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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 125, 23 November 1914, Page 6

The sale of rifles and ammunition to , Defence rifle clubs by the Defence Department has been suspended until further notice. i In district orders just published, all ranks are warned that all military police have full powers, and their authority must in no manner be questioned by soldiers in uniform. At Saturday's service at the Synagogue, Wellington-terrace, the Rabbi (Rev. H. Van Staveren) offered up a prayer in connection with the deatU of Lord Roberts and made reference to the late Field-Marshal's character and life work. Evidently the firemen of the Tur&kina, who informed the Police Court last week that they would not go to eea with the coloured men oh board, thought better of their threat. The ship left for the South on Saturday, the firemen turning to as usual. Mr, J. B. A'Deane, of Asheott, Takapau, Hawkes Bay. ha& sent to the Hon. James Alleh a cheque for £100 for distribution amongst the crews of H.M S. New Zealand and Sydney as a slight appreciation of their recent achievemetit-s, states a Press Association telegram. As a further means to raise funds for the relief of distress caused through the war, several members of the executive of the South Wellington Progreßsive Society have formed a provisional committee to organise an effort from the suburbs south of the Basin Reserve, to raise funds for distribution. The meeting for the purpose of makinfjt arrangements i« called for to-morrow night, in the Newtown Library Hall, and should be well attended. ■ Over 100 members of No. 42 (Kilbirnie) Company, Wellington Senior Cadets, paraded on Saturday afternoon under Lieutenant Nimmo. The newly-iormed bugle band under Sergeant Phillips was in attendance for the first time, and was a thorough success. The company extended in skirmishing order from 'Lyall Bay on an imaginary force which it was presumed had landed at Island Bay. Tho mantmwrea executed during the afternoon proved of great value to the Cadets. In the civil action, Charles E. Hick«y versus the Clement v Mason CinematO' graph Company, Ltd., claim for £177, alleged debt, wliich was set down for hearing to-day before his Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout), an agreement was arrived at, and the case was not called. His Honour, by coil' sent, made a decree referring the matter to the Registrar for the taking of accounts. Mr. W Perry represented the plaintiff, and Mr. A. W. Btair the defendant company. ( The bicycle thief pales into comparative insignificance as compared with tho motor-cycle robber (says the Christchurch Press). It is reported that at present there are twelve rightful owners of motor' cycles who are anxiously awaiting information as to the whereabouts of their property. In one case a man has been relieved of a comparatively new machine, which' cost close on £90. , Recently tlie , Christchurch police authorities received information from the Dunedin police that a Christchurch motor-cycle which was "lost, stolen or strayed" five months ago had been recovered. In a letter to a friend in Auckland, the head of J. H. Smyth, Ltd., the wellknown stamp-dealihg firm of Sydney, writes regarding the Samoan provisiono] stamps : "These are causing Borne worry, for there has apparently been a gdad deal of speculating in them in Apia, and the holders \4ixA euch tall prices that business is out of the question altogether. lam afraid that some of them will 'burn their fingers' very badly, ana never get their money back. None of the collectors here \ will them at the prices asked. In fact, we got srnaH supplies of some of the denominations from a private source, which we are able to sell at half those prices and make a handsome profit." A charge of drunkenness and two charges concerning the breach of * prohibition order, were preferred againM Henry Greenfield in the Magistrate's Court to-day. To each he entered v plea of guilty. Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., imposed fines totalling £2 10s, in default eight days' imprisonment. The* usual procession of week-end inebriates took place. William John Lucas, a prohibited person, was given one more chance. He was fined 20s, with the alternative of three days in gaol, and warned that if he appears again he will be sent to Roto Roa Island. Alexander ' Gibb and Martin Dalley were both fined 10s, in default 48 hours in gaol, and nine first offenders were leniently dealt with. Alexander Francis M'Lean, at present undergoing a sentence for the tfieft of a bicycle, pleaded not guilty to a further similar charge. There was strong evidence against Tiim, however, and he was convicted and ordered to spend an additional three weeks, ia custody. A new loan and savrnge plan for employees, designed also as a protection from loan sharks, is advocated in ft circular letter sent out by the Russell Sage Foundation (states a New York paper). Employers, it is said, have long recognised the seriousness of the salary loan problem from the efficiency point of view. "But, while realising that no employee is capable of rendering efficient service when living in constant fear of the loan shark, the intelligent employer recognises in small borrowing often a legitimate and defensible procedure caused by emergency need*, and frequently a prudent act committed in a spirit of economy," the letter reads. "But he knows also that much, of the borrowing of his employees is directly or indirectly a result of improvidence, and that to teach employee* to cave, and to encourage them in saving, in order that they may provide in advance for emergency needs, is to achieve a deep and lasting result which. reflects itself in the increased efficiency, competence, and contentment of employee*. " The «eheme provides for "credit unions" on a. cooperative basis.. The Rev. Dawsoa Thomas, vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Gieborne, ha« accepted an appointment to a rectorship at Dubbo, New South Wales, stales a Press Association telegram. In a cricket match at Wanganui on Saturday Butterworth scored 311 runs. On three previous occasions this season fie lias scored over the century (says a Press Association telegram). Workers who want flannel under* that stand very hard wear should buy from an extensive stock at Geo. Fowlds, Ltd. Prices, 2s 6d, 3s 6d, 4« lid, os lid, 6s lid. Get your wife to come and inspect materials.— Advt. A happy journey. No bother with baggage. Just check through us. We collect, check, and deliver. It facilitates checking if we take out your ticket. The N.Z. Express Co., Ltd.— Advt. The following will be of special interest to the ladies ot Wellington. Reports received from headquarters state that there its going to bo ft. greftt -scarcity of Kid Glovea during the next year or two, owing to tho fact that the" animals are being killed off, and the enormous quantities of skins in process of cleaning, tanning, and dyeing hnve been neglected and spoiled. Already the prices abroad have advanced 50 per cent., and In some en*<» the pricoi have been doubled. Our readers will be gl»d to heat, though, that they will not be affected to that extent if they buy their Glovos early at C. Smith's, Ltd,, of Cuba-street, who wore fortunate in getting their full shipments, before the war affected the tr*de. s-Adyk