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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 113, 14 May 1914, Page 6

Among the paeeengers from Melbourna by the Maungajaui, which arrived a-t the Bluff on Monday, was Mr. G. T. Milne, British Trade Commissioner in Australia, who has come to New Zealand ott a short official visit in consequence of Mr. Wiokham, the Commissioner for 'New-Zealand, having gone Home to con> fer with manufacturers in the Old Coun* try courorning the outlook for trade in> the Dominion. After stayirjg in Dune* din and Chriskhurch for a few days, Mr. Milne will come on to Wellington, which is Mr. Wickham's Headquarters. Whilst sheltering at Te'Araroa Bay, East Coast, during her trip uo the coast. Uie Government steamer Hinemoa picked up a motor-launch which had taken off several passengers from the Victoria the previous day. The launch's steering gear had broken down, and the vessel, with passengers aboard, wub left m a helpless condition. The unfortunate travellers were taken on board the Hinemoa and accommodated until the next inornihg, when, the steering gear of tho launch having been ropaa-ed, they were taken to their destination. t The law which forbids the serving of intoxicating liquor to persons already intoxicated is one which has had probably a record number of interpretations. Bartenders haye many way? of defining the condition which signalises the time to refuse liquor to a man, some of them extremely liberal. A barman was a witness in a manslaughter case heard at the Supreme Court yesterday, and he admitted having served a man who had l>ee» drinking. "He was not so bad,- he could walk and all that soifc of thing," he said., "so I Bupposc he vi| all right, and a man could aei-ve him." In reply to counsel, the witnosy said that the man was "about half on." You can serve a man who is half on? " asked Mr. Justice Hosking. The barman was somewhat embarrassed for a reply, and Mr. Ostler, who was conducting the prosecution, suggested that that was a very delicate question ,to put lo tha witness. His Honour said it was cer« tainly one which would require a lot of legal argument to settle. The s.b. Kapiti arrived on Tuesday with a cargo of Puponga coal. Tliis is tlie first cargo shipped since the strike in October last. In the meantime, the Puponga mine has passed into the hands of a Wellington proprietary— the Seaford Coal Company, Ltd.— which has other large interests under development in the Golden Bay district, whore tha Puponga mihe is situated. The hew proprietary has made good use of the interval Bince work was suspended, having overhauled the machinery at the mine and opened up a new seam, which is 7 feet thick, of bright coal, and will give Work for a considerable number of men for many years. Supplies from this seam will shortly be on the market, but at present the output is obtained from an extension of the old dip workings. A working agreement on the lines of the West Coast mining rates has been made with the miners for a period of three years, and resumption of work on the property has been viewed with satisfaction by all in the district. There are many children in Welling, ton anxious for the limelight. Oh Tuesday the following notice was included in an advertisement published in Tile Post : Wanted, 30 children for plantation scene, apply stage door, Grand Opera House, 2 p.m. Wednesday. Long before the hour mentioned scores of children gathered outside the appointed place, and for a time there was much excitement. -Many were accompanied by proud parents, who pushed th© claims of their off-spring at every opportunity. The young hopefuls, too, were anxious to secure an engagement, but the greater number were disappointed. There were big boys (some, apparently, 18 years of age and even older) and little boys; big girls, and tiny tots specially prepared for the occasion. The critical eye of the stage manager s«on sorted out the girls who Buited best, and it was with some difficulty that the remainder were forced to realise that their first application to a theatrical manager had met with failure. The boys, particularly, ' showed their dissatisfaction by foolishly hooting, and declaring that "they wei'e as good as tho givls." A correspondent has written us emphatically denying a statement which he attributes to the Hon. James Allen, Minister of Defence, "that no order was issued prohibiting the wearing of mufti in camp," and, in support of his statement encloses a copy of company orders issued by Captain D. P. Gibbs, No. 4, Company Now Zealand Engineers, Containing the following parapraph '.--"Dress —Marching orders : khaki, puttie*, and slouch hats, rifle, bayonet, haversack, and water-bottle, greatcoat rolled, black boots. Plain clothes will not be allowed in camp. A working uniform will l>e issued at the orderly room, Wellington." Our correspondent ha« gone astrajr in his statement with regard to the Minister. Mr. Allen never said any such thing as that attributed to him. What he said, as reported in an interview which appeared in The Post on Monday last, was:— "With respect to mufti ko» ing taken into camp, he knew of no order preventing that being done; cer- , tainly there was no general order ; and if any such order was given it must have been given by a junior officer, and without any authority from headquarters. " The extract he quotes duly appeared in the company orders issued by Captain Gibbs, of No. 4 Company Engineers, but the force of the complaint disappears when the explanation of- Captaih Gibbs is given. Captain Gibbs, when approached by a Post report or, stated that, he only issued the order because the members of his company have been ph fled upon a different footing to anyothu', each man beuig in possession of t\to uniforms— one for work and th<* ofchfv for parades. Each man time po&se&si'd a change of clothing while in camp,a'id he had no complaints from any of thnm in this respect. A further paragraph in the company orders directed ©Very man to bring a complete change of underclothing, and ho objection was made to the men wearing gum boots, etc., while they were at work. The Mercantile Gazette reports the iegiatration of Bray Bros., of Dunediu, with a capital of £1300, divided into 1300 shares of »1 each. The subscribers aro D. Bray, 217 shares; P. Brav,2l?; H. H. Pattle. 433; G."J. Williamson, 433. The objects of thte company are to acquire as a going the business lately carried on by Dougla* Bray, trading under the style of Bray Bros. It is only the Dunedin branch of this firm that has been registered as a company. tn all principal towns the N.Z. Express Co. has ollices of it* own. Thy company forwards parcels, distributes goods, ships them, handles stock, pa*ses entries. 87-91, Customhouse-quay. — Advt. Ladies' Pictorial reports, that fashion is now insisting upon it tjositive array of coats for the decorative completion—quite apart from any protective purposes— of of every kind of daytime toilette. Even in the simpler sports coat* there are- Bonn? startling innovations and n great variety of styles, ranging from tho most ptp.ctic«l simplicity to a somewhat daring picturesqueneMt, in which contrasts of eoldur and fabric, too, make the new, loose, full shapes still more noticeable, while considerable time is given to decide junt what colour to wear. It is wise to consider the proactive purposes when we think of tho bairns; their best, protective just now is a ffood wnrm ehawl. which can be obtained for any price from 3b lid to 35s nt 0. Smith's, Ltd., 96, Cub»etreet.—Advt^