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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 86, 11 April 1912, Page 6

A somewhat misleading paragraph, based on a statement made in Court by a magistrate, appeared in The Post of the 4th met., relating to the conditions of admission of inebriates to Pakatoa aaid Botovoa, under tho Reformatory Institutions Act, 1909. We have authority for stating that it is not correct that inebriates cannot be sent to the6e institutions except after a oourse of convictions for drunkenness or other offences. Any habitual inebriate, whe* ther he has been convicted or not, can be sent to one of these institutions by a magistrate's order, or on hia own voluntary application, or on the application of hie relatives. It may be added, in explanation, that the law was specially altered in 1909 to enable this to bo done. Tho Chapman-Alexander Mission is proving very succ«ssful in Dunedin, and the results are regarded as most satisfactory. To-day is being observed as "Church Day," and Dr. Chapman has stated that if the most was made of it ifc ought in every way to bo the very best day of the miasion. It had been so in other cities. To commence the day ministers were to meet their own congregations at a. time to be fixed in tho inorning. Friday is the "lidnio Day" of tho mission. Sir Robert and Lady Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. M'Laughlin, of Belfast, and Air. Robertson, of Glasgow, who have been assisting the mission party for the past fortnight, left Dunedin for the North yesterday. They will spend come time m the North Island, and will afterwards rejoin the evangelists in Melbourne. The Territorial camp at Omoto, on the West Coast, broke up on Saturday evening, when the members of the various companies left for their homes. Lieutenant-Colonel Richardson, commanding the 13th Regiment, the right half of which was in camp, stated that the physique of the men was very good : quite ud to the average obtaining throughout New v Zealand. It would be possible, he declared, to pick a company out of our Territorials wno would stand comparison with anything in the world. Prior to the camp, "remarked tho Lieut. - Colonel, a number of those enrolled were inclined to "kick over the traces," as they were against the compulsory system. This feeling, however, had entirely disappeared with practical experience of the scheme, and in its place theie was now evident a, spirit of enthusiasm which was most gratifying. The Territorials had entered into their work with heart and soul, and the keenness exhibited by them indicated that contentment and enthusiasm ruled. The men now knew what the scheme really meant, /md the satisfaction shown by them would go a long way towards popularising military training. As a matter of fact, some of the men who wore backward in going to camp were disinclined to leave it on Saturday. A cordial welcome was extended by the Trades Council delegates to the new Minister of Labour (the Hon. G. Laurenson), who attended the conference for a time yesterday afternoon. In a brief speech tho Hon. J. T. Paul briefly referred to the good work done in past years by the Hou. W. P. Reeves, the first Minister of Labour in New Zealand. In * reply, Mr. Lauronson Baid that, so far as he could recollect, Mr. Reeves was the first Labour Minister appointed in any British Dominion. He had a number of Labour Bills in hand, upon which ho promised to seek the opinion of Labour before he submitted them to Pailiament. One of tho greatest difficulties they had to faco was that of a man .who hod followed some trado and had become medically unfit to follow it any longer. This and maJiy other problems desorved all the attention that could be given them. Mr. Laurenson offered to supply any member of the conference with a copy of a book, by a New Zealander named M'lllwrajth, which, in his opinion, should be r<»ad by all who were interested in social problems. Mankind, Mr. Laurenson went on to remark, hud not yet done anything towards solving the problem of the distribution of wealth. Tho problem would not be solved by violence and bitterness and. savagery between the | different classes of -the community, but oiily by sane and common-sense methods. •! No reform would over be brought about by violence. He knew that ©very member of tho conference was anxious to advance, not by re-volution, but by evolution. He hoped his relations with the Labour representatives during his term of office would be of the friendliest description. The New Zealand Labour Party Conference has affirmed the advisability of "a white New Zealand." Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., have just received another larg^o shipment of evening gloves in- kid, suede, mid silk. Particulars are adverti/aed in thi*s k&ue. , Advt.