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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1914, Page 6

'I he Chief Justice will deliver judgment on Monday morning in the Wellington Harbour Board by-laws case, in which motion was uuulc to quash v by-law of the Harbour Board. His Honour will also deliver judgment in the case Walker' v, the Shaw, Savill, nnd Albion Shipping Company. Work ( has been commenced on the duplication of the telephone circuit between Atastcvton and Wellington. The Olago Harbour Board has completed arrangements through « local broker for the sale of C 50,000 of its 4i per cent. debeuLures at a EBtiEfactory price (tflegrnphs our Duncditi corrdspou» dent). IT. M.S. Psyche, which berthed at the Wool Wharf, Wellington, yesterday, w to remain at Wellington until the nriadle of next month. 11.M.5. Philomel, which .tmved at Auckland from Suva yesterday, will make Wellington her next porb of call. At a meeting of proprietors of city and suburban leßtdlirants aud tearooms yesterday, it was decided to form a Restaurateurs' Association. All pre« sent joined the association, and it was stated that "others who were not attend* ing would become members. The question of the disposal of tho milling treeß on the Raketapaumu Block was discussed by the Land Board yesterday, and it was decided to offer them by auction in two lots, as may be de» fined by the Commissioner, payment of royalty to be off the saw at the following rates :— Totara, Is 2d per 100 f t; rimu and miro, 8d; kahiktttea, 6d. The annual conference of the New Zfßland Alliance concluded yesterday afternoon. The budget was broughti down by ihe Rev. W. J. ComHe, and, after discussion was adopted. Mr. Wesley Kpragg (Auckland) was re-elected president. A number of vice-presidents, and, with a few alterations, the consults,* tivc committee, were ttlso re-elected. It was decided to hold the next conforpneo iv Wellington in June. 1915. formal votes of thanks Were passed to the press, hosts and hostesses of delegates, church trustees, and a number of officials. The ( Southland Technical College) Board is annoyed at the delay of Mm Government in the payment of capitation. fee*._ A letter was received by Ihb Wellington Technical Education Board last night from the southern body. drawing attention lo the delay, and asking co-operation in referring the matter to the Government. The local board admitted the delay, but merely received the letter with smiles. It was decided that the matter was hardly important enough to refer to the Government. Although it always came late, the money was regularly received. "Unauthorised and unofficial, but accurate and interesting," is the description applied by the writer ' to a new guide to the Wellington £00, published by the Wellington Zoological Society. The booklet is the work of Mr. John Crowes, president of the society, whose enthusiasm for the gardens ana breezy, interesting style make it good reading. It takes the visitor to all the pens and enclosures, and' provides a, little chatty description of the denizens of each. A number of illustrations improve the descriptive matter. Tho booklet is rounded off with notes on the Botanical Gardens and the Dominion Museum. With the prevalent cold weather, chilblains i are a trouble to those of defective circulation and of sedentary occupation. A correspondent of tho Evening Post, who lias brought up v, tolerably large family, states that these trouble•some swellings can 'bo ehsily " cured, by the application of equal parts of olivo oil and laudanum, applied night and morn* i»g i lo the affected parts with a feather. This remedy, our correspondent states, • he found a dozen years ago in Dr. Gordon Stablest suggestions in the "Boys' Own Papfi." and he has never knowhi it to fail) but the genial doctor who* wrote so much for boys also recommended judicious and vegular exercise as one of the best antidote» for chilblains. Replying to Biihop Urimcs's comments upon his reference to Italy being "priest-ridden," the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr. 11. Holland) said next day (reports the Prcso,) that the, gathering ho was addressing waa r private one, and he had no idea that any remarks of his would bo reported, lie had made the stateWnt only lo illustrate a certain line of argument he was following. The word "Italy" was. perhaps, un« wisely chosen : it should have been "Naples." Tho information he pos« sessed, on which ho based hia statement, was supplied to him by 0 registered Italian guide whom he engaged while in Italy. "I have no doubt," added Mr. Holland, "that Bishop Grimes when ho was in Italy was in quite a different atmosphere Jrom what 1 was in during the time I was there." Several important resolutions regarding public works \vill_ be moved at the coming Farmers' Union Conference in Wellington. The Marlborough branch will move: (1), "That the Government be urged to borrow a sufficient sum of money to complete the trunk lines of the Dominion within five years.' 1 (2) " That the time has arrived when the Government should, maintain the arterial roads of the Dominion, and for th'it purpose a sufficient sum should be voted to the dilferent boards and county councils to enable them to do so, and thorphy relieve the. general rates for the purpose of maintaining the by-vodds, and that this question should bo taken into consideration by the Government when framing the new Local Government Bill.'* The Auckland branch will move : " That the Betterment Act be repealed." Recently a letter appeared in the .columns of the Evening Post stating that a party of youths had sot upon one of their number at Borhatnporc, and hud indicted ft somewhat severe ' chastisement. The police made, enquiries into the occurrence, in the interests of the geii&i'al public. It was discovered that the boy who has suffered the assault had only just gone into long trousers, and the fact that he became friendly with a young lady_ and desciiod his male friends caused displeasure. Ho whs waylaid ou a Sunday afternoon and pelted with grass sods. The sequel was the appearance before Mr. D. G. A. Cooper yesterday of seven boysj ranging from 16 to 18 years of age. Tlnough Air. H. F, Ayson, they all pleaded guilty. The Magistrate admonished them severely, und dismissed the charges on condition that the expenses were paid. An application by Messrs. Bradey Bros., of Pahautaniu, to be allowed lo purchase a small area of Crown land abutting Porirua, Harbour has been declined by the Land Board. The loss caused by lire in Masterton during the past twelve months totals JD3O9S. being a decrease of £807 on tho previous year. Our forwarding system is really good. Parcels entrusted to ub are despatched quickly, handled carefully, delivered with accuracy. Offices all principal towns. The Kr.fs.K r .fs. Express Co., Ltd., 8791 1 Cnstomliouse-qimy.— Advt. Most of in aye somewhat startled when wo ©xpprichcr- earthquake shocks, oven tho bra\ost of us. bill after all why should ue be so alarmed, for earthquakes lire ftttfty before wo ronliso what (hoy really are, When we think of something equally m stfirtlitift and '■omet hints: that will bo thought of and talked about for months to conip. it makes us nU enthusiastic to vt 1 tend C. Smith's Sato on Saturday. This will be <l\c greatest clonrftnce sale- this well-known firm will, have had. and \v« dvaw your attention to special pnrticu« Iris ou page 11 of Una paper,— -A<M,