The Dominion.WELLINGTON, MEW ZEALAND. FRIDAY, FEBBOMY 2, 1912. [ONE PENNY,

[Vol. 5, No. 1353]

SHIPPING NOTICES. i■jDTUDDART - . PARKER LINE.FAVOURITE PASSENGER SERVICE.

Soilings (circumstances permitting):FOR LYTTELTON and DUNEDIN.

Ulimar'oa't Thursday' Feb. 8 5 p.m.Wimnierat Friday Feb. 9 5 p.m.Victoria! Friday ''Feb. 23 5 p.m.Wimnierat Friday Mar. 8 5 p.m.

• FOR MELBOURNE, via LYTTELTON.DUNEDIN, BLUFF, and HOBARI.

tUlimaroa*t Thursday Feb- 8 .5 p.m.�.Calls at Milford 'Sound.

FOR NAPIER, GISBORNE, AUCKLANDand SYDNEY. .

Wimnierat Thursday Feb. lo j V m -Victoria! Thursday Fob. 29 4 p.m.Wiinmerat ' Thursday Mar. 11 i p.m.

FOR SYDNEY DIRECT.Ulimaroa't Friday Mar. 1 5 p.m.

•Twin Scro.v. tAil Wireless.Cargo mnst be alongside steamer •one-

hour before sailing time.All tickets are available also for stop-

over or return bv ANY of UNION CO.'SSTEAMERS, and holders of U.S.S. CO.'Stickets may tvavel by abcve-nahied ves-6f!s. '

Head Office for New Zealand: QueensChambers. ....

THE undermentioned STEAMERS will''leave (circumstances permitting) as

follow :—

FOR KAIKOURA AND LYTTELTON,Via COAST.

WAKATU-XHIS DAY, at i p.m.FOR FOXTON.

QUEEN OF THE SOUTH-THIS DAY,At i p.m.

FOR BLENHEIM.OPAWA-THIS DAY, at 9 p.m..

For Freight and Passage apply to—LEVIN AND CO., LTD., Agents.

THE following Vessels aro appointed toSail as under:—

FOR WANGANUI.. *

. S.S. Stormbird This Day 4 p.m.FOR NAPIER (Inner Harbour), AND

GISBORNE WHARF.S.S. Ripplo Tuesday 5 p.m.

(Receives Cargo Monday.)FOR BLENHEIM.

S.S. Blenheim This Day 8 p.m.FOR MOTUEKA.

S.S. Huia This Day 4 p.m.JOHNSTON AND CO., LTD., Agents.Telephone No. 44.

1 : . —

AUSTRALASIAN LINE.BEAZLEY, AND CO., of 11

vJT Water Street. Liverpool, DispatchIron Vessels of tho highest class from

jkl to Wellington'and Dtrnedin at"

' ar intervals. ( 'Phone 44.JOHNSTON AND CO.. LTD., Agents.

P- AND O. COMPANY'S. ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS TO

LONDON. .

Following aro the proposed Dates ofDeparture from Australian Ports forLondon:--

First and Second Saloon Only.Pteamer. , Sydney. [ Melb'ne [l)qe Ln

'Macedonia 10,500 Feb. 10 | Feb. 1.1 Mar. 23tMorea 11,000 Feb. 241?**. 27 Apr. 6tMarmora 10,500 Mar. 6 Mar 12 Apr. 19{Moldavia 10.000 Mar 23 Mar 26 I May 4iMalofa 12,500 Apr. 3 Apr. 9 May 18

)"

tCails at Hobart.�Calls at Bombay 2nd March, 1912.All Twin Screw Steamers, and Fitted

. with Wireless Telegraphy.sSAILS FROM AUCKLAND EIGHT

. • DAYS EARIJER.

.Rates-of Passage Money to London (In-cluding Saloon Passage to Sydney):

Single Tickets, .£47 Gs. to .£BB.Retnrn Tickets, ,£75 18s. and .£132 .

Return Tickets available for two years.JOHNSTON AND CO.. LTD., Agents,

Wellington and Wanganni.Telephone 4-1.

PAND o.' BRANCH SERVICE.• (Late Lund's Blue Anchor Line.)

FOR DURBAN, CAPE TOWN, ANDLONDON. -

LeavesSteamer. Tons. Commander. Sydney.•Common- Feb. 6

wealth 7000 Hine•Geelong 8000 W. Simonds Feb. 27Naming 5078 IG.Millingtoi Apl. UFARES.—Wellington to London, ,£!< to.£2l; to Capo Town or Durban £U

14s. to £K 18s. One Class Only.'Twin Screw, calls Plymouth day earlier.Return Tickets available Aberdeen Lino.For all particulars apply toMURRAY, ROBERTS, AND CO., LTD.,. Wellington, Napier, and Duncdin.

THE BLUE FUNNEL LINEHE BLUE FUNNEL LINEALFRED HOLT AND CO.

THE FAST TWIN-SCREW STEAMERSCarrying First Saloon Passengers OnlyTO LONDON VIA SOUTH AFRICA.Will leave Sydney as follow:

Steamer Tons. Commander Saiis1912'ANCHISES' 10,000 I A. Warrall Mar 30•AENEAS 10,000 IG.W.Walker May 11

"Goes to Hobart after leaving* Sydney.Wireless Telegraphy. Lanndry.

FARES, WELLINGTON TO LONDON£46 10s. to £51 10a. Single; .£7B 10s'

to X37 Return.From Sydney to Durban, ",£25 to ,£3OSingle; £42 10s. to £51 Return.

For illustrated Pamphlets and all par-ticulars, apply—MURRAY, ROBERTS AND CO., LTD.,

Wellington, Napier, and Dunedin.

THE TYSEK LINE, LIMITED.MONTHLY DISPATCH OF FIRST-CLASS CARGO STEAMERS TO LON-DON DIRECT.Steamer. • Tons

Burden. Commander.■.•nrUai* 12.CC0 F. C. LidstoneNcrchana* 10,000 ,T. E. L. ComptonWhakarno* 10.0C0 A. H. KempMarerc* 10,000 T. H. LinklaterNhvaru* 10.CC0 P. E. MelloMimiro 10,000 J. DuncanTomoana • 10,000 S. W flayterHawke'elSay S.CCO S. AnselKtar of Iridia* ... 12.500 F. J, KearneyBtar of Canada* 12,000 .7. Mann HartSU.T of Scotland* 10,(00 K. D. Be"kKtar of Austral 10.MO F. W. HyattIndrabarah'' 12.5f.fl R. P. Gravenlndralema* 10;000 V7. 11. Wilkes

•Denotes twin-screw.The above steamers were all built spe-

cially for the New Zealand trade, fittedwith refrigerating machinery of the most, modern typo in charge, of competent en-

gineers, and are noted for the exception-ally satisfactory condition in which theirfrozen meat cargoes are being delivered.

The Company is prepared to carry wooland produce of every description. Low-est Current Rates of Freight.W. M. BANNATYNE AND CO. (LTD.),

Agents.

F.-TT.-S.F.-H.-S.

TTiEDERAL-HOULDER-SHIRE LINES.(Under Contract with the New Zealand

Government.)

Direct Service for Avonmoutb, Liver-pool, Manchester. Glasgow, taking cargofor Continental and American Ports.•DRAYi'ON GRANGE, February 24.

; (Final Port, Lyttelton)..(•SOMERSET, March 23 (Final Port,i Lvttelton)./ SUSSEX, April 20.

•Twin Screw.excellent accommodation for

first and Third-class pas-sengers.

FARES TO AVONMOUTH, Bristol:-• »

*

First-class, .C42; Return, £<X.?■! Third-class: Single, £K 10s., .810 10s.,V ■' £U 10s.; Return, from .£2O 10s.

For Freight and Passage, spply to theNZ AND AFRICAN STEAMSHIP CO.,

LIMITED, Agents. ■Union Chambers, Customhouse Quay,

«Phono 1780.

I

QUALITY IN PRINTING

"milE DOMINION" PKINTINOJL DEPARTMENT is completely

equipped with the Latest Machineryand Typo Faces, and will ExecuteOnlers, Guaranteeing Workmanshipof the Highest Quality.

Estimates submitted for All Classesof aenorat • Printing ou the LowestPossible Scale. Telephone, IM2.

SHIPPING NOTICES.^NEW , PLYMOUTH - ONEHUNGA-

'AUCKLANU SERVICE.NEW PLYMOUTH TO ONEHUNGA,

AUCKLAND.S.S. RARAWA 11072 tons),

Leaves New Plymouth Breakwater onMONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRI-DAY, on arrival ot Express from Wel-lington. Weather, etc., permitting.FROM ONEHUNGA, AUCKLAND, TO

NEW PLYMOUTH-S.S. RARAWA (1072 tons),Leaves on SUNDAY. TUESDAY, and

THURSDAY, connecting with WellingtonExpress at Breakwater. Weather, etc.,Permitting.iFares—Saloon, 22a. 6d.; Return, *os.;

Steerage, 17s: Gd.; Return, 275. 6d._ t'urther information can be obtainedfrom Union S.S. Co., Ltd., and NorthernS.S. Co., Ltd.. Joint Aeents.

-'. > LEVIN AND CO.. Anents.

PATEA SHIPPING COMPANY,LIMITED.

FOR PATEA.KIRIPAKA-THIS DAY, at 2 p.m.

FOR WANGANUI.ARAPAWA-MONDAY, at 5 p.m.THOMPSON BROS., LTD., Agents.

A NCIIOR SHIPPING & FOUNDRY-ft- CO.MPANY, LIMITED.FOR 'NELSON, AVE3TPORT, GREY-

MOUTH, AND HOKITIKA—The ss. I■'KAITOA—TUESDAY, at 5 p.m.

FOR PATEA.-The s.s. AORERE-THIS DAY, at 2 p.m.

W. AND G. TURNBULL AND CO.,Telephone 436.

FOR NELSON, MOTUEKA, TAKAKA,AND COLLINGWOOD.-Tho Twin

Screw Steamer JfIKAU .Sails—SATURDAY, February 3, at 7.30 p.m.TUESDAY, February 6, at 5 p.m.THURSDAY, February 8, at 5 p.m.

This Steamer has Superior Accommoda-tion for Saloon Passengers.

Stewardess carried. Passengers mustprocure Tickets at our Office before theyembark.

For Freight and Passage, apply,W. M. BANNATYNE AND CO., LTD.,

Telephone 1540. Agents.

THE TYSER.LINE, LIMITED.S.S. MURITAI, FROM LONDON.

THE above steamer is expected to ar-rive this morning, and will com-

mence to discharge forthwith. Consigneesare requested to present Bills of Lading,pay freight (if any), and take delivery oftheir cargo.

All cargo is at consignees' risk afterleaving ship's tackles, and if not prompt-ly removed, will be stored at- their riskand expense. Cargo landed in a damagedcondition must bo examined, and claimRattled prior to its removal. No claimwill be recognised after the removal ofcargo.

Captain .1. Firth will not be responsiblefor any debts contracted b}* his crew with-out his written authority.W. Jf. BANNATYNE AND CO., LTD.,

Agents.

SRAW„ SAVILL, AND ALBIONCOMPANY, LIMITED. •

The Direct Line of Steamers to Plymouthand London. .

Via Monte Video, Rio de Janeiro, andTeneriffe.THE LARGEST PASSENGER STEAM-

ERS IN THE NEW ZEALAND,

. TRADE.SAILINGS (Circumstances. permitting.)'—— T-, —-j .

Name. Com- Date of finalReg mander. Leaving Port

■ 1912fTAiTTTJI 5,557 Morfatt Feb. 22 Wlrtn{•10NIO i2,23Z Roberta Mrh. 21 Wlrtn.T'ATHENIC i2.232 Kempson Apl. 18 W'lgtn•COtt'THIC .2.232 Hart May HjW'lgtn

t'ABAWA S.SV, Clayden Jun»l3iW'lgtn

■•Twin Screw.tCalls at Rio de Janeiro.

FITTED WITH'WIRELESS' TELEGRAPHY. _

Passages from Ixmdon may be arrangedhere.

For full particulars apply to theAgents".LEVIN AND CO., LIMITED.DALGETY AND CO., LIMITED.MURRAY. ROBERTS, AND CO.. LTD.

n7~ 3 ""*'

IMPERIAL JAPANESE MAIL LINETo

MANLLA. CHINA. AND JAPAN,Calling at

BRISBANE, TOWNSVILLE, ANP 'THURSDAY ISLAND.SAILING FROM SYDNEY.

Steamer. Tons. Commander. Date.Captains ———

Knmano Mam 5000 M. Winckler Tcb. 21Yawatu Maru 4000 Nagva Mar. 20Nikko Mara , 5500 M. Yagi Apl. 17

Saloon amidships, two-berth Cabinsonly; each cabin fitted with electriofans. Linen washed on board at moder-ate prices.

Fare from Wellington to London, viaChina, Japan, Colombo, Port Said, andMarseilles-.—First-class .£llO, Single. Re-turning via Suez per P. and 0. orOrient, JiISS.

HHDDART, PARKER (Limited),Wellington Agents.

NOKDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, N.D.L.IMPERIAL STEAMSHIPS.REDUCED FARES.

TO LONDON AND THE CONTINENT,Via Colombo, Suez, Naples, Genoa,Algiers, Southampton, Antwerp,

and Bremen.Twin Screw Sydney fSteamers. Tons. 1,30 p.m.

tßremcn 11000 '""Dec. 2" gu-. £

Konigin Louise 10711 Dec. 30 aJJ-aij'tSeydlibs 8000 Jan. 21 Ja'5.3fFrederickder h Jo

Grosso 10093 Feb. 21 3 £

Grosser : L-o J-aKurfurst . 13232 I McL 20!=„ 2„

tOroisincau SOSI Apl. 17 12 £

tgcharnhorst SI3I I May htTwin Screw and Wireless Telegraphy,

FARE from Now Zealand to London:—■Ist.-.£70 Bs., .£llO.2nd.-.£i2 18s., .£66.3rd.-£l7 to JE2I. JE32 12s. to .£37 ISsReduced Rates through to New YorkTO MANILA. CHINA, AND JAPAN-Regular Four-weekly Service of Twin

Screw Steamers from Sydney, via NEWGUINEA to HONG-KONG, YOKO-HAMA, and KOBE, connecting at Hon°--Kong with N.D.L. Fortnightly ExpressMoil Service to Europe. English spoken.

For passage' and full particulars, apply

CASTENDYK AND FOCKE,'Phono 193. Agents.

22 HARRIS STREET. WELLINGTON.

THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO.,LIMITED.MOST MODERN PASSENGER

STEAMERSIN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.

For London, via Monte Video, Teneriffe.and Plymouth,

Steamer. Tons. | From !To SailRUAPEHU"! nSBO Wellington |Peb. 8ROTORUAtI 12500 I - ;Mar. 7TURAKINA*t 10900 - L'.pl. 4,REMUERA'J 13000 | I May 2R U AIIINE» 12000 J 1%V JL

'Twin Screw. §Triple Screw.tCalls also at Rio de Janeiro.

FITTED WITH WIRELESS TELE-TjRAPHY.ACCOMMODATION IS NOT SUR-

PASSED by any other Line.Passages from London may bo arranged

at this end.For Freight or Passages apply toTHE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING

.COMPANY, LIMITED,

SHIPPING NOTICES.

UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANYOF

NEW ZEALAND, LIMITED.(Weather and Circumstances Permitting).

LYTTELTON.Taraw.era. Friday Feb. 2 5 p.m.Maori* Friday Feb. 2 8 p.m.Mararoa Saturday Fob. 3 11 p.m.Maori* Monday Feb. 5 8 p.m.Mofcoia Tue.-day Feb. G 5 p.m.

'Turbine Steamer.■ DUNEDIN, via LYTTELON.

Tarawa Friday Feb. 2 5 p.m.Mukoia Tuesday Feb. G 5 p.m.

MELBOURNE, via LYTTELTON, DUN-EDIN, BLUFF, AND HOBART.

Maunganuif Thursday Feb. 15 . 5 p.m.Moanaf Thursday Feb. 22 5 p.m.

tWireless Telegraphy.

SYDNEY DIRECT.Warrimoo Friday Feb. 2 5 p.m.Moanaf Friday Feb. 9 5 p.m.

tWireless Telegraphy.Cargo not Received after 3 p.m.

SYDNEY, via NAPIER. GISBOKKEjand AUCKLAND.

Tarawera* Thursday Feb. 8 5 p.m.Tranships to Maheno at Auckland.

NAPIER, GISBORNE, and AUCKLAND.Monowai Monday Feb. 5 5 p.m.

Tarawera Thursday ' Feb. 8 .5 p.m.

NEW PLYMOUH, AVESTPORT, GREY-MOUTH (AND HOKITIKA).

Koonya§ Wednesday Feb. 7 3 p.m.§Cargo only.

NEW PLYMOUTH TO ONEHUNGA.Rarawa leaves New Plymouth on Mon-

| day. Wednesday, and Friday on arrival ofMail Train from Wellington.

NELSON, viaPICTON and BLENHEIM.Patcena Friday Feb. 2 12-45 p.m.Arahurat Saturday Feb. .'I 12.45 p.m.Pateena Monday Feb. S 12.45 p.m.Pateena Wednesday Feb. 7 12.15 p.m.

tNo Nelson Cargo.

WESTPORT, GREYMOUTH, HOKI-TIKA, Via NELSON.

Arahura* Saturday Feb. 3 12.45 p.m.Mapourika Tuesday Feb. 8 4 p.m.

«Calls Picton.

TONGA, SAMOA, and FIJI.(From Auckland.)

Tofua Tuesday ' Feb. 27_^

SUVA AND LAUTOKA (FIJI).(From Auckland.)

Hauroto ' Wednesday Feb. H

RAROTONGA AND TAHITI.Aorangi leaves Wellington, Friday, Feb-

ruary 9.Talune leaves Auckland, Tuesday, Feb.

13.,__

CANADA, AMERICA, LONDON, Etc.(See- Special Advertisement.)

Via VANCOUVER,R.M.S. Makura leaves Auckland, Friday,

February 16.Via SAN FRANCISCO. -

From DueWellington. 'Frisco.

5 p.m.Aorangi Feb. 9 Feb. 29Tahiti Mar. 8 Mar. 28

Tickets available for stop-over or re-turn by Messrs. Huddart, Parker andCo.'s Steamers.

Berths will only be allotted to passen-gers, on production of passage tickets atCompany s office.

' Passengers will only be allowed aboardon production of passage tickets.

Latest time for receiving cargo will behad on application at Company's office.

Railway -Tickets from Lyttelton toChristchurch and to Principal SouthernStations available for one month maybe obtained upon application at theCompany's office. :

THE

TTANCOUVER ROUTE.

CANADIAN-AUSTRALIAN ROYALMAIL S.S. LINE AND

CANADIAN-PACIFIC RAILWAY,

Through some of the Greatest SCENICWONDERS of the Wcrld to all parts ofCANADA, UNITED STATES, BRITISHISLES, and CONTINENT OF TUROPE.ROUND-THE: WORLD TOURS in con-

junction with all the Cape, Suez,China, and Japan Lines at LowestRates.

STEAMERS TO SAIL.

Steamer. *\~™ . F ™<",Sydney. Auckland.

MAKURA Feb. 12 Feb. 18ZEALANDIA Mar. 11 Mar. 15MARAMA Apr. 8 Apr. 12MAKURA May 6 May 10ZEALANDIA June 3 June 7MARAMA July 1 July 5

And at 28 days' interval thereafter.All Twin-Screw Steamers, equipped with

Wireless Telegraphy.Pamphlets, Maps, and all information

UNION S.S. CO. OF N.Z. (LTD.),Managing Agents.

ROYAL ' MAIL SERVICE.OYAL MAIL SERVICE.

Via SAN FRANCISCO.TO

ALL AMERICAN PORTS, BRITISHISLES, AND CONTINENT.

CaUing at RAROTONGA (Cook Group)and PAPEETE (Tahiti).

From From DueSydney. Wellington. 'Frisco.5 p.m.

Aorangi Feb. 3 Feb. 9 Feb. 29Tahiti* Mar. 2 Mar. 8 Mar. 28Manuka* Mar. 23 Mar. 29 Api. ISAorangi* Apl. 20 A pi. £6 May 1G

"Twin Screw.And every 28 days thereafter.

All Steamors Equipped with WirelessTelegraphy.For particulars regarding passages and

freights applyUNION S.S. CO. of N.Z. iLtd.).

ORIENT LINE OF ROYAL MAILSTEAMERS. '

For PLYMOUTH AND LONDON, viaFREMANTLE, COLOMBO (Tranship-ping for All Indian Ports). NAPLES,MARSEILLES, AND GIBRALTAR;-

Ree, | From From FromSli-amer. Tons.-! Bydncy '.icl'bne. Adelaide■Oniraa 8.131; I'ob. i Feb. y Feb. 9•Orsova 12.036 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 23•Otway 12,077 Feb. 23 Mar. 6 Mar. 8'Orvieto 12.130 Mar. 13 Mar. 20 Mar. 22'Otranto 12,124 Mar. 27 Apt 3 Apl. 5•Ostcrles 12,129 | Apr. 10 Apr. 17 Apr. 19

•Twin Screw.And every 14 days thereafter.

Wireless Telegraphy Equipment.FARES:-NEW ZEALAND TO LON-

DON : -SALOON-Single. Ml Gs. to .£B3.Return-,K75 18s. to £132. Return Tick-ets available for 2 years.

FOR TniRD-CLASS PASSENGERS.Special Accommodation in new 12,000-

ton Steamers.Spacious Promenade Decks. Smoke-rooms,

Ladies' Music-rooms (on Shelter Deck).Two-berth and Four-berth Cabins situ-

ated on Upper and Main Deck.Large, well-ventilated Dining Saloon en

Main Deck.Single .£l9. .£2l, £23; Return .£3l 4s„

£Ti IGs., .£4l Bs.Write for illustrated circular giving

full particulars.UNION" STEAM SHIP CO. of N.Z., Ltd.,

Agents in New Zealand.

WANTED Known—Muson's Oanlnns.Taita, are now OI'EiV lo the public.

Cold Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Town Prices.Hot .Water gratia,

TENDERS._^

In tho Estate of ARTHUR MAY RICH-ARDSON, of AVaipawa, Hotelkceper,deceased.

TENDERS are invited for the goodwillof the leas- of "The Empire Hotel

at Waipawa and the Furniture tnerein,rit one sum, to Close on MONDAI, the

sth day of FEBRUARY, 1012.The 'Lease will expire on the 1-Hh De-

cember, 1914. Rental (subject to certainconditions), .£-17 13s. 'Id. monthly. j

The houso contains 20 bedrooms and -

bathrooms on upper floor and 2 dining-rooms, billiard ruom. private sitting mmbedrooms, and Public Bars on groundfloor. The Hotel is doing a large trade.The takings have averaged approximately.£IOO per week since Hie 7th October last,being the date of the Trustees' posses-sion. Stock-in-trade, bar fittings, andconsumable stores at valuation. A copyof the conditions of tender, copy of lea*!,and. inventorv of Furniture may be seenat the offices of this paper, at the Hotel,or mav be obtained from

HANKINS AND LOCKHART FITZ-IIERBERT,

Solicitors for Trustees in the estate,PALMERSTON NORTH.

TO BUILDERS.

TENDERS, to Close at NOON ofTHURSDAY, the loth February,

are invited for the erection in brick ofShops and Offices in Willis Street, inthis City. Drawings and Specificationsmay be 'seen at the Offices of tho under-signed.

The lowest or any tender will not neces-sarily be accepted.

PENTY AND LAWRENCE,Architects.

Lambton Chambers, Lambton Quay.

TO BUILDERS.

TENDERS are invited up to noon ofTHURSDAY, Bth February, for

ADDITIONS and ALTERATIONS to Re-sidence at Thorndon.

Plans, etc., at mv offices.JOHN S. SWAN, M.R.SA.,

Architect.Kelburne Chambers.

EXPANDED METAL KAHN TRUSSED,KAHN RIBBED STEEL BARS,

For Reinforced Concrete ConstrucHon.EXPANDED STEEL LATHING,For Fireproof Walls and Ceilings.

RUBEROID ROOFING.' DAMPCOURSEFLOORING. GIANT BUILDING

PAPERS.RATNER SAFES AND STRONG-ROOM

DOORS.DREADNOUGHT FIREPROOF DOORS,

OREGON TIMBER AND LATHS.

THE STEWART TIMBER, GLASS,AND HARDWARE CO., LD„Courtenay Place. Wellington.

\XJ M. C O N N A K,

SHOP AND OFFICE FITTER,AND SHOW-CASE MAKER. -

Glass Case and Window Fittings stocked.ELLER'S AVENUE, WILLIS STREET.

Estimates given and work carried outwith skill and promptitude.

Telephone 2E14.

JUST OPENED.JUST OPENED.

A Beautiful Selection of •

ROLL' TOP DESK S,OLL TOP DESKS,

AT SPECIALLY REDUCED PRICES.CALL AND INSPECT,

THE OFFICE APPLIANCE CO., LTD.,17 and 19 CUBA STREET.

WELUNGON.

HOTEL NOTICES.

MAHARA HOUSE, WAIKANAE.

FIRST-CLASS Private Hotel. Everyconvenience. An ideal place to

spend a quiet holiday in the country. Ex-cellent trout fishing, river 5 minutes fromhouse.

MEN. FREEMAN, Proprietor.

POST OFFICE HOTEL, PAHIATUA(Under new management). M.Fitzger-

ald, proprietor, formerly of Waipawa, H.B.MR. FITZGERALD desires to announce

that he has takenover the above hotel,whichis situated nearly opposite tho Post Office.Intending patrons may rely upon receiv-ing first-class accommodation, with everycivility and attention. Telegrams anilcorrespondence promptly attended to.Tariff, 4s. 6d. per day.-

RAND HOTEL.- HASTINGS,G. B. MACKAY, Proprietor.

Handsome four-storied building, one ofthe largest in New Zealand; built entire-ly of brick and steel, and absolutely Fireand Earthquake-proof; one hundred andten bedrooms. Tho Grand is a splendid-ly-appointed Hotel, with all the conveni-ences of modern civilisation. Suites ofrooms on application.

AVERLEY PRIVATE HOTEL,Marion Street (opp. Now Te Aro

Post Office), City.Absolutely fire and earthquake-proof.

Contains all modern conveniences andcomforts. A large promenade roof, over-looking Harbour.

Tariff: Gs. per day; 255. per week.MRS. E. TREGONNING.

'Phone 2917. Proprietress.

Under Entirely New Management.

2rEALANDIA PRIVATE . HOTEL,J Clyde Quay, Wellington. First-class

Accommodation. Tariff moderate. Per-manent Boarders by Arrangement.'Phone 165G. George Wakefield, Proprie-tor (late of Timarn).

OLUMBIA PRIVATE -HOTEL,LOWER CUBA STREET,

Near Wharves, Town Hall, and OperaHouse. Excellent Cuisine. Lunch Is.

MRS. M. PETERS(Late 90 Wellington Terrace). Proprietress.

rtOULLS, CULLING, AND CO., LTD.,

BRANDON STREET,WELLINGTON.

Agents for Pen, Pencil, and TypewriterCarbons, by tho best makers, at

Lowest Prices.VICTORIA LAUNDRY.

'

TO KELBURNE HOUSEHOLDERS.

OUR Vans Collect and Deliver in Kel-burne every WEDNESDAY.

Telephone 013.VICTORIA LAUNDRY CO., LTD.,

22 HANSON STREET.

"ORINGS'S CHECK-FIGURE SYSTEM.V copyright, enables you to BalanceLedgers at first trial It locates, as theyoccur, Errors in Posting Amounts in Ad-ditions, Subtractions. Extensions, Carry-ing Forward and Taking Out Balances.It abolishes calling back, because il therois au citoj the system indicates it tovon, pointing out the actual Amount andLedger Aecouu' before you open yourledger. Time-saver, Speedy, Simple, audSure. It can be on your presenthooks. No duplicating work, no extraIxioks, and no machine. Particulars onlyfrom HUGH DOUGLAS, ManufacturingStationer. Victor!" Street. Wellington.

DUNK AND PKINGLE. LTD.,MOTOR GARAGE.

Rangitikci Street, Pnlmerslon North.TOURISTS will 'find our Garage open

day and night. We undertake repairs ofarty description. Oils Benzine, etc., al-ways in stock. Agents for Overland andHupp Cars. First-class curs fur hire.JMenhaJM 120,

BUSINESSES AND PARTNERSHIPS.

GENERAL STOKE AND BAKERYBUSINESS. '/TIOMiHNHD Oenernl Store and BakeryBusiness in first-class Taranaki rail-

way (own, willi large dairying district sur-i-iiiimlmg; .') acres of land, with first-classshop and large storeroom, Girt shed andstable, 7-roomcd dwelling adjoining, withbathroom and scullery, etc., \\ men's rooms.Bakehouse doing 211110 to 201)0 loaves periviek. Turnover at present and tor sometune pa.st ,L'G;i!l to .Wall per month, amicould I);; greatly increased by a youngerman. Three earls going every dav. Price,.CKIOO for freehold ami goodwill' of busi-ness. Plant at valuation, about .Ul5O to.li-M. Stock at invoice price, .£I2OO loJJKiOO. Terms can lie arranged. Come atonce and inspect. Don't wait to write.Send for copy of our February LandGuide.

J. HARRIS AND SONS,LAND AGENTS,

MARTON AND MARTON JUNCTION.

WANTED, PURCHASER for tho BESTPAYING AND EASIEST RUN

RESTAURANTS, in Wellington, tho pre-sent ov/ner having made a HANDSOMECOMPETENCE, in the last few years.Turnover .C-1000 to .£OOOO per annum.WOULD SUIT .MAN or SYNDICATEwho can put down £1000. Price, .CI2OO,includes valuable corner freehold andleasehold properties of great present andprospective value.

FULLEST INVESTIGATION grantedto principals with necessary cash. Noagents need apply.

Address—"RESTAURANT,"

' G.P.0., Box 831,Wellington.

HOTEL FOR SALE.DWAN BROS., Willis Street, Wellington.

(Established 32 years.)FOR SALE, good Country Hotel, situ-

ated in progressive farming town.Lease 10 years to run; rent .£7 per week.Hotel is free for wines, beer, and spirits.Hotel in good order. Wages low. Easyhouse to manage. Large paddock, usedus garden, grazing, etc. Mostly farmingtrade; about .£BO weekly. The takingsare steady and reliable. Tho owner is.leaving the district, and has instructed;us to make a sale at once. Price,to go in. Apply

DWAN BROS.,SOLE AGENTS, WILLIS STREET.

' FOR SALE. » '

COUNTRY STORE, in good district;v.' Shop, Dwelling, and 7 Acres of land,at £2 10s. per week for 10 years. Turn-over .£l5O per month. Post Office andTelephone, worth ,£llO per annum. Stockabout .£BOO.

Price for Goodwill, .£300; Stock andplant at valuation. ApplvKAVENHILL AND, CO., I'almcrston N."OUSINESSES FOR-SALE of all kindsU —Auction. Blacksmiths, Butchers,Bakers. Boots, Coal, Carrying, Chemists,Drapers, Dentists, Engineers, Furniture,Farms, Grocery, Hairdressers, Jewellers,Mercery, Pawnbrokers, Painters, Plumb-ers, Tailors, Everything. Write for par-ticulars, slating capital and district pre-ferred. N.Z. BUSINESS EXCHANGE,IS7 Manchester Street. CHRISTCHURCH,

3 YEARS' LEASE.SHOP, BROADWAY, STRATFORD.

CENTRALLY situated, oldtst establish-ed fruit, confectionery, and grocery

stand. No goodwill. No stock to bo takenover. Splendid opportunity for a pushingman. Possession end of January.

Full detiiils on application toJ. It. THOMPSON,

Land Agent, Stratford.Write for my Land Guide.

UTCHERING BUSINESS FOR SALE.In rising loVn on West Coast of North

Island. Weekly slaughter, 5 big cattle,20 sheep, 10 lambs, veal, pork,, and poul-try. Price, .£250, includes horses andcart, 2 ponies, and light trap for delivery.Sausage Machine and sundries in shop.Good chance for steady man. Good cashbusiness. Population growing fast. Satis*factory reason for selling. "N.8.P.,""Dominion" Office. '

BICYCLE BUSINESS. .

FOR immediate Sale, well-establishedBicycle Business in AVcst Coast

town, South Island. Fullest investigationto principals. No agents. Full particu-lars from "Bicycle," "Dominion" Office.

WANTED to Sell, lucrative Coal,Produce, and Carrying Business,

with good connection, town and country;grain store has 2 shops in front, rentedto good tenants; good profits. Ownerretiring, and mill sell Freehold and Busi-ness for ,£750 tho lot. An absolute snip.Terms. ApplyHA WORTH AND CALLAN, Wanganui.

SNUG BOOT BUSINESSFOR SALE,

IN one of tho best towns in tho Do-minion, situated on main street.

Stock about ,£750. Good reasons for sell-ing. New Lease can bo obtained. Apply"Boot Business," "Dominion" Office.

AKERY BUSINESS FOR SALE, inTARANAKI. Old established,

sound dairying district, and profitableconcern. Previous owner retired. Free-hold. Stock aud whole plant, about.£IOOO. .£SOO cash. Inspection invited.

ApplyBAKEIt,

. "Dominion" Office.

CARRYING BUSINESS FOR SALE inHastings, together with half aerovaluable Land in centre of the town, andabout G chains from Railway Station,on' which stands large stable "and store-rooms, offices, and weighbridge. Plant isas follows:—2 Traction engines, i tractionlorries, 1 small lorry, 2 vans, 1 thresh-ing mill, 1 chaff cutter, 1 saw bench, 1corn crusher, 2 spring wagons, 2 springtip-drays, 111 heavy horses, G tarpaulins.No Goodwill. Owners made enoughmoney and.are retiring. Prico, freeholdproperty and plant, J&M00, on terms. Ap-ply Cassidy and Co., Land Agents, Box107, Hastings. _

BAKERY, COn7f.CTIONERY, ANDFRUIT BUSTNESS.-Good town;Section and House Freehold. Everythingup-to-date. Turnover, .£l2O per month.No opposition. Price, <£575. Cash about.£■loo. Full particulars-

J. T. BARRY AND CO.,Agents,

FEUDING.

SOUND BAKERY BUSINESS FORSALE, showing £150 a year profit.

Owner going home. Favourable leaso at255. Two horses, carts, and completeplant. Three permanent hands. Pricoonly .£275. A snap. N.Z. BUSINESSEXCHANGE, 187 Manchester Street,CHRISTCHURCH.

TAILORING BUSINESS."OOR Immediate Sale, well-establishedf- and prosperous Tailoring Businessin sound and progressiva town. Prico,.£4OO as a going concern; exceptional rea-sons for selling. Full particulars from

, W. ,1. MITCHELL,Fcilding.

]uU)R. SALE, Private Hoardinghouso, sit--1- uated best part Thorudon, close tram

and tram, accommodate twelve boarders,well furnished, every modern convenience;niii«t sell, leaving New Zealand. Reason-able olt'er not refused. Apply "Bargain,""Dominion."J" ADY with moderate capital cau~~se--i cure sound Florist's Engines?, QueenSI reel, Auckland: exceptional chance."Ri!stK\"_"Dominion" finite.

\\TANTED"to '"SelFiTgHod"* * cheap and on easy terms. Radfordnnd/'o., G3 and fir, Willis street.

WANTED to "Sell," h>lrr'o>f in llaTr-«' dressing Saloon in cily; good rea-

son for sclliui;. Apply "G.L.," "Domiu-1Joa" Offlcfi,

AMUSEMENTS.npilE KING'S THEATRE.

Proprietors:West's Pictures, Ltd., aud Linley and

Donovan.TO-NTGHT! TO-NIGHT!

WEST'S AND ROYAL PICTURES.Piv.-ent

THE RUN ON THE HANK.THE RUN ON THE HANK.

(A Great Animal Comedy.)TIII'I I'OWKIt OF LOVE.THE I'OWEU (IE LOVE.

(NoniMi's UcM.)THE MISER'S HEART.THE MISER'S HEART.THE MISER'S HEART.And at the reouej-'t of hundreds,Tor One Night Only,

WEST'S SERIES (IE "THE DURBAR."WEST'S SERIES OE "THE DURBAR."

Prices, Is. and fid. Plan at. Abel's andTheatre. Hooking Fee, Gd. 'Phone 31«.

PRIZE MA'IINEE TO-MORROW.PRIZE .MATINEE TO-MORROW.PRIZE MATINEE TO-MORROW.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCE.M I-INT.TO-NIGHT. 'TO-NIGHT.

WEST'S LOCAL GAZETTE.o INCIDENTS OE THE STRIKE.-

INCIDENTS OE THE STRIKE-

'A mi IE -NEW THEATRE. 7.Z A Manners Street. 7,7, Props.. Mae.Mahon and Donnelly. Z7, GO WIIIORE THE CROWDS GO. ZZ DAILY. 11 a.m. till 11 p.m. 7,7. CONTINUOUS PICTURE SHOW. 7,Z TO-DAY and TO-NIGHT (Feb. 2nd). Z/. The usual exquisite change. 7.Z "THE TABLES TURNED" (Bison Z7, exclusive draimO. 7i7, "THE ISLAND OF ELBA" (Beauti- 7,Z i'ul views of Napoleon's hauntsl. 7,7, "LOVES and PLOTS of VENICE" Z7, (Impressive Itala drama). 7,7, "RED'S CONQUEST" (Selig drama). 7,7, "BEETROOT CULTURE" (Interest- 7,7, inir induslry). . 7,7, "THE HOBBLE "SKIRT" (Nonfisk). 7.7 "TONTOLINI IN A TRAP" (more 7,7, fun). 7.V, "TWEEDLEDUM'S FOOL JOKE," 7,Z Etc., Ete. 7,7, THE PEOPLE'S COSY THEATRE. 7,7, Like the Brook, it goes on for ever. ZZ "Truth is quite beyond the reach Z7, of sal ire." 7,Z WE NEVER RAISE OUR PRICES. ZZ Think of it! Adults SIXPENCE. ZZ Children THREEPENCE Everywhere ZSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSWANTED Known—Mason's Gardens,

Taita, are now OPEN to the public.Cold Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Town Prices.Hot Water gratis.

STRING BAND.MESSRS. VITETTA BROTHERS,

Harp, Violin, and Flute.(Constantly engaged at Royal Oak Hotel),

Aro prepared to receivo engagementsfor "At Homes," Garden Parties, etc.

Can supply largo or small Orchestra.Address, 136 TORY ST. 'Phono 2570.

W" ANTED Known, that MILD DERBYPLUG—a splendid blend of dark

and aromatic leaves—smokes cool andfragrant to tho last draw. At, all to-hacconisUi. Try a, plug. 1

WANTED Known—Mason's Gardens,Taita. are now OPEN to tho public.

Cold Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Town Prices.Hot Water gratis. '

THE JUBILEE OF A ,

PROGRESSIVE FIRM

CHAS. BEGG AND CO., LTD., in com-pleting the Jubileeof theirEstablish-

inent in New Zealand have issued anART.SOUVENIR, giving details oftheir business from 1861 to the pre-sent dav,-. also Photographs of theirHead- Ofhce:and' Branches, and otherinteresting matter.

THIS SOUVENIR IS FREE to all whocall at our Warehouse, but if unabloto call, kindly send us a Postal Card,giving your name and address, on re-ceipt of which we will send you acopy.EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THISSOUVENIR, as it shows whatenergy ofpurposo, and integrity of businessmethods will do in building up abusiness from a one-man concern in18G1 to what is now the largest gene-

ral Music Warehouse in the Dominion.DO NOT FAIL TO GET A COPY.

CHAS. BEGG AND CO., LTD.(S. H. Hornor, Manager),

MANNERS ST.. WELLINGTON.

THOS. COOK AND SON,HOS. COOK AND SON.

(Offices nil over tho world.)

BOOK PASSAGES AND SECUREBERTHS BY

ALL LINES.ALL CLASSES.

' LOWEST RATES.DRAFTS AND CIRCULAR NOTES

ISSUED.No Commission Charged! Trouble Saved!Send or call for 1912 Sailing List with

Fares.

Travel Made Easy by Booking at

COOK'S' SHIPPING OFFICE,

Customhouso Quay.

ANNOUNCEMENT.CROWN LAUNDRY,

57 GHUZNEE STREET,City.

• Manager, F. H. WHITAKER.WE aro now in recently-completed ad-

dition to our works—more room,moro hands, more speed.Send in your next job as a House Warm-

ing.PROGRESSIVE METHODS.

When you send us an order you mayrely that wo have before us the fixeddetermination to supply you with goodquality work. No other will satisfy you;no other is good enough for you. Satis-faction guaranteed, and your own goodsreturned, not other people's. Also, allhigh-class work executed by hand, and notdamaged by machinery.

Trial order solicited.Motto: Civility, Prompt Attention, and

Satisfaction."

GOOD VALUE.'

FOR SALE, new 5-roomcd House, Wel-lington South, good section, sunny

elevated position, healthy locality, woll-built house, every modern convenience.Inspection invited. Price,',£67s. Smalldeposit: balance as rent. Apply

JOHN ODLIN AND CO., LTD.,CABLE STREET.(Near Town Hall).

MONEY TO LEND.

THE WELLINGTON TRUST. LOAN.AND INVESTMENT COM-

PANY, LIMITED.Advances made on approved freehold

securities (Farms and Town Properties)from ,£SO and upwards, at current ratesof interest.

Offices! 219 Lambton .Quay, Wellington.R, E. RAWNSLEY,

Secretary.

C"'OUCnMAN'S PETONE STEAMLAUNDRY.Est, 1392. Telephone 9.

Van daily to Wellington, Hntt, and allSuburbs.

Special prices for Families, Hotels, andSchools.TORY STREET, PETONB.

_wfTcan DO"

Lawnmowcrs, Wringers, Scissors, Knives,stoves—in fact, allYOUR REPAIRSIn household articles and machinery.FOR NOTHING

Is so annoying as to have these outof order and useless.

AH, PORT, CUBA STREET_ . taoxt Godbsr'fl).

AMUSEMENTS.MR. H. B. IRVING'S SEASON.

Tlin Box Plans will be opened at theDresden TO-MORROAV MORNING, at 9O'CLOCK, for "I,ouis XI," "The LyonsHail," and "The Bells."

LAST. 3 PERFORMANCES• of

MR. H. B. IRVING in "HAMLET."

Q ? • E R A HOUSE.Direction, J, C. Williamson, Ltd.,

With which is IncorporatedClarke and Meynell, Ltd.

Manager, G. H. Smith.An Incomparable) Representation.

MR. H. B. IRVINGMR. H. B. IRVING

ASHAJII F, TH A M L E T

TO-NIGHT, SATURDAY and MONDAY,TO-NIGHT, SATURDAY and MONDAY,

At 7.-15.Positively the

LAST THREE OPPORTUNITIESLAST THREE OPPORTUNITIES

of witnessingMR. H. B. IRVING AS HAMLET,MR. H. B. IRVING AS HAMLET,

AndMISS DOROTHEA BAIBD AS OPHELIA

Ropetoire for Balance of .Season:TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NEXTTUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NEXT

LOUIS XILOUIS XI

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NEXT,THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NEXT,

THE LYONS MAIL —

-THE L YOSS MAI L —

SATURDAY AND MONDAYSATURDAY AND MONDAY

February 10 and 12THE BELLST HE BELIS-:

Manager for Mr. Irving, Mr. S. ArdenGodfrey.Plans for "HAMLET" now open at the

Dresden.Plans for "LOUIS XI," "THE LYONS

MAIL," and "THE BELLS" .will beopened TO-MOBROW MORNING.

Prices: D.C. and R.S., 6s. j Stalls, 35.;Gallery. Is. Early Door Stalls, 6d. extra.Early Door Gallery, Is. extra.

PIANO-PLAYING MADE EASY.NO Scales, Exercises, or Drudgery; noFailures. Wo return you.' money ifyou are unable to read music and play insix weeks. Full tuition, .£2 2s. Call andinspect the National College cf Music, 30Willis Street.

Postal Course Now Ready.Hours—lo a.m. to 9 p.m.

WAITED Known, that'smokers ofMILD DERBY PLUG gain thogreatest pleasure that smoking can give.

Blended from dark and aromatic leaves—•it'/i fine. Try a plug. " , \ . i

SPECIAL NOTICES.'TO CAPITALISTS WITH BRAINS,

T\fHO ,are n°t afraid to trust their" * own intelligence, nor, in matters

beyond their experience, to employspecialists to assist them in testing thoaccuracy and bona fides of proposals sub-mitted for their consideration—capitalistswho do not condemn a whole naturalindustry of the Colony—one that hasdone so much, and will yet, if it getsa fair chance, do so much more to ad-vance New Zealand—because money hasbeen lost in ill-considered and dishonestconcerns connected with it.

Tho advertiser wants a few persons toioin him to carry out a largo HydraulicMining Enterprise in which ho has spentyears of timo and ,£15,000 in money—ininvestigating and testing tho deposits ofa hitherto unworked and previously un-tested area he has secured on one of therichest goldfields of tho Colony; and inprocuring and planning the means andappliances for cheap, certain, and ex-peditious treatment by. a well-provedprocess by which he .has on other gold-fields already treated millions of cubicyards.

He has brought to bear on the worktho most extensive special knowledge-practical and scientific—of this class ofmining over brought to bear on anyenterprise in tho Colony, and ho hasworked out a profit of 40 per cent, perannum—with a chance of very muchmore. The deposits tested will give 27years' work at such a profit and occupyonly a fraction of tho area of similardeposits commanded by tho Company'sworks. He is willing, to submit his datafor revision, to—and to visit tho localitywith—»dj- specialist, or specialists, ap-pointed.

It is held as a rule that large interestis bad security—that all enterprises thatpromise largo interest on capital must berisky in proportion.

But there are exceptions; the Mininginterest has suffered so much from dis-honesty and • incompetency in vendorsand promoters that exceptional tonussuch as arc here offered arc required toinduce capitalists to invest. By way ofgiving hostages for good faith, thoadvertiser is conceding a 20 per cent,preference in dividends until contributedcapital is returned in full, before he getsany dividend, besides submitting to otherstringent provisions to effectually securecontributors, no is willing to transferthe whole of tho paid-up shares ho is

receiving in payment to be held inTrust by an appointee of contributorsuntil his estimates have been tested andtheir money has by preferential dividendsbeen returned. Most of the capitalhas already been found.

Full particular,*, with inspection ofmaps, plans, drawings, estimates, reports,tabulated results of tests, etc., may beobtained on application at tho office ofthis paper, or appointments may bo madeby letter, addressed

"HYDRAULIC MINING,"

"Dominion" Office, Wellington.

THE UNTON BANK OF AUSTRALIA,LIMITED.

Established 1337. Incorporated ISSO.Paid up Capital .£1,300.000Reserve Fund ...

1,:i7(l,00O together,£2,870,000

Reserve Liability of Proprietors 3,000,000

.£3,870.000A Dividend of .CI ss. per share and

bonus of Ills, pop share tor (he half-year,together equal to U per cent, per annum,having bwti declared at a meeting ofProprietors held in London on 29thJanuary, the same is now payable toColonial Shareholders.

R. A. HOLMES, Inspector,. Wellington, 30th, January, 1912,

"THE DOMINION" PREPAIDADVEB.TISE MENT HATES

One laeh 60 Words), 4s. per Insertion.Front Pare, sa. per inch cash lncortion.

BIIITH, DKATH, AND MAKKIAQB.NOTICES, 2«. 6d. por insertion.

Situations Vacant "\ v„. ~.„„„ji._Situations Wanlod / fepj"l*To Let ( Words,Bonrdandltesidoucfl ) SlXl'™C£

OENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS.16 Words, In.; 24 Words, Is, Gd.:

30 Words, 2s.

AMUSEMENTS.

PULLERS* THEATRE ROYAL,

THE KINEMACOLOR THEATRE.Lust CONSTANTINOPLETwo POMPEIINight A RUN WITH THEof EXMOOR STAGIIOUNDS.Present BRUSA THE OLDSuperb CAPITAL Of TURKEYSeries Black and White

Subjects include "THE WAGER," "THEFISILERMAJD" (Knlom), and inauy otherPictures of certified magnificence."'

A Programme that can hold its ownwith any magnificent projection, and nowaits.D.C, 25.; Stalls, Ib.; Back, Gd.Plan Dresden.

QKATING Direction RINK.OKATING John Fuller i, Sons RINK,ANOTHER REMARKABLE PRO-

GRAMME.The Cream of the World's Filmic Produelions Alwnrs to be enjoyed atFULLERS' The Best PICTURESFULLERS' of all . PICTUREStwo and a ball Hours of ExcellentAmusement may be enjoyed with Easa

and Comfort.EVERYTHING FRESH AND BRIGHT.The Latest Success in' Kinemalographv.THE RUN OX Till', BANK. A Sel'ig •THE ){U NOX 'I'll EMA NIC. Sensation.A Unique Comedy Picture, into which is

Introduced the King of Beasts, a Prin-cipal Comedian.THE WRECK OF THE DELHI.The Latest; Topical Event.

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.

A Delightful Story bv Lubin., A MISER'S HEART.

American Biograph.UPS AND DOWNS. UPS AND DOWNS.

Vilagrnph's ErighlosL Coinedv."THE FISHERMAID" (Kalem).Orchestral Stalls, Is.; Stalls, Gd.

CHORTrS PICTURES.TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT.

COMPLETE CHANGE of PROGRAMMEALL STAR FILMS.

IncludingTHE TRAGEDY OF A STRIKE!THE TRAGEDY OF A STRIKE!

PICTURESQUE HILDESHEIM (Scenic).' HER HERO (Yitnginph Drama).

THE ACROBAT'S JOKE (Comic).THE SHERIFF OF TUOLUMNE.

An Exciting Drama of the Wild West,. FOOLSHEAD HEELS (Comic).

Etc., Etc..Shortt's Pictures arc noted for thcil

perfect projection and steadiness.Open daily from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.Admission—Adults, (id.; Children, 3d.

WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL

TOWN HALL.TOWN HALL. :

ORG A N RECI TA L.ORGAN RECITAL.

SATURDAY EVENING, 3rd February, •

SATURDAY EVENING, 3rd February,At 8 o'clock.-

BY MR. MAUGHAN BARNETT,City. Organist) ■

ADMISSION—Sixpence nnd One Shilling,

JNO. R. PALMER,Town Clerk.

SWIMMING. SWIMMING.SWIMMING.

__

SWIMMING.

TIIORNDON AMATEUR SWIMMINGCLUB'S

ANNUAL CARNIVAL.ANNUAL CARNIVAL.

TO-MORROW,TO-MORROW,

SATURDAY, 3rd FEBRUARY.Saturday; 3rd February.

String Band. Afternoon Tea and Pro'grammes Free. „.„,.

.b ADMISSION Is.TIIOS. n. M'LEAN,

Hon. Secretary,

CAGEBIRD CLUB.

SECOND ANNUAL SHOW,to be held at US AYillis Street (IntoBeggV), on SATURDAY, 3rd February,I!M2, commencing at 2 p.m. sharp. -.0cage birds comprising canal'ies undies(British, Australian, and toremn). Ad-mission Sixpence. A. H. PI JllRSON,Hon. Secrgt»i'}%J22_Ri<lilifo»l *hK[ -

iriuGHLAND SOCIETY'S CALE-DONIAN GATHKIHXU. N«l»or.

AVEDNESDAY, February I. Over £imin Moiiev Prizes and Trophies. Nomina-Irons "of running events elose •ebrnary7 AAMto for programme, i. J AhlvLK,Secretary. P.O.WXNTEIVKnovrn, that MILD DERHVW PLUG is nothing but lobacco-rrnold-fashioned tobacco-the finest dark nndaromatic leaves perfectly blended, lu

TnTEIFKnown-Mason's GardensTaita are now OPEN to the public.

Cold Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Town Prices.Hot Water gratis. .

STRIKE. STRIKE.STRIKE. STRIKE.

BSSIB i' Bffifi:LARGE SHIPMENT OF SEW

MACHINES.ACCESSORIES.

3-SPEED ROVER MOTOR BICYCLES.Second-hand Machines Cheap.

LAMBTON QUAY, opp. Govt. Buildings.

'"

SPECIAL NOTICE.i T?F, vou Sick in Mind or Body? Mr. .<-\ COURTENEY V. MOHR, of Mel-

bourne, Mental and Magnetic Healer, willrure vou when all other methods havofailed Rheumatism. Nervous Prostra-tion ' Indigestion, Throat and- ChestTrouble, etc., cured without drugs oroneration. Advice Free. Rooms, 10 and17 Bank of Australasia Chambers, Cus-tomhouse Quay. (Take lift.)

WANTED to Purchase, an InvalidChair, suitable for si root work, with

proper propelling power, etc., to carry aman Oft., weighing almut 12 stone. Apply

with full particulars to "Chair," PostOffice, Pahiatun.

TRAMWAY STRIKE.BICYCLES.

tVE are Overstocked with Bicycles,W and are SELLING at REDUCEDPRICES to Clear. Raleigh?, 8.5.A., andPremiers.

S A V 1 L I. K.KENT TERRACE.

WANTED Known, that for a coo. v~--'"'"

comforting, satisfying smoke t.vMILD DERBY PLUG-the New Zcaladworker's favourite tobacco. It never falsand emokoa cool to tho end, ,3,, •

OUR CHRYSALIS ARMY.

WHEN SHALL WE BE FIT TO TAKETHE FIELD?

CHEIOP BEFORE YOU WALK.

(liy I.ieiileunnt-C'ulonel J. T, Buruett-Stuarl, D.5.0.)

A spirited article by Lientciunil-Coloni'lJ. T. Burnett-Stuart,' D.5.0., Director ofMilitary Operations and Intelligence atGeneral Headquarters, is one of the bestof the contributions to the first numberof the "N.Z. Military Journal," ju-t pub-lished. "Shall we ever," ha asks, "havein (he New Zealand Territorial Forcecompanies lit to lake the field in modernwai\- There are some people who seem tobelieve that we have them already. Ihope (hey are right. But the apparenteasiness of tho performance which wehave been watching is apt to \k a littlemisleading, especially to the untrainedobserver; The somersaults of the skilledacrobat, the tricks on a conjurer, or thestrokes of a champion golfer all look veryeasy too; but anyone who has tried to dothese things knows that they can only bodone by careful training and constantpractice. And so it is with soldiering.There are others who seem to think thatwe shall never have such companies. Ibelieve they are wrong, and that in limewo may. at least approximate to thisstandard, even if we do not actually reachit. But w© must: work for it and bepatient; the conditions are not easy, andthe lime available for training dreadfullyshort. The naturo of the training re-quired under the Defence Act, and theconditions of service, should be familiarby this time to all who are interested inor aonnectcd with the movement. Any-•how, tho scope of this article dons notadmit of their being described here. Letus devote what space remains to tryingto get some guidance along tho straight

and narrow path that leads to efficiency.

Shooting at the Moon."First as to tlio training of officers.

