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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 71, 25 March 1914, Page 7

Major-General Clodley will pay a brief visit at the end of this month to Orakau, Te Awamutu, to be present at a ceremony in connection with the preservation of soldiers' graves. Mr. Parker M'Kinlay, of Benhar, will oppose the Minister of Education for the Bruce seat, telegraphs the Dunediti correspondent of The Post. He will be the Liberal candidate. The Prime Minister will visit Moa Flat on Monday next, and deliver an address in the evening at Tapanui. Easter months are generally a very busy time in the tailoring trade ; but Jhis year the rush of work has not "come so early as usual. So far as is known all hands are now employed, but some had left the Dominion to _ seek work elsewhere because of the continuedslackness in the city. The town, of Upper Hutt is noted f or the interest always displayed in local elections. Today the main street is unusually animated, the event being the by-election to fill the vacancy on the Town Board, brought about by the ietirement of Commissioner N. J. Bennin'gton. The candidates are Messrs. N. M'Govern, W.. Greig, and H. R. Pearson, all of whom are confident of being elected to the board, and it is anticipated that the result will be a close one. When live poultry is forwarded to Wellington the consignors oftentimes omit to provide sufficient food or water, and in some cases it is entirely forgotten. This has been more particularly noticeable ' with regard to poultry brought across from Nelson, Blenheim, and Picton, and a recent case of fowls being left Unprovided for on the wharf was again »'ef erred to at yesterday's meeting of the S.P.C.A. As there appealed to be some doubt as to who was really responsible for 'feeding the birds when on the wharf, it was decided to communicate with the Harbour Board, with a view, to ascertaining the exact position. The Gisborne manager of the Union S.S. Company, Mr. Holdsworth, informed a reporter on Monday that the Takapuna would be withdrawn from the GisborneNapier ferry service on 18th April. The reason for this early* withdrawal of the vessel was that the number of passengers carried this season had proved disappointing, and it was not considered necessary to keep the steamer on longer. The total number of passengers carried to date fell some hundreds short of the passengers carried for the corresponding period last year. Last week the vessel carried 180 passengers short of the number conveyed during the same week last sSason. The steamer will be put into the stream at Wellington after her retirement from the trade, but will be ready to resume the service next season. The long spell of fine weather enjoyed by Rotorua lately has (according to the Auckland Star) resulted somewhat disastrously for the launch-owners on the lake, who are unable to get through the Ohau channel. This channel has been a bone of contention between the Government and launch-owners for some two or three years. The latter have repeatedly pointed out the gradual lowering of tho water, the direful effects on lake travelling, and the disappointment of visitors who would be debarred from enjoying the many beautiful sights on Lake Rotolii, which is more picturesque in its number of bays than Lake Rotorua. It 18 urged that an expert should be sent by the Government to inspect and report so that the necessary steps may be taken to at once clear the channel. Protest against the action of the Wellington Cricket Association in arranging a match _ between Mr. Reese's team and* a Wellington team for Good Friday was made to the association last night in terms of the following resolution by the Council of the City and Suburban Federation 6f the- Church of England Men's Society :— "That this council, representing 300 men resident in Wellington and suburbs, many of whom are keenly interested in cricket, deplores the proposal to play a representative cricket match on Good Friday, such action being in conflict with the religious convictions of a large section of the citizens." The protest was received, and the secretary instructed to acknowledge it. The chairman of the association committee (Mr. C. G. Wilson) remarked that protests of this kind were becoming too numerous. Considerable improvements have been carried out on the Parengarenga Estate, North Cape, since/ the property was.' acquired by Mr. Richard Keene, of Wellington, two or three years ago from the trustees of the late Mrs' Yates. The estate extends right across the North Island, ' and when purchased by Mr. Keene it consisted of, 98,000 acres. Mr. Keene afterwards purchased 6000 acres from the Natives, and of the total area of 104,000 acres only 20,000 acres are leasehold. After the Yates family parted with their interests, a company — in which some Wellington citizens hold shares — was formed to take over 47,000 acres. Mr. Keene has retained the balance of the estate for his own use, and is developing the property on proper lines. He is clearing a considerable area and expects that 'next year he will have 4000 acres down in grass. At the present time he has 9000 sheep, 2500 head of cattle, and 150 horses running ou his station, and he anticipates that by next year there will be 25,000 sheep and 9000 head of. cattle upon it. "One of the evils which will probably bo -checked by the establishment of freezing works in this district," writes the T&ihape correspondent of the Auckland Herald, "will be the aggregation of land which is at present having a vary aenoite effect. With no freezing works near at- hand, a large number of settlers with small holdings were- placed at a, great disadvantage, and there was a general inclination to dispose of their holdings as soon as a satisfactory offer was made. A well-known local farmer stated the other day that the establishment of freezing works at Taihape would iniTMse the value of his lambs by 2s per head, and as this increase will be a general one sheepfarming on small holdings will pay better than at present, and incline small farmers to hold on to their properties. Although tfie Lands Department enquiry found that aggregation hi thin district was not as real as it? was alleged to be, it would bn an easy matter 16 prove that there were a greater n urn be of settlers in the Taihape district yix or 3even years ago. than there are at present, and that many areas at present held by one man were originally the pro perfcy of three, four, five, and, in one of two cases, seven different owners." "Dexter." "Galmac," "Valitor" are three leading Bristol rain coato. We se-il these at 57b 6d to 90s. Cieo. Fowklfe, Ltd.— Advt. Value ydur furniture? Then get us to move it. Packing, handling, removing are an art with us. Our motor moves furniture into or out of town. N.Z. Express Co., Ltd., 87-91, Custom-house-quay *— Advt. Political matters are again floating through the air, and already somo interesting items are reported. Among other thinffs that ha.vo come before our notice has been the question of making homes more attractive ; thin matter has been of particular interest to Messrs. C. Smith, Lid., of Cuba-street, who have been selling large quantities of real Irish Hand Embroidered Bedspreads at 7s lid, 8s lid, 10b 6d to 21s Single-bed Size, and 15s 6d, 21s. 265, 29s 6d, 37s 6d Doubie-bed Size. Hundreds of people are^ buying these goods and so making their homes more attractive Wo can strongly recommend every reader to call at Messrs. C. Smith's, Ltd.' of 96. Cuba-street, and see these goods.— Advt, ,