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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 15, 17 July 1918, Page 8

When welcoming delegates to-day at the annual conference of the-New Zealand Council of Agriculture, Sir J. G. Wilson congratulated the farmers on the acquisition of a building of their own in Wellington—the Dominion Farmers' Institute. He expressed the hope that the Government would take advantage of the vacant section alongside to erect an agricultural building, and so assist in further centralisation, which would be of immense benefit. Referring' ! subsequently to this suggestion, the ! Minister for Agriculturo (Hon. W. D. | Mac Donald) was non-committal, but a-p- ---! proved the idea, stressing the fact that ! all the Government Departments were very badly off for accommodation. At the Concert Chamber of the Town I Hall on.Saturday night next Malini, the | magician, will commence a. farewell seaeon of seven nights prior to his departure for tho United States. There is a. charm and novelty about his', entertainment, many of his tricks being altogether off the _ track of_ ordinary legerdemain. In j addition to his accomplishments as a conI jurer, Malini is also gifted with fluency I of speech, and while the quickness of tho ; hand is deceiving tho eyq the audience is j entertained by his amusing patter. The ono great feature of Malini's entertain- ■ ment is tho absence of cumbersome appli- { a-nces, his hands being his sole "props." Malini is the possessor of many decorations presented him by rulers of different countries. It seems safe to assume that. j audiences aro in for a rare treat. Malini I will bo assisted by Miss Ettio Field, a I charming soprano, and Mrs. A. M. Moni tague, pianist. The plans for every evening may bo scon at the Bristol. The mobilisation in Australia of units for war service is not entirely confined to tho A.I.F. training camps that are dotted over various parts of the Commonwealth. For the past few weeks (says the Age) a new flying wing that is shortly to be sent to the front has been busily concentrating in companies and battalions at the Zoological Gardens, in Melbourne. It comprises to date no fewer than 600 homing pigeons, approved fliers in tho true sense of the word, that have been generously donated to the Defence authorities for service in the fighting zone in France. The pigeons will be sent overseas for training, and in time will be used to convey messages from the front-line trenches to the headquarters of the army staffs in the rear of the line.