BREVITIES.

Evening Star, Issue 12766, 20 March 1906, Page 8

BREVITIES.

A deputation from the Wellington Employers’ Association waited on the Acting. Minister of Railways yesterday to protest against the- closing of tho railway goods sheds at 4.30 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. The AGnister said he had received a letter frbin the carters opposing the change back to. 6 p.m, ak the closing hour. They stated that they were not paid overtime 'if they were detained after 6 p.m. He would carefully consider the representations of the deputation. At the first meeting of creditors of F. H. Bruges, barrister and solicitor, Christchurch, held yesterday afternoon, bankrupt’s statement showed- 1 unsecured creditors totalling £10,826 7s 7d, the, net deficiency being £9.070 19s Id. Bankrupt m his sworn statement said bis professional earnings had always largely exceeded his private expenses. The financial part of the practice was Controlled by a managing clerk, and he was not aware of his involved position till last year, when be executed an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. The meeting was adjourned till April 2. At the Christchurch Police Court yesterday Louis Ogden, a member of the West Christchurch Cricket Club, playing in the Third Grade matches, was fined 40s, in default one month, for having on Saturday stolen £1 12s from the clothes of another player hanging up in the pavilion at Lancaster Park. Manv thefts .from the dressing room at the pavilion have 'juried lately. In reply to a deputation at Auckland on railway matters the Hon. W. Hall-Jones stated that there were 150 workers on the southern end. of the Gisborne railway, and good progress was being made to Motu. Bcvond that thev bad a difficult piece of work. He bad also bad proposals for a lino connecting G’sborne, Te Puke, and Tauranga with Rotorua or Mnmaku. The Main Trunk, line was doing very well. Toast October be obtained authority to finish the line, and since that time no opportunity had been lost. Though he was pleased to think that the .colony, was so prosperous, harvesting would shortly be over, and then he would probably be able to get the men required. Mr 6. S. Bridge, chairman of the Wanganui Education Board for a number of years, has resigned owing to ill-health. Walter Jennings, a letter-carrier at the Wellington General Post Office, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of abstracting money from a letter entrusted to him for delivery. Prisoner bad made a statement to the police admitting the offence. Francis Waddell,was before the Wellington Police Court yesterday charged with assaulting Samuel Gilmer with intent to commit a crime. The evidence showed that during prisoner’s straggle with Air Gilmer he bad used threatening language, and, after arrest, said he had Gilmer “set,” and intended to “do” for him. Waddell was committed for trial. Work in connection with the establishment o{ workmen’s homes is proceeding apace at Petone, . The formation of streets and drainage works are almost complete, and the erection of forty houses will be shortly commenced.