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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 49, 27 February 1913, Page 6

Sittings of the Court of Arbitration will be hold in Namer on the ?i,h March, Pslirt-arafcon North 10th March, and Wanganni on 12th March. Disputes in the bookbind«r«', tailor* eseos'. and engine-drivers' trades will bo heard at the sitting of the Arbitration Court in Wellington on Monday next. An application for interpretation will be mado > in the woollen mills awwtrl ; and applications will be hoard to «wki parties in the cooks and waiters of private hotels^ award, bakore award, mer chants' nsSstants o.ward, typographers award, and lithographers and letter* press printers award. The provision of a lifeboat on the Lya-U Bay beach was urged by Mr. A. LaVy at? a meeting of Bwirniners in the Sports federation Rooms last, evening. "I am not a great swimmer my«elf," ho said, "ftndXF don't profess to know much, ftftout surfing, but, a« a result of cwiversatoons with various enthusiastic ei-.rf©f», I am convinced that it is desirable that a suifboat^ should be provided at tho Bay. I think it is absolutely necessary ior use in the case of emergency, and I believo bo strongly on this point, that t am willing to givo a sum oi £5 toward* tho upkeep of a boat. I hopo this mat* tor will not be lost sight of." Mr. Levy was heartily thanked fov liis geuoi'oue offer. The coronation of "King" Te Rata Mahuta took pkee on Monday at ftaglan. Tiie Thames Star reports that a very large number of invitations to both Maoris and pakchae had been issued in connection with the coremony. Wagons laden with provisions were on tho road jast week, bound for the Te Kapua sotllemoat. The commissariat, which was on a very extensive scale, included 30 tons of potatoes, 40 pigs, considerably over 100 sheop and bullocks, which were killed nt. the rate of two a day. About two tolls of fish were caught, .The meeting house^ 60ft by 26ft, was supple* menied by a marquee measuring 50ft by 25ft. Fully 2000 Natives were present, some coming from as far away aB Taurahga, Tanpo, and Thames. Settlers on the Hawtry estate, John* sonville, complain that they are unable to grow hedges round their sections be* cause of the depredations of some cheep which are depastured on a piece of Crown land in their district. At to-day's meot* ing of the Land Board Mr. George Ivin, one of the settlers, appeared in Bttpporfc of a petition praying that tho sheep should be. removed from the section in question. He stated that tho sheep ate the young trees, despite the fact th&fc they were planted inside fences erected according to the Act, and- he maintained that it would be unfair to compel tho settlers to go to the expense of wire> netting their holdings. The proper thing for tho board to do would be to withdraw the grazing right held by the owner of the sheep. The board decided that it could do nothing in the matter. Some country consignees seem to auffeß delay in the delivery of their goods arriving by sea at Wellington. Mr. Cobbe raised the question at the Harbour Board meeting last evening. He under* stood that goods for the country lay as long as threo weeks in C. and H. shedi, Queen's Wharf, where there w'ere v "jumble" heaps of cargo piled up. It seemed that special provision was mode for the city, but the country cargo wa» put all together. The Chairman ftsked for specific information, assuring Mr. Cobbe that the matter would be looked into. He did not think Mr. Cobbe had been correctly informed. That gentle* man said he had heard something about .it from a Customs agent. The goods in 1 question were to be forwarited by rail. The Chairman observed that truth was, of course, a Btrong point with Customs agents j but lie was certainly under the impression that goods remained ho longer than seven days at the most. Was not storage charged on the goods referred to? He thought it was hardly possible that goods could remain for three weeks in the sheds. The matter would certainly be looked into. Mr. Jones ob* served that delay arose through want of instructions sb to where to forward goods when they arrived in Wellington. He was quite sure there waß nothing like the delay Mr. Cobbe spoke of. The Chairman said there was no reason why the goods should not be forwarded by rail within a few days after landing. When the bill of costa of enquiry into the loss of th© Titanic to the Treasury was circulated there was much surprise at its aggregate amount (writes the London correspondent of the Sydney Morn* ing Herald). This sinks into uieignifi* cance in presence of particulars of legal and other charges In connection with th» arbitration upon the transfer of the buei* ness of the National Telephone Company to the Postmaster-General, The • Tele phone Company claimed, as the price of the transfer a trifle untlor £21,000,000 sterling. They have been awarded 12 . millions and a-half. Seventy-two days were occupied in dealing with the oaee, | the costs approaching £400,000. Of thi» counsel hay» taken £71,000 in fees, tho leader of the- company, Sit Alfred Oippa, receiving a refresher of 45100 a day in. supplement of £1500 marked upon his brief. Shorthand-writers and print- | era have drawn £3000. Early m the progress of tiie enquiry, making the theft startling announcement that it would be I carried over Christmas, I mentioned a curious statement made to me by ohe o! the arbitora. It was to the effect that a , complete inventory of the telephone company's tfade possessions, Tunning to Irundreds of volumes, had been made. Tho bill of co&t* show* that this itfem alono cost a quarter of a million ! Ever . Rtnco the ca»e oponcd the Stock Exchange has been fluttered by a widelyapread system of gambling on the result. That it disappointed expectation is indicated by the tact that publication of the award was followed by ,a drop in price from 130 to 108. I hc«tf of one city fltm, and it* clieiite who were straightway poorer by £100.000. Tho Masterton Age states that the Mangaweka district is the lsAesfc to con* 3idcr the forming of a company, for the purpose of prospecting for oil. It is said that splendid indications have been found, which jmint to tho presence of a considerable oil flow. Two originating Bummonses will com»> on for hearing at tho Supremo Court lo« morrow— Turnbull and Jotios v. Turn* bull, and Mortenßon and others \\ Rag* nor and others. Tho staff of the Government Insurance Department is holding its annual picnic ab Day's Bay to-day. With our motor vehicle wo can remove furnituro long distances, cither into or out of Wellington, Sava lot handling, also time, money. The N.Z. Express Co., Ltd., 87-91 Customhouse quay.— Advt. Tho proceedings of tho City Council mooting last week wero brought to ft ! rnthor sudden conclusion when little i moro than half tho buainens scheduled ' for tho meeting had b«.n dealt with. The full stop was brought by a motion mado by v councillor that t}v counwl should adjourn. The action of that councillor had it» motive in the Mayor ruling out of order a proposal to amend n clauß© in tho report of the Rcßorvos Committee, whioh recommended that a ptnrt bo made in beautifying tho city. A Cuba-sfcreu firm have already etwted beautifying thoit part ot the oity with the new season's goods to hand. Tho shop is looking Iwtter every day. We rofor to (J. Smith's, Ltd., Cuba-street, who mo showing thr choicest peons pro. \ided for mnny years. This weok they are making a upeoial show of ladieV kmtlwl Norfolk conts, in t>W i Imv'ding oolouis, nt 12s 6d oaeli. . Thi» Hw. is worthy of inspection by all who Btudy >.their 4>ei:»onal ppew^anwtr-AiM,