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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 12, 15 January 1913, Page 6

Wednesday was chonoii yeßlerduy by tho Hutt County Council an the statutory half-holiday in the county for tho year. The North Canterbury Hospital Board has decided to establish a dental ward at the Chmtehurch hospital, and will appoint a dentibt to tho hospital staff. It is hoped that, with tho assistance of dentistß on the honorary staff, a, dentist will be in attendance for two hours daily at the ward. It is anticipated that the ward will be in full swing in about a month. Altogether 2007 applications in tha Commonwealth for the maternity al« lowaii<» were received in the week end* nig 4th January, an average of 334 foi" itSrt °* c *?'* Wol 'ki»g daye. Only 1580 were paid. The remainder were held over on account of informalities in th« claims. So far, £85,440 has bocn paid for 17.088 claims, and 2293 are ab present under consideration. in New South Wales 6319 have been granted, 45 rejected, and 906 left for examination. It will be Heveral montlm yet before the federal Government is able to issue ite own notes (states the Sydney Telegraph). Since it first established a monopoly of this business, it h«B been using the notes of the various commercial banka with an official stamp across them, but it was hoped that tin altogether new production would have been possible by this time. Exportß were en« gaged, a design was approved, and the necessary machinery was ordered, but since then the matter has been practically at a standstill. So far the machinery is about a month behind Us dite date, and this will, of course, result in a> corresponding delay in the printing and issue of the notes. The passengers for Nelson by the Pateena to-day included a number of clergymen and laymen, who are to attend the Anglican General Synod in that city. Amongst those on board tlio steamer were s— The Yen. Archdeacon Harper. Revß. A, M. Johnson and 8. lnnes-Jones, Messrs. T. P. Martin, J, W. Birch,. R. Wilberfoss, and J. W., Hehderison (Mpreeeiltatives of the Well lington Synod), and Key. W. Beatty» Mesfcrß. W. J. Speight, A, S. Holmes, and Swarbrick (Auckland district). The Primate (Bishop Nevill, of Putted in), Bißhop Julius (Chvißtchurch), Canon. Mac Murray, and Archdeacon Hawkins (Auckland) left Wellington for Nelson by the Nikau last night. Bishop Sprott, of Wellington, reached Nelson a day or two ago. Mr. A. 1 S. Taylor, one of the members for St. Albans on the Christchurch City Couhcil, returned to Christchurch yesterday from a visit to Wellington. In a , converßa-tion with a reporter (telegraphs our local correßpondent), he said that in tho newspapers of the Northern city just now there was a good deal in regard ,to the city's alleged decadence. ■ Some of the citizens apparently had become alarmed, tt was reported that during the Christmas holidays there were comparatively few visitors to Wellington, and that the city was losing its attractions to visitors. In order to check this tehdency it was proposed to establish a carnival week on the same lines as the week that had helped to make Christchurch famous, tt seemed to him that Wellington had become the centre of a large settled district, and was experiencing the slow growth Chrißtchurch had experienced during the past few years. The statement made in Auckland lasts week by Mr. Willis, Spe«tar of the New South Wales Assembly, to thft effect that it was the duty of the Stata Government to dissolve Parliament at onoe, was brought under the notice of Mr. Carmichaol, .who, was actjng for the Premier in. Mtv M'Gowen'B absence. "Mr, Williß/' remarked the Minister, "is a constitutional authority, and lift . must know that the only way of rinding out whether a Government nan a Mo> jorlty or not -is" by a test vote in tn« House. Neither this Government nor any other Government in power would, accept the ipse dixit of any one person that it nad not a majority behind it. We shtfll wait »til we can test the feeling of the house, and if the past 1b to be any criterion of the future, the majority will not bo the one suggested by Mr. Willie, but will be quite iw substantially in favour of the Government as the average of test votes during the past, two years." National comradeship was one of the principal features of the speeches delivered a few days ago at the picnic ab Cabarita Gardens, Sydney, to mark the first year of China's existence as a republic. Mr. Samuel Chan pointed out the only way Australia could gain the markets of China was by a true spirit of national comradeship, with due regard on the part of Australia to its own {selfpreservation. Mr. Chan aaid that, in order to bring about the best ''©suits, there should be a certain amount of reciprocity between the Commonwealth and China in the matter of laws. While it was not desired that Australia should do anything that was detrimental to its own interests, he hoped the utility of making more elastic provision for the interchange of commercial, educational, and- missionary facilities between both countries would be recognised. Mr. Chan wished to make it clear that all the Chinese asked for wa& a ( fair deal as between nations, and he believed tliab under these conditions Australia would reap considerable benefit in the long run. Some misunderstanding has arisen between the Wellington CricKet AB«ocia« tion and the Amateur Athletic Executive, which is running a Bportß meeting on the Basin Reserve next Saturday. The chairman of the association (Mr. M, Luckte) last night stated that after con* ferencos with the chairman of the 'ath« letio body, it was finally agreed that on Ist and 15th February cricket should ■ giv© place to the athlete*. 4pparently without further reference to the Crickcb Association, the other body had applied for and secured four dates— lßth January, Ist and 16th February, and lßt March— the Reserves Committee cvi' dently assuming that their request had been approved by • the cricketers, and despite tho fact that no mention of the 18th January and Ist March dateß had" been made to the Cricket Association. The sports had now been advertised, and their committee had already incurred certain expense. Under the circumstances, added Mr. Luekie, it was probably too late now to protest. He moved that a strong letter of protest be Bent to the Reserves Committee, with a request that the whole matter should be reviewed with the object of having things placed on a more definite footing. " It^s not a fair thing," commented Mr. Luekie, "but we've had the same trouble with the athletic people before. This" is not the first time they have gone behind our backs." It was finally decided to arrange other grounds for the continuation of last Saturday's matches. The scramble for baggage, the worry with it! Avoid both »y cheeking through us. We will call for it, check on, and deliver. The New Zealand Rx« press Co., Ltd., 87, Customhouse-quay. —Advt.. Most people make new renolutionn to be earned out in the New Year. Some carry them out, and others forget about them almost at once. 1 Now, wo made ft. good resolution to be put into effect on the 18th January, and a« the 18th ie on Saturday, we would like everybody to khow that our great summer sale starts on that day. Hundreds of bargains in every department. IWt believe what others toll you about tho bargain*- feKey hayo bought at other pales— but make a point of coming to see ours, and you will always be & visitor to our sale if nt no other hme. Don't (orgfet it starts Saturday, 16th.— C. Smith, Ltd., Cuba-sl — Advt.