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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 46, 24 February 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERA!, The entries for thn Dominion lUflo Association niefitingi which commence* nt Trentham on Thurtday, bo for numbes only 325, but ib is expected tbat before the opening dftte tho total will have been increased to 550. Amongst, the compete tors are the present champion (L. Eove» day), and VV. Duncan (Featherston). B. E' , Ir ? m £ W on h (I > W. Milroy Nelson), G. Hyde (Opaki), R. J. King (Opaki), and Roots (Kaponga), till exchampions. G. Halliday, the IDIO champion, will not compete this yew. 'Representatives of tho Karori, Opaki, Okawa, Kaponca, Christchurch, Wellington Suburbs, 1 Waneanui. and Auckland City Riflo Clubs avc Included In the list of entrants. A good percentage of those who have entered are firing through the whole of the service series, which are optional to men of over thirty years of age. The association has takeh over the camp of the sth Regiment, and a detachment' of the R.N.Z.A., under Captain Sandlo, went out this morning to make nny alteration* that may be found to be necessary. The range, it in reported, is m goon order, the graae is being cleared away, the mounds have been swept, and the Public Works Depavtuleht* has made the necessary repairs to the trenches, while the targets have been tepapered and put in excellent order. A special meeting of the City Council has been called for Thursday evening next, -27th February, to deal with the business which remained on the orderpaper when the council abruptly adjourned last week. Accommodation on the Main Trunk express last night was severely taxed, thero being some 250 passengers for Southern stations (telegraphs our Auckland correspondent). Three sleeping cars were attached to the train— a rathor rare occurrence for thte time of the year. I The train conveyed South a large Kn^gli&h and AustraJi&n mail. A tomato-spwiying exhibition by Government experts was given on Mr. Brassel'd ground, Lower Hutt, on Saturday afternoon. Tills was tho oittcomo of the efforts of the recently-formed Hutt Valley Tomato Growers' Association, one of whose objects Is to prevent tho spreading of the blight ' which wrought such havoc among the young tomato plants this season. About 20 tomato growers were present, and watched tho demonstration with interest. At the conclusion of the display Mr. Braseel thanked the experts on behalf of the Hutt growei'B. A display I of spraying in a greenhouse will t« given on Saturday week. " Are intoxicated hoodlums permitted, with impunity, to aig-zag through the streets late at night dislocating the atmosphere with disgusting language and j making themselves generally offensive?" asks a correspondent. "On two recent Saturday evenings," tho writer adds, "five or six respectably dressed but drunken young men near Wellingtonterrace have been guilty o! conduct that caused many peaceable residents to [shudder. When remotistrnted with the inebriated individuals became disgustingly abusive. • Tha next morning evidence of their orgy, in the form of broken bottles, could be traced along the road. Some attention from the police Would be appreciated—if noi by the bibulous individuals, certainly by householders." Some practical hint of the immense kum of money which the new Federal capital is to cost Australia Can be gained from the fact that, though a commencement has barely been made, the total expenditure has reached already over a quarter . of a. million (eaye the Argus). What the total outlay upon the proiect will be cs-tt. scarcely even be guessed at. So far little more than preliminary survey work has been undertaken, and the actual plan of the city, though decided upon, has not yet been laid out. Plans and sections are now being prepared for the road from Captain'B Point, Jervis Bay, to connect with the main road to Nowra, and it is intended to make an early commencement with the new railway to be built between the city and Queanbeyan. A trial location snrrvey is now being carried out in connection with the proposed railway from Jervis Bay to tho capital. Regret is expressed by the New Zea» land Farmers' Union Advocate in ite issue of Saturday at the statement made in tho Wanganui district last week by the Native Minister (Hon. W. H. Herries) that he would not be a party to tho compulsory purchase of Native lnnd which had not been individualised. The Advocate thinks the Minister has spoken hastily and without due appreciation of the' facto of the circumstances. "We can see no difference," tho paper says, "between taking compulsorily the land of minors under the provisions of the Land* for Settlement Act and the purchaeo I of lands to which the title has yet to be I proved. In the former cases, it may be argued that, a« vested, i stands in the way of settlement, e-ven though it is iv profitable occupation. i In the latter case, the same reason applies, and further it is not only unproductive, but it is a source of trouble to the adjoining eelI tiers. All th* time it ib lying idle, its I value is being enhanced by the making of roads and railways towards which it contributes nothing. The Maoris know thie quite well." The Advocate urges •that the land should be taken, put up to auction so that it will fetch the highest market value, and the money invested in Government bonds, and the intercut be divided periodically among the owners after the Court ha» doctored their individual shares. Kirkcaldio and Stains, Ltd., haw just landed a shipment of wnddwl .lap&ttewe rilk quilts for cot* and pr«M&, ia pretty Ghadoa of pale pink, blue pink, rcfiwiu., svno! while, nt 5b Gd &nd T» Gd melt; also embroidered, in coloured silk*, 16s W each.— Advt. Customs entries mado and paMftd by ; expert men Goods forwarded or covtadi Shipping ano forwarding agent* to all parti* of the wontl. Th» Coloni«J Carry\ng Company, Ltd., WMOS, Cuttonv iou/se-nuajr.— Adrt.