Page 4 Advertisements Column 5

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 152, 29 June 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL •■■ m H.M.S. Pyramus arrived in Wellington about 5.50 p.m. on Sunday from her search for the missing launch Andrew. No sign of the launch was seen. Other vessels which have been engaged in the search have been similarly unsuccessful. In view of the number of possible Reform candidates mentioned for the Hutt scat, there is some speculation as to_ who will be the party's oflieial nominee. So far, Messrs. N. J. Bennington and A. M. Samuel are the only ones who have definitely stated their intention of taking tho field, while the names of Messrs, M. W. Welch and W. Hobba have been freely Mentioned. Although the party has not yet disclosed its intentions, it is stated in' some quarters that the selection will rest between Messrs. Hobbs and 'Welch. The Wellington City Council has dc cided to call upon the guarantors in connection with the late municipal orchestra to "pay in proportion to their individual guarantees the amount of the losses incurred on tho operations of such orchestra during tho period of its existence. The amount of such loss is £214 18s 6d, of which sum the coun* cil has written off £14 18s 6d, leaving a balance of £200 to be met by the guarantors, who will require to pay 9s lid in the £. There was an animated scene at th© lop of Mem.-street this morning when .some hundreds of the senior children in the Neiytown State School were marched tip during playtime to inspect the sec tion which the City ( Council has offered them for tree-planting purposes. Tho headmaster (Mr. Parkinson) and some members of his staff were also present. Mr. J. Castle, chairman of the school committee, explained that the Wellington South Progressive Society had Bet up a committee for t-he purpose of working with the school authorities in the endeavour to make tho planting of the sec tion, which is between eight and ten acres in extent, a thorough success. London agents (says Mr. W. H. Ferris, Government^Hemp Expert, writing in this month's issue of tho Journal of Agriculture) are again complaining of the weakness in the New Zealand system of marketing fibre— not maintaiiv ing regular and uniform shipments throughout the season, and thereby pre- ' venting manufacturers securing constant supplies. This, it is contended, has the inevitable tendency to drive phormiuin fibre off the market, to the ad> vantage of competing commodities. The manufacturer will always favour the product which ho can secure from month to month ahd sea-son to season. These remarks, Mr. Ferris goes on to say, apply with even greater force to tow, as it is not so easy to obtain a substitute for this by-product as it is for phormium fibre itself. The supply of tow has been declared to have been below the demand existing for it during the past season on Home markets. Dislike for the ponderous tautology and eifcmmloeution of legal document* was ishown on several occasions during the sitting of the Anglican Diocesan Synod by Dean Fitchett, and when the statutes of the Church have been before Synod for alteration or atnendnient, he on no occasion failed to put in a plea for (Straightforward simplicity (says the Ottigo Daily Times). When a statute relating to the clergymen's pension fund was being debated on Thursday night, ho protested vehemently against its verbosity, and boiled It <fowit into two pithy sentences, which, much to the amusement of other members of the Synod, he suggested should be substituted for it. A legal member of the Synod pointed out that, from tho lawyer's point of view, this would alter its meaning, for tho clear conveyance of which tho wordy document first proposed "was necessary. "So that's tho way the lawyers live!" commented the Dean amid laught.er. What constitutes a competent biograph operator was a question "Which engaged tho attention of tho Concilia tion Council in Auckland last week, iai considering the industrial dispute between, biograph operators and employers in tho Auckland picture theatres (reports the Herald). An oflieial of tho Operators' Union regarded the position of an operator in his box, surrounded by levers and switches needing constant attention, as boiiig similar to th£t of the captain ot an ironclad, directing operations from the bridge. His work required exceedingly keen concentration, in trying conditions. He was, in effect, practically the only man who could not b© dispensed with, and as he otood in his box, watching his films)' his itirbons, and other lights^ he wa& as restless as an elephant in the. Zoo, contiimally moving to and fro. A representative of tho employers affirmed that it required lefts ability to b© an operator than tn be » violinist or an electrician. A violinist could not -become competent to earn award wages in an oTclvestra i \vithout at least five years' hard training, but it look a, very short time to learn biograph operating. There was no reason wliy a an operator should be paid mote* than an electrician. During last month 502 gallons of wine mado at the Government experimental farm at Waerenga, in the \Va\kato, weve sold for £162 7s. Ladies 1 You'll miss tho greatest bargain event of the season if you fail to nay a visit to Kirkcaldic and Stains's bargain, room during the next eleven days. 'lhcro you will find bcnsational bargains selected from every depavUueilt of this great store.— Advl,.