Heading is good, if we read tho rightbooks; lectures are good, too, besidesbeing nice and comfortable to listen to;and regimental tours and tactical exer-cises on the ground are better still. Butactual contact with troops is tho best oiall, and worth, all the rest put together,'f'hi! only training that will produce agood practical regimental officer is prac-tice in the actual handling of men andin command of men. Let us, therefore,loso no chance in taking part in all thedrills and parades within our reach. Myown experience regarding the question oflectures for regimental officers, especiallyTerritorial officers, has led mo to certainconclusions. I have always, held that (hosubjects chosen arc too ambitious. Look,for example, at the syllabus of almost anyGarrison Officers"Club in Newthere are lectures on strategy, war gamesinvolving the movement anil handling oflarge bodies of troops, lectures on great

campaigns, lectures on the grand tacticsof such battles as Gravelottc and Liaou-Yang. These are all good in their propertime and place, and when delivered bymen who thoroughly understand what theyaro talking about. Tho popularity ofsuch lectures among officers with but aslight knowledge of soldiering . is, nodoubt, ehielly due to a praiseworthy desirelor knowledge; but is it not also due to acertain extent to that relief which weall feci at being taken out of the hard andnarrow limits of practice into the delight-hilly vague ami speculative realms oftheory?

First the Alphabet."Of what use is such knowledge as maybo gleaned from those lectures to a cap-tain confronted on parade with a companyot territorial soldiers waiting to botrained, or, more urgent still, waiting tobo led mto battle? Would not. such acaptain bo infinitely more confident andefficient if, instead of having tried to pryinto the workings of the Duke of Welling-

ton s mind, ho had devoted the sameamount of time to studying tho methodsot some of the Duke of. Wellington's com-pany leaders? Fighting is a complicatedand diihcult business, and, as with allother businesses, the ABC of it must belearnt first. Battles, as far as tho .regi-mental officer is concerned, are won bydiscipline, by intelligence, by obedienceand co-operation, by neglecting no pre-

. cautions, and by a careful adherence tothe simplorrules of war-all of which canonly bo accomplished after detailed pre-paration, a sound, elementary trainingand expenenco with men. Battles aro notwon, as some seem to think, by individualeleventh-hour gallantry, by eccentric in-goinufr, or by the contempt of detail thatcoquetting with things too high for usis ant to produce.

">io ono would presume to take part ina discussion, far less to deliver a lecture'"'Vm "s„

s 'Atomic Disintegration, 5or the Llectrical Nature of Matter'unless he had had a thorough trainingin chemistry and mathematics. Yet thisis tho sort of thing that is constantlydone where the science of war is con-eerned.

The Business of the Moment.."The modern General Staff is a veryhighly trained professional body. Letus leave (he luyiicr problems to them,,and devote tho precious time at our dis-posal to the many and difficult problemsthat claim our attention in our onparticular sphere. These little problemsa e mnyy pi them, just as full of interest"?hi,; i s '. er °"-u ; t0 ns> "nlcss somc-liiig s wrong with our sense of propor-on, (hey should bo moro so, since athorough understanding of them is of im-mediate and vital importance to ourselvesand to those whom wo have to lead Ifwo aro ever called upon to fight in dc-ioneo.ot this country, it will bo in thecapacity of company, regimental, or pos-

sibly of brigado commanders; it is forthis, that we should prepare, according tomiv degree. It is unlikely that our ad-vice, will ever be asked on tho strategicalproblems ot the Empire. 1 even 4 sojar as to say that' too much study of.higher technical probloms than wo arequalified to discuss is harmful, to theextent that it encourages in us an un-conscious habit of criticism of oursuperiors at the very times when weshould he fully employed in attending ex-clusively ,lo our own business. Bv allmeans let ns learn all we can from pre-vious wars, but let us bc Siu at. the rightend and devote our studies to those ques-tions that confront us in our own dailysoldiering, and that belong to our ownimmediate salvation.

ihero is a much-quoted and liWi-sounding maxim of Napoleon's winch!>»s;*, 1 cruse again nnd again the cam-paigns of the great commanders, andmodel yourself in them. Thus only shallyou become a great captain, and acquirethe secret of tho art of war.' I have0 ton wondered how many officers havethought to find m this saying a short-cutto complete efficiency, and have been ledbv it to throw aside their drill-books fortho moro attractive course of readingsuggested by Napoleon. The principleunderlying the maxim is sound enough,hut everyone should interpretit accordingto lus degree. For tho company officerit means that, to be a good companyofficer, ho should study the methods ofcompany officers under the great com-manders of tho past; not that ho shouldinvestigate tho mental gymnastics of thogreat commanders themselves. Tho point1 want to make is this: In our circum-stances here, the time that we can affordto givo to (ho study of soldiering is soshort, and therefore so infinitely precious,that we must devote it to qualifying our-selves to' lit into our own particular placem the military organisation. We simplyhave not the time to learn anyone's jobbut our own.

Some Suggestions,"I should liko to poo in the syllabus of

("very Officers' Club lectures on such sub-jects as the followiiiß:—"A Comiianv onOutpost in the New Zealand Bush';' 'TheOrjtnnisolion of tlio New Zealand Terri-vonal force'; 'The Training of Isolated•territorial Infantrymen in the Back-blocks'; 'The Employment of MountedRillos Ollicers' Vatnils'; 'Horse-master-ship'; 'iron- lo Hake the Fullest I'soof Whole and Half-day .Parades';'lion- to -Keep (he .Senior Cadetiiitenwtod ,-„ ,] ri|ls' .'Physical train-ing »f the Senior Cadets.' 'Discipline intho Seiii.ii' Cadets,' 'Small tactical exer-cises lor Territorial X.C.O.'s.' 'Hints 0:1the administration work ivipiitod of com-pany and sf|undron eoaiaianilers.' and .-0oil. Wo want lectures 1111 tln'nii- like tlie.-ethai we really want In know about, deliv-ered by men of experience or <>ri;;iu:ili!v— things which all'ccl ourselves, and whichwe can discuss with confidence and profit.

And I hope (hat in future we shall setthem."Willi reference to tactical studies, Inliouli! like to suggest (he value of train-

ing Hie mind in spare nioinents to in-vent and tackle snia'll problems. Whenwalking down (he street, tor instance, oneha* only to imagine a eoni|)any at one'sback and a company of the enemy ap-pearing round the next corner, to iimlonr-k'lf confronted with an interestinglittle situation from which much may belearnt before it is solved. And last, but.most important of all, 1 should like toremind all olticers, and X.C'.O.'s as well,that in dealing with those under them ex-ample is bettor than precept. There is nonecessity to enlarge upon tiiis.

"Next, as regards the physical train-ing of Iho soldier. In New Zealand weare lucky: the Territorial Force is com-posed of Iho pick of the youth of theDominion, and will in future be recruitedfrom (ho .Senior Cadets, whose training ischiclly deigned with the view to theirphysical development, lint there is oneimportant question that deserves specialmention—the question of marching, liencannot march without practice, and thesoldier who cannot march is useless. Weought to ensure that route marching,even if only for a quarter of an hoar,forms jiart of the programme at most ofour drills and parades.

The Friendly Night."It must strike all of us, I think, how

the whole system of training suggestedby the four headings which we have quot-ed calls for the open air. Our mindsrim very much on drill halls in New-Zealand, and naturally so, since undertho peculiar conditions of our training(hoy are necessary (o us for squad drill,gnu drill, and such other elementary in-struction as must bo given in the even-ing, and cannot be given in the dark. Butlet us'avoid thorn whenever we can. Muchof our training must be done in theevening or at night, but only the veryelementary part of it should be done un-der a roof; for it is not under such shel-ter that we shall have to fight. The nightoutside is a good friend to tho soldierwho is used to its ways: let us go outwhenever we can and make friends withit. In modern war, as the range and ac-curacy of weapons increase, more andmore liso is made of the dark, and greatopportunities await that army which In-constant training has learnt to work withconfidence by night. Manoeuvring atnight is nervous and dangerous work forthose who are not used to it, but be-comes comparatively easy and even fas-cinating when once, the original feelingof shyness has worn away. The circum-stances that compel us io do a certainamount of our training without tho aidof daylight .should be regarded as fortun-ate rather than the reverse. ■

"And wo must learn, too, to look uponour surroundings in tho same friendlyspirit as that in which we should lookupon the dark. It cannot be too stronglyimpressed upon otlicers end men that allground is interesting from a militarypoint of view, whether it be a back streetin a town, a bush-covered mountain, ora flat plain: all present difficulties whichrequire ingenuity for their 1solution, andnil are possible stages for a fight.

"N.Z.» International Reps.""We shall have to modify our prin-

ciples a little in regard to the training ofthe individual soldier, because we cannotafford to wait till the man is thoroughlydisciplined and trained before we start

appealing to his intelligence and encourag-ing him to think for himself. Most ofour Territorial soldiers will bo well-educated enough to understand the ne-cessity for discipline and co-operation,and .the hopelessness of anything ap-proaching 'go-as-you-please' action, in 'anorganisation whore all the parts are soentirely dependent on each other. Womust take our men into our confidenceand work with them, relying upon theirgood sense to help us all along. We can-not expect to have the iron discipline ofthe professional soldier, and I am in-clined to think we do not want it; butthat is all tho more reason why wo .shouldmake up our minds to keep ourselves inhand by refusing to tolerate, either inourselves or in those under us, slovenli-ness, untidiness, slackness, unpunctuality,want of •respect,. ha<l .manners, or'any oftlie other things' that distinguish thetrue soldier, be he citizen soldier or re-gular, from the mere manjn uniform.

"I"atfl"quite'sure'that tho success ofour training will bo in direct proportionto the amount of mutual assistance weall receive from each other. The scheme isnot based on compulsion, but on the unani-mous decision of tho inhabitants of thocountry to band themselves together forthe purpose of ensuring their security.We are nil—officers, N.C.O.'s, and men-members of an international team repre-senting New Zealand, and if tho game isworth plaving at all wemay as well learnhow to be good at it: this can only bedone by practice and sticking to therules."

OTAKI NOTES.

Messrs. C. ami J. Whiting havo leftParaparnuimi, their property havingbeen solil to Mr. Cromb, of Olago Cen-tral, 'flio Messrs. AVhiting, who willhe much missed—especially by tho BilloClub-will settle in Victoria, having se-cured a milling interest there.

Mr. J. G. l'oynter (postmaster) has re-sumed duty after an absence of severalweeks. ,

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A large number of people from thispart of the district took advantage of thetine -weather on 'Wednesday, and attend-ed the A. and P. Show at Levin.' Main-others availed themselves of tho half-holiday, and spent the day on the beach.

Arrangements arc at present beingmade to erect cheese factories at Ohau,Kuku. To Horo, and two at Otaki—onefor the Dairv Company, and the otherfor the Dairy"Union. Already timber ison the ground for some of these build-ings , ,

Mr. Marsh, who has been employed atthe Otaki Dairy Co., has left for Timaru,having received an engagement there.

The sale of the Paliiko subdivision didnot prove successful, prices failing toreach the reserve. However, tho owner(Mr. Monckton) has received several offersfor various sections, and will probablysell tlio majority. It is understood thatho. has an offer for the whole of tho es-tate

It is understood that suppliers whohavo signed on at Otaki, To Horo, andOliau, are receiving Is. per lb. for but-ter, and also a guarantee that no lesswill lie given for the remainder of thoseason.

Mrs. James Wilson, a popular residentof some years' standing, is leaving hereto lake up residence in New Plymouth,

and has disposed of her house and pro-perty to Mr. P. Higgott.

BANKRUPTCY BUSINESS.g : .

YEARLY KETUKX.During (ho year ended December 31,

Kill, 102 petitions in bankruptcy wereiiled by debtors in the Wellington dis-trict, and there were 3G applications onpetitions by creditors. In 19 cases im-mediate discharge was granted by theCourt, while iive orders were suspendedby the Court. The assets as per state-ments filed (excluding amounts secured tocreditors) amounted to .£37,713 Is. 7d.,and the amounts secured to creditors to-talled jaiM" 10s. 2d. The liabilities asper statements iiled 'excluding theamounts secured to creditors) amountedto .£62,30.") 7s. 7d., vhilo assets realisedby the Official Assignee totalled .EH.531 Is.3d. Other figures were as follow:—Amount of debts proved .£13,730 Bs. !)<!.;

amount paid in dividends (excluding pre-ferential and secured claims), ,i.;5208 12s.Id.; secured claims paid, .£3833; Govern-ment commission, JU'ifi 17s. Id.; costs ofactions, A'iGaß lis. Id.; expends incurredin carrying on estates for (he benefit ofcreditors', .£llS',l 2s. 2d.; other costs, ,£f,7S3s. Id.: balance in bank on January 111)11, .£-10,544; balance on December' 3l|11)11, A'HiflO. Tlio liguves are taken fromthe annual return compiled bv the 0111-cial Assignee (.Mr. A. Simpson).

Mr. H. Ernest I.eighton advertises inthis issue thai he has for disposal 3-15acres of land suitable for dairy-farmi'vAbout 210 acres Hat. the balance hillv.'foacres under crop, and n good six-voomedhouse, 'the price is .£3500, but 'it isslated that (lie terms are easy.

A- a going concern, Messrs. (\ C, flossand Co...land agents, Masterlon, oiler 21100acres of undulating and level counlrv, ofpcruolui'l lease, with IS years to 'run-rent, I<. Sd. per acre. II "is stated that-some of this country will winter threesheep per aero.

THE DOMINION,' FRIDAY, FEBRUARY % 1912,2

rVDOMINIOW: DIRECTORY.',', ARTIFICIAL LJM3 MAKERS.

PACKER, J. A., and Son, 168 RtddlfotdSt. All Inquiries Strictly Attended to.BUILOER3 AND CONTRACTORS.

BKOW.N A JOHNSTON, ShopifcOffico Fit-__tgM. L'd & D'd'g Valuers. Ph. ZfftBROWN, J. 0.. 9 Aurora Terrace, Office

Jitter, Jobbing. Joiner. 'Phono »!._

■ :;• CHEMISTS., ,

1FLETCHER, CIIAS. A., Pharmacist and. ■ Prescription Specialist. 292 bainbton

Quay. Mail Orders Promptly Executed.

COAL, PRODUCE & WASTE PRODUCTS.

JONES AND CO., Clydo Quay. 'Phono 725.And at 265 Cuba Street.. 'Phone 510.

;. ,pARR^A.CE_PROPRIETOR.TOSEBirCOWEttILi;.' Cabs and CarriascßO to;»; hiro.--OBurgesi molleratd.. StablesJlajpribrtnksiSt;;;" 'Phone- 560.

;V :' : PYERS'AND CLEANERS.''"

BAEBKS;'W,.i AND CO., Dyers and.Dry__

~*;cicqJhora.: 125 Otiba St.. City. Tel. 226."OO3EIvT3ON.::A.; AND CO., Dyerj andIt '-Cleanera. -37 Ghuznee Street. ;P.O. Box2. T^Aro:;.-'.Phono 918. '.

CROCERS.AND PROVISION HknCHAMTS.pAMPBEtiL, .WlbLlAll, it and .42 Man.\J -riiers St., and Cuba St.. and 1« Blddi-lord Street.'- ". '•'.-■.,.

I, LAUD; AND ESTATE ACEMTS.

BAKER, 11.;Ltd.«ateof Baker Itroa.bKcalEstate Agents,-191 Lambton Q'y. Tel. 686

2_ MERCERS AND TAILORS."DAGE'S" (Corncr).-Speciaiista, Mercers.J ' fjadics' .:and Gentlemen's MerchantTailors. 340 Lambton Quay. Wellington.

OYSTER AND FISH SALOONS.-pAbMEH'S HUNCIIEON AND SUPPEHX ROOIIS. Oysters a Speciality (SceAdvt.l

:,'. P.'IOTOCRAPHERS.rpUB HAKDIE SUAW STUDIO. 63 Willis,X 'fit. Our Specinlity-"Sun Sketches."

■' SAJL AND TENT MAKER.

KNIGHT, R. G., £3—

Victoria St. florso..;Cow, Stack, and Van Covers Stocked.

SCRAP IRON AND RAC MERCHANTS.

STEVENS 4 Co.. PoDsonby l.ane. off UpperAbel Smith St., Buy Scrap Metals, Haffs.

.;■•■■ SHOP FITTERS! ""

HOYI/AND. W. & Co . Ghuznee St.. Airtlgbt■* Sbowcato, Window Euclosuro Makers.y TINVVARE MANUFACTURERS.

Tl/f.'KAV.'G. R„ Herbert St. Off Manner*Street ISouth Side).

.ONDERTAKERS AMD EMBALMERS.

,Xii;YGER AND CO, J., 222 Upper CubaXI ■ Street. Wellington. 'Phono 1073. • .

VifIRE WORKER.]")AWSON. J., 99 Manners Btreet. Welling.JJ ,ton Wiro Shutters, Fencing, Etc.

} PUBLIC NOTICES.:: MIRAMAR BUS SERVICE.

UNTIL further notice, a Ens Service•'■wili be maintained between Minunar

and the City as under-Leaving Hima Street Tianv.vay Shelter at7; a.m. and S a.m. lor tho Royal Oak.Leaving-Royal'Oak-at r>.3o p.m. i:nd 0.30

p.m. for Rimu. Street Tramway Shel-ter.

'A. Late Bus will leave Boyd's Store, Hatai-tai for-Kima Street at 'j p.m.

ALL FARES-iid.::■ F. MARSHALL.: • J. DURHAM.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR-TRANSFER OF LICENSE. •

|T JDAyil). QOI?MA,CK, of Wellington,. J!» ' Hotelkeepi'i', -being the holder of aPublioun'ii'.Lie'euso"in'.respect of tlio pre-mises "situate at the corner of Courtenay.I'laco and Torv Street, Wellington,. doliereby jflyC'ilb'tico that I'rdesire to ob-

und'will; at the next Licensing Meet-ing, (to fj& helilvat;the Magistrate's.Court,AVelJington, on the Fourth Day of March,VJVIi anply for a transfer of the saidLicense from myself to PATRICK WIL-LIAM CORBY, my appointee.Diilcd at Wellington tho first day ofFebruary, 15)2.. - ■ •

. : (Signed)~; D. COEMACK.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR'; TRANSFER' OF LICENSE.

;T :WALTER JULIUS JORGBNSEN, of-lj ' Pe'toite, 1 "Hotelkeeper, being thebolder of a Publican's License, in respectof the premises situate at I'etone, do here-by give notice that 1 desiro -to • obtain,

at the next-Licensing Meeting,-to be held nt tho Magistrate's Court,Lower Hutt, on the Btliday of MARCH.10l2,': _i.ipi)ly. for- a., transfer of the said

License from myself to Alexander John-ston, my appointee.Dated at Wellington the 10th day ofJnnunrv, 1912.-

' W. J. JORGENSEN.

LOGAN, will not be re--Hj sponsible for any debts contractedin my'-rtSriie without my written consent.—Robsrt Logan.

"T" ■ ■ '■ »

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MEETINCS.THE EQUITABLE BUILDING AND

INVESTMENT COMPANY OF WEL-LINGTON, LTD.

THE Thirty-fourth Annual General.Meeting of Shareholders will beheld TO-NIGHT (FRIDAY), 2nd day of

FebntaTy*, 1912, at -8 p.m.. at the Cham-ber of Commerce, Customhouse Quay, toreceive the Directors' Report and State-ment of Accounts; to D-eclave a Dividend;to Eleet'a Director and Auditors.

Bv Order of the Board.E. A. LIDDLE, Secretary.

"AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.

TOli.DlivG A. AND V, SHOW.1 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY,

:-»V«tlcbruarv 6 and 7.CASH PRIZES AND HANDSOME AND

VALUABLE TROPMES FOR ALLCLASSES OF STOCK.

jE"B Cash and Trophies valuu .£G(! (severalto be won outright), for JUMPINGCOMPETITIONS.

Schedules from office of this paper, or' B. H. FISHER', Secretary, :

P.O. Box 53. Feildius.

MASTERTON A. AND P. ASSOCIA-'• ■ -TION'S

20th ANNUAL EXHIBITION.s 0 i, w a y snow,

'SOL WA Y SIIO W,FEBRUARY~2Oth and 21stEntries Closo February 3rd.

RAM AND EWE FAIR, FEBRUARY22nd and 23rd.

IEntries Closo February sth.GRAND DISPLAY of Horses, Cattle,

Sheep,- Pigs, Dogs, Produce, and Horti-cultural Exhibits. Jumping, Judging,andGuessing Competitions.

,£IOOO OFFERED IN CASH PRIZES.70...iVe,re».of..ideal picnic grounds. Na-

tive bnsli, running streams, shady nooks.Hot Water supplied gratis for picnics.Railway .siding and holding paddocks atShowground gates. ' '

Schedules and full particulars on ap-plicatiom to'

;. :■ J. B. EMMKTT,:

" Acting Secretary.Or Secretaries of kindred Societies.

RANGITIKEI A. AND P. ASSOCIA-TION. '

FIRST ANNUAL SHOW.RECREATION GROUNDS. TAIHAPE,

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28.Horses. Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Dogs, Poul-try, Dairy Produce, Vegetables, Fruits,Home Industries, Riding, Driving, ami

Jumping Competitions.LIBERAL PRIZE LIST.

'. ;, . VALUABLE TROPHIES.Entries' close on FEB. 11, with tinder-

signed? *o'r 'Secretaries of kindred Associa-tions. ', :-

FIRST ANNUAL RAM FAIR.' '.THURSDAY, FEB. 29■(Entries closo February 21).

Schedules at Offices of all Secretaries ofkindred Associations, or from

' ..-.,■■ H. JAGGARD,v" ; Sec, P.O- Box 88, Taihapo,

PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.OHURA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

(REGD.), OHURA.

WANTED, a young, active MedicalMim to replace J>r. A. T. Latch-

more (resigned). Salary, JMOO, with goodmedical residcueo free. Applicants tostate ago and experience. Full particularsfrom Secretary. Good income from drugs.Applications elc.-o with Seeretury, Febru-ary 21)til, 1012. Engagement to date fromIst May. Geo. Denison, Seu.-otary, Ohurn.

WANTED, a Nursery Governess forEast Coast, north of Gisborne; threosmall children. Apply Miss Williams,'i'aiimata, Napier.

W'ANTED, a Nursery Governess, ableto teach music, for tho country; re--ferences required. -Mrs. Nelson, Euatea,All'rcdtpn.

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JKJUESE STRATFORD - has Vacancies•L* Lying-in Patients. For terras apply-Private Maternity Hospital, opp. "Wel-lington Road,- tram station, Kilbirnie,penny 'section from Courtenay Place.

SITUATIONS VACANT.! ' STATION'MANAGERS.

WANTED, • thoroughly competent 'andSteady MAN (single ■preferred), to.Manage Property carrying about 8000sheep.

Apply, with references, to ,

JAMES MACINTOSH AND CO.,Wellington or Masterton.

WANTED, GIRLS.

SMART GIRLS can obtain Employmentat good wages, light work, by ap-

plying toBRYANT AND. MAY, BELL AND CO.,

LTD., '

Newtown.WANTED,

A HANDY Mail for Window Cleaning,two days a "week. Apply Post Office

Hotel.

APPLICANTS are advised tjiat theposition of Canvasser for Brad-shaw, "and Crown Laundry, . GhuzneeStreet, has been filled J. H. Whitaker, 57Ghnznee_ Street, City.

HOP-PICKINCPTo those applyingVacancies all'tilled. V. Howling,

Motueka.WANTED for Ifalbit Gang, a Man

to take charge; must have experi-ence of the mixing of poison and thework. References preferred.. Apply"L.1'.," "Dominion" Oliiee. *

"TOrANTED, Married Couple, for Farm;»»■ man ploughman, with experience

of all implements; woman householdduties; wages, .£IOO and found. Apply"E.H.," : Post Office, Marton.WANTED, Girl, about 19, mindchildren and assist light householdduties. Apply morning or eveiiin",to Mrs. Blaniou, 193 York Terrace.Oriental Bay.

ANTED, light General or LadyHelp, for country; three in family;

no bread or butter-making. Apply Mi'ssV.citch, Claremont Grove, off AustinStreet.WANTED, for country houses, U

miles apart,. Woman for kitchen,work (child.no objection), and Light Gene-rator .Lady-help. Apply Miss HelenM'Xonzie, Carnarvon."WANTED, a Girl to assist in honse-hold duties; one able to do plaincooking preferred; wages, 12s. 6d. perweek. Apply to Mrs. J. Fairway, LyallBay. - ■WANTED, A Shepherd with experi-, encc of high country; require gooddogs, and horse. References required. Ap-ply '"W.W.," "Dominion" Office.

ANTED, for country, Two Lady-helps, ono for North, other for

South'-Island.-' Apply Mrs. D. P. Buch-anan-, s, Feilding.

"ANTED,.. Lady-help, light hou'se-.

work, and help with two small chil-.dren;--'i'eforeiiees required. - Apply Mrs.Opimshaw," Oxford Street, Marton.TSTS7' iVNTI'ID, Nursery-governess, young»t children, some household duties;

Protestant; country. "X.," Box 2, Feild-ing. •- -

WANTED, - Companion-help, sheepfarm, near Dannevirke; good home,

easy place; "•12a. Apply Mrs. Wiffln,Ngapaeruru.

ANTED, Nurse Companion, for in-valid lady; some knowledge of nurs-

ing necessary. Apply 71 Abel Smith Street.ANTED, Companion-Help, good

home; references required. "ApplyMrs. Moncrielf, Clarevillc, Wairarapa.

ANTED, two good Tniloresses, con-stant work. Wages, .£2 per week.

Apply Dinwoodic and Dlacklcck, Oliakiine.ANTED, a Lady-help for the coun-try. Apply to Mrs. C. Pattison,

Wuiwhcro, Waipiikurnu."WSTANTED, Kopeman, eleven Crosscut-

™ ters, eleven Haul-drivers, Tram-layers. Apply.Qdlin Coy., Rcikorangi,

WAN;T¥D7l"0_

Pick and Shovel Men.Apply Andrews and Gosse,, Jflkn-

sonvillo Drainage Contract.WANTED, good Strong" Lad, for coun-

try store; must bo used to horses.Apply to W. Sowerby, Silverstream.

ANTED, Young Man used to stationwork, with knowledge of fencing.

Apply W. Boustend, ,Tun., Alfredton.\Jlf ANTED, Scoop-drivcrs, must bo good

v V horsemen: wages 30s. Apply J.D. M'Dougall, Baho Bum, Fentherston.

SITUATIONS WANTED.lOGRAPH Operator,- ten years' ex-

perience, Open for Engagement; ex-cellent credentials. Apply Kdnt, "Do-minion" Office.fjiNGLlSir'l7ady (32), educated, good-Ei traveller, returning to England,would travel with children, invalid, orcompanion, in return for fare. Address"Traveller," "Dominion" Office.

G"IOTXEWTiMAN desires poslitfon -Useful Companion Help. Apply"Country," "Dominion" Office.T~o~BTlCEliS7"ete.-Single Man wants

Job, second hand or otherwise;broad and smalls; good references. Ap-ply "Pastry," "Dominion" Office."SSrANTEDTTempoiTiry or PermanentVy Position by competent Steno-

grapher, Tyniste; law, mercantile experi-ence; country preferred. Apply "Smart,"''Dominion" Office.WANTED, by lady, position as Gover-

ness to young children; willing tohelp light household duties. Apply T.G.,"Dominion" Ollice.WANTED, by competent Married

Couple, situation on bachelor'sstation; b'ackblocks preferred. Addressto "M.G.," "Dominion" Office. •

WANTIvD, by Young Man, Position toleara drive motor-oar; little ex-

perience. Apply "Willing," "Dominion"Office.f .-

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LOST AND FOUND

LOST, out motor car, between Welling-ton mid Palmerston, bundle of Coats,

containing 1 buff motor coat, one knittedcoat, two children's Burberrys, one greenmackintosh. Finder rewarded on return-ing samo to Adcanc Ashcott, 'i'aknpau,H.B.LOST, Between Karori and Wadestown

Junction, Small Purse, containingmoney. Finder please return 91 HobsonStreet.

PERSONAL.

NOTICE.QHOULD this meet the eye of W. J.O WARD, of "Ward's Patent Lini-ment," the undersigned wants 12 Bottle 1;of his Liniment, without delay. Goodtestimonial also waiting him. Forward to

L. G. BREMER, Wavcrley.

PROFESSOR MAC.pi-AIRVOYANT, Life's Story truly (oldv> No humbug. Science. Accuracy,Truth, Gifted from bovhood. 10 a.m.till 9 p.m. 2s. 6d„ ss. Distant clients,f;?nd ditto and place of birth, hour bornif possible. 55., sUiaikkl envelope, reply.138 Tory Street, close "Vivian Street, Wel-lington,

TO LET.

BOULCOTT STREET?LARGE AND MODERN IJESIUENCE.TOLET, orFOR SALE, tho HOUSE and

GROUNDS, (ill Bnulcott Street, nowoccupied by Air. Robert Hnnmili. TheLand consisls of tliree-qnarleiy ' of anacre, all in garden and lawns, and thehouse contains 10 bedrooms, fi livingrooms, including dining-room, 30 x 21, andbilliard-room. 20 x 20, also 2 bathroomswith tiled walls and floors, large cloakroam, pantries, and cupboards. Adjoin-ing the residence are woslihou«e andlaundry, coal-house, a third bathroom,man's room, also large coachhouse amistable. Tho house is to let furnished, orwill sell, with or without furniture. Forfuller particulars, applv to

R. HANNAH AND CO.. LIMITED,■ Boot Mart, Cuba Street.

TO LET, LAEGE TEA ROOMS (incourse of Erection), S6ft. deep by

JGft. frontage, overlooking Main Street,with shop below. Best Stand in Wanga-nui. To run in conjunction with largoDrapery Firm. Will havo rooms built tosuit tenant. Any suggestion withinreason will be- carried out, as ownerswish to make Tooms .right up-to-date.Plans can be secr< on application.

M'GRUER AND CO.,Wanganui.

GENTLEMAN'S FURNISHED EESI-DENCE.TO LET, for a term, from tho begin-

ning of March, Mr. A. E. Kernot'a12-roomed Residence, "Corrymeola," situ-ated 335 Upper Willis Street, repletewith every possible convenience; goodgarden and lawns, motor garage, chauf-feurs room, stables, etc. Further par-ticulars from tho Sole Agent, S. GeorgeNathan, 113-115 Customhouse Quay (opp.Bank N.Z.)./" FUUNISITED HOUSE. .ITIO LET, for about 3 months, Modern■* House, six rooms, latest conveniences;well furnished, telephone, nice situation.Address at "Dominion" Office.

.FURNISHED HOUSE.(TIO LET, for 3 or G months. Six-roomed■S. House, Oriental Bay, sunny situa-tion; amply furnished; library, telephone.

Apply' "K.," "Dominion" Office.TO LET, 7-roomed Home, all conveni-

ences;, splendid view, overlookingOriental Bay; vacant middle of Febru-ary. Apply W. T. Grundy, 78 HawkerStreetTRIO LET, 4-roomed Cottage, Worser-8- Bay, closo to schooi Crawford Road.Apply ,T: Marshall, Worser Bay.

TO LET, ,22~May Street, Thorndon, 5rooms,, conveniences; good order.

Apply on Premises.T""O LET, Oriental Bay (overlooking), 0

rooms, all conveniences; 225. Od.good tenant. Apply Longmore, agent.rjHO LET, Cottage, 3 rooms, scullery, gas,-*- copper, tubs: just renovated. ApplyW. King, Holloway Eoad, evening,

rjpo LET, Kilbirnie ami Newtown, i-?- and 5 Booms; rent low; modern con-veniences. J. J. Boyd, Kilbirnie.

BOARD AND RESIDENCE,

ACCOMMODATION ON A FARM.SUPERIOR Board and Residence, three

miles from Masterton; orchard,tennis court, horse and trap; convales-cent patients specially considered. Mrs.Anketell, Upper Plain, Masterton.171UEN1SHED Bedroom, 92 Austin St.",

-*■ suit gentleman, every convenience;telephone, etc. ' Please call evenings.MONTROSE, No. AG The Terrace, very

superior Accommodation; largorooms, tennis lawn, near WellingtonClub.Term 3 very reasonable.

Boulcott Street.—Vacancies for Boarders; centralposition and good view of City and Har-

bour. Telephone _1871.TinOLET, Furnished Bedroom to rcspect-A able single man, 55.; quiet, central;'phono 21)43. Pees, 263 Willis Street.

TO LET, Single Furnished Sunny Bed-room; quiet and central; private en

trance. 54 Boulcott Street, City.

TO LET, Furnished Boom, with orwithout board; all conveniences.

"AJ.," 135 Thorndon Quay.

YACANT-Large Front Balcony, Singleand Double Bed-sitting Booms;

lovely harbour view; 'select. 59 Boul-cott Street

WANTED Let, to two friends or steadyman, Furnished Bedroom in quiot

house. Apply 208 Willis Street.Boulcott Street-Vacancy

* * for Boarders;, superior accommoda-tion, all conveniences; 5 minutes fromG.P.0.; moderate terms. Tel., 1200.

YOUNG Man wants Single Room, cen-tral, not too expensive. Apply

"Hurry," "Dominion" Office.

WANTED TO SEU..

TO MOTORISTS.UNDERMENTIONED Second-hand

MOTOR-CARS, taken by me inPart Payment for New Cars, all in Run-ning Order. Am prepared to Sell ntfollowing 'Low Prices, Net Cash, withall fault 3 as cars stand.MINERVERETTE-1 cylinder, 6

horse-power, 2-seater, hood,lamps., etc

STUART—2 cylinders, 9 horse-power, 4-seater, hood, lamps,etc. MiFORD—I. cylinders, IB horse-power,

.-2-seater, hood, lamps, etc £55CADILLAC-1 cylinder, 10 horse-power, 4-seater," lamps, etc £S5SIZAERE NAUDIN-1 cylinder, 8horse-power, 2-scater, hood,lamps, etc. £silamps, etc. £B5

On view at ray Showrooms. WakeGeld St.Opposite Town Hall.'Phona 3231. H. LEICESTER.

FORSALE, in best part of PalmerstonNorth, a well-built House, contain-ing 5 rooms, bathroom, pantry, wash-house, hot water, etc., shed, 'fowlhouse

and run; good garden, fruit trees; asphaltpaths. Terms arranged. Apply W. Woos-ter, Fritz Street, Palmerston North.

HILL STREET.

FOR SALE, a Good Property, in theabove favourite street; GOft. front-age, with House 11 rooms; fino view ofthe Harbour. Apply toB. SMITH AND CO.,

201 Lambton Quay.

■pOR SALE, at Johnsonvillo, 3 ACRESof LAND (moro if required), divide,

orchard, garden, 7-roomed House, withwater laid on, from a good spring; withall necessary outbuildings.' Apply to

MRS. PICKIN, SEN., Johnsonvillo.

STEAM Mangle, GG x 10, "Trov." .£73.5-h.p. Motor Launch, 20 x"0; com-plete, J£7ji; _J3o£Gs7 J_ChristchuTch.4-H.P. Marine Oil Eugiue, with shaft-ing, propeller, etc.; complete first-class condition, .£2B. Box 65", Christ-church.

WANTED TO DUY.

WANTED to Buy, Sacks, suitable forchaff, any quantity; highest prices

given. J. C. Hooney, GO Rnngitikci St.,I'almerston North.

CROWN LAUNDRY, 57. GHUZNEE'•STREET.

A NEW CUSTOMER said with stir-j-A. prise to us the "ther day when wetold him tho price, "Why, that's whatwe pay, and your work 'is undoubtedlymuch better"—and that is usually so.When our price is more, you* may besure the work is worth the difference. Ifinterested, send us your-next'order.

BODEGA LUNCHEONROOMS,

38 LAMBTON QUAY.

MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Breakfasts,Luncheons, T«as, Suppers.

Up to 11.30 p.m.ONE SHILLING. Thouo 1310.

IF you have 11 Farm or Land for Sale,or a Uusincss you wish to dispose

of, send your advertisement to "THE, DOMINION,"

EDUCATIONAL.

DANNEVIRKE HIGH SCHOOL.Session 1912.

PRINCIPAL, ,TAS. M.' SIMMERS, M.A.

NEW PUPILS will be enrolled on.MONDAY, 3th FIUIKUARY, 9 to 1

o'clock. Old Pupils return on TUESDAY,lilh FEBRUARY, at I) a.m.

FREE FLACKS.Pupils who have passed Uie Sixth

Standard with proficiency, and wore under15 years of age on the Ist December, 1911,also scholarship holders and those whohavo passed the Junior Free Place exam-inations, are eligible for Free Places.

Prospectus Free on application to—THOMAS MACALLAN,

Hon. Secretary.~

WELLINGTON GIELS* COLLEGE.

THE FIRST TERM of 1912 will beginon MONDAY, sth February, on which

day all new pupil? must present them-selves for enrolment, and all who applyfor a Free Place must produce to thePrincipal the Certificate under which theyclaim it. On that day tho Principal willinterview parents and guardians between9.30 a.m. and 1 p.m., and between 2 p.m.and 4 p.m. Girls under 10 admitted athalfLower School Fee. No. 10 Hill Streethas been approved by the Board of Gov-ernors as a boardingliouse for pupils un-der the supervision of Mrs. Urquhart.

CHAS. P, POWLES,Secretary.

TEffi Accountancy, Matriculation, andCivil Service Classes will Re-com-

nicnee onMONDAY, sth FEBRUARY.

New Students arc requested to enrolbetween 12 and 3 p.m.

'' BANKS'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,11 Grey Street.

P.O. Box IC2. Telephone 2098.

MADAME COPE-DOWSING.-YoiceProduction and Enunciation, Sing-

ing and Piano, Dramatic Elocution.Madame's system is identical with thatof Patti, Melba, Albani, Dolores, ClaraButt, Ada Crossley, Santley, Caruso, T)iEoslcc, and all noted singers are trainedunder.

Pupils prepared for competitions. Terrabegins with first lesson. Studio OverOrr's, Chemist, Lambton Quay.

Madame also attends Monday andThursday Evening.

fIHILTON HOUSE SCHOOL,y 255THE TERRACE, Wellington.

Boarding and Day School for Girls.Owing to alterations to the house not be-

ing completed, the reopening of school forthe new" term is postponed to TUESDAY,February 13th. Old girlsare invited to bopresent at the opening of school. Mrs.Hcnrv Smith will bo at home to parentson and after Friday, February 9th. New-pupils are requested to 1» at school onMonday, February 12th.

•R/jTISS PAUL', Piano, Theory, has Ro-■"■*• suined.

Evening Lessons to those engaged day.Rcom—S Cooper's Buildings (opp.

"Evening Post"), and at Dascnt Street,Karori.

fi D. M A C'K INTO SH.30 KENT TERRACE

(Music Teacher, Wellington College),TEACHER of tho PIANOFORTE and

SINGING,Also, VIOLIN, FLUTE, CLARINET,

And Other Instruments,THEORY: A Special Teacher.

VOICE PRODUCTION, ELOCUTION,AND SINGING.

MR. LEO. BUCKERIDGE ResumesTeaching on WEDNESDAY, 31st.

JANUARY.Telephone No. 2G68.

77THE TERRACE (Opposite Dr. Young's)

FITZHERBERT TERRACE SCHOOL,WELLINGTON,

BOAKDING AND DAT SCHOOL FORGIRLS.

'Principals! Miss Baber, M.A.j MissRachel Richmond (Higher certi-ficate N.F.U.).

The New Term will begin on FRIDAY,FEBRUARY 9th. The Principals will beat home on Thursday, February Bth.

PIANOFORTE, THEORY OF MUSIC,AND HARMONY.

MISS C SIMPSON, L.A.B.THE First Term will begin on MON-

DAY, sth February, 1912.At tho Dresden—Mondays, Wednesdays,

Thursdays, and Saturdays.Address-19 DEVON STREET.lANOFORTE AND THEORY OF

MUSIC-MISS EDITH LUDWIGresumes Teaching sth FEBRUARY.Pupils prepared for Examinations andCompetitions. Address—lls TinakoriRoad.fKOTDON PREPARATORY SCHOOL,

First Term, 1912, begins on TUESDAY,6th February. Boarders and New Boysmust be at School on Monday, sth Feb-ruary. Miss Somerville, 81 Hill Street.

HERR KARL HOLLER, 29 VivianStreet, Teacher of Pianoforte and

Theory. Pupils prepared for practicaland theoretical examinations.

HURWOETH SCHOOL; WANGANUI,N.Z.—-The First Term of 1912 willbegin on FRIDAY, 2nd February. Board-ers will return on THURSDAY, Ist. Forfees and all other information, apply toW. E. ATKINSON, Uaadmaster.

THE SCHOOL OF PEOGKESS.-Pre-paratory Classes for Boys commenc-

ing now. Call on Principal, MortonBarnes, 8.A., 58 Elizabeth Street.

BUSINESS NOTICES.

WE UNDERTAKEJjTORNITUEE REMOVALS and Storage

of same in Dry Stores.Customs Clearing and Forwarding of

Goods to any part of the Dominion.Cartage Contracts of allDescriptions.

MUNT, COTTRELL, AND CO., LTD.,Queen's Chambers, Wellington.

CUSTOMSI CUSTOMSI

J J. CASEY, Customs _?ent, No. 148• Featberston Street. Goods clearedand promptly delivered at lowest ratesTelephone No. 3156. . Country clients re-ceive prompt attention.

THE METALLIC SIGN ANITpLAT-ING COMPANY. LIMITED.

OFFICES: 111 CUSTOMHOUSE QUAY.WORKS: 35 NAIRN STREET.Electro-platers in Copper, Nickel, Silverand Gilt. Makers of Artistic Signs,Name Plates, Memorial Tablets, etc..Antique Coppering on cast iron or anymetal- Repousse Work in copper orbrass. Art Metal Work of every descrip-tion. Sketches, Designs, and Price Lists

furnished.EAUTIFULLY~miId on a SummerDay. Carlsbad Beer. Drink it!!

C ADAMS AND CO., 108-lliFeuba'• Street, are Specialists in Millinery.

Costumes, and Corsets. Keen prices andGood Value. Inspection Invited./EST ANTED, People rto save money by

»T buying their Xuins presents atLloyd's, Lambton Quay and Cuba Street.FOR Cycle Goods. Tyres, ChainsTTedab.Saddles. Lamps. Bells, and every-thing wanted for a bicycle. Lot us quoteyon—onr prices and quality are unbeaten.J. O. Shorland and Co.. Cuba Street,Wellington.

FOUND, Lady's Realranted timekeeper, for £H ]o<>.

Special Xmas line. Lloyd, Jeweller,Lambton Quay nnd Cnbn Street.

iWeST- PKICK.T" fo'r"Ladiesv~~amiGents' Wardrobes riven. S. Feld-

m_, 132 Taranaki Streets 'Phono 1517,

LAND NOTICES.lIUKANUI SMALL FARMS. '

f]nHE Intended Sale of these three-*- Small Farm?, previously advertisedin this paper, has been Postponed pend-ing arrangements now being made forsale by auction of

TEN SMALL FARMS,varying in acreage from OS to 83 ACRES,

amongst which arc the farms above-mentioned.Full details will be advertised at anearly date.HANKLNS .YND LOCKHART FITZ-

HKRBERT,Solicitors,

PALMERSTON NORTH.FOR PRIVATE SALE.

DAIRYING Land. S3 acres ofbeautifullvrich soil, all level. Price .C-IO peracre.. Any terms to good man. Full par-ticulars, apply"ORION," "Dominion" Office.

For "sale, model farm7t7ho7o,Manawatu, 93 acres. 81) acres plough-

able, 100 yards from creamery, 11 milesfrom station. Carries JO cows, besidescrapping, etc. Six-roomed house, buggyshed, loose boxes, cowshed, orchard, irri-gation streams in all paddocks. Idealdairy and poultry farm. No council orwater rates to pay by special arrange-ment through owner giving concessions tocouncil for water rights. Price, i'3S peracre. ~CSOO cash. Balance 5 per cent.Owner luu; offer of 425. per acre p.a. forleasing, but owing to ill-health wants togo to Australia. Applv to

DWAN BROS- Willis Street.FINE DAIRY FARM.

-inn ACRES Freehold, 100 acres lint;Xxil/ balance easy low hills, all wellfenced and subdivided; permanentlywatered; fine now house; first-class cow-bails, sheds, etc.; close to factory andschool; 2 miles from Woodvillc. Price,,m 10?., about ,CBOO cash. Wo can re-commend this property. HUSBANDAND FINCH, Woodville.C(\r\ ACRES, 300 L.I.P. and 300 Free-\W\j hold, all in grass but 125 acresfenced and divided, two houses; good two-sheep country. Price cf the Freeholdand interest in Leasehold, £7 7s. 6d.;only JG3OO cash required, balance 5 percent.

3AA L.1.P., 200 in grass; house and"Vf all necessary-buildings; two-sheep

country. Price, £h 155.; good terms.e. b. hare. and".co.,

pahiaTua.-jr?Q ACRES, Freehold! 1 mile fromJLOO railway station, school, andcreamery, 100 acres flat, GS undulating,all ploughable, 16 acres crop; VI pad-docks, with running water in each; carry50 cows and young stock, county pounilon property, bringing in ,£lO a 'year; 1-acre orchard, nice garden, 7-roomed house,all conveniences, 8-bail cowshed. OnlyI .£lB 10s. the acre. The owner of thissplendid property is tired of milking,and will exchange for good sheep coun-try. Equity, about .£2200. Apply Spenco

and Co., Land Agents, Dannevirke.A 25 PER CENT INVESTMENT.

JL-ACRE Freehold, central position, ris-i ing township of Whangamomona,i small shops with 2 dwellings of fourrooms attached, leased for 2 --ears at £i15s. ''d. per week Property rising invalue.

A gift at .€750. ,£350 cash required.LAMASON AND MELVILLE(Late Kemp aDd Sawle).

Auctioneers and Land Agents. Stratford.in J.SAXBY, Land Agent, HAMILTON.

XMAS GIFT: 91 ACRES, Freehold,situated 1 mi la school, creamery, store,etc., and 8 miles Hamilton: partly im-proved, mostly fenced, all flat. Price,,£lO ss. per acre. Terms, .£2OO or lesscash.LET ME SHOW YOU THIS CHEAP

PROPERTY.

FOR UEASE OR EXCHANCE.EXCHANGE.

THE Owner of G-roomed House, J-acre, ... section, good position, let to goodtenant, Fcildlng, equity JU7O,-. would ex-

change for good house- Wellington, New-town preferred, similar equity. Send fullparticulars to RATLIFF LAND AGENCY,FEILDING.

CHEAP DAIRY AND SHEEP FARMLease or Sell, 200 Acres L.l.p'

Price; .£l2 10s.; 60 acres flat, balanceundulating; good place, must be disposed-of at'once. Cash required, .£2OO. Houso5 rooms, close to factory, school, andrail. Particulars from W. INGLISHUSBAND, Pahiatua.WANTED to Lease, 3 Dairy Farm*,

each 100 acres of tho .best beachland, on the Waimate Plains, Taranaki;all buildings new. Apply J. N. Gainlin,Kaupokonni.

BUSINESS NOTICES.

EVERY Purchaser of a 4-minute a£tachment receives 10 Amberol Re-cords practically free. Fleming and Co.,Phoneries, opp. Library, Newtown.HOLIDAY Dresses and Costumes.—C.Adams and Co., 108-110 Cuba Street,havo a Magnificent Assortment at Tempt-ing Prices.

WANTED, Have you bought yonrXmas Presents? If not, why not?Do /t now at Lloyd's, Lambton Quay andCuba Street.

JS Marriage a failure? ; No, not whenthe wedding ring was bought atLloyd's, Lambton Quay and Cuba Street,UST Arrived.-Eoyal Seal Tobacco,

the Finest English Tobacco on themarket; delightful aroma. Sold only atGilbert's, Tobacconist, 50 Manners Street,Wellington. ,

LATEST Silver Novelties for XmalGifts aro now to be Been at Lloyd's,

Lambton Quay and Cuba Street. 'Loirprices, high quality.

LADIES' Bathing Caps, ComplexionCremes, Powders, and Toilet Articles

in great variety, at Castlo's, NewtownPharmacy, Riddiford Street.WANTED, Jap Silks, (ijd.; Cambrics

from 21d.; Reversible ZophyTs, 3Jd.;4000 Yards Cambric, U\i. yard, notv*2=.lid. Dress; 54in. Black Italian, 9Jd.;Embroideries, from lid. Morgan's, 115Cuba Street

MILLINEET for the Holidays.—SpecialDisplay of Latest and Most Up-to-

Data Hats for Present Wear Now oc.View by C. Adams and Co., 108-110 CubaStreet. .

WANTED, 1000 Ladies to wear Lloyd'sEngagement Rings. The best on the

market. Lambton Quay and Cuba Street.OF all Whiskys, Whyte and Mackay's

heads the Poll. It is tho best inthe norld.RIDE a Douglas 2-Speed Motor Cvclo

and have the pleasure of yonr life.It is a light-weight that will take a 2ft-stone man anywhere. Lot ns givo yon atrial demonstration. .1. O Shorland andCo.. Cuba Street, Wellington.

0" PEN everv' evening till nine o'clock,H. W. Lloyd, Jeweller, for Xmas

Novelties. Lambton Quay and Cnba St.W~~ANTED—Morgan's Mammoth Sum-

mer Sale. Thousands of YardsWashing and Woollen. Dress Goods, almostgiven away. Morgan's, 115 Cuba Street.

WCTof best licavy-weigbt Motor Cyclesnro the Ariel and tho L.M.C., 3J.

h.p., with free engines. Let us send youa catalogue and give a demonstration. J.O. Shorland and Co.. Cuba Street. Wei.lingtou.

ANTED, We have not got a Bear,but bear in mind that our stack is

(he cheapest and best in value. Lloyd,Lambton Quay and Cuba Strict.

"THAT'S NICE BUTTER."

TEE housewife who hears such a com-mpnl at her table feels ns pleased as

if the subject of commendation were herown production.

Ml who try"11EKA" BFTTER

Like its fresh, pleasant taste— more-over, it costs no more than butter thatisn't half as nice.

Try a pound. |

W. CAMPBELL.40 and 42 MANNERS STREET.

203 CUBA STREET.163 lUDDIFOED ST., NEWTOWN.

"SHREDDED STONE"That's another name for

The only ready-TOofing on the markot,

made exclusively from ASBESTOS (ac-

cent on middlo syllable), tho incom-bustible STONE,, and TRINIDAD LAKEASPHALT, the peerless natural water-proofing'MlNEßAL.

DON'T BE PENNY-WISE,POUND-FOOLISH

by buying "cheap" goods, but

BE FAR-SIGHTED AND BUY

THE BEST-that's J.M.

JAMES W. JACK,Agent, 324 LAMBTON QUAY.

VITADATIO.THE , WELL-KNOWN HERBAL

REMEDY.

FREE TRIAL BOTTLE GIVEN AWAH '

From 10 a.m. to fl p.m.

To all who. call on or before TUESDAY,

January ' '30 until WEDNESDAY,

February 7, at

W. SALEK'S, 'SYDNEY CHEMIST,

32 WILLIS STREET, NEAR GRANDHOTEL.

~ I

M"R. S. A. PALMER, after his Jl»years' absence in England, is L

paying a short visit here. f.Call awl see him a toncc about his

world-wide Herbal Remedy for the cureof Chronic Diseases.

Mr. Palmer was in business at Invcr-cargill for 25 years, and when his lifewas despaired of after H years' iliuessand fniluro of operations, his doctor ad-vised him to go to Tasmania. There ho .

was recommended to try Vitadatio, whichcured him of tho cruel diseaso Hydatids.After being cured, he decided to purchasethe rights of this life-giving remedy, Hohas now been 16 years proclaiming the,'healing virtues of Vitadatio, which hascured thousands o£ sick people.

Don't despair, Vitadatio. has been,proved to give a now lease'of life. ' •

Sold by all Chemists and Stores. >(

Head Office—439 Flinders Lane, Mel-bourne.

McEWAN'S SCOTCH ALE,. McEWAN'S SCOTCH ALE,

THE BEST BREW OF THE BRITISHISLES.

THE FOUNTAIN BREWERY OF 'MESSRS. WM. McEWAN ANDCO., EDINBURGH, IS OF WORLD- '

WIDE FAME.Sevcnty-fivo per cent, of tho Ale im-

ported into Australia is composed of '

McE;van's-A FACT .WHICH SPEAKSFOR ITSELF.

ASK FOR McEWAN'S ALE.

PICK OUT' THE BRIGHTEST.STORE WINDOWS IN TOWN,

AND YOU'LL PICK OUT THOSETHAT ARE LIGHTED BY"Lunar" or ''Auriga"

Lamps.A bright and attractive window is thostore's Best Advertising Medium. .' it 'gives splendid returns for what it coststo keep it well trimmed and welllighted. •

LUNAR and AURIGA LAMPS give .ideal window light, as well as storelight, and light for all purposes, and 2J .times as much for the same money as or-dinary incandescent lannis: Bettor lot 'us figure with you. 'Phone to-day forour lamp man.

TUf«ULI~& JONES,LIMITED,

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS ANOCONTRACTORS,

BLAIR STRKET (Courtcnay Place). ,'PHONES-SCO, 2272.

Prices-LUNAH. 2s. Gd.. AURIGA 2s. 9<L

ROVERS, RUDGE, &

wh.p.)l A.J.S. MOTORS :These are the Best English Make.

The RKD BOUCHER CYCLES are stillto tho front, as sec tho Holiday Sports •'

Results so call at BOUCHER'S it you .

want a machiuo that will stand thetest. Note-74 LAMBTON QUAY isthe I'laco-

QIVES RiCH BLOODto Pale Girls. A

Good point about LANE'S .

EMULSION. ,

393

FOR A

PURE Ifil&i&ki'DRINK ONLY

STAPLES'ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL CONNOIS '

SEURS TO BE ABSOLUTELY

Ik BBSTIBrowory mid Offices: Molesworth andMurphy Streets.

STUDY the~l'ropcrty Market.-TlioBack Pago of "Tho •'Dominion"is aLand and Farm Directory.

LAW REPORTS.THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS-

CALENDAR LIGHT.

SOME OF THE CHARGES SERIOUS.

The criminal sessions of the SupremoCourt opened yesterday before Mr. JusticeChapman. .Mr. H. 11. Ostler, of thoCrownLaw Office, represented the Crown.

The following were chosen for the GrandJury:—Messrs. G. I'. Pcaree (foreman'!, 11.S. Hislop. E. G. I'. Zohxab, J. H. Palmer,T. I'orsyth, R. T. Robertson, P. Blundell,E. M. Blake, I. Clark, W. Turnbull, It. L.Richardson, F. Meadowcroft, E. Eocke,W. H. Millward, 11. E. Leighton, A. Bal-lingall, Algar Williams, A. B. Williams,J. Banks, G. W. Guthrie, L. A. Sander-son, C. Fordham, and Neil Galbraith.

The Judge's Summary.In addressing tho Grand Jurv, his Hon-our stated he did not think "that theirduties would occupy them very long. Thelist was on this occasion much shorter

than what thoy had bjen usually accus-tomed to consider. There were only seven

cases in all, but some required close at-tention. . Ho was very sorry to say thatthere was one sexual "case of a very seri-ous nature—ono of tho most serious thathad come before his Honour for a longtime.

Reference was then made by the Judgeto thedifferent cases to bo considered. 1 nconnection with the charge of theftagainst the secretary and librarian of theWorking Men's Club, his Honour remark-ed that it would be shown that discoveryhad been made that sums were missingover separate periods. It was not open tothe Grand Jury to say what defence mightbe set up. It might bo said that a stateof muddle existed, and that the man wasnot responsible for the defalcations, butagainst this there was falsification ofdocuments, and then the bank book hadbeen frequently asked for but had notbeen forthcoming.

