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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 51, 1 March 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL » It is expected that the Government will shortly announce its nominees for the two vacancies on the directorate of the Bank of New Zealand, caused by tho retirement of Messrs. Harold Beauchamp and J. M. Johnston, under the Bank of New Zealand and Banking Act Amendment Act, 1898. The Government appoints four directors, the others being Messrs. William Milne and D. J, Nathan. Mr. Beauchamp, who was chairman of' the bank for many years, was recently reappointed in succession to Mr. J. B. Reid, and he is acting-chair-man during Mi*. Kennedy's absehco in Great Britain. Messrs. Beauchamp and_ Johnston retire on 31st March. Their successors (if any) must be appointed by the Governor in-Gotihcil not later thanthe first Wednesday in March. Tho election of a chairman is held in April. _ If the night is clear residents of Wellington will have an opportunity of witnessing a total eclipse of the moon on the evening of Saturday, 22nd mat. Tho first contact with the shadow takes place at 9 p.m. ; beginning of total phase 10.41 p.m. ,• middle of eclipse, 11.28 p.m. ,• and end of total phase 12.15 a.m. j the shadow passing off afc 1.13 a.m. The Postal authorities advise that the Wimmera, which Bailed from Sydney for Auckland on the 26th. inst., has on board an Australian mail, also a mail from United Kingdon^ via Suez. The Wel« Hcgton portion is due to arrive per Main Trunk express on Monday next. In reply to enquiries from correspond dents, with respect to the issue of ex« cursion tickets on the Main Trunk line during Easter, the Railway Department intimates that excursion tickets will ho issued from the 18th to the 24th inst., available for return till 'the 24th April. John l)eans, a deserter from the steamer Hurunui) was sentenced to one month's imprisonment at. the- Magistrate's Court to-day. Prisoner pleaded that the desertion was due to an accident, but Dr. M f Arthur pointed out that accused had signed for the round trip, and the steamship owners had frequently to pay £40, £50, and even £60 lo supply the place of deserters. If they could easily fill their place, they Would probably not take tho trouble to prosecute. Acknowledgment of a donation of £25 made under the auspices of the Wellington Trades Council towards assisting the relatives of the miners who were killed in the Mount Lyell disaster, has been received by Mr. L. M. A. Rearden, secretary of the council, from the Federated Mine-employees' Association of Australia. The council is thanked most heartily for its generous assistance, and the money (it ia added) has been distributed without delay. The donation, it was stated, came at a most opportune time. We are asked* to state, with reference to the oase of alleged cruelty to cattle recently heard in the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, that one : of tho defendants (Thomas Vivian Caverhill) was not aware when he purchased tho beasts that they were cancerous and tubercular, tt has been suggested to U3 that our report of the lir&t portion of tlio proceedings is susceptible to the meaning that Mr. Caverhill in his evidence | admitted when he purchased tlio cattle that he was aware of that fact. Two more letters on the subject of "Grace Before Meals'' have reached us. In one S. G. Jones endorsee tho criticism of the action of the Brooklyn School head teacher at the loccnt, picnic. In the other, "A Mother of Many" commends the good example set by Mr. Hopkirk and expresses regret that, some parents should be so ungrateful as to quibble over what is after all only a small matter compared with the splclidid work done by the head teacher and his assistants year after year in training and disciplining the children and instilling good principles into them. "The correspondence is now closed. Mr. Richard Tingey has made a donation of £1 Is to the recreation funds of tho Fire Brigade in recognition of the promptness displayed 5n suppressing the outbreak at his private residence in Kent-tei'Mco on Thursday night last. Funds continue to colHft in for tho lioness purchase fund. Tho following additional amounts have boon collected : —Miss Janet. Atkihson, 6b Gd ; Chief Ac.cnuntnni New Zealand Tlnilways, £1 6s ; Bcv. J. Ore\vp«i, £2. A collection for Hie fund will be made to-morrow. Mr. Pedrini'a monkey "Toby" collected J3l 14s 7d for (ho fund to-day. Kirkcaldio and Stain.", Ltd., are showing exceptional viuuo in Natural Groy Squirrel Fur Sets, reversible fur. nocklet 6Sin long, pillow shaped muff to match, lined fur, Sco Special Window Display. £5 £>v set.— Advt. i'nniitmo removed, 2 iac^ ci: '> atll ' stored by rcliablo men. Ask lor esU--1 ihfitrii Th<s Colonial Carrying Company, I Ltd., IG7-IC9, Costomhoaso-qvuiy. Shipping ami Forwarding agents to aU parto of tho .wodd,— A.dvt.