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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 98, 22 October 1913, Page 6

The Postal authorities advißO that the s.b. Niagara, which Bailed from Sydney for Auckland on the 20th ink., has on board an Australian mail, also an English mail via Suez. The Wellington portion is due to arrive per Main Trunk express at 6.60 a.m. on Saturday next. During the past ten yeai's the value o£ sheepskins and pelts exported from New Zealand has risen from £468,969 in the year 190S to £707,203 in 1912, while tho quantity exported has only shown a risa of 778,441 peltß and Bkins last year as compared with 1903. Mr. W. B. Allen, of Clarevillo, has offered the Government for workers' homes, or similar clc«er settlement, 80 acres of land adjoining the Clarovill© railway station. The Cai'terton News believes this is the first occasion on which, a. voluntary offer of land for settlement ha« been mado in that neighbourhood. According to the Greytown Standard, a good trade in purebred Bheep is spring, ing up between Wairarapa breeders and settlers in the Argentine. During the past few weeks & number of Lincoln sheep have been sent to Argentina, and this week the trustees of tho M'Muster estate, Matawhero, in South Wairarapa, forwarded a high-priced Lincoln ram to a client hi a South American State. It was reported to a meeting of tho Wellington branch of the Seamen's Union this week that two men had been engaged by a\person not legally authorised to make engagements. Tho. union resolved to ask the Marine Department to prosecute the agent who made the engagements. It wab furthev decided that in future any member of the union accepting a position from amr, person other than an officer, superintendent, or owner, bo fined £5 ana suspended from membership till the fine is paid. The two men concerned will be asked to appear before the union at its next meeting, and in tho meantime ship- - masters and others will be advised of the course the union intends to adopt m similar cases in the future. With reference to th» practice of the Kailway Department in cases where members, a«a result of accident, sustain injuries entitling them to compensation under the third schedule of tho Workers' Compensation Act, n communication, from the General Manager to tho Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants states that each case is considered on its merits. If the injuries sustained are of such a nature as to incapacitate members performing their ordinary duties, an on* deavolir is made to find them suitable work in another capacity If payment of compensation under tho schedule referred to is insisted upon, the Department would bo quite within its rights when paying same to dispense with the services of the injured members, as the compensation i» provided to recompense tho worker for loss of earning powers, and is an indication that, he is Incapable of performing hi* duties efficiently. The "one-man-one-club" question waa debated by the Old Boys' Swimming Club last night, whon Mr. E. Levy moved : — "No member may belong to any other swimming club in Wellington, private dubs oxcepted, i.e.. clubs that do not compote in inter-club championship events. ' According to Mr. Levy, a man could not serve two clubs and do justice to both. Tho tendency was for a swimmer not selected, say, in tho polo team, to go over to another club with the object of being placed in the latter club's team. The Chairman (Mr. M. C. Barnett) described the motion am boing very drastic in its present form. Messrs. H. Russell and R S. Pope thought that the time was not yet ripe for the change. Action should be delayed until tsome nf tho older clubs had experimented witli the matter. Mr. Pope, in moving an amendment that consideration be dolayed one year, said that the club with its limited supply of members would undoubtedly Ibe affected by the proposal, possibly to its detriment. Mr. Len Blundell also recommended th© olub to delay action. At present the club had nothing to gain, but everything to loso. There were not many regular competitive swimmers in Wellington as it was. Replying, Mr. Levy said that the club's non-committal attltudo would seriously affect the Wellington and other clubs adopting the scheme this ye^r. Tim amendment was rejected, and tho motioi carried. A unique and complete book of recordu of matches of_ all oversea football teams that have visited New Zealand, tind of all New Zealand teams that have pluyo'l from 1882 down to the present year, bus just beeu acquired by the Now Zealand Rugby Union. The compilation of thu teams and the statistical work has been done by Mr. I. llyams, and is a striking tribute to that gentleman's enthusiasm in Now Zealand field sports. From his own records, the gathering of which has been a labour of love, Mr. Hyattis has given tho New Zealand Union a book from which the result of any match played within the years mentioned can be ascertained at a glance : and not only tho result, but the scorers, what the Bcoro, consisted of, and the names of tho teams engaged. As an instance of the thorough manner in which the book has been compiled, tho first Eage sets out- that the matches played etweon New Zealand and provincial teams against overseas combinations total 196, of which 140 were won, 47 lost, and 9 drawn. In these matches Now Zealand scored 3120 points, and their opponents 1055. How these points were scored is set out in detail. The record of the North v. South Island matches is also given, and the "roll of honour" of all players from 1884 to 1913, and the years in which they played. A number of interesting photographs are also included in the book, a notable feature of which is that it is all typewritten by Mr. Hyams. The "record" is tastefully bound in black, witli the inscription in silver — tho New Zealand football colours. The New Zealand Union is to be commended for obtaining such a complete work, which should be added to annually, so as to keep it quite up to date. No. 5 of Light and Liberty, tho monthly organ of the Political Reform League, is mostly concerned with the recent conference of tho Government's supporters, and with references to "mare's neofyj." Tho illustrations in> clude t portraits of Mr. W. Nosworthy (Junior Government Whip) and the Dominion Executive of the League. The annual meeting of tho Wellington Philosophical Society will bo held at the Dominion Museum this evening. T/allow to the value of £684,739 was exported from tho Dominion last year, as compared with £560,965 ten yoai-3 ago. No time is wasted whon you employ our motor to remove furniture in town or out of town. Work is done quicker and bettor. Tho Now Zealand Express Co., Ltd., 87-91, Customhouse-quay.— Advt. \ Test, t«st (> tost. This is tho testing ago —tho practical demonstration of the survival of t the fittest. Applied commercially ,this testing prinoiplo hue brought a considerable deal of profit to Now Zealand, and judging by tho rapid expansion of our trade is destined to bring a groftt deal more. It is .surprising how truly this principle acts in its everyday economy. Take anything— or take C. Smith, Ltd., for proforonoo—and apply thift test to their drapery values. This is only another way of illustrating the survival of the fitt<»sh C. Smith, Ltd., aro offering 150 pieces of pure, bright, unblemished Tussore silk at tho extraordinary price of Is 3d a yard. It is eafc to fifty this silk will not survive the onslaught of thoso who know our remarkable (silk values. On© address only-^C. Smith, i -hidu, .96, Cuba-Btrcct.-A.dvt,