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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 92, 15 October 1914, Page 6

Fresh supplies of bananas are arriving in Wellington. Eleven hundred' cases have just come to hand from the Islands by the Maitai, and four .thousand moiv, brought to Auckland by the Navua, are expected to reach Wellington to-morrow. Leakage ot' a fire- Hose on a top/floor has caused considerable damage to to» bacco. cigars, and cigarettes in tho Queen's Bond. The trouble occurred while the, Bond was closed, bo that the leak could not be detected in time to arrest it. The spoilt goods aro being reconditioned, and* claims are being adjusteu in the meantime. An unmarried man named Charles Goddard, aged forty-four, who recently came to Wellington from Onga Onga, Hawkes Bay, was removed to the Hospital yesterday by Constable Thompson, from a house iri Thorndon-quay. He ha& a gash on his throat, made, it is believed, with a razor, but hifc condition is no considered, serious. ] A charge of having onium suitable for smoking in his possession was brought against a Chinese named Hong Lee, or Jim Kee, before Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., at the Magistrate's Couit this morning. Through his counsel, Mr. J. F. W. Dickson, he pleaded not guilty, and was remanded til) 23rd October. ]*\o allowed bail, £50 having been m* posited with the police. Early shearing in the Masterion district has practically been completed. Operations have, of course, been confined chiefly to stud rams and owes. The clip reported by a local paper to be a good one, ( much better than the average clip obtained at this time of the year, there being a very fair quantity of grease and good lustre. General shearing operations throughout^ the Masterton district will commence in the course of & week or so. A conference convened for the purpose of endeavouring to bring about Labour political unity wa* held in the Trades Hall last evening. The chair was' taken by Mr. John Rigg, »ikl fifty, seven representatives of various Labour organisations were present. The meeting decided to set up a Labour Representation Committee, with Mr. .1. M'Kenzie, president of the Trades and Labour Council as chairman, and Mr. E. Kennedy, secretary of the .Building Labourers' Uhion as secretary. It was left to the committee to decide tho scats to bo contested by Labour candidates in the city and suburbs. The unwisdom of allowing international feelings to run riot under the spur of alcohol was illustrated at the Magistrate's Court to-day. A man named John Weston, imagining that he was upholding the prestige of the Em« pire, went into the shop of Gottfried Wahren, tobacconist, on Lambton-quay, yesterday, quarrelled with the proprietor on the ground that he Was "only a German," and struck him violently on, the face. The logical consequence was his arrest, and the dumbfounded British champion discovered in the dock this morning that in lm drunken zeal he had a-ssaulted a native of Switzerland. He apologised profusely, but if the victim's feelings were thereby soothed, the wrath of the la.w was only appeased when Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., had fined him £1, with the alternative of a fortnight in gaol. At the sitting of the Appeal Court today Mr. H. F. Yon Haast, appearing for the New Zealand _ Law Society^ mentioned the application by tho society to have the name of Robert Taylor Wood struck off the roll. Counsel stated that since their Honours heard the arguments, he had received communications trom the secretary of the Itivercargill Law Society setting forth various mattets,, plating to r the jtp^lica tion, ■ which he wished to be brought "b" e'fore th» Court. Mr. Yon Haast -asked leave to file an affidavit, when Mr. A. W. Blaiu (opposing the application) had had a, chance to reply to it. Mr. Blair said that in accordance with the wishes o? their Honours, he had made certain etv quiries relating to the theft of a watch and was in possession of a letter in refard to the theft, which ho wished to le as an affidavit. The necessary permission was granted by the Court In both instances. American Postal methods commanded the admiration of Mr. Morris, Secretary to the New Zealand Posts and Telegraphs, on his recent visit. He describes the New York Post Office as " a wonderful building, fitted throughout with the most modern appliances, and all kinds of machines and apparatus to save manual laboun. Of course, a great many of the ingenious devices used there have been necessitated from the enormous 'quantities of mail matter that have to be handled. Imagine the quantity in a city of five millions and a-half, as many as there are in the whole of the Australian Commonwealth. What would pay there would not necessarily pay here* He was shown tho stamp printing machinery at work, and was treated with the utmost kindness and courtesy by the United Slates Postal offtcialfa wherever ha went. No time nor trouble was spared by them to make his visit agreeable, interesting, and instruct tive. A Belgian fireman named John BaptkE Cuvillier, employed on board the steamer 5 Arrino, came before Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court this morning, and pleaded guilty to having assaulted John Beale. Inspector Hendrey said that the accused had previously assaulted Beale. who was steward on the vessel, and had been, imprisoned. That offence, he understood, had arisen from a quarrel in connection with the rations supplied to tho firemen. As soon as tht accused re* turned to the ship after being discharged from prison, lie assaulted the steward again, with the idea, it was stated, of getting his discharge from the vessel. The Magistrate said that apparently the fine of £1 previously inflicted was not enough to stop the accused, so lie would try doubling it. The accused was fined £2, wifn the alternative of seven days' imprisonment. He was ordered to be put on board the vessel if she sails in the meantime. A rather singular case, Archer v«. Archer, in which a mother claimed ft half-share in her dead son's estate on the strength of an alleged gift by him to her of three savings bank pass books, was decided in the claimant's favour by Mr. Justice Cooper at tho Auckland Supreme Court this week. At tho beginning of the case Mr. J. 0. Martin, for Mrs. Archer, explained that the latter's son, Walter 4rcher, died intestate, 'caving an orphan child in her care. In the ordinary way this» child would be entitled to the whole of his estate (£600). Mrs. Archer in evidence stated that the gift was made to her •about a month before her son died. She had nursed him all through his illness, and had been put to considerable expense over tho matter She had always understood that he intended to make some provision for her in the event of his death. After considering the matter his Honour said that although the cade presented some unusual features, he had decided to accept Mrs. Archer's statement as to the gift. There was evidenco that at the time of his death the deceased owed his mother a considerable sum, as she had kept both himself nnd his child for a fairly long period without payment. It was therefore not at all improbable that he would make some provision for her. He would therefore hold that she was entitled to tho de* posit bookß and the money they repreeented. Kirk's Antiseptic Skin Soap (medi> cated), specially recommended for ten* der skin*, infants, ahd children. Sold in boxes of three tablets, 2s 3d box t Kirkcaldie and Stains.— Advt.