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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 61, 9 September 1914, Page 6

Petitions bearing some hundreds of signatures were lodged by Messrs. Dickson, Glover} Payne, Wilford, and Craigie in Parliament last _ night, praying that the general elections should be postponed. A donation of £10 is to be made by the Hull County Council to the funds of tho Upper Hutt branch of the -Petone Technical School. The chairman of the County Council (Councillor M. W. Welch). is to be nominated by that body for a, seat on tho Technical School board of managers. Two cases of ecarlatina were reported to the Karori Borough Council last evening as having occurred during the past fortnight. The patients had been isolated and other necessary precautions adopted. Councillor Skegg referred to the condition of several drains in the borough, and the engineer was instructed, in any case of a particularly bad nature, to invite the aid of the Public Health Department, with a view to prosecution. Reference was made in Parliament last evening to the plight of Tonga, when Mr. A. E. Glover drew attention to the lack of food on the islands through the stoppage of communication. Mr. G. \V. Russell mentioned that, he had been informed that a Union Company's steamer was leaving Auckland on the 17th September. The Prime Minister said the Government had not overlooked the matter and would see that the islands did not go without a proper supply of food. A correspondent has written to The Post from Dunedin, contending that the projected tour of an Qfcago Rugby representative team was a waste of money at a. time when all available resources were required for. Imperial purposes. This subject has been much discussed in various parts of the Empire, and there is a growing body of opinion that it is a mistake 'to discourage healthy sport. An excessive concentration of mind oa the struggle in Europe may be more a hindrance than a help to the Empjre. The news of a,n exciting incident at Hongkong recently has been received by mail. Immediately war broke out between Britain and Germany, the necessary precautions were taken to have the port guarded, and a similar course was followed to that adopted at this port. On one occasion a Japanese collier ap- i proached the harbour and a shot was tired across her bow as a signal to stop. This was disregarded, with the result that another shot was fired, this time with more serious results. A hole was made in the collier^ and with difficulty she wa* beached in a sinking condition ' | The Hospital authorities report that William Mullins, who shot at hie wife > and then attempted to kill himself, is'! making a good recovery, as is also Mrs. Mullins. Irene Da^vis, aged seven years, who was run over by a tramcar at Kil- ! birnie, and the young man Phillips, who fell from a butcher's cart ana was seriously injured on the head, aTO alsQ reported to be doing well in the Hos- { pital. The condition of Harry Trevethick, the jockey, who was badly hurt while schooling a horse at Trentham, has improved considerably since he has ' been in Nurse Vickers's private hospital. The whale-hunting crews of Tory Channel and Kaikoura are meeting with some success this season. Another whale was captured by the Perano Party, of Tory Channel, a few days ago, bringing the total up to twenty for the season, a most satisfactory record. The Berg-Jackson combination have captured eight to date. The Kaikoura Star states that the local whaling crews succeeded in landing a right whale one day last week that was killed the previous Saturday. The monster sank, but rose to the surface and was towed in. The capture is expected to yield between five and six tuns of oil, and £400 or £600 worth of, bone! There was a unique proceeding in the Magistrate's Court this morning, when the evidence was taken of a deaf aiid dumb man named Henry Hague, ■ who was the informint in a charge of assault and Tobbery brought against a woman, Frances Coyne. The facts were that Hague, on the evening of 25th August last, was assaulted by two women while proceeding quietly • along Upper Cuba-street, and robbed of 10s, which he had in his hip pocket. Questions were handed to him by Inspector Hendrey in the Court to-day, and he wrote his answers. He ewore that accused was one of the women who had accosted him, and that it wae she who took the money. Detective Sergeant Cassells said that he investigated the complaint. Coyne denied all knowledge of the affair, and said that, at the time in question, sho was drunk and asleep on the sofa. When arrested she said : "What would I want to do that for?" Accused pleaded not guilty, and was I committed to the Supreme Court for trial. His Worship (Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) fixed bail at £25. | From a commercial point of view this would be a most inopportune time for Turkey to cast herself into the European imbroglio, states the Dunedin Star. Her harvest of figs, for instance, has been gathered, and is just about ready for shipment. The New Zealand shipments, as a matter of fact, usually leave Smyrna about 10th September. Should Turkey declare war, therefore, hoi', harvest will be imprisoned, and as the fruiL quickly deteriorates in a warm climate it will be practically lost. There appears to be no cool storage arrangements at Smyria, which is rather surprising, as accommodation of this kind would be valuable at any time, and especially so in the present situation. New Zealand's sultanas also come from Smyrna, and its dates from Persia, and in the latter case there will be the difficulty of freightage. Taken all round, therefore, it would appear that the people in New Zealand, in common with many others, will have to do without their figs and dates, and possibly their Christmas pudding, as Australian currants and so on will not be available till about April. The death of Mr. Henry James Freeman recalls the exciting period oa the Victorian goldfields at the time of the Eureka Stockade, when miners protested against the increased license tees and their treatment generally. He had vivid recollections of the riots which followed, and not long' before he died he gave his version as to the causes. "My sympathies were enlisted," he said, "the wrongs suffered by the diggers being such that no right-thinking man could be but sympathetic with them. For illstance, a sailor might desert and go on to the diggings. After a time he would be suddenly accosted by a troop' of police — carrying fixed bayonets— and they would demand instantly to see his license. The poor fellow had probably never heard of a license ; did not know' what was meant by it. Moreover, he would have no money to pay the fee. As a result he would be taken _ into custody, and as there was no place in which to keep him safely he would be marched round all day long in the broiling hot sun. At night he would be chained to a log. Next morning he was brought before the warden and fined. If he had no money to pay tho fine, he would have to work it out in the warden's garden. Tho climax came when a proposal was made to increase the license fee from 30s to £2, and the trouble was brought to a head when one of the miners was thrown out of a public house and killed, the perpetrator being allowed to go free." Mr. Freeman had many recollections of many. fimouß ruthc*.