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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 56, 7 March 1904, Page 4

Since the beginning of the present year the Labour Department has aent away about 200 men to the North Island Main Trunk Railway works. It is expected tlutt a much larger number of mtm will be provided with work on the line as soon , as harvesting operations are finished. An officer of the Defence Department has completed a survey of th© Pacilio Cable Company's station at Doubtless Bay, North Auckland, and ia now engaged on biiniiar work at th© Eastern Extension Telegraph Company's station at Cable }iay, 2\dfcon. It is understood that tho uiliccr is to prepuie a mport iv connection with fetops which it is proposed to take to protect tlie cable station, in tho event of Great Britain becoming involved iv, war. The newly-appointed City Engineer, Mr. W. 11. Morton, lias u*ned an order that all Corporation employes in his departiuuut are not to srnok* during working hours in future. Hitherto it has been tho cubtom for Corporation outdoor workers to smoke without restriction. Corporation emp'.oyoee are not permitted lo smoko during working hours in Melbourne. In th© first draft of stations for the pastora of tho Methodist Church it appears that the Rev. W. J. Elliott, of tho I'horndon Church, is to b© transferred to Mokitika, and the Rev. W. C. Oliver, of Tarauaki-street Church, to St. Albans, Chriblchurch. The Rev. G. Bond is re1 named for Trinity Church, Newtown. The second draft of stations, in which material alterations are generally made, will probably be annoujKed at to-morrow night's (sitting of tho conference. A young man named. William Reynolds who went on his first shooing expedition in Wellington last month' has had to pay a high price for his amusement. When charged at the Magistrate's Court thb morning for shooting a hare at Karori out of beasou, he pleaded gHilty, and said that his action would have been, permissible in th© district he recently cam© from. Tlie Magistrate (Dr. A. M'Arthur) imposed a fine of 20s, with £1 18s cosW. Mr. Gray appeared for the prosecution. Several residents of Thomdon have lately been annoyed by the youth of the neighbourhood playing "clock work" oa then- doors. Tlie matter was reported to the police, and to-day a* lad -was charged oeforo Dr. A. M'Arthur, Stipendiary Magistrate, with wantonly disturbing a resident of Little Pipitea^street. Bub-Inspector O'Donovan said the complainant in the case, unfortunately whs an invalid, and he mentioned that invaKdtt had also been iv other houses operated on. Tho Magistrate discharged the lad. with i a caution. A sausage casing factory, which will, ifc is claimed, be the largest establishment of th© kind in Australasia, is being erected for Messrs. S. Oppenheimer, of New ' York, alongside th© Gear Company's manure works at Petono. Ij'or some j'ea-rs the firm has had a similar factory.afNgahauranga. Tho Rcdemptorist Fathers' Mission was brought to a close last evening at th« Sacred Heart Basilica, the congregation in which exceeded tho seating capacity. The Mission has been very successful. ■ Tho Rev. Fathers M'Dermott and King are conducting a mission at Mastorton. Action is to be taken by the Wellington Hospital Board for the recovery ol fees <lue by ex-patients in the Otaki Hospital. Special services were held yesterday to commemorate the anniversary of th© Syd* ney-street Primitive Methodist SundaySchool. The Rev. R. J. Few preached n> the morning, the Rev. J. Da-wson in the afternoon, and the Rev. S. Bailey in the evening. Special music was arranged for each of tho services, which wero well attended. A tea meeting 1 will be held tomorrow evening, when tho Sundfty-school prizes will be given. To enable them to erect a nurses' homo and purchase the vacant acre* in llevans-streeb tho Hospital Trustees obtained permission lost year from the District Hospital Board to borrow £17,000 on the security of ita endowments, to be repaid &t- the rate of £1500 a year. Owing to the disturbed condition of Revans-street caused by the installation of the new tramway system the Trustees have decided not to offer at. present tho leases of portions of ita newly-acquired property, and to enablo them to meet the current year's contribution to the fund for extinguishing tbo loan they havo obtained an additional sum from th© District Hospk*l Board. Bro. R. P. Flanagan, District PresiI dent, who represented tlie Grand Lodge of Druids of tho North Island at the meeting of the Oantocbury District Grand Lodge, .last week, returned from th© South yesterday. He reports that the meeting was a very successful one. The quest-ton of forming «. supreme body in connection with the differeufc districts of Druids in New Zealand' caused much discussion. The scheme was rejected, only four yptes being recorded for it. This means that the matter will be hung up until noxt year, when it will be brought forward agaip at the ineetincr of the North Island Grand Lodge at &ew Plymouth. The feeling in the North Island, it is stated, is that tha suggested body » is not required. Bro. Flanagan also reports that the question of a-doptojig the special death levy, which has been* in force in tho North Island for many yean and in Ofcago for tho past three years - was also discussed at the Canterbury meeting, but was not carried. The timo for receiving' tenders for tho electric light installation for the Borough of New Plymouth, has been extended until the 30th April next. * Recognising the health-giving properties of the cliniuto at Otaki, th© Welling* ton Hospital Board has erected! tents in connection with the cottage hospital, so as to provide accommodation for sufferers who desire to try the open-air cure. Tlio * Board intends to make permanent provision for an up-to-dato equipment nt Otaki on the open-air principle. A few interesting facts about ladies' real sealskin coats aro given in Kirkcaldid ,and' Staans's, Limited, advertisement on page 7. — Advt. Don't speculate ! Wlien you want good butter you want Bbtok Swnn Butter; fresh from tho churn daily. — Advt. Residents going to the seaside for tho summer can havo their furniture packed and stored at a cheap rate by tho N.Z. Express Co., 20, Customhouse-quay, Telephone 92. — Advt. Xl«ving' secured & p*rool or mamxfac~ turer'a sample* of carpet onds, C, Smith is offering thoee at vory special prices this week. Thoy aro *n exceptionally fino and cheap lot, and should prove attractive M hearthrugs, bedroom slips, etc., etc. Prices rango from 2s 3d, 2s 9d, Ss, 3s lid, 4a 6cl upwards nor pieco. Thero is also showing this week a very fiuo lot of new floorcloths and linoleums. O. Smith is well known for those useful floor coverings, holding one of >tho largest stocks in tho - colony. Quotations given free for private houses, hoJl», hotels, etc, etc C. Smith, cash draper, olothier, and house furnisher, Cuba-BtrG6t. — Advl Messrs. Hoylsmd ft ml Co. have an advortisoaient iv this issue. M-wers. Stewart Dawson find Co. invite inspection of an assortment of pearl necklets, earrings, scurf pins, and photo pendants. Cyclists, kindly note that having tho most np-to-dato repair plant ia the city, wo aro proparcd to repair any make of oyrlo promptly and at reasonable ch»vgo. Oatcs, Lowry and Co., Cuba-street.-, Atfvt.