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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 138, 8 December 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL At his Tai Tapu meeting last evening the Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes, Postmaster' General, made an announcement regard* ing Post Office Savings Bank business. For the last month the deposits were £818,569, and the withdrawals £683,' 541, which showed an excess of deposit* over withdrawals of £135,028. For th« month of November of last year excess of deposits amounted to only £51,518. The formev figures were incomplete, as the returns from a number of outlying j sub-offices had not yet been received, but these would, if anything, increase the excess of deposits. Taking every thing into consideration, Mr. Rhodes thought the result eminently satisfactory. Oomplaintß have bee» made by some t 1 ri ?.J arge P a6tor »l Agency houses of the difficulty in obtaining space in direct steamers for wool in time to reach the February London sales. In one case, however, wool was carried in insulated space, for which no refrigerated cargo wa* offering, but notwithstanding some extra or "outside" boats— that is, vessels not of the regular lines—Shaw Savill, New Zealand Shipping, Federal-Shire, and Commonwealth and Dominion Compames— that have been brought into this trade it would seem that there is still likely to bo a shortage of space for wool in time to catch the sales referred to. It is further stated that stores are pack* ed with wool not only for the various local sales but for export in time for the London series opening in February The Christchurch police yesterday seized a wireless plant at Heathcote. It was installed twelve months ago and was owned by an employee of the Rail, way Departmetn; (states a Press Association telegram) "Patriot" writes, to The Post urging the need of vigilance in regard to natives of enemy countries resident in New Zealand. The writer complains that unwarrantable leniency was exercised in Samoa m regard to the action ol an alteged _ spy, "The information gathered py this man," the correspondent states, might have caused the death ol a large proportion of the New Zealand troops m Samoa. . In conclusion, I beg to suggest that a public meeting should be arranged for and that the citizens of Wellington, should tako the opportunity to state their views on the situation " A Press Association telegram from Auokland published last night, ttated that the name of the ex-Territorial sentenced to 90 days' imprisonment for theft find drunkenness at Samoa, was Private Morton, of the Field Artillery Service Corps. An officer of the Field Artillery in Samoa, who has just returned to Wellington, informs ua that Gunner Morton, of that branch of the service, has not committed any offence and is still in Samoa, and that the name of the person who was sentenced to 90 days' imprison • nient and brought back to nd is Rogers, an ex-sergeant in the Army Service Corps Much tumo was occupied by Mr, D. G A Cooper, S M., at the Magis.trate6 Court yestsvday in the hearing of at- application brought by Caroline Anderson for summary separation from her husband. John Robert Anderson. The grounds were failure to provide and persistent cruelty. The complainant alleged adultery on defendant's part as her reason for leaving her home at Reef ton. The application was granted, and defendant was ordered to pay 30s per week maintenance, and in addition £40 for past maintenance, together with costs. Mr. D. R. Hoggard Appeared for complainant and Mr. P. W. Jackson for defendant. A humorous reference to Tipperary was made by the Hon. J. G. w. Aitken, Chairman of the Education Board, at the annual "breaking-up" ceremony of the Teachers' Training College to-day. Mr. Aitken said he had noticed by the newspapers that 500 Germans had been -made prisoners iv Dublin, and it was the intention of the authorities to send them to Tipperary. Perhaps, he suggested, the Germans had their doubts as to whether there was any such place, and the object of sending them to Tipperary was to give them a lesson in geography. After this they would be satisfied that Tipperary was a reality, and was not invented for the purposes of the popular song. Recently a. middle-aged woman named Mary Louisa Scott entered the fish" and chip emporium of Elisabeth Lee Wood and made a modest purchase. But she took home with her more than a parcel of fish and chips ; in other words, while the proprietress was absent from the shop she appropriated 18s from a money box there. Mrs. Wood informed the police, with the result that Mary Scott was charged before Mr. v) G. A. Cooper, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court 10-day with theft of the 18s. She pleaded not guilty, and af«er a feminine argument between complainant and herself into which all manner of irrelevant matter, even \O the washing of clothes, was introduced, the Magistrate decided that accused was really guilty As this was not her first appearance in Court ft sentence of seven days in gaol waa imposed. A suggestion has been made that the Wharf Labourers' Union will probably come into the fold of the United Labour Party now that it is registered under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act The idea was brought under the notice of prominent officials of the union, and they explained that the union had no intention at present of becoming affiliated to any political organisation—either the United Labour Party or the Social Democratic Party. The union was too busy just now putting its house in order after the troublous career it had experienced, and was now only feeling its feet One of the officers stated that the books of the union had to be in the hands of the auditors in a week's time in order that they might be ready for the adjourned annual meeting on 15th December, and the re-writing of the new ledger only would necessitate no less than 13>000 entries being made from the documents of the union. At Mr. H. Gillen's political meeting at Westport last night a resolution was passed unanimously, on the motion of | Mr. Gillen, that this meeting of West- i port electors protests against the ajpathy and ineptitude of the Government in neglecting to safeguard the -people from the machinations of those farmers, ttiillers, or speculators who are cornering I flour or wheat with a view of taking toll from the people for their chief ne* cessity ; that this meeting demands that the Government shall immediately exer« cisc its powers under the Act already passed to fix the price of wheat and other staple commodities, and to take sueh > means as are available to discover the individuals and firms who are withholding supplies and to punish those taking advantage of public necessities to eXftct exorbitant profits ; that this meeting further demands that evidence be taken by the Food Commission at Wellington and elsewhere, and to be immediately published for public information. Three first-offending inebriates came before Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., at to-day's sitting of the Magistrate's Court. They were all convicted and discharged, j Isabella Foster, who had a previous conviction, was fined 10s, in default fortyeight hours in gaol. Men who swim at the bays will appreciate our two-garment swimming suit at 6s 6d, just a nice weight, (jeg, Fowlds, ,