Trim Bills, Etc.True bills wore found in the following

cases:—Lewis Witten, alleged indecency;Lewis Witten. alleged criminal assault;Frederick William Green, alleged theft;Granville Hunt, alleged forgery and utter-ing (two charges); William FrederickJones, alleged forgery and uttering; andAlbert Henry Hughes, alleged carnal know-' In. the ease of Edward Sinclair, charg-ed with theft at Martinborough, thoGrand Jury found no bill.

At the last sittings a true bill wasfound'in the case of George Alfred. Tracer,charged with thsft; but on account of theaccused's condition of health the case hadbeen adjourned until the present sessions.

Found Guilty.The first case proceeded with was that

in which Lewis Witten was charged witha certain criminal assault. Accused,who was not represented by counsel,pleaded not guilty.. The Court was clear-ed during the hearing. Tho jury, aftera brief retirement, brought in a verdictof guilty, but added a strong recommen-dation to mercy. The prisoner was re-manded.until this morning for sentence.

Subsequently, Witten pleaded guilty toa charge of indecency, on wnich ho willalso be sentenced ' this • morning.-,

To-day's Business.When tho Court resumes this morning,

it is probable that cases will bo taken intho following order:—Albert HenryHughes, Wm. Fredk. Jones, and Iredk.Win. Green- '

MAGISTRATE'S. COURT.

(Before Dr. A- W. M'Arthur, S.M.)

MOVING PICTURES

PATHE FRERES AGAINST BIJOUTHEATRE.

Moving picture programmes formed thosubject of a civil claim -and counter-claim, which was heard before Dr. A. W.M'Arthur, S.M.\.Tho parties wero Pathe Freres, kine-matograph film merchants, on tho oneside, and the Bijou Pictures, Ltd., on theother. Patho Freres (represented by Mr.T. Young) sued for the recovery of .£294s. 9d. in respect of pictures hired andsold, while the Bijou Company, for whomMr. P. Levi appeared, counter-claimedfor .£2OO damages, for alleged breach ofcontract.

According to the Bijou Company, PatheFreres, under an agreement between theparties, contracted to supply a bi-weekly change of picture . programmes,new to their audiences, for a period ofsix months, at .£l2 10s. per week. Therewere other minor points in the agreementupon which the counter-claimants basedtheir case, but their main contentionswere that Pathe, Freres had failed tosupply pictures now to theirclientele, andthis factor had operated to the detrimentof tho Bijou Company's enterprise; andthat Pathe Freres during the currency ofthe agreement had declined to continueto supply films pending a settlement ofcertain financial differences between theparties, and the Bijou Company wasobliged to go elsewhere for its supplies,and the.inferior character of these sup-plies "operated as a further detriment tothe theatre.

The answer of Pathe Freres was thatthe Bijou Company had fallen into arrcarwith its payments,* and that one of- thearticles of the contract was that termsshould be cash. It was also submittedthat the Bijou Company was allowed tomake its own programme selections froman assortment of some 30,000 feet of film.

Judgment was reserved.

. . OTHER CIVIL CASES.A nonsuit, .on tho ground of insuffi-

cient evidence, was entered up in thocase of J. Askew, of Waikanae, v. T. W.Hill, milk dealer, of aclaim for ,£23 Is. Gd. (for milk supplied),and two-cans which plaintiff alleged hadnot been returned. Mr. A. R. Meek ap-peared for the plaintiff, while the defend-ant conducted his own case.

Judgment for defendant, with costs,was given by Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., inclaim-suit James Prockter, driver, ofWellington, v. Joseph Bruton, taxi-cabproprietor, of Abel Smith Street, inwhich the plaintiff sought to recover £2•17s. 10d.—two days' wages and one week'swages in lieu of notice. Mr. A. Samuelappeared for the plaintiff and Mr. E. C.Levvey for the defendant.

UNDEFENDED CASES.Judgment for the plaintiffs, by default,

was entered in the following undefendedcases:—Frederick Denton v. AlexanderBain, ,£2O Is. Gd., costs £2 155.; F.M'Donald v. C. H. J. Anderson, .£ls 9s.7d.. costs .£1 10s. 6d.; Thompson Bros.,Ltd., v. J. Jopson, Jill 2s'. lid., costs ,6110s. 6d.; Wellington Loan and Co., Ltd.,v. A. H. S. Lucas, £\5 2s. 5d., costs £110s. 6d.; M. Walsh v. Mrs. Agnes Jack-son, 16s. 6d., costs 55.; Bing, Harris andCo., Ltd., v. J. Gollins, £G Is.Id., costs .£1 3s. Gd.; Storer,Meek, and Co., Ltd., v. Geo. H. Perkins,.£6 17s. 6d., costs £1 3s. Gd.; J. B. and C.J. S. Stanton v. AVm. Walsh, £12 4s. Gd.,costs £i 145.; same v. Patrick Walsh,.£42 4s. Gd., costs £2 145.; Emilv RoseGardiner v. Patrick Jas. Mornn and Sey-mour D'Anvurgne Grut, ,£lO 10s., costs.£1 13s. Gd.; J. Smith and Co. v. Geo. J.Gardiner, .£4 155., costs 10s.

JUDGMENT SUMMONSES.H.-M. Stowell wa9 ordered to pay £0 Is

lOd. to F. W. Pethorick, by February 15,or spend seven days in gaol.In the case of John liter r. AlexanderCampbell, a claim for .£6 9s. 5d., defend-ant was ordered to pay the amount byFebruary 15. Tho alternative was sevendays detention.

POLICE CASES.(Before Dr. A. Vf. M'Arthur, S.M.)

A conviction was entered up in the caseof Lilian Jukes, charged with havingused certain language while under tho in-fluence of liquor in Tarnnaki Street. Shewas discharged with a caution.Two inebriates—Robert Henderson andJohn Walsh—were each fined 10s., withtho option of seven days' imprisonment;Wm. Arthur Lines, another inebriate,was fined 205., in default 18 hours' im-prisonment, and flugh M'Dougall, alsocharged with drunkenness, was fined 10s.,with the option of 18 hours' imprison-ment. John Kenny, appearing on remandon a charge of having bi'Pii helplessly in-toxicated, was ordered lo pay 17s.' fid.,medical expenses incurred in his treat-ment, or suffer 48 hours' imprisonment.

YORKSHIRE WOOLTRADE.

WOOL IX 1911.

(From Our Special Correspondent.)Bradford, December 29, 1911.

In many particulars the past year can-not be said to have equalled its predeces-sor, and although a big volume of busi-I ness has been done, yet when viewedfrom the standpoint of profit, 1911 has notcome up to the piping times of 1910. ■ Itis now an acknowledged fact in the wooltrade that when raw material values arehigh at the commencement of the.reasonthere is seldom an opportunity to do muchgood, and prices during the past year havemuved in a more limited circle than.forthree or four years back. The home tradehas been called upon to lift a larger quan-tity of wool than ever before in.its his-tory, and although when viewed from thostandpoint of volume no complaint can be

offered the huge business dons has broughtforth somewhat lean profits, whilo prac-tically all those handling crossbreds havelost money. There have been tariouscauses for this, the chief of which -werestrikes, local labour struggles, war andrumours of wars, the whole unrest andlack of confidence having made againstthat appreciation in wool values which isrequisito to profitable returns.

MOVEMENT OF THE RAWMATERIAL.

January dawned with wool markets tosome extent in the soup. A strong "bear"movement was in operation, the sole pur-pose of which was, by depressing prices,to obtain the Taw material on a cheaper

basis when the sales opened in Australia,and also at tho first series of London sales.The move originated towards the end of1910 on the "futures" markets of Rou-baix and Antwerp, "bears" being in fullcontrol. For about a fortnight prices seri-ously declined, and for the time being theraw material was obtained at a lowerprice than for many months previous; infact, low water marker was touched. Thewool which hannencd to be bought duringJanuary and February proved to be right,and as much profit resulted from tho pur-chase of wool and tops at that time as atany period in 1911. When the year open-ed mills and factories ' everywhere wererunning at their utmost capacity, andeverything, viewed .from a consumptivestandpoint, indicated a continuance of ex-cellent trade. Although the first series ofLondon soles'opened in January with adecline of 5 to 10 per cent, in crossbredsand merinos, towards the middle valuesin Coleman Street were firmer al) round,until at the finish prices , were backat the level of the previous .De-cember. This led to some coveringon tho part of spinners and manufactur-ers, and although during the first halfof February' conditions were somewhatquieter, yet as tho end of the monthdrew near, tops presented a firmer ap-pearance, and both merinos and cross-breds were on the hardening side. Al-though at that time very heavy directarrivals - were pouring into consumingcoiitres.y et when the March series ofLon-don sales opened, prices were very firm.During the second week merinos advanc-ed <d., fine crossbreds were Id. dearer,and'medium and coarse crossbreds movedup id. This' rise in the raw material,in face of big arrivals, led to some largocontracts being placed for both tops an.yarns. March and early April provedto be the high-water mark of the year,there beiug such a weight of new'busi-ness placed, that many spinners andmanufacturer!! had no need to come intothe market .again until autumn. Thequestion is well worth asking, "What in-centive prompted the big buy in top'sand.yarns.last March?" It will be. re-membered that at that time.it was defin-itely . stated .'that the." import. duties .ontcstiles into Japan would be increased atthe beginning, of July, there being somelarge orders placed on.Far Eastern ac-count in fully-made textiles. The ship-ping trade with other countries was thenalso very good, whilo Continental buyersalso operated largely; in fact, trade thenwas so good, and with everyone beingpossessed with optimistic feelings led toexport yarn houses in particular placingsome speculative orders both for tops andyarns. Many then believed that if con-sumption was maintained there would beno alternative but for prices to advance,this no doubt leading fo much specula-tive buying. Everything went as merryas marriage bells until the Japaneseorders were completed. Then labourtroublesarose, which, together with the de-velopment of the Moroccan crisis, broughtabout a very nervous feeling, and pre-vented all further expansion of business.The, result was that Bradford was vervquiet all through June, there being awoolcombers' strike in the middle ofthat month. The dispute was fortunate-ly settled just before the beginning ofthe fourth series of London sales, andalthough merinos showed no change,crossbreds we're mostlv Jd. to Jd. cheaperfaulty sorts.beiug Jd. down,"and slipesJd. to Id. lower. As the series advanced,prices somewhat hardened, until at thofinish values were practically at the levelot the May auctions. By that time allthe har Eastern orders were out of hand,August and September proving to be avery quiet period indeed. There was asensible reduction in consumption duringthose two months. No important 1 newcontracts were given out, and pricesgradualy sagged. The fact of the matteris, all through the summer and fall ex-port yarn houses were struggling to liftthe contracts they had made earlier iuthe year, and considerable difficulty wasencountered in inducing buyers to takethem up, this always being the case whenvalues are falling. The September Lon-don sales proved to be anything but satis-factory and again during October andiNovember another "bear" attempt wasmade.to depress prices in order to obtaincheaper wool at the opening of a newseason in Australia, South Africa, andBuenos Ayres. It may be incidentallymentioned here that there has been allthrough the year an adequate supply ofthe raw material, the Home trade havingabsorbed something like 78,000 bales moreor colonial wool this year than in 1910.Although in December merino prices atthe London sales were very firm, yetpractically speaking they declined nilround 10 percent, from the highest pointof the year, but it is noteworthy that theprice of tops; which touched 2s. 3Jd. forG4's in March, hus fallen as low'as 2s,Id. for spot delivery, whilo on forwardaccount considerable'business was donelast October and November at 24d. to24Jd.

CROSSBREDS VERY DISAPPOINTING.Thosa handling crossbred wool and topshave undoubtedly had hold of the worst

end of the stick, and firms have dor.owell if they have been able to hold theirown. The continued absence all throughtho. year of -American competition incolonial-selling centres, and also in Lon-don and.Bradford, Jics made a big differ-ence to tho movement of crossbreds. Wcsaid at the time that wool was beingbought on.too. high a ba«is in New Zea-land at tho beginning of the season inNovember and December, 1910, and at noperiod has -there been a satisfactoryworking-margin. Big stocks were in con-sumers' hands as early as March. Therewas an outburst of buying in that month,and many overstepped the mark in ar-ranging for the future. At the May,July, and September series of Londonsales, many firms continued to buy thoraw wool in order to fave tho large stocksthey were then carrying, and that policyhas not paid during tho past year. Nodoubt, if the United States had been inthe market, and bought even in a normalway, a different state of affairs wouldhave had to be chronicled, but Americahas taken 73,000 bales less of colonialwool than during 1910, and this has hadto bo absorbed mostly by the Home trade.

ENGLISH WOOLS.When wo bogin to deal with Home-

grown produce, wo find that 1911 has notbeen anything like so good as 1910. Thesame factors seen in connection with co-lonial crossbreds have to a large extentoperated in English fleece wools. Themost profitable period of the year's tradewas undoubtedly from January to May.The demand was fairly good, and al-though profits were difficult to secure, yetsome good was done. The time cameround for buying the new clip, every-body was without stocks, and all alikeevinced-a keenness to buy whioh indicat-ed no good unless values were certain torise further when the wool was secured.All fairs alike went strong, and priceswere paid which have ever since been aclog upon tho wheels of tho trade. Di-rectly the new clip was got home saggingmarkets ensued, and Iroublesome timeswere eiicouiife-icd, the result being thatvalues everywhere became unsteady'. The

I almost complete absence of American de-

manil has made sadly against the saleof -English ■ (Icceo wools, colonial cress-breds of a corresponding quality havebeen sensibly cheaper, ami havenaturallyreceived the mo.-t attention. All holdershnvo found it -difficult to get back theirown, and a good deal of business liasbeen done at prices barelv equal t.) thosepaid last June and July.. The Continenthas continued'to absord some fair weightotherwise prices would have eased stillmore. There was a very big demand furall deep-grown wools right up to the Co-ronation; in fact, all Homo-grown fleecewools up to 3fl's quality have sold thetest, of any all through the year. Otherdescriptions such as Irish, goad .Midland.Counties halfbreds, ICents, all Down de-scriptions, as well as Scotch blacki'acedhave all sadly missed an American in-quiry,. ,nnd although prices have not. fal-len, much, still in the (ir>t instance fleecescost too tmuch, and.it has been a diffi-cult matter to obtain a proiit. Whenreviewing the trado of 1010, we had tochronicle greatlv decreased shipments ofwool from the* Bradford Consular dis-tricts, but the exports for 1911 'were (iis-tinctly worse than last yoar. In shortthcre'has been a slump. In the year 1001)the shipment of wool from the BradfordConsular district to America for the firsteleven months totalled J81.827,053, for thosame period in 1910 the shipments totall-ed .£818,859, whereas this year the ex-ports have totalled -£431,45:! which showsa further falling-bff of nearly 50 per cent.This undoubtedly has had an importantbearing upon the sale of English descrip-tions, and has been largely responsiblefor the falling off in profits as well.

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

OLD MAN'S HOARD.

HIS BAGS LINED WITH GOLD.

Lying in the Melbourne Hospital is anold man whoso history is surrounded inmystery. On Tuesday evening, January23. he wandered into Sunshine, and peo-ple • wno observed him thought that hewas blind and in need of care. WhenConstableAlford offered assistance the oldman remarked that he old and tired, buthe resented interference. Except that hewas aged 82 years, no particulars concern-ing the man could be obtained. After-wards, walking up and down the street,he was heard to mutter "Ballarat" and"nionev."

Subsequently the old man was discov-ered by Mr. E. Jit Clark, ambulance at-tendant at the Sunshine Harvester Works,and Constable Alford lying on the roadnear Sunshine in a heliiless condition. Hecould neither give an account of himselfnor answer question!!, but it was evidentthat, he had started ou a journey to Bal-larat. No papers were discovered in hisdilapidated clothing which would lead toidentification, but, wrapped in small par-cels, was the sum of ,£llß Bs. 2d. Therewere 118 sovereigns, and the coins woresewn into the lining of the old man'sclothes. Eleven parcels contained 10 sov-ereigns. The cloth surrounding the moneywas decayed with age, and; most of thesovereigns were embeddedin cobbler's waxand grime, and it was apparent that theylihd been in his possession for manyyears.

TREASURY WINDFALL.The State Treasurer has at last re-ceived a cheque in payment of. interestduo on the value, of properties transferred

to the Commonwealth (says the "SvdneyMorniiig Herald"). It is for J220.295 18s.llld., and represents a rate of 3 per cent,per annum as from July 1, 1910. At thePremiers' Conference last week a resolu-tion was carried endorsing the claim topayment at the rate of 3} per cent., andthis remains a matter for negotiationwith the Federal Government. Pendinga filial; settlement,' the States are accept-ing 3 per cent, without "prejudice."

The cheque received by Air. Dacey- isin the. nature of a windfall, for it "doesnot appear to have been included in (hesources of revenue referred to by Mr.M'Gowen when making his Budget speechin. November. . When criticising, theTreasurer's figures, Mr. Wade pointed outthat payment of interest on the trans-ferred properties might reasonably becounted-on as u further increase of somesubstance in the revenue of the State.Mr. M'Gowen interjected that the amountwas .£IIO,OOO, but did not question theaccuracy of Mr. Wade's assertion thatthe estimated revenue for the year—,6ls,-816,085—did not include, anything for in-terest on transferred properties.

STEAM MOTOR-CARS.When the Victorian Premier was in

England he was much impressed withthe steam motor-cars, of which about GOare used on the , Great Western railway(says the Melbourne "Ape"). The Gov-ernment, on Mr. Murray s advice, has de-cided to try these cars on the Victorianrailways. Mr. Murray states that theyarc very serviceable in developing pas-senger traffic in sparsely populated dis-tricts. They travel at" the rate of 35or 40 miles per Hour, aud there is nodetaching or turning round of the en-gines at terminals. When ' necessary,trailers can be attached to meet a rushof traffic. One 'combined car and en-gine in use on the Great Western linoweighed 43 tons, and the total travellingcost was 7d. or Bd. per mile, or abouthalf the cost of an ordinary train. Themotor-cars pull .up at small platformsknown as "halts." It is consideredthat they will bo found very serviceablein Victoria for separating passenger traf-fic from goods traffic, and thus dispo-sing with tho dilatory aud provokingmixed trains. The Premier states thatthese cars can be operated more cheaplythan the petrol type, of which two bailbeen ordered for Victoria before he be-came, aware of the. merits of the steammotor-cars. A start is to be made bythe importation of parts of one of thelatter cars, which will bo completed atthe Newport workshops.

BEAUTIFUL HONOLULU FISH.An interesting experiment in the im-

portation of live fish has been made byCaptain Gibb, of the Makura. Hono-lulu, where the vessel calls, boasts afauious aquarium, and Captain Gibb se-cured 25 beautiful varieties to biing toSydney, knowing the keeu interest takenthere in piscatorial matters. Althoughthe most hardy specimens .were selected,only 15 kinds survived the voyage across,the loss being due to the extremely deli-cate character of the fish. The greatestcaro and supervision had to l»e exercised,both as to temperature and feeding. Ar-rangements are being made to place thecollection on new. The shipment waslargely of an experimental- character, butit is believed that, with the experiencethus acquired, it will be possible to bringover a large consignment. Some of theHonolulu fish could not be shipped owingto their delicate nature, making themhighly susceptible to climatic changes.

QUEENSLAND HONEY.In tho past honey has never been ex-ported from Queensland in any appreci-able quantities, although it is well knownthat the State is capable of producing

amplo for export purposes. During thetime the Agent-General (Sir ThomasRobinson) has been iu Queensland, ho hasmade efforts to get into touch with bee-keepers, in order to let them know whatan oxcellont market there is for surplusstock in England. Until recently he hasnot with much success in this direc-tion, owing to the fact that the dry seasonhas not proved advantageous to tho pro-duction of honey. Sir Thomas has nowbeen able to come to come definite under-standing with tho Beekeepers' Association,who have taken up the idea with enthu-siasm. It is, therefore, likely that in avery short time Queensland honey will beput on the London markets, and the en-viable records that goods from the Statehave earned in Britain should prove afactor in tho successful export of honey.

LONG-DISTANCE SIGNALLING.Mr. W. M. Sweeney, officer in charge of

the Marconi installation on board R.M.S.Mantua, reports having received signalsover a record distance on January 8.The Mantua was outside Port PhillipHeads, near Melbourne, when Mr.Sweeney, who was tuning for various sta-tions, was surprised to hear signals of apeculiar note, wbich ho immediatelyrecognised as the distinctive timbre ofthe station at Jask, in the Persian Gulf..Task is situated at the entrance to thoGulf, in lat. 25..18 N., long. 57.45 E., andthe distance from there to the Mantua'sposition, outside Melbourne, was calcu-lated by the Mantua's navigating officerto be 0219 nautical miles.

ENGLAND & GERMANY._ » .

THE WAY TO PEACE.

Sir Joseph Compton-Bickett, M.P., thewriter of the following article (which ap-peared recently in the London "DailyMail"), is a distinguished Liberal poli-tician, Privy Councillor, and Noncon-formist leader. He is co-treasurer of I lie-National Council of the Evangelical .I'ieeChurches, and has been chairman of theCongregational t'liiou of England andMales. This expression of his views onthe recent political crisis is therefore ofespecial significance.

J"»°re in some danger that the lessonsof the recent Anglo-German crisis maynot l;e fully appreciated. The man inthe street thanks Heaven for the foreignSecretary, and, dismissing the question,returns to Hie absorbing disputes of partypolities. After the preoccupation ofChristmas follows the landslide of a newsession, with its overwhelming interests.Before we set aside the Franco-Germancontroversy it would be well to disen-tangle the real issue which will have toho faced sooner or later. Ever since Ger-many appropriated two French provincesshe has had to provide against the stand-ing enmity of France. Long before thisshe would have taken precaution againsta revival of French power if she hadnot been forced to reckon with a KussiaI'pon her eastern frontier who was boundt > keep France in being until the Balkanquestion was settled. The Jiusso-Japanesewar, followed by internal troubles, socrippled Russia for a while that Germanyfelt herself free to disregard her. Bis-marck had encouraged Franco to occupyherself in North Africa, Recent Gormanpolicy, however, has elected to keepMorocco an open question, German ambi-tions have been directed to Turkey andto the Eastern Mediterranean. A navalbase in the Mediterranean was the na-tural accessory to her plans in the East.The Warship at Agadir,

The Triple Entente resisted the pressurerequisite to bring France into line. Butthe. strength of it was soon to be tested.Hussia was subjected to disappointmentand humiliation in the Bosnian crisis, andtlie toughness of the British support has3i"« T" sa Seil in the recent Moroccan(limculty Morocco is onlv an incidentUl , tho_ development of German policv.ant the dispatch of a warship to Agad'irwas a distinct menace. France cannotanord to have a German fleet operatingon the sea-way to Algeria; nor can Great

iV\,.n , s see ""moved a fresh naval Powerestablishing itself, both in\hc Mediter-ranean and in the Atlantic, upon herline of communications with the Indianan<. the Pacific Oceans. Germany refusedsuch a frank explanation of her actionas would have reassured British publicopinion. Consequently the British Cab-inet, in the face of the world, warnedher of the risk she was taking. The out-break of wrath that has succeeded thengning of tho Franco-German Treaty isconclusive evidence that Germany intend-i n ge

i i!luch - better, terms for herself,anu that the intervention of Great Bri-tain has considerably limited her com-pensations.

Germa.i Armaments,_Wo have no national quarrel withGermany. Her growing population andprosperity enlarge our commercial rela-tions with her. Her genius for organis-ation provides an object-lesson in socialimprovement. But tho Germany who hastound war a most profitable investmentin the past, is maintaining armamentson such a scale that they inevitablyawaken uneasiness. They are out ofproportion to the real needs other ownnational defence. The United States isfar wealthier than Germany, and hasan illimitable future,. but we, thoughtrade competitors, live on terms of cor-dialih- with that great Republic. It. istho German armament and not tho Ger-man people that creates a storm centrein Europe Her preparations are boundto provoke counter-preparations. 'Wehave' peace to-day because Germany isnot ready to face-Great Britain at "sea,and doubts her ability to rush theFrench frontier as she did in 1870. Showould be forced to undertake a warthat might be prolonged for years, dur-ing which time Russia and the B'alkanStates might settlo the rivalry of Teutonand Slav without German assistance.Austria and Italy in their present tem-per would practically cancel each other.The German Empire is little more thanforty years old, and has never borne the6train of a war since the one in whichsho came into' existence.' An indetermin-ate struggle might severely test her solid-arity;

How Can War be Avoided?Nothing could be more unbappy than

a conflict between nations so closely re-lated as Great Britain and Germany.How can such a disaster be avoided? Inthe first place, what does Germany want?She is growing restless under her in-creasing armaments, for which she doe'snot receive an adequate return. TheTurkish Empire is "an unconscionablylong time in dying." The United Stateswould resent the intrusion of Germanyin South America. Japan has renderedthe coercion of China a dangerous under-taking for any European Power. SouthAfrica is happily settled under the Bri-tish flag. Germany does not desire ex-pansion so much for colonial settlementas for political and commercial develop-ment. Her emigration has lately de-clined, aud Central Europe is still be-hind this country in density of popula-tion. Her manifest policy would be todraw Holland, Belgium, and probablyDenmark, into the German Confedera-tion. Antwerp is one of the chief Con-tinental ports. The oversea possessionsof Holland and Belgium are of consider-able value. With the littoral of theNorth Sea and the Baltic in her bandsshe would hope to control both, but shecannot achieve her ambitions withoutdominating our homo waters and neu-tralising the military forces of France.

The effect upon this country would boan enormous increase in our naval ar-mament and compulsory military service.If wo mean to arrest this suggested move-ment, we must maintain France intact,inspire the little States with courage todefend their independence, and secure atall costs an overwhelming superiority innaval resource. In the estimate of com-parative strength we must remember thattho requirements of Great Britain arcworld-wide, While Germany is restrictedto her own sea frontier through the wantof naval bases abroad. Such preponder-ance would of necessity carry the com-mand of tho sea in far-away waters aswell as at home. Our existence as anEmpire depends upon the strength of thethread upon which we string the brilliantpearls of our Dominions. To us as a na-tion it means life or death. No changein fiscal policy could ever grow us suffi-cient bread and meat in these islands. Ifworld-wide power follows our naval pre-eminence, that is a responsibility whichwe have not abused in the past, andwhich we shall not fail to shoulder in thefuture.

"Do Her a Good Turn."What is tho alternative? Are we to

bribe Germany with clippings from ourown possessions in order to iuduce herto diminish her naval programme? Thatwas tried in Britain more than a thou-sand years ago, but.'the British foundthe- Northmen soon returned for more.Are we to treat her considerately iu

cases where wo can do her u good turnwithout injury to ourselves or the be-trayal of the trust of others? Certainly.What else can be done? Are we to ig-nore the progress of German ship-builu-ing and to surrender our naval suprem-acy? If not, then our Fleet must beeffective, or it would be better to re-duce it to a point where it would cease tobe provocative. National morality doesnot impose a selfish isolation which im-perials our splendid inheritance by aban-doning tho rest of Europe to the will ofone Great Power. Courtesy and good-fellowship we can offer her; generousco-operation where opportunity permits;and if wo reasonably define our positionshe will understand and respect it. Inthat direction lies peace.

DRAMATIC CENSOR.

MR. REDFORD'S RESIGNATION.

We arc officially informed (says theLondon "Dailv News" of December 211(hat the resignation has been tendered andaccepted of .Mr. George A. Bedford, thenfiicial examiner of plays under the LordCliauibcriain. The resignation takes ef-fect, at the new year.

It. is stated that Mr. C. H. Brookfield,who was appointed to act as Co-Censor ofPlavs recently, will succeed Mr. Bedford.

Tin's-mav lie regarded as the sequel tothe appointment of Mr. Brookfield, whichcaused » stir almost amounting to con-sternation recently. Mr. Bedford's resig-nation will come"as no surprise to thosewho had reason to believe that the ap-pointment of tlio author of "Dear OldCharlie" to he Co-Censor was made with-out the matter having been first discussedwith him.

Mr. Bedford was a bank manager beforehis appointment in 1895, but he had actedfor some years as assistant and deputy tothe former Censor, Mr. Pigott. His de-cisions have frequently been criticised,but in the main the objections have beentaken to the office and not to the man.As a, matter of fact, Mr. Bedford only-banned between thirty and forty playsout of several thousand submitted to himduring his tenure of the position.

The agitation against the Censor led totho appointment of a Select Committeein 1909 to consider the question, and inhis evidence Mr. Bedford threw interest-ing light on his duties. Ancient plays,those of Shakespeare among them, are6Upposed to have been licensed. "Every-man" was not licensed; Mr. Bedford didnot think a license necessary. His posi-tion entitled him to admission at theatres,not as a "deadhead," he explained, butas a "welcome guest," and he kept aneye on the drama from tho stalls and alsocarefully watched the press criticisms.His dealings were with managers, not withauthors, but ho frequently conferred withthe playwrights. It was' no part of hisduty to give any reason for vetoing aplay, but ho occasionally gave reasons.He allowed much greater latitude to playsin foreign languages. His authority didnot extend over music-halls or to Ireland.

Mr. liedford was severely cross-examinedon the principles underlying his decisions,and endeavour was made to discover whycertain plays had been censored, althoughthey were siniilar to others permitted.the office is worth about MM a year.The salary itself is ,6320, the fees makinguji the balance.

It will be remembered that the SelectCommittee, did not recommend the aboli-tion of the office, which dates from theStuart period, but they suggested that tesstringency should be exercised in regardto problem plays. The appointment otan Advisor?' Hoard was recommended ■tin's is composed ofEarl Spencer (the LordChamberlain),' Sir Edward Carson, SirSquire Bancroft, Sir John li'are, ProfessorWalter Raleigh, Mr. S. 0. Buckmaster,IC.C, and Colonel Sir Douglas Dawson,Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Depart-ment.

Mr. Brookiield's appointment led tostrong protests, and questions were askedin the House of Commons. In reply, Mr.M'Kcnna defended the appointment. Hestated also that' one member of the Ad-visory Board, whoso name he would notgive, had resigned, and that he could nothold out any hope of a Bill embodvingthe recommendations .of tho committeebeing introduced next year.

An interesting point, to come beforethe magistrates for decision, is whethertie Lord Chamberlain, under whose au-thority the censorship exists, is justifiedin withholding the manuscript of a playwhich has been banned. A summons hasbeen granted at the instance of Mr. Law-rence Con-cu, who could not obtain/ thereturn of manuscripts.

Mr. Brooklield is ai years of age, andthe son of the late Prebendary Brookfiold.l-or many years he was an actor, anil wasassociated with the Kendals and with SirHerbert Tree. He has written a numberot plays, including the farce "Dear OldCharlie, which was very severely criti-cised for its tone. The "Daily'News"critic wrote of it that it "should knocka nail in tho coffin of the Censor." \ndnow the author is the Censor!

DISCONTENT IN SPAIN.

KING ALFONSO'S POSITION.Mr. R, B. Cunningham© Graham, whohas just returned from Madrid, drew aninteresting comparison, in an interviewwith a 'Daily News" representative onDecember IS, between the state of affairsin Spam at the present time and that

whicn prevailed in Portugal before therevolution. His conclusion was thatthere is no immediate prospect of dangerto King Alfonso and his Queen, althoughthe cumulative effect of recent repressionis bound to be felt ultimately, even byso long suffering' a people as tile Spanish."Revolution is still a good wav off inSpain," said Mr. Graham, "chiefly be-cause the officers of the army are Mon-archist to the core. As for tho rankand file we have no data to go upon;they are inarticulate. It is probable,however, that a good deal of disaffectionexists among the men, seeing the classfrom which they are drawn.

"The simple fact is that tho dividinglino in politics is following more andmore closely the line of class distinction.All th'oso Spaniards who wear blackcoats, or spring from the black-coatedclass, tend increasingly to be Monarch-ists, while those who wear other sortsof coats, or spring from those who do,tend to be Republicans. At present theblack-coated ciass holds the reins of gov-ernment very firmly.

"Of course, the state of political feel-ing in Spain must not be judged byevents in Barcelona, or even in Madrid.Barcelona no more represents Spain thanCardiff represents England, riven Ma-drid is .only an artificial capital, in noway comparable to Lisbon. If Madridwere to pass under the control of revolu-tionaries to-morrow it would in no wisefollow that Spain could be proclaimed arepublic, as was possible in the case ofPortugal when Lisbon fell."

Asked to give his opinion as to the pro-sent position of King Alfonso, Mr. Gra-ham replied that the young King re-mains very popular with all classes.

"I should say," ho added, "that theKing represents the best type, of a niceyouag Army officer. He is a sensibleand straightforward boy, bnt wantsbrains. If you sent n man dressed as apriest to King Alfouso, that man wouldliavo very little chance of doing any-thing, but if you sent the samo man totho King's mother you would probablyget what you wanted, for Alfonso is en-tirely' under his mother's thumb."

Since Ferrer's execution tho reformmovement in Spain has lacked an intel-lectual head; indeed, it is the absenceof intellectuals from tho RepublicanParty which differentiates the Spanishsituation very largely from tho Portu-guese.

At the moment the chief weapon of theMonarchy is the application of a formof martial law singularly out of tunewith English ideas of liberty.

"Should a soldier or ex-soldier, even ifhe be a pclioeinan, be struck in thecourse of a disturbance, his assailant maybo tried by martial law," Mr. Grahamexplained. ' "This is. of course, largelydun to the fact that most strikes andriots have a dynastic significance, butits effect is grossly unjust, for it placesthe civil life of thecountry at the mercyof an army which has proved itself oneof tho most illiberal and merciless inEurope.".

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DISTRICT REPORTS.(From Our Special Correspondents.)

Feilding, February I—Beautifully fineday and night.

I'nluier.iton, February I.—Fine weather.Shannon, February I.—The weather is

fine.Otaki, February I—Sunshine.Fcatherston. February I.—Bright Cne day.Hastings, February I.—An ideal summer

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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS..Tames Jones, Wanganui.—Your letter isunintelligible.Geo. Greig.—The matter has been already

referred to, and a sort of explanationof the transactions put forward by theGovernment's officials.

J. 13. Morton Barnes.—No interest.

The Bominion.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1912.

THE ATTACK ON THE CITY.

The Wellington public—or, atleast, that great majority of thepublic which realises the wanton in-solence and injustice of the tram-way men's strike—will learn withsatisfaction to-day that the CityCouncil has made an unexpectedlystrong blow for the right of the cityto' be governed in the interests of thecitizens. It was rumoured yesterdaymorning that the Council had de-cided, or was preparing, to committhe grave offence of betraying thecity's interests by surrendering tothe initial demand of the strikers,and it is unfortunately true that asection of the Council eagerly ac-cepted the unwarrantable interven-tion of Mr. Hally, the ConciliationCommissioner, as a possible excusefor forcing, and then accepting, theresignation of Inspector Fuller.Mr. Fuller, it appears, was consid-ered by Mr. Hally as an obstaclethe removal of whom was the easyway to peace. "It appeared," hotold one of our representatives,"that nothing stood in the way ofa settlement but acceptance by theCouncil of Mr. Fuller's offer" ofwillingness to be transferred ! Mr.Hally seems to have done his best topersuado Mr. Fuller to as-sist in a policy that would meanthe betrayal of the city, and therewore not wanting councillors willingand anxious to secure the dishonour-able and ruinous peace that] Mr.Hally, doubtless with good inten-tions, set himself to achieve.

Following upon the absurd "de-monstration" in Newtown duringyesterday afternoon—at which, infulfilment of the anticipations of allwho have any knowledge of the path-ology of labour agitation, variousspeakers made all sorts of impossibleadvances upon the original demandby the Tramwaymcn's Union, includ-ing the indemnifying of the strikersagainst punishment for their breachof the law—the Union presented anultimatum to the Council embody-ing its severer terms of peace. TheCouncil, we are glad to say, p notonly refused to accept th 6 Union'sdemands, but took the further stepof refusing to accept the resignationof Mr. Fuller. This was a verylino thing to do. and we trust thatthis morning the Council will showthat on sleeping on the matter it hasfinally decided upon firmness as theonly policy. The central fact of thewhole trouble is that to sacrifice In-spector Fuller, or to allow him tosacrifice himself, would be to placethe tramways service, and the wholecity management, under the thumbof a union that has shown itself tobe devoid of any civic spirit, or ofany sentiment, indeed, save aneagerness to help itself even to theextent of breaking the law and out-raging the rights of the public. No-thing that was said at the comical"demonstration" at Newtown altersthis fact. The speakers at that meet-ing were merely fighting for them-selves under the cloak of concern forthe workers, and we have given avery full report of their speeches inorder that tlio public may realisethat the whole case of the strikersconsists only of irrelevant generalrhetoric of the most wearisome kind,varied by that wearisome abuse ofThe Dominion which the people ofNew Zealand have come to rely uponas the authentic mark of a badcause.

Almost the only thing in the "de-monstration" that requires notice isthe one really relevant thing thatwas said. This was the characteris-tic declaration by a Socialist oratorthat "inspector's work is dirtywork."_ That, really, is the onlyreal grievance of the men in the pre-sent dispute: the existence of the in-spectors. The policeman and policedetective, the garbage man, thesanitary inspector, and, as a Mana-watu correspondent points out, thecash register are all similarly"dirty." Many people would be hap-pier without them; but so defectiveis our civilisation that mankindmust cling to them however much wemay regret that their existence of-fends the gentlemen who are lashingthemselves into a well-paid froth ofconcern for the tramway employees.In the meantime, it was made evi-dent yesterday that the inconveni-ence of a tramways strike is muchless than was hoped by the agitatorswho are using the tramwaymen fortheir own ends. Behind and be-neath the rubbish of the men whobawled vaguely of "justice" to theirsmall and select audience of victimsat Newtown there is discernible areal anxiety about the future. Hadthe men had a good cause—had thevhad legitimate grievances In submitfor the Public's consideration—hadthey had either justice or sanity be-hind them—they would not havefound, the public arrayed againstthem. If the City Council standsfirm, as we hope and believe it will,now that it has'beer, made to realisewhat it is fighting against, the strikecannot, succeed. Let the public graspthe question in issue, and there canbe no doubt as to the result. Thequestion in issue is: Shall the city['p. controlled by the citizens, or by aKnot of Iniul-vniced agitators?

WHEN PARLIAMENT MEETS.

We are told now by Sir JosephWakd that it is not his intention toresign before Parliament meets, andthat he would luvc resigned ere, thishad he believed the Opposition pos-sessed a majority. His exact wordson the point, as published in theofficial organ of the Ministry, are asfollow:—''I have nut in any way al-tered my intention as announcedsome time ago, that 1 would meetParliament with the Ministry as itnow stands, and I have not theslightest intention of doing other-wise. If 1 could have satisfied my-self at first that the Opposition hada majority I would have resignedimmediately, but no one except thosewho are politically prejudiced couldarrive at the conclusion after exam-ining the results that the Opposi-tion have a majority." Sin JosephWakd added that Parliament wouldbe left to decide the matter. This ofcourse sounds plausible enough if thereal facts of the position are ignor-ed. It is not so much a question ofwhether the Opposition have a ma-jority as whether the Governmenthave a majority, and on this latterissue there is not the slightest roomfor doubt. We have shown againand again, and need not weary ourreaders by again repeating the de-tailed facts, that in addition to the117 members of the Reform partythere are at least four or five othermembers plcih/ed to vote against theGovernment on a no-confidence mo-tion. How, under any conceivableset of conditions, Sir Joseph Wardcan in such circumstances profess tobelieve there is any doubt at all asto his ability to secure a majorityin the present Parliament passescomprehension. As a matter of fact,he knows quite well that he has nochance at all of escaping defeat, andis clinging to office until the last pos-sible moment, hoping against hopethat something may occur to changethe situation. He should have re-signed weeks ago. Now that ho hasgone so far, however, we are notdispleased to find the Prime Minis-ter declaring_ his intention to faceParliament with his Ministry as atpresent constituted. This course ofaction, if adhered _ to, will at anyrate serve to provide a clear-cutissue for members to vote. on. If thequestion is one of confidence in theWard Administration, there is not,as we have'pointed out, the leastdoubt as to the answer which will bereturned. It is because of 'the cer-tainty of that answer that we haveconsistently held to the opinion,since the result of the elections firstbecame known, that Sir JosephWard will not venture to put thematter to a direct test. That hewould, in fact, prefer to retirerather than be ejected by the vote ofParliament. Since he now says thathe will take the vote of Parliament,we must accept his assurance to thateffect. It does not, of course, alterthe political situation, and certainlydoes not improve the position of theGovernment. In fact, it is really atactical blunder and we shall not besurprised _ if _ Sir Joseph AVardchanges his mind at the last minuteand prefers after all to avoid adirect vote on the question of whe-ther his Ministry possesses the con-fidence of Parliament.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that thos.s. Wimmera, which sailed from Syd-ney at noon on January 31, has on boardan Australian mail, also' a small Kng-lish mail via Suez. The Wellington por-tion is duo to arrive hare by Main Trunkon Monday next.

His Excellency the Governor has re-ceived a letter from Colonel Sir James Gil-dea enclosing one addressed to the press,as follows:—"London, November 30—May1 ask for tho usual hospitality of yourcolumns to enable, me to state that by thedesire of Her Majesty Queen Alexandra Ihave undertaken to collect particulars, forpublication in due course, ofall memorialsof whatever description at Home, in thecolonies, and abroad to his late MajestyKing Edward? I shall bo obliged, there-fore, if those connected with tho further-ance of such memorials will, as they arocompleted, kindly communicate with me,when I shall bo glad to send particularsof the information required.—l am, etc.,James Gildea, Colonel." As it would leadto confusion, and possibly omission, if thefurnishing of this information were left toindividuals, local bodies which have erect-ed any kind of memorial to.the late Kingaro being requested to forward particularsto Mr. Guise (private secretary to theGovernor).

An exceptional swimming feat was per-formed last Sunday by an ex-Wclling-tohian, B. C. Freyberg, who swam fromTo Aroha to Pacroa by means of theWailiou River, the distance covered being35 miles. The swimmor, who was accom-panied by a boat, swnm the wholo dis-tance without once touching land or boat,and completed his difficult task after be-ing in the water 10 hours.

The first meeting of the New ZealandManx- Society was held at the Socialistparty's Hall," Manners Street, last night.Tho Rev. J. Dumbell presided. Aboutfive years ago an attempt was made in"Wellington to form a society, but theattempt failed. Another effort was madeon November 23 last, when there were11 persons present and the society wasformed, At last night's meeting tho sec-retary reported that there were now .15members—3s in Wellington and suburbs,and 20 in other parts of tho Dominion.In a few remarks addressed to the gather-ing, the chairman said that it was pro-l»-.?d to make Wellington the Dominionheadquarters with the object of formingbranches at the various centres at a laterdate. The gathering was very enjoyable.There was.a musical programme, andsupper was provided.

An allowed deserter was arrested atPetonf yesterday by Detective Mason. Itis said that the man descried the Pioneerat: Sydney on March 2, 1911.

An amusing incident is told by one ofthe (ire. brigade stall', lu answer to a callfrom the outskirts of the city, the motorwas (coring along when two men rushedfrantically up waving their arms andshouting to it to stop. Thinking theyknew where the fire was, the motormanslopped, and one of the night-birds asked,"Say, male, whore's the fire?" AVe do notknow what tlio motorman said.

The detailed census returns appear iiithis week's Gazette.

The vital statistics for December, pub-lished in tho' current Gazette, give thefallowing death rates per 1000 of popu-lation for the lour chief centres of theIjominion:—Auckland, 0.98 per cent.;ii'eliington, o.S,'i; Christchurch, 0.0.1;Dunedin, 0.C7.During the twelve months ended De-

cember :!1 gold to the value of .C!,51G,782was entered for duty for exportation, ascompared with .fc].B!l(i,:i2S worth for ]!)10.I}F the total for tin- past twelve monthstae Auckland province headed the list

■with gold to the value of ,£1,019,201.Olaso's contribution was ,£'387,611, and theWest Coast's .£.105,515.

There will be an examination of sur-veyors by the Surveyors' Hoard at theDominion Museum on March 18.

A disabled motor-car, standing by theside of the H.utt ltoad last night, appar-ently led passers-by (o believe that asoi'i'Hts accident had befallen some motor-ists. Tnriuirics at the police station, how-ever, elicited the information thai, whilethe car was being driven to town, someportion of the. machinery went wrong,preventing the journey from being con-tinued. The car is owned by Mr. Caldwell,of (he linn of Mneky" Loan, and, atthe time of the misiiaji, was in charge ofa driver, named — Keys.

A special meeting of the Petonc BoroughCouncil will be held next Monday even-ing to further consider applications forthe uosition of assistant town clerk.

The Minister for Public Works has ac-cepted the following tenders :—Xgararakiand Koutou Cuts on the Wailiou andOhinemuri Hivovs improvement works:Tony Jaipis, of Paeron, .CISS72 Is.; PublicWorks workshop, Auckland: Philcox andSons. .Auckland, .£SBO 155.; Post Office atPnnsonbv: 1,. M'Kinstrey, Ponsonbv,.«!)< ISs. (id.; Post Office at Clivc: Cairnsand l'aton, Havelock North, JIS2O; Mcn-tnl Hospital at Toknnni: Donald M'Leanand Co., Wellington, .113,0:27.

A police in this week's Gazette pro-claims carbolic acid to be a poison underthe Poisons Act.

This week's Gazette contains a noticeappointing .Messrs. W. A. Barton, S.M.,S. K. .M-Carthy, S.M., and It. W. Dyer,S.M., a court tor the hearing of the peti-tion regarding the licensing poll at Horou-ta—the only .Maori district which carriedprohibition on the East Coast.

Money orders or correspondence arc for-bidden to be sent to V. 1,. M'Collnm, of25 Uolbom Viaduct, London, by a noticein this week's Gazette.

PERSONAL ITEMS.4

The Hon. R. M'Kenzio is at Takaka(Nelson), the lion. T. Mackenzie at theHermitage (Mount Cook), the Ffon. J, A.Millar at Taupo, and the Hon. A. T.Ngnta at Port Awanni. The PrimeMinister (Sir Joseph Ward), Sir Jns.Carroll, and tho Hon. D. Buddo are inWellington.

A complimentary banquet is to be ten-dered to Messrs. Vv. F. Masscy (Leaderof the Opposition), Mr. C. K. Wilson,M.P., and other members of the Reformparty in the Alexandra Rink, Te Kuiti,on February 7.

Mr. E. H. Strachan, for nineteen yearstown clerk of Rodfern Borough, Sydney,has resigned that position.

The death occurred with painful sudden-ness at Nelson yesterday afternoon (statesa Press Association message) of Mr. 0.W. Hanby, for many years editor of the"Nelson Evening Mail." Ho had beenpresent at a Mayoral picnic at MaitaiPark, and was leaving the ground whenhe fell down and expired in a fewminutes. Mr. Hanby was 57 years of ago,and was formerly sub-editor of the"Sydney Daily Telegraph." Ho leavfs awidow and a grown-up family. Thedaughters are Mrs. E. C. Robinson, Strat-ford, ar/l Miss Hanby, Nelson, and theson the Rev. H, 0. T. Hanby, vicar ofTaumarunui.

Mr. S. Smith, who is leaving the Gov-ernment Printing Office after thirty-fiveyears' service, has received a handsomememento of esteem from his fellow-work-ers, in the form of a valuable marbleclock, suitably inscribed. The presenta-tion was made by Mr. J. Mackay, Gov-ernment Printer, who referred to tho in-tegrity and industry of the recipientduring his long tenure of service. Mr.1). Koss endorsed what Mr. Mackay hadsaid. At the conclusion of the presenta-tion Mr. Smith's health was drunk, andcheers were given for him and his fam-ily-

Mr. Fred. Twiss, late secretary to Cap-tain J. Email Smith, Resident' Commi-ssioner for the Cook group, arrived fromRarotonga by the Tahiti yesterday, lieslates that lie has been transferred toheadquarters in Wellington, which in thiscase would mean the Justice Department.Mr. Twiss, who was formerly a memberof the Wellington Savage Club, will bo re-membered in musical circles in Welling-ton. Mrs. Twiss hits been residing inKhandallah for some time past.

Mr. D. S. Evans, general manager inSydney for Malthoid and P. and B. Manu-factures, arrived from San Francisco bythe Tahiti yesterday. Mr. Evans is stay-ing at the Grand Hotel and leaves forSydney to-day.

According to a Press Association tele-gram, Mr. James Arkle was yesterday re-elected chairman of the Duncdin DrainageBoard.

Mr. li. M. M'Lennan, tho officer incharge of tho Island services of thoUnion S.S. Company, arrived from Tahitiand San Francisco by the steamer Tahitiyesterday. Ifv. M'Lennan has been (oAmerica in connection with a contract theUnion Company has secured to carrymails between Tahiti and San Francisco.

Mr. E. Matthews, manager for 1Donald,Edinhorongh and Co., fruit merchants,of Auckland, arrived hero by tho Tahitiyesterday morning.

Mr. Carl Kohn, of Auckland, who hasinterests at the Cook Islands, arrivedfrom Rarotonga by tho Tahiti yesterday.

Ili9 Rev. J. J. North was entertainedat a social on Wednesday evening bytho members of the Vivian Street Bap-tist Church, and presented with a bicycle,an appropriate gift in view.of the tramstrike. Mr. C. Cathie, in making thepresentation, referred appreciatively totho work of Mr. North, especially inconnection with the church. Mr. North,who whs taken completely by surprise,suitably expressed his thanks. ,

A privato letter states that Miss EthelIrving and her English company is tocommence a tour of New Zealand atAuckland on February 8 in Maughan'scomedy "Lady Frederick." Tho onlyother play to bo produced will be A. W.E. Mason's play "The Witness for theDefence." Only the four centres will bevisited. The Wellington dates are fromMarch 19 to 28. Mr. L. do Chateau willbe in advance.

Mr. John B. Jack, of Wanganui, hasbeen appointed a judge of the NativeLand Court.

The Gazette announces that a royal,exequatur, empowering Mr. Ambrose Mil-lar to act as Consul for Peru at Auck-land, has received his Majesty's signa-ture.

Mr. Bernard Coyle, of' Palmo.rstortNorth, who had been in ill-health forsome time post, died in Christchurch onWednesday at the age of 59. Deceasedwas a son' of the late Mr. Patrick Covlo.of Auckland, and had been a familiarfigure on the New Zealand turf for verymany years—formerly as an owner andtrainer and more recently as a dealer.He was a keen judge of horseflesh andcould always discourse, interestingly onthe subject of breeding. Among the

effected through Mr. Coylo'sagency was a sale of Waiuku to Mr. S.H. Gollan for ]200gns., and ho alsobought for General Babington and theEarl of Ranfurly. Mr. Coyle was abrother of the late Mr. John Coyle, awell-known luandicapper on the WestCoast of this island. His sister is Mrs.Salisbury, of Auckland, and three of bisnephews are Mr. J. Coyle, secretary ofthe Wellington Hospital and CharitableAid Board! Mr. Jl. Coyle, the well-known handicapper, and Mr. Percy Coyleof Fcilding. The remains of deceasedwill be brought to Wellington this'morn-ing for privyte interment.

According to a Press Association mes-sage received last night Mr. If. House, oftli'j principal olfice staff of the ColonialMutual Life Society, lias been appointedassistant-resident secretary of the Societyin New Zealand.

■ The following have been appointed offi-ciating ministers under tlie Marriage Act:-Messrs. W. It. Milne and ,1. J. Heard(Presbyterian); l!ev. C. H. Lyon (Con-gregational Independent); Itov. T. 11. Uad-foril (Haptisl); Jievs. It. J. Hall, and AV.Jellie, M.A. (Unitarians); William M'Lean(Spiritualist). The names of lirigadierT. E. Alliston, Kiisign J. S. Hladin, andAdjutant 11. P. Sharp have been with-drawn from the list.

A Press Association message from Lon-don records the death cf Miss Florence St.John, a famous light opera artist, whosome thirty years ago stood alone in herparticular line unions lOnglish ncl.rosse*.Miss St. John, who was 58 years of age,sang and played as an amateur when 8years old, ami at II years made her firstprofessional appearance as a vocalist, witha diorama, and afterwards toured with"Dr." Hodge's Company in o[>i>rcttn. mak-ing a groat hit in Hath. She made herfirst appearance in London at a inaliiK-ein the Oxford Music Hall, when she madea big success, singing Sullivan's "Meet MeOnce Again." There,.'.flcr she had no dif-ficulty in getting engagements. She play-ed Gormaine in "Lcs Cloches do Corn'c-ville" on tour, and subsequently at theGlobe Theatre, Loudon, and boeaj;\c fam-ous when she created the part of "MadameFavart" at the Strand in 1ST!). Then fol-lowed a long list of brilliant successes inlight opera and musical comedy, endingwith the role of Dolores in "Floradora."Thereafter she played in comedy, and wasagain suect.-sful. Some of her notable suc-cesses in this line were in "liillv's l.illULove Affair" (190.1/, "Nell Gwynne" (190G--71. "My Milliner's Hill" (liWSj. and "JackStraw" (1909). Miss St. John was twicemarried, first (when '.11 years of age) toMr. St. John, a naval officer, and subse-quently to M. Marias, a well-known actor.

SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD.

EFFECT ON MEMORY.(By Teieer&Dh—Press Association.)

Thames, February 1.In connection with the tragedy on the

steamer Wakatcre last month, whenArthur Walding shot another lad namedRoderick Rowlands with a revolver, theformer was before the Court to-day charg-ed with doing actual bodily barn).

The injured lad, who is now half para-lysed as a result of injury to the brain,gave evidence at the hospital intelligently,hut his inemorv regarding tho actualshooting is a lilank.

Other evidence showed that the shoot-ing was (juitc accidental. YValding, notknowing that the weapon was loaded,playfully pointed it at Rowlands, andshot him in the forehead. Tho bullet wasextracted from the back of the brain.

W'alding pleaded not guilty, and wascommitted for trial. He was liberated onbail.

HARROWING SCENE.

AT A NATIVE FUNERAL.(Br Tclccrapn—Trcsß Association.!

Auckland, February 1.A painful scene occurred at Waahi on

Tuesday, at the funeral of Wiri Hini-lona, a well-known Huntly Native. Justas the coffin had been lowered, and dustwas being added to dust, the elder of thetwo daughters of deceased (Mrs. Tawcra),in a poroxysm of sorrow, flung herselfupon the coffin, and demanded intermentbeside her father. Convulsive fits fol-lowed, and, after she had been lifted outof the grave, drastic and (to the Euro-pean mmd) dangerous remedies weretriod. Tho effects of these, while theymitigated the convulsions, did not restoreconsciousness. At G p.m. Mm. Tawerawas still unconscious.

The sad scene had a very marked ef-fect upon the large, number present, andbrought the obsequies to a 6udden andpainful conclusion.

MR. IRVING ENTERTAINED.1

SIR JOSEPH WARD'S FUTURE.The New Zealand Club entertained

Mr. H. B. Irving, the English actor, atluncheon yesterday at the Y.M.C.A. Thevisitor was welcomed by Mr. P. C.Frceth and the Prime Minister (SirJoseph Ward), who was scant of words.Ho said that New Zealand was to bocongratulated on the visit from a gentle-man of such high standing in the theatri-cal profession, and he trusted he wouldcarry away pleasant recollections of hisvisit.

