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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 136, 5 December 1912, Page 6

Mr. G. Hunter, M.P. for W&ipawft, has opened the Booth memorial fund in the Hawkos Buy district with a donation of £100 (stfttes a Press Association Wegram). About five hundred mpn from the flagship H.M.S. Drake, disembarked this morning for a route march to Karori. The column of fours, about a hundred yards long, was headed by the band which played through the town. , Among the registrations of companies reported by the Mercantile- Gazette is tho Five Mile Boach Hold Extraction Com pany. Tho objrctß of the company ftre A m i n A llg . and 5 the capital, £20,000 in £1 Bharos (£IOOO fully paid up), and the Wellington subscribers are ; Messrs. G. T. George, H. Mall, C. P. Knight, H.W. WillW A. E. Whyte, and F. It. Irvin, all one share each. 1 A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Robert John Thompson, clerk, ' of Chmtchurch, was called for Tuesda\ (states the Lyttelton Times). No creditors put in an appearahoe, and tht meeting was adjourned sine die. The bankrupt's total debts were Bhown to be v £151 12b, and his .assets nil. Thf principal unsecured creditors were: George Cudby (Lower Hutt) £50, Wftltei " Wtutehouse £20, To 'Momi Lahd Company £70. Am interesting lecture on arbitration was given before the Wellington branch I of the United Labour Party last" even* ing by Mr. D. Moriarty, secretary of the I'Urnituro Workers' Federation. Mr. | A. H. Hihdmarsh presided, and i complimented the speaker on hie address. He announced that the ne*t meeting, &f the branch would be held on Wednesday next, when nomination)! would be received for Labour candidates at the municipal elections. Witnesses in the iSupreme Court ca«e Carl Kohn and othare, traders. Rarotonga, against the Union Steam Ship Company, are coming to New Zealand by the Aorangi, which hftd not arrived when the case was called in Court this morning. The claim is for £1022 9s, allegedly duo as damages, on account of fruit winch the defendant company failed to carry from Rarotonga. Mr.' C. B. Monson, K,C , with him Mr. A. Fair, appears for Mie plaintiffs ; and Sit John lnndlay, X.C.. with him Mr. P. Levi, . for the defendant company. In the absence of the witnesses, after the jury of twelve had been sworn, the case was ad. journed till 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Much disappointment has been experienced by visitors, and even local residents, unacquainted with the ruleß to find the Art Gallery generally closed Oh the very day selected for seeing it. • IB , MOW . to be cha »ged, thank* to the good offices of the Government. In future and until a National Gallery i« appointed, a Government nightwatchman will be detailed for duty at the Art (»>«!, *nd it will be opeh to the public fov six afternoons a week, of which probably Sunday will be one. The Academy of Arts has long desired to make its collection more accessible to the public by having the gallery open every day, but its financial resources would not permit of this. The collection, which includes many purchase* from the Baillie pictures and also recent gifts and loans of public-spirited citlaens, ' is well worthy of the 1 city so far tig it goes. Some surprising facts were laid before the" Dunedin Drainage Board at its last meeting (says the Otago Daily Times). A few days ago the board advertised for a typist (male) at 30s a week, a cashier (male) ftt 60s, and a clerk (male) at 60s, and for the position of typist 14 applications wore received, for cashier 16, und for clerk 28. The «vpplicants for the positions for males in« eluded a gentleman who was ftt on© time a bank manager, and several gentlemen who possessed a university education. Others mentioned that they had passed the matriculation examination or the civil service examination. "And here," said Mr. Douglas, "they are today begging for a paltry salary of 605." , Mr, Douglas went on to say that employers were to-day clamouring for ap« ! prentices and journeymen, and could not get them. Good wages were offered, but the hands could not be found. Mr. Hiram Hunter, secretary of the New Zealand Federation of Drivers' Unions, has addressed the following lette* to the Hon. \V. H. Herries, Minister for Railways: "I have the honour, by direction of the New Zealand Federation of Drivers' Unions Industrial Association of Workers, to respectfully draw your attention to a grievance of carters throughout the Dominion. The railway goods sheds close at midday on Saturdays, but the yards arc kept open for delivery of timber, coal, etc., and owners of , such material are compelled to cart the same on Saturday afternoons, because if not demurrage is charged on the trucks. It is the desire ot many employers of carters to give their employees a half-holiday on Saturdays. In other cases, employers are compelled to pay overtime rates for this work not only to carters bub to yard hands?, and Borne yards have to be kept open specially to take timber in. It is an injustice to compel the continuance of this practice against the wishes off so many, and my federation requests that the yards be closed to all except urgent deliveries on Saturday afternoons. " If you cannot see your way to do this, perhaps you will at least prescribe that demurrage Bhall not be charged consignees for delay in unloading trucks on Saturdays." If moving out of town, long distance or short, . utilise our motor vehicle. Means less handling, less risk damage, saving time, money. New Zealand Ex* press Company, Ltd., 87, Custom Hounequay.— Advt. The financial stringency which just now is apparent in New Zealand is going to be a very serious matter for nil ol us. T& meet the position Io some extent we must j economise, and eeo that for every pound J spent wb ( get a pound's worth ih return. j In Bomo instances it is possible to get even a bettor return, say, for instance, a 60s drose for 26b. These drosses are a remarkable instance of keen buying, and are cut by West End tailors, thus being right up to date, and especially good fittihf garments. There is another point about them which you muet remember and that is, that they are obtainable only at the shon where you always get good value, and in a good many cases value which it never offered anywhere cisc in New Zealand. Don't forget to ask for them at C. Smith's, Ltd., Cuba^treet.— Advt.