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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 7, 9 January 1915, Page 6

As announced yesterday. Mr. E. F. Duthie, of Dunedin, h*s been Selected by the executive of the New Zeala-nd Employers' Federation as the official candidate for the position of employers' representative on fcho Arbitration Courts, It iB sUfced, however, that Mr S. I. Clarke, of Auckland, will also bef nominated. An important discovery that will be of much advantage to Glenham and Mokoreta settlers is th© existence of a, seam of lignite of good quality on the property of Mr. M'Ewan (formerly Craig, head's). Glenham Settlement (says the Wyidham Herald). It is said to be i better than Mataura lignite. A glut of fruit as far as some v»rie« ties are concerned, is being experienced in North Auckland. In one instance an orchardisi. got rid of a heavy crop of plums afc tho rate of 6d per case, the buyers bringing their own cases. Other growers, who shipped plums ■to Aucki land, got even a lower return. The samo prico of sixpence per case was realised) tor the fruit, bufc out of ifc they had to pay fourpence each for the cases, also tho steamer freight. | A meeting of the executive of the lei land Bay section of the National Reserve was held last evening al th» resw I denco of the chairman (Mr. A. T. Welle). i It was announced that the enrolment up to date for the Island Bay section alone ! was approaching one hundred. Ifc waa | decided to thoroughly canvass tho Bay, a comprehensive scheme was drafted, and members willingly volunteered to fcak« on fcho work of canvassing. The Island Bay section has been advised that tha Defence Department ie preparing amended regulations in connection with the scheme for a National Reserve, and im« mediately on receipt of this, active operations will commence. Judging b^ the experience of a welK known 'Wellington business man who ia now spending a holiday in Dunedin, pocket- picking is rife at present in the St. Clair bathing shed. On two occasions this week our visitor was robbed' of BHlall sums in cash whilst he was bathing, and, on making complaint, ho" discovered another gentleman who had 1 fco recount a similar experience. So far as can be judged from the complaints made fco a Daily Times reporter by one of fche victims, the depredations are. carried out systematically by expert, thieves, who apparently have access to the various dressing rooms whilst the victims are in the water. Th« New Year season has been eat^B' factory to Rotorua, as far as visitors are concerned. The number of jpersons spending the first weak of 1915 in fche thermal district ha« been large, larger even than at Christmastide, and certainly larger than had been expected (telegraphs the „ New Zealand Herald's correspondent)., Ifc is fcrue that the oversea tourist ©le<s menfc, a. well-moneyed element, was bufc little represented ; people overseas are just now engaged in sterner work than visiting health resorts. Nevertheless, thei town was full of visitors, and the excursions and other means of recreation were well patronised. The fchrong, in the Government gardens, enjoying bowls, lawn tennis, and croquet, was as large, probably, as afc any previous holiday aeasun. The difference in fche relative values of "Maori hand-dfessed" flax and machinedressed fibre, of even the best quality, is so great fchafc improved methods o£ dressing flax by machinery offer very inviting prospects to inventors. Any improvement, even so slight as fco add only a shilling or fcwo per ton to th© value of flax, means an increase of thousands of pounds revenue to the Dominion. The Commission recently appointed to deal wifch the allocation of bonuses fco inventors for improvements in fche production of flax fibre has made beveral recommendations, some of them subject Ix> certain conditions as fco fcho use by flax millers of the improvements in question. Messrs. Baldwin and Ray» ward, who are pafcenfc attorneys for Mr.' Charles Suttie? have jusfc been informed that he has accepted a bonus of £750' awarded him by the Commission. Mr. J. J. Corry, who is on© of tha ( besfc authorities on barley in New Zeoland, and who by reason of his extensive dealings in this line of the graia 1 business is popularly known as the "Bariefy Kiing 1 of the Dominion, stated to an Otago Daily Tunes ro--. porter during a recent visit to Dune? din that owing fco tho severe drought experienced in Marlborongh ever since June of last year the yield of barley in! that province this year will be very small indeed. He estimates thafc tho« total yield will be something like 25,000' sacks, whereas in a favourable seasonii ifc is something like 100,000 eacks. As, Marlborough is fche largest barley grow-, ing district ill New Zealand, there is every possibility of a shortage of barley this year, and no doubt importing will have to be *-«sortod to, The oat' crops in Marlborough. too, are in no better condition fchan the barley, and in many cases they were so bad thafr farmers put their sheep into the fields. A smart man wifch a glass eye very, nearly got past the Dofenco authorities^ the other day, says the Otago Daily Times. In every other way an <thgible candidate, he was sent up for medical examination, and samo into the hands of the eight-testers. "Put your hand over your leffc eye and read this/ said the examiner, exhibiting a placard at a distance. The would-be recruit put his hand to his sightless eye, and read glibly with the cound member. "Cover your' righfc eye and read it," the examiner then ordered, repeating the performance The man cooly lifted his right hand and placed it, not over his right eye, but again over tho artificial optic, and read the chart again. So cooly was the thing done that the examiner had nearly passed him when he noticed that fche same eye had been covered twice. A third trial was given, care being fcaken fco ensure that tho eound eye was covered this time, and, tho vitreons optic, whatever its appearance might have boon, proved quite unequal to fche task of reading. So a keen recruit was lost to the colours. A young man named Percival Roy Kennedy, employed in the Union Bank at Christchurch as an exchange clerk, pleaded guilty in the Christchurch Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing £156 belonging to fche bank. Evidence waa given by Charles L. Matthews, tho bank s accountant in Ghvistchurch, that accused had been in the employ of th© bank since Ist July, 1912. During the past six months accused had been acting as exchange clerk. On 22nd December last witness discovered an error of £50 in accused's exchange sheets, and questioned him fchereon. Accused then admitted having stolen £200 from ths bank. Witness made an examination of accused's books, and found thafc between 2nd September and 27th October lasfc accused had stolon £50. Thafc amount, however, accused hod squared up on 29th October. On 31st October, accused received from tho various tellers £631, and the exchange (sheet showed he only delivered £591. Witness also found that between 31st October and 22nd December accused had stolen £200 in small sums on various dates. When witness questioned accused on 22nd December, accused paid back £43 19s lOd, leaving £156 0s 2d. Accused handed witness a written confession of his guilt. When the receipts came from the other banks the totals were altered. Detective Ward said he arrested *ccupedi on 24th December. Accused informed. witness that he hud epenfc all fcho UKHHyr,, Accused was commifctod fcothe'Skqttvmd