Page 4 Advertisements Column 5

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 133, 2 December 1904, Page 4

The Christmas and New Year hblidays at the State schools under tho jurisdiction of the Wellington Education Bbard are to commence on the 16th inst., and will continue for five weeks. Mr. M. Kershaw, Public Health Inspector at Napier, is 'to be transferred to Christchurch, and will be succeeded by Mr. Donald Mimro, Inspector at Nelson. The Junior Civil Service annual examinations are to begin on the 16th inst. The Commissioner of Customs has received £3 conscience-money from "Doubtful." Dr. Isabel Watson, under the auspices of the St. John Ambulance Association, delivered the last of a series of lectures yesterday afternoon on "Home Nursing." At the conclusion of the lecture Miss Henderson, on behalf of the students, presented Dr.. Watson with a silver teapot as a' souvenir of appreciation. The sum of £3000 was Voted by Parliament last' session for distribution to public libraries. Last night's Gazette contains th© conditions governing the distribution of this money, which must be expended without delay in the purchase of books. The City Council has accepted the tender of Messrs. Tait and Co. for advertising on the backs of tram tickets. The examinations conducted jby the Wellington Education Board for the Junior National Scholarships are to be held on the 13th, 14th, and 15th inst. The final heat of the Star Boating Club's Senior Double Sculls has been won by E. F. Richardson and A. T. Bendall, who defeated J. Hughes and A, E. Cossar rather easily. ■ The Government has under consideration the question of running its auxiliary schooner, the Countess of Ranfurly, direct from the Cook Group to Wellington with Island produce. The City Council decided last evening not to comply with applications for refund of portion of traction engine licenses. The Mayor stated that the City Solicitor advised that the Council had no power, to pay back. The question of keeping fowls in the city was once more before the City Council last evening. A case in Georgestreet was referred to the Inspector for a report. Councillor Godber: I hope the Inspector will take note of other cases. At the laying of the Palmers'ton Opera' House foundation-stone on Wednesday, Mr. J. Trevor, the contractor, mentioned that he would very probably take up his residence in Palmerston permanently. The town gave so much promise of progress that it would not be long before it would be a city. Suburban voluntdei fire brigades, with their effective little chemical engines, are forging ahead. Last evening the City Council approved the site of a fire station for the Kelburne Brigade. It is on Cen-tral-teriace. The Council also referred to the Fire Brigade Comniittee tenders for supply of chemical engines. On Monday and Tuesday the City Council officers will take up their belongings and walk — to the Town HalL - While the process of removal is going on on these two days, the Council's offices will bo closed for all business other than the receiving and payment of money. The City Engineer is enquiring into allegations by Councillor M'Laren with regard to overcrowding of houses in Elizabeth-street. Thirty-three birds from ten lofts took part in a race from Stratford on Wednesday, over an air-line distance of 138 miles, under the direction of the Wellington Hominfr Pigeon Society. The following were the results : A. .Clark's Ambrose, Bhr 9min, 1 ; J. H. Clark's Detonator, Bhr 16min, 2 ; E. J. Sapsford's Mota, Bhr 27min, 3 ; P. Lynch's Sweet Nell, Bhr 29 mm, 4 ; G. Hare's Victor, Bhr 31min, 5. Miss Powell, Corresponding Secretary for New Zealand of the W.C.T.U., concluded her fortnight's mission in Wellington last night in the union's rooms at Newtown. Last night's meeting consisted of a confidential chat with girls and women. Throughout the mission the meetings have been well' attended, and much interest has been evinced in Miss Powell's mission. The sum of £27,0U0 was raised in this colony and Australia by the Salvation Army during the recent self-denial week. The site of the landing-place of the first settlers at Petone beach having now been definitely ascertained as a result of enquiries instituted by the Petone Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber has decided to open subscription-lists with the object of erecting a memorial to commemorate that interesting event in the history of the colony: As it is considered that the project is of more than local interest, the Chamber anticipates a ready response from Wellington and other parts of the district, and last night resolved to seek the co-operation of the Evening Post in the matter. Subscrip-tion-lists have accordingly been opened at our head office and at the Petone agency. Attention is drawn to an advertisement in our columns referring to the work the Missions to Seamen is carrying out each week, and the plans followed to help the sailors in port during the coming festive season. A claim for £25 damages was yesterday afternoon made against the City Council at the Magistrate's Court by John F. W. Mills, of Kajori. The action was the sequel to an accident in which one of plaintiff's horses was injured by stumbling on an embankment at the intersection of Charlotte-street and Lambton-quay on the night of the 6th October. Plaintiff alleged that the horse was worth £40, and had one of its knees severely cut and the other severely bruised. He further stated that there was neither barricade nor light to warn drivers that the crossing was dangerous. For the' defence, it j was contended that the plaintiff knew \ that wood paving operations were being carried out on the intersection, and that the crossing could easily have been negotiated without mishap if the defendant had driven at a walking pace instead of, as he admitted, at a jog trot. His Worship held that the ' Corporation was guilty of slight negligence, and gave judgment for £21 10s, with £6 costs. The amount was assessed on the ground that the horse was worth £35, and that its selling value had decreased 50 per cent, in consequence of the accident. Further, that the animal had already been incapacitated for eight weeks, for which his Worship . allowed £4. Mr. Gray appeared for plaintiff and Mr. O'Shea, for the Corporation. Tenders for cast-iron orderly bins were before the City Council in committee Last evening. One of these was accepted subject to its being in order. Writing to their Wellington agentsMessrs. W. M. Bannatyne and Co. Limitie & under date 19th October, Messrs. John Dewar and Sons, Limited, of London and Perth, say:— "You will, no doubt, be as pleased to hear as we are to tell you that we have just been notified of our Bucoess in obtaining the Grand Prix, which is the highest possible award over all competitors, for Scotch whisky at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904. This is just one more addition to the already long list of awards we have received, which goes to prove the superiority of our whisky over all others. "--Advt,