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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 72, 26 March 1914, Page 6

Sudden news was received by the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) on Tuesday of the illness of his son, Mr. P. S. Luke, at Napier. The Mayor left by the Main Trunk express that evening and motored through fron, Palmerston North to Napier. An operation for appendicitis was performed on Mr. Pearce Luke, who is understood to be progressing favourably. Owing to the absence of the Mayor, the meeting to consider the finances in connection with the acquisition of Williams Park at Day's Bay has been postponed. Steady progress is being made with the construction of the Roy-street loop •at the terminus of the tramway at Newtown Park, and it is expected to be ready for operation by Easter. Six Admiralty passengers arrived in Wellington by the Athenic from London to-day. The men are to fill vacancies which have occurred in the crews of H.M.S. Psyche and H.M.S. Torch, both of which are at present in Wellington. The Dunedin Cremation Society, which was inaugurated some years ago, but has been inactive since 1906, is (according to the Dunedin correspondent of The Post), to be wound up and a small creditbalance handed over to the Medical School fund. All the workers' cottages provided V.y the Labour Department at Petone are at present occupied, and it is apparent that more are needed. It is considered extremely probable that the Department will undertake the erection of additional cottages in the very near future. At this morning's meeting of the Wellington Land Board the Commissioner (Mr. Brodrick) submitted a schedule of leases of education reserves which expire on 30th June and 31st December next. It was resolved to obtain reports and valuations from the rangers to onable the board to consider the question of renewals. The Nelson Evening Mail has received a letter from Mr. Felix Tanner, from London, pointing out that he is not the Tanner who proposed marriage to Mrs. Pankhurst. The man who proposed was Dr. Tanner, a fasting man, wellknown in America since 1880. Mr. Felix Tanner has never been in. America, and it was in that country the alleged proposal was made; moreover, Mrs. Pankhurst is an utter stranger to him. "Little or no improvement on the previous month," is the report of Mr. W. H. Ferris on the hemp received at th© grading stores during February. There is, he says, a tendency on the part of some millers to sacrifice everything to quantity, by rushing more leaf through the strippers than the machines can strip to advantage, with the result that the vegetable matter is not completely removed, and in some cases is badly crushed. He says that the reputation of phormium fibre on oversea markets must 'suffer seriously if reform is not soon effected. Tow is still being baled jn an unsatisfactory condition. A letter from the Prime Minister was read at last night's meeting of the Harbour Board, enquiring whether the board can arrange for free storage of 'exhibits to and from the Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco; also whether wharfage and handling charges on the said exhibits can be remitted. The Chairman said the board had no powe» to do anything but remit half the charge. He was in favour of providing for free storage, conditionally on the Government indemnifying the board for any action it might take. Mr. Cohen moved that the Government give free storage,- and the motion was agreed to without discussion. An interpretation of clause 9 of the Wellington plumbers and gastitteih' award has been filed by the Registrar of Awards at . the Supreme Court. The clause is as follows : — "Every employee who engages an assistant shall be deemed to have undertaken the duty of teach- ' ing him the trade, which shall be enforceable under this award." The question was : "Is it competent for an employer to employ a plumber's apprentice at excavation work in connection witli drainage?" The answer of -the Con iu is : "It is not competent for an employe* to employ an apprentice at excavatmn in connection with drainage work, beyond the outside wall of the building from which the drainage connection ;s being made." The application for the interpretation of 'the clause was mado by the Inspector .of Awards at Wanganui. At the annual meeting of the Wellington College Old Boys' Association last night, Mr. W. E. Bethune presided over an attendance of about thirty members. The president, Mr. M. C. Barnett, sent an apology for unavoidable absence. The report and balance-sheet, particulars of which have already been published, were adopted. Mr. Barnett was re-elected president. The other officers chosen were: Hon. secretary, Mr. W. W. Cook ; hon. treasurer, Mr. K. J. Strack ; hon. auditor, Mr. W. H. Monah ; committee, Dr. H. A. H. Gilmer, Messrs. W. E. Bethune, W. H. Denton, E. A. Norris, R. Beere, A. E. Wilson, J. L. Palethorpe, P. J. Robertson (football club), H. Linklater (cricket club), J. A. D. Hopkirk (swimming club). Donations to the college were authorised as follow : Ground fund, £5 ss; Old Boys' prize, £2 2s; shooting prize, £2 2s. "At a time like this," said Dr. Fenwick at the Hospital Board meeting at Christchurch yesterday, telegraphs The Post correspondent, "I would shut every picture Theatre, place of amusement, and school. I would very much rather have a heathen child than a paralysed one." He was referring to the outbreak of infantile paralysis. Dr. Valintine said that the Department had issued circulars to all its inspectors, but unfortunately the cause of the disease was obscure. There had been cases in New Zealand hospitals before, but never to any great extent. Now there had been forty cases in Dunedin, and the Christchurcli total had reached thirty, while cases were reported as far north as Taranaki, pointing to a general epidemic. An unusual feature of the epidemic was tha large number of adults attacked, and a reassuring feature was that in a good many cases after a certain amount of paralysis, patients had recovered. This was remarkable, in that cases of recovery had been almost unknown hitherto. Dr. Fulton, of Dunedin, had reported recoveries that morning. Dr. Fenwick said that he hoped this fact would be given prominence 2 as it was reassuring. Dr. Valintine added that the present epidemic was of greater importance than some diseases, such as a mild form of smallpox. It was a very serious disease. Dr. Fenwick added that the reported recoveries were the first that had been recorded, and they were very encouiaging. Value your furniture? Then get us to move it. Packing, handling, removing are an art vrith us. 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