Mr. Irving said he was very sensible ofthe honour that had l«on paid him. Hecould not help feeling' that he was inWellington at a rather painful moment,when tho prosperity of the city and I liefuture of Sir Joseph Ward were trem-bling in the balance. (Laughter.) WhenSir Joseph AVard was speaking, he was'trying to think of a line from "Hamlet"that might apply to the present position,and ho could only think of thesewords, which he sincerely hoped wouldnot bo prophetic-

"Bad begins, but worse remainsbehind."

(Laughter.) Mr.' Irving subsequentlydwelt on some peculiar, and, at time?,altogether erroneous ideas that are heldrespecting the theatre and the actor'sprofession, and embellished his tale withseveral amusing stories having a relationto tho theatre. He maintained that muchthe .same qualities were required for thesuccessful running of a theatre as inany other business. Discipline was .neces-sary, and commercial considerations hadto be borne in mind and acted upon.Kefernng to the Actors' Union (whichhas been formed in Melbourne), MrIrving expressed a grave doubt as towhether his profession could bo madeamenable to the principles and restric-tions of unionism. After referring brief-ly to the proposal to establish a na-tional theatre in England, and thegenius of Shakespeare, Mr. Irving con-cluded by expressing the pleasure he hadreceived during Ins visit to Australia andftew Zealand.

LINKING THE ISLANDS.

SIR. A. L. BOURTCE'S MISSION.Mr. A. I. Bourke, of the wireless tele-graphy branch of the Telegraph Depart-ment, returned to Wellington from theCook group by the Tahiti yesterday. -Vlew weeks am ho was dispatched by theSecretary of the Post and Telegraph De-partment to Rarotonga for the purpose ofselecting the most suitable site in hisjudgment for the erection of a wirelesstelegraph station in connection with themg scheme ofat once linking np New Zea-and with the outlying islands controlledby the Government of the Dominion, andwith other islands in the South Pacific.Mr. Bourke spent a week on Uarotonga,(luring which he visited every part of theisland. It was the rainy season, and onseveral occasions the drenching tropicalrams experienced made his tour ratheruncomfortable, but he enjoyed tho experi-ence immensely, and regards Uarotonga asa little Paradise. Finally he elected alevel site just above the sea beach, about3; miles north-west from Avarua, theprincipal port, and the seat of the Resi-dent Commissioner of the Cook groin)(Captain J. E. Smith). This was a good

level area, ot which from 20 to 30 acrescould bo selected according to require-ments, and was the best location, in hisopinion, for the proposed station.Some weeks ago Mr. Bourke visited theChatham Islands on a similar missionand selected a site alxuit four miles fromWaitangi, the only coastal settlement inthe group.Mr. Bourke states that Rarotonga is

about 11)00 milos from Auckland, and 1000miles W.S.W. from Tahiti. The hHi-power station at Awanui (Doubtless Bay)would have Rarotonga within range atnight, but it all'depended on the powerof the station which would be erected atRayetonga as to whether it would bo ableto "talk back." It would require at leasta 5-kilowatt plant to make communica-tion with Awanui to the south and Tahitito the north. '

OLD TRY POTS.

ONE FOUND AT MOTUEOA.Uiv TelocraDh.-l'rces Association.!

New Plymouth, January 31.The old whaling "trying pot" at Aka-

roa aroused interest locally, with theresult that a similar one has beenbrought to light at New Plymouth, whereit has lain lor munv years unknown tomost people. A "News" reporter hap-pened on it at Moturoa—once the sceneof the busiest of whaling stations, whenthe pursuit of whales formed the onlyindustry of the colony.

This trypot has bee'n found on the es-tate of .Mr. W. J. Houoyficld, at theback of the oilfields. The trvpot weighshalf a ton, and is very similar to thatfound at-Aluroa. Roughly speaking, itis jour feet across at its widest point,ami about thirty inches deep. Two ofthe sides bulge barrel-like from top tobottom, and the other two sides are flat-tened, it now performs the office of awuloring-trough for slock.

(fenerations ago it saw service at thewhaling station at Jloturoa, which was■•mi by the redoubtable "Dicky" Bar-rett, whoso exploits are realistically de-pictedby a very old resident of TaranakilKtii' ll0tH" '" " vol "me Polished in

POLITICAL IDEALS.�

THE HOUR AND THE MEN.MR. R. A. WRIGHT ENTERTAINED.

The friends and supporters of Mr. R-A. Wright, who contested the WellingtonSouth seat at the general election in theinterests of the Reform Party, tenderedtheir late member and Mrs.* Wright acomplimentary social at the VictoriaHalt last evening, Mr. .T. Castle presidingover, a large and enthusiastic attendance.There'were also present Mr. A. L. Herd-man, M.P. (Wellington North), and Mr.F. M. B. Fisher, M.l'. (Wellington Cen-tral). A eapital programme of musicaland other items was arranged, and 'hofunction was entirely successful.'During the course of an interesting ad-

dress, Mr. Fisher referred to the politicalsituation and the pending change ofGovernment. The people of New Zealand,he said, should try to roalii-xj the immen-sity of the task which confronted Mr.Massoy in the work of reforming the ad-ministration of tlio country, and placingit upon a sound and efficient tooling. Itwas a work which would take t.nie, andthe public should reserve its orilii'sniuntil tilt- no* leader had develop? 1 I'sideas and obtained a thorough grasp oftlw internal conditions of the udminis-trative departments which the WardGovernment had been forced bv publicopinion to relinquish. The result of tlioelections was the complete destruction ofwhat was known as tlio Ward Party,and much as the members of the Re-form Party had been maligned by ih<?:rpolitical opponents, ho felt convincedthat the public would soon realise tintin Mr. Massey's party were to bo founda better and higher type of men thanthey had been accustomed to me inpower for years past. They were abler,broader-minded,moreLiberal. Hehimselfhad been an Independent member before,and he had joined the Reform partv be-cause ho believed it was the best partyto lead the country. That Mr. Wrightand Mr. Hardy had fallen in the fight wasa great misfortune, and to these two mostcapable fighters in the Opposition ranksof tho last Parliament, it must have been Ia gr»:it consolation to know that thoreformers had won. It was inevitablethat some readjustment of the forces inParliament would come about, crvstallis-ed into two forces—Labour and 'Liberal—and the sooner tho members of the pre-sent Government party divided andsought their proper places on ono sideor the other, the better it would bo forthe country. (Applause.) He hoped thatin tho Parliament of 1915 there would hoa corner on his bench for such a fearlessand energetic fighter as Mr. Wright hadproved himself to be. (Applause.)Mr. Herdman said that one of his chiefregret? over the result of the electionswasthe defeat of Mr. Wright, and he feltconfident that m three years' time hislate colleague, who had held the respectoi all parties, and especially the respectand confidence of tho Opposition, wouldagain be returned to Parliament. As aParliamentary tighter, Mr. Wright hadshown himself to bo fearless, straight-forward, and honest, and in the roughand tumble of political battles had donecredit to himselt and to his constituency.Ihe results of the elections had been'agreat surprise to everybody, wnl the suc-cess of the Reform party furnished a. Strik-ing testimony to the widespread distrustof tho Ward Administration, which hadbeen shown to be incompetent and unre-liable. Sir Joseph Ward had said onono occasion that his policy was to findout what the people wanted, and give itto them. That was not his view. Ifa man desired to possess the confidence ofthe public, he should have well-establish-ed beliefs and convictions, be preparedto stond or fall by them, and to give thepeople, not what they asked for, as theWard party did, but what waswisest and best for thorn. (Applause.)What was it, he asked, that had madethe greatness of the British nation? Wasit because its political leaders backed andfilled, with ears to the ground, and a con-stant eye to the sweets of .office? No. Itwas because the statesmen of the Victorianera had deeply-rooted convictions. Theywere men of high honour. Tho word of aBritish Minister was accepted as his bond.Integrity, a high sense of honour, and aconsciousness of high public duty weretheir, distinguishing characteristics. Mr.Massey had now a chance—n betterchance than any public man had had formany a long day—to carry out a greatwork. He had force of character, and thecourage of his convictions, and he (thospeaker) felt confident in the future.

The chairman then presented Mr.Wright with a handsome dliiniing clockas a token of regard from his friends andpolitical supporters; also, on behalf of thowhite residents of liarotonga, CookIslands, two beautiful native mats, sentin appreciation of the strenuous effortswhich Mr. Wright had exerted in Parlia-ment in his campaign for the redress oftheir grievances.

In reply, Mr. Wright paid a hightribute to the Opposition members of thelate Parliament. It had been said of thoOpposition that there were not in theranks of that parly men qualified lo forma Government. His own opinion was thatthe Reform leaders wore head andshoulders above tho members of the pre-sent Government in that respect—men ofability, and honesty of purpose. As forthe insinuations that the Reform party'spolicy would bo detrimental to the inter-ests of the country, that was a base libel.(Applause.) A change would be highlysatisfactory, and of great benefit to thecountry. ■ Ho would predict that therewould be no dissolution; that Mr. Masseywould govern for (he full term of the newParliament. (Applause.)

OPERATIONS AT THE RACES.

SERIES OF "STIFF FINES.IBy Teleeraph.—Press Association.]

Auckland, February 1.A number of charges of racecourse bet-

ting were heard' at the Police Court to-day before Mr. Cutteii, S.M.

P. and 11. Conway, two carters, ploadcdguilty to having made bets at Ellerslie onDecember 20. They had been seen by adetective, and taken to the Racing Clubsecretary, to whom they admitted tho of-fence, and from whom they asked for achance. They were fined .£2O each, andallowed to pay at tho rate of ,£1 a week.

Joseph Howson admitted having madebets at Takapuna on January 29. It wasstated that has was working in conjunc-tion with two brothers, who had not yetbeen served with summonses. He also wasfined .£2O, and ordered to pay by instal-ments of £1 a week.

In a similar case against Ernest Maud(betting at Ellerslie) the offence was ad-mitted, and a fine of .£2O was imposed.

Humphrey Heron, who did not appear,was similarly charged in respect to De-cember 2G. Evidence was given that ac-cused was seen to take money from peopleon the Ellerslie racecourse, and to makeentries in a book. When Constable Ros-ier accosted him lie said, "What's up?" Towhich Rosier replied that he was "totebetting." Accused then offered Rosier .£5to let him get out of it. Accused, wastaken to the office, and when, charged re-plied "Yes." His Worship imposed a fine

'ins. Ernest M'Carthy and Joseph Brownwere each charged that, on January 1, atEllerslie, they made bets within view ofpersons freotienling the course. After

■hearing the "evidence, the magistrate saidthat lie was (mite satisfied that accusedhad been making liets, but he was notsatisfied that I hey wotc bookmakers. Howould therefore reserve decision on thatpoint.

CASTLEPOINT LIGHTHOUSE.

A LOCAL TENDER ACCEPTED.The lender of Messrs. S. Luke and Co.,

Ltd., has been accepted by the Ministerfor Marine for the- erection of (ho lowerfor (lie now lighthouse at CasUepoint,Tho rontraet price is .£1375. Other ten-dors received were as follow:—C. Jndil,Ltd.. Thames. .1M4'.I!); Cable and Co., Wel-lington. JJlfila,: A. and T. Hurt. Ltd.,Christehnich. .CIP'2I: Stevenson mid Cook.Toil Chalmers. .CISSI: Anderson, Ltd.,Ohristchnroh. ,02088: .T. .T. Niven nnd Co.,Napier, .02250; Dispatch Foundry Co.,Greymouth, ,£229-1.

The Hawke's Bay Fanners' Co-opera-tive Association, Lt'd.. oiler DSO acres ofwell-subdivided, well watered, freeholdproperly. .The terms are easy. Par-ticulars appear elsewhere.

"Big Ben," Stewart Dawson's latestalarm clock, has just arrived, and thepublic are invited to inspect him.

TROUBLE IN TURKEY.MURDERS IN MACEDONIA.

By T«loirra.Dh-Piv!>s ABsoclation-CopyrlEliS(Rtc. February 1, 11.25 p.m.)

Vienna, February 1.Disquieting activity exists amongst tha

Bulgar bands in the Halepa and Kopruludistricts of Turkey.

Four men and two women were killedby bands who cut the lxxlies into pieces,alleging treachery.

Nino others were murderedin GranischaForest for telling the authorities of tliowhereabouts of the Koprulu baud.

A priest and five villagers at Kadaskudwere also murdered in revenge for thedeath of $. revolutionary leader.

A bomb factory was raided at Rndo-vischt and mat soldiers killed by a pitymature explosion.

AMERICAN DYNAMITARDS.

STORES OF EXPLOSIVES.

By Tclctraoh—Pre»« Araoclatlofl-Oopyrifhi(Itec. February 1, 0.5 a.m.)

Now York, February 1The Federal Graud Jury at Indiano*

polis, which is investigating the nation-wide dynamite conspiracy, has obtainedinformation as to the whereabouts ofgreat stores of explosives used in tbxjdestruction, of anti-labour buildings.

HOME RULE BILL.

LIBERAL JOURNALIST'S FORECAST,

Bt Telecraoh—Prcu Auwetation—Oopjrrijhl(Rcc. February 1, 10.50 p.m.)

London, February I.Mr. E. T. Cook, tho well-known Lib-

eral journalist, in an article in the "DailyChronicle," hints at the possibility of anew Homo Rule Bill placing Ireland inthe position of a Canadian province to-wards the Dominion, rather than that ofCanada towards the United Kingdom.

Mr. Cook says such a solution wouldleave the door open for similar appli-cations in other parts of tho TintedKingdom. This is not what the Nation-alists want but a steady trend existsamongst thoughtful Britishers in thisdirection.

EMIGRATION AGENT.4

CHARGED WITH. FALSE PRETENCES*

By Tcleerapli—Pree« Association—OopytlgMLondon, January 31.

The case against G. 11. Brown, an euii-frration agent, who is charged with ob-taining money by false pretences in con-nection with forged testimonials tA &

farm labourer emigrating to Western ?nis-tralia, has been resumed at Nelson, inLancashire.

In his evidence tho prisoner said hewas aware that Bcharrell, an intendingemigrant, was a weaver. Ho told lhawifo that he." husband must describ*himself as a farm labourer.

JAPANESE COLONY.

IN LOWER CALIFORNIA.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Ooprriehl

San Francisco, January 31. ,The United States Government is to

1m asked to refuse to allow tho es-tablishment of a colony of Japanese >nLower California for fishery purposes.The proposal, it is reported, is to giv«the Japanese a fishing monopoly and fivemillion acres of land in Mexican terri-tory. The Monroe Doctrine is to be in»yoked in opposing the scheme.

CANADIAN LAND.-4

WITH AMERICAN NAMES.

Br Tclecrapli—Prc»» Atieoiatkm-GoMTirtlOttawa, January 31.

Captain Dernier, tho Canadian Gov-ernment Arctic explorer, declares thatland in the north of Canada is labelledwith American names. Peary gavenames to Arctic areas where he had nevereven been. Captain Mernier urges theGovernment to rename the arcaß..

COMMONWEALTH OFFICES.

LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AGREESTO SALE.

Bj Teleirrtpb -Press ASBoeiatlon-OoprrlßtalLondon, January 31.

The London County Council has en-dorsed the sale of : tho Strand site fortho Commonwealth-offices. There wassome opposition to (he sale of the free-hold, but it was over-ruled. Tho hope-

is expressed that other Dominions willfollow tho example of the Common-wealth.

ROYAL RESCRIPT.

THE KAISER'S TnANKS.

B.t Tolcsrish-Prcss Ansoclation-CoityrlchlBerlin, January 31.

The Kaiser, in a rescript expressingIns thanks for birthday congratulations,states that tho sentiments whichFrederick the Great's bicentenary cele-brations unlocked in the hearts of youngand old was a guarantee that Frederick'sspirit lives on, despite the many dis-agreeable phenomena of the present time.

The phrase is generally regarded inBerlin as a reference to tho Socialistvictories.

BRIBING A JURY.

AN ATTORNEY INDICTED.

By Telegraph—l'resa AESodation-CopyrlgMWashington, January 31.

At Los Angelas Attorney Parrow baabeen indiclotl by order of (ho Gram!Jury, charged with nttemptin:,' to krilwthe jury in the M'Namara dynamitecase.

Messrs. William, H. Tumbull and Co..27 Panama Street, advertise lor sale ftsheep run of !)920 acres, with 10-roomedhouse complete with all out-bmUliiiKS.The present owner is leaving for bug-land, and is prepared to sell for .C12,.'i00.

Messrs. V. Marshall and V. Durhamadvertise in I his issue that Uioy willmaintain a 'hus service between Mirnmarand the city. All faros Gd.

Today (Friday), at 11 a.m., Messrs.Brand and Johnston will sell at IhaMarine Department's vards, PipitoaPoint, four boats, :11ft.. 27ft., lSi't. flin.,and 21ft. liin. respectively.

Messrs. Abraham and Ltd.,will hold a slock sale at Shannon onWednesday, February 7, at 1 p.m.

Mrs. Creighton Hale, teacher of inns-sage, London, has opened a branch ofhor school of massage in Wellington.

THE DOMINION, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1912.4

KIRKOALDIE & STAINS, Ltd.

KIRKCALDIE'S SUMMERSALEGREAT BARGAINS for TODAY !

TJ EMEMBER that the wholo of our Stock conies within the scope of the. Sale,every article in stock is reduced in prico, ami the general discount is 15 per

cent, or 3s. in the JC. But there are heaps of extraordinary bargains, and thefollowing are some of them:—

MOntETTE UNDERSKIRTS, in 'Sky Blue, Reseda, Heliotrope, Brown andGreen. Kegular prico Bs. lid. each. Price now 6s. 11d. each.

NATURAL WOOL COMBINATIONS, high neck and short sleeves; only twosizes left, Clearing at 2s. 11d. and 3s. 9d,

GOLF SHAPE COMBINATIONS, o very special line, nicely trimmed Valencien-nes lace. Usual price Bs. lid. Price now ss. lid.

NAINSOOK NIGHTDRESSES, hand made, trimmed with Valenciennes lace andinsertion) no collar. Usual prices 225. 6d., 395. Od. Clearing at 14s. 11d.t275. 6d.

PRINCESS PETTICOATS, with plain muslin frills.Usual prices 9s. lid., 10s. lid. Prices now 6s. 11d., 7s. lid.

MAIDS' ALPACA DRESSES, in Cream and Navy Blue Empire style.Regular price 45a. Clearing at 255. 6d.

MAIDS' GREY TWEED COSTUMES, sizes i, 5, 6 and 8.Regular prices 225. 6d. to 355. lid. Clearing at 7s. 11d,, Bs, lid.

CHILDREN'S VESTS, all wool, in small sizes.Regular prices Is. to Is. fid. Clearing at 9d.

BEDSPREADS AND BLANKETS.BEDSPREADS, embroidered and hemstitched; a special lot offered now at 25

per cent, below- rognlar prices.Single bed size—Usually Hs. 6d., 155., 16s. 6d., 19s. 6d. each. Now 6s. 11d.,

10s. Gd., 11s, 3d., 15s. 6d. each.DoublV bed sizc-Usuallv 16s. 6d., 19s. 6d„ 2os. 6d., 275. 6d. Now 11$, 9d„

14s, 3d., 18s, 9d., 20s.NEW ZEALAND BLANKETS, a special selection from the lending Woollen Mills

of the Dominion. The Blankets are offered now at exceptionally low prices.-Singlo bed size-Now 14s. 11d., 16s. 6d., 18s. 3d,, 205., 225. 6d„ 265. 9d. a pair.Three-quarter bed size-Now 19s. 6d., 215., 235. 6d„ 265. 9d., 295. lid., 38s. 6d.Double bed size-Now 265, 6d., 235, 6d„ 335. 6d., 395. 6d., 495. 6d., 595. 6d.

WHITE ENGLISH BLANKETS.Single bed size—Now 11s, 3d,, 13s. 3d. a pair.Three-quarter bed size—Now 13s. 3d., 13s. 9d., 16s. 9d.Double bed size—Now 21s, 6d., 235. 6d.

KIRKOALDIE & STAINS, Ltd.

STIRRING FOOTWEAR BARGAINSAT HANNAH'S SALE.

OUR Half-yearly SALES are popular because we never fail to makegood our reputation for GREAT BARGAIN-GIVING. This Sale

eclipses all previous efforts.EVERY PAIR REDUCED

TO CLEAR OUR TREMENDOUS .STOCKS.Women's Glace One Bar Ward Women's Glace Kid Gibson

Shoes, rubber heels. Derby Shoes, usuallySale price 3s. lid. 12s. 6d, Salo prico 9s.

lid.Women's Glace Kid Oxford Hen's Chrome Qoloshed Bals.Shoes, usually 10s. 6d. S,il o prico 9s. Gd. Usu-Sale price 7s. Gd. ally 12s. Gd.■n*rt «,«n '„ 'r>„„ n-M t;» «,„». Men's Glnce Kid Goloshed\\omens lan Km lie Shoe?, t, i, p„„riiT n slarge buck es, usually ft f 1%, > s ;"* llI "?'

it- ci «.,i„ „,.,•,.., «/ «". bale price 10s. lid.lis. Gd. Sale price 9s. "Walk-Over" Boots for Men,in Lace or Button,

Women's White Canvas Derby best quality. UsuallyShoes, # large eyelets. 275. 6d. Salo price 19s.Salo price is. 3d. 6d.' 2s, in the £ off all Regular Lines. ,

R, HANNAH & CO., LTD.,'THE BIG BOOT MARTS,

2GO LAMBTON QUAY AND 103 CUBA STREET, WELLINGTON.SALE NOW ON AT ALL OUR BRANCHES.

T ONDON AND LANCASHIREINSURANCE COMPANY.

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MARINE.—AII Classes Covered, in-• finding Persouil Luggage, against

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ACCIDENT,-Employers' Liability anda Most Liberal Personal AccidentPolicy, including a List of Diseasos.

SECURITY to Policyholders, £4.812,381.Full Informalion can be obtained at

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WELLINGTON.

WHEN ELLIS, THE ART TAILOR,GIVES 15 PER CENT. DISCOUNT, ...

IT COUNTS.OUCH a concession off an ordinary*> stork suit xyoiilrl be meaningless be-yond the amount of cash saved.

In an I'.LLIS SO IT this substantialrti-count secures, in aildition to the cashfining, a guarantee of superior art inTailoring, Lasting Qualities, and Perma-nent Satisfaction.-

While- this offer holds good, COME!

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In variety of Suitings, all fashion- jable shades are stocked. The range-

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A TRIBUTE TOPUR9RE.

Extract from N.Z. Ofiieinl Year Book(1010).

"Simple Alkaline Water.-.""Such water- are not common in this

country, the only characteristic one. sofar ns 1 am aware, being PurlH, Takeninternally they net as antacids and diure-tics, am! promote the biliary secretion.They are useful in certain forms of gout."

(Thus Dr. WohlMDiin. GovernmentUalueologist).

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BULKLEY AND DIDSBURY,DENTAL SUUGFfiNS.

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Messrs. J. Harris and Sous, land agents,Martou, advertises for sale in this issuea general store and bakery business. Thestore is situated in a first-class Taranakirailway town, and it is staled that theturnover at present (and for some timepast), which has been ,£B.iO to ,i'7JO permonth, could be greatly increased.

The Thorndon Amateur Swimming Clubwill hold their annual carnival at theThorndon baths to-morrow, Saturday. Astring band will bo in attendance. Ad-mission is Is. Tea and programmes free.

At 1 p.m. on Tuesday, February 0,Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., andDalgoty and Co., Ltd., will offer for salea mixed assortment of live stock.

AN ENGLISH SPY.

ANOTHER TRIAL IN LEIPZIG.By Telegraph-Press Aseoclatlon-Oopyrliht

Berlin, January 31.fiertrand Stewart, who was • arrested

in August last while photographing theWes&r forts, and on whom it was stateda number of maps of tho German coastand cipher letters were found, has beencharged at Leipzig with attempted ss-pionage at Bremen, Cuxhaven, Heligo-land, and Wilhelmshaven. Eeplying tothe president of the Conrt, ho said hisknowledgo of the German language wasabout twenty words.' Ho had visitedGermany several times, and was an offi-

cer of tho West Kent Yeomanry, andwas a keen sportsman. He declared heknew nothing of naval matters.

Tho newspapers are already publish-ing imaginary details representing Stew-art as a gentleman spy, co-operating withmany in ferreting out seorets.

After Stewart had been interrogated,evidence was taken, in camera. Stewartappealed for publicity, in view of false-hoods circulated about him in the Ger-man press.

GENERAL CABLEGRAMSV-r Telegraph—Preas Association—Oopyrlehl

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FIRST CO-OPERATIVE STEP.(Rec. February 1, 9.35 p.m.)

Melbourne, February 1.The first step likely to bo taken to-

wards naval co-operation between Aus-tralia and New Zealand will bo on.invi-tation to tho Dominion to send cadetsto the Commonwealth Naval College.

LASCAR' GUILTY OF MAN-SLAUGHTER.

Calcutta, January 31.The Lascar who murdered Mr.

M'Crea, second engineor on the steamerClan Lamont, between Aden and Colom-bo, and was sent to Calcutta for trial,has been sentenced to. four years' impris-onment for manslaughter.

COUNT TOLSTOY'S WIDOW.St. Petersburg, January 31.

The Tsar has granted Count Leo Tol-stoy's widow .61000 annnally.

' A PROHIBITED BOOK.Rome, January 31.

Monsignor Duchesne's "L'llistoireAueienue de l'Eglisc" has been placedon the index of prohibited books.

SCULLING.Sydney, February 1.Powell has accepted Felton'9 chal-

lenge to row far .£IOO aside on theClarence River.

SUFFOCATED BY FOUL AIR.Adelaide, February 1.

Two men, Pascoo and M'Arthur, weresuffocated by foul air whilst working inthe hold of'tho stranded barque Margit;which was wrecked at Kingston, 291 mileseast of Adelaide in November last.

DISOBEYING THE TSAR.St. Petersburg, January 31.

The Bishop of Saratov has been dis-missed for disobeying the Tsar's ukaseand the Holy Synod's decree enjoiningthe expulsion of a monk named Iliodor.

HURRICANE IN FIJI.Suva, February 1.

Taviuni reports that the wirelessplant has been restored. Tho islands-were badly swept by the ■hurricane,houses and crops being badly damaged.The glass registered 27.50.

THEIR MAJESTIES AT GIBRALTAR.(Rec. February 1, 11.25 p.m.)

Gibraltar, February 1.Their Majesties, on their arrival here

in the P. and 0. liner Medina, witnessedthe trooping of tho colours by the Staf-fordshire Regiment, and a march past bythe garrison. The Infante Don Carlos re-presented King Alfonso.

URUGUAYAN AGRICULTURE.Sydney, February 1.

A Commission of Uruguayan engineersmd proftssors has arrived here to study;ho .agricultural and pastoral industriesR'ith a view to the improvement of meth-ods in Uruguay.

AMERIGAN PRESIDENCY.Now York, February 1.The Republicans of Chicago are favour-

ing Mr. Taffs nomination as Republi-can candidate for the Presidency, andare laying their plans to start a move-ment in nis favonr.

EARTHQUAKES IN ALASKA.New York, February 1.

Heavy earthquake shocks have been ex-perienced throughout South-Eastern Al-aska. The movement was from north tosouth. Buildings swayed alarmingly andthe people rushed into the streets.

CHANGE IN AN OCEAN CURRENT.Vancouver, February 1..Exceptionally warm weather prevails.

This is attributed to a change in the di-rection of the Japanese current. 1

WHEAT HARVEST IN DANGER.Ottawa, February 1.Grave fears are entertained as to the

wheat harvost in Winnipeg, where ninemillion bushels await threshing and GOmillion bushels are unshipped.

NO TOBOGGANING ON SUNDAYS.Ottawa, February 1.

The prohibition of tobogganing in thepublic parks of Toronto on Sundays hasaroused intense opposition against theCity Council.

An English writer, describing "Waterlooas Napoleon Saw It" in the "CornhillMagazine," pictures Napoleon ns antici-pating tho methods of recent warfare,while Wellington's methods wero those ofthe feudal conqueror: "Wellington . . .

TO-DAY'S PAPER.

SOME LEADING FEATURES.

LEADERS- PageThe Attack on the City 1When Parliament Meets i

GENERAL-Tho Tramwav Strike 5Mr. K. A. Wright Entertained... iWireless in the Pacilic , i

. Mr. Irving nt tho N.Z. Club ...i

C'astlcpoint Lighthouse iYorkshire Wool Letter IIAustralian News I!England and Germany I)Dramatic Censorship ;iBankruptcy Busiuess 2Our Chryralis Army 2S

SFORTS-The Turf • 7Crictet ■ *>

Bowls ; ILawn Tennis 7Football •• IBoxing 1Swimming '

Billiards iOlvmpic Games iRille Shooting < 1

CABLEGRAMS * and 5COMMERCIAL 8ENTERTAINMENTS f>FARMING hLAW REPORTS i 3LOCAL AND GENERAL IMINING 8NEW ZEALAND NEWS 6PERSONAL ITEMS 4SHIPPING AND MAILS 7WEATHER REPORTS i and 7WOMAN'S WORLD 3

BRISBANE STRIKE.EMPLOYERS STEP IN-

LOCK-OUT DECIDED ON.

LOYAL EMPLOYEES TO BE PAID.

A FAR-REACHING PROPOSAL.

By Teleeraph—Frees Association—OasrrtThtBrisbane, February 1.

Tho most important development is thodecision of tho employers to accept thoohnllenge of tho unions to a general strike,and to close down all works.

At a meeting of tho Employers' Fed-eration it mas resolved:—

"That a serious position havingbeen 'caused by the withdrawal ofall union hands, it is advisable, underpresent circumstances, to ceaso trad-ing nntil such time as is decided uponat a future meeting. This resolutionto coino into effect at G o'clock on Fri-day night."

It is further announced that loyal em-ployees will receive their usual wagesduring the period of closing down.

. This counter-move will have a far-reaching effect, and will add many tothe ranks of tho idle.

RAILWAY MEN DIVIDED.The railway men are divided. It is

understood a large eocfcbn favour thestrike, but others resent tho action ofthose who have gone out without thesanction of the Employees' AssociationExecutive.

There will probably be further develop-ments to-day.

MARKETS AND WHARVES CLOSEp.Tho city presents on unwonted ap-

pearance. Hotels and restauranta areclosed, and there are great crowds intho streets, yet practically no businessis doing.

Tho railway produce markets are shut,and no goods are being delivered by therailways.

The wharves are deserted, and novessels aro being dispatched. Withina day or two several steamers will arrive,but there is little prospect of their beingable to unload.

MOTOR-DRIVERS STRIKE.The strike is steadily spreading, and

tho motor-drivers have joined in, thusreducing the means of locomotion to sub-urban trains and 'buses.

The employees at Bundamba minesand the Ipswich railway shops have de-cided in favour of sympathetic strikes,though the men are not out yet.

LABOUR LEADERS' THREATS.The Labour. leaders. threaten to call

out the unions outsido the metropolis.They also state that the Sydney, Mel-

bourne, and Adelaide Tramway Unionsare only waiting the word to strike insympathy.

BUTTER FACTORY ATTACKED.A Government Gazette notice was is-

sued last night, calling on all the hotel-keepers and wine-sellers in the metro-'politan area to close- and keep closedtill February 7.

A section of the strikers broke theirrecoTd for good behaviour by attackingthe iceworks connected with the Pre-mier Butter Factory and breaking mostof the windows.

A posse of police dispersed tho men.The management states that the com-

pany is making ice for the hospitals, buttho strikers apparently thought; other-wise.

EFFECT IN SYDNEY.Sydney, February 1.

The effect of the Brisbane strike isbeginning to be felt in Sydney andother inter-State ports.

The shipping companies decline to ac-cept cargo for Brisbane, and this hasrendered idle a number of wharf hands.

There are some fears that if an at-tempt is made to unload vessels it

Brisbane other ports may be involved.

SEETHING WITH EXCITEMENT.

STRIKERS BREAK CONTROL.(Rec. February 1, 8.40 p.m.)

Brisbane, February 1The city is seething with excitement

and the reign of order, which markedthe strike so far, was broken through thisafternoon. A lorry, laden with beer, pro-ceeding from the railway station to Per-kins's brewery, was surrounded by strikerswho were trying to induce tho driver tojoin them. His refusal led to an angryoutbreak. The driver was hustled andassaulted. The Commissioner of Policeand a few men came on the scene andkept the crowd in check till strong re-inforcements arrived and drove the crowdback, enabling tho lorry to Teach thebrewery safely.

During tho excitement a revolver wasfired from amidst tho strikers, and thebullet narrowly missed Inspector Car-roll's head.

Another cart, laden with potatoes, wasstuck up. The load was thrown in thestreet and the driver pelted with pota-toes. The police arriving compelled thecrowd to reload and conducted the cartto safety. ' ,

The police magistrates aro busy swear-ing in special constables, of whom a largenumber are offering.

FIFTY UNIONS INVOLVED,

AND A.HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN.(Rec. February 1, 8.10 p.m.)

Sydney, February 1.The secretary of the Labour Council

received the following wire from the sec-retary of tho Queensland Council:—"Gen-eral strike, fifty unions involved; com-plete stoppage of industry; hundredthousand involved; inform all kindledbodies."

CUTTING OFF SUPPLIES.

CUSTOMERS RUSH THE SHOPS.(Rec. February 1. 9.35 p.m.)

Brisbane, February 1,There are no trams running and much

inconvenience is being caused by thedefection of the stalls of tho city rail-way stations, but a curtailed service oftrains is being maintained with the as-sist inco of some porters who have re-mained loyal. The suburban service isso far unaffected.

Two steamers arrived from the northand landed passengers and mails and pro-ceeded south without attempting to un-load cargo. The steamer Wiarrego ar-rived yesterday and was hung up. Thestoppage of the coastal service will havethe serious effect of cutting off suppliesin tho city and outposts.

The shops opened this morning andwere rushed by customers, but they weresoon closed.

Another big procession of strikers heldthis forenoon was orderly, n strong policoforce escorting the procession.

SYDNEY UNIONISTS' ATTITUDE.(Rec. February 1, 9.35 p.m.)

Sydney, February 1.The secretary of the Labour Council

_haa declared that in tho ovsat of, any_

goods handled by non-unionists in Bris-bane coming to Sydney no doubt theunionists would refuse to handle same.Tho president of tho council expresses thehopo that tho trouble will be localised inQueensland.

CARGO REFUSED.

SHIPPING SERIOUSLY AFFECTED.(Bee. February 2, 0.5 a.m.)

Sydney, February 1.All the shipping companies are refusing

cargo for Brisbane and northern ports.Only a few steamers will run of thetrouble continues, and possibly passengertraffic will also be cut out.

PALMYRA ISLAND.

WANTED BY ENGLAND ANDAMERICA.

By Telecrsph—Press A«B«cfation—CooyrfchlWashington, January 31.

Rumours that Great Britain intendedto take possession of Palmyra Is-lands have reached the State Depart-ment. Tho latter professes no know-ledgo of such action on Great Britain'spart. Tho question arises whether theBritish annexation in 1899 cancelled theprior Hawaiian title; if not, Palmyraought to belong to tho United States,as an Amerioan captain in 1852 causedthe island's annexation to the then king-dom of Hawaii.

ARBITRATION PROBABLE.London, January 31.

It is reported that Great Britain isseeking a coaling station at Palmyra Is-land.

Owing to the claim by the UnitedStates, the matter will possibly bo re-ferred to arbitration.

HEAT IN AUSTRALIA.

BUSH FIRES NEAR ADELAIDE.

By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyrieM(Reo. February 1, 8.40 p.m.)

Melbourne,February 1.The weather is extremely hot, the

thermometer in the city registering 109degrees.'

Adelaide, February 1.Great heat is being experienced and

the thermometer registered 110.8 degrees.There are many bush fires on the sur-rounding hills.

A CYCLING RECORD.

FREMANTLE TO SYDNEY.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright(Rec. February 1, 9.35 p.m.)

Sydney, February 1.Birtles, the overland' cyclist, finished

a ride from Fremantle to Sydney, 3175miles, in thirty-one days two hours, beat-ing his previous record by five days elevenhours.

SUNDAY PERFORMANCE.

CONDEMNED BY PRIMATE.

B} Ifrelejrraph—Press Association—CopyrightLondon, January 31.

The Primate, the Most Rev. Dr. David-son, in a private letter to tho SundayAlliance, condemns the holding of theDickens gala theatrical performance onJanuary 7 last.

His Grace says it is the obligation ofevery Christian to safeguard tho Lord'sDay; the opening of the theatres on thatday would be a terribly false step, and

a grave wrong to thousands of theatricalfolk.

CONTRACT SHEARING.

AUSTRALIAN UNION BALLOT.

By Telecrapn-Fresß Agsociation-Gopyright(Rec. February 1, 0.55 a.m.)

Sydney, February 1.The Australian Workers' Union has an-

nounced that in the ballots throughout theCommonwealth on the question of con-tract shearing the voting was 23,910against and 2178 for contracts. A major-ity waa also cast against a proposal forfour runs of work per day, with two runson Saturday. N

V.S. PRESIDENCY.

MR, ROOSEVELT A LIKELYCANDIDATE.

By Teleeraph-Presa Association-OopyriehtWashington, January 31.Political circles closely in touch with

Mr. Roosevelt declare that tho ex-Presi-dent is unlikely to refuse nomination for.the Presidency if the call is sufficientlyrepresentative.

THE TRIPOLI WAR.

TURKS ANSWER QUESTIONS.By Telegraph-Press Association-CoDntett.

Paris, January 31.The Turks on tho steamer Manoubasuccessfully answered questions put tothem. Several show social distinction,and apparently assumed the characterof hospital assistants provisionally.

FEDERAL BANKING.

Bj Tclecraph-Presj Associatlon-CopjrtehfSydney, February 1.

The Labour Confcronco has adopted :iresolution in favour of the Federal bank-ing scheme, and is urging tho State Gov-ernment to accept tho ofl'or to partici-pate therein.

A RING OF TROOPS.4

ONE THOUSAND ARRESTED.MOB KILL A GOVERNOR.

DRASTIC MEASURES IN LISBON.

By Tcieeraph—Press Association-Copyright

Lisbon, January 31.A ring of troops enclosed the trade

union quarters, while the police arrestedone thousand persons, including severalleaders of the strike committee.

Senhor Franco, ex-Foreign Minister,has been arrested for endeavouring tosubvert tho republic.

A mob at Moita, nine miles east-south-oast of Lisbon, armed with hatchets,killed tho Governor of Estreinadura.

The Government has announced thatthe strike has collapsed.

The railway men have resolved not tojoin the strikers.

3,500 ARRESTS REPORTED.

THE UNIONIST HEADQUARTERSBESEIGED.

Br Teleirra»h—Press Association—Oosirurhl(Rec. February 1, 11.25 p.m.)

Lisbon, February 1.The newspapers are not being published

in consequence of the strikes.Tho Government, by means of motor-

cars, is distributing an official statementjustifying its action. This states that thetrado union headquarters were besiegedby artillery and the leaders summoned tosurrender. Within a quarter of an hoursix hundred complied, the men being sentto the warships and tho women and child-ren to the arsenal.

The trades unionists are in close touchwith tho Anarchists, continues the officialstatement, which adds that the strike isbeing fostered by Monarchist gold.

Other reports state that 3500 men havobeen arrested, including a son of Dr.Boabard, whoso murder in October, 1910,hastened tho revolution.

A bomb exploded in Flores Square. Oneperson wag killed outright, and two aredying.

A bomb factory was discovered at theheadquarters of the Federated TradesUnions.

THAT BELFAST MEETING.

POLICE AND MILITARY PREPARED./

By Teleeraßh-Preas AESociatlon-OojiyrlehlLondon, January 31.

In view of possible trouble iu Bel-fast on the occasion of tho Homo Rnlomeeting to be addressed by Mr. WinstonChurchill, First Lord of tho Admiralty.Southern detachments of police arestrengthening the Belfast police.

Two hundred police in mufti willform Mr. Churchill's bodyguard.

Threo hundred men of the CheshireRegiment have arrived. They will bringthe battalion up to its full strength.

I

COUNTER DEMONSTRATIONS.London, January 31.

There is to be a Unionist demonstrationat the Agricultural Show Ground in Bel-fast simultaneously with Mr. Churchill'smeeting.

A REPORT DENIED.(Rec. February 2, 0.5 a.m.)

London, February 1.The report that an Orangemen's de-

monstration will be held on February 8is denied.

BRITISH INSURANCE ACT.

DOCTORS DECLINE A CONFERENCE.

By TelefrMn—Press Association—Copyright(Rec. February 2, 0.5 a.m.)

London, February 1.Tb© Council of the British Medical As-

sociation and the College of Surgeons ofScotland have declined to attend a con-ference with the Insurance Commission-ers.

Tho Manchester Unity Order of Odd-fellows, at a conference representing amillion members, agreed to the Order be-coming an approved society under theInsurance Act. A resolution was defeat-ed condemning the board's appeal to theHouse of Lords to amend the InsuranceAct.

London, January 31.The Royal College of Physicians has

declined to attend a conference with thoInsurance Coium-'ssionors to discuss theworking of tho National Insurance Act,though it is prepared to assist in amend-ing the schsTic in the direction of safe-guarding the medical profession.

BIG HAUL BY THIEVES.

IN BIRMINGHAM AND PARIS,

By releffr»D×Pr«s« Ass«cfiitl<ia—GoDTrichtLondon, January 31.

A thief secured .£SOOO worth of jewelsand samples at New Street Station, Bir-mingham, thnugn exchanging bags in acloak-room.

Paris, January 31.A man psc.pcil after blinding with

popper and robbing: Gouypellier, thecashier of the Celluloid Coiepcny, ofjEfiOOO in a Paris thoroughfare,

EXCITING CHASE.

DESPERATE GANG OF THIEVES-

GENDARME MURDERED.

By TelesTt>t>h-Prcaj Aeeociation-OopyrieM(Hoc. February 2, 0.5 a.m.)

, t Paris, February 1.J'liroo burglars, armed with Browningpistols, wore surprised while robbing

gendarmes at Angervillo were ad-They tired on. the railwaymen wlio at-tempted to capture them, ami jumped intoa train just leaving Paris,the goods depot at the Orleans Station,vised by telegraph and attempted to ar-rest the miscreants. Thoy killed one ofthe gendarmes and wounded another.

The others of the gang then lied, ex-cept one, who remained in the train un-til it arrived, and then blew out hisbrains in the telegraph office whero hohad been locked.

The inhabitants of Angorvillo chasedthe others, and attempted to lynch themfor the gendarme's murder. One who wascaught t-aid he was a Canadian namedOscar Wild.

Tho gendarmes pursued tho other toEtampcs, whero ho committed 6uicidc,crying "Hurrah for. Anarchy!"

LATE DUKE OF FIFE.

A COUSIN IN MELBOURNE.

PRESIDENT TAFTS CONDOLENCES.

By Telegraph—Press Association—CopyrightMelbourne, February 1.Mr. Jekyl Chalmers Duff, who is eaid

to succeed to the lato Duke of Fife'stitle, is now a resident of llolbourne.Ho was formerly a member of the IndianPolice, and is minus an arm, which wasbitten off by a tiger while big gameshooting. Ho claims cousinship to thoDuke of Fife, and is fully aware thateven if he succeeds in proving his claimto tho title there may be no estate ormoney attaching to tho peerage.

Washington, January 31.President Taft has sent a message of

sympathy at the death of the Dnko ofFife.

THE HEIR TO THE EARLDOM.(Rec. February 2, 0.5 a.m.)

Brisbane, February 1.Tho "Daily Mail" states that Mr. J.

C. J. Duff is now a superintendent ofIndian police at Bilaspur, in the CentralProvince. He was aware of his father'sclaim to tho earldom, and made diligentinquiries into tho matter in Englandsome years ago.

BOY SCOUT CHIEF.t

GENERAL SIB BADEN-POWELL INNEW YORK.

Dy TelcErißh—Frora A66oclatlon—CoDjTight(Rec, February 2, 0.5 a.m.)

New York, February 1.A great gathering of boy scouts wel-

comed General Sir R. Baden-Powell,head of the movement, on his arrivalfrom England. Tho General declaredthat if tho Governments gave him theprice of a Dreadnought he could makeDreadnoughts unnecessary.

CHINA'S CIVIL WAR.

JAPANESE LOAN FOR REVOLU-TIONARIES.

Dy Teleerapn-Preis Associativa—Oouyrfirhl(Rec. February 1, 11.25 p.m.)

Shanghai, February 1.A Japanese syndicate through tho Yoko-hama Specie Bank has arranged to ad-vance the Nanking Government five mil-lion taels.

DOWAGER EMPRESS'S DECISION.Peking, January 31.

The Government announces that theDowager Empress has informed theCabinet that peace has been decided on,and lias instructed the Ministers to ar-range accordingly.

AMERICAN NAVY.

THE DEMOCRATIC ATTITUDE.

By Teleirraph-Fress Association-Copyright(Rec. Fobruary 2, 0.5 a.m.)

Washington, February 1.Although the Democratic Caucus opposes

tho building of additional battleships,the party agrees to a substantial pro-gramme of auxiliary ships.

UNIVERSITY SENATE.

The annual meeting of the Senato oftho New Zealand University was conclud-ed yesterday, when the Statutes RevisionCommittee passed the resolutions of theSenate in their final form for incorpor-ation in the statutes. It was decided tomake the award of the Habens Prizeat tho April meeting of the Senate. Thenext annual meeting will be held atAuckland on January 18, 1913.

CAGE BIRD CLUB.

The "Wellington Canary and Cage BirdClub intends holding its second annualshow at Beggs' late shop, Willis Street,on Saturday. Ono hundred and fiftycage birds will be shown, comprising overone hun'dred Norwich and Yorkshirecanaries, the remainder being the beauti-ful plumagcd finches from nil parts ofthe world. Several special prizes havebeen donated by various bird fanciers,for competition amongst the youngcanaries, etc.

RIFLE SHOOTING.

TARANAKT ASSOCIATION.(By Tcleeraph—Prosa Association.'.

New Plymouth, February 1.The. eighth annual meeting of the Tarn-naki Rifle Association commenced at theRewa rillo range. TheWeather was finebut windy, and Iho light in tho morningrather bright, but, nevertheless, someexcellent shooting was witnessed. Theentries were good (hough more were, ex-pected, as tho prize-money had been in-creased, and totalled over CO, this beingabout eight short of (lie number last year.The Stratford, I'ohokura, Kaponga," Rn-hotu, Kaitako, Okato, and New PlymouthRifle Chilis wero well represented. Thethree matches fired were:—The Waitnramatch (seven shots at ,'iOO and 50(1 yards),.won by Rillemnn D. Roots, 0"; the Ingle-wood match (seven shots at 500 and GOOyards) won by Rifleman Guy (Kaponga),with 07; and tho New Plymouth match(seven shots each at ,100, 500, and 000yards),' Lieutenant AVillis winning with ascore of 98.

STRIKESTILLON.UNION MAKES LARGER DEMANDS.'

SUFFER ATTITUDE OF CITY COUNCIL

INFLAMMATOIY TALI AT NEWTOWN,

There was still no settlement of the tramway dispute when negotiationsbetween the City Council and the Strike Committco closed at midnight lastnight, and unless one of the two parties recedes in some substantial degree fromthe stand it has taken up, there does not appear to be any immediate prospectof settlement. Early yesterday afternoon there was a possibility that the strikewould end, ou)ing to Inspector Fuller having written to the Council asking to b»transferred to another branch of the service. Mr. P, Hally, Conciliation Com.,missioner, had offered his services to the council as intermediary, and thecouncil accepted them. He interviewed Inspector Fuller, and the latter wrot»to the council, thanking them for what, they had done to vindicate his character,but stating that, while he felt that he was justly entitled to hold his position,ho realised that it might become untenable, and rather than cause further in-convenience, he would ask in tho interest of the public to be transferred. Buttwo unforeseen contingencies had been overlooked by those who saw a settlementin view. The council refused to accept Fuller's resignation for the present,and the tramwaymen added to their terms of settlement a demand for an in-demnity against strike penalties. So things remain very much, as they were.The Tramways Committee sat practically all day until 3 p.m., and then thecouncil sat until 6 p.m., and again in the evening until midnight. Negotiationsbetween the two bodies were conducted by Mr. Hally, and at the adjournmentit was arranged, at the request of the counlil, that representatives of the unionmeet the council this morning at 10.30.

The strike continued in magnificentweather yesterday. The public had al-most grown accustomed to thestrange andpleasant quietude of an nir unshaken by(he roar and rumble of (ho cars, but thedistant dwellers nnturally felt a good(leal of disgust at tho unwonted experi-ence of having to use their legs to get toand from work.

, Any street, taken at any moment,would have appeared to a citizen just re-turned from a holiday in strikeloss partsvery much the same as when the carswere still running. Perhaps a very care-ful student of the city's ways wouldhave deduced something from the largerstreams on tho pavements. There werea good many buses and expresses plyingfor hire. Some enterprising people ad-vertise a regular van service. The mostconspicuous addition to tho nniuecliani-cal means of transport was a hugo drag,with a unicorn team, in which, as a largeplacard notified tho public, passengers'could travel to Newtown for sixpence.It is unnecessary to say that the strike

was tho one topic of conversation, andrumours were as thick as tramcars. usedto be. Thero was little disposition togrumble. Everyone appeared to be philo-sophically ready to wait a while. It-hadbeen supposed that the light and powersupplied to private persons and firmswould be cut off, but everything in thisrespect was exactly as usual.

There wero indications yesterday thata number of citizens aro contemplatingthe formation of a Citizens' DefenceLeague to resist the encroachments of theunion.

AT THE TOWN HALL.MR. FULLER OFFERS TO WITH-

DRAW.

COUNCIL UNDECIDED.

All sorts of rumours were abroad yes-terday as to tho attitude which the CityCouncil would adopt towards its tram-way servants on strike, and at an earlyhour in the forenoon the stories crystal-lised into a statement that the councilwould "back down"—that it would con-cede tho union's demand for tho transferof Inspector Fuller. As a matter of fact,however, tho council adjourned at 1.15p.m. without having decided upon acourso of action.

The Tramways Committee met at 10a.m., and sat until noon in private. 'Whilethe meeting was in progress, Mr. P.Hally (Conciliation Commissioner), accom-panied by Councillor D. M'Laren, visitedthe Town Hall, and conferred with thecommittee. After the meeting, the Act-ing-Mayor (Councillor J. Smith) was ap-proached, and asked whether he had anyannouncement to make. He slated thatthe committee would sit again at 2.30p.m., and the council at 3 o'clock. No-thing, he added, had been determined.Asked whether Mr. Hally was acting asa mediator between the tramwaymen andtho council, the Acting-Mayor stated thatMr. Hally was not acting in pursuance*of any request by the council. He. couldnot say whether or no Mr. Hally wasaccredited by tho men, but ho had ad-vanced proposals which were, to someextent, in conformity with the views ofthe committee. The Acting-Mayor addedthat, even in the event of an immediatesettlement, it would bo impossible to runany cars that evening. ' None of the carshad undergone tho inspection which, inthe normal courso of events, is carriedout every night. Should a settlement bearrived at the car-shed staff would haveto spond the whole night in cleaning andinspecting the cars preparatory to a re-sumption of the service this morning.These remarks seemed to indicate thatCouncillor Smith contemplated the pos-sibility of an immediate settlement, buthe declined to make any definite pro-nouncement on tho subject.

INSPECTOR FULLER'S OFFER.

WILLING TO RESIGN.The Tramways Committee met again at

2.30 p.m., and before long nearly all themembers of the council had assembled inthe committee-room.

At 3 p.m. Inspector Fuller came to theTown Hall, and conferred, at intervals,with Mr. Jf. Cablo (assistant tramwaysengineor)> Jl'". J. O'Shea (Citv Solicitor),Jlr. Palmer (town clerk), and"Mr. Hally,the Conciliation Commissioner.

At D.30 p.m. tho councillors moved up-stairs to the Council Chamber, and con-tinued their meeting. Soon afterwards acouncillor, coming out, stated (hat In-spector Fuller had offered to transferfrom his present position to other em-ployment under the corporation. It wasfurther ascertained that the council wasdubious about .accepting Inspector Fuller'solfer, its members fearing that publicopinion would be against them if they"hacked down" in regard to InspectorFuller.

There was a great deal of coming andgoing while the meeting was in progress,and more than one councillor, as heemerged from (he meeting room, boreupon his face a look of extreme, worryand perplexity. ,

One person, on coming out after (hemeeting was over, remarked that thecouncil was "keeping a stiller back" now,and others spoke in a similar strain. TheActing-Mayor was again approached, andanuin' declined to make any statement.Asked whether he would have anythingto say after the meeting of the councilill the evening, he replied: "If we go onin the same way wc shall have nothingdone to-night."

Mr. Smith was then asked whether thecouncil had received a letter from ln-EiUlcr. offering to. accofit a trans-

fer lo other employment. "I tell youthat we have had a, communication fromhim," was all that, the Acting-Mayorwould say on the subject.

MR. HALLY'S PART.

BASIS OF SETTLEMENT PROVIDED.The facts in regard to the negotiations

of the (lay were obtained from the Con-ciliation "Commissioner (Mr. P. Hally),who had been busily engaged since 0 a.m.in endeavouring to promote a settlement.Interviewed in the afternoon, Mr. Hallyslated that a written offer' from Inspec-tor Fuller to accept a transfer'was be-fore the council. The single demandof the tramwaymen on strike being thatInspector puller should Iks transferred,Mr. Hally continued, it appeared thatnothing stood in the way of a settle-ment but acceptance by the council ofMr. Fuller's offer.

Mr. Hally staled that in opening nego-tiations he had acted solely upon his ownresponsibility, not having been requestedto do so either by tho tramwaymen orthe council. Learning that tho (tram-waymen asked for ono thing—lnspectorFuller's transfer—he liad gone to thatofficial, and suggested that htf should askto bo transferred. To this courso Mr.Fuller did not at oneo agree. Ho stipu-lated that he should sco his. omp]pyevs—the tramway managers—before giving adefinite reply. This ho did, and after-wards agreed to ask to be transferred.Mr. Hally carried tho information tothe council, and suggested to that bodythat it should consent to transfer In-spector Fuller. The council declined toentertain a verbal offer, and asked thatit should he mado in writing. This rais-ed no difficulty. In the presence ofMessrs. Hally, Palmer, O'Shea, and Full-er, a letter in tho required terms wasdrawn up, and Inspector Fuller signedit.

In liis letter, Ifr. Puller stated, in ef-fect, that he realised that if he soughtto remain in his prosont position itwould become, untenable. < Looking nttho matter from a public point of view,he recognised that his retention wascausing a lot of inconvenience, and pos-sibly some buffering. On these grounds,although quite prepared to uphold thojustice of his position, bo asked to borelieved of his duties as inspector, audto be given some other employment un-der tho council,

FULLER'S RESIGNATION REJECTED

UNION'S DEMANDS NOT GRANTED,

LONG SESSION OF COUNCIL.Tho council metagain at 8 o'clock in the

evening, and began a prolonged sittingbehind closed doors, awl hours flipped byas a little band of pressmen and a fewofficials—adopting perforce the mental at-titude of Mr. Micawber—waited for some-thing to happen.

