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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 97, 24 April 1912, Page 6

During tho voyage of the Moana, which arrived at Sydney from Wellington on Tuesday afternoon, Marjarie Ethel Taylor, aged three years, died and was buried at sea. Tho wattle trees planted in 1910 and 1911 down the clay bank at the Terrace School by the _ school children have grown well, despite- the. fnct that the coil, is of a most unpromising description. It was stated by the headmaster (Mr. MacMorran; in his annual report that this year it waft proposed to fill the gapa and extend the present plantation. Tho Federation of Labour will hold it« annual conference on 22nd May. About the saniG time the executive will meet the shipowners and coment exporter* to diecuss modified regulations for the handling of cement, with the object of agreeing on a bag of uniform pattern and material, which will bo accopta-bte to all classes of workers. In tho annual report of the South/ Wellington School Committee, pretsenUtd to tho meeting of householders on Monday evening, mention was mado of a record attendance by % girl named Kugonia Russell, wuo had attended school without a single break for eight \ears. In recognition of tho achievemeut, tho committee decided to preoent her with a special prize. ' Tho system inaugurated soiue (inift ago of only issuing tickets on Karori Iranicm* as far as the Botanical Gardens lias been discontinued as from tlus 16th incly Conductors have, however, been instruct" od to carofully check tickets after leaving the Gardens. A special meeting of tho Karori Borough Council is to be called for the first Wednesday in May to consider tramway matters generally. It haa been < stated in a contemporary that the distinction of beiug the first corps of Senior Cadets in the Dominion to parade in uniform belonged to company 30 (Wellington Technical School Cadets). A correspondent writee to correct this. Ho states that No. 37 Company, Uppar Hutt Senior Cadets paraded in uniform on lotn April— -five dayß ahead of the No. 30 Company; parade. "There is a, move towards the eale of property at the present time, but this docs not mean big prices," said Mr. C. Cathie in his address to the- Karari ratepayers on Monday evening, when referring to the financial 'position of the borough. Tho sum of £11,000, he said, had been expended la*t year in the erection of new buildings ana additions to build* ings, and nearly £3000 in the consfcruc> tion of two churches. The district wae & sound one, and the-re was no causa for people "putting on long faces." ' The challenge issued by the Wellington carters' i tug-of-w&r team to any tea-m in the Commonwealth, has (states our Sydney correspondent, under date 17tlv April) been accepted by a Sydney combination headed by a Mr. Michael FiUpatrick. . Mr. Fitzpatrick stated that he had a, team that would pull the New Zealanders for any sum from £200 to £500. It is Mr. Fitzpatriolc's desire that the contest ishould be decided under tho auspices of the Rugby League in Sydney ; but if that is not possible, he i« nropared to tfcko his team to Newi Zealand. The Wellinffton Boxing Association makes a considerable amount of money by ite tourneys and professional contests, but, as will be seen by the figures that follow, the association is generous enough in the matter of its prizes :— Receipts from tourneys : Amateur Championships,* £86 9s 6d (expense--* £96 lls 3d); Human v. Kelly, £131 16s 6d (expenses £207 4s sd) ; Tracy v. Hannan, £303 3s (expenses £218 ios) ; Elliott v. Fitzjohn, £227 17s 6d (expeases £227 2s 6d) { Hauuan v. Gault, £231 Os 6d (expenses £214 ls-'lOd). Tho association's balance-sheet for the jear bljows a credit of £334 16s 6d. ' ' According to tho report to b© laid be fore the annual meeting of St, Thomas's parishioners next Friday, the finances of the parish, which were somewhat backward in the first lialf of the financial year, improved considerably during the last quarter, resulting in a> larger credit balance than formerly. The general offertories show an increase, but tho generous donations (anonymously) to tho several main funds contributed considerably to tho satisfactory slate of the several amounts. The susfcentation fund shows a, decrease upon former yeara, due to the lack of collectors, there being but one. _ The Church fund onvelopo system was introduced with the hope of a remedy, _ but it has not quite realised expectations. There is (says the report) evidently an opportunity for voluntary; collectors for the eustentation fund. "There will bo a good deal of dissatisfaction when it becomes generally known that the Government has declared tbe coming (season a close one for pigeone," said a prominent member of the sporting fraternity to a Post representative. He argued that oversea sportsmen who came for the brief deer-shooting season, the end of the fishing seaeoii, and the beginning of tho ehooting season would bo grea-tly disappointed, and aa tho Government reaps considerable revenuo from such visitors ho did not thiiik tho move was a good one, more especially a* next season will be a close one under the Act —two close seasons running. While admitting that pigeons aro disappearing in paa-te, he declared that they were quite able to hold their own where the bush was standing in large quantities. The destruction of the bush wus the chief reason for thoir disappearance, and so long as tho policy of clearing the bush was carried out, all the game laws that could bo devised would not preserve the pigeon or any other Native bird. The delay to which the Kilbinue School Committee is subjected by the Education Board in regard to the pay> niptifc of capitation was resentfully discussed at the meeting of the Kilbirni© householders on Monday evening. It was stated that during the past year the committee had been faced with considerable expenditure caused by the carrying out of certain improvements and repaint, but had found it very difficult to keep up payments owing to the email amount oi capitation allowed, and the delay in payment of same: ■ A householder emphasised tho fact that the Kilbimio School had been very unfortunate, inasmuch as it had been constantly in need of repair, and the capitation was, in proportion to the school's requirements, quite inadequate. It was eventually decided to recommend to the incoming committee that a cub-committee be appointed to wait upon the Education Board and place before it, very forcibly, tho fact of the committee's inability to proceed in the best method without the board giving it full assistance and making prompt, payments. Our expert knowledge and equipment are at the service of those contemploting moving. We provide skilled hand*, and practically take all worry oil your hands. The New Zealand Express Company,— Advt. The result; of the Mayoral election n going to considerably innuenrf the futim* of Wellington, and it, is no lfo/it tank >h;i> lies to tho hand of tho oity't- Chiof M«,t>i - ti-ate. If the citizen.* will give liira thnocded support, thoro is no doubt 0u» traditions of tho ofliro will bo worthily u-i hold by the now Mayor. Tho support of tho people is needed to nmko any public concern a succos*, ais nn instance the cflev now made by C. Smith, Ltd., is un example of thoir buying power. 750 paiis of roal kid gloves in dark grown onb are being cloawr^at 2s 6d por pair, and tho glovo is 6old in tho city at 4s 6d. Out-of-town customers should mail their ordofi at onco. C. fcnnth, Ltd., Cuba-street. ~ Advt.