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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 70, 24 March 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL In reply to a qurplkm obnul, tha vmgi. tion of the Carnival Fund. Uv JUtiyu 1 (Mr. J. P. Luke) told a Pom. iTpovtc) to-day tliat up to the prp&eni. time {.'ice had been great difficulty in jrofctirf, in ths Art Union books tuid momw, nspt^ cially from outside the cil.y. This i-aa delayed the dt'te when if. would hi possible to present 11 complete "inancial statement. On present appearaneeo tl 10 surplus would not bo nearly ro high ye it was last year. The collection ataong citizens hud not received llv I'cjpoofv) anticipated, principally owing to the Day's Bay purcbiise scheme coning t'otward about the same tiin.-". An interim ■■statement is to be presented to this executive meeting this afternoon. The Postal authorities advise that the s.s. Ulimaioa, which sailed from Sydney on the 21st inst. for Wellington also the s.s. Tahiti, which left at 3 : p. 111 on the same dnle, arc both bringing Australian mails rtnd are duo to-morrow morning A .-.hoit but sharp shock of parthqit.ikc \\j- folt in Wellington ;it a qiuulei pa:-t 12 o'clock thia 'lUKtiing. The question of contributing towaids the cost <it constructing tho, load cuiinccting the Hutt Pipe Diidge v ith tho Lnwi-y Daj-iotid wa.j eonsidcied in committee by the Lou<j' Halt Bi'iough Loiiivjil Lut owning. It ultimately ilooidt'd to contribute towaids tho cotl vi' tlie pjupp-ed wink, piovidiugi the road <s made 25 IV-t vide, \< ltli a lootputli on one. side. Complaint* are being trocly made (it LoAi-i Hull that a l.ir»e uutnliei ol eyclisii neglect t<> conluim \wth {ho byhiv s stipul'itiii" that bicycler niii.it 'Miry lights <ittei MinM't. 'I lie nutter w.i 1 -. cli..cussed by tho local council last c\ cuing, when 11 motion by Councillor Hoblia, to the ettect diet the attention ot the police and tho lai.ger be drawn lo file present .itftte of atl'aiis, s\as agreed to. To-monow (Wednesday) is Bargain Day at Kirkcftidie and Stains, Ltd. Jn the bargain room (first floor) ladies will find a wonderful collection of remnants and useful goods selected from various departments, nil of which arc marked at bargain prices.— Advt.