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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12240, 8 April 1903, Page 5

; V Seme friction is said to have arisen in '";■ . ne circles; on account of the conflict- • ; i a ws of the Commonwealth and New l ml as to the number of hands to be Ze loved on vessels. An Australian steamer fct recently arrived in our waters though had satisfied all requirements of the Commonwealth authorities (says the New Zeai d Times), was declared to be insufficiently Lined and the master was compelled to" She on'extra hands. The result is an ap- *"*, to the Commonwealth Government *hich will probably lead to representations jfpiii2 made to the'Seddon Ministry on the Object of needed assimilation of shipping lavrs. "A grass that may rove a nuisance to farmers and others is florin, if sown in a paddock that is intended Jo lie worked again," remarked a Master!on farmer to a representative of the Wamirapa Dally Times. "The grass has such strong roots and clings together, so that, after being ploughed, the harrows won't break it up, and you have your paddock in a nice mess, all clods and clumps, and not tit to utilise. I can name two or three places in the Masterton district that give ample illustration of the folly of sowing this grass on land that is to again ha put under the plough." At the annual meeting of the Direct Supply Company, held yesterday, it was stated that factory and store is to be erected for the company in Victoria Quadrant. The Bite is just behind the Northern Club, and the new building will have frontages to Victoria Quadrant and Chancery-street. The building will be of brick, with two storeys and basement on the Victoria Quadrant frontage, and three storeys to Chancerystreet- The cost will run into several thousands of pounds, and the building will give a larger'floor space than any factory in New Zealand. The idea is to concentrate the whole of the company's factory operations in this building, and also utilise it as a store, the site being exceedingly convenient to the company's central premises in Queen-street. There will be two hydraulic lifts in the building, and power tit drive the cabinet-making machinery will be provided by a 150 horsepower" engine. The boiler house will be 30ft by 18ft. with a chimney stack 100 ft high, to carry the smoke clear of the surrounding buildings. The building will be an ornament to the neighbourhood, considerable attention having been paid to the ornamentation of both the Victoria Quadrant and Chancerystreet front a "es. . On Good Friday Sunday hours will be observed by all offices which are usually reopened on Sundays, but Oiiehunga, Lyttelton, Port CliPlmei's. and Bluff, will in addition open from half-past nine m. to ten a.m. On Easier Monday all telegraph offices will be open from nine a.m. to 10 a.m. Principal offices, nine a.m. to four p.m., and seven p.m. to midnight. Other offices which open to the public on holidays will observe holiday hours, nine a.m. to ten a.m., and seven p.m. to eight p.m. The Devonport Domain Board last night arranged for an opening ceremony in connection with the drinking fountain erected by public subscription in the triangle, near the borough chambers, in memory of Messrs. Mays and Fraukham, two North Shore boys, who lost their lives in South' Africa, during the war. The ceremony is to take place on the afternoon of Saturday week. The New Zealand Postal Department has inaugurated a new system. It is now prepared to deliver circulars or other printed matter, prepaid in cash, and addressed merely "The Householder" (with or without place of delivery. If no pkee is mentioned, the town of posting is to be understood as the place of delivery). Delivery of such matter will be made by letter-carrier to every householder withir the letter-car-riers' respective deliveries, so far as the supply goes. A supply of circulars, etc., to the number of not less than 1000, may bo prepaid in cash at the ordinary rates of postage for such distribution.

Constable Harvey yesterday arrested a lad named Henry Andain, and charged him with breaking and entering the Newton West school on the 4th insfc., and frith stealing therefrom some cadet caps. 37 pence, three keys, of the total value of 6s 7d, the properly of Thos. Campbell and Alfred Walker. There were also in the lockup last evening Patrick Lynch, charged with using obscene language at Mechanics' Bay, Parnell, and a man named Geo. Lyi'ord, with several aliases, charged with the theft of a swag, valued at £16, the property of Joseph Hannan.

The sum of £146,000 was received by the Government from the sale of kauri forests in the North from 1892 to 1902, according to a return prepared by order of the House of Representatives. This sum was distributed to the credit of the following accounts : —Slate forests, £51,195; Crown lands, £82,298; pad endowments, £12,997. The return also sets out that during the same period moneys spent directly on roads in 'he kauri-growing districts amount to £180,755.