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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 63, 11 September 1915, Page 4

A Gazette Extraordinary w«K«iMued to-day removing the embargo on^the export of butter and potatoes from New Zealand. The new season's butter is now largely augmenting the supply, and it'has been deemed advisable to permit of the exportation. The Australian embargo has already been removed, and butter is being exported from there. The old Auckland dock, which has been dismantled in order to make way for waterfront improvements, will shortly { have disappeared altogether. The Har- j bour Board's suction dredge has been removed to the site, and yesterday commenced pumping material into the dock. Thus fillmg-in process is expected to take about a fortnight (says the Herald). A lecture recently delivered at Oxford, in Canterbury, on the .value of lime for agricultural lands, by Mr. A. M'Taggart, of the Department of Agriculture, is considered so valuable that the Farmers' Union in that district has recommended its distribution in pamphlet form amongst the unions and agricultural- and pastoral associations throughout the Dommion. ' The Coroner does not deem it necessary to hold v inquest into the circumstances atending the death of Mrs. Mary Josephine Brooks, who died suddenly at 148, Sydney-street, on Thursday night. She had been on a visit to the Wairarapa six or seven months ago. The doc- ! tor who then attended her was communicated with by telegraph, and he stated that her trouble was heart disease. Dr. Henry was also able to certify to that effect. Private street* will form the subject of a discussion at Monday's meeting of the Petone Borough Council, when the following proposal will be put forward : "That the Government be asked, when bringing down an amendment to the Municipal Corporations Act, "1908, in order to enable a council to declare by way of special order, any private street not leas than 40. feet wide which was laid out prior to Ist January, 1906, to be a public street, provided that- every private street to be so token over shall first be properly formed and constructed by the owners thereof or frontages thereto." A youth who had pleaded guilty to two charges of theft of Postal packets came before the Supreme Court for sentence' to-day. Mr. H. F. yon Haaet asked that prisoner's age— he was only seventeen— be considered; also, the nature of his offence, which did not suggest a criminal bent. He had not taken valuables, but packets of chocolates. His Honour said he had no power to admit prisoner to probation, but, on account of his age, he would order him to come up for sentence when called on, with the condition that for six months he should not be seen outside his home after 6 o'clock in the evening. He had made a fool of himself and done an injury to bis parents, but he had now I the chance to reform. The only business before the Magi*- i trate's Court this morning consisted of a dozen charges of drunkenness. Of these six first offenders were dealt with in the usual lenient manner. Five 6econd offenders — Albert Leys, William Brewe, James Moderate, Timothy Keating, and John Hyde— were each fined 10s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment. In sentencing Peter Mukahy, who had six convictions recorded against him during the past six months, Mr. Cooper, S.M., said: "You had better get away for a month, Mulcahy. It will do you good." To James Moderate, who asked to be allowed to get away by the steamer to Lyttelton to-night, his Worship re- j plied: "If you have 10s you can get away ; otherwise you cannot." Ordinarily Parliamentary returns are supposed to be "facts that winna ding" (remarks the Farmers' Union, Advocate), but the return presented by the Minister of Finance (Bight Hon. Sir Joseph Ward) last week is composed of facts that at best only bide the truth, and require a counter-statement to refute the implication that the farmer is less heavily burdened in taxation than the business man. Sir Joseph's return will, no doubt, be largely* availed of by those who desire to ses the burden of taxation placed upon the shoulders of the landowner. It has also the "immense advantage of being a State document, issued apparently with the authority of Cabinet and endorsed by the House. It will, in consequence, carry with it the impress of impartiality, though, as a matter of fact, it is an ex parts statement. In concluding its leading article on the subject, the Advocate says : — "We have seen a good many Parliamentary returns, but we cannot remember having seen one which is so calculated to mislead as that under review." "Your King and coonfcry need yoo— we dont," U said to be the formula of dismissal adopted by a large corporation which is getting rid of unmarried men fit for active service who do not enlist voluntarily, states the Toronto Globe, which adds: — "It is to be hoped | the practice will not spread. Recruits I can be had in large numbers by organisation and leadership. There is no need in Canada for coercion. This is a war to put down Prussianism, not to extend it to this side of the Atlantic. The incident ought to set Ottawa thinking seriously about the need of a more complete system for attracting recruits. In the military district of which Toronto is j the centre, and which has supplied far more than its quota of soldiers for active service, the work of recruiting has been left almost 'entirely to the regimental officers, who have spent their time and their awn money upon it in » way beyond praise. Some of them have gone upon i recruiting tours into the adjacent rural municipalities, and have thus done what they could to stir the still smouldering patriotism in some of the smaller towns and villages. The work they did, and j the work the Speakers' League is doing represents the contribution of many good citizens to the' great cause. But it is work that should have been begun by Ottawa officially months ago and carried on without cessation. Before the whip of coercion is applied, why not try the persuasive eloquence of public men speaking officially on behalf of the Federal authorities, and calling on all who are fit and free from domestic burdens and cares to serve their country in the field? If that is done thoroughly, especially in the Eastern Provinces, where recruiting has been slow, there will be no need for such harsh, coercive words as 'Your King and country need you — we don't.' " We have landed a fine' supply of straw boaters, including high crown and other popular shapes. Geo. FowWs, Ltd., Manners-street. — Advt. "On tiie move?" If so, employ us. Skilful packing, and motor-van for moving furniture out of town or in town. The N.Z. Express Co., 87-91, CustomI house-quay. — Advt. "Your store is very fine, right up to date, and compares very favourably with those in our country," remarked a. gentleman who arrived by the Maitai a few days ago from America, while;- looking over C. Smith's new premises in Cubastreet. "Those show windows aiid the magnificent lighting throughout the whole store are right up to the standard in U.S.A." When a- gentl»m*a from aapbher country praises the store up like that, it proves that C. Smith's is the finest shopping centre in the city, as can also be seen by the large crowds of eager buyers who visit the store daily, par-tiouJa-rly tbose buying 40-inch voile ait 1«- ■ and 1* M a yard.— Advt