There was a brief adjournment at 10.30p.m., when councillors, as one of themput it, "took iivo minutes off to have asmoke." ,

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Before long it became known that themen had augmented their demands thatthey were no longer content to ask onlythat Inspector fuller should 1)0 trans-ferred, but (lemandel in addition an in-demnity against prosecution for striking,and other concessions as well.

Shortly before 11 p.m., and agam at11.30 p.m., Mr. Ilally oame to tho TownHall and conferred with the council.

Tho council concluded its sittings at11.45 p.m., and the Town Clerk, on itsbehalf, made a brief statement to thopress. In the first place, lie producedInspector Fuller's letter, which had beensubmitted to the council earlier in (hedav. In doing so, ho stated that thocouncil wished it to be clearly understoodthat none of its members had in any-way influenced Inspector Fuller to,writethe letter. He had done so quite volun-tarily. Tho letter is as follows:—

February 1, 1912,i The Town Clerk,

Wellington,lie Tramway Dispute.

Sir,—ln connection with tho abovematter, I desire to thank the councilfor wliat it has dono in respect toits' vindication of my character, andtho position I liave taken up in thismatter.

Unfortunately, however, circum-stances have arisen which plainly in-dicate to nic that tho position non-occupied by me will be more or lessuntenable, and I do not wish that Ishould be, personally, tho causo of in-convenience and suffering to tho pub-lic. lam quite willing to place my-self unreservedly in the bands of thocouncil, trusting that I may be trans-ferred to some other branch of thoservice, 1o some position that I canhold with justice to myself and «-:il.i«-faction to "the department, and thosettlement of tlio grave difficulty thathas now arisen. In tho hope thatthe desire I have above expressedmay meet with tho approval :>f Ibocouncil,

I have, etc.,G. FULLER,

Mr. Palmer also produced tho follow-ing resolution, passed by the council inregard to tho letter:—

"That tho council thanks InspectorFuller for his letler, and cordially appre-ciates the motives by which he has ljeenactuated, but deems it inadvisable to dealwith his request for a transfer, to sonicother branch of the service, at the pre-sent stage of the tramways dispute."

The only further statement made bythe Town Clerk was that late in the even-ing certain representations were receivedfrom tho union which could not, at solate an hour, be considered by the coun-cil. The council had adjourned until 10o'clock on the following morning (thismorning). At that meeting they wouldiboprepared to receive a deputation fromtho union 'to hear anything the tram war-man mislit taTjj to. eubniit,

UNION'S AUGMENTED DEMANDS.

INDEMNITY REQUESTED;Tho following is the text of the union 3

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demands, referred to by tho Town Clerfcabove :—

Trades Hall, «Cuba Street,February Ist, 1913.

His Worship the Acting-Mayor,Town Hall,

Dear sir,—lt having come to theknowledge of our committee that yourcouncil is not quite clear' ns to whatis desired for a settlement of Hi©tramways dispute, we have now toinform "you that our terms of settle-ment are as follow:—

1. Tho permanent Temoval of In-spector Fuller from tho tramwaysservice,

2. That the council give a written,undertaking to indemnify against

possible legal prosecutions any per- 'son involved in tho tramways dispute.

3. That the council guarantee thaton resumption of work the men in-volved in this trouble shall not besubject to victimisation, but shallcontinue in their employment as if nocessation of work had occurred.

Tho foregoing"terms hold good till Sa.m. to-morrow.

Yours respectfully,W. T. YOUNG, Chairman.ALEX. SUTHERLAND,

■ ■ , Secretary.It may bo added that there arc, about

400 men, and each is liablo to a •fine, of>£25. Tho indemnity asked for would,therefore, involve tho. city in a possibilityof paying .£IO,OOO for tho pleasure ofseeing the men break tho law.

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE COUNCIL.Somo information was obtained from

a reliablo source last evening-in regardto the proceedings of the Tramways' .Com-mittee, and the council, during Iho dayand evening. The former body, when itsat in tho morning, was engaged mainlyin considering what sort of couldbo run, and other matters of a similarnature. ■...,..

Tlio council during the day exhaustivelydiscussed the strike and its' possibilities,but didnot get into actual touch'With the.Strike Committee until about eleveno'clock p.m. During tho day a proposalwas mentioned as likely to bo advancedby tho men—that three tramwaymen whodeclined to go out on strike with the restshould bo dismissed, as a condition priorto settlement. Tho council unanimouslydeclined to entertain any proposal of thekind. . ..:■

During a part of tho afternoon, and al-most the whole of the evening sitting, dis-cussion centred on Inspector Fuller's olforto accept n transfer. The motion finallypassed in regard to this matter is printedabove.

Some discussion took placo in regnrd tothe speeches at the strike meeting inNewtown Park, and strong exception wastaken to some of the statements made.

Although (he proposals of tho StrikeCommittee did not como officially beforothe council until it was" too ■> late toproceed with the meeting, tho termsof settlement proposed by tho meurweramore or less accurately known. As re-gards the transfer of Inspector 'Fuller, Uiogeneral feeling of the council was thatthis might bo discussed. It did not followthat the council was prepared to. givaway, but it was prepared to consider thematter. According to our informant thecouncil took n firm stand against thomen's demand that Inspector Fullershould be removed from theservice.

As to the demand of the strikers forindemnity against prosecution- tho generalfeeling was that tho council _ had nopower in tho matter, and that it must boleft entirely lo those who are entrustedwith the administration of the law. Asone councillor put it, "wo don't admin-ister the law, and we mil have absolutelynothing to do with it. AVe won't interferein any way."

A brief discussion took placo upon thathird item in the men's proposals dealingwith what they describe as "Victimisa-tion." It was fell, however, (hut toomany issues were raised to bo discussedso Into in the evening, and, by a baremajority, the council decided to adjournfor the night.

Finally, absolutely nothing definite hasbeen done in the way of approaching asettlement.

A MOCK "CITIZENS'MEETING."

MASS MEETING AT NEWTOWNPARK.

SOME OUTRAGEOUS DEMANDS.INFLAMMATORY SPEECHES.

A mass meeting organised by tho StrikeCoinmittw, was held in Newtown" Parkyesterday afternoon. Tlicro wore aboutSOU people present, and among them wereprobably all tho tnimwaynieii onstrike, their wives and relations, mid alot of other people who happened to havono work on hand. Some few outsiders\veut_ along to sec what was to be seen,but in a general way the meeting quitefailed in its object—to introduce to ihoimpartial citjzens of Wellington tho'caseof the tramwaymen. It was a beauti-ful sunny afternoon, and the crowd lazrdaljont on the grassy slopes fringing thesports field, listening to the strike load-ers' talk of organised labour, "pimping "

and "scabbing," and other things. Thespeeches were of the nature sometimescalled inflammatory, but no one wis 'itall inflajtied. Most of (he siwnko'rsworked themselves into a fnio frenzy nn dtheir audience had thrills of a sortAgreed with tliom for- lh« -time bein-,'and enjoyed themselves whollv. .pro!soiitly the tune camo to end tho" meeting,but the crowd wanted more, and MrGl G.\ farl'ln(1 Mr. Robert. IW ■gave, it to thorn. It was not at nila. citizens' meeting, but a traiuuavmcn'smeeting, and. the tramwmieii,- Ui^

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MR. YOUNG'S DEMANDS.Mr. W. T. Young, chairman of tho

Striko Committee, was tho first' to standon tho rostrum, a box which' had oncodone duty as a bird cage. Ito greeted thecitizens, and'told them that ho proposedto tell them tho trninwaymen's position"in regard to this unfortunate dispute"Tho tramwaymen regretted, ho said, thatany inconvenience should be caused tothe community through tho laying up oftho trams, But he asked them to bearin mind that tho tramwaymen hud beenabsolutely forced into their present posi-tio~ii. The tramwaymen thought that theyhad among thoni'a-man .who was not pre-pared to carry out his duties in a manlymanner, and' that being tho case, theybad taken up their present position, "tmay say," ho said, "that there is onlyouo inspector in this service to whom themen. have any objection andtiiat is Fuller. It there is nothing wrongwith that man, why have the men them-selves no objection whatsoevei to thoother inspectors? Wo don't object to aninspector being in the service. We haveno objection to his performing the dutiesto which he is appointed, and for which,bo is paid." added Mr. Young, "but theyliolicved that if there was a man in thoFervioe, irrespective of whom he mightbe, who was not doing his duty in a fairnnd straightforward way, then that manmust bo removed from the service—(hear,hear)—because a man of that character was-jiotonly a danger to the men in the servicoImt to the general public." (Hear, hear.)The speaker went on to relate n few of(ho facts of tho Fuller case, and then ap-proached the matter from another aspect."Is u large public utility such as thetramways," ho said, "to be tied up for aman like Fuller? (Voices: No.) Then ityou don't want tho service tied up forliny one man, whoever he may be, it isyour duty as citizens to tell tho City-Council that that is your position. Butit seems to mo that tho City Council havemoro concern for one man than for thepenoral community of this city. (A voico:Part of them.) Part of them, I shouldday." / , • .

"NOT EXACTLY LAW."Mr. Young insisted that tho tramway-

Jnen had not had justice. They had been(told that they might put their case be-fore the City Council, nnd they had beensubsequently told that they could be re-presented by counsel. Now they wantedno .counsel in matters of this kind. Whatthey wanted was not exactly .law,. . butjustice. 'It was a' marvellous and an im-possible position for 11 men who were theemployers of the tramwaymen to adjudi-cate on their case. How could men ex--pect to get justice from a tribunal con-sisting of their own employers? Whatthey wanted was an independent tribunal.The caso went hefore the Tramways Com-mittee, and they recommended to theCity Council that Fuller be stood down.Ho was stood down by tho TramwaysManager, and wdicn thereport came beforetho; City Council the report was adopted,which ■•meant the transference of Fullerto .some other department. Councillorf-'hirtcliffo at once gave notice to rescindthat motion, and after giving notice hogot among his fellow employers of the

.Federation—(hear, hearj—andsucceeded in having influence brought tobear on tho other councillors, with thereSnlt that the resolution was rescinded.For the position to-day they had to thankShirtcliffe and tho Employers' Federation.

STRIKERSvMUST NOT SUFFER."However," continued Mr. Young, "ive

have taken a definite stand."Not one wheel in this tramwayservice," he added, "is. going 'to re-volve until Fuller is dismissed. (Hear,

hear, and applause.)"We asked for bis transfer. It is

. now not a matter of his transfer. Hemust go right out of this service.(Applause.)

.'...'"And the men here taking a holidaymust be absolutely absolved from all-penalties under tho. law. That is an-other condition."We are not going to have a singleman penalised by any law for stand-

. ing up for his moral rights. (Hear,hear.) , .

"I know I shall be punished for this,but I care-not.- I; have justice on mvsulo, and where ,that prevails I caro forno law. ...

"If they thought we were fools enoughto lie back in camp for It days whilothey trained their guns on our' fortifica-tions, 1 they were greatly mistaken. If iti-s to .be battle, let it bo battle at once.'Ihero is now an indication that woare <on the point of victorv. I believe Inm perfectly safe in saying that. (Avoico: So.soon?). Yes, so soon. Mako nomistake about that. (A voice: We wanta holiday.) But if there is- to bo any 1representation whatsoever, it must comefrom them."

A RESOLUTION MOVED.Mr. D. Blackic, secretary of tho Drivers'

Mml' ro?e to nlovo a resolution. He saidtho Iraniways Union had the support c!all tho unions in the city, and the major-V>' ot the unions throughout'the Domin-ion. They wero sorry to inconvenience thepublic, but they wanted the sympathy ofthe public with them so long as 'thistrouble .lasted. Supposing this trouble hadarisen in .any business firm, what wouldthe manager have done? Ho would havesaid: "My interests are at stake, and, goodn.vyott have teen to-mo as a servant, youmust go in tho interests of my business."That was what tho City Council, as trns*tees for the people of Wellington, shouldhave said to Insnector Fuller. He movedthe following resolution:—

"That this mass meeting of citizenscongratulates tho Tramways Unionupon its magnificent stand for theprinciples of unionism, and calls uponthe City Council to recognise unionismby effecting a settlement of the strikeupon jines agreeable to organised lab-our."

"A CLASS WAR,!'Mr. P. Hickey. ono of the leaders of

the New Zealand Federation ofLabour, sec-onded the motion. Mr.Hickey is not wellknown here. .Ho is a young man withsome command of tho language, a goodvoice,, and a, vehement platform method.

The Council had been playing agame of bluff, he. thought, andnow they would havo to fight. And itwould not be a fight between tho CityCouncil liiul the Tramways Union, butfight between tho City Council and theorganised labour, not only of Wellington,but of the whole of New Zealand. Forthero might be differences of opinionamong the working class as to the bestmethods of organisation, but whr-n it cameto a class war, his federation would seethat no organisation was dragged to adepth which was degrading to Labour.The City Council might find that theywere up against a bigger propo-sition than they had any idea0f... Already steps had been takento make it very awkward for them, andthe committee would persist in theirtactics. They would persist until theywon. (Hear, hear.) The men on thoCity Council were employers looking attho business from the view of tho Em-ployers' federation. Secondarily theywere supposed to be watching the inter-ests, of the city. Having some slightknowledge of tho Labour movement inNew Zealand he wanted someone to tell'bim linw the union were going to lose.Would someone plenso tell him? WoulilThe Dominion lcind.lv tell him? Wouldthe "Post" kindly tell him?

THE COAL QUESTION.Continuing, Jlr. Hickey said he ven-

tured do say that.fights of this kind werenever lost except when workers were trait-ors to their cause. If they recognisedthat the struggle of ono section of La-bour was their struggle, that a fair fightwas their ftght—if they grasped thatprinciple they must see that they could notlose. There were only two reasons for■failure in such battles—ono was lack of.financial support, and tho second was"soabbery", by organised workers. If itmjiib to a fight—and he bslieved it wouldnot—he ventured the opinion that therewould be no organised "scabbory" atall. In order to win, tho City Councilmust first get _ the necessary motivepower, and motive power in this ago was.generally speaking, coal. P>cforc coalcould reach the power-house it must passthrough the hands of tho drivers, and l odrivers in the city would handle it.' Mr. Blackie: Not ono.

Supposing, continued Jlr. lUckoy, itwero possible for the City Council to getcoal supplied through some drivers, there

■was still tho' handling of the coal ontho ships to bo considered. And there wasnot one of the hundreds of men on thewharves at Wellington who would soiltheir hands handling coal fo be used by•"scabs." As a matter of fact. Ire under-stood t0.07 had already refused to handle

it. But if the wharf men failed, therowere still tho seamen, and not a man oftho Seamen's Union was going to'disgracohis union by carrying "scab" coal to thisport. And supposing all else failed, thecoal miners could bo relied upon not tohew coal for "scabs" to handle.

"UNIONISM MUST WIN."Unionism, declared Mr. Hickey, must

win; tho defeat of unionism meant vic-tory for pimping, and spying, and char-acter-breaking, and all the rest of it.Tho tramwaymen could rely on financialand'other support from outside of Wel-lington. For tho preservation of thoimaginary dignity of Councillor Shirt-cliffe, was it to bo thought that citizensof Wellington were going to allow tlieindustries of New Zealand to be di>turbedby a set of won who had already vir-tually admitted once that they were inthe wrong? The outcome of this fight

rested in tho hands of the organised work-ers of Wellington, and the organisedworkers of the rest of New Zealand wouldswing behind them. How were they go-ing to lose? They must win, because oftho solidarity of the Tramway Union—

SOS votes for striking, 2 informal, andnone against—absolutely solid.

A voice: Two "scabs."Mr. Hickey: No, two informal. ■ Good

,luek to you. You will have the supportof every labour organisation of New Zea-land.

"FULLER IN THE BAG.NOW.""I believe we've got Fuller in the bog

now," said Mr. 31. J. Reardon, unionsecretary and editor . of the "WeeklyHerald." "It only remains for us to de-cide whether tho tramways men aro goingto work with those who did not remainloyal to their class in the hour of trial."He blamed the City Council for tho wholetrouble, and he suggested that if thetramwaymen had broken the law, tho menwho had driven them to it should pay tho(inc. This should be made one of theconditions of settlement. Ho understoodnow that there was no longer any ques-tion about Inspector Fuller, but a massmeeting of citizens should demand thoresignation of "these men," who shouldget down and make way for honester men.When the elections came, working menmust ignore theso men, _ not mindingwhether they had university educations,or whether they had been crack three-quarters in their day. Working menmust bear in rnind that if they wantedthings done for them they must get menout of >their own movement to come for-ward and do it. Thero was no possibilityof any greater solidarity in any body ofmen in any part of the.world than therewas in tho Wellington' Tramways Union.So long as that solidarity ' remained, solong as the square remained unbroken,thero could he no other conclusion thanvictory for the tramway men.

"NO ARGUMENT AS TO RIGHT ORWRONG."

Mr. R. S. Ross, ' editor of the"Maoriland. Worker," was ;' the nextspeaker. "It .'seems to- me," hesaid, "that whatever the positionhas been, developments have altered it.After a striko is on there is only oneattitude for every worker, and that is tostand shoulder to shoulder with thestriker. must be no argument asto tho right or wroug of the trouble. . . .If. the workers of Wellington realise thatany section of themselves are in trouble,it becomes the duty of. all to participatein the trouble, and a craft trouble willbccomoaclass matter." Going on, hesaid that one of the workers' enemiesjust now was tho' City Council. Hoshould not like to be a city councillor.Were tho workers going to ask the coun-cil to. proclaim to the rest of the worldthat Wellington was a "scab" city. Thodemocracy would not permit any suchprocedure. And the council were indanger of carrying for the rest oftheir lives the infamy of having been"scab" employers. More about "scabberyand. pimping," and then a little aboutThe Dominion and its attitude to Labourfilled in time until Mr. Ross spoke ofdemocracy again. ' If the councillors be-lieved in democracy they would affirmthis principle—that .it was governmentfrom the bottom upwards, and not fromthe top downwards. This being so, sure-ly 100 nien interested in making the ser-vice efficient had a right to demandthat/one, man..-who was inefficient andobjeotionablo should bo removed fromtho service. But apart entirely fromthe rights and wrongs of the case, theworking class must swiug into line be-hind tho tramway men, and carry themto victory. If. they did that they wouldteach these recreant city councillors alesson they would not easily forget.They were trying to inflict upon thecity a "scab" service, and it was timethoso city councillors wlio had any sym-pathy with the tramway men threw intheir resignations rather than have any-thing to do with such a position. lieconcluded with a vehementdenouncementof the Arbitration Act, and especiallytho penal clauses of it.

MOTION DECLARED CARRIED.Mr. E. ,T. Carey, union secretary, ad-dressed himself more (o the citizens than

to the union men. He regretted thatthere had been a strike, but tho unioncould ,do nothing else. And in spite ofall The Dominion" might say, the publicof Wellington were in sympathy with theTramways Union.

Tho motion was then put to tho meet-ing, and was declared carried unanimouslyon a show of hands. A very large sec-tion of the crowd did not vote.

Mr. Toung_ announced that the businessof the meeting was now over, but thecrowd called insistently for "Farland"and "RobertHogg," and their demand .wassatisfied.

WATERSIDE UNION SUPPORT.Mr. G. G. Farland, secretary of the

Waterside Workers' Union, spoke first."No matter what the citizens say," hesaid, "so Ion? as we of the working classstand together to,receive the justice we areentitled to, we must succeed. As far asthe waterside workers a-To concerned, theystand solidly with the members of theTramways Union. Assembled in theTrades Hall last night wo had a deputa-tion of black coal workers, demanding toknow whether tliey were to go to worknest day to load coal for your power,house. "Tliey recognised. a.s workersthroughout the world realised, that aworker who wo.s injured, no matter whe-ther ho was Frenchman, German, Dutch-man, or Irishman, was entitled to thelovnl support of the working class." Hethought any sane business firm would tella man who could not get on with thootlier men to*"take his hook and get outof it.""PAYMENT FOR THE IDLE DAYS."Mr. liobert Hogg admitted at once that

he could not talk trades unionism; hecould only talk Socialism. He suggestedthat the tramway men should add to theirterms of settlement a demand for pay-ment for the idle days. This would maketheir rest a holiday in reality. "You willwin. Yon liave won already," he said,"but after you' have won you will he ex-actly as you are at present. The councilwill" have power to appoint other inspec-tors, and inspectors' work is workno matter how von do it. You can't euroa hog until you kill it." Tliis last wastho introduction to a Socialistic harangue,which ended up with the expressed hopethat Labour would grow in strength un-til like an avalanche it would "sweepCapitalism to Hell."EMPLOYMENT OF ARTILLERYMEN.

Mr. Young announced that to-day atnoon there would be a mass meeting intho Post Office Square. He also statedthat since the trouble had commenced aneffort had been made by the Tramways'Department to get a number of artillery-men to run the cars, He believed thoapplication was made to them, and thattwenty-five men offered their services ifthey onuld get permission from headquar-ters. General Godley had, however, de-clared that any man going on the tram-cars would be instantly dismissed. (Loudapplause.)

Cheers wero given for tho speakers, andthe meeting dispersed quietly.

STRIKE TACTICS.

LABOURERS NEEDLESSLYINVOLVED.

STREET REPAIRS BLOCKED.A somewhat peculiar exhibition of strike

tactics occurred yesterday forenoon. Agang of eight, men were employed in tar-ring the tramway track in Cuba Street.The men aro members of the GeneralLabourers' Union, and have absolutely noconnection with tho Tramways "Union orDepartment. In order to prevent farfrom hardening in the .eroovea in the

rails—in which ovent it is difficult to dis-lodge—it is necessary to clear out thegrooves along a length of track before itis tarred. Two men of the gang were cm-ployed on this work when .Mr. M. .1.Reunion, secretary of the General Labour-ers' Union, camo along and directed themto cease work. The men obeyed tho man-date of the union secretary, and knockedoft. Thr, City Knginesr (Mr. W. 11. Mor-ton), on being communicatedwith, at oncedirected that the whole gang should sus-pend operations, since the clearing of thegrooves was necessary to the efficientcarrying out of the work. Ten men, in-cluding two who would have been em-ployed on tar-boiling operations duringthe night, were thus deprived for thotime being of their employment as n. re-sult, of tho action taken by Mr. Reardon.

Mr. Morton is extremely indignant atwhat he regards as a perfectly needlessand petty interference. The council, horemarked in speaking of the occurrence,had shown every possible considerationin allowing the labourers to go on withtheir work. They were general labourers,carrving out street-repair operations, andthe"cleaning of the tramway grooves wasan essential detail of the work. Mr.Morton holds that thero was absolutelyno reasonable pretext for the action takenby the union secretary, since tho men,who suffer by loss of work, aro not inany way concerned in the tramwaydispute.

STATEMENT BY MR. REARDON.Mr. M. J. Reardon, secretary of tho

Labourers' Union, gave a slightly differ-ent version of tho story to a. reporter lastnight. He stated that ho had seen twomembers of his union cleaning tho tramtrack in Vivian Street. They had finishedthe work, but lie told them they had noright to do any work in connection withthe tramway service, from which thomen had withdrawn. They returned tothe yard, and said complaint had beenmade to them about their doing thisparticular work. The foreman thereupontold them that if they were not preparedto do track-cleaning there was no otherwork for them to do. There were eightor ton other men in the yard at thotime, and they all took tho hint, pickedup their coats, and left the yard. .

A MANIFESTO.

FRANTIC APPEAL FOR HELP.

WHAT THEY' SAY OT THEIRENEMIES.!

The Strike Committee have put intocirculation something called a manifesto.It manifests nothing very much, excepta trifle of hysteria, and coarse invective,but there is a vein of humour in it whichits author probably did not suspect. Sonicof the spiciest parts arc worth repro-duction:—

"A service which exalts the spy andthe informer grows intolerable when theresults menace the credentials nnd char-acter, repute, and livelihood of employ-ees.

"Our fight is not against the city, Lutagainst the City Council, and against itonly so far as it is an employer bent uponcrushing our self-respect and good nameand ramming down our throats an in-spector whose very presence in a respon-sible post provokes irritation, hostility,and incipient mutiny.

"Union'sts of New Zealand! So desper-ate was the position, yet'so deliberate ouraction, that we have risked fines, im-prisonment, hardships, and loss of em-ployment rather than submit to the in-sult and outrage the council "would .per-manently make our working cbndition.We have staked all on winning the recog-nition of bur assertion of manhood andorganisation—we have staked nil on secur-ing your approval and your support. Wemust triumph if you say the word.

"We ask the workers not to assist inthe' making of a 'scab' city and in themaintenance of a' 'scab' service. We askthem to make common cause with us.

Labour is one.""Neither by working themselves nor by

accepting the scabbery of those who lowerthemselves to work should men andwomen aid the City Council to fastenupon the municipal employees—the peo-ple's servants—and the city character-stabbing and tyrannical methods.

"Every unionist must link up againstthe attack upon unionism, and givo noquarter to the councillors who would es-tablish a huge municipal scabbery, norany consideration to the deserter and thetraitor.

Workers! Citizens! Do not be mis-led by the -press in its campaign of mis-representation and dictatorship. Thepresent situation is largely press-made.In the interests of those ever alert to thedisabling of unionism; .it sooled on thecouncil to revoke its own verdicts, andby its evil power made councillors re-cant upon their own professions andpledges. It has deliberately forced thelight it now denounces as unlawful andunjustified."

The manifesto is signed:"YY. T Young, President Trades andLabour Council and Chairman of StrikeCommittee.

itl';L Su, h!l'-? d'r, oret«y TramwavUnion and Strike Committee."

ALL HAIL-THE BICYCLE!REPAIR SHOPS RUSHED WITHWORK.

NEW TYRES FOR OLD..The strike has had the effect of bring-ing the safety bicycle into high and im-mediate favour once more. It was inter-esting, and at times amusing, to note thevast increase in tho number of cvcles thatwere seen in use yesterday on the streetsot the city and to cogitate on their devi-ous makes" and "year" patterns. Everyyear sees some slight improvement effect-ed m the safety bicycle, and those in th'trade can usually give a shrewd guess astowhat year any bicycle was manufactur-ed. To do this with even- bicvclo thatstreamed along Courtenay Place and Man-ners Street yesterday would have kept, themost brilliant expext hard at woTk. T'herewere generations of bicycles—great-great-grandfathers of the "free wheel"—bicycleswhich belonged to the era of sorfdom.There were those strong but clumsy-look-ing double-tubed "bikes" that are said tobe collision proof, and even those ancientswith the top"bar sloping down towards theseat fork. Even an old solid-tyred "bone-shaker" canie racketing down Upper Wil-lis Street, looking as unfashionable as acrinoline. Naturally the bicycle repairshops were rushed yesterday mornimj.One bicycle cobbler said he had done asmuch business between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.yesterday as in the whole week previonsly,and oven as he spoke a man venljired inwith an English-made choke-bore, double-barrelled rifle, and wanted to know if thedealerwould "siron" a second-hand bicyclefor tho weapon. There was nothing doing.Bicvcles aro more valuable than guns inthese days.

"I've find some rare old 'erodes' to fixtin to-day." said ono bicycle man."They've brought them in covered in mud,with burst tyres, and asked me to fixthem up so that the wheels will goround. New tubes and tyres and half-a-pint of oil generally fixes them up.'

"I'll tell you what is going to'come outof this demand for bicycles. People whoused to ride and have Riven it up for nyear or two ore being forced to takeit upagain, and are finding real pleasure in therecreation. In some cases a good deal ofwood-blocking and street tarring has beendone in the city since they last rodo thebike, and they soon find'how enjovabloand healthful it is. All I'm honing for isthat the strike will last a few days, Thobad weather this summer hasn't, (riven nsmuch of ii chance, and it must meannicking up a !<•■"■ i-ounds if the strikeholds out for a bit."

"PEACEFUL PICKETING."

THE STRIKE COMMITTEE.

STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN.While the City Council wero discussing

possible. terms of settlement in the TownHall, tho Strike Committee met in thoTrades Hall. At about 10.30 p.m. thechairman, Jlr. ;W. T. Young, made thefollowing statement to the press:—

"A meeting of tho union was hold inthe club-room at Newtown this uftenuonafter the mass meeting in the park, anda report was given. lo the men of thebusiness that had been transacted by theStrike Committer. Some twenty-live menwere appointed to carry on a system ofpeaceful picketing, and a number wereappointed to distribute copies of the com-mittee's manifesto lo the public. Thomen were onthuFiastic and firm in theirintention to stand out till a proper wttl*.

ment of the matter was arrived at withtho council.

"Tho Strike Committee met this even-ing and discussed various aspects of thesituation and havo also considered mat-ters that havo arisen since the cessationof work yesterday, and as a result havecomo to certain conclusions respectingsame. Sineo yesterday afternoon one ortwo other matters aro now involved bc-vjuid tho removal of Inspector Fuller fiomtuo tramway service.

"1 may also mention that it has comoto our knowledge, on most reliable author-ity, that, the City Council havo had theirenvoys at Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, andJ'etone, endeavouring to get men to runtho service. They offered, in some "cases,.£2 per day, and in olher eases more,and notwithstanding that they havo alto-gether failed to secure the services of asingle person. My informant is ono oftho men who were approached."

Mr. Tonng stated also that he had tele-grams, and letters of sympathy as fol-low :—

From the Auckland Tramways Union:"Stand firm. Bo just and fear not,

(Signed) Arthur Kosser, secretary."From the Shearers' Federation (Christ-

cnurch):"Stand firm once started. Tour fight

is the fight of all Maoriland workors.(Signed) King and Laracy" (president andsecretary respectively of the Shearers'Federation executive).

A letter had also been received from theWellington Letterpress Printers' Machin-ists' Union tendering theirsympathy to themen involved, and promising financial as-sistance, if such'were required, for thewives and families of the men on strike.Another' letter had been received fromMr. F. T. Moore, Johnsonville, promising,if necessary, to take somo action to raisefunds for 'the wives and families of thomen. • .

Asked whether tho committee would in-sist on a demand .suggested by one ofthe speakers at the afternoon meeting mNewtown Park—that two men in the ser-vice who did not strike should be dis-missed—Mr. Voiing said that ho wouldnot discuss the question.

THE WEARY TRAMP HOME.

WORKERS FEEL SORRY FORTHEMSELVES.

There was no marked advance in transitarrangements for suburban residents yes-terday, and many had a re-course to "shanks's pony" to reach theirhomes after work. Two or three dragsturned out at 5 o'clock last evening toconvey people to Newtown and Karori,but these could only take a few of themain- who would gladly have paid thesixpence for a lift along the road tohome. A few of tho expressmen providedthemselves with seats, and did a flourish-ing business between 5 p.m. and 0 p.m.,and the motor-cars and taxi-cabs secureda few of the "urgents."

Dwellers beyond the eastern hills avail-ed themselves of. the "short, cut" homethrough the Mount Victoria tunnel, andthe Kclbume tramway did heavy businesswith Northland and Karori people, who,as a rule, take the olectric cars home.The lift up to the higher level affordedly the Kelburnc route is of the greatestvalue to dwellers beyond the westernhills, and as the weather was "set fair"the walk to and from the city was notby any means unpleasant.

AN ABSOLUTE DENIAL.Speaking at Newtown Park yesterday

afternoon, Mr. \V. T. Young, chairmanof the Tramway Strike Committee, stat-ed, in reference to the resolution totransfer Inspector Fuller which was pass-ed some time ago by the City Council,that Councillor Shirtcliffe at once gavenotice to*rescind the motion. After giv-ing notice, Mr. Young continued, he gotamong his fellow-employers of the Em-ployers' Federation, and succeeded inhaving influence brought to hear on theother councillors, with the result that theresolution was rescinded. For the posi-tion to-day they had to thank Mr. Suirt-cliffo and the Employers' Federation.

When this statement was submitted toCouncillor Shirtcliffe, he cmphaticallydenied its accuracy. "I give that amost absolute denial," were his words."I have never spoken to anyone who tomy knowledge is connected with the Em-ployers' Association on the subject."

"EVEN THE COOKS AND WAITERS."-Whether the threats and rumours of animpending general strike which were

freely noised abroad yesterday, and on th ■grevjous day, have any foundation inlact, may be open to doubt, but a greatdeal of rubbish has been talkedby labour unionists and their leaders.One union secretary encountered last even-ing declared that if the council did not"back down" all the unions in Welling-ton would come out in support of thetramwayuien. "Even the cooks and wait-ers will come out," was his concludingshaft.

OBTAINING COAL.The news that private firms are likelyto be involved in difficulties in obtainingcoal if the council should elect to runthe car service is said to have in-clined some councillors to the view

that no attempt should be made to runthe cars while the strike continues. Tin'swas an item of news which filtered outfrom yesterday's meeting.

QUAINT IDEAS,Many quaint ideas must be enrrent

respecting the economic aspect of thestrike. A local firm, in the course of aletter suggesting that Mr. Fuller shouldhe given a long holiday in order to endthe strike, says that "the strike must bocosting Wellington at least .£25,000 a day"—which is at the rate of 7j millions ayear! Yet the most lenient book-keepingmakes the tramway profits only four orlive thousand a year. Where the rail-lions are involved one can only guess.

FERRY TRAFFIC AFFECTED.An increase of passengers in the ferry

service from town to Seatoun and Karak'aBay was anticipated, but on inquiry attho offices of the company yesterday, areporter itas told that there was not theincrease that was expected. Full shipswere most uncommon, and only about 60extra passengers were carried. No doubtif the strike keeps up there will be morepeoplo using the ferry boats to thesesuburbs. The usual fare is eighlpence re-turn, but it is understood that thePerries Company intends to raise tne faroto one shilling.

CASH REGISTERS-A PARALLEL.(To the Editor.)

Sir,—Some few years back an institutioncarrying on business in our district, andemploying a good many hands, saw fit toput a number of cash registers intotheir principal place of business. Veryshortly two employees were "bowled out"by the cash registers. The other employeesheld an indignation meeting, and actuallyproposed that they should resign in abody unless the registers were "fired."However, wiser counsels prevailed, and noupheaval took place. Substitute an in-spector for the cash registers and youhave tho parallel.—l am, etc.,

COUNTRY BUMPKIN.Manawatu, February 1.

OUTSIDE UNION VIEWS.

"A FUKELY LOCAL AFFAIE."(By Tclcerojb—Press Association.)

Dunedin, February 1.Tho Dunedin tramwaymen, who aroworking under the new agreement, areperfectly satisfied with their advantages.

They regard the Wellington strike aspurely a local affair. Tho local unionso far has not received a request forfinancial support for tho Wellingtonstrikers.

Christchurch, February 1.At a meeting of the Canterbury Trades

and Labour Council to-night a motionwas agreed to sympathising with theWellington tramwaymen in their ef-forts to secure a settlement of their dis-pute with tho Wellington City Counciland wishing them every success.

POSITION IN CHRISTCHURCH.ILLEGALITY OF WELLINGTON MEN'SACTION.

INSIDE UNIONIST COMMENT.(Bj Teleffraalt. -Special Correspondent.!

Christchurch, February 1.Mr- James Young, recretary of' theCliiistflh,ujc& Tramway Employees' .Union,

was asked by a newspaper reporter for hisopinions on the situation which has arisenon Hie Wellington tramways.

"The potentialities in the situation,"said Mr. Young, "point to ;i parting of theways, and to the necessity for somechange. What that change is to he Idon't, know that any man in the Labourranks can state definitely. It seems to meapparent that, the .Arbitration Act and itshide-bound methods have not given thatsatisfaction to tho workers that the Lab-our community had the right to expectfrom it when it was framed. There arenumerous instances in all trades, whore, ifmore elastic methods iiad been adopted inregard to wages, they would have conduc-ed more olioctively towards satisfyingLabour than is Die. case at present. Thisstate of tilings has culminated apparent-ly in tho situation as we find it. on theWellington tramways, and a similar statuof things could have arisen easily in re-spect to the Christchiireh tramways dur-ing the, past nine months, but that wisercounsels of sensible men in the union pro-vailed. The possibility of that situationarising still exists, and it only requirescertain measures to be decided upon by theWellington City Council to precipitate astrike of the tramway men throughout theDominion/'

"And that despite that some of them areworking under awards?'' asked the re-porter.

"AWARDS DON'T COUNT MUCH.""Yes," replied Mr. Young. "I think

when it conies to the point awards don'tcount much. You have not had so muchexperience of union meetings as I havehad in one way and another. _ Thereare times when a union official insuch a position as that which 1 holdcan control a meeting; but, of course, itdepends on the official and what his lean-ings are. There are other times whenno official can control a meeting. Thereis no doubt that tho sympathies of themen in Christchurch will be with theWellington men in what they have done,but 1 would not go so far as to say thatthe members of the Christchurch Tram-ways Union would break the law in theway that the Wellington Union has dona.1 don't say that the Christchurch menwill break the law; I simply say thereare situations that arise which no mancan control, whether it involves obedienceto or defiance of the law. Anyone who

has had to do' with trades unions in NewZealand knows that that is a fact, andthat you cannot get away from it. It isa fact that tho Wellington men havebroken the law, and apparently they arewilling to abide by the decision arrivedat and pay the penalty."

TROUBLE AHEAD.Asked' if tho tendency amongst the

tramwavmen in the Dominion was to-wards industrial unionism, Mr. Youngsaid that the Auckland Union had with-drawn from the Arbitration Act, whilstthe Christchurch, Wellington, and Dun-edin unions were still under it, workingunder aivards or agreements.

"The only thing that can be said inconnection with that point," ho contin-ued, "is that the Federation of Labour(Registered)- is making strenuous effortsto capture all those unions that aro con-cerned in transport operations particular-ly and these efforts are meeting with afair amount of success, and it appearsto one in trades union circles that ifthe Federation of Labour is successful ingetting the transport workers into theirorganisation, and is able to work them asono union, then thero is a considerableamount of trouble ahead of those con-nected with this particular industry inthe near future. If the transport workersare captured and a strike initiatedit must immediately affect the whole ofthe Dominion, and affect it very ser-iously.

EXTENDING THE STRIKE."Everything tends to show that there/

will require to bo a drastic alteration inthe attitude of employers towards work-ers in the direction of giving them re-muneration somewhat commensurate withthe capital produced by them. The effectof the Wellington tramway men going outis that they have come out from underthe Act, although they have not adoptedlegal methods of doing it. Tho only solu-tion of tho strike, if it is to be a successfrom tho men's point of view, is for theFederation of Labour (Registered) to beinvited to take them under its wing anduse its power in connection with thewaterside workers and tho miners, to com-pel the cessation of the strike bv pre-sumably extending it to these depart-ments of industry. That seems to mo tobe tho only way that the thing can besettled."It seems to one who has followed the

matter fairly closely, that the WellingtonCorporation have been somewhat imwisoin keeping Inspector Puller in his posi-tion as an inspector, seeing that in thatposition ho has caused severe dissatisfac-tion among employees, who number be-tween 400 and 500, whereas, if they hadused ordinary common sense, they wouldhave placed him in a position' in theservice where ho would not have controlof men, and where he would not have badthe opportunities of irritating the men.That irritation has caused a strike whichpromises to cost a big sum before it issettled."

"I am satisfied,"- said Mr. Young, inconcluding, "that if Wellington Corpora-tion and other employers of tramwaymenmako a move in the direction of askingmen from other centres to take the placesof those on strike, thoy will havo to putup with what eventuate*." He remarkedthat under the latest Tramways Act noman can take the handles on a car, thatis, act as a motornvan, unless he has acertificate of competency.

CHRISTCHURCH MEN TO MEET.The Christennrch Tramway Union has

not, so far, met to discuss affairs, buttwo meetings of the men are to be heldto-morrow. One will beheld in the morn-ins to suit the convenience of the nightshifts, and one in the evening for theconvenience of the day shifts. Generalbusiness is to bo considered, and thestrike question will inevitably be dis-cussed. Yesterday tho Christchurch tram-way men received their first wages pay-ments under tho new award. Matterspassed off quietly, and generally the menseemed to be fairly well satisfied. Thereseems to bo no tangible reason to appre-hend active trouble in the city's service.

JAPANESE SHIPPING EXPAN-SION.

The Japanese shipping companies (Reu-ter's Tokio correspondent writes) in-tend to do everything possible to main-tain their claim to bo the carriers of thePacific. At tho half-yearly meeting ofthe Nippon Yuslien Kaisha, the chair-man (Baron Kondo) announced that theyhad already placed orders for five newsteamers, aggregating 42.000 tons, for thoAmerican and European trades. Sevenmore steamers, of 48.000 tons in all, willbe constructed almost immediately forthese lines. The company had alreadysubmitted a proposal to the Governmentto start two ney; services to Brazil andNew York, via the Panama Canal. Theseservices would entail an increase i.n capi-tal of fifty to sixty million yen, whichwould be raised by the issue of mortgagedebentures. The recent enactment ofthe coastal trade law, by which foreignvessels arc excluded from carrying be-tween Japanese porU, lias, of course, as-sisted the native companies.

A GOVERNOR IN PRISON.

Governor Benjamin Bjooper, of Ten-nessee (states an American message ofDecember 21), is serving a two-days' sen-tence in the State penitentiary at Nash-ville in order, as lie declared, to observeon the spot the prisoners who are worthyof receiving pardons at Christmas lime.It is the custom in Tennessee and in

some other States to grant pardons to anumber of good conduct prisoners. Gov-ernor Hooper is not satisfied to acceptthis duty on the report of the prisonauthorities only. Consequently, he hassentenced himself to imprisonment, andyesterday entered the penitentiary, hisidentity"being known only to the chiefwarder. He is treated exactly the sameas other prisoners, and last night sleptin a cell in an iron bunk, and he isliving on the prison food. He takeshis airing under the eyes of armedguards, and is making a thoroughly con-scientious study of tho prison system andtho penitentiary's inmates.

ENTERTAINMENTS.

H. B. IRVING SEASON."Hamlet" was produced before another

crowded audiencu at the Opera Hoiisolast evening. Tho last three perform-ances of Shakespeare's tragedy are an-nounced.

On Tuesday and Wednesday next Mr.IT. li. Irving and company will stage fortho first time in Wellington tho greatclassic drama "Louis XI." As LouisXI, Mr. I[. li. Irving is stated to haveachieved one of his greatest successes,not only by reason of his possession ofthe versatility that the many-sided role'of the tyrannical King demands, but alsoon account of his remarkable vitality,for tho part is one of the most strenu-ous that an actor could undertake. LouisXI. rises from a. quaking qucrulousness totho frenzied heights of rage and terror,which leaves him weak and shaking, andtottering with decrepit steps. There arelow more remarkable characters ou the.stage to-day than this queer mixture ofmalevolence, humour, fanaticism, andreligious zeal. "Louis XI" can only bestaged for two nights, ; as on Thursdayand Friday next "The Lyons Mail" willbe presented, and the season willclose ou Saturday and Mondav, Febru-ary ]() and 12, with a production of "TheBoils." The plans for these three pieceswill be opened to-morrow morning.

THEATEE EOYAL.All lovers of kineniacolor pictures—and

they are many—should not fail to see thepresent programme at the Theatre Royal.Among tho kineniacolor studies is a splen-did view of Constantinople and theBosphorus, the ruined citv of Pompeii,and Dru».i, the old capital city of Turkey.There are also somo excellent black andwhite studies to lend variety to the pro-gramme.

FULLERS' PICTURES.Messrs. Fuller and Sons changed their

programme last night at the VivianStreet Skating Rink. Ono of the mostpopular items was the story of a hard-hearted old miser who lived only forgold, but lacked tho heart to spend it,or even make himself comfortable. Liv-ing at the same tenement was a smallchild of about three years old, who wonhis love by saving him from being robbed.The story is very clever and closely woven.Besides the winning of the miser's lovethere is an under-plot which suppliescomic relief to the tragic method em-ployed by tho burglars to force the miserto divulge the secret combination of hissafe. They tie a ropo round the child,who is in the miser's room at the timeof entering, and throw him out of.thewindow; they then proceed to hold alighted candle under tho rope, at thei-aine time forcing the'miser to hold theother end; before the rone burns throughthe miser gives the required information,and they open the safe. Before thoburglars can make away with their plun-der the police, attracted by the child,arrive, and terminate the proceedings,leaving the-miser and the child embrac-ing. Tho Pathe Weekly Gazette is par-ticularly interesting. Ono scene of theItalian soldiers leaving for the front intheir khaki kit reminds one of the timeof the South African War. Another por-tion of the Gazette gives a football match-Bradford v. Tottenham. It is noticeablein this that the players all run fromthe pavilion, which, by the wav, appearsto be underground, on to the field, thusgiving a very brisk effect. A torpedo self-discharged through tho air from theground is also interesting. To-night Ful-lers special series of the tramway strikewill bo screened.

KING'S THEATRE,Despite the absence of trams, thero wasa very-fan-gathering at the-King's The-atre last night to witness the change ofpropamine; One-of the best items isthat entitled "The Run on the Bank."J ho daughter of a hank manager and herlever are spending the afternoon at thecircus, when they learn from a newspaperor the bank scare. They immediately go}°'i!, <;^ ,U

-if°t th? m 1n!<S<*. who thinksit impossible to stop the "run." Think-Z%° «POSSM? way out of the diffi-culty, they suddenly remember that atthe circus thero is a certain lion in thehabit of snarhnsr at all who press ■ indose to his cage and they conclude thatif hey could let this lion loose in thebank there would be no fear of it beincrushed. With a little hesitation the d£cusP«P.netor and the trainer fall inwith their idea, and consent to lend the«W.?? d- enif ° f the bank ™* thedoors early in the morn ng, but as soonas they catch sight of the lion there is

? »"/''«} sta '»P*le. Thus the manneris able to gain time enough to receivemore money, so that when the crowd atIftst gains admittance after the removalSfw n n ,t?„3?n"»>ds are satisfied Aoilier film, "Tiny Tom's Exploits'" is.■•/// t-,

u,nny

',and. was much laughed at

as the^of^V^"- appfial m 'stHi, i™ of. the story-is a small childhose, ae » excellent throughout To!T eatrc lU "* shown at the ****»

THE NEW THEATRE.The final screening of the current"nro-£wm The,! and Clfivew lneatro, Manners Street, drew goodattendances at both sessions yesterSyThe change o programme to-dayTiH in!elude, some splendid European aid Amer-ce success. The Bison Company's exclMiye drama "The Tables Turned is anexc hng narrative of tho Wild West"

collection of motion views of "The Isleot Elba" wi 1 display several of the fa-vour! e haunts of the exiled ErncerorNapoleon. The Itala Company irre-sponsible for a costume play' entitledtr^-a ,'ld- llots of. Venice."'Antry x,h,ch is assuming great importancein the world's sugar markets is to 1-ashown in "Beetroot Culture." "RedsConquest is a dramatic conception bv IheSehg Company oHlel. mhJKtselude Iwcodledum's Fool Joke," "Ton-hlfirl (a AordwOc comedy). ' The newprogramme will be shown from 11 a.m.till 11 oclock to-night.

SHORTT'S PICTURES.A topical subject screened at Shortt'sPicture Theatre, in Willis Street, at thochange of programme yesterday, was onoentitled "The Tragedy of a Strike." Thispicture docs not deal with a tram strike,but with one on similar lines. The em-ployees at an electrical power house de-cide to "go out," and, in consequence, thecity is plunged into darkness. Tho leaderof the affair has a little daughter who hascontracted an illness suddenly. This ne-cessitates an urgent operation, and, just

«9 tho doctors are about to act, tho oper-ating theatre is plunged into darkness—tho main 'wire of the city supply havingbeen cut by the father. The child dies,anti, on being told that his action hasbeen the cause of his daughter's death, apathetic scene ensues. Other pictures are"Picturesque Tlildcsheim," a beautifulscenic, study taken in Germany, "Ilerc\m '°-'n "Tlls total's Joke," and "ThesliOTiu of niolumiie." The new pro-gramme- will bo shown from 11 a.m. till11 p.m. to-dav. i

The first steamer of a. lino of steamers,which will open up a new direct trade be-tween Austria and Australia, is. now onthe way to Melbourne. The HungarianLevant Steamship Co., Ltd., a companywith a fleet of vessels, has decided to en-ter into the Australian trade with theEuropean ports ofFinnic and Trieste. Thesteamers will come bv the Suez Canalroute, and the first of the lino, tho Attila,

tons, has left Port Said for Aus-,tralian ports. It is intended that sail-ings shall take placn approximately atintervals of six weeks, and for the'pre-sent it is understood that Melbourne andSydney will be the Australian ports ofcall, but other ports will be included asoccasion requires. Loading will be takenfrom Australia for Colombo, Port Said,Fiume, Trieste, and Venice. So far as isknown, it will for the present be a cargoline. It will, it is understood, be sub-sidised by the Hungarian Government.

The United States, which is the world'sprincipal market for diamonds (says the"Jewellers' Circular"), is not now buyingas many of the finer and larger stonesas formerly. The reason for this is, in-directly, the largo production of smalldiamonds in Gorman South-west Africa,This caused a fall in the price of smallstones, and, to make things even, theLondon syndicate that controls tho dia-mond market raised the price for largesi ones, and Ibis higher price lite lessenedthe demand in America tor (he finer dia-monds.

AFTER THE REVOLU-TION.

GROWING DISCONTENT IN TURKEY.

(By Sir Edwin Pears, in the "DailyNews.")

Constantinople, December 13.The election of Tahir-hai-cddin as a

Deputy for Constantinople to replaceRifat Pasha marks an epoch in the his-tory of the Turkish revolution. He is thecandidate of the new parly, the EntenteLiberate. His opponent was tho nomineeof the Committee of Union and Progress.The general belief in the city was thattho latter would be successful. This be-lief was founded on the fact that the listof electors of the second degree was com-piled by the Committee. The winner wasonly one vote ahead of his principal op-ponent. But out of the total number ofvoters—sl6—only 3111 voted. Two deduc-tions follow. First, that 122 declined tovote; and, second, that a large number ofnominees of tho Committee voted againstit" candidate.The vote is one of dissatisfaction againstthe Committoo. The Entente Liberate,of course, claims it as a victory. It ex-presses the discontent of the majority,the Entente included, at the action of theCommittee. In conversation with a voteron Monday, he informed me that severalTurks had told him during the day thatthey would not vote because it was im-possible to say which party was theworst. No one who knows the countrycan dispute the fact that great dissatis-faction exists among all sections of thepopulation against the Committee. It isadmitted by everybody that many advan-tages have resulted from tho revolution.But the advantages, and they are many,aro overlooked, and the blunders and thecrimes are remembered. The treatmentof tho Albanians, tho rising in the Hauranand in Yemen, tho wantonly cruel oppres-sion in Macedonia which has brought theBulgarian bands once more into the field,are noted. Let it be said with infiniteregret that the condition of Macedoniais ns bad as it was four years ago, thatthe absence of security is as great as over,that the illegalities and condition of thelaw courts in that eonulrv are so badthat the best men in' the 'country, evenamong tho Turks, aro asking whetheran autonomous Government of Macedoniaunder the Sultan is not, after all, thebest solution botli for it and for Turkey.It is sufficient, however, when speakingof tho blunders of the Committee, to saythat they have alienated Albanians, Bul-garians, and Greeks in Macedonia.

POLITICAL MURDERS.As disastrous in the public eye is theseries of murders which have been com-mitted of persons known to bo hostile tothe Committee. The latest, that of Zekiliey, is now under investigation, and with-out expressing an.opinion on the guilt orinnocence of the persons now under trial

it is the simple truth to say that publicopinion expresses no doubt as to this andother crimes having, been committed atthe instigation of the Committee. Myown opinion points to a somewhat differ-ent; conclusion. Probably tho victim waskilled on the suggestion of some personwho asked the question which recalls thomurder of Thomas a Becket, "Is there noporson who will rid me of my enemy?"The unpopularity of the Committee 'hasalso been increased iby the augmentationof taxes and an increased harshness intheir collection. Add to these causes ofdissatisfaction the. fact that tho cost ofliving has increased from 30 to 50 percent above what it was four years ago.that all projects for railway and otherconcession= become personal . questions,that projects by which the country woiddgain are either rejected or made so hardthat foreign' capitalists abandon them,and it requires no ;further explanationof why the Committee has enormouslylost, favour.

POWER OF THE COMMITTEE.In spite of its defeat it must not beconsidered that the committee has lost

power. A conversation was disclosed intho Chamber of Deputies a fortnight agowhich is significant. Shevket Pasha, thoMinister for War, was reported in theChamber to have said that ho was will-ing to serve under Kiamil Pasha or any-one else who would organise a Govern-ment, but that at the present time theonly organised party in the countrv wasthat of the committee.

In this lie was right. Dissatisfaction,though widespread,-is not organised. TheCommittee, on the other hnnd, has an ex-tensive and eilicient organisation through-out the country. Everywhere there aresub-committees,-while the great citieshave unions, the whole culminating inthe Central Committee of Saloniki. Itwill bo remembered that last spring t<Committee was defeated in the House bya vote organised by Sadyk Bey.' But itwas a mere snatch vote, in which thoorganiser united all who were discontent-ed from any motive with the Committee.Apart from the general dissatisfactionthey were only united by a ropo of sand.

A NEW PARTY.This brings me to the New Party, theEntente Libcrale, which rightlv claims

the victory of Monday. A number ofhighly respectable senators and deputiesissued the project for the formation ofthis party of which I have previouslyinformed you. Probably it would be cor-rect to say that Dainad Ferid was thechief inspirer of the movement. He isa highly-educated and conscientious man,and the following which he has obtain-ed is already large. But the Greeks andArmenians look askance at his project.One of their leading Christian deputiessaid to me the other day that while thegreat fault of the Committee was thatit had abandoned its Parly ptinciples.and was now playing to the Moslem gal-lery, ho did not soo that the EntenteLiberate was any better. Ho and hisfriends would stand aloof and vote forliberal measures by whomsoever thoywore introduced. The great fault whichany European would find with the pro-ject of the new party is that it does notgive prominence to the principle of equaljustice to all classes of the communityirrespective of .race and religion. Thetendency of any party in Turkey is toplay to the Moslem gallery. Outsiderscan see that this is a mistake, andthough the Entente Liberalo claims thatsuch is its intention, as I have no doubtit is, tho principle is not put forwardin such a fashion as to invito more con-fidence from the Chtfetian deputies thanthey have given to the Conimitteo ofUnion and Progress.

THE DEMOCRACY & FOREIGNAFFAIRS.

' ADDRESS BT MR, RAMSATMACDOMALD.

Mr. Ramsay Macdorinld, M.r.. speaking;in December in the- Caxton Hall on "For-eign Affairs and Democracy," said thatthe public were criminals in allowing thocontrol of foreign affairs to go out of theirhands in the time of pence- and quiet.

The representatives of Groat Britain inthe Foreign Office were also criminals innot considering the mind of (ho Britishpooplo in their understandings and alli-ances. Tho democracy ought not to allowits foreign policy out of its control forfive minutes, for in that five, minutes theymight bo involved in a policy of L'O years.

lie regarded Mr. Gladstone's "classicalLiberal policy" of establishing generalconditions of peace all over the world asthe best, and said that this could l>c bestsecured by keeping the country, not wellsupplied with Dreadnoughts and powerfulmilitary organisation's, but altogether outof tho suspected area of dispute. The de-mocratic foreign policy should centre it-self on Germany, for the economic andpolitical position of that country made i'pre-eminontly a Tower which could eitherrub shoulders with us in n friendly wayor knock its elbows into our ribs. It wasnecessary to disarm the suspicion whichwas felt in Germany towards this coun-try. But that would never be dono bypiling on naval expenditure.

