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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 5, 28 February 1913, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL Yesterday tho Hai-bour Board's staff had a busy time, being called upon to handle no less than six oversea boats. All these boats required the services of a pilot. The first boat (tho Orari) left the wharf at 5.50 in the morning, and it xvas 8.10 o'clock in the evonihg beforo the last boat (the Aorangi) was alongside. Apropos of the proposals to "reform" the Baein Reserve, the Reserves Committee reported to the Oity Council yesterday afternoon that it had received from the City Engineer a report in reference to the rd-lnying out of <hr. Re- , serve grounds, and had given instvue- ' tionfl that a copy of such report be pent to each Councillor. No estimate, of tho coat htid beefi supplied. By divecLioii of llio Minister of Jtibtice (Hon. A. L. HGrdmmi), iho prison reserve at Point Hakwell is to bo plented with tree*, and i'or gome months paßl a number of prisoners have been engaged in digging pits in which it is intended to plant the young trees in May, Mr. Herd* man has expressed himself satisfied with the work that has been done. Trees which are likely to do well on the exposed hill slopes will be selected and planted in the proper eenson. Tlie > Bylaws Committee- of the City j Council recommended to the council yesterday that the application of billiai'droom proprietors for an extension of closing time from 10.30 to 11 p.m. be not acceded to. Councillor Fletcher moved an amendment to allow the billiard rooms to keep open till 11 p.m. Tho amendment wae lost on the casting | vote of the Mayor. Councillor Fletcher therefore gave notice to move, "That the curfew bell be rung at 8 o'clock nightly." At the Supreme' Court to»dtiy. his Honour Mr. Justice Sim heard argument in a friendly suit, an originating gumI mons brought by Turnbull and Jones, Ltd.. against Mr. A. H. Tumbull, as a nominal defendant, for the purpose of getting a declaratory judgment to decide the question, as to whether the company can validly issue come of its present un. issued chares as preference ahaim The company has power by increasing its capital to issue preference shares, but it is desired to create certain uni^med shares n& preference shares without an increase of capital. Mr. A. W. Blair appeared for the plaintiff company, and Mr. M. Myers for the defendant, Judgment wae reserved. The City Reeervee Committee reported to the City Council at its special meeting yesterday afternoon that it had considered reports from tho City En* gineer and Superintendent of Reserves ill connection with the proposed im« provementfl at Island Bay, atmed for by the Island Bay Electors' Association. The City Engineer estimated the coet of construction of an esplanade, with concrete sea-wall and necessary filling required, to be about £2300. Tho cost of plantihg Ree-f-street with suitable shrubs was estimated at ' £15. The committee recommended that this matter be allowed to stand over until the com* pletion of the Oriental Bay Esplanade, when the matter will be then considered. The report wae adopted. "The Wellington market is etill poorly supplied with potatoes." reports the New Zealand Farmers' Distributing Company, "and high tates are obtainable. For specially good lines £12 to £a3 per ton has been ire&lised during the last few days. A. pronounced drop in values U» expected shortly. Onions are in short supply ; values have advanced. 'We an* ticipate. however, that there will be an. ample supply in tho iiear future. Eggs are unchanged, and in steady demand. To-day's pork ealea have realised satisfactory prices, porkers and suckers being in excellent demand. The cheese market is in a depressed state. Oats are unchanged, but wheat is firmer, and chaff is steady and in good demand. Apples are plentiful, as also are peaehee. Nectarines and greengages, are, however, in short supply, and early arrivals should realise good prices. Tomatoes are easier. Vegetables are in full supply at fair summer rates." A meteing was held at P«tone last evening with the object of forming n, branch of the National Schools Defence League. Mi. J. W. M'Ewan (Mayor of Petone) occupied the chair. Professor Mackenzie, secretary to the Dominion Executive, adresfed the meeting on the various a«pect«j of the Bible-in State Schools movement. The speaker emphasised the advantages of keeping the present system of free, secular, nnß compulsory education in th* schools, and affirmed the principle that tho State has no right to deal with matter* of ionscience. Professor Mackenzie also adverseJy criticised many of the arguments of the Biblo-in-Schools Party. At the close of his address, the Professor was accorded a hearty Vote of thanks, and it wa* unanimously resolved that those present form themselves into a branch of tho National Schools Defence League. Mr. W. B. Nicholson was appointed secretary. ; The following circular letter from tlte Assistant-General Inspector of Schools was read at a meeting of the Board of College • Governors this morning:— "As among the large number of boye who obtain free place* aiftl scholarships granted from the funds of the Slate there are probably come to be found who decline to or fail to carry out tho obligations imposed upon them under tho Defenco Act, I have, by direction of tha Minister of Education, to intimate that in tho opinion of the Department the conduct of a free pupil should not be held to be satisfactory if tho requirements of the defence regulations aro not observed, and to Tequest accordingly that in future in the feriodical reporte upon tho holders of ree places and scholarships this matter will receive the necessary consideration among the conditions of tenure to be fulfilled." When the loiter wae Tead to the board, Mr. Lee eeid he thought the board should express approval of the propoeal. The Cha-irman (Mr. A. de B. Brandon) : "No doubt about it." Misa Richmond : "We are quite unanimous on that." Mr. Lee: "Let it go forth that we entirely «ppr#ve of it." Tho Chairman: "Yes." Tho arrivals in the- Dominion during January totalled 5877 and the departures 2681. Amended regulations under the Fisheries 4ct provide that no ibluo cod under ten and n«hnlf inches mflv be- caught or Bold or exposed for <?ale. Tlie penalty for n breach of this regulation ia to be not lees thnn £1 nor more than £20. Ktrkcaldie and Steins, Ltd., nrft show1 ing a. splendid assortment of Indies' cloth gaiters nnd spats for auburn » fl.nd winter wear. Prices. 26 lid, 3b 6d, Gs lid, 8s lid.— Advt. Furniture removed, packed, and stored by reliable men. Ask for estimates. The Colonial Carrying Company, Ltd., 107-109, Customhouse-quay. Shipping and Forwarding agento to all parts «of tha world.— Advt..