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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1904, Page 4

There is still no appearance of the Gazette notice specifying the "combined districts" under the Shops and Offices Act, though it was understood that they w«re to have been defined last week. The Public Health Department reports the following infectious disease cases as having occurred in the city for the week ending 3rd December:— Scarlet fever, 6; diphtheria, 3; tuberculosis, 4 — total, 13. There were no cases in the Hutt County. The Shops and Offices Act is to be considered by the Chamber of Commerce to-morrow afternoon. Lake Tarawera, which burst bounds last month, has gone down between Bft and 9ft, and is still falling at the rate of about two inches per day. The lake Kvaters are considered likely to fall another two or three feet. To-morrow afternoon the Chamber of Commerce will receive a deputation from the manufacturers and importers of patent medicines, who will place before it their case in the matter of the recently-gazetted regulations regarding these preparations. It is the intention of the deputation to convince the Chamber, of the necessity for making representations to the Government with a view to postponing the enforcement of the regulations in order to enable stocks of the imported and other patent medicines to be cleared. As ah instance of his sagacity and discernment, the Minister for Lands told the members of the Land Conference on Saturday that the moment he came to Parliament 110 "spotted" Mr. Seddon as. one of the strong men of the House. He added the interesting information that 25 years ago the Premier was one of the best made men it was possible to meet, having the fctrengtb of a Hercules and the body of a trained athlete. Another of the test cases that are becoming increasingly popular as providing a, means of ascertaining "what's what" under various recent legislative enactments will be heard at the Lower Hutt Magistrate's Court on Wednesday next. A well-known resident of the district will be charged with being on licensed premises during prohibited hours (an action that is made an offence under the recent Licensing Act). The licensed premises are the Be^evue Hotel, and the resident in question was in the tearoom with others. It, is understood that the police consider that local residents may not enter even the tearoom of th 6 "hotel without breaking the law. The second half-yearly theoretical examination in connection with Trinity College of Music, London, was- held in Wellington on Saturday. Mr. A. J. Wicks, Local Secretary, assisted by members of tho committee, supervised the examination. There were 64 candidates. The examination papers were sent on to London via Sydney in the afternoon. It is expected that the results will be to hand about the middle of March. Asked this morning whether the police intended to take a test case to determine the status -of the bona fide traveller, Police Inspector Ellison replied that the police had no such intention. "What do you mean by a test case, any way?" he asked. It was suggested to him that an arrangement might be made with a publican, in much the same way as the Labour Department had arranged the shops' test case. "We're not going to do anything like that, and we're not going to bike on any publican's 'put-up job.' He intimated that the only action the police would take would be the action it has taken hitherto — namely, to prosecute in any case in which it thinks a breach of the law has been committed. The Port Nicholson Yacht Club on Saturday afternoon sailed the third race of the season for first-class boats, which was won by Messrs. Georgeson and M'Lean's Waitangi, which beat Mr. A. H. TurnbulFs lorangi (scratch) without her time allowance of 6mm 30sec. There was a stiff breeze from the north-west, and the weather conditions were all in favour of the Waitangi, the larger of the two boats. lorangi (sailed by Mr. W. Jackson in the absence of her owner) held the lead for some time after she had rounded the Pinnacle .Rock buoy, but on approaching the Korokoro buoy she was passed by Waitangi, which finished the course at shrs 6min, lorangi completing the distance three minutes later. Waitangi, which was in charge of Mr. John M'Lean, jun., has now scored two wins (five points) and the lorangi four points. Mr. R. C. Renner acted as handicapper and judge, and Mr. W. B. Missen as starter and timekeeper. Mr. G. P. Donnelly, who recently returned from Europe, has presented to the Hawkes Bay Jockey Club a replica of a silver cup of unique* design discovered during some excavations in Ireland and now in the Dublin Museum. In the compensation case wherein Sir George Clifford and Messrs. W. L., F. C. C, and C. W. Clifford are claiming £410,000 from the Government in connection with the taking of the Flaxbourne Estate under the compulsory provisions of the Land for Settlements legislation, a good deal depends on the proper definitions of "first-class," "second-class," and "third-class" land. Mr. Sim, counsel for the Government, ' dealing with the certainty of there being a good deal of controversy on the point, said that- the Government's classification was based on the principle that first-class land meant agricultural land that could be cropped ; and the mere fact that a piece of land could be ploughed did not make it firstclass. For that ma.tter the sea shore could be ploughed. Third-class land was land suitable only for pastoral purposes ; and second-class was a mixture of the two. The King's Coronation Lodge of Good Templars he.d its weekly session at Rich- ■ ards's Hall, Cuba-street, last Friday evening. Bro. A. Dryden, C.T., presided over a large attendance of members and visitors. Two new members were initiated. Sister Jennings was elected and installed as Guard, vice Bro. M'Cauley. The programme for the evening was "Sisters' Surprise," and the sisters presented the lodge with a set of cups and saucers, after which the following contributed to an enjoyable programme : — Sisters M'Ewan, Jennings, Moxham, Dixon, Bros. Stephens, Barton, Dryden, Pritchard, and Jackson. > The members of the Loyal Britannia and the Antipodean Lodges of Oddfellows are reminded by advertisement of the 1 specially summoned meeting to be held ■ to-morrow evening, when important proposals dealing with the property of the lodges are to be discussed. Members of the Excelsior Loflge of Druids are reminded of the half-yearly meeting this eveuing. At a meeting of representatives of the Catholic parishes of Thorndon, Te Aro, to hold the annual Boxing Day picnic at Bellevue Gardens, if satisfactory arrangements can be made. AVriting to their Wellington agentsMessrs. W. M. Bannatyne and Co. Limited — 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 noti- ! 1 fled of our success 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 long list of v awards we have receivon, which goes to prove the superiority of ■ whisky over all others."— Advt. 1