidthat he had ehdeavbtirtid, Without success, to- obtaiil (6 substitute for \i\in\ telf. and, as his mother was seriously ill, in Tatanti-ki, thef« Was only one thing to do, and he did it—absconded without leave. Mr. Myers, who dppoared for the New Zealand Shipping Company, stated that the company did lioo wish to have this man imprisoned, but tho com* paiiy had befili put to eolisideritblv expense in having to traiisf<?r it man from another boat to take defendant's place. Winkie was ordered to pay thi* expense, £7 10s, plus £1 8s costs, lie Was re-« uuuided for sentence until to-morrow (Saturday) morning, when, if the inoiiey ib paid, defendant will be meiely dealt with nominally. Mr. \V. G. /{iddcll, S.M., was on the Bench. In forwarding a, cheque to the Children's Hospital for £15 Is, thd result of a benefit entertairtme"fit at the New TheatTß on 24th March, Messie. Macmahoa aud Donnelly sugeestcd that it lmight be used to tne little oneA some special treat at Easter. An invitntkra Was alfto exUTid^d to the children, and their atten<lfHit« lo visit ihe New Thoatre t(t any time hetWo#n the hours o* li a.m. and 5.80 jj.m. 'fin-. r;ii"l and the letter v/sts plttctd before 1 "lie Hou',c •".'oniaiiltee y^tt>rduy. when it wtw ipsolved that a sole »A' thanks l)i^ i-onveyed to Messi* MacMnhon and UoiliteHy fo?f o? their thoughtfid generosity. With the prospect of veiy cold weather, rir»*»inj;-gowns% c\.ilJ Lw \e:j nu:vli Wttnted. K'.rkcaidie' mid S'lOi'tW', Ltd.. are sllototuts * r&illj' oxte'lsive l'tthgc of Ufcfilui attd r(dtl)( g^€iite.«-AdVt.