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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 106, 31 October 1913, Page 6

The Postal authorities advise that tho s.s. Maheno, which, sailed from Sydney, for Auckland on the 29th instant, has on board an Australian mail ; also an Eng-» lish mail via Suez. The Wellington portion is due to arrive per Main Trunk express (4.12 p.m.) on Monday next. A ballot for section 2, block 1., Hunua, containing 203 acres, was taken at tho meeting of the Wellington Land Board yesterday. Eight applications were received for tho land, which ia situated near Taumarunui, and Mr. David R. Brown was awarded the section. Applications have been received by tha Wellington Land Board from the. Ohakune Borough Council for o, number of sections in the township, and fou an easement, 10ft wide, for water flowing in connection with its electric light scheme, also for a site for a reservoir. The matter was left in the hands of the Commissioner. The original rate for general cargo on the Eastbourne ferry boats was 8s 6d per ton, excluding wharfage. This has now been reduced to 7s 6a per ton, in* eluding Is for wharfage. Special reduced rates have also been fixed fop many classes of goods, such as timber, bricks, furniture, kerosene, and othou necessities, and the new rates will come into operation, along with the new fares, on Ist November. An answer in tho negative was tha purport of a recommendation of tha Finance Committee to tho City Council lust evening in regard to the proposal of the, Eastbourne Borough Council that the City Council should co-operate in the purchase of the recreation grounds at Day's Bay. In reply to a question tho Doputy-Mayor (Mr. W. H. P. Barber) said that' the bush section at Day's Bay, was not submitted. Tho council adopted tho recommendation. , Strong exception is taken by delegatea to the Stonemasons' Conference, now flitting in Wellington, to the character of the reports regarding their trade which appear in the Labour Journal. It was stated that the reports did not disclose tho true position of affairs, and the conference decided that the union secretaries should supply tho Department each months with information on which to base tho district reports in the Journal. "A somewhat drastic decision has been, arrived at by the Executive Committee ot the Cavdroom Amalgamation of Cotton Operatives," says the London Daily lelegraph. "They have decided to compel every cotton operative in tho ring, cotton blowing, and card-rooms to join tho organisation. Already 90 por cent, are members, and the committee are resolved that the remaining 10 per cent, shall no longer be allowed, as they say, to reap all the advantages of the organisation without contributing towards the cost." A conference of stonemasons was opened in' the Trades Hall, Wellington, yesterdays and is being attended by Messrs. W. Vennell and Bicknell (Aucl£ land), J. B. Hickmott (Wellington), Hon. J. Barr and Mr. Haymes (Christchurch, and Mr. J. A. Ward (Dunedin). Proposals to join the United Labour Party and tho Federation of Labour were rejected. Varioiiß decisions were arrived at relative to the proposed amendments to tho Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, and will be submitted to the Labour Bills Committee. An adjourned application came bofore his Honour Mr. Justice Cooper yesterday in re Palmer v. Palmer, respecting the costs of administering an estate. The case first came before his Honour on the sth instant, when he advised the parties to try and arrive at some mutual arrangement, and the case was accordingly adjourned for that purpose. Mr. T. F. Martin, who appeared in support of the application yesterday, stated that it had been agreed to place the administration of the estate in tho hands of the Publio Trustee. Costs of the application were ordered to be paid out of the estate. Students of criminology assert that the perpetrators of crime have a way of repeating their actions : hence tho weak points that clever detectives aro on tho alert for. A man charged at the Magistrate's Court on Wednesday with stealing watches and jewellery from a boardinghouse in Dixon-street, applied for board, stated he- was going to work at the Post Office, asked if he might have a wash, was shown to the bathroom, and wlu'lst tho unsuspecting landlady went about her work he pilfered from the bedrooms. About ten days afterwards the man visited South Wellington and went over exactly the same ground, the landlady there being just as unsuspecting as the lady in Dixon-street, and treating him in the same way. a cup of tea being given and taken iv this instance. The man, once he got ouUide, did not again turn up, as he promised to do on both occasions. A curious action came before Mr. J. S. Evans, NS.M., yesterday, at tho Magistrate's Court. William Aubrey, a carpenter, sued John H. Flockton, general dealer, for the sum of £157 9e. In the statement of claim it was stated that Jean Millard, the plaintiff's housekeeper, had sold the whole of his furniture to defendant, without his knowledge ©^consent, for the Bum of £19. Plaintiff had demanded the return of the furniture, but defendant had refused to comply. Some of the 'furniture had since been sold by defendant, and the rest was beiig offered for sale. The evidence showed that .Miss Millard had been, keeping house for plaintiff for the past fioven years, but whon he got to his home in Queen-street on the 16th June lafit, ho found that every vestige of his furniture, including somo of his tdols, had disappeared, the housekeeper was missing, and tho sole occupant of the house was a small boy, who woe loft a fow toys to console him. The evidence occupied s. good portion of the afternoon's sitting, and the further hearing was adjourned, till 10.30 a.m. to-day. Mr. V. R. Mere-, dith appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. D. Jackson for defendant. A tender for alterations to a shop front in Riddiford-streot was lot at last night's City Council meeting to E. Rough. For tho supply of ironbark poles tho successful tenderer was P. R, Baillie. The tender of Messrs. Alfred Seamer and Son haß been accepted for the erection of tho brick and ferro-concreto building in Cuba-street for Mr. C. • Smith ; on the site of his present drapery establishment. The amount of tho tender ia between £15,000 and £16,IX)O. The plans and specifications were prepared by .Mr. J. CharloßWorth. No time is wasted when you employ our motor to remove furniture 'in town or out of to\vn. Work is done quicker and better. Tho New Zealand Express Co., Ltd., 87-91, Custonihouse-quav.— Adv\ Tost, test, tost. Thie is the testing ago —tho practical demonstration of the survival of tho fittest. Applied commer. dally this testing principle has brought a considerable deal of profit to New Zealand, and judging by the rapid expansion, of our trade is destined to bring- a great deal more. 1 - It is surprising how truly this principlo acts in its everyday economy. Take anything— or lake C. Smith, Ltd., fpr preference— and apply this test to their drapery values. This its ottly another way of illustrating tho eurvival of the fittest. C. Smith, Ltd., aro offering 150 pieces of pure, bright, unblemished lussore eilk at th* extraordinary price ™V 6V 6 3d tt yard- It is safe to cay this Bilk will not survive tho onslaught of those who know our remarkable eilk values. One addrose only-, & Smith,! Ltd.^ Cuba.fitrect.-Ady>" *""""')