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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 79, 2 April 1912, Page 6

In view of the large amount of civil work at Lower Hutt, it k practically certain that a Clerk of the Court will be appointed shortly. He will alec have charge of the Pctono business. Aa unoccupied seven-roomed house in Rata-road, Hataifcai, owned by Mr. Frederick Brattle, was badly damaged by firo last evening. The Brigade received the call at 8.20 p.m. and succeeded in saving portion of the building. Th© houae, which had only just beou built, was insured for £675 in the London and hancashiro Office. Tho following officer* in connection with tho National Association of Spiritualists leave for Chrii«tchureh this evening to attend the annual conference :— Mesewi. VV. tC. Mason (president), W. M'Leali (vice-president), Mrs. Moore (secretary), Mi. M'Nicol (treasurer), and Meadames Sinclair, Major, Sigglerow, Mies JVTLean, and Mr. Aftndge (delegates). , "Is it the practice, of your board to provide ■ firemen with whieky or rum dtmng or after firea? " was a. question asked the Gisborne Fir© Board in a letter received! from ttw Whang&wa Fire Board. It waa decided to reply that no provision was anad« for »ilowing th« Giebovne Bremen refft»hm<mt of any kind. "If we get a cup of coffe*, ©f couwi© wo tako it/ remarked the chair* man. For tho financial year ■ending 31st March the Custom* revenu* and beei' duty collected at Wellington totalled. £847,886 1% 8d and £13,125 13s od, as against £7,97,215 17s 4d and £13,495 Is 7d, the previous year s figures. For the loat quartor «f the year the figures were £230,608 IL> Id and £3360 18s 9<L as against £'408,188 16s 7d and £3697 14s Sd for th« car. responding period of last year. A larg© importation of pedigree 6tov.i'. came to hand by the Romuera yesterday The animate, brought out by Mr. W. o\ Birch, for hie Morton estate, compriee:— * pearling Aberdeen Polled Angus bull, "Premier of D&lmeny," bred by th© Earl of Rosebery ; two North Devon heifem, two year* old, in calf, bred 1 by Mr. 0. Morris, St. Albans, Herefordshire ; a Romney Maxell hogget ram, brad by Mr. J. ii. Quested, of Kent; and two fourtooth Ronrney ewe& in lamb, bred by Mr. H. Rigden, Kent. There was also a, yearling Polled Angus bull, bred by Mr. J. J Cridlaw, of Glouceeter, and consigned to Mr. H. B. Williame, of Poverty Bay. . fy, %°, course of discussion at tlv Aucklandi Education Board la*t week respecting the erection of a now school, states tha Auckland Star, Mr. G. W. Murray introduced th« opinion that it would bo an excellemt tiling in hituie \( over th« front doors of all now brkk schools built there were placed '«* • ». maxim, motto, or pithy eaying tir%t ' might act ac an incentive to right li*iii& in the children who attended, tho scinr»ls. He hod spoken, to the architect fehoitf the idea, and' he had said that the extra cost would, be very little. Mr. Mum^ , in moving In the direction indicated, also suggested that the childiwm <Jvuoselves should ibo asked to compete in the choice of a motto, priae* anJ cer« tificatee to be awarded the children submitting the selected mottoe/s. Mr. Harris suggested that the propotiai ehould be applied also to those hrkk schools already erected, a Buggesidou with which the board, as a whole, expressed complete sympathy. The question of choosing mottoes and other details was referred to the executive coia* mittee for a report. ~ In reply to a letter from the secretary of the Captain Cook Memorial Committee asking for advice as to tho design and construction of the two monument* proposed to bo erected on Motuara Inland and in Ship Cove .respectively, th* Under-Secretary of the Public works Department states that the request was referred to the Government Architect, who makes the following suggestion*: "I do not know tho feland, nor in what position the memorial is to be placed on. it; but, assuming it is to stand prominently on the top of a headland or promontory, I would suggest au. obelisk of concrete, finished with, pebbles and shells from the beach, dashed on to a cement plastered face. The sum available is. too small for a stone memorial, and bulk is necessary to render tb« monument sufficiently conspicuous. A tablet of Tonga Bay granite bearing tho inscription could be set in the pedestal. As for the beach memorial, I would suggest a pedestal of concrete also, simply carrying on top a group of rock oil which is eet an old disused anchor ol good dimensions. An inscription tablet to be set in- the pedestal. The finish to ; be similar to that for the obelisk." i The opening of the new section of the Nelson-Inangah.ua railway, terminaling at Glenhope, for passenger traffic has been delayed beyond the original date for departmental reasons, but goods traffic is being carried on. The handing of the section over to the working railways is not likely to be long delayed, and, according to information obtained . by a representative of the Nelson Colonist, it and the new section of which Inangahua Junction is the terminus will be- opened for full traffic simultaneously. Tbe result will be a very considerable decrease In the time consumed in travelling between Nelson and the West Coast and what is of greater importance to the Nelson end, the lessening of the isolation of those remote districts upon which there has always been imposed a serious handicap in the long journey by road separating them from the railway. In the case of Murchison, for instance, a township and district which are rich in all the' elements of rapid advancement, the heavy burden of freight charges on stores and produce in and out will be enormously reduced by the shortening of the costly wagon j journey between Kohatu station, and the town* ship, and the business of the district with the natural centre of the province will fast expand in volume, with mutually advantageous results. When the> new sections of the railway are available for regular traffic, the total 'road journey between Nelson and the West Coast will be reduced to sixty-five miles, and it may bo expected that the Railway Department wil' take advantage of the opportunity to increase the efficiency of its services .on what is-aU ready a vory important line of communicatioh. Travellers by train or boat can avoid all discomfort by checking their boggage through the New Zealand Express Company. Tels. 92, 2410, 1333, 3068.— Advt. Unpalatable as the recent utterances of Mr. Chui'ohill in reference to the naval situation in Europe undoubtedly » to our rivals on tho Continent its uism eitcet ha* boon to satisfy tho notion nud oonsohdato the faith whioh it reposes m tho«* by whom it has entrusted the Dolomn ehariro of the miuntouanoe of tho nation's naval supuemaoy. That tliay will see to it thut tho British Navy is Uopt supremo, this statesman like policy loaves no doubt. .It «eem« that tho oversea dominions are more iully realising that the. economies of our \ftst colonial trade ure only secured by tho uuohalWod character of tho British Navy. This i* simply illustrated by tho woleome given to a vory largo shipmont of "Dreadnought Serges" at C. Smith, Ltd., Cubo'stroot— solid British w6avos, fast navy dyo. These goods present them, solves' to you as the very last work in navy serges. Six quftlitips— 3s 3d. 3» 6d, 3s 9d, 3» lid, 4s 3d, 4b lid yd.—Advt. Mr. Rawiii P. Meo&hnok, land agon*, and interpreter, publishes a busiuew cord in our advertising columns. A notiu© i-ffeardiug entnos for IMnity College music examinations is advertmU in this issue,