A Foreign Office Committee, lie thought,would ho subject to party machinery, amiworked in the interest of the Cabinetrather than of the public. What ■ hoywanted was machinery which would keepthe Foreign Office constantly in fear <\

the public, and he suggested that tli-eyshould turn their minds to' the House ,iCommons itself instead of to a commit-tee. If they had a. committee (hero wasa chance of information being disseminat-ed in parly dribblets—whereas they shouldeither"have the whole thing out or no-thing at all. They should establish theright to a debate, of foreign affairs, havefur moro frequent publication of pjpers,and some representative connntttT-o to in-quire how test the connection ho suggest-ed lwtween tho public and the ForeignOffice could be made

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.(By Teloerftph-Frew Aiiocistloa.l

CRAMP WHILE SWIMMING,Giiborne, Fobniarv 1.Dovenham Scott, aged 12, 6on or Mr.Robert Scott, shoopfurmer, of "The 'Wil-lows," Knitaratahi, Gisborno, was drowned

in tho Wnipoa River this afternoon. De-ceased, with another boy, swam across theriver, and, in returning, evidently tookcramp and sank. Tho body has beenrecovered.

COMMON SCOUNDREL.Thames, February 1.A young man, George Dodson, with'

a long record of previous convictions, wassentenced to three months' imprisonmentfor vagrancy. 'While living on tho pro-ceeds of shame, ho had the temerity toinsinuate himself into tho'horn© of a re-spectablo local resident, representing him-self as a traveller for a well-known firm.Ho then paid attentions to a girl, and'so-cured her affection- Tho Bench stigma-tised his conduct as "most scoundrelly,"and regretted that tho punishWnt in-flicted was tho maximum allowed by tb»law.

AID FOR STRIKERS. ,

Christchurch, February LMr.' Dunn, representing the men onstrike at Lithgow, New South Wales, hasreceived from tho Canterbury tradesunions contributions amounting to' JE7Oin aid of the strikers.

NEW COAL AREA.Whangarei, February 1.

A now coal-bearing area, has boon provedat Kiripaka. It is estimated to containhalf a million tons of fino quality house-hold coal, i '

HOT STREAMS AT MOHAKA.Napier, February 1.

During a visit to tho Pukotitiri district,with a view to determining the practica-bility of niakibg a road from tho Puke-titin Springs to Tahuru, Mr; D. M'Mitlan, District Roads Engineer, discoveredquite a number of additional springs, ex-tending for a distance of eight milesalong the Mohaka River. The largest ofthe springs is sending out such a volumeof water that tho river into which it flowsis virtually changed into a hot 6tream,and is delightful, for bathing in.' Mr.M'Millan is of opinion there are greatpossibilities before the district. .'

SMALLER BUTCHERS' BILLS.Auckland, January it'.-

Another reduction in the price of. meathas been decided upon by the'AucklandMaster Butchers' Association.. The Janu-ary price list contained an all-round.re-duction, and. tho February quotations in-dicate further reductions on certain linesof. lamb and mutton, while tho price ofbeef, veal, and pork remains the same.. .

. BRIEF MENTION.Wanoanui, January.sl.

Three rinks of the Auckland touringteam met and defeated Wanganui to-dayby 70 to 58.

OUTCOME OF INQUEST.Giiborne, January SI.

At Port Awanui, a man is to be charg-ed with manslaughter, as tho outcome ofan inquest held into, tho death of ; »

man named John Klein, who died aftera drinking bout. Tho oaso will be thefirst of its kind heard in New Zealand.

GISBORNE-NAPIER LINK.Napier, January 31.\

During his speech at the. turning ofthe first sod of tho Napier-Gisborn'o rail-way,' Sir Joseph Ward stated that' theactual work of construction would becommenced in about ten days. It' hassince transpired that the Public WorksDepartment have completed plans forthe authorised section, and that fifty menwill bo put on to commence- tho workwithin tho time stated by tho PrimeMinister. The work is to bo carriedout on the co-operative system.

BRIE? MENTION.Giiborne, January 31.

The Tatapouri Hotel was dostrOyed byfire early this morning. There are.noparticulars available.' .

Feilding, January 31.The Feilding A. and P. Association's

school garden competition . was won bytho Halcombo School, which beat Coly-ton by half a point. The entries cover-ed a district extending 100 miles.

WIDOW'S PROTEST.CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST'S DEATH.

DRAMATIC SCENE AT AN INQUEST.Reinarkablo evidence was given_at an

inquest-at Richmond, London, in Decem-ber, on the body of John Thomas Knight,of South Cottage, Queens Road, Rich-mond. Deceased was allegedto havq un-dergone a course of Christian,, Sciencetreatment for a period .preceding hisdeath, which occurred on Thursday, at theage of 47 years. He had been a

_Civil

Servant employed at the Supreme Courtsof' Justice. ,

~ iGreat interest was shown in tne in-

quiry, and among those who crowded therooni were several Christian Scientists.

Maud Caroline Knight, a member of theSociety of Authors and the Journalists-Idviwrr Board of the Lyceum Club, saidthe deceased, her husband, had goodhealth until last September, except for. a.slight cough early in tho yean In Sep-tember she called in Dr. Williamson,against her husbaud's wishes, and thedoctor was willing to sign a, certificateauthorising her husabnd to.go. away atonce to Switzerland. Deceased, refused to

go because, as a Christian Scientist,' hedid not believe in holidays for the purposeof health, For the same reason ho wouldnot take medicine. ...

Witness persuaded him to accompanyher to the Isle of Wight, and later toBournemouth. On returning home herhusband saw a Christian Science healer,named Davidson, who attended him in hitroom four times a week. She spoke tohim once, and ho replied that.he took,noorders from anyone except his patient.

To auv person of ordinary intelligenceit was apparent that her husbands con-dition was becoming worse and worse.

Davidson ceased visiting her hU6bandbecause the latter thought, witness con-tinned, that a change of healers would befor the better. On December 3 and 4 aMr. Harvey Bathurst visited him, andthen gave lip the case. From December5 to 12 a. Mr. Dunn attended, and thenanother healer was sent for;

On ono occasion witness had stayed inLoudon to give the healer a. chance, ,bo-causo it had been implied that she hadcreated an atmosphere of opposition-in(ho house, which had militated againsttho success of. the treatment.

Dr. 11. R. Wndd, of Richmond, deposedthat the primary cause of death was.acutetuberculosis of the lungs of from four tosix months' standing. In witness sopinion there would have been n chanceof recovery if sanatorium .treatment hadbeen resorted to in the early stages.

Walter Davidson, of .Lancaster Park,Richmond, a practitioner of Christian,Science, gave his version of the principlesof tho science. , ■ - L ,

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Witness said ho received 4s. a visit fromMr. Knight, who insisted upon paying.It was necessary they should have. moneyto carry on the church organisation, andpatients would sometimes got better bypaying, because it showed they apprcci-ated tho good of it. . . .■-

The coroner asked if witness meant thatby this mode of reasoiling in tho case ofinfirmary patients death ought to result.

Witness was understood to reply thatthey were under a different influence ortreatment. , '

Tho coroner said the only point, hocould not understand was that ChristianScientists seemed to ignore materialmailers before their eyes. ,

Tho jurv returned a verdict in accord-ance with' the medical evidence, and. ex-pressed regret that the deceasedently refused to take medical advice.

As (ho court was clearing there wi« adramatic outburst by. tho widow;. Turningto the jury, she exclnimed that theirswas an idiotic verdict. Then, strikinga desk heavily with her fist, she made anexclamation which was understood toimply that Christian Scienco was a mur-derous science."Wait," she added, "until you h&T»

seen your husband dying inch by inch formonths, anil then you shall know what myfeelings are."

The lady was led away by sympatheticfriends.

THE DOMINION, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY % 1912.6

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THE TURF.« '

CJ-C. SUMMER MEETiNG<

OPENING DAY. ,'

MUMURA WINS THE HANDICAP.

Oil TeleßraoU.—Prosj AssociationChristchurch, February 1.

Tho Canterbury Jockey Club's Summermeeting opened to-day, in fine weather.Tho attendance was up to the average forthis fixture, and included a number ofAustralian visitors who came ovor for thoElderslio stud sale. Tho course was incapital order, and tho totalisator invest-ments amounted to .£7107, as against•278G7 for tho first day last, year. Theclub reintroduced a ten shillings totalisa-tor. Results:—TRIAL STAKES, of 100 bovs., second

. horso 15 sovs., and third horso 5 sovs.from tho stake. Special weights. Onem'ile.

Sir Geo. Clifford's b. f. Hoatherbrao,by Treadmill—Bonnie Brae, 3yrs., •Gst. 111b (C. Emerson) 1

Mr. F. Neligan's b. f. Oratava, 3yrs.,'7sf. 111b. (E. Grilfen) 2Mr. E. Luttrell'a b. f. Aphaea, 3yrs.,7st. Ulb. .'. :. (11. Gray) 3

Tho only starters. Aphaea got the bestof the start, but from the .sovcn-furlongpost until well down tho straight Oratavashowed the way. Hefltherbrae then movedup, and won ensily by a length and three-quarters, with Aphaea tiiree lengthslurther back. Time, lmin. 10 2-ssec.HORNBY WELTER HANDICAP, of 100

sovs.; second horse 15 sovs., and thirdhorse 5 sovs. from tho stake. Mini-mum weight Bst. Seven furlongs.Mr. G. Murray Aynsloy's ch. h. Bonny' Glen, by Stepniak—Crest, aged, lOst.„••'," (R- W. King) 1Messrs. J. and R. Furze's ch. f. Kilts,.'.6yrs., 9st. 91b (J. Pine) 2Mr. J. Grigg's b. f. Foam Flake, 3yrs.,

, Bst ; (E. Griffen) 3'Also, started: Eaglestone, 9st. lllb.;Merry Lass, "si.. 41b.; Armstrong, 9st.lib.; Adage, Bst. lllb.; Troon, Bst. lllb.;Aimwell, Bst. lllb.; Miss Advance, Bst.41b.; Probable. Bst. 31b.; Firmhold, Bst..Kilts got the best of the start, andFirrnhold lost .soveral lengths. Kilts,Aimwell, and Troon made the running fortwo furlongs, with Bonny Glen fourth.A hundred.yards from tho post BonnyGlen made his run, and won by a lengthand a half, with Foam Flake two lengthsaway. Aimwell and Troon were next.Time, lmin. 28 4-ssec.

FILLY.. STAKES, of 200 sovs.; secondhorso 25 sovs., and third horse 10 sovs.... from- the stake; for two and threeyear-old fillies. Six furlongs.

Mr. J.-H.Prosser's b. f. Specialform.by Boniform—Signal, 2yrs., Gst. 101b.

. (E. Griffen) 1Messrs. W. G. and G. L. Stead's br. f.Culprit, 3yrs.. lOst. 31b. (11. Gray) 2Sir Geo. Clifford's b. f. Ancilla, 3yrs.,

■Sst. 21b, ..,(F. E. Jones) 3Also started: Anna Carlovna, Bst. lib.;Pleasure Bent, 7st. 91b.; Star Dancer, 7st.51b.; Peg, 6st. 101b.; Shona May, Cst. 7lb.

Anna Carlovna hopped out in front,closely attended by Spccialforin and StarDancer. The order was not changed until■well into the straight, where Specialformdrew out, and won by two lengths and ahalf from Culprit, who lost ground at thestart. Ancillawas-two and a half lengthsfurther away, with Anna Carlovna andStar Dancer next. Time, lmin. 14 2-osec.MIDSUMMER HANDICAP, of 250 sovs.;

second horse. 30 sovs. and third horse. 15 sovs. from tho stake. One mile and'-a half.

Mr. H. A. Knight's br. g. Mumura, by'..'St. Ambrose—Flame, 2yrs., 7st. s!b.~

' ■ . (E. Griffen) 1Mr. J. A. Furze's ch. g. Outlnnder,

aged, 7st. 71b ....(C. Emerson) 2Mr. It. Whitney's br..h. Odessa, 4yrs.,

Bst..: ........(M-M'Donald) 3

'.Also started: Rose Noble, Bst. lllb.;Martine,.Bst. 91b.; Parable, Sst. 91b.Routine, 7st. 81b.; SantRosaleer, Gst. 1011b.(including 311b. over-weight)'.

Mumura. at once took the lead, butOdessa huu^i Slightly.: At-the end of afurlong.Mumura had a lead of threolengths,.from'Routine, .with Odessa mov-ing up. .With' five furlongs to go, Mn-liiiira was a dozen'lengths, in., front of-Odessa and Outlnnder. The leader main-tained, his .position to the finish. Out-lander, who,came with a good run, gotwithin two lengths of him, while Odessawas two. and a half lengths 'further back.Parable was fourth, and Sant Rosaleerfifth. Time, 2m(n. 34 2-ssec.LYTTELTON PLATE, of 100 sovs.; sec-

ond horse 13 sovs., and third horse 5sovs'. from the stake. For two-year-olds.Six furlongs.

Sir Geo. Clifford's ch. !. Scottish Star,by Olanranald—Safeguard, 7st.

(C. Emerson) 1Messrs. W. G. and G. L. Stead's br. f.

Culross, 7sfc. 41b. (including alb. ap-prentice allowance) (W. Lowe) 2

Mr. D. G. Greenwood's ch. g. Gnome,Bst. 91b. :........(H. Gray 3

Also started: May Dalrymple, Sst. 41b.;Fawkv Lass, 7st. 41b. (inc. slb. appren-tice allowance); Lourdes, 7st.. 91b.; Pep-pin. 7st. 41b. (inc. 51b. apprentice allow-ance); Nyx, 6st. 71b. •

Pawky Lass got the best of the start,.and led into the straight. At the dis-tance. Gnome, Scottish Star, and Culrossgot on terms with the leader and, in afine finish, Scottish Star won by hall ahead, with a head separating second andthird. Time,-lmin. 143-ssec. .

CRAVEN'PLATE,'of 200 sovs.; secondhorse 25 sovs., and third horso 10sovs. from the stake. Seven furlongs.

Mr. H. • Whitney's br. h.- Turna, by■ • 'Stopniak—Fairymaid, 4yrs., Gst.

7lb, ....; (C. Emerson) 1Sir Geo. Clifford's br; m. Counter-

mine, 4yrs., Bst. 81b. ... (F: E.-Jones) 2Mr. C. North's blk. h. True Knight,

4yrs„ Gst. 13lb (R.- Berry) 3Also started: Sea King, Bst. 101b.; Ko-

hinoor, Bst. 81b.; Medallist, 7st. 131b.;Coroniforra, 7st. 121b.; Tannhauser, 7st.121b.; Colleen Mary, 7st. 51b.; Expansion,6st. 101b.; John Bunyan, Gst. 71b.

Turna got imich the worst of the start.At the six-furlong post Sea King and Ko-hinoor were leading with John BunyanMoving up fast. Turna was also makingup ground and at the .entrance to thestraight, ■ho was close to the leaders.Half way up the straight, Counterminejoined in. and a good finish saw Turnawin by half a length with Counterminethe same distance in front' of TrueKnight. Time, lmin. 29 l-ssec. Expan-sion fell rounding the top turn, andbroke- his shoulder, and had to bo de-stroyed. Ilis rider, J. O'Brien, broke ashoulder blade.HALSWELL WELTER HANDICAP, of

100 sovs.; second horse 15 sovs., and. third horso a sovs. from the stake.■ Minimum weight, 7st. 71b. One mile.

Mr. .1. F. Buchanan's b. g. Thrax, by. Martian—Hebrew Maid, 3yrs., Sst.

(L. G. King) 1Mr. ,3. Grigg's b. g. Golightly Syrs.., Bst. 31b ' ; (E. Griffon) 2Mr. D. Roberts's b. h. Susa, 4yrs., Sst.

9lb (C. Emerson) 3Also started: Kris, Bst. 91b,; Feather-

Btone,. Bst. 81b.; Gangway; Bst. 51b.; U'il-meny,'7st. 121b.; Bolt from the Blue, "it.71b.-; Hesionc, 7st. 71b.; Nightlight, 7st.,71b.; Corrie, 7st. 71b.

Golightlv was first away, and led forrix furlongs with Kilmeny and Hcsioneas her nearest attendants. Over the lastfnrlong Thraxcanic very fast, and wonfairly easily by a length. Susa finishedfast, a length' and a half away. Time,lmin. 45sec. .

NOTES ON THE RACING.tB7 TeJecr.aph -SoecioJ Cnrrß?Dondent.\

] , Christchurch, February 1.Ideal ■ weather prevailed at Riccarton

to-day, when the Canterbury Jockey Club:got olf the first day of the Midsummermeeting, As is usually the case on thisday, the attendance was poor, but theracing wns interesting, even though sev-eral decided favourites were defeatedduring the afternoon. The going wasvery fast, and smart times were record-ed in each of the events.

The locally-owned horse Turna, whoseemed to have all the best of the weights,considering his recent form, scored com-fortably iu the Craven Plate, but Mr.Whitney's other nomination, Odessa,failed badly in the Midsummer Handi-cap. In the latter event Muniura madea one-horse race of it, but, had Odessabeen better handled, he might havo gotsecond place.

The presence of Heathcrbrao in theTrial Stakes left no doubt in tho mindsof backers what to make favourite. Thescratching pen was freely used, andonly Aphaea and Oratava went out tooppose the Treadmill filly. At the startOratava rushed to the front, and ledto ' the' straight, where Heatherbrao as-

sumed control, and won in a simple roan-nor. Aphaea put up a very poor effort,and ran away from the whip, leavingOratava to achieve second money.

Dcspito a marked rotundity of appear-ance, Bonny Glen was made favouritein the Hornby "Welter Handicap, thoopinion being that ho was in a higherefass than that opposed to him. liehas just completed a season at the stud,and, in addition, ran in a boot. Kiltsmndo tho pace very strongly for six fur-long", but, after that, Bonny Glencaught him, and quickly disputed ofhim. Foam Flake was Ihird, just clearof Aiiiiwcll. 'Troon and Adage brokedown in the race, and fiuished last.

Outsitlo of Culprit, they were not aclassic lot in tho Filly Stakes, aud, onform, tho Charlemagne filly certainlystood out. The Only question, was":Would she carry the weight? Backersthought that sho would, and backed heras (irst choice with Specinlfonn—a linebig two-year-old—in second place. Newtactics wore tried with Culprit. Insteadof being allowed to go out, she was rid-den in behind. As they landed in thestraight, Specialform had charge fromAnna Carlovna, and tho others wcrobunched. Culprit put in a run overtho last half furlong, but could make noimpression on her younger rival, whoscored comfortably. Ancilla was justclear of tho others, who were bunched.

There were no defections from the Mid-Enmmcr Handicap, and the public wentstrongly for Odessa and Martinc, the re-mainder of tho field being neglected onthe machine. limiting gave a little troubleat, tho start, but a good dispatch was ef-fected. From tho jump off, Mumura wastho first to get into his stride, and ledthe wholo way. With a mile to go hohad a break of ten lengths, which he in-creased to fifteen at tho fivo furlongpost. From this out he was never at hisbest pace, but, though tiring somewhat,ho ran in an easy winner from Outlaiuler,who displaced Odessa from second placoin the last furlong. Parable was clear oftho others in fourth place.

Gnome, who has not raced since Novem-ber, was a good favourite in the Lyttci-ton Plate—a handicap for two-year-olds.There was a long delay at the start, thisbeing caused by Lourdes refusing to jointhe field. Pawkv Lass showed most pacefor the first half mile. When the fieldclosed up, a furlong from the post, Gnomoappeared to be winning comfortably, butScottish Star (contrary to her usual cus-tom) stuck to her work, and worried thochestnut over the final fifty yards. Cul-ross, a full sister to Culprit, also took ahand, and the trio wero all doing theirbest as they flashed past tho post. Thojudge placed Scottish Star, Culross, andGnome in that order, with heads betweenthem.

Tho Craven Plato was a good bettingrace, soveral horses being well supported.From a good start, Sea King and Kohi-noor rushed- away in front, with Turnawhipping in.a strung-out field. The lead-ers came back to the field at the distance,where John Bunyan, True Knight, andCountermino put in claims. Just asCountermine appeared to be merging suc-cessfully from tlie struggle, Turna camefast on tho outside, and won decisively.The other placed horses, with Tannbauserand John Bunyan, wero in a cluster. Ex-pansion fell after the field had gone threefurlongs, and put his shoulder out. Hisrider was unhurt, except for a shaking.

In the concluding event, Thrax, a sonof Martian, owned by Mr. J. F. Buch-anan, and Golightly were backed m thatorder, and they filled these positions at thopost.

GISBORNE RACING CLUB.. . SUMMER MEETING.'(Bj Telcjraph—Press Association.!

Gisborno, February 1.The first day of the summer meeting

of the Gisborne Racing Club was heldto-'day in beautiful weather. The goingwas good, and tho attendance fairlylarge. The sum of. .£8834 was passedthrough the totalisator, as against .E6G75on the corresponding day last year. Re-sults:—FIRST HANDICAP HURDLES, of 80

sots. One mile and a halfMr. J. A. Lucas's Continuance, 12st.

gib -...;...... ay..young) 1Stourton, 9st. 131b 2Game 9st. 6!b..:.... ■"�•;:•• 3

\lso started": Polyriices,'-9st,-131b.; Don-zel,-9st. 121b.; Burton, 9st. Clb.; Huna-kaha, 9st. slb.;' Appelics, 9st; Te Rahui,9^f. ■ ■

Polynices fell at the second hurdle "andbroke" bis. leg. Continuance won byhalf a length. Time, 2min. 46scc.MAIDEN SCURRY, of 50 sots. Four

furlongs.Mr A. F. Douglas's Manitau, Bst.

"(carried Bst. 21b.) (Kirk) 1Miss Jewel, Bst. lib 2Fagot, Bst. (carried Bst, 21b.) 3

Also started:'Kidder, Bst.; Our King,Bst.; Player, Bst.; Presentation, 'Bst;Pasadena, Bst.; Mrs, Beeton, Bst. (car.Bst. 41b.); Chief Marshal, Bst.

Won by a length. Time, 50 2-ssec.FLYING HANDICAP, of 100 sors. Six

furlongs.Mr C. J. Parker's Our Queen, 7st.

31b (Griffiths) 1Scorch, Bst. 31b '. 2Winning Post, 7st. 91b. .................. 3

Also started: Lord Possible, Bst. 41b.;I Auldearn, 7st. Gib.; Compliment, 6st.71b.

Won bv two lengths, lime, lmiu.Msec.TE HAPARA HACK HANDICAP, of

50 sovs. Seven furlongs.Mr. R. Ringwood's Composed, Bst. slb.

(Kirk) 1Colleen Dim, 7st. 71b 2Santiago, 7st. slb • ■ 3

Also started: Merrie Valet, Bst. Gib.;Durability, 7st; 121b.; Stellaris, 7st. 71b.;Quandary, 7st.; Zulu Queen, 7st.

Won by a length. Time, lmin. 30sec.GISBORNE RACING 'CLUB HANDI-

CAP, of 150 sovs. One mile and aquarter.

Mr. C. Morse's Birkline, Bst. 41b.(W. Yonng) 1

Sublime, Bst. 21b 2Cork, 7st. 131b •• .3

Also started: Te Puia, 7st. 91b.; Hirim,7st.; Master Stead, Gst. 71b.

A good finish. Won by half a length.Time, 2min. 9 2-ssec. ,

FIRST WELTER HANDICAP, of GOsovs. Ono mile.

Mr. P. Jones's Ardfert, 9st. 71b.(W. Young) 1

Scorch. 9st. 111b 2Donzcl, Sst. 51b 3

Also started: Lamsdorff, 9st. 131b.;Cally Bridge, Sst.; My Motor, Bst.

Won by three-quarters of a length.Time, lmin. 43 2-ssec.RAILWAY HACK HANDICAP, of 50

sovs. Five furlongs.Mr. J. E, Newton's Miss Jewel, 7st.

111b (Buchanan) 1Waiorewa, Sst. 121b 2First Marshal, 7st. 91b 3

Also started: Goldemar, 9st. 21b.;Easy, Bst. 131b.; Our Queen, Sst. 51b.;Cora LaJceby, 7st.

Cora Lakeby gave trouble at the post,and was sent back to the paddock. Wonby a length. Time, lmin. 2 3-ssec.PARK STAKES HANDICAP, of 70 sovs.

Seven furlongs.Mr. C. O'Donoghuo's Tripoli, 7st. flb.

(Decley) 1Winning Post, 7st. slb. J-Ariom, Sst. 2ib 3

Also started: Compliment, Gst. 71b.Won easily. Time, lmin. 30 3-ssec.

SECOND DAY'S ACCEPTANCES,lily Telegraph-Press Association.)

Gisborne, February 1.The following are the second day's ac-

ceptances, for the Gisborne Racing Club's'"SECOND HURDLES, of GO sovs. Onemile and three-quarters.—Continuance,i:t<t. 101b.; Stourton, lOst. sib.; Game,9st. Gib.; Burton, !)/t. Sib.; Appellcs, Ost.21b.; Hunakaha, Ost. lib. , nMAIDEN SCURRY HANDICAP, of 50sovs. Five' furlongs.—Maui tail, 9st.;Colleen Dim, 7st. 121b.; Fagot, 7st. 101b.;Chief Marshal, 7st. 91b.; Kielder, 7st.91b.; Pasadena, 7st. 71b.; Omatero, 7st.71b.; Mrs. Bectou, 7st. 71b.; The Glove,7st. 71b.

TARUHERU HACK HANDICAP, of GOi sovs. One miie.—Cumposed, 9st. 41b.;Sea Pink. Sst. 121b.; Merry Valet.7st. Sib.;Compliment, 7st. Sib.; Tync Lass, 7st.31b.: Oiiaudary, fist. 71b.

SECOND WELTER HANDICAP, of 50sovs. Seven furlongs.—Ardfert. lOst.01b.; LnmsdorfV, Ost. iolb.j Hirini, tet.Gib.; Douml. flst. Clb.; Master Stead, 9;t.21b.; Durability. Sst. Sib.; Cally Bridge,Sst.; Connie, Sst.

HARDING MEMORIAL, of 130 sovs.One mile and a distance.—Sublime, Sst.511).; Cork, Sst. 21b.; Tripoli, 7st. J3lb.;To Puia. 7st. 51b.; Uirini, G-t. 121b.;Master Stead, Gst. 1011).; Mcrrv Valet,Gst. 71b.

ELECTRIC HANDICAP, of SO sovs.Five furlongs.—Scorch, Ost. 01b.; Goldc-

ATHLETIC SPORTS.BOWLS,

nim.so.y v. nkyvtown.

Three rinks of Nelson bowlers arrivedhero yesterday morning, and during theafternoon met the Newtown. Club's repre-sentatives on their own green, with thefollowing results:—

Newtown: Hell, f-'lyger, Martin, Wylio(s.), 32. Ncl-nii: 1-iiderwnod, Shields,llarkness, Crawford is.;, 12.

Newtown: I'ankliurst, Roberts, MLean,ltam-av, (--.), :'j. Nelson: JOvan.-, l'hll-lits, Mnusforil, limit (*.), Hi.

Xewtown: Alpe, Fisher, Sexton, Trice(s.), 17. Nelson: Lcvien, Armstrong, King,Angus (s.J, 21.

Totals: Newtown, 71; Nelson, 4il.This morning the Nelson rinks will meet

Hataitai on the Wellington Club's green,anil in the afternoon will moot Welling-ton Club rinks. To-morrow morning theywill meet Khandallnh on the Thoi-iuionClub's green, and Thorndon players in theafternoon.

WELLINGTON CLUB.The following players will represent the

'Wellington Bowling Club in a three-rink match against Nelson Club this after-noon:-Ledger, Skinner, Frost, Be 1 s. ;Phelps, Haybittle, Hamilton, Moult (s.)iBurns, Norton, Thompson, Bush (.?.).

The teams against Johnsonvillo Club onSaturday afternoon .-On home Srecn—Jeffrey, Albert Wylie, Grundy, Waddell(s.); Evans, Speed, Carter, Sievwright (s).

On Johnsonyille green—Watson, W. H.Bennett, Thompson, Moult (s.); Garner,Richards, Gale, A. Laurenson (s.).

NEWTOWN CLUB.The Newtown Club's teams for to-mor-

row are as follow:—Against Hataitai:Away—Williams, Jenkins, J. Martin, JackBrackenridge (s.); Grenside, Carroll,Powell, Jas. Pollock (s.); Rigs, HarrowbyJ. 11. Brackenridge, Kichards (s.). Athome—S. Roberts, Watson, Ramsay,Laughton (s.); R. Brackenridge, Crewes,Swiney, Barnes (s-).

Junior Pennant (v. Pctone), on Kel-burne green—Pankhurst, Chittey, Clnxton,

I Spiers (s.).

! PETONE CLUB.Petone will be represented by the fol-

i lowing players in a friendly matchI against Kelbnrnc on Saturday afternoon:

Away—Hopkins, Maynard, Frecth,Fowler (s.); Coles, Ryder, Gilmour, Ste-phens (s.). At home—Findlay, M'cl-huish, T. M'Arthur, Southgate (s.); El-vines, Glcw, Mnrsdcn, Coles (s.).In the competition for the junior pen-

nants on Saturday, Petono's team willconsist of M'Kenssifi, Instone, Cooper,M'Ewan (s.). The match is to tako placoon the Kelburne green against the repre-sentatives of Newtown.

THE AUCKLAND BOWLERS.(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

V/anganui, February I,The Auckland bowlers played a two-

rink match of 23 heads with Gonville to-. day.winning by 30 to 21 and 21 to 23 re-spectively..

LAWN TENNIS.

PROFIT ON CHAMPIONSHIPS.The quarterly report of tho New Zea-

land Lawn Tennis Association, to be sub-mitted at a meeting to be held on Feb-ruary 27, contains the following informa-tion of interest to tennis players:—

The sub-committee (Mr. Hurley andthe secretary) after making inquiries wereable to submit the name of Mr. Oilivioras the only New Zealand representative,who could visit tho Manila carnival ifselected. The Australasian Associationwas unable to obtain satisfactory informa-tion from the Carnival Committee as tosending Australian representatives, sothat the proposal fell through.

After corresponding with the Austral-asian Association by letter and by cable,the proposed visit of ladies from Aus-tralia had to bo abandoned owing to theAustralasian Association being unable toarrange for a team.

Your committee is waiting settlement ofthe matter of boundaries for the new Wni-kato Association. The Auckland Associationobjected to the boundaries proposed by theWaikato people aud is in correspondencewith thciii on the subject. A.s soon as thomatter is settled the proposed rules amiconstitution of the Waikato Associationwill be prepared and forwarded to theManagement Committee.

Tlie subscription due by each associa-tion for the year 1911-12 lias been fixedat 2d. per capita of members of all clubsaffiliated to the respective associations.Thn New Zealand Championships meet-ing was held at Lancaster Park, Christ-church, on December 23, 20, 27, 28, and30. The entries were large, and notwith-standing the wretched weather that pre-vailed, the attendance of the public wasgood. The receipts from all sourcesamounted to .-6288 Bs. Cd., the expenditureto .C17!l (is. Sd., leaving a credit balanceof ,ClO9 Is. lOd. The sum of ,£9O is to boplated on deposit at the Savings Bank,making a total deposit of JcW to thecredit of the association. Under the con-ditions of his appointment the secretarywas granted a bonus of .C25 for his ser-vices in connection with the Champion-ship meeting. ■The Hiiwko's 1 Bay .Association and theSouthland Association have each made ap-plication for the 1012 Championship meet-ing, but their applications arc bong holdover pending the decision of the councilas to .Air. Hurley's motion.a t? following motions, tabled by Mr.G. Hurley, will be considered:—(I) 'That in the .opinion of this council

• the Aew Zealand Championships shouldas far as possiblo be held only in thetour principal cities, alternately in thesouth, and North Islands.".(2) "That South and North Islandsingles championships for ladies and gen-tlemen be established at a cost notexceeding 20 guineas to provide four per-manent trophies to he plaved for yearlyat tournaments approved bV the council,but so that such contests shall not clash.vitli the Aew Zealand Championship

LEAGUE FOOTBALL.AUSTRALASIAN TEAM WINS.

Br TolcerraDh—Press A=s.-clatimi -r\,nvri:rhl, London, January 31.fhero were two thousand people pre-sent at Wigan when the Australasiansscored four goals and four tries againstthe Northern League team's four' triosCann played cleverly at outside half.M'Cue scored a try early in the game,Irancis converting. Francis soon scoredtwice, and converted both tries, ami thenthe Northerners scored a try. The re-feree sent Noble off the field'early in thesecond half, but nevertheless Hnllcttscored a try, which Francis converted.The Northerners played with fine com-bination in the concluding stages, andscored three tries.

OLYMPIC GAMES.

A meeting of the Olympic. Games Com-mittee was held on Wednesday evening,Mr. A. Murryatt presiding. A "committeewas appointed to raise funds locally, andit was decided to communicate with" othercentres, asking that committee* be form-ed for the same purpose In this connec-tion the secretary was directed to write,to Messrs. Jarrett (Auckland), i. f[. Ait-ken (Cluistehureh), .1. 0. (low (luvcrcar-Sill), W. Corby (Wanganuj), Hazard(Hastings), and the Olympic CommitteeUuuedin.

A sub-committee was also appointed ( 0find out the neees-nry details regardingthe holding of a pageant in WellingtonThe New Zealand Amateur Athletic As-sociation forwarded the following nomina-tion- for the Olympic team.—Hill, Kt .,'|.dell, Kerr, Harding, Opio. and Weodgor.It. was decidrd to invite nominationsfrom the New Zealand Swimming Associa-tion, and the New Zciland Tenuis Asso-ciation, and also to a:-k the .\e\v Zealand

Jiowing Assncialion to forward Ihe name*of any men considered worthy of inclu-sion in the Australian eight. "

AL'STKALASIAN SWIMMING T'KAM.S)' Telecraoh - l'.-es? A«,,i-';i|-;,.-, .:■-.ovrl!iti»

Sydney, February 1.The Swimming Association has nomin-

ated I.ongwortli, Ifardwiclc. and Ifoaly asthe Australasian swimming team at ' theOlympic Games in Stockholm this year.

The association intends to nominatetwo more if funds will allow.

It is expected that Western Australiawill nominate Finlay. and New Zealandits best representative. TUo full teamwill number seven

mar. S-l. !iib.; Waiiirewa, Sst. Mb.; OurOmen, S-4. Ulb.; lord I'o-.-iMe, fv-t.; Miss;,-w(.|, 7sl. 11H..

,uvai'i:m hack handicap. «t wsovs. Six furlongs—(,'Mdeniar. .'.1.-l.;Waiorewa, '.\-t. 121b.; Ali-s Jewel, X-t.(III).; KtnuHon, .Sst 51b.; Kn.-y, x-t. 311).;Mei-rie Vah r, N-l. 21b.; Colleen Dim. 7-t.lllb.: First, Marshal, 7.-C. Sib.: Santiago,7s',. Ulb.; Cora l.akebv, fl-t. 71b.

■ FINAL lIAN'IHC.W', of lift sovs. Sevenfiirlong-'.-Siibliiiic, .S-l. Gib.; Tri]>oli,Sst.; Arioni, 7sl. |:ilb.; Scorch, 7st. 131b.;Winning Post, 7s(. !>lb.: Our queen, 7-1.71b.; Tvnc Lass, Gst. (lib.; Compliment,(iM, 711/.

FIXTURES.Feb. 2—Gi-borii' l R.C. Sumnier.Fell. ;l—(.'antcrburv .I.e. Siiinuier.Feb. 7 aud S—Egiiiont K.C. Suiuiner.Feb. B—To Kuiti li.C. Annual.Feb. S and 9-Poverty Kay T.C. Annual.Feb. 14—Rotorua .T.C. Annual.Feb. 14 and 15—Taranaki J.C Autumn.Feb. 21, 22, and 24—Dunediu J.C.

Autumn.Feb. 21 and 22-Woodville District J.C.

Antunin. ,.„

_ ,Feb. 2:1 and 24—South Auckland R.C. An-

nual- , T _

Feb. 29 and March 2-Wanganm J.C.Autumn.

March G and 7-Dannevirke B.C. Autumn.March 13 and 14—Napier Park R.C.

Autumn.March IS-Opunake R.C. Annual.March 20 and 21—Nelson J.C. Annual.April 8 and 9-Canterbury J.C. Autumn.

BOXING.

TRACT AT HASTINGS.

18/ Tclcrraph.—Special Corresnondent.VNapier, February 1.

There was a large attendance at theTrincess Theatre, Hasting.', to-night, vvhenthe Hawke's llav Boxing Association heldtwo contests. "The more important ot the

two was a 15-round contest between PeterCook, of Sydney, and "Tim' 7 Iracy, olNew Zealand. _

Prior to the bout, Mr. A. L. D. Frnser,

on behalf of the association, made a pre-sentation of a gold medal to Tracy inrecognition of the honourable part wluehhe had plaved iu the boxing arena dur-ing the past eight years. He (Mr. 1'rasor)mentioned that Tracy had taken partin 3(1 contests, and had won 26.

Last night's contest was, in somo re-spects, peculiar. At the outset, Cook,who is verv light and active, dancedaround the' ring, planting jabs on hisopponent's face, but without doing Tracvanv damage. This went, on for severalrounds, but Cook's attack became morefeeble as Ihe bouts progressed, and itappeared that, at any time between thefourth and tho tenth'round, Tracy could,if he had wished, have "sailed in." Hedid not, however, seem lo be taking Cookseriously, and, many times, some of theonlookers jeered at the lack of vigourshown. Tn the last two rounds, however,the contest livened up. Cook, relyingsolely upon work iu clinching, constantlybored in, a'nd kept raining Wows on bisopponent's body. Tracy then opened out,but the constant clinching had tired him,and ho failed lo achieve his object oflanding damaging blows. The contestwent the full fifteen rounds, and, at theconclusion, the referee (Mr. A. Gregory)proclaimed Cook the winner.

The other affair was between Illand,of Waipawa, and Sharp, of Jlasterion.The former weighed list. 21b., and Sharplist. 51b. Illand had an easy win.Sharp appeared to bo a «tono ovor-wpiglii,and be was ((iiitc content to keep out ofthe way of his nimble opponent. The Wai-pawa representative had all the best ofallairs, and knocked his man out in thefourth round.

SWIMMING.

MISSE.\ CUP.The Wellington Club decided the first

distance of the Jlissen Cup (220 yds.) atTo Ai'o Baths last evening. The fol-lowing is thi! result:—

H. Murroll, llsoc.,'l; K. Healy, scr., 2;A. Crowtiier, Usee., 3. Also started:E. Vnngo, 525;e.; "M. I'amell, Usee; K.J). Uussell, Jlsec; \V. G. .Morpeth, Slsec.iI). Martin. 23sec; 11. It. Mullins, Wscc.;I'. Grey, 1.5.-oc. Time, 2min. "57 2-ssec,

A considerable amount, of interest is be-ing aroused amongst swimmers and theirfriends in the Tlioriidnii Amateur Swim-ming Club's annua! carnival, which is lin-ing held to-morrow afternoon at llioThorndon Baths.. Swimmers from the Wai-raiapa and I'alriif-rston North are takingpart in the racing, as well as the localchampions, nnil some- exciting finishes areanticipated. The club are hoping to havea large attendance, and are making suit-able preparations to ensure the enjoymentof visitors.

WANGANTJI GATHERING.(By Teleeraph-Prcsa Association.)

V/anganui, February 1.The "West Coast swimming champion-

ships were held to-day in line weather,and before a good attendance, liesnlts:

•140yds —Midler (Waugamii), 1; Stewart(Wangnnui), 2; Grant (Hawera), 3. Time,Gntin. 53sec.

100yds. breast stroke—Square (Hawera),1; li'Dowoll (Oonvillo), 2. Time, Imiu.

100yds.—Claringbold (Hnwera), 1; Grant(HnWcra), 2. Time, 67sec.220yds.—Grant (Hawera), 1; Mullcr

(Wangauui), 2. Time, 2min. 59 l-ssec.Water Polo.—Wangauui team, 1.

SYDNEY INVADERS BEATEN.(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

Auckland, February 1.The second swimming carnival, in con-

nection with the inter-club contests be-tween the Sydney and Waitemata Clubs,was held to-night, when a largo attend-ance looked on. Waitemata increased1their lead for supremacy, the positimnow being: Waitemata, !•') points; Sydney,

8 points.'The mile relay race, between teams of

four from each club, was won easily byWaitemata in 21min. 35?cc.

Three men from eacli club started inthe 220yds. breast-stroke scratch race. W.11. Horton .(Waitemata) was first, W: li.Jerrom (Waitemata) second, ami Voss(Sydney) third. Time, 3min. 21sec.

The Sydney men won tho water polomatch.

The handicap events were won by localswimmers.

Included in tho programme was aJJOyds. exhibition swim by Miss Dnrach,toe Australian lady champion, who cov-ered the distance in lmin. 18 2-.r>scc.

Tho final at the carnival will be heldon Saturday.

BILLIARDS.

LINDRUM V. REECK.By TelecraDh— Press Aesociation-CocyrlElit

(I!ec. February 1, 10.50 p.m.)London, February 1.

In the billiard match beU'otn Liml rumjiml IZcocp the score now stnncli-: Liml-rum, 12,002; Reece, 7fio7.

RIFLE TEAMS MATCH.

The folknving team has been selectedto represent the Karori Hide Club in itsannual iikatch against theI.'ppor Unit liille Club at the Upper Hultranjtc on Saturday next:—l'resiilent liar-shall, lJe|iuty-Prchi(lent ,ludd, KillcmeuHum.-:, litilfonl, Halliitay. i'liiumer, Crn.v-ton, I'andall, Habe, and Willoughby; eni-erj;oncy, L'aUlwnll.

Tile remaining club members will jour-ney In Trcntliiini as usual, where u prac-tice over the SOU and 0011 vards ranges willl:o held.

SHIPPING NEWS.

I'IIASKS 01- TIIH IIOOX.i-i-:iini'.\i;y.

Day. Ur. in.Pull moon 5 11 26 a.m.last iitiui-ter :... 10 12 21 !>.:.>•

Vnv maini 18 514 p.m.l'lrst iniiM-ier 26 6 57 imii.

MOON.Moon ris-cs to-day, 7.18 p.m.; sets, 4.22 a.in.Siatimlav.

llltill WA'l'Klt'I'n-day. 2,35 a.m.; 3.13 p.m.10-morrow, 3.44 a.m.; 4.11 p.m.

SUX.Sun rises to-day, 4.55 a.m.; fets, 7.12 p.m.

ARRIVALS.THURSDAY, FKBKUAKY 1.

TAHITI, s.s. (5.45 a.m.), 7585 tons, Evans,from San Francisco, via ports. Passen-gers: Fir-st saloon—Mesdamcs Stevens, llut-tou, Schatt a.iuf child, Mefsrs. Tariltoti,l!r.»iibaum, llalier, V. Snndlunt, C. T.Willins, Twiss, Hourke, Kohn, Jfatthcws,Schutt, Huttou, Jt'Lennan and boy, Trav-crs. Second saloon—Uesdamcs Gray,Thomas. Kev. Hudson, Dr. Gray, Messrs.I'a.rr. Forward, K. Kobcrts, A. Maekay, W.Brougli, p. Clifton, J. Kerr, Harris, Itid-dick, Smith, I'cvrous;. Third-class: 15. ForSydusy—First Ealoon, 8; Eecond, 23; third-class, 22.WAVEIIIiEY, s.s. (4.30 a.m.), 157 tons, Pur-vis, from Picton.

MAHAKOA, s.s. rt.lo a,m.), 2598 tons, Man-ning, from Lyttelton. Passengers: Saloon-Misses Watts, Illaekie, Auid (2), Nowflcld,Wyne, Jl'Dermid, Turnsr, Day (2), Sibly,M'Clure (21, Weber, Coirmichiiel (2), Coatcs,Simms, Newton, Taylor, Husband; Kachct,Coppell. Hooper, Laidlaw, Cane, JtesdamesBoon, Day, Itevell, Smidt, Carmicliacl and3 children, Grace, Back, M'Donald, Poole,Eichards, Lee. Auld. M'Lennan, M?flsrs.Morten, Low, Grace, Brooker, Htrawbridge,Murphy, Sevill, Gray, M'Alister, Dick,Tosswsll, Fox, M'Farlane, Pattcreon. Find-lay, M'Donald (2), Bailey, Stott, Newton,Imnnau, Smith, Dunn, Stubba, Boon. Day,Trotter. Itevell, Majcencarb, Carmichnel,P.arlc, Handy, Milne, M'Bride, Chance, Hill,Cook, Lathan, Allan, Wilson, Neville, Ste-pherson, llallantyne, Moreland, Coats (2),Guy. Hutchison, Steeds. Lonkwood, Falck,Poole, Loiiftnmir, Wright, Hunter, Gruar,Fitzwell. Tewhemaker; 31 stecrase.WAIMEA. s.s. (6.50 a.m.), 452 tons, Wild-man, from Waneanui.

NIk'AU. s.s. (8.35 a.m.). 245 tons, Hay,from Nelson and Motueka.

MANA. s.s. (11.23 a.m.), 134 tons, Gibson,from Pat;a.

VTCTOTUA, s.s. (11.45 a.m.). 2969 tons,Entwisle, from Melbourne and Dobart, viasouthern ports.

KIRTPAKA, s.s. (1.20 p.m.), 133 tens,Crnu.-.her. from Pafca.MANGAPAPA. s.s. (6 p.m.), 164 tons,Fletcher, from Westport.

KAIAPOf, s.s. (6.40 p.m.), 2003 tons, Thom-son, from Napier.TAI/UNE, s.s. (7 n.m.l, 2087 tons, Todd,from Suva, via Auckland.

WAKATIT. s. f . (7.3.5 ».m.), 157 tons, Wills,from T,vttelton and Knikouro.PATF.EXA. s.s. (8.35 p.m.). 1212 tons. J.G.

Watsan. fmm Nel.-on and Picton. Passen-gers: 151 s.iloon and 18 stc?rai;e.

BLENHEIM, s.s. (10.30 p.m.), 120 tons,Wilkinson, from Blenheim.

DEFENDER, s.s. (10.55 p.m.). 190 tons,Jamie.-nn. from Karamca.

NGAHERE. s.s. (11.5 p.m.), 1090 tons, Dil-nor. from Grovmotilh.POHF.RUA. s.s. (11.45 p.m.), 1175 tons,Cameron, from Greymoutb.

AORKRj;. s.s. (11.55 p.m.). 77 tons, Fisk,from Pafca,

DEPARTURES.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1.

KOJt.VTA. s.s. (0.50 a.m.), 1994 tons, Maw-son, for Westport.

TAINI'I, s.s. (3.10 p.m.), 9957 tons, Moffa.lt,for Lyttciton.

ARA'PAWA, s.s. (3.10 p.m.), 268 tons,Corby, for Wanganui.

NIICAU, s.s. (5.10 p.m.), 245 tons, Hay, forNelson and Motueka.

MANUKA, s.s. (6.5 p.m.), 4505 tons, Neville,for Hobart and Melbourne, via southernports. I'a.sscngcrs: Saloon—For Hobart—Misses Trerc, Kingst, Mrs. Street anil 2children. M.ssrs. Scaler, Grose. Street.For Melbourne—Misses Sargood, Donoghue,N-aylor, Henry, Wilson, Mateer, CaptainLeech, Mr. Donoghue.

WAVERLEY. s.s. (6.35 p.m.), 157 tons, Pur-vis, for Nelson.

MANA, s.s. (6.35 p.m.), 134 tons, Gibson,for Pntea.

VICTORIA, s.s. (7 p.m.), 2969 tons, Ent-wisle. for northern ports anil Sydney.

MARABOA, s.s. (8.5 p.ui.), 2598 tons. Man-ning for Lyttciton. Passengers: Saloon—Misres Paul, Pearson, Craig, Hood, Bur-nett, Mackenzie, Shannon. Carkins. M'C.il-maii. Barton. Eiby, Bowen, M'Dou-rall,Proctor. Bull, Forsytlie, Mesdaincs Shan-non. Howell, niatkwood. Wood, Firth,Eiby, Perk. D; Benzie, Old. Spencer,Wi-icht, Wristht. Macartney. Cevan. Too-mer-and 2 children. Bishop Seville, BishopJulius, Dr. Scott, Captain Wood. Messrs.Cotton. Finley, Shannon. Blackwood,Howell. Burnett. Aislahie, Maekay, Baker,Wood, Gibbons, Swcetman, M.'DougaU, Hob-inson, Williams. Whooldon, Boose, Cillicit,M.ieartiicv (2). Toomer; 10 steerage.

KAIArOT. s.s. (11.25 p.m.), 2003 tons, Thom-son, for Westport.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS.Jlincmoa. Wcstport, February 2.Opa.w.l, Blenheim, February 2.Queen of the South, Foxton, Feb. 2.Gertie, Foxton, February 2.Huia, Waiigainii, February 2.Blenheim. Blenheim, February 2.Kapnni. Patea, February 2.Maori, Lyttclton, February 2.Wha-ngapc, Wcstport, February 2.Tarowcra, Dnnedin. Lyttclton, Feb. 2.Warrimoo. Melbourne, via south, Feb. 2.I'akai.i, Montreal, via Auckland, Feb. 2.Pohcnia, Grcymouth, February 2.Murilii, Loudon, via Napier, Feb. 2.Putiki, Wnnyanui, Fsbrunry 3.Kapiti,' Wnnganui, February 3.Mana, Patca. February 3.Nikau, Nelson, Motucka, February 3.Mnraroa. Lyttclton. February 3.Moa, Tcrr.kohe. February 3.Manouriko. West Coast. Kelson, Feb. 3.llaliaia. Montreal, via way norts, Feb. 3,Kairaki, Kaiapoi. February 3.Star of Scotland, New York, vja Auck-

land. February 4.Manaroa. Hn.vclock, February 4.Ripple, Gisborne. February 4.Monowai, Dunedin, Lyttclton, February 4.liuanehu. Napicv, February 4.Anglo-Mexican, Napier, February 5.Taimii, Waitara, February 5.Koonya, southern ports. February 6.Mokoia. northern ports. February 7.Tongariro, Wanganui, February 8.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.Stormbird, Wanganui, February 2.Kiripaka. Patea, February 2.Opawa, Blenheim, February 2.Ouenn of the South, Foxton, Feb. 2.Gertie, Foxton, February 2.Iluin, Motucka. February 2.Blenheim. Blenheim. February 2.Kapnni, Patea, February 2.Pa-tcena, Pieton, Nelson, Fobruary 2.Moori. Lyttclton. February 2.Wakntu, Kaikoura, Lyttelton, February 2.Warrimoo, Sydney direct, February 2.Tarnworn, northern ports, February 2.Tahiti. Sydney, February 2.Waimea. Nelson. Fobruary 2.Aorcrc, Paten, February 2.Talune, Napier. Fobruary 2Mana, Patea, February 3.Nik-an, Nelson, Motucka, Fobruary 3.Mararoa, Lvttclton. February 3.Aralmrn. Pieton. Nelson, West Coast,

February S.Whangnpe, Lyttclton, February J.Matatua, fiisbonio, Keliniiiry 3.Kniraki, Kainmii, Febniary 3.Pohcnia, Napier, February 3.Putilii. Wanganui. February 5.Aropawn.. Wiinsnnui, February 5.Knpili., Wongi'iiui, February 5.Mnngnpapn, Wcstport. Karnnion. Feb. 5.Manama. Moliiokn. Febniary 5.Tninui. Wnitnrn, Moknu, February S.

, Monowai, northern porlc February 5.Star of Scotland, Lvl.lolUin, February 5.Mapourifcn, Ncli,on. West Const. Feb. 6.Bipplc.Nnpicr. Gisborne, February 6.Koonya;. New Plymouth. Wcstport. Grey-

mouth. February 6.Anelo-Mexlcn.n. London. February 6.Mokoia. IryUeKon, liuucdin, Fob. 7.Tongariro, London, February 10.

INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE,

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.WAHKIMOO, c.s., left Melbourne January24, for llohnrl, sonlhrrn port's, and Wcl-

linirton. Duo Wellington February 2.Leaves same day for Sydney direct. DueSydney February 6.

MOANA, s.s., loft Melbourne January31. for Hohnrl, southern ports, and Wel-lington. Due Wellington February 9.Leave* same day [or Sydney direct. DueSydney i'eliruary 13

ULIMAROA, s.s.. leaves Sydney on Feb-ruary 3, Tor Wellington direct. Duo Wel-lington February 7. Lcaveti February 8[or southern ports, Ifobort, and Mel-bourne. Due Melbourne, February 17.WIMMHIiA. s.s., left Sydney January 31,for Auckland. East Coast ports, and 'Wel-lington. Due Wellington February 9.

Leaves same ilny fur Lyltelton and Dnn-edin.

OVERSEA SHIPPINC.STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

From London.MUltlTAl dine about .Febinnv 21 «nll-ed on November 28. via Australia and' Auc-

kland. iT.vs'.'i' Line, nper.ls.)MAMA HI Idue about February 1), sailed

on December 14, via Auckland. 'Shaw,Savill. nnd Albion Co.. agenls.l

ROTOHUA (due about February 7), sailed■in December 23. via Cape Town and llo-hnrl. (New fcufrnd Shipping Co.. a sent.'..)

MIMIIIO (due about March 21. sailed onDecember 28, via Australia and Auckland.(Tvsor Line, agents.)

lONTC (dim about February 'IP miled onJanuary 4, via Cape Town ,md !|[,bart,(Snaw, Savill mid Albion Co., ife&U.)

TURAKIXA (due about March s'. saibdon January 19. via Cape Town and Jlooart.(New '/.calami Shipping Co., agc.vs.JIHilU;Xi;i (due about March 19), sailed

on January 20, via Auckland. (New Zea-land Shipping Co., agent?.]

From Liverpool.KANFFSIIIKF, (line aliout February 29),

sailed on December 21, via Cape lown,Sydney, Ncwcas'.b, and Auckland. (I -Jl.-S.Line, agents.)

WAIMAN'A (due about February 18), sail-ed on December 23, via Australian portsand Auckland. (Shaw, Savill, and Albion

SUSSEX "(dm about March 22), failed onJanuary 12, via Sydney, Newcastle andAuckland. (F.-11.-S. Line, agents.)

From Montreal.T.AKAIA (due about February 3). sailed

on November 19, via Australia, and Auck-land. (New Zealand Shipping Co., agents.)

WAIWKHA iduo about March 6), soiledon December 28, via. Australia and Auck-land. (New Zealand Shipping Co., agents.)

WAKANUI (due about March 29), failedon January 19, via Australian norts andAuckland. (New Zealand Shipping Co.,agents.)

From New York.STAR OF SCOTLAND (due about February

4), sailed on Sovcmlnr. 18, via Australiaand Auckland. (Tyscr Line, agents.)

FALLS OF OItCHV 'duo about February6), sailed on November 18, via Aucklandand Napier. (Vacumm Oil Co., agents.)

KIRKDALE (due about March U). sailedon December 13, via Australia and Auck-land. (A. and A. Line, agents.)

From Philadelphia.

TERRIER (due about February 18), BailedNovember, via Duncdin and Lyttelton.(Golliu and Co., agents.)

