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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 151, 28 June 1915, Page 6

LOCAL AND ; GENERAL Genuine interest wa« manifested in the result of the Queen CarnivaJ election on Saturday night. Outside the Evening Post office, where results were posted, tho crowd of about five thousand resembled tho assemblage of people on an election night. The Commercial Travellers' win was undoubtedly a popular one, though very many people would have been glad to see the Trentham Boys rewarded for their efforts. It was organisation that won the battle for the Travellers. They thought hard and worked well. They were the originators of many novel ideas for gaining cash and votes, and from the chairman (Mr. F. W. Manton) to the youngest official all worked with the greatest willingness. Owing to heavy landslips on the Main Trunk line between Puketutu and Te Kuiti, the through express trains which left Auckland and Wellington on Saturday were held up for 'some considerable time. The train which steamed out of the Thorndon station at 1.10 p.m. reached Auckland five hours and a-half late, while the one which should have arrived at Wellington from Auckland at 6.28 a.m. yesterday was almost twelve hours behind time, not completing the journey until 6.18 p.m. The statue of the late Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, which was unveiled on Saturday, stands upon a rising slope in the grounds of Parliament House at a point which will be in a direct line with the main entrance of the new building. It has been placed upon a gracefully-pro-portioned pedestal of Aberdeen granite, fifteen feet in height, relieved by chaste mouldings. On the north and south side of the pedestal are bronze shields bearing the deceased statesman's initials in monogram. Near the top there runs a frieze of bronze, upon which have been modelled sea shells and billowy waves in which dolphins are sporting, emblematic of the overseas Dominions. Upon tho front of the pedestal is engraved the simple inscription, "Richard John Seddon." The figure which rests upon this pedestal is bronze, 9 feet 6 inches high, and is admirably proportioned. Anyone who knew what the late Mr. Seddon was will understand what those proportion are. Like the pedestal, the figure is the work of Sir Thomas Brock, the eminent English sculptor, who is best known as the designer of the great Queen Victoria memorial now erected in front of Buckingham Palace. Sir Thomas worked from photographs taken while Mr. Seddon was in the act of addressing a meeting at Papawai in 1905, and his modelling was further aided by suggestions furnished by Mrs. and Miss Seddon, in London. He has depicted the orator dressed in the frock coat which Mr. Seddon always affected when upon the platform^ his right hand uplifted to emphasise hia appeal, while in his left hand ho holds a sheaf of notes. There will, of course, be differences of opinion as to ths fidelity of the likeness, according to the light in which it is seen and the recollection of the spectator, but the profile, looking at it from south to north, is undoubtedly a happy reproduction. A party of golfers returning from Charteris Bay to Lyttelton on Thursday evening last had an exciting experience, says the Lyttelton Times. Owing to the low tide the motor-launch had to be anchored some distance from the shore, and a small dinghy was requisitioned to act as tender. Tho carrying capacity of the dinghy, however, was limited to five persons, but as there were six in the party, those present decided to test its capabilities to the utmost. The result was disaster. The extra passenger embavked, and the dinghy sank with all hands, to the amusement of a fellow-golfer who was watching the proceedings from a rock. The men, waist deep in water, gathered up their belongings and waded ashore, little the worse for their submersion. The departure for home had to be postponed till the master of the launch had changed his clothes. Ladies who are in search of smart neckwear for these winter nights should sco tho exceptionally choice knitted silk scarves now showing aUKirkcaldie and Stains', Ltd. All shades, low pricee.-— Advt. Keep warm and dry during winter's Liable. (!ood I3rititih raincoath. 37s 6d, 47s 6d, and 555, Gey. FowkW, Ltd.— AUvt.