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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 56, 8 March 1915, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL ♦ In reply to enquiry made by Mr. R. A. Wright, M.P., as to whether the Government would purchase land at Newlands, near Johnsonville, for the purposes of the Workers' Dwellings Act, the Right Hon. W. F. Massey states that he referred the matter to' the Superintendent of Workers' Dwellings, who informed him that the Department already possesses a suitable .block of land at Johnsonville, comprising nineteen sections. So far no use has been made of the same, as applications for workers' dwellings in that district have not oeea forthcoming. The land already held, he adds, should fulfil the requirements of tha district for some years. Any workers desiring the erection .of dwellings on the block should obtain the necessary application forms and particulars from the Department's office in Wellington. The Prime Minister's recent announcement that > the Imperial authorities would require all the beef and mutton exported from New Zealand caused some anxiety in commercial circles in Auckland, as there is a considerable trade in tinned meats with tho people living in the Islands, and it was feared that serious injury might be inflicted 'on the traders and on the /residents there if this proposal ' were carried rigidly into effect. Mr. Arthur M. Myers, M.P., communicated with the Prime Minister on this matter, pointing out that it had taken Nbw Zealand many yteare to secure the supply of tinned meats to the Islands (states, the Star). The United States formerly controlled this market, and it was feared that if the prohibition of meat exports except to the United Kingdom were strictly enforced, America would again secure the Island trade. The Prime Minister has now informed Mr. Myers that under the arrangements made, the trade with the Island's will remain unaffected, except that the consent of the Minister of Customs will be necessary, under the Order iti Council issued on 23rd ult., before any exportation can take place. At a meeting atßunanga, West Coast, last week, called for the purpose of protesting "against" the lu'gh cost of living, the following motion by the Mayor was cairied unanimously: — "That this public meeting, calls the attention of the people of New Zealand to the fact that the Liverpool State Collieries are being worked but half-time ; twenty-five shifts haying been worked by the miners during this year, and we demand an enquiry by the Government into the cause of this mismanagement, in the interest of the State as a whole and the combined interest of the men employed." In connection with the fortnight's mission being given by the Marist Fathers at St. Anne's Church, New town, the services yesterday were largely attended. At the three early Masses the communicants were numerous, and in the evening the church was packed, many persons having to' be accommodated with seats in the Sanctuary and the choit. The Tlev. Father M'Cai-thy was the preacher in the evening; his sermon was forcible and instructive. At the week-day services, the church has also been well filled, the morning instructions by the Rev. Fathers Taylor and M'Carthy being followed with evident interest, while in the evenings the same priests have alternately preached to big congregations. It is by no means only men who transgress in the matter of oyster-thieving. Numbers of women have been caught red-handed, "and, I'd rather tackle three men than one woman," remarked Inspector Bennett fervently, in relating a few of his experiences to an Auckland Herald reporter. "I had one once who fought like a tiger. She came down to Rangitoto on an excursion boat, with a lot of Mason-jars in a hamper, and had just finished filling them for her fishshop when I came round the corner. She was the worst case I ever tackled, and I've had some pretty hard ones!" -So hard in fact, that since one poacher sprang at him with an axe, the inspector has made a point of carrying a very handy weapon, a maiiinespike. hidden up his sleeve, when on watch at 'night. "1 don't suppose many of them know what a useful little weapon 1 carry — it might be just as well to drop them a Jiint," he added, thoughtfully. Mr. Bennett's record capture for one day is 15, all found poaching on Rangitoto, and his return to town that night was\ something of a triumphal procession^ no fewer than _ five confiscated boats' rollicking merrily astern. One boat contained no fewer than 90 sacks of oysters, and fully 100 boats have been confiscated at different times, these usually being returned on payment of a fine. There have been about a dozen arrests this summer. The minimum fine of £20 was imposed upon Henry Nicholl, who admitted-in the Auckland Police Court on Thursday that he had made a bet in Vulcan-lane (reports the Herald). He had been observed to take two bets on the- Wanganui races, his betting book showing a total of three entries only. It was stated that some years ago Nicholl had been a_ bookmaker's clerk, and that lie had twice been convicted of breaches of the Gaming Act. It came somewhat as a surprise to the police to find that he had returned to his old life. In view of the defendant's circumstances — he is married, with four children — his Worship said lie would not impose more than the minimum penalty of £20 and 7s costs, the defendant being allowed a month during which to pay the money. 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