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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 15, 19 January 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL This year's Staff tour, at" which Staff officers and senior Territorial officers from all over the Dominion will be piesent, will be held in the vicinity of Cambridge next week. Major-General Godley, Commandant of the Forces, and Colonel Heard, Director of Staff Duties and Military Training, will leave Wellington on Sunday for Cambridge, and it is probable that a number of other officers from headquarters will be present afc the "ride." After the tour, which will last about three days, General Godley will proceed, by way of Tauranga and Waihi, to Auckland, inspecting Senior Cadets and dealing with other departmental matters en route. Masters and officers of the merchant service fleet of Wellington will have their wages and condition^ of work considered to-morrow, when the Merchant Service Guild dispute will come before the Conciliation. Council. Mr. A. J. Paterson. C.E., of Welling, ton, formerly on the City Council's engineering staff, ha* been instructed to prepare a report upon the proposed water nnd drainage scheme for Foxton, An echo of the recent strike was heard in the Magistrate's Court this morning, when Samuel Pomeroy was charged with having', on 9th January, assaulted Jack Thompson on the lung's Wharf, and also with having used threatening behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace. Mr. Dickson appeared for accused, and asked for an adjournment for a week to enable him to prepare his defence, The case was adjourned till the 26th, bail being fixed at two sureties of £10 each. 1 In reply to the request made by the union formed among a section of the local tally-clerks for a conference with the employers, the secretary of the union (Mr. R. A. Simpson) has received the following letter from the New Zealand Shipowners' Federation v— "The date suggested by you will iiot be convenient for the shipowners, as they have already two disputes in hand with tho Merchant Service Guild, and. as the parties are to _ appear before the Conciliation Commissioner on Tuesday next, it would be impossible to entertain your proposal for a. conference on that date, and until matters referred to are disposed of." It is stated that the union is taking a ballot on the question a-s to whether the allegation regarding "victimisation" shall be referred to Mr. P, Hally, the Conciliation Commissioner. There ia at present, it is stated, rather a scarcity of beef cattle in the Taranaki district, and the prospects are for a continuance of that scarcity for some time to com&. Although the wholesale prices aro firmer, with a probable upward tendency, it is not thought that there will be any change so far ac the price to household consumers is concerned— not for some time, at any rate. In confirming this statement, the Chairman of the Master Butchers' Association (Mr, W. Wolland) remarked that the retail prices now ruling in Wellington are lower than those prevailing in most of tho other centres. Dr. W. F. Adeney, ex-chairman of the Congregational Union of England, who is at present on a visit to New Zealand, occupied the pulpit at The Terrace Congregational Church yesterday. In the course of an impressive address, lie Baid that no doubt New Zealand, like other parte of tho world, was at present passing through a period of religious indifference— not open hostility, but the spirit that cared for none of these things. This feeling was perhaps not bo widespread ac some people thought. It was largely a matter of dissatisfaction with the Church, and tho fault was not altogether with these who stood aloof. The race for wealth and amusemen,t could never give permanent satisfaction. The British Empire had a wonderful opportunity of being great, not merely m wealth and power, but in service for the healing of the nations. That ehould be the mission, of the Empire. Now Zealand was in a special way responsible for the islands of the South Seas. _ It was New Zealand's special mission, if it desired to realise the ideal of the city of God, to send the healing leaves of the Tree of Life to these islands; but it should be remembered that the citizens at home also wanted healing in sickness as well as food in health, and those were to ,be found in the Gospel of tho Kingdom of Heaven, wliich provided for the needs of the souls of all mankind. A coal seam of distinct promise has been located in the hillside overlooking Deborah Bay by Mr. C. Connelly, of Port Chalmers. According to the Dunedin Star, the finder's attention was directed to the place some time ago by the outcrop. Investigation disclosed the fact that the outcrop of shiny black coal was associated with the fire clays and bituminous slate, etc., which indicate the presence of coal seams of considerable thickness. These indications of the presence of coal in workable quantities were further strengthened by reference to the New Zealand Mining Handbook, which shows that with the exception of two faults, which might merely mean a dip to greater depth, the coal measures worked south of Dunedin extend northwards to the Shag Point coal areas. Deborah Bay hill lies between the two extremes. In considering these facts Mr. Connolly felt justified in opening up the hillside to permit of closer investigation, and the discovery of_ a seam of considerable thickness is said to have resulted. An expert has visited the place, and his examination, which has not yet been completed, goes to show that the putting in of a drive into the hillside would be warranted. As the place is within 100 yds of the railway line, the matter of traction will not be a serious problem in the opening up of the mine. As a bathing and pleasure resort tho Petone beach i$ becoming increasingly popular. It is realised that the beach", j which ia admittedly one of the safest in New Zealand, aa far as bathing is conoerned, is a valuable asset to Petono, and, in consequence, everything is being done to make it even more attractive tha-n it is at present. It is suggested that the council should concentrate its attention on the foreshore instead of launching out into a. new scheme, such as the purchase of the Percy estate. The work of improving the beach, however, is being done out of revenue, and, whether the new undertaking is agreed to or not, progress in this direction will not be interfered with. Meanwhile the beach improvement scheme ia proceeding satisfactorily. For the Trentham races, Kirkcaldic and Stains, Ltd.. are making special displays of Frocks, Costumes, Millinery, Footwear, Gloves, Hosiery, etc, suitable _9I race jvearvH-Advtj,