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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 75, 25 September 1914, Page 6

To have been summoned on the Grand Jury for seventeen consecutive years, with the exception of only one session of the Supreme Court, is a fairly good record. Such, 'however, was the experience of a Gisborne sheepfarmer, who was summoned for the Grand Jury lasl. Week, but Was not called. The amount collected in Mutt and Petone by the Society for the Health ol Women ahd Children (Petone branch) towards the expenses of a Plunket nurst 1 was £23. The committee desires to express its_ gratitude to all those who assisted in the work by canvassing, and to those who so readily responded. A Wairarapa butcher states that the price of fat bullocks is now just double what it was ten years ago. The price of beef will from now on show a continued increase, as there is a scarcity ot cattle all over the world. On the other hand, there is every probability that lamb will be cheaper this season than it was last year. The cost of holding the Conference of Chambers of Commerce and Local Bodies of the Wellington province, in July last, was £48 15s (including tlie publication of a detailed report of the proceedings). As forty bodies took part, the amount due by each is £1 4s. Th« Miramar Borough Council has readily agreed to pay its share. Orayon is the name of the newest cotton fabric for spring and summer wear. It is a perfectly woven fabric, and withstands the ravages of the laundry as no other similar fabric. For women and children's wear it is an ideal fabric. Can be had in twenty-five different shades. Width 28 inches; price lOAd yard. Kirkcaldie and Stains.— Advt. "The conflagration in Europe," is the title of a book written by Mr. F. Lutton , Carter, and published by Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs. The contents include interesting notes on the combatants and their armies, strategy and topography, with illustrations. Th© purpose is to give an average reader a helpful view of the countries in conflict, and the various factors of the fighting. Mention was made at the annual meet* ing of the Wellington East District Cricket Club last evening of the fact that several members had given their services for the defence of the country. These were Messrs. Baker, M'Girr, Watson, W. Smith, E. Hollis, Lennox, T. Young, Hughes, Gibson, and Hodge. The three last-named were engaged in duty at the forts while the others had joined the Expeditionary Force. It was decided to place on record the club's appreciation of the commendable action of these members. When the name Robert Green Verdent was called at the Magistrate's Court this morning, a middle-aged man stumbled into the Court, and with some difficulty mounted the dock. He wae charged with being an incorrigible rogue, in that he was found by night in a. vacaht see> tion in Lower Cuba-street, and that ir December, 1912, he was convicted of being a rogue and a vagabond. Ho pleaded guilty. Inspector Hendrey said it was possible that the man could bo admitted to some home. The accused himself said he wanted to go into some home. He had done mo work for thirteen years, because he \vas partially, paralysed. He had beeh in thirty-two different hospitals. Inspector Hendrey said that if Verdent wanted to get into a, home he should have made application to the proper quarter instead of living a vagrant life. A remand until Wednesday was granted. The dance which was to be held at Fort Kelburne to-morrow night will not be held until some time later.