BAILEE TO ABRIYE.QUEEN ELIZABETH, ahip, sailed from

New York, October 17. (Vacuum Oil Co.,agents.)

BY TELEGRAPH.

OVERSEA.NEWCASTLE, February 1.

Sailed.—Wnibora, for New Zealand.SYDNEY, February 1.

Arrived—Karori, from New Zealand.Sailed—lris, for New Zealand.

UOBART. February 1.Arrived.—Rotorua, from London.

COASTAL.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1.

AUCKLAND.Sailed.-Raltaia (4 p.m.), for Wellington.

GISBORNE.Arrivcd.-Holmdab (12.30 p.m.), from Wel-

lington. NAPIER.Arrived.—Tayiuni (4.40 p.m.), from Wel-

lington. ,„

Sailed.-Muritai (2 p.m.) and Tarawcra(5.15 p.m.), for Wellington.

PATEA.Sailed.—Kapuni (8 p.m.), for Wellington.

WANGANOI.Arrivcd.-Putiki (7.55 a.m.), from Welling-

ton.FOXTON.

Sailcd.-Quccn of the South (7.25 p.m.)and Gcrtia (7.15 p.m.), for Wellington.

TERAKOIIE.Arrived.—Alexander (9 a.m.), from Wel-

lington.PUPONGA.

Arrivcd.-Kapiti (9 a.m.), from Welling-ton.

JIOTUEKA.To sail—Huia (7 p.m.), for Wellington.

FAREWELL SPIT.The Poherua (12.5 p.m.) and Ngahere

(11.50 p.m.), passed for Wellington.LYTTELTON.

Arrived.—Waipori (1.20 p.m.), from Wsl-lington; Pukaki, from Grcymouth; Cauo-pus, from Westport; Cygnet, from Kai-koura.

Sailed.—Maori (8.45 p.m.), for Wellington,with 250 passengers.

Sailed.—Warrimoo (5 p.m.), for Sydney,via Wellington. Passengers for Welling-ton:—Misses Caldwell and Smith, Mrs.West, Mr. Fountain. For Sydney—Mr. andMrs. M'Lcod, Messrs. J. 1). Crossley, T. W.Sowden. C. E. Weigall, Parr (2), Davis, andBalsillie.

DUNEDIN.Arrived.-Dredgo No. 35, from Timaru;

Monowai. from Auckland, via East Coast.Sailed.—Marienfels (4 p.m.), for Newcastle.

R.M.S. TAHITI IN PORT.Tahiti, K.M.S., arrived at Wellington

from San Francisco, via Tahiti and Raro-longa, at 5.45 a.m. yesterday, and subse-quently berthed at Jervois Quay No. 16.

An account of the vessel's voyage (sup-plied by .Mr. A. B. Thompson, purser)states that she left San Francisco at 1p.m. on January 10, and anchored in theharbour awaiting mails until 8.30 a.m., tliofollowing morning, at which time she tookher departure for Papeete. FiU2 clearweather was experienced on iho run down,the French island port b2ing made at 9a.m. on January 22. Departure for Earo-tonga was taken at 7 n.m. on January 22,and the Tahiti arrived at the latter porton the morning of January 25, leaving onthe same day at 5 p.m. for Wellington.

Captain Evans is in command, and withhim are the following officers -.—Chief offi-cer, Mr. 11. W. D. Bold; second. Mr. A. W.Creese; third. Mr. If. W. Tlyslop; purser,Mr A. It. Thompson; surgeon, Dr. .T. A.Doctor; chief engineer, Mr. John Wilson:wireless operator. Mr. E. Barnwell; chiefsteward, Mr. ,T. T. Marsh.

The Tahiti brought :i largo quantity ofgcnornl cargo for this port, and in addi-tion:—l6oo Racks copra. 14 packs coconuts,10 cases canned fish, 200 cases canned fruit,2000 co-sts dried fruits. "60 sacks barley, aquantity of trssh fruit.The Tahiti leaves Wellington for Sydney

at 5 p.m. to-day.

WARRIMOO WITHDRAWS.To-day will he the last occasion on which

the Union Company's steamer Warrimoowill be seen at Wellington in the inter-colonial service. On arrival at Rydmyon Tuesday next tlio vessel withdraws, andwill be laid up pro teni. The Warrimoo'splace will bo taken by the new liner Man-ngantii, due at Sydney from London to-day. The new steamer leaves the NewSouth Wales port on February 10. and isdue at Wellington on Fobruary 14.

OTAKI AT BEAUTY POINT.On Sunday last the New Zealand Ship-

ping Company's steamer Otaki arrived atBeauty Point from Wellington. Afteriinisliing discharge of railway materialthers, the Otaki sails for Auckland on Feb-ruary 5.

MURITAI DUE TO-DAY.The Tyser steamer Muritoi left Napier

at 2 p.m. yesterday, and is duo in portearly this morning. She berths at theTaranaki Street Wharf to discharge Homocargo.

BANFFSHIRE'S PASSENGERS.Tho F.-H.-S. Banffshire, which is due at

Wellington from Liverpool, via way ports,on February 29. has the following passen-gers on board for New Zealand ports. ForAuckland-Misses L. Pare, E. Critchly. S.Burridge, M. Warden, 11. Pare, E. Randall,Mcsdamcs C. E. Beck, E. Wynne. Messrs.T. O. Price, R. Adam Pare, J. Wakeling,G. llsck. J. Wynne, A. Lookhart, L. Lewis,D. Campbell. For Wellington—Mosd.uncsC. J. Kellv, Leake, H. Hill, Messrs. C. .T.Kellv. S. Leake. .1. C. Fleury, J. T. Ives,11. Hill. H. E. Hill, 11. Hilton, A. Davies,

.1. Kelly, W. Epsom, C. Thomas. For Dun-jdin—Mr. and Mrs. Theo. E. Bridgor. MissD. Graham, Miss S. M'Guiro. Mr. It. M'Tfae,Mr. Jas. M'Donald. For New Plymouth-Mr. Wm. Hill. For Lytt«lton-Mr. , andMrs. Geo. Worthington and family (5),Messrs. A. Wetherill, Chas. Gotfteld, 11.Freestone, F. K. Council, Thos. Dallinc. ForWcstport—Miss Ellen Grimshaw. Msssrs.liocco Macori, S. Pacitti. For Oamaru—Miss E. Black. For Bluff—Mr. Jas. Camcl-ford.

ROTORUA AT HOBART.A cable message received from Hobart

last night announced the arrival of thoIt.M.S. Rolorua from London, via GapeTown. The liner is due at Wellington onTuesday, February 6.

MESS-TABLE GOSSIP.Mr. Naismith, third engineer of the Ta-

hiti, is under orders to proceed to Kai-para to join (ho Kainono. as second. Mr.Naismith lcav's Wellington for Aucklandby to-day's express.

Mr. W. H. Cunningham, purser of theMoana, and Mr. Garwood, purser uf theWorrimoo. exchanged positions at Mel-bourne last week. On the arrival of theWarrimoo at Sydney this trip Mr. Cun-ningham will transfer to the Maiiuganuias purser.

Recognising the necessity for more pilotsnl Brisbane, the Government has appoint-ed Captain John Pcden and Captain D. A.Scott as additional numbers of the pilotstafr.

Mr. M. llcnrv. second enclnerr of theTlimitangi. hit' left the vessel, and Mr. 11.L:\ugridgc Ims been engaged in his st.vad.

Mr. L. C. Ward, purser of the Miraroa,is ashore on sick leave, and Mr. Walker,purser of the Arahur.'i. take s up Up riuivon th'.- vessel to Lyttcltoii and back thistrip.

A NATURAL LIGHTHOUSE.An active volcano on the Island of San

Salvador, about eight miles inland fromtho port of Acnjutla, forrnn (says the"Marino Jotirtm!,' New York), a naturalLighthouse, which, is mors reli&hle, io navV

gators state, than any hept by humanhands. This mariner's guid-' is a veritablepillar of cloud by day and a pillar of lireby night.

TAHITI'S FIIIST HOUND TRIP.lialher varied wcrs the incidents which

occurred in connection with the UnionCompany's new steamer Tahiti on her llrstround trip from Wellington to San Jran-cisco, which concluded yesterday.

First of all the vessel's arrival at llaro-tonga and Tahiti was awaited with in-terest, for her description had precededher, and, when the liner steamed into thofirst port of call out from Wellington, thewhole island turned out to sec her.

U Papeets-thc second port of call-theTahiti's reception was, if anything;, warmerthan on the first occasion. At the Frenchport, Captain Evans and his officers en-tertained the Governor and various Con-suls on board, and the ship 'watt' thrownOP2H for Inspection. Hundreds of peopleavailed themselves of this opportunity ofseeing the new liner.

The next incident of note occurred whenths Tahiti was approaching San Francisco.On this occasion it was a- "wireless inci-dent." When the steamer was severalnights out from San Francisco, wirelesscommunication was established with theshorn stations, but as soon as it was foundthat the vessel "speaking" was the TahitiSan Francisco appeared to "close down,and no messages could be sent through."In fact," said an officer, "wo were shutout completely. We could hear tlum talk-ing to other vessels, and on one occasionwe commenced speaking to them, but,when we gav3 our name, the shore stationclosed up at once."

When asked for the reason of the boy-cott, the officer stated that the only rsnfonwhich he could give was the fact that,owing to the vessel being equipped with, aMarconi instrument, th" Unit:d WirelessCompany's station would not take hermessages. When the Wellington-San Fran-cisco service was first inaugurated bolhthe Aoranei and Mnifai wre sowinp»dwith the United Wireless Company s in-struments, but there were subseoucntlytaken out a"d r-nlneed "V Marconi in-struments. The Tahiti was the first ves-sel of the Union Line trading to Americato be ecuiinped with Marconi ecar.

Daring tin* vesFtl's stay ill San Franciscothe Marconi shore station was enmn'eted,and communication \vn« maintalnM firseveral niehts out on the hoinev-ard run.

During the run down from San Fran-cisco t* Welling'o-'. Honolulu was "spoken 'at a distance of 2200 ir-ib".

NOTICE TO MARINERS. •

Karante.i Harbour: Discontinuance, ofheading Beacon Lights-Notice is giventhat the two small white lithts and tri-angular beacons just south of the flacstnirin Karamca Harbour will be discontinue!from and after Monday, February 5, 1912,as they are no longer of any use.

Chart", etc., offc.ted:—'\dmiralty ChartNo 2616: "New Zealand Pilot." cisrhtlf edi-tion, im. Chapter X, pace 330; "New Zea-land Nautical Almanac," 1912, pace 049, andplan facing page 346.

At 4 P.m. yesterday the steamer Maricn-fels. recently at Wolliiigton /ram • NewYork under charier to the U.S. and A.Line, left Port Chalmers for Newcastle.

Telegraphic advice received from Auck-land vssterday stated that the New Zea-land Shipping Company's steamer Rakaiahas Mt that port in continuation of hervoyage from Montreal to Wellington. Sheshould show up here late on Saturday even-ing.

The Queensland Government has calledtenders for a new pilot steamer for Bris-bane. The vessel is to be of steel, pro-pelled by a .single screw, and is to havea speed of 13 knots. Her length will be150ft.

The Tyser liner Star of India, boundfrom Napier to Wanganui, pass;d Wel-lington Heads at 9 a.m. yesterday.

R.31.5. Ruapheii will arrive at Wellingtonfrom Napier on Sunday. She sails forLondon, viai way ports on Thursday, Feb-ruary B.

Hincmoa, Government steamer, is dus atWellington from southern lighthouses, viaWestport. Kohatirangi Point, and Fare-well Spit to-day.

The Wana.ka loads at the BlulT on Febru-ary 12. at Oamaru on February 14. Sheproceeds from the latter port to Timaru,Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland.

The Maponrika arrived at Greymouthfrom Wellington, via way ports, at 5 a.m.yesterday. She left on the return tripat 7 p.m.

WEATHER REPORTS.

AT 4 P.M. YESTERDAY.Cap- Maria, van Dioraen.—S.E., fresh;

bnroinctor, 30.00; thermometer, 68. Hazy;

Kus"i>ll.—S.B., breeze; barometer, 29.94;thermometer. 74. Kin;; tea touch.

Muuukau llcads.-.5., hrerzo; barometer,29.97; thermometer, 69. Fair; sea smooth.

Aue.klaml.--S.. licht; barometer, 29.52;thermometer, 74. Fine.

TunrniiKii.-X.E.. light; barometer, 29.94;thermometer, 72. Fine; sen. smooth.

East Canc.-K.K., fresh; barometer, 29.94;thermometer. 70. Fine; s;a considerableswell.' Ci«bonie.-X.K„ llpht; barometer, 29.95:thermometer. 66. Fine; son smooth.

Port Ahurlri.-N.K., liu'lit; barometer,*9«3- thermometer, 68. Vine; sea fmootll."

('n'tli'Point.-S.E„ breeze; barometer,29.90; thermometer, 62. Cloudy;, sea ill-

''weli'inßton.-S.N'.W.. breeze: barometer,29.95; thermometer. M. Fair.

New l'!vi»outh.-H.\V., fresh: baronister,29 93- thermometer 68. Fine: sea smooth.

Cape F,smont.--K.\V., lipht; barometer,29.98- thermometer. 67. Fine; s;a smooth.

Wancamii.-W., llshl; barometer, 29.98;thermometer. 70. Pine: sea. smooth.

Farewell Spit.-VT., light; barometer, 29.92;thermometer, 70. Pine; sea moderate.

Capo I'oulwtnd.-fi.W.. fresh: barometer,30.01; Ihsmmomotcr, 65. Fair; sea mod-erate.

Wcstport.-S.W., fresh; barometer. 30.00;thermometer, 65. Fine; sea smooth.

Stephen Island.—K.W., light; baroniotsr,29.95: thermometer, 6!. Fine; son smooth.

Cap:' Cnnipliell.-N., fresh; barometer,29.84; thermometer, 68. Mazy; sea. rough.■Kailtuurn.—K.N.K, lifrlit; barometer,29.80j'

thermometer.'7l. Fair; sea smooth.Aknroa Lighthouse.—!']., liftht: barome-

ter, 29.90; thermometer, 65. Fine; sci<smooth.

I'ort, Chalmers—S.W., llpht: baromet?r,30.00; thermometer, 60. Italn; sea Emooth,

Nuggets.—S.W., fresh; barometer, 29.93;-,thermometer, 53. Gloomy; sea rough:'

Ulnir.—W., frssh; barometer, • 30.C0; tiler-'mometer, 68. Fair; tea moderate.

i). C. BATES.Meteorological Office, Wellington, ,

February 1, 1912.

MAIL NOTICES.

Subject to necessary alterations, mail!will close nt Hie Chief Post Offlcs as un«dor:— .

THIS DAY (FRIDAY),, FEBRUARY 2.Wniieniiui, Now Plymouth, also Mana-

wntu, Rangitlkoi, and Tarnnalii district!,per Manawatn train, 6.30 a.m

Wanganui, also Munawntit and Kangi-tikoi districts, icr Manawatu trniu (Thorn-dmi Station), 3.15 p.m.Wairarapa district, per Vt'airurapa tram

(Lambton Station), 6.30 a.m. and 3.45 p.m,Napier and Ilawkc's Bay district, per

Manawatu train (Thorndon Station), 8 a.m.and 3.15 p.m. , ,

~ „.

Auckland and district, also New Ply-month r.nd Wnnpantii, per Main Trunktrain (Tliorndoli Station), 50.50 a.m. • ■I'lctii'i, Blenheim, llavelocl;, Nelson,, audi

French Pass, per Patcena, 11.50 a.m,Motucka, per Jlnia. 2.20 p.m.Knikoura. per Wakalu. 3.Z0 p.m.Ccvlon. Imiii. China, Japan. Snails Set-

tlements, KiMith Africa, also Continent ofKurnne and United Kingdom. vjU Naplo;(due 'London March 91, per Nammoo, 3.3ttp.m. (Money-orders must he obtained twohour.- before the advertised tunc of eloa-

Aiist'rnlia'u "States rdnc Sydney February6). per Warrimon, 3.30 run. .

Southern ofllcc-; cf Sow Zealand, perTnrn.wM-a. 4.?. a p.m.Blenheim, Picton, and Jlavolock, pen

Southern''ofi'lies of New Zealand, alsoAustralian Stales <d::e Melbourne FebruaryIS), In connect with Manuka at Bluff, per,Maori. 6.15 p.m.

Victon, .Bbiihoiui, and Haelock, per:Blenheim, 7.45 p.m.

SATURDAY.'FEBRUARY 3.Australian States, to connect with • Vic-

toria at -Auckland (due Sydney Februaryoi ner 'Main Trrnk train.'lo.so a.m."picto'i. Illcuhcim, II:ivplo-->k. Nelson, Wcst-poit, Orovmoulli, and jlokitil:::, per Ara-hiirn, 11.E0 a.m.

Kelson, per Nikau. 1 p.m.Southern nffltros of New Zealand, peri

Mararan, 7.45 p.m.MONDAY. FEBRUARY 5.

Picton. Blenheim. BttVolock, French Pass,and Nidrxin, also th 2 bays, to connect withElsie and oil launch at Pieton, per Pa-teena. 11.50 a.m.Napier, Hit-borne, and Auckland, per-Mouowai, 4.20 p.m.

Motnckn, via Waiknwa and AdmiraltyBav, tier Manama, 4.20 p.m.

Southern offices of New Z"alord, also,fircymouth. llokitika. and Rccfton, penMaori, 6.15 p.m.

The lust dispatch *for Continent ofEurope and United Kingdom is via Naples,closing at Wellington, per Warrimoo, thisda v. at 3.3,1 p.m.

■Mails for Anstralhn States and SouthAfrica. cb<e at .Vii'-klnud. pev Victoria:,Monday. February 5. Nt 4.15 p.m.

Thenext best di'-nat-h for Canada, United .States of America. (7nnfal America, andWest Indies, will bo via ltnrotonia. Tahiti,and San France™. rlr.riinr nt Wellington,per Aorangl, Friday, February 9, at 3p.m.

T). Mlfi' yi.Chief Pof\. /ster.

Chief Post Oihcc, Wellington,February 2, 1912.

WIRELESS.Radio Office, Wellington.—Tho. steamer*

Victoria (N'opier to .Gisborne), Manuka(liyttelton to D'.mcdin), and Tahiti (Wel-lington to Sydney) will probably be withiuwireless ranee this ov;ning.

THE DOMINION, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1912; 7

J.AXO-TONIC I'ILI.SAre bot.li l.axutivi; ami Tonic in action.Tlijfv do not Ki'ilio, but, do their worki|iiici;lv, ell'ectively, and nainlod.v. Soldat lU'.'d. mill Is Gil.-

The Associated Aucl.ionpors will holda slock and implement sale at the Sol-ivnv salevard", Masterlnn. on Weihiesilay,February 7, nl. 1i.:'.0 o'clock. The impie-inents arc beiii',' Mild on account uf Mr..1. \V. (.'imniiigiiam. Te iloto.W"ons' (Jrpit I'cpi'.ormint Cure, ror

Umguj aud Ccliu. acrcx faibj, la, Gd.i

at C, SMITH, ULCUBA STREET.

Lace DepartmentArranged in lots convenient for your choosing is our entire assortment.;of Handkerchiefs, Neckwear, Ribbons, Embroideries, etc, Priceshave been cut down with a generous hand.

100 pieces SWISS EMBROIDER\*-H to 4 indies wide; dainty de-signs. At reduced Prices 2{d,, 3£d,, 4£d.

6 pieces CAMISOLE EMBROIDER Y-This season's designs. Usualprice Is. Sale price 6d.

20 pieces FLOUNCING EMIiROIDERY-27 inches wide; for child-rca's frocks. Usual price 2s. Sale Price Is. 4!d, yard.

5! pieces Glnce Millinery RIBBON—I to 0 inches wide; in sky,pink, moss, reseda, cardinal, brown, etc. 4 yards for Is.

40 pieces Silk Millinery RIBBON—O inches wide; splendid values;marked less than half price. All colours Is. .'id. Sale Price 6d.yard.

This season's 6tock of Ladies' NECKWEAR, of every description atBig Reductions,

Embroidered and Lace Peter Pan COLLARS. COLLARETTES, JA-BOTS, PLASTRONS, etc. Sale Prices Od, 10id„ Is., Is, 3d.

Hundreds of Ladies' HANDK.ERCIIIEFS-At hip; reductions; includ-ing full range travellers' samples of. every ik-srription; hem-stitched, embroidered or lace trimmed, in hnll'-draen lots—6 for9d., 6 for Is., 6 for Is. 3d., 6 for Is. 6d„ G fcr Is. 11d„ 6 for 2s. Gd.

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TITEKE is solidity, there is hon- Iesty, and there is value in Iovcrv ru'ceo of furniture niado at 8MAI(SHAU,\S. 1

Wo make in ntir own factory all i(he Furniture and Bedding that wo Itell, consequently (here are no mid- I(ilemen's profit to bo added to the |cost price.. This is an advantage §(bat cannot bo overlooked. IWo uinkc furniture to any special Idesign, and our prices are moder-ate,

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FARMING AND COMMERCIAL.NEWS AND NOTES.

BUSH DISTRICT SHOW.

THE MERIT LIST..

CATTLE, SHEEP, AND PRODUCE.

In addition to particulars of tho BnshDistricts Show (held at Woodvillo on

published yesterday, the fol-lowing additional list of successful com-petitors is given :—

CATTLE.Holsteins.—Bull, aged—James Harfs

Prince Pietcrtgo, 1 and champion; W.Remnant's Piotcrtgo Boy, 2. Bull, 2 years—A. J. Gallichnn's Heather Boy, 1. Bull,one year—A. J. Galichan's Sir Wekol ofRotaekane, 1. Cow, with calf—A. J. Gal-lichan's Pearl, 1 and champion; W. Rem-nant's Lady Melba, 2. Heifer, 2 years, A. J.Gallichan's Duchess of Derwent, I; A. J.Gillichan's Portia Wekol, 2; W. Rem-naut's Tip Top, 3. Heifer, one-year—A..1. Gallichan's Clothildo Wekol, 1; W.Remnant's Lady Gwendoline, 2; A. J.Gallichan's Eliza, 3.

Ayrshires.—Bull, 2 years—J. Bowman,1 and champion; R. Richards, 2. Bull, oneyear—C. Woodley's Young Duke, 1; C.Woodley's Young Prince, 2. Cow—C.Woodley, 1 and champion, and 2. Heifer,two years—C. Woodley, 1 and 2. Heifer,ono year—C. Woodley, 1 and 2.

Jerseys.—Bull, aged—E. S. Holdaway, 1and champion; A. Rendle, 2; S..E. Wor-bys, 3. Bull, two years—G. Milligan'sLiry Cleary Lad, 1; J. B. Vealo's WildCherry, 2; R. Palmer, 3. Bull, one year—F. Cresswell, 1; Charles Watkins, 2;A. Bufroll, 3. Cow—J. B. Veale, 1 andchampiou; S. R. Lancaster, 2; E. S. Hold-away, 3. Heifer, two years—S. R. Lan-caster, :1; J. D. Veale, 2.

DAIRY CATTLE.Crossbred cow-J. B. Veale, 1; F. Cr".

Walker, 2; H. A. Rosenfeldt, 3.. Cross-bred heifer, in milk, over 27 months—S.R.'Lancaster,; 1; R. Charmlcy, 2; H. A.Rosenfeldt,.; 3.. Dry crossbred heifer,under 18 months—J. B. Veale, 1; F. G.Walker, 2 and 3. Dry crossbred heifer,Tinder 30 months—J. B. Veale, 1; H. A.Rosenfoldt, 2; W. Remnant, 3. Crossbredheifar, under G months—S. E. Worboys,1; R. Charmley, 2; J. B. Veale, 3. Twocrossbred yearling heifers—S. R. Lancas-ter, 1.

SHEEP CLASSES.Lincolns.—Ram lam))—H. Gaisford, 1

and 2. Ram,' 12 months—H. Gaisford, 1and 3; D. M'Donnld, 2. Ram, 21 months— 1 and champion; H. Gais-ford, 2'and 3. Three rams—H. Gaisford,1 and 3; D. 'M'Kenzie, 2. Ewe lamb—H.Gaisford, 1 and 2; H. R. Wilton, 3. Ewe,12 months—D. M'Donahl, 1; H. Gaisford,2. Ewe, 21 months—D. M'Kenzie, 1 andchampion.

Border Leiccsfers.—Rnm lamb—James'A. Walsh. Ewe. laiub—James A. Walsh.Two ewes—James A/ Walsh, 1 andchampion. . • .

English Leieestcrs.—Ram lamb—S. R.Lancaster, 1. Rani, 12 months—S. R. Lan-caster, 1 and 2. Ram, 21 months—S. R.Lancaster, 1. Ram, 33 "months—S. R.Laucaster, 1 and champion. Three rams—S. R. Lancaster, 1. Ewo lamb—S. R.Lancaster, 1. Ewe, 12 months—S. R. Lan-caster, 1. Ewe, 21 months—S.. R. Lan-caster, 1.

Shropshire Downs.—Ram, 12 months—H. R. Wilton. Ram, 21 months—Wilton,1 and champion, and 2. Threo rams-Wilton, 1 and 2. Ewo lamb—Wilton, 1and 2. Ewo, 12 months—Wilton, 1 and 2.Ewe, 21 mouths—Wilton, 1 and champion,and 2 and 3. '..,''

Crossbreds.—Thrco ewes—H. R. Wilton,1. Three yonng ewes—W. E. Oliver, 1;J. Murray, jun., 2. Three wethers—H. R.Wilton, 1.

Fat sheep.—Five.wethers for freezing—11. Gaisford, 1 and 2; H.,E., Wilton, 3.Five- wethers, under 21 months, for freez-ing—Tl. Gnisford, \ and 2.; Five cross-bred ewes'for freezing—H. Gaisford, 1and 2; W. H. Nelson, 3. Five longwoollambs for freezing—lf. Gaisford, 1 and 2;W. H. ftelsou, 3. Five lambs for earlvniaturitv—W. H. Nelson, 1; H. R. Wilton,2. Pet lamb-Whitehead. I; Albert Mur-ray, 2,-Agnes Murray, 3.

CLASSES FOR PIGS.Berkshire hoar—Jnmes Mlvinlay, 1.

Berkshire sow—James Grant, 1.Fat pigs—Janies M'Kinlay, 1; S. E.

Worboys, 2; S. Bolton, 3.Porkers—James M'ivinlay, 1; E. Hard-

ing, 2.FARM FRODUCE.

Long oats—Williams and Kettle, 1.Short oats—Williams and Kettle, 1.Late barley—Williams and Kettle, 1.Ryegrass—vTOliams and Kettle, 1; Gal-

braith and Co., 2.Cocksfoot—Galbraith and Co., 1; Wil-

liams and Kettle, 2.Mangold seed—Williams and Kettle, 1

and 2. ■White clover—Galbraith and Co., 1;Williams and Kettle, 2.

.Cowgrass—Williams ami Kettle, 1; Gal-braith and Co., 2:

Turnip seeds—Gnlbraith and C0.,. 1;.Williams and Kettle, 2.

Linseed—Williams and Kettle, 1.Potatoes—S. Peck, 1.Powdered butter-Air. H. F. Older, 1;

Sirs. C. P. Jensen, 2.Powdered butter, separator—Mrs. H. F.

Holder, 1.Cheese—J. Bowman, 1.White bread—Mrs. I!. Commock, 1;

Mrs. C. P. Jensen, 2. ' -

Brown bread—Mrs. C. P. Jensen, 1.: MILKING CONTEST.

'A milking contest took place betweenSeptember 20 and November 20, 1911, andtho milk was tested by the Departmentof Agriculture. Fifteen points was al-lowed for every lib. butter-fat, and onepoint for every 101b. of milk. The re-sults were as follow:—H. T,. Worboys'sJersey cross cow Countess, ,'l2-1 points;William Wright's Jersey cross cow

Beauty, 30 points; S. E. 'Worboys's 35i|points; John Murray. .311 points; MarkSmith, 311 "points; .ft. Charmley, 311points; S. J. Morgan, II2J points; J: Mur-ray, 32 points; Master J. Koss, 31J- points;Tj. Harding,. 27} points; E. IJellington, 27points. '

FARM COMPETITION.A farm competition was held, extending

over the months of October, November,and December, Wll, under the followingconditions, open to tho.se milking 10 cowsor more and supplying a factory. Therewere eight entries, and the 'followingwere the points gained l,y the first five:—1!. Charmley, 3137 points; E. Harding,278-1 points; J: M'Kinlay, 27">3 points; A..Litchfield, 2071 pm'nts; S. E. Worbovs,ISftl points.

RANAKI SHOW.

AUTUMN DEFEATS SPRING.'An important decision has been arrived

At by tlio Taranaki A. awl P. Association,vhich has 'decided to substitute anautumn .show in place of the presentspring show. The chairman of the meet-ing'which, made the alteration (Mr.Ambury) said th» proposal had been be-fore the committee for very many years.Continuing, he said that almost, every ex-hibitor at tho last spring show had ap-proached, tlie secretary in regard tn mak-ing the change. The disabilities of thopresent date were caused through earlyspring being in the middle of the plantingReason, the flush of the milk season, thostud season, and the fact that moi-Q oftenthan not bad weather was encountered.in autumn, however, the conditionsvmild just he tho reverse.

SHOW DATES.

REMAINING SUMMER FIXTURES.February ti and 7.—Feilding A. and P.Association, at Feilding.February 7.—Central A. ami P. Associa-

tion, at Wtiipnkurau.February !).—Faliiatna. A. and P, Associa-

tion, at Faliiatna.February It.—Dannevirke A. and P. As-

sociation, at Dannevirke. Hum Fair,February la.

February 15.'—Waimarino A. P. 11. andI. Association, at Kautilii.

February 20 and 21.—Mns'.crton A. andV. Association, at "Sulwny," Master-ton.

February 28.—Kangitikoi A. and F. As-sociation, at Tailinne*

CULTIVATION OF RAPE.

THE VALUE OF EARLY SOWING.

The tendency of lato years to limit thoarea devoted to the cultivation of rapeon account of the ravages of blight, etc.,is greatly to be deplored, says Mr.Primrose M'Connell, writing in theJournal of the Department of Agricul-ture.' For the shcepfnrmer, no otherforage crop can exactly fill its placo; fortho fattening of lambs it is unequalled;and few other crops leave tho soil inbetter condition for the following crop.Under favourable conditions it willmaturo.in eight weeks after tho date ofsowing. Last season at the MoumahakiFarm sheep wero turned into n rapo pad-dock exactly-six weeks after the seed wassown, and it was then a very fine crop,.averaging 20 tons per acre. This wasgrown after a ploughed-nnder crop ofcrimson clover. In his report on therape crop at Moumahaki Farm last year,Mr. M'Connell ventured the opinion thatblight, etc., might, to a great extent, heavoided by early sowing. Rape, he says,is essentially a farmers' crop, and for thebreeder of fat lambs early sowing isimperative, in order that the lambs maybe carried' on without check, and bo gotoff at the earliest possible date. By sow-ing lato tho farmer courts failure in adouble sense. In the first place his rapecrop will not be available when it is mosturgently required, with the result that aconsiderable percentage of his lambs willbe left on his hands as stores, and soldas suchat a comparatively reduced price;and in the second place he is safe, nineseasons out of ten, to strike a dry time,which in any case will reduce the bulk ofhis crop, render it more susceptible toattacks of every, kind of parasite, andmay end in entire failure. Mr.M'Connellsays that his opinion as to the great ad-vantage of early, sowing has been furtherconfirmed by the success cf (his year'scrop at Ruakura, which, although grownunder the most adverse conditions as tosoil and weather, was quite fit for con-sumption by the middle of December,with the result that lambs not alreadysold fat are being carried forward with-out a check.

When rape is grown by the dairyfarmer, ho requires it in the dry season,ahd on that account it is necessary tosow later.. It has' been proved, however,that the dairy produce resulting from theconsumption of rape is inferior; alsothat there are other crops more certainas to their success in a dry season, pro-ducing a greater bulk of forage per acre,and butter-and cheese of much betterquality; hence the dairy farmer mayignore this crop entirely "without loss tohimself.

If what is stated above is accepted ascorrect, then not a single argument canbe brought forward to prove the advan-tage of late sowing. Early sowing haseverything in its favour; late sowing liasnothing whatever. When sown early,sufficient rain to force the crop to matur-ity is assured, and blight is avoided.In the cultivation of early rape, sowingon raised ridges is absolutely essential,as tho young plants are kept comparative-ly dry during a wet time, also horse-hoeing may he .undertaken at. a timewhen it could not possibly be done if thocrop were sown on the level. The greatadvantage of sowing any early forage cropon raised ridges has been abundantlyproved this season, which up to now hasbeen abnormally wet and cold. Manypaddocks of mangels, for instance, sownon tho flat aro now nothing but a matof weeds, and their ultimate failure isinevitable. Even when/sown on ridges,weeds in the rape and mangel crops havethis season been held in check with thegreatest difficulty; on the level, successfulcultivation has been impossible.

Like every other forage crop, rape revelsin soil that is full of humus; hence thogreatest success may be expected if grownas the, first'.-crop.:after pasture. At thosame time," under good cultivation, and ifsuitable manures are applied, it may besuccessfully grown after any crop. Onsoils that contain' a maximum of lime,rape may follow rape, but such a courseis not advisable and will lead to the in-troduction of club-root disease, which istho greatest enemy rape has to contendagainst. Without going into detail as tocultivation, the following rules may bosafely advocated:—

Plough early and as deep as tho sub-soil will admit.Cultivate at intervals between the datesof ploughing and sowing, so as to aeratethe soil and keep down weeds.Make the seed-bed as fine as possible,and roll before ridging, so as to ensuroa firm seed-bed.Sew the seed from the middle to theend of September, at the rate of 2>lb. toalb. per acre, on raised ridges 27in. apart.As soon as weeds appear, set the horse-noo going, and hoc at intervals until the

crop is meeting in the rows. If the weedsare kept down between the rows, the cropwill smother the remainder.If the l'lanct Jr. is used, the last hoe-ing should he done with the side hoesreversed, so as to form a ridger, and thusthrow up fresh soil to the stems of thorape, which not only smothers the weedsbut also encourages the growth of theplant and gives a finished appearance tothe whole paddock.As to fertilisers, where the soil is in-fested with blights and club-root, do notuse a highly soluble .superphosphate; useinstead a high-grado slog, or basic super-phosphate. A mixture of bonedust andslag will also give good results. On soilthat is not subject toclub-root, and whenseeds and manures are sown at one opera-tion by tho double ridger, basic slag andsuperphosphate are recommended, theformer sown through the manure coultersand the latter through the seed coulter?As a rule, the guanos now on the marketare too slow in their action for this cropand the specially-prepared fertilisers,generally speaking, cost too much. Potashmay be added to phosp.hatic manures forlight soil; on clay soils it almost in-variably does harm. (July in verv ex-ceptional cases will nitrate of soila orsulphate of ammonia pay the cost of ap-plication. '

It will pay handsomely to eat downthe first growth of the rape crop onlyalowing it to make n second growth andplough under. t;p to the present, theEssex varieties have given the best re-sult, with the Kangaroo a good second..None of the kales fatten so quickly asrape, but of all the forage crops of thisclass ■thousand-.headed Kale is undoubt-edly the best blight and drought register.the mistake is often made of allowin-the rape crop to become ton mature l Je

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fore turning sheep on. It is then woodvand unpalatable, and is not eaten witiiany relish. A little mustard should hesown with the rape to act as a correctiveanil stock while feeding on it should haveaccess to a supply of rock salt.

THE CANADIAN THISTLE.

AGAIN" ATTACKED BY DISEASE.

Last year a Wyndham farmer drew at-tention to the fact that some patches ofCanadian thistle growing on the propertyof Mr. Robert M'Kenzie, of UunvaikFarm, Seaward Downs, were (lying out,owing apparently to some disease that wasattacking the stems of the plants. Thisyear, on tho same farm, Mr. M'lCenzionotices, that a sort of fungus is also actingthe part of destroying angel to the thistle!It can l>o found on the under side of theleaf, which, when shaken, releases n quan-tity of powder, and wherever these fun-goid attacks have occurred tlie piitnt mesgradually drooped and died. .Mr. .M'Ken-zie's observations lead him to the conclu-sion that there art! certainly more patchesnf Canadian thistles in a diseased (anddying) state this year than last; further,that it is mostly tho older plants whichsuccumb, the younger ones being suffi-ciently robust to withstand the attacks.It would be interesting to know whetherany other farmers have had a similar"experience."

Unless you are content with (he samoprofits year after year, you had betterinstal labour-saving money-making im-provements in your Factory. The "Vic-tor" Cheese Vat helps to increase profits.It lias a patent sloping lrattom whichpermits of the whey running oil' <|iiie.kly.Frame and casing are of the Inst work-manship. Full particulars from A. J.Pat'ton, Carterton-

THE GRASS GRUB.

ATTACKING TUB TURNIP CHOPS.

According to n Wyndham farmer, (liegrass-grub is still very much in evidencein tho south. At present it is in theinsect stage, and is attacking the turnips,in the rough leaf, on the wing. The pestcan bo seen plentifully about the turnipdrills.

PRICE OF DRAUGHT HORSES.HIGH VALUES IN AUSTRALIA.

According to Sydney advices, some highprices were rttili>ed for draught horses ata recent clearing sale on account of 11r..Arthur Grimm, of Glencsk, Grenfell. Inall 71) horses, mostly draughts, were of-fered, mares selling at up to M\, geldingsto ct'so, and light horses .£'3o.

WOOL SALES.

THE FEBRUARY OFFERING.

Tho spell of dry weather has enabledgood progress to be made with shearing oflate, and the work is now practically fin-ished, although wool from the back-blockswill he coming in up to the end of thepresent month. It is expected that there,will Ix" a heavy olfering of from 10,000to 12,000 bales at the next sale, whichis to be held on February 13. Accordingto a local merchant the quality this sea-son has been good all round," the onlydrawback from tho buyers' view-point be-ing that there has been u little more seedin tho fleeces this year than there wasast season. The wool is reported to havebeen right in grease and of good, brightcolour. As far as the quantity comingforward is concerned, . it is anticipatedthat the final returns will show a short-age as compared with last season's totals ■

LUCERNE IN MARLBOROUGH.FOR SEED AND SHEEP FEEDING.

, Lucerne growing is rapidly increasin"ill favour in the Marlborough district0One tanner has expressed the intention ofdevoting 300 acres in the Riverlands dis-trict to lucerne, next season, his proposalbeing to thresh for seed and chaff thegrowth for feeding to sheep. The landthat it is intended to put to this purposeis subject to flood, and experience liasshown that lucerne will thrive even afterbeing wholly inundated.

EXPORT OF CHEESE.HOW TO PREPARE IT FOR HOME,

In preparing cheese for this market,"says Mr. Jung, of the Loudon office of theCoastal Farmers (Australian) Society, "Irecommend that they should be as large aspossible, up to 70 or SOlb., 'Cheddarshape.'Of course, there is always a market for101b. cheese, but it is exceptional for thisshape to realise as much as the large,even if the quality be equal. From theout-turn of the Australian cheese receiv-ed here last season, I anticipate a greatfuture for this commodity on* the Londonmarket, as in all respects it comparesvery favourably with New Zealand andCanadian. Kach cheese should be en-veloped in a cloth as far as the side isconcerned, but it should not entirely coverthe fop and bottom. They should bepacked two in a crate, with a board- firmlyfixed between each, and there should be aspace between each lath of the crate, sothat the air can get to the cheese. A pro-portion of white and coloured should besent, the latter to bo pronounced in col-our, but the finer the cheese the moreprobability there is of it commanding ahigh price as white, as a general rule."

LONDON BUTTER COMMITTEE.

THE CONSIGNMENT POLICY.

The London correspondent of a Sydneypaper writes as under:—".£ asked' Mr.King, London representative of theCoastal Farmers' Society, to tell me whathas happened lately regarding the 'co-operative, committee.' It is neccssnTy tostato that as a factor in the Tooley Streetbutter market tho 'committee' is by nomeans a potent force. Necessarily, suchan institution can only be effective in a.consignment season, which this one is not.However, Mr. Kings says:—'"'As far .as Australia is concerned,the quantity of butter under the control

of tho Colonial Co-operative Committeeis larger than last season, but the opera-tions of tho .committee are being seriouslyhampered by the largo quantity of butterin the hands of the speculators', principal-ly .from New Zealand. Australia is notaltogether free from blame in this respect;some factories have sold their output atridiculously low figures, "not caring totake the risk which rightly belongs tothem as representatives of the producers,and will have lost considerably. Not onlythat, but they place difficulties: in tho•yny of the direct consignment policy thatshould not exist. In this way the specu-lators, having such a large proportion ofbutter, can use it as a lever to forceprices up or down, whichever is morssuitable, for the time being. Just atpresent they are using tho lever to reducevalues, so that the nervous factory direc-tor and manager will sell, instead'of con-signing, for fear tho market should notrecover. When Mr. Speculator gets asmuch as, he wants, the market has a won-derful way of recovering at the. suppliers'expense. The efforts of the Co-operativeCommittee are at all times focused onthis hear and bull movement, and manytimes last season we were able to fore-stall their object by instructing the housesdealing with us not to sell at low figures,if id also not to "unnecessarily forceprices, so that tho market will againcollapse. Tho steady market is thefarmers' market, tho excited one thespeculators'." ... I wish I could con-vey a few of the factory' directors herofor a few weeks lo see the effects of theirpolicy of selling instead of adopting theconsignment policy for their produce.'"

CALIFORNIAN THISTLE.

MAKING IT PROFITABLE.

In view of the prevalence of the Cali-fornian thistle, much interest is (says the"Otago Daily Times") attached to a'ny ex-periment which gives promise of revealingmeans of successfully dealing with thisobstinate pest. The story of such an ex-periment conies now from the Clutlia dis-trict. Last year, in a paddock in whichfjie thistles stood as thick as a crop ofoats, just before they began to bloom aClutlui. farmer tried the plan of sowingagricultural salt by a limo spreader light-ly on the thistles. He then put sheep onthem.' Attracted by the 'silt the sheepattacked the-fhistles, and appearing to losetheir dread of the thorns, ate them rightdown to the ground. When they were af-terwards wild off the paddock' the meatcompany's buyer declared them to be thefattest sheep lie had bought in the districtthat season. If this experiment proves towork out successfully in other eases it isevident: that a most useful discovery liasbeen made.

WINTER FEED.

ENSILAGE IN TARANAKI.

A ve,ry fine stack of ensilage is to beseen on the farm of Mr. W. T. Wells,on. the Mamiia Road, says the "Witness."lie t(as harvested this season 200 acres ofhay, of which he lias converted ISO acreshHo enrilage, representing a oost for

labour alone of .£9O. The problem ofwinter feeding is every season forcingitself on the attention of farmers through-out Tnrnuaki, and in this district dur-ing tho present: season there has been alarge increase in the number of farmerswho are providing themselves with ensil-

age as winter feed.

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Halircty and Co. report on theirweekly I'aluioiston -\orth tis follows:~Small cull lambs, 6-. 2d.: shorn lnuihs, 95.,9s. 3d., to 9s. 6d.: fair-condition owes. Bs.6d. to 9s. 10(L; light fat ewes, Us. 3d.;liffht fiit lamb', lis.; woolly lambs, 10s.;two-tooth withers, 13s. and 13s. Od.; weanerheifers, £2 Is.; 15-months heifers, £3 Jss.6:1.: 13-month steers, £3 16s. 6d.; eows amiealves. £3 195.; lisht fat eows, fA 95.; three-year bullocks, .£6 lis. to £6 19s.

Jlcssrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.,report:—At our I'almcrstyn North sr.les oilThursday. February 1, a Road yardim; ofstock was submitted to a. lime uttendanreand sales were effected at tu» following(iuotations:-Four-ye:ir ewes, lis. SJ. :uidUp. 6d.; store wethers. 12s. Id.; forwardlambs, 9s. 3d. and 9s. 6d.: small lambs, 4sto 6s. 2d.; woolly lambs, 9s. 2d. to 9s. 8d •'forward cows, £4 ss. to £4 lis.: emptystore eows, £2 lis. to £3 10s.; weaivrs, 20s

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES.The sales recorded yesterday were-—Manning and Co., at £4 10s., and Shar-

land's preference, at 245. 6d. The buvingand selling quotations were ,as under':—Buyers. Sellers.£s. d. £b. d.

National Ean'» — 515 6Bank N.S. Wales 45 12 6 -

Equitable Building 10 5 0 —

N.2. and River Plate...

2 0 6 —

Well. Trust and' Loan 7 14 0 —

Napier Gas (£10) — 24 10 I)Well. Gas (prcf. 7s. 6d.)... — 0 8 3National Insurance 118 0 1 18 9Meat Export (£<;) — 5 0 0Meat Export (525. 6d.) — 2 19 oWell. Woollen (t>ril.)

— 3 18 0Well.-Woollen (pref.) — 3 10Taupiri Coal 110 12 0Westport Coal 16 6 17 3Leyland-O'Bricn 18 9 —

Taringamutu T'otara 2 3 0 2 6 6C. M. Banks, Ltd - jo 0Donaghy Rope and Twine — 12 6Golden Bay Cement 13 6 —

N.K. Con. Dental — 12 6N.Z. Paper Mills 10 3 -

Sharlaiid's preference — 14 6Ward and Co 5 4 0 5 6 0

TBUST AND LOAN CO.

ANNUAL MEETING.The thirty-ninth annual general meetingof shareholders of the Wellington Trust,Loan, and Investment Co., Ltd., was heldin the Chamber of Commerce last night.-Air. J. p. Jlaxwell presided.Tlrj annual report and balance-sheet,which have already been published, wereadopted, and it was decided that the divi-dend recommended by Ul3 directors bepayaoie forthwith.In moving the adoption of the reportthe chairman congratulated shareholderson the year s operations. Tlisrc had beena considerable increase in the volume ofbusiness both in country and town securi-ties, and the board was quite satisfied thattits investments had been-made on reason-able and substantial margins. They had

been able to make the usual increase inthe reserve fund, and this was a matterfor congratulation. He had no furlu-r re-marks to make except to say that the newyear had been commenced in a satisfactorymanner. Applications for mortgages werecoming along, and thare was every reasonto believe t.ial with the present prosper-ous state of the country, increased Jills',ness would be done on a satisfactory basis*Messrs.. James Lockic and Walter ScottReicl were re-elected directors, and MessrsO. P. Powles and Ernest W. Hunt were re-elected auditors.

LAND SALE.Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited,ialiuerston North, report having held ay, e 7; s';c.<;s, s.6fnl sals ° r la ondfeiiows'Hall, I eliding, on Wednesday, January 31on behalf of the trustees of the late bun-can M Kenzie, when they submitted atpublic auction two farming properties atSanson and Cheltenham, and a section inthe township of Sanson.There was a good attendance of farmersand othir interested from the surround-ing district, and the three lots sold underthe hammer after spirited competitiou asfollow:—Sanson farm, containing 176 acres free-hold, to Mr. Morton ll'Kcnsie, Sanson, at£40 10s. per acre.Cheltenham farm, containing 200 acres,freehold, to Mr. R. Taylor, jun. of Cun-

.ninglia.ni s, at £26 12s. 6d. per acre.Quarter-acre section in township of San-son, to Mr. W. F. Watkins, Sanson, for £25.

K.Z. AND RIVER PLATE CO.Th 3 report or the New Zealand, RiverPlate, and Land Mortgage Co., Limited,for the year ended October 31 shows thata not profit of £50,070 was earned, as com-pared with -£45,723 for the previous vear.the balance brought forward was £7288making available £57,367. A distributionof 4* per cent, was made in April last,absorbing £13,500, and the directors recom-mended a similar payment in respect tothe latter half of the year. A recom-mendation that £20,0C0 should again becarried to reserve was also made, whilet 4-c balance remaining to be carried for-ward was £10.367. By realisations dnrin-the year investments in New Zealand show-ed a surplus of £5184. After careful con-sideration of the remaining assets iu NewZealand, the directors thought lit to placethose investments in the balance-sheet at

£',816. which entailed the carrying of£10,000 to the riservc fund, raising thetotal of that fund with the year's appro-priation to £34C,0C0. The transfer of thiscompany's interest from New Zealand toLiver Plate has become more marked dur-ing the ysar, and expenses in the Dominionfor the period were only £488.

SYDNEY "DAILY TELEGRAPH."The report of the "Daily Telegraph"

Newspaper Company for the past vearshows that the profits were the highest onrecord, and the usual dividend of 12J percent,, and bonus in shares equal to 10 percent, are announced. The net profit for1911 was £58.099. as compared with £55,089in 1910, and £48,615 in 1909. The oriffinalcapital of the company was £50,000, butthe capital has been increased to £199,650by bonuses, representing accumulation ofassets, and with the bonus for' the pa»tyear the capital will be £219,620. The bal-ance-sheet shows £152,107 invested in bankdeposits and funded stock. £19,737 investedin shares of other undertakings. £28 019 infreehold property,and £22,623 building sink-ing fund, besides premises, plant, and stock,and current account £11,839.

WHECK OF THE DELHI.The determination of the directors of the

V. and O. Co. to salvage the steamer Delhiat all costs, was based, according to latestmail. advices, more on sentimental thanupon commercial grounds. The view ofthe board was that br refloating the ves-sel, even if the expense amounted to morethan she was actually worth, they would ren-der it impassible for hostile critics to refer tothe Delhi hereafter as a wreck. To thosenot closely in touch with shipping thispoint may appear a very small one. Inreality, huwevsr, it touches a matter ofimmense significance for those whose busi-ness it is to transport by sea passengers,often, as in the instance under notice, ofhigh social distinction. The great ambi-tion of all such undertakings is to main-tain a clean record of freedom from acci-dents. When the China went ashore offAden some years ago the directors of thecompany had the vessel refloated, at anoutlay which could not be justified on apurely profit and loss basis. But theboard considered that by the adoption ofthat course the rompany was saved fromtlrj stigma which otherwise might haveattached to it. Our cable messages haverecorded the fact that the whole of thebullion and sped?, as well as the articlesconsigned by parcel? nost, have been re-covered from the Delhi, and as the valueof these was estimated to approximate£1,000,0C0, the salvage operations, up tothat point at any rate, have not been un-attended with a measure of success. Thereare stated to be very few of Lloyd's un-derwriters who are not interested in thevessel in one way or another, whilst themarine insurance companies of London,without exception, had issued policies cov-

ering portion of the cargo.

MONEY MARKET.Th? banking returns disclose (says the

".Mercantile Gazette") a particularly heavygrowth in advances, resulting in a rcduc- IHon of £2,609,602 in the isrera of depositsover advances, which means a decreasedsimply of money'available and probablyn firmer tone in lending rates. Amplefunds are, however, held outside the Do-minion by some of the banks, ready to bebrought in if needed, so that no strin-gency is to be anticipated.

The trade returns for the year justclosed (jive an indication of the reasonfor these movements, as will be seen fromthe following comparison of the relationsof imports to exports for tha past twoyears :—

1911. 1910.£ £

Exports 18.957.467 22.147,7mImports 18,791.967 16.744,322

Excess of exports 195.500 5.403.373Instead of the liandsccnn surplus seen

in 1939 and i9lO, which more than met out-side obligations, the latest year shows<liiit3 a small surplus, which will go avery little way towards meeting those ob-ligations.

The Tost orfiee Savings Bank returnsshow an increase of deposits over with-drawals for ihe Derembjr quarter amount-ing to £144,329.

Customs duly collected at Ihe port ofWellington yesterday amounted to £1236Is. 3d.

LONDON' MARKET.Messrs. Daljrety ond Company, Limited,

Wellington, hav2 received the followingcablegram from their Ijondou office, datedJanuary 31 :-Shcepskin sales opened withfair attendance of buyers. Prices are parto Ad. por lb. lower for all descriptionsof skins. Wool sales: Prices continue fair-ly well maintained, without further ciuot-able change.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile.Ap?ncy Company, Limited, have receivedthe followini,' cablegram from their Lon-don house, under date January 31:—Wheat:We. have soid an Australian cargo at 375.4Jd. e.i.f. The market is quiet bat steady,and the outlook is encouraging.

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Messrs. Murray, Hoberts, and Co., Ltd.,have received the following cable-gram, dated January 31, from their Lon-don friends. Messrs. Munay,and Co.:—"Sheepskins market shows nomaterial change."

TALLOW SALES.Bj Teleirapu-Press

London, January 31.At the tallow sales 724 casks were offered

and 553 sold. Prices realised:—Mutton, fine365., medium 335.; beef, fine 355., medium325. 6d.

WHEAT.London, January 31.

An Australian cargo sold at 375. Sd. Four-tcjn thousand quarters of .Tanuary-Feoru-ry shipment sold at 375. 4Sd.

The American visible supply of wheatis estimated at 112,908,000 bushels.

(I!ee. February 1, 11.5 p.m.)Sydney, February 1.

The Chamber of Commerce has fixed thef.a.q. standard for wheat at 6111b., bring-ing it into line with Melbourne and Ade-laide.

AUSTRALIA* PRODUCE MARKETS.(Rec. February 1, 11.5 p.m.)

Sydnoy, February 1.Wheat, 3s. Bd. and 3s. 9d. Flour, old, £9;

new, £8 15s. Oats, Algerian, 2s. lOd. to 35.;Sparrowbills, 3s. to 3s. 2d.; Giants, 3s. 6d.Bartey, Cape, 3s. to 3s. 9d.; English malt-ing, 4s. 6d. to ss. Maize, prime, 4s. 7d.Bran, £5 10s. Pollard, £6 ss. Potatoes, £410s. to £6. Onions, £10 to £12. Butter,selected brands, 1265.; prime, 114s. to 1225.Cheese, 6Jd.

Adelaide, February 1.Wheat, 3s. SSd. Flour, £8 to £8 12s. 6d.Bran and pollard, 14d. Oats, 2s. 7d. to2s. lOd.

MELBOURNE HIDES MARKET.(Rec. February 1, 11.5 p.m.)

Melbourne, February 1.Hides were in moderate supplies at thesales to-day. There was a keen demand,

and prices were very firm.

MINING NEWS.

WELLINGTON SHAEB MARKET.A sale of Waihi Grand Junction at 265.

M. was the only transaction recorded ves-terday.The buying and selling quotations wereas under:—

Buyers. Sellers.£ s. d. £ s. d.

New Sylvia 0 15 0 17Occidental — 0 12Ross Reconstructed, — 0 3 7Talisman 2 10 6 2 11 3Wnihi — 2 5 9Wailii Grand Junction... 16 6 17 0Waiotahi — 0 4 3Waitangi 0 2 6 0 2 8Worksop Dredge 2 9 0 —

Kotuku Oil (10s.) - 14 0

STOCK EXCHANGE.(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

Auckland, February 1.Business done at this morning's call in-cluded:—Hay Queen. Is. 6d.Hasan, Is. 2d.Waiotahi. 4s. 4d., 4s. 2d.Mount Welcome, 4d.Crown, 3s. 2d., 3s. Id.Golden Cross. 7d.Maoriland, 4d:Talisman. £2 lis. 3d.Waihi. £2 ss. 6d.New Wnitnin, Bid.

iNow Zealand. Insurance. £4 13;. 6d.South British, £3 lis. 6d.Auckland Gas, £3 Bs., £3 Bs. 3d.Northern Steam, 14s. 6d.The following business was done on the

Stock Exchange at the 3.15 p.m. call to-day:—

May Queen, Is. 6d.Occidental, Is.Waitangi Consolidated, 2s. 7d.Mount Welcome, 4d.N.Z. Crown, 3s. Id.Waihi, £2 ss. 6d., £2 ss. 3d.Waihi Grand Junction. £1 6s. 6d.Wilson's Cement (pref.), £1 19s. 6d.

