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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 140, 13 June 1912, Page 6

The fact that the present Custom* law was founded on a reproduction o( the original British Customs Act, passed over one hundred years ago, demonstrated tho necessity for altering it, said the Hon. G. Laurenson in Christchurch There was, ho added a strong feeling in the countiy in lvgam to tho tariff, and, as he had previously announced, the Government was considering whether or not the cmbject should be dealt with thia year. It would eubmit proposals to Parlfanw.it if it saw its way clear lo do tso. The iron steamer Timaru, which weni aground at the Tweed River, New South Wales, a few days ago, and w&s towed off by the tug Bearer, is a vessel of 469 tons gross, and was built ul 1883 by Messrs. R. Thompson and Sons, of Sunderland, for tho New Zealand <jpa*tal trade. Her engines were supplied by Messrs. W. Doxward and Sons, of Sunderland. She was employed in th« New' Zealand trade for some years under com« mand of Captain Keeble, and w** then purchased by an Australian company. ■ As soon as the clerk is able to arrange the preliminaries which he now has well in hand, tho ratepayer* of Upper Hutt will be asked to Vote upon, a proposal to borrow £600, the money to be used in the purchase of land with water tights. The board has decided to secure this land, with a view to installing a water service al come future date. The State Guaranteed Advances Department has aprroved the loan, which will be for a term of 364 year*, with the .interest at 3| per cent. The loon will be secured by a rate of l-24d in the £ on the capital value of the town district. The Inspector of Awards (Mr. Denis arm r < ?, ( |y) proceeded against Messrs. $. S. Williams and Co., cabinetmakers, Taranaki-street, before Dr. M'Arthiu 1 , S.M., to-day for a breach of the furniture trades award, in failing to noti,fy the Inspector of Factories of the engWinent of an apprentice named Peters within one week after the expiry of tho period of probation, os provided by tLft award. Mr. Williams wtated that theru had been no intention to defeat the award. The youth's father had gone to Sydney, and a misunderstanding had occurred through that circumstance. A Tine of £1 was inflicted. The Lake Wakatipu Mail Btates that, wliou the application for tho renewal of the license of the Mandevillo Hotel come on at the annual meeting of the Licensing Committee last Saturday th© applicant's solicitor asked for a reduction of the license fee becauso he oidy did a whisky business, i.e., he sold most cA the whisky by the case to peopl© living in the No-license district of Mataurat He therefore could not, it was contended, expect to make as much as the publican who got equal to twenty nips out of a.bottl© and retailed it at od per glass. The committee wore not, ko>vever, influenced by fluch reasoning, t.nU declined to reduce the fee. . In another week or .two the undergraduates of Victoria College will be once more amusing tho city with their peculiar ways of doing honour to the graduates of the "year. Tho capping ceremony will take place in tho Town Hall on Thursday, the 27th inst. At noon on that date a procession .of University Btudents will leave Victoria College, and wend its way through the main streets of the town to the Post Office, and thence back to the college. In the evening the capping carnival will be held in the large Town Hall. In tho paßt the carnival nas been held for two . nights in the Concert Chamber, but on this occasion the Concert Chamber j.l otherwise engaged, and the studcnla have been compelled to speculate whu ther they, can fill the big hall. Tho capping carnivals have a reputation for providing merriment and good humour. A burlesque play is wellin hand, wherein certain local celebrities will be caricatured. Mr J. Mackenzie, the SurveyorGeneral of New Zealand, was one of the speakers at a public gathering in Adelaide the other day. He said that Iho survey service in Sou^h Australia \,'6 really more in a line with that of A\.v Zealand than that of any other State 'c had visited. The land laws assimikt d more with those of New Zealand Uun any other in the Commonwealth. (Applause.) Mr. Young, laughingjjp: "I suppose you copied us?" Sir Mackeniaie : "I don't know, but lam afraid we know too little of one another to have copied anything.", Mr. Young: "We are proud that th© Torrens title emanaicdi from Sbuth Australia." Mr. Mackenzie ; "Wo have a land transfer title, whirh is a very good one, and which, I behove, goes a little further than yours. We don't trouble the Governor to siga tho titles. We fill up a schedule and Che title is issued by the district issuer, a sort of local registrar." Continuing, he said ho took pride in New Zealand's leasehold tenure, which ako resembled South Australia's. Ho did not know whose land lawe came first. If South. Australia led the way he was proud thai> New Zealand had had the good sense to follow. Adelaide reminded him moro of New Zea-lanVl cities than any other metropolis in Australia. _ Mr. Mackenzie visited the Federal capital site, which he told a Sydney Morning Herald reporter " reminded him much of Auckland by reason of its amphitheatre of hills, except that the harbour was absent." The jerry-builder is said to be- making Ida presence felt round About Copper Hutt, to an extent which is exercising t!w> minds of sorao of' live Town B<mm members. Ono ©xaraplft of tlw» lorrybuilder's "art" was mentioned at tho board's meeting lost night. "A msidMit. came into tbe office a short !,Ltu« ago. 1 ' said the clerk, "and wn» grtmtod « permit to erec.t a six-roomed house to io; 5 & £375. The house wa* put up a-nd I 'to Government Valu*."- etime out \» vuluo the building. After dao mspevtion Lo aiinouncod that tlie tinibe> was so in. forior Uiat the value of tlie house w\s not a penny more than £200.'* Tho question witr originally broached by otnmissioncr .Davis, who urtjwd Ihnt tii« board should immediately "do something.'^ "Wo thould lake uvcoa action," ! he continued, "before thu phus. fe ntwilt by these wretched hovels. ,Ji Is a cv t \ • ing shame tx> &e° the infej-iflr timber [ -which is being put into houses fchcstt timeit, and also tli« inferk>» otiv!« «r workmnaslup." Comiat&stotter Wnbb . ''Whore a«» tha&e bouf.es?" Cmum;*.skmer Davia : ") am willing io take membom of \Z& board borough, tiv <kv tiict and zbn\t ttvw uny *u>nhey. Tii«*v arc cvcryvh<*K>, aiul h "W' v«™ we sue going to lost/UrrtfujjI 1 il Wo will Wo to lake isome action, nod noC w.-iyt.? u"y time about it." X< J &*vo potw% of lii> intention to move. &• Tnotftw erf. oevt *w< N in« which would put ihe discussion hi order. , Needing storage? We have accommodation in brick buildings. Goods, furniture stored in largo or small quantities. The New Zealand Express Co— Advt. If there is anyone thing that tbo Dominion public are unanimous about il is tlie uttor folly aud futility of thoea Royal Commissions. If they 4,ervc any purpose at all it is to exhibit the ttbnost total eclipse of commoti-sonse supposed to bo inherited by tho leaders of the country, lake this Cost of Livingr Coiunmsionl A roport is required under a dozen headings, auy ono of which might eaeily absorb the tim» allowed for l£a full report. If this is not politics nt tho pistol point, what is? It would bo interesting to Ithow how much those commissioners themselves contribute to tho cost of living. Something: musk bo saved somowhoro. and the ladies gladly parado at C. Smith's. Ltd., Cnba-stfeot, where good wtnler tweeds are selling nt low prices. Another shipment just oponed at Is and Is 4Jd por yard.— Advt.