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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 150, 26 June 1915, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL ♦ A paragraph published in a contemporary referring to a conference held by the Mayor with Sir John Findlay, K.C., Mr. C. P. SkerreU, K.C., and Mx. H. G. Hill, chairman of the Patriotic Society, has confused the decision that was come to at that meeting. It was decided to ask the Mayor of Wellington to convene a meeting to be held at the Town Hall on Friday, 2nd July, at 2.30 p.m., and to invite the Mayors of all towns in the provinces of Wellington, Taranaki, and Hawkes Bay, together with the chairmen of all j county councils and presidents of pa- ' trrotic societies within the same district* for the purpose of considering the desirability of & federation of all patriotio societies and funds collected for the benefit of our wounded soldiers and sailors and dependents. This meeting is now being convened by the Mayor, and Sir John Findlay, K.C., and Mr Skerrett, K.C., are preparing draft proposals for the consideration of the meeting. These proposals will be circulated -within the area referred to as soon as they are ready. Gifts or money (for the purchase of comforts) on behalf of the measles convaleßcente at Kaiwarra should bo addressed to the Sergeant-in-Charge, care Mr. Morgan, manager, Levin's Store, Kaiwa-rra. A point of considerable interest in connection with the presentation of graduates of Victoria College at the Town. Hall last night was the fact that three of^ them wore khaki. It is well that their names shouW be inscribed 1 on the College Roll of Honour. They were Sergt. G. S. Strack, M.A. ; and Lieuts. Kenneth S. Caldwell, L.L.8., and A. B. Sievwright, LL.B. I The arrangements in connection with yesterday's ceremony at the opening of Parliament invested the occasion with the proper dignity. But it is never possible to foresee all that may happen. Consequently, when a motor-car preceded by a police escort drove up io the door oi the Parliamentary Buildings, and the band played "God Save the King," and officers and soldiers came to the Royal salute, it was a somewhat embarrassed private secretary who, attired as White Rod, stepped from the hooded motorcar as its door was ceremoniously opened. The Stag officers, in two hnes, standing at the salute ip the vestibule, also looked slightly embarrassed. His Excellency arrived a few minutes later. The ceremony, of course, had to be repeated. It was, perhaps, fitting at a time like this that unusual military display should figure at the opening of Parliament yesterday. There were old customs revived, or rather they may be termed, as far as this country iB concerned, new customs, such as one observed in more complete form in the opening of the Mother of Parliaments. It has not been the custom here, for instance, for soldiers to stand four paces apart, down tha corridors through which the Governor and the^ Vice-Regal party pass to reach the Legislative Council, where the ceremonial reading of the Speech takes place. In the vestibule also for the first time were waiting to salute His Excellency, and precede him to the Council Chamber, the chief military officers of the Dominion, all in khaki, the uni* form now worn on ceremonial occasions by the King. The officers, who included the Honorary Aides-de-Camp, -were: —Brigadier-General Robin, Colonel Gibbon, Colonel R. J. Collins, Colonel W E. Collins, Colonel Potter, Colonel Pilkington, Colonel Fulton, and Colonel Purdy, and Captain Hudson Strong criticism was levelled against the City Council at last evening's meeting of the Wellington Boxing Association for its action in charging I3ie association £18 for rent of the Town Hall on the occasion of the Tracy -Taylor bout in aid of the Wounded Soldiers Fund. The chairman (Mr. E, W. M'Villy) refuted the suggestion abroad that the association was out to make money and was a wealthy body. He pointed out that in 1913 £49 had been given to the Citizens' Carnival Fund, and during 1914 the sums of £32 and £15 to the same fund. In 1915 £78 had been handed over for the Belgian Relief and the Wounded Soldiers Funds. The sums were the net proceeds of carnivals, and the association had to draw on its capital account to pay expenses. The TracyTaylor contest had resulted in a loss of £25 18s. Other speakers took strong exception to the council's procedure in asking for the rent of the hall before the doore were opened on the night of the contest. Eventually, it was unanimously decided to pay £18— tho amount levied by the council for the use of the hall— to the Wounded Soldiers Fund, which means that the association will pay £36 for rent. It appears that the council first charged the association £18, and the association asked that it should be given the free use of the hall. The council refused the request- unless no expenses were paid to and no charges made by the performers. The association could not see its way to accept this condition, and subsequently the council asked for 50 per cent, of the takings. ,The Boxing Association decided, after several discussions, to pay £18, tlie original rent asked. Ladies who_ are desirous of securing the finest knitting wools for military work should visit Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd. They have a range of Paton's famous knitting yarns for caps, scarves, and balaclavas.^Advt. For Camp Life.— Has your soldier friend a sleeping bag? Just inspect out kha.ld. blanket-lined bag at 30a. Gm Fxxwld^..M«im6»<st«^. == Ad,\^ '