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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 101, 1 May 1905, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Thh Land Commissioners left for the North this morning via the West Cooot. Afa brief stay in Auckland, they proceed on a driving tour towards tho far North, visiting most of the settlements en route. Tho suggested itinerary for Auckland occupies about forty days. As Poverty Bay, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, and Wesbland havo thon to be visited, it is evident the Commission will not bo able to report to Parliament within the time specified. It is, however, understood that after a week or two in the far North tho speed of tho Commission will bo .still further accelerated. It is tho intention of the Government ere many weeks aro passed to secure in tho retone-Ifutt district Kinds for workmen's homes, in announcing this on Saturday night tho Premior said that oven at tho present enhanced prices tho Government could acquire land at a prico that would make the ground rent of an eighth of an aero 9d por wcok, and of a quarter aero section Is 6(1 per week. If the Gov-ornment went a stop further and built homes for its own workmen upon thetro lauds, it might go still further and build houses tor nil workmen, and rent thorn at 5 per oont. That might be a departure for <tno State, but it had been douo by County Councils in England, and by privato manufacturers, and he believed it could bo done <with safety in the colony of Now s£oalaud. (Choers.) In emphasising a plea for gladness in tho spiritual lives of boldiers m tho Salvation Army, General Booth yesterday morning laid stress on an opinion thnt corporal solf-douial was desirablo as on end to mopcr spiritual v servico It hud been said that sumo men dug their graves with their teeth, and tbut nioro died froiu over-eating than from over-drinking. Knch person was a combination of man nnd angel, and if he pandered to his uppetito tho man woitla bo ulways on top and so prevent the poor angel from getting a chanco to do good. A Bilccesslul Salvation servico, s.nd tho General in concluding, "cannot be expected from a lot of people who have been smiling themselves; who can shout hallelujah with a leg of mutton aud a- pork pie msido him." A good deal of complaint is boing mado by shopkeepers on Lumbton-quay as to tho way'in which stieot-cleiming operations aro carried out. Shop fronts ore swept by 8.30 a.m., and dust and *bther accumulations ure swept into tho wate r channel by that time. It frequently happens, however, that an hour or two elapses before tho dust-cart comes along, and tho result is that the wind blows a considerablo amount of the sweepines back on to tho pathway and into tfio hhop front*, aud the last state of things it u'oreo than the first. Even when tho du:>L-ctu't does arrive, tho way in which the street sweepings are shovelled in ieBuH« in a considerable quantity boing blown back on to tho footpath and roadway, gcoally to the dibcouifort of pedestriuns and shopkeepers alike. There a\> pears to bo a genenil feeling that this is a> mattor that tho new City Council might veil tako into coneide.ration at au early date. Afe the Trades and Labour Councils' cmoko concert on Fiidtiv, Mr. Duthie, speaking to tho toast of Parliament, said thtit -following the reports of the conferenco proceedings, it scorned to him that the underlying fact that tho wageearner!* themselves were tho largest ultimate employee was too much lost sight of. In numerical strength thoy weio prob.tbly as five to one, consequently in the u>-e, for instance, of mnnuiacturcs, such its clothing, boots, and the like, or food products of tho colony, their consumption was in proportion. Manufacturers ami traders no doubt lovied toll for their service*, checked by competition, but the increased cost of goods by labour restrictions nnd higher wages resulted unavoidably in a higher price having to bo paid by the consumer. Take rent us a further instance. Suppose, ton years ago, that a cottage cost £310 to erect, and with its site, was let nt 12s per week. To-day that cottage would certainly cost £400, and its rout would probably bo 16s. (A voico: '"That's Scotch economy, Mr. Duthie.") It may be Scotch reasoning, but it's a moro enso of cause and effect, for when rents full short of reasonable interest on the cost of a perishable investment, building becomes stagnant and remains so until the advance of rent induces fresh enterprise. The problem involved, ho thought, claimed close consideration. Old-ago pensions for tho full amount, £18, were granted during the month of April ns follows .-—lsabella Matthews, 66 yours of ngo, 47 years in tho colony; Bridget Hickey, 72 years of ago, 25 years in the colony; Annio M. Barnes, 72 years of age, 25 years in the colony; Samuel Lantern, 65 years of age, 46 years in tho colony; Maria M'Cormick, 68 yeave of ago, 39 years in tho colon}*; Bridget Murphy, 67 years of age, 39 years in tho colony (subject to proof of ngo); Thomas Linton, 65 years of ngo, 27 years in the colony; Qotfred Goston, 65 yonrs of ngo, 27 years iv the colony. Chns. M'&uthy, 75 years of age, 43 yonre in tho colony, and Richard Jones, 70 yeius of age, 43 years in tho colony, wero each granted £17.' Three pensions were refused, either from want of proof of ago or for boing umlor age, and one was refused on tho ground of excessive, income. During tho same month 29 renewals of the pensions were granted. Tho annual mooting of St. Patrick's Collego Old Boys' Association, hold on Friday ovoning, was presided over by tho Very Rev. Father Keogh. The Chairman congratulated tho committoo on tho past ) cur's work. Tho following officers wero olectod: —President, Very Rev. Father Koogh j Vice-Presidents, Messrs. M. F. Bourko, H. M'Shony, M. J Crombie; Hon. Se<3., Mij, A. 11. Casey; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. F. Crombie; Commilteo, Messrs. C. G. Collins, H. C. Iliekson, B. J. Dovino, W. E. Butler, . R. S. Iliekson, 11. Sullivan; Hon. Auditor, Mr. J. Madden. The hnlf-yeorly clearing side of 11. Feilder and Co. will commence to-mor-row, Tuesday. The publio are invited to tho opening.—Advt.