Dunedin, February 1.There wcr* sales on the Stock Exchange

to-day of Waihi shares at £1 6s. sd. and£1 7s. (eight weeks). Sales were reportedof Waihi Grand Junction. £1 6s. 9d.;Waihi, £1 ss. 3d.; Kaiapoi Woollen, £5 10s.2d.; and Milburn Lime, £1 19s.

WATCHMAN G.M. COMPANY.The mine manager reports :-During thepast week work has h3en in progress iu

various parts of the mine as usual.No. 1 Rise—Four men have been up toThursday, January 25, rising, and fourfeet has been risen, making a total of 30feot to (late. Since Thursday, .lanuarv 25,the work of cribbing and filling in' hasbeen in hand. The reef at this point hasincreased in size, measuring, about 7ft.,including hanging and footwnll portions.The quartz is of a soft, friable nature, inwhich gold can bo sscn in the stone, whichis being saved for treatment.Parallel r.eef.—Two shifts have been en-gaged in this face, and an additional 10

feet driven, making a total of 77 feet todate. At this point the two branches havecome together again making a reef mea-suring about 2ft. 6in. (hick. This ore isheavily charged with minerals, in whichgold can be easily seen in the stone whenbroken.

South-east Crosscut.—On shift has hecnengaged in this face, and 7ft. having beendriven", making a total of 4oßft. to date.There is no change to report in tin ap-pearance of the ore to that of my lastreport.

North-west Crosscut.—This face has beenadvanced 6ft. with one shift, making atotal of 25ft. from t!i3 side of the maindrive. A rib of quartz measuring about

Sin. was passed through in the early partof the week, with values low. The lastround of holes fired on Saturday exposedthe wall of more nuartz of a kindly na-ture, showing zinc blend and a little sul-phide. A few more shifts will be requiredto prove its size and value.

MOUNTAIN KING.The following telegram was received in

Auckland from the manager of the Moun-tain King mine, Kuaotuuu, on January 30:"Excellent ore showing; gold freely com-ing to hand every breaking down fromface and rise, Mountain King low level,also from winze above."In his weekly report the mine manager

states that (luring the early part of theweek a couple of shots were fired in ther»iiu low level to break down the lode.The result was that a very nice definedreef was disclosed, and showed freelycoarse as well as fine gold all throughoutthe solid quartz. The quartz there is fromBin. to 12in. wide. The winze is down21ft. in depth, the quartz being aboutKin. wide. This also carries good oredown the whole distance, improving inquality as sinking progresses, the goldbeing coarse.

WAIOTAHI.According to tho Thames correspondent

of the "New Zealand Herald," the" portionof the footwall dropper stripped in thedrive at the Xo. 7 level of the Waiotohimiiv has been broken down. The partstripped is about 6ft. both east and we«tfrom the crosscut. Good colours of goldwere seen in the quartz broken, whichis showing excellent mineral indications,and further improvement, may be expectedas soon as the cross ieef is passed, whichshould occur during the next few dors, astho best results were obtained eastwardof the cross reef in the upper level work-ings. The lode continues of an averagesize of about lflin., and the work of fur-ther stripping it eastward was resumedthis afternoon. A start will also be made tooj><mi out and di'ive eastward. on a newlode passed through before the holidays,and in which good dabs of gold were seen,and the three will be kept goingtogether.

MOUNT WELCOME.According to the manager of the Mount

Welcome mine. Coromandel. very favour-able country for gold is b-jinir met within tho winze, and a series of fine mineralheads ore striking into the reef goip"down. The reef is producing coarser goldthan was seen in the slopes overhead.Owing it timbering no quartz will bebroken down for a day or two. Duringthe week 1851b. of pick;.! stone was ob-tained as reported by telegram.

CRICKET.

ELEVENS FOR SATURDAY.

The following elevens will representvarious clubs in matches on Saturday:—

Wellington East.East A v. ]->t it, at Basin Reserve, No.

2.-Ka.-'t A-liaker, Howies GibkES, Jlickc-y,Hicks-Hi, Howe. Mabnnov, Midlane,M'Cuiit. Nash, ami Tucker. East ]{-

Hates, l.'olletl, Goldfinch, Mules, tlrini-mett, Mulchings, Hornby, Johnston,(J'Shea, Smith, Wag-stall', and Wills.

East. Juniors v. Wellington Collects onCollege ground—Clarke, Curry, Gray,Hughes, Mutton, Kcliing, Ivirker. Lennox,Jl'Cariltll, Spcnce, Robinson, and Watson.

Wellington North.The following team will represent North

against J'etouo to-morrow:—O'Sulliyan,Luckie, Blaeklock, Finlayson, Warne,Findlay, Sheridan, Wynyard, Philhpps,Boddington, Windley, and Crornbie.

Wellington South.The following senior team will play for

Wellington South on Saturday at theBasin Reserve :-Grnc9, Schmoll, Patrick,Fonton, Ward, Burton, 0. Johnson, d

Johnson, Laws, Walters, Keys.Juniors at the Basin Reserve.—Carter,

Barnct, Smith, Stace, Richie, Olanseu,Ryan, Haigh, Pickering, Emmins, Rcuner.

Mutt Club.Hutt Seniors v. Central.—Hutt—Alders-

ley. Book, Borland, Climie, Rev. Harris,Ishorwood, Judd (2), Pringle, (2), Simpson,and Turnor.

Victoria College.Seniors v. South, at Basin Reserve.—

Ikrendscn, Burbidgc, Broad, Caddick,Dickson, Dempscy, Fanning, Griintns,Jameson, Salmoud, Saunders. ,

Juniors'v. South, at Xo. 3, Basin Re-serve-Miller, Atmore, Martin, Mackay,O'Shca, Duncan, Schram, Egley, Joplin,Bruce,- Henderson. Emergency, Hamilton.

Third v. Catholic Young Mens Uub,at. Kelbunie Park-Cox, Ijonghurst, JJun-don, Scott, Gilbert, Hamilton, M Mahon,Rigg, M'Cartuey, Edmonds, and A. I.Castle.

THE REBELLIOUS SIX.

CONTROL BOARD'S ATTITUDE.The cricket situation is as you were—

only more so (says the Sydney "Sun,' otJanuary 2.1). The players' ultimatum hascome to light, and it is a pretty deter-mined-looking sort of document. It com-promises the men, and general talk mcricket circles is to the effect that thosewho signed the letter have done aboutthe worst thing they could possibly havedone. Here is what they demand:—

January 17, 1912.Sydney Smith, Esq.-, Hon. Secretary,

Australian Board of Control for Inter-national Cricket, New South WalesCricket Association, Moore Street, Syd-ney.

Lear Sir—We beg respectfully to ap-proach the Board of Control in referenceto the resolution carried by it at the- in-stance of Colonel Foxton, whereby theboard proposes to send toEngland a repre-sentative clothed with the powers of amanager and to charge his travelling andother expenses against the takings of thetour, in other words, making the playerspay them.

That it is the intention of the hoard toendeavour to invest its representativewith the powers of manager is made quiteclear by the further resolution, carrieda't the same meeting, to the. effect thatas the board has appointed ft representa-tive- to go with the team it will be neces-sary for the players to appoint a mana-ger'.

We arc advised that the first, of Hieabove resolutions is clearly illegal, butit is not so much that aspect of the casewhich appeals to us as that if the playersare not allowed to select their own man-ager, as provided by the Board of Con-trol rules, a breach of faith with themwill be committed. We raise no objectionto the board appointing a representativeto watch its interests if it desires to do

so, but wo do claim that in such case allthe charges of every description in con-nection with their "representative's visitto England should be borne by the board,and no portion thereof should, nor canfairly, be chargeable against tlio takingsof tlio tour.

Wo respectfully contend that the play-ers are entitled to appoint their man-ager, and that, as was done last time,H players should bo first selected andthey should' then select a player-man-ager, who should rank equally with otheiplayers in respect to remuneration forthe tour. If this bo done, and subjectto the provision ns to the board's repre-sentative above mentioned, such of us asmay be selected will be prepared and b dadto "make the trip, but, tailing compliancewith our request, we have to inform ~ouwith much regret that none of us willbo available for selection or to play ifselected.

We would have waited for tho team tnbe selected before .approaching the boardbut for tho fact that the selection, vcunderstand, is nut to bo made until aflerthe fourth Tesl» match, and in our in-terests, as well as out of courtesy tovour board, wo deemed it advisable tolet you know our views and intentionsas early as possible.

We are anxious, if selected, to go toEngland with the 1912 team, but we re-spectfully but firmly decline to go ex-cept under our own manager, legally ap-pointed and paid in the manner indicated.Will you be good enough ifi acknowledg-ing receipt of this letter to let us knowwhen same will bo dealt with by the"Board of Control?

Yours respectfully,CLEM. HILL.V. THUMPER.WARWICK W. ARMSTRONG.V. S. HANSFORD.ALBERT COTTER.H. CARTER.

Tnlking with a gentleman who is moreor less in the counsels of the boardit was learned that what will happenif the rebellious six still persist is thatthey will not go to England.

"They should have known better thanto write a letter of the type that theyhave sent to the board," he went oii."Experience should have taught Hill andTrimmer and Co. that coercion is tliolast thing to which the board would sub-mit. ' The attitudo that tho governingbody of cricket has taken up in severallittle, contretemps is such that the menought to have appreciated the point thatto kick against the pricks in this waywould only lead to their undoing.

"What will happen will be this, and insaying so I am fairly confident of thetruth of what I state. The board willask these six men whether theywill go to England under the ar-rangement suggested—the board's offi-cial to supervise all financialmatters. Tf they reply in the negative,then the board will simply say. 'Well,gentlemen, im arc sorry, but we havecome to a determination, and we are notgoing to alter minds.'"Then one morning the six will wakeup to find the players for the Englishtour selected, and the whole of (heirnames, lot t out. There willl be no shilly-shallying over the matter as far as theboard is concerned. What thev havesaid, they lu<ve said. And they'll stirtto it. 1 have had that from at least oneof the members."

In another quarter it is rumoured thatalready some of the younger players havebeen told not. to be surprised if they areasked to hold themselves in readiness forselection.

The five men who refused to sign theultimatum, and the two who were notasked, all of whom have ,ila.yed testcricket, would easily form the' nucleusof a good team for England. They areall of (hem, the younger i«'i''uruiers inthe big games, and with a judicious selec-tion of other colts, there is no reason,according to some <f the critics, whya young team should not do just as wellas one of veterans.

BROUGHT TO DAYAro those enemies of civilisation. Indiges-tion and Dyspepsia, which Dr. Sholdno'sDigestive Tubules are employed; Is. (id.and is. Gd. per tin.'

Messrs. John Bridge and Company,Limited, Circular Quay, Sydney, adver-tise in this issue ' two' Queenslandinvestments — -15,000 acres leasehold,railway station on property, homestead,woolshod, etc., and M,OOO sheep; also.10,000 acres of freehold and 75.000 sheep.Other particulars appear elsewhere.

The "Knfcaiyat" of Omar Khayyam hashad n great fascinalicn for English-speak-ing ntiets. liesides I lie famous translationby lOdivard I'it.-'.Gerald. which lu " mostreaders is the only Omar, u writer in"Moles and Ouerics" names no fewer thanthirty-two other English versions, andasks for information ae to any that homay have overlooked.

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FRIDAY.Fish Cakes. Curry. Potatoes. Beans.

Blanc Mange. Stewed Fruit.

INDIAN CUEKY.One apple, 1 onion, 1 dessertspoonful

chutney, J dessertspoonful brown sugar,1 dessertspoonful freshly grated coconut,1 dessertspoonful curry powder, ljoz. but-ter, lemon juice to taste, lib. fresh meat(cut into small pieces—mutton is bp.st) !<

pint stock. Salt to taste.Chop the apple and onion finely, dredge

the meat with a tnblespoonful of Hour,fry a nice brown in the dripping, lift themeat o*it of the pan, fry the apple and

• onion a little. Then add all the ingredientsexcept the loinon juice and coconut whichshould not bo added until just before serv-ing. Serve gently from 1J hours. Servewith boiled rice.

FOB TO-MORROW.Two pounds Fillet of Veal. Bacon.

French Beans. Apples. Sago.

FOR SUNDAY.Two pounds Tomatoes. Hindqnnrter of

Lamb. Mint. Peas. Dates. Salad.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A Wedding.At "Coniston," Roxburgh Street, yes-

terday, Miss Edith Scott was married toMr. Stanley Stevens, of Messrs, A. and T.Burfs lodal staff. The Rev. J. K. El-liott was the officiating minister. Thebrido wore a .cream tailor-made costumewith a large black plume hat and carrieda shower bouquet. The bridesmaid, MissMa'dgo Scott (cousin of the bride), was ina white hailstone muslin frock trimmedwith white satin and a large white hat.The best man was Mr. Norman Stevens.The bridegroom's gift to the bride was ahandsome diamond and tourmaline pend-ant, and to the bridesmaid was given agold cable bangle. Mr. and Mrs. Stev-ens left for Rotorua by motor-car afterthe ceremony.

Palmerston Weddings.The marriage of, Miss Irene Jessie

Wheeler, daughter of Mr. G. Wheeler,late of Feilding, and Mr. T. W. S. Bot-tomley, of Taranaki, took place this weekat the home of the bride's parents, Rangi-tikei Line, Palmerston North. Tho cere-mony was performed by the Rev. A.Douil. Miss C. Wheeler was the brides-maid, and Mr. J. Small the best man.

The marriage of Miss E. C. Taylor,daughter of Mr. T. Taylor, of Wairuna,Clinton, Otogo, and Mr. A. A. Hardisty,of Palmerston, took place this week inSt. Andrew.'s Church, Palmerston, theRev. A. LDoull being the officiatingminister.Hastings Wedding.

A very pretty wedding took place atSt. Matthew's Church, Hastings, on Wed-nesday! ' when Mr. Arthur Pctherick,F.1.A., N.Z., of Wellington, was marriedto Miss- R. Coleman, niece of Mr. E. C.Clarkson, of Glenlyon. Tho ceremonywas performed by the. Rev. J. A. Brockel-hurst. The bride, who was given awayby her uncle, was gowned in a' dress ofSwiss silk, trimmed with crystal em-broidery, and carried a bouquet of carna-tions and asters. Miss Clarkson, the onlybridesmaid, was dressed in a pale bluesilk dress, and wore a blue veil andwreath of pale pink roses and a pendantof pearls and peridots, the gift of thebridegroom. She also carried a beautifulbouquet of pink roses. The bridegroom'sgift to the bride was a pearl and emeraldpendant. Mr. J. Smith, of Christchurch,was best man. After the ceremony thebridal party and a number of friendswere entertained at the Carlton ' ClubHotel, and Mr. and Mrs Pctherick sub-sequently left to spend their honeymoonin the south.Wedding at Wanganui.

The marriage of Miss Ellen AugustaWiggins and Mr. William Henry Taylor,youngest son of Mr. W. H. Taylor, tookplace at Wanganui oh Wednesday, at theresidence of Mr. J. Wiggins. Tho Rev.A. S. Wilson, pastor of the Ingestrc StreetBaptist Church, performed the ceremony.Tho bride, who was given away by herfather, wore a frock of white embroideredmuslin trimmed with yalencionnes lace,with an embroidered veil and wreath oforange blossoms. She carried a prettyshower bouquet, and was attended byMiss A. M. Wiggins, who wore n frockof white embroidered muslin. Mr. R.Christie was tho best man. The bridetravelled in a navy blue costume with haten suite.

Captain Holmwood (Master-ton), withJliss Holmwood, Miss Moore and . hersister arc all staying at Seatoun, wherethey have taken a cottage for a month.

Mrs. Stevenson, wife of the Collector ofCustoms at Earatonga, was a passengerfrom the Islands by the Tahiti yester-day.

Mr. an 3 Mrs. James Couchie, accom-panied by Miss Skerrett and Miss MarySkerrett,. leave Auckland for London onFebruary 16.

Miss Eileen Duigan (Wanganui) is visit-ing Wellington, and is staying with hersister, Mrs. Ostler, at Kelburne.

Miss G. Shaw passed throngh Welling-ton yesterday on her return to New Ply-month from a visit to Blenheim.

Mrs. Collins (Queensland) left Welling-ton yesterday for Dnnedin.

Mrs. Edgar Holmwood and her childrenare staying at Seatoun for a few weeks,before leaving for Masterton, where theyintend making their home again.

Mrs. Bett; and her children, who havobeen staying at Blairlogie, returned toNelson early in the week.

Mrs. Haigh, who has been staying withMrs. Mackin for some weeks, has returnedto Invercargill.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Bennett (Hawke'sBay) arrived in Masterton this week andwill take up their residence at "Bow-Lands."

The engagement is announced of MissRosa Sehiveers to Mr. Dawson, of Toko-maru.

The Bishop of Waiapu and Mrs. Averillintend leaving Napier on or about Febru-ary 13 for Auckland, where they will jointhe P. and 0. Company's steamer Moreaon n six months' visit to England.

Weddings—Slower Bouquets Tor bridoand bridesmaids. Only the Choicest ofFlowers used. Specially packed, and sentto any part of the Dominion. Miss Mur-ray, 3B WillisStreet (Florist to his Excol-lcncy Lord Islington).*

THE TELL-TALE MAKE OF TIMEIs when your hair is turning grey.

Apply to Miss Milsom for free consulta-tion, and do as she instructs. Sho willtreat and teach you to make healthy nndrestore growth and colour without injuri-ous dyes. Hornt treatment for ladies andgentle'men. Miss Milsoin has special pre-parations for homo treatment, also ex-cellent creams nnd summer lotion forsunburn, tanning, and freckles. Miss Mi]_Bom diagnoses all enjes. Delightful FaceMassage, Shampooing, Manicuring, Hair-dressing taught. Hairwork of every ij e .

ccription. Only best quality English hairused. Switches and Curls, large variety.Feather-weight Natural Washable Hair-pads, from us. Electrolysis (permanent andpainless, qualified under Madam Bur-clav. New York). Telephone SM. MissMilsom, King's Chambers (opp. Stewart1 Dawson's), Willis Street, Wellactoa,*

A Farewell Evening.A very enjoyable evening was given on

Wednesday by" Mrs. Jackson at her homeat the Lower Hutt, for Miss Nita John-ston. A series of competitions had beenarranged, and wore entered into by theguests with great spirit, the prize-win-ners being Miss Kingdon, who carried offtwo, Miss Ycrnor Johnston, and MissIleaton. Songs were sung, and, at theclose of the evening, Miss Johnston wasthe recipient of many hearty wishes fora most pleasant trip. Mrs. Jackson re-ceived her guests in a handsome gownof striped black silk, trimmed with laceand net. Miss Johnston was in a black,embroidered net frock, trimmed w.iflicream' lace; Mrs. Barclay Hector, creamnet; Mrs. Dillon Kelly, cream ninon withtouches of black; Miss Ycrnor Johnston,cream voile; Miss Kingdon, white muslinfrock; Miss Hector, white silk; Miss Mat-thews, pale mauve muslin, trimmed withsilk fringe; Miss Lee, pretty shantungfrock. There were also present:—MissHcnton, Miss Jones, Miss Bnswcll, MissCuff, Captain Johnston, .Messrs. Hector,Jackson, Dillon, Kelly, and others.A Fancy Fair and Art Union.

A fancv fair in aid of the furnishingfund of the Marist Brothers' new schoolin Hawkestone Street was opened yester-day evening in the new school building byArchbishop Redwood. Stalls had beenerected in various rooms and a large andvaried collection of articles, from furni-ture down to sweets, made strong appealsto the purses of those present. The stall-holders were as follow:—Fancy stall, Mrs.Nicholson and Miss Prendevillc; goodsstall, Mcsdames Edwards, Oibbs, andAmes; sweet stall, Mrs. Soninierville; tea-room, Mrs. Keefe, and Miss Saunders;bran tub, the Misses Gibb (2), and Gas-coigne (2). A very enjoyable concert wasalso given, those contributing towards itbeing: Mesdames Emmer.-on, J. E. Fitz-gerald, Connor, Costello, Miss Sybil Rap-ley, Miss N. Simpson, Messrs. R. Sievcrs,Keeney, and Ernest Sommervillc. Thoart union also offered great attraction.Sir Joseph and Lady Ward were presentlast evening. The fair will be continuedon. Friday and Saturday, a concert beinggiven each evening.

The Joys of Walking.J.i is cutiuus ui icdiiso what a differ-

enco tue lafri oi train-curs. tuuKCs tu rnuciiy. .iluioot une was uicuueu to ruuoiids eyes ami aoic: "iVneie u<i i, auuwuat tic j. a uoin r" so jkucciui unl uicmy souhu witnout the lwarmg, gimuiiig,iUiii ranting at wuicn vvt.yuiw suuci'iLiy gruuiuieu m die past, it is, iicourse, upon tuoso people living iu_ 1.,instant suuuru.i, oucu .» rsianu i>ay, Ka-ron, ftuaiuuu, una iiuramur, mat iiw crneiuurueu oi me uisiucauou ot uany traoiclails, unu sumo oi cueui, in me neat oimeir uisconiiuit, cruiumeu cue tramwaywon, inspector iuiier, aim the buy umn-cii must impartially. Utneia—anu it wasnatlier lnieivatjng io hear mat tome wereyins in unices ur eiuptoym in siiopa—ii ere prepurat to ivuik m, ue it nainug,(Mowing, or pouring, lur ivceiis, nieir ueot_nisu i/uing mat Lie Louucit wouiuJiuid mil.

"xi Uiey give way they need never calltheiuseiws men," saiu one gin mustearnestly, "i snail uiways stw tnetu inmy lumu's eye as jeuy-nsu. Anyway, lcun't liuagiutj tuat tu<y cuulu possiuiyunng tueiiiicives to Hint point," siwcunciiuleit wicn some satisiatuon. oneuau KUiueu in liom iMiraiuar and, un-less some untxpecltu good lortune ueicnirer, sue was prepared to. walK. tiacK atme end ol Her nay s work.

Auotner gin naa niwten into the cityin an express, anil nan erigageu m a con-troversy witn tne unver lvgarmng tnengut and wrong of the case, it ivnsmuuer wasted eloquence as no was notparticularly Keen, one way or the other,save in lue possibility mat the strikemight bring him in some extra money bydriving "lares" to their destinations.

There were others, however, engaged inbusiness, wno relustd altogether to comeinto town. The thought oi tramping in,perforiuiug'their day's work (whicu bomc-times meant standing on their leet i'orthe greater part of tne day) was beyondtoleration, and so they stayed at home.One girl living at Seatoun missed thomorning boat, and walked in to town,arriving at her offico late, tired, butcheerful. The boat suited her on herreturn, fortunately, but there were num-bers of people to whom it was not theslightest use. Strikes held no excitementfor them.It was rather quaint to see peoplo walk

up occasionally to the usual stoppingplaces for boarding tho trains, arrivethere, and all at once realise the factthat, however long they waited, no tramwould arrive, and it was with rather abash,ed looks that they jietreatcd—to, walkthei'r ways. No crowds of waiting peopleat five or six in the afternoon were tobe seen at the various stations waitingfor their cars, but instead, were streetsfilled with a constant stream of steadilywalking peoplo varied by an unusualnumber of vehicles of all descriptions—allexceedingly well filled.

ON TOUR AT HOME.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

London, December 28.Sir William, Lady. Hall-Jones, and

their daughters spent. Christmas atBournemouth.

Dr. J. R. Gloss, of Auckland, leaves onJanuary 9 for New Zealand, as surgeonof the s.s. Nairnshire.' Mr. Arthur Cooper, registrar of theSupreme Court, Wellington, is spendingtwelve months' leave of absence in .thiscountry.

Dr. A. C. Thomson, of Dunedin, hasobtained the position of house physicianat the Maida Vale Hospital.

• Dt. and Mrs. M'Lean leave at the endof January for Australia. Dr. M'Leanis at present working at Great OrmondStreet Children's Hospital.

Miss E. Heywood, of Christehurch, isspending Christmas and tho New Year■with relatives in Dover. Later she goesto Cheltenham and Clifton before return-ing to New Zealand by the Orama.Miss Margaret Mowat, of Dunedin, leftEngland on Boxing Day for a few daysin Venice, Florence, Geneva, and Genoa,beforo sailing by the N.D.L. line forNew Zealand.

Dr. G. M. H. Osborne, who has heldvarious appointments in England duringthe last two or three years, is returningto New Zealand in January, as medicalofficer on the Sussex.

Miss Catherine Aulsbrook, of Auck-land, has recovered from her recent ill-ness, and is singing at Brighton, East-bourne, etc., in the near future. Shehas a number of engagements at NewYear.

Mr. Robert Bell, of Ashburton, whohas been holiday-making in England forthe past six months, left on Friday bytho China, for a visit to Egvpt. He ex-pects to return to Loudon early in Feb-ruary.Mr. W. J. Crowther, of Eemuera, Auck-lauo, with his brother and sister, has beenstaymg at the Grand Hotel du Chamos-

saire, in Chesieres, where all took part intho winter sports. They spent Christmasthere, and leave Marseilles to-day by theOrsova.Tho friends in New Zealand of Mr.Lorimer Corbett, erstwhile of Remuera,Auckland, will hear with regret of thodeath of his wife, Mrs. Helena Elizabeth

Susanah Corbett, which took place at St.Thomas's Home. Westminster, on Decem-ber 21. Mrs. Corbett was the eldestdaughter of the late Mr. George WilliamsLeech, of - Rathkealo Abbev, Limerick.

Mr. R. Ellison, of the National DairyAssociation of New Zealand, Ltd., Mrs.Ellison, and their daughter, returned toLondon after a trip to New Zealand, bythe Ruapohu.

Mrs. H. Feldwick, of Invercargill, ac-companied by the Misses Edith, Mabellc,and Cora Feldwick, sailed by the P. and0. Malwa a few days ago for Egypt,where, after spending some time in Cairo,they travel up the Nile to Assouan,breaking the journey at Luxor. Theyleave Port Said by the Mantua for NewZealand.

DURBAR SCENES.

THE GA'EKWAR'S APOLOGY."What impressed them most?""Khyber Pass."Tliis was the Rev. Stacey Waddy's tri-

bute, given in tho Sydney "Morning Her-ald," to the buys of The King's School,who have just toured India. Evidontlythey are very practical young Austra-lians, for Khyber Pass, the great north-ern portals of the Indian Empire, madea greater impression on them than allthe luxury and splendour of Delhi.

Fourteen lads of The King's ' Schoolreturned with Mr. Wnildy J'rumtheir memorable jaunt to tho Durbar;and they had a right royal time. Oilersof hospitality came from' all over India,and in the limited time at their disposalthey saw a groat deal. They were thefirst school boys to see Khyber Pass.They wero amongst the few privilegedAustralians who saw the most gorgeousand magnificent spectacle that the worldhas record of.

Great Anglo-Indians.Mr. Waddy' himself, while quite ap-

preciating the imposing central scene ofthe occasion, was particularly taken withthe high quality ami the marked abilityof the Anglo-Indians. 'Flic British resi-dents of India were the pick of the Em-pire. The Indian Civil Service was aneye-opener. Wliite men were no good inIndia unless they were picked men.Delhi during the Durbar was full ofthese splendid Empire-builders. It was agreat congregation of men—men who haddone something for the Empire. Thatwas the secret of the British rule inIndia. There, was a handful of Britonsand millions of Asiatics. There weroplaces where millions of people never sawa British soldier, yet they, were quietand law-abiding. The lonely but strongwhite Civil servant stood for the mightof the Empire.

Humble Pic.The incident connected with the Gaek-

war of Saroda was curious. He was thesecond Prince of India, and he lollowedthe Nizam of Hyderabad in making hissalaam to the King-Emperor. Tho. dignityand punctiliousness of the Nizam con-trasted with the perfunctory and curtsalute of the Gaekwar. So his jauntyair and his turning his back on the Kingwere especially noticeable. But that nighthe had a heart-to-heart talk with theBritish Resident, and the next morningpublished a most abject and .humbleapology for his discourtesy.

Cloth of Gold and Diamonds.We are apt to look upon tho Field of

the Cloth of Gold, when Henry VIII wasentertained by the King of France, asthe grandest "pageant in which an Eng-lish monarch participated. But the Dur-bar was a far more brilliant function. Iteasily outshone the gorgeous festivals atwhich tho old Indian potentates spenttheir millions so lavishly. It was un-doubtedly the greatest and most gorgeouspageant in the history of the world, notexcluding the far-famed reception by King.Solomon of tho Queen of Sheeba. Someof the Indian princes wore jewels to thevalue of over a million pounds. One worea garment known as the "million-poundcoat." An incredible amount of moneywas spent on the Durbar. There wereabout ten thousand tents, occupying near-ly 30 square miles. Over sixty thousandpounds was spent on the laying out oftemporary roads. Some of tho Indiantents were so lavishly ornamented as tocost twenty thousand pounds. One wasburned down in a few minutes. It costten thousand. A colossal amount wasspent in uniforms and dresses, whichblazed with a wealth of pearls and dia-monds and rubies, that would cost aKing's ransom. All the splendour of theOccident and the lavishness of the Orientmet to fittingly commemorate the greatDurbar.

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

(By Teleeranh.—Srecial Correspondent.!

Palmerston, February 1.The Manawatu Amateur Athletic Clubheld a meeting at the sports ground lastevening, when threo events were decided.The 220 yards handicap was won by D.Park, from the 13yds. mark, D. Stewart,19yds., being second, and A. Hancock,11yds., third. D. Stewart easily accountedfor tho 880 yards handicap, with 40yds.start, S. A. Parker, 70yds., being second,and D; Park, 45yds, third. Tho runninghigh jump was won by Parker fromscratch, clearing sft. lin. H. Stagpoolc,2in., was second, and K. Tait, 3in., third.

A match for the Dixon cup and Tuckerbadges was played on tho Terrace Endbowling green yesterday afternoon betweenthe holders, Messrs. Bremner, Turner,Spconer, and R. Sollitt (Terrace EndClub), and a rink of challengers, Messrs.S. Russell, Hodgins, A. Pickering, andTaskcr (Palmerston Club). The challeng-ers proved victorious by 24 to 22.

The local Swimming'Club held its firstmeeting last evening, when the first heatsof two events were got off. These were 50yards and 100 yards handicaps, the threeheats being won by Devine, Harris, andRobbie. The finals will be decided nextweek. A juvenile race of 25 yards waswon by Findlay, 'Tucker being second.

Some little time back the Butchers' Em-ployees' Union held a picnic, from whichthqre was a cash surplus. With this sur-plus the union has arranged to give a pic-nic to tho children of All Saints' Home,and it will be held at To Matai on Wed-nesday next.

At the sports ground yesterday after-noon in tho cricket match between HighSchool and City Club, C. Youns put upanother century to his credit, making 10G,not out.

The Palmerston High School reopenedto-dav after the 6ummer holidays, with arecord attendance. Over 80 new pupilswere eivrolled.

Tho official opening of the Men's SocialClub in tho new quarters, in Cuba Street,took place this evening. There was alarge attendance, and the Mayor (Mr. J.A. Nash) performed the opening cere-money,

MASTERTON NOTES.

(From Our Snecial Correspondent.)Mastertoni February 1.

There was a satisfactory attendance attho Park Fete held here to-day, and vari-ous athletic and 6wimiuing events werekeenly contested. At an interval duringthe proceedings, the Hon. D.- Buddo offi-cially opened the Coronation Hall,has been erected in the Park. Addresseswere given by the Mayor, Mr. G. R.Sykes, M.P., and Mr. A. W. Hogg.In the Magistrate's Court to-day a

warm tribute was paid by tie Bench andBar to the late Mr. C. A. Powiiall. Coun-sel present stood in silence with thoMagistrate out of respect to the memoryof the deceased.

Paris,, according to a correspondent ofthe London "Lancet," is uneasy over thodiminution of its milk saipply. Thodrought of last summer and disease amongcattle have combined to causo an un-usual shortage. The population is to beput on a short milk ration; families witliyoung children will have tho preferencein the order of serving.

A recent American court decision up-holds a corporation's right to tho exclu-sive use of a family name which lias be-come associated wtih an article of manu-facture, even when tho members of thefamily have withdrawn from the corpora-tion, Mr. Jones, for instance, cannot soilout his interests in tho famous "JonesPiano" and then form another companyto manufacture "Jones Pianos." no can,says tho decision, still make pianos, butlio must call them by some other namethan his own.

THE DOMINION, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1912.9

THE OFFICE-BOY KNEW I

In an office, there is an old "boss" "Boy, what do you mean by telling me,Who always is wretchedly cross. That this is only a cup of tea?"

Such a creature to argue, "Please sir, it's 'SURATURA';That try as they might do, Mother says there is none purer,"

Folks toplease him wero quite at a loss. "'Tis better than any tea," roared HE"I'll have it at eleven and three!"

One day a new office-boy came,His verdict—"Decidedly tame, '

Soon, I'll alter all this Now a happier staff cannot be found,And havo one ray of bliss," Since twice a day is handed round,

Morning-tea was HIS little game! The cup that cheers-The "chief" gave a shriekof dismay, SU R ATURABut, somehow, could not disobey,

This strange deviation, And quite endearsTo drink tea-botheration! ' This Chief now made renowned.

What!,was this tea, did he say?

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P*@ P lir.irie home method. MilwDe-:'« ''tj . / lipntory if so eisy,_ yet to sero •!•

sv \ l^at any ' can r 'o herself of >

>• * ■ y this distressing disfigurement in" \ J} the privacy of her own ijnme. i.I.;. 7 Price. 5/6 j.r.

, .■• '•■-) I shall Le pleased to send, freo.' ; fall particulars and iolerestirigbook-

let to snr Udy wbo writes.RIISS M. McELWAIH,

254 Queen Strectt - Auckland.

Special Offer.FURNITURE REMOVED FREB

of All Worry and Care.BLAKE & CARLISLE, CARHIER9,11 HUNTER STUEET, will Remov*your Furniture, to jour own Batiav

' fnction, nr return your mone7. Oal7Expert Workmen employed.Telephones: II Hunter St., 2617} 35

• Pirte Street. 1C35.

THE H. B. IRVING SEASON

MRS. ROLLESTON

Y>EGS to notify that theincrenfed demand for Hnir-

dr&King necessitates clii-nlsmaking an appointment by

tnlorthone to avoid disap-

jyiintaw^fci

To Indies—Book your Order for IDI2 forWcldon's Fashion Papers, Delineator, La-dies' Homo Journal, Paris Journal ofFancv Work, etc. Agent for Wcigcl'sPaper Patterns. C. A. IN.NES, Book-Bcllor, 23 Willis Street,*

ZOUTH (Prououncctf Z-U-T-H).ryOUTII Gold Tills; "They Touch tlio£J Liver," euro constipation, headache,liver troubles, sallow and blotchy skin,matchless for the complejiou; small pill,matchless for the cjnnilexion; small pilla dose. The Ladies' Till. 10 Tills Is.lid., 120 Pills 3s.

J JOSEPH, LADIES' TAILOH.

NEW SUMMER GOODS ARRIVELr.CALL AND INSPECT.

Costumes from .El 4s. Skirts from•CI ss. Ladies' Own Material

Mado up.'Phone 3083 Boulcott Chamber*,Boulcott Street.

MRS. SCHUTZE, Metaphysician,■L,JI - 27a PANAMA STREET.All Diseases of Ladies and Childrentreated, especially those- pronounced in-curable.

DISEASES DIAGNOSED WITHOUTASKING QUESTIONS.PERFECT HEALTH CAN 13E OBTAIN-

ED WITHOUT OPERATION or DRUGS.Hours: 11 to 1, and 2 to5. Wednesdays

excepted

ZOUTH Red Pills, "The Nerve Bracer."They enrich the blood and invigor-

ate tho system; for anaemia, nervotroubles, pale laces, worrv, excesses, etc.Price. 40 Pills 2s. G<l„ 120 Pills ss.

LEFT-OFF CLOTHING. BOUGHT.MRS. NIGHTINGALE gives the High-

est Ciis-li Prices nni! will call byAppointment to any . address. Clientssending parcels o? clothc-s, etc., may de-pend on Best Vnlue being given.

MSS. NIGHTINGALE,103 LAMBTON QUAY, WELLINGTON.

'Phono 2921.TUITION IN MASSAGE.

MRS. CKEIGHTON HALE, tho longest-established Teacher of Massage inLondon, has opened a Branch of her

London Establishment in Wellington.She instructs ladiosiu Scientific Mas-

sago of every kind, including General,Swedish, Weir-Mitchell, Electricity, andSwedish Drill.

Every Lesson on living subject, Certi-ficate when proficient, Author of the"Art of Massage." Address—27 Mnv

•Street, Wellington. Tel. 3220.

ZOUTH Remedies are prepared in Eng-land; wo guarantee to rotund money

to any purchaser not satisfied with re-sults. If your Chemist or Storekeeperwon't supply, don't be put off; call or sendus p.n., arid wo mail them by return.Zouth Cure Co., Belcher's Buildings,Wellington.

MISS SPENCER,NOVELTY ROOM,

And REGISTRY OFFICE,Over Savage's, Quay.

Millinery, Blouses, Underskirts, DaintyNeckwear. Underclothing made, to order.Hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 'Phone 2051.

By Special Appointment to Her ExcellencyLady Islington.

NURSE EVERITT (Cert. Eng.),Medical and Electrical Masseuse.

MISS JENKINS,Hair and Toilet Specialist,

Tel. 186*. AITKEN STREET.

PARISIAN SCHOOL OF MILLINERY,V) King's Chambers, Willis Street.

Ladies aro prepared for positions. Cer-tificates given. Pupils' work on view.

EVENING CLASSES HELD.Call for Prospectus.

MADAM MARIAN, Instructress.

ZOUTH Green Pills quickly relieve andspeedily euro gout, rheumatic gout,

rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, and allpains in the limbs, etc. Price, 3s. Gd.00 pills.-

OUR PHOTOGRAPHS give you EverySatisfaction. Call and have a

Sitting.

ALAN SPICER'S STUDIOOPPOSITE TE AEO HOUSE,

CUBA STREET.Thone S2C3.

PARQUHARLADIES, we aro Selling White,' Grey,

Fawn-coloured SHOES for 4s. lid.,

CHEAPEST AND BEST IN THE CITY.CUBA STREET.

CUREX CREAM.Wonderful cure ' Eczema, Scaly Skin,

Pimples, Red Nose, Chapped Hands,Barber's Itch, etc., 2s. and 35., all chem-ists, or post free. W. Clarke, Chemist,11G Victoria Street, Auckland.

CONTINENTAL CAFE.89A WILLIS STREET,

(Nearly) OppoEito "Evening Post,"

NOW OPEN. Thoroughly Up-to-dateCafe, where everything will be

served in Continental Style.LUNCHEONS. 12 to 2.AFTERNOON TEA A SPECIALITY.

STAMFORD & COMPANY.Ladies' Hairdressers and Hairworkers.

EVERY little helps, therefore do notthrow, away your combings. We

can manufacture them into any designor 6upply you with Switches, Puffs,Partings, or the new Empire Fringe.Onr Saloon is replete with all modernelectric appliances, for which courses of1 and 2 guinea treatments can be ar-ranged.

123 a CUBA STREET,'Phone 2791. WELLINGTON.

W %$» Sorß Throat

I always-used...

FJL n8" A DAINTY UNDERCLOTHINGfOSI & r rOSI AT SPEC,ALLY reduced prices-

? "fcJO woman who loves a bargain should__

-1 -" miss this opportunity.UtMTISTS, This season's Underclothing, prettily

119 WIIHa Street trimmed with lace and embroidery, iswci i luo-rnu

selling at much below usual prices.II&SA. WELLINGTON. Underskirts, Camisoles, Nightdresses,Yards Warner's Hustproof W.B. and other woll

ai JOTe Pwwtt's. known Corsets aro included in this special- These goods- are attractively displayed

OUR SETS WITH PORCELAIN in our windows.GUMS DEFY DETECTION AS

BEING ARTIFICIAL. MRS- MATHEWSON,B.U of Teeth, £2 2,. and £3 ft. ,_

_

2C6 LAMBTON qu AY .Single Tooth ... ss. /$&& fih HIPainless Extraction H. ftC™ If OPA IL,Temporary Sets Ro-made IfcS*'4T<a EBB

to Permanent ... £1 Is, WSsZ3"i (Wilton's hand emouieht)

Teeth Extracted Free when Sett are yj SOOTHESOpon Saturdays till 3 p.m. 1/(]B *""""" SKIN

H- 1 Ja/ VW SWIFTLY AND SURELY

HIHIt is wonderful valuc-tuc finest possible combination ot the btsl Teas % "

ta $ from thebest gardcnE. Vour grocer lias it. I,S, 1/10 and :/- perlb. ,3WHOJLESJU-K- AOWIS;. UE.SSRB* JJH OMfSON BROS,! LTD,,WELLINGJON.

1 Fof flie Gilldren! 1pl WE 'iavo us*' purchased a Warehouseman's Stock of Children's r

I Overallsand Dresses. These have been bought fat below Uio usual |

g landed cost, and at the price wo are offering them will proves a posi- |51 tivo boon to mothers. [51 , ,

I Will fit Children from two to six years of age. |

HI Children's Zephyr Overalls in Palo Blue and rink. Usual Price 2. lid. 11|] Special Price Is. 9d. [5 ' ■, Children's Navy Blue and White Spot Overalls;, with turned down $ "'.| collar. Usual Price 2s. lid. Special Price Is. 9d. ' |i\ Children's Palo Blue and Pink Zephyr Overalls, collar nnd Cuffs, ■ @ "

=q pipe<l with striped Zephyr to match. Usual Prico 2s. Gd. fI Special Price Is. 9d. jj ■,9 Children's Light and Dark Bhio Print Overalls, .strapped with Blue 1I and white- Check Zephyr. Usual Prico 2s. lid. Special Price Is. 9d. jJ Children's Navy Blue and White Striped Tunics. Usual Prico 2s. LU •1] 'J"; Special Price Is. 9d. [r]9 Children's Pinaforo Dresses, in Palo'Blue and Pink Zophvr. also in \g Palo Blue and Pink Striped Zephyr, with White Muslin'Yoke and \q| sleeves trimmed with embroidery. Usual Price 3s. Gd. \g| Special Price 2s, 6d.. t|| Children's Zephyr Crawlers with belt and small turned down collar, [a\ trimmed with Featherstitch Braid. Usual Price 2s. Gd, || _ Special Prico Is, 9d, |-I Cliildren's Coloured Pinafores, fastened on shoulder and piped with White ISjj| and Vieux Rose, !?axo and Navy. Usual Prieo 2s. Gd. . [jj| Special Price Is. 9d. \| Children's Navy Print Pinafore Dresses. Usual Price 2s. Oil. f|l Special Price Is. 9d. |

¥EITCI and ALLAMI WELLINGTON'S BUSIEST STOKE

ESTI ißsaasisii liaasasrail [nj Imragaesal [S] |na3Ssa»| |cggaggaa| Iwaaaarail |S] lawtraa] [Sri

CEDERHOLM AND SON,MANNERS STHEET. !•

ELECTRIC' IRONS—From 18s. 6d.—ELECTRIC IRONS'-'-';'rrVHESE Irons use less electricity than any other make on tho market . "•"J- COME AND SEE THEM:

I npHIS well-known Scientific Preparation, containing Phosphorous, Quin- (

I -«- ine, Iron, etc., in an agreeable and easily assimilated firm, is highly J 1} appreciated by the largo number of sufferers, whose lost vigour has been I -''

X restored by its marvellous tonic and recuperative properties. )

I FLETCHER'S PHOSPHATONIC ']'■■v Promotes Health, Strength, and Energy; restores lost vitality, and braces [( up the whole nervous system. It is a great Brain Pood, and tho Best '}(* Remedy for Weakness, Depression, and Low Slato of the Nervej, and a J(I Valuable Stimulant to the digestive organs, and is tho Best Tonic and J(( Pick-me-up for All Affections of tho Nervous System. .'j . ...

2/6 AND 4/6, ALL CHEMISTS AND STORES. ■ :.'

()' OR POST FREE FROM- ijj FLETCHER? »&g3SM«. J

• PORT^FS BY ' HALL'S BATHSa n TURKISH AND STEAM, 35.; or i for ."JSM&'SrtM ras' °- «- ■

ARE RHEUMATISM, GOUT.

»«rk WATTT-RAT" LUMBAGO SCIATICA, Etc.. '.:..":

bU INAI UKAll. 'Phono 1717. Addrcss-m Mannors St.: ;

..Summer.,. Footwear ■ '■•LATEST PRODUCTIONS FROM THE WORLD'S BEST.'MAKERS! ; '

LADIES' PATENT. ALBANY HOW SHOES, 15s. Gd. to 21s.LADIES' PATENT "MERRY WIDOW" STRAP SHOES, 17s. Gd. to 215;.6d. ~.' ;,"

LADIES' CANVAS ALBANY BOW SHOES, in all Fashionable Colours, •

10s. 6d., 11s. Gd. '

LADIES' CANVAS GIBSON TIE SHOES, all Fashionable Colours.ss. 6d., 7s. 11d., 11s. lid, to 21s. Gd.LADIES' PATENT LEATHER BOOTS AND SHOES, Suede Tops. Very Stylish.See these. . ■

A. LINDSAY, Limited,(Our ONLY SHOP on Lambton Quay),lß4 LAMBTON QUAY AND CUBA ST. -

■ ' BUTTER ~:;TST'HY should you pay more when tho NUTRICIA MILK COMPANY, LTD..

(Cornhill Street, off Manners Street), will supply you with GUARANTEED,.FIRST GRADE BUTTER OF EXQUISITE FLAVOUR at Is. 2d. per pat, delivered - :

in their own cartons, off their own carts, any day, any-hcre in tho City,WE WILL SUPPLY YOU WHETHER YOU TAKE MILK FROM US OR NOT. '

Send your address, and give us a trial to-day. ......

"NUTRICIA" STANDS FOR PURITY. 'Phono 3532.

RESUMPTION OF CLASSES ATTHE BOYD GARLICK SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL CULTURE

Sussex Chambers, Panama Street.PROFESSIONAL and Business Men: Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, S to G ':

p.m. Boys and Youths: Next Saturday, 9 a.m. Ladies and Children(special class): Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, 3 p.m. Business Ladies: Mon-day evenings. . . ..'

Private Tuition! Schools, or small Private Classes by arrangement. Schoolsvisited if necessary.Fencing Classes. 'Phono 2199.

CITY PORK BUTGB-JERY, SHETLAND BAKERY,COURTENAY PLACE. IG4—CUBA STREET-IG4POULTRY! POULTRY I mwi vmnr A' irw J'raFinest Quality Fresh Cooked Hams, Ger- PASIIttCOOr. AMJ CA'ILRER.

man Sausages, Bacon Fgys, Fresh But- Our Rooms arc specially adapted forter. All fresh daily. Hotels specially Wedding Breakfasts ijuick'c Concerts,' etc,

catered for. Finest quality Wedding Cakes, BirthdayCountry Orders promptly attended to Cakes. , •

and dispatched same day. Tel. Nj. 450. Tel. No. 450.QuaJity Guaranteed Prices Rißht.

NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS .

Artists i fisiisSsi'DON'T FCRGET YOUR SUPPLIES FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

Coioors, Brashes, Canvas, Academy Boards, SketchingBlocks, Pastels, Everything for Artists

SMITH & SMITH, LTD.,CORNER OF CUBA AND WAK EFIELD STS„ WELLINGTON. ••

'PHONES 1120 and IDDB.

If theTramway menStrike

THE folk "ayont the tunnel" willbo in a (ix.

But think of the fix all Wellingtonwould bo in if ■ • •■ ■

STOCKTON 'COALgave out.

No fear of that though—at least notin your day.

Stockton is the coal housewiveslike 'scst, because il is clean, suitablofor range or open lire, and burnswell.

What to trying a load?

SAMUEL BROWIUTD.COAL MERCHANTS,

JOHNSTON STREET,.WELLINGTON.

'Phones: Nos. 88, 121, ICI, SOS.

r ' >'SOut AC6NTS. nUlt ,THOMSON, LEWIS AND CO..

WELLINGTON.

Printed and Published by Albert Wanton. 'C'cmminglnh," YorU Terrace, OrientalBay, Cor The 'Wellington l'ulilishin:; Cnmrmny, l.imiled. :it tho Kegistereil Oflicoof tho ConiDany. Dominion Avenue, Wellington, Friilny, February 2, 1012.

10 THE DOMINION, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY .2, 1912.AUCTIONS,

LEVIN SALE.TOJ3AY.

FRIDAY, 2nd FEBRUARY. 1912.ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS, LTD.,

<■■*- . will sell, at 1 p.m.—100 i and 6-tooth ewes in lamb to B.L.

nuns.ICO d-tooth owes in lamb to B.L. rams

(i B.L. rams1 Lincoln ram

100 good rapo lambs500 forward -1 and G-tooth wethers00 (at ewes

100 forward wethers•10 fat sheep

220 tiptop -A-tooth ewesIS store cows

• 10 prijuo i'at maiden heifers■ -.40 2-ycar (steers

20 forward 3 and 4-year bullocks20 fat and forward cows

I 8 primo fat -cowsB'prime fat bullocks ■. r-

-1 gelding, G years, spring dray andharness

On account of L. V. Kay, Esq.—500 tip-top rapo lambs (off hills)

. OTAKI SALE.TUESDAY, Gth FEBRUARY, 1912.

ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS, LTD.,and DAEOETY AND CfflY., LTD.,

will i»ll a( 1 p.m.—450 fat and forward wetherstill shorn lamb.-*

li wcaner steers10 mixed wen tiers

SHANNON SALE.WEDNESDAY, 7lh FEBRUARY, 1912.

ABRAHAM'AND WILLIAMS, LTD.,Xsu will sell at I p.m.—

HID 2-tooth e\vt-s (good)50, store ewes2 prime I'at cow l,

SOLWAY SALE YARDS, MASTERTON.Wednesday, rth February, 1912.

At 12.30 o'clock.mill: ASSOCIATE!) AUCTIONEERS■i- will'offer as above—

130 exceptional 2-tootli ewes, extra goodline

4(10 4 iuid li-tcnth breeding ewes100 H.m. ewes.'!o.heavy fat ewes

;2;>o s.m. owes •»

ON ACCOUNT MESSRS, BARTON.. ' . :." BROS., MATAIKONA-

-1000 2-tcoth withers.•luO's-fcoth ewes' .

DX ACCOtNT I. W. CUNNINGHAM,ESQ.. TE ROTO-

-1 double-furrow 'Duncan plough1 single-furrow Duncan plough1-sct disc harrows1 set tyue harrowsV Duncan drill1 Cambridge roller .1 light spring dray1 s: t spring cart harness

. NOTE.--The*; .implements are, in first-class order, and us Mr. Cunningham hasno further tt=e for them they will be soldwithout reserve. , ..".'.':

IMPORTANTDISPERSAL SALE OF STUD SHEEP.■DISPERSAL SALE OF STUD SHEEP.

SOLWAY SHOWGROUNDS..THURSDAY, Bth FEBRUARY, 1912,

' At 11 a.m.

ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS. LTD.,Xa. have Ijeen instructed bv MESSRS.M'GREGOR BROS., who have' disposed oftheir property, to offer,-a* above, ABSO-LUTELY, WITHOUT RESEKVE-•Y'TdV ■ ' - SHEEP, IYTiC*<W . SHEEP, iIV'", " ""■.'"' Comprising—

8. Rpiii.ney stud rams, 1, 2, and 3-shenrfiS JioiiniK.v llork rams, 1-shearOS Komuey ram. lambs(IS Rnmney ewes, 1 and 2-shearli!) Romnoy ewes, :)-shcar and over

GO Roinney ewe lambs12Lincoln stud rams, 1, 2, and 3-shear

. 71.Lincoln.',.flock rams70 Lincoln ram lambs

107 Lincoln ewes, 1 and 2-shear110 Lincoln ewes, 3-shcar and over75 Lincoln ewe lambs

HORSES-■i heavy draught geldings2 heavy draught mares

SUNDRIES-'" 1 CSS h°rSeS

1 G h.p. Aveling and Porter tractionengine in good orderfarm implements and sundries

CATALOGUES.ON APPLICATION.■• /

GREAT CLEARING SALE..GREAT CLEARING SALE... :... MARTINBOROUGH

MARTINBOROUGH.TUESDAY, 13th FEB., 1912,At 12 Noon. '

. •

/ABRAHAM ANITwiLLIAMS, LTD£*■ in conjunction withMURRAY, ROBERTS AND CO., LTDare instructed by Mr. Charles Harris, Haulrotara Station, Maryborough, owin" tothe sale of the property, to sell"thewhole of his Sheop and Cattle by Pub-.Jlo Auction at Hautotara—12,900 Romney-Lincoln breeding ewes.„.

_ (mixed ages)4,020 Romnoy 2-tooth ewes .

900 eull ewes4,000 2-tooth wethers8,000 lambs (raised sexes)200 Romney and Lincoln rams(muted ages)

132,160 ™p -

Tie Hautotara sheep are bred on high.Mly conntry, and W« anaIOJNAL reputation of doing well. TheBale affords a rare opportunity of secur-ing straight lines of -well-bred sheep.

CATTLE AND HORSES. Will "bo Sold on

TUESDAY, 27th. FEB., 1912..1,400 to 1,500 head mixed cattle.55 horses, mostly unbroken

Fall particulars of same later.

a ; — .

ANNUAL UNRESERVED SURPLUSSALE.

THURSDAY, 15th FEBRUARY,'AT OEIRAE, NEAR FORDELL.

jnORTON AND SON, LTD., F. R!£ JACKSON AND CO., and DAL-OETY AND CO, LTD., will sell at OkiraoWoolshed, eeven miles from Fordell, onaccount of Jas. Campion, H. Wilson WH. Polscn, J. Baldwin, Trustees Baird'sLstato and others—

5000 breeding ewes, off high country200 Romney rams

Full particulars later.*■— 7- .

- SALE OF RESIDENTIAL ANDSUBURBAN PROPERTY.

TOWN HALL. LEVIN.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1912.

ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS, LTD.,-£"*- hovo received instructions from Mr.Jas McLcavcy, to sell by Public Auction:

11 SECTIONS of the famous Bartholo-mew Estate, comprising 78 acres ofmagnificent land, divided into areasof from li to 15 acres,.with frontagesto the Beach Road and Mako MakoRood, Levin.

Also. 12 ACRES, subdivided into 4Section.l ) of 3 acres each, frontingQueen wood Road and BartholomewRoad.

TERMS: 10 per cent, cash, 10 per cent.in vix months, 10 per cent, in 12 months,30 per cent, in two year?. Balance canremain for 5 years from dale of sale at!ij per cent., with right *.o pay .iff at anytime within that period.

•l'luiis and all particulara on applicationto the Auctioneers at Levin and allbrunches.

AUCTIONS.TO-DAY (FRIDAY),At 11 o'clock a.m.

AT THE MARIN K DEPARTMENT'SYARDS, I'll'lTEA POINT.

SALE OF i BOATS, 31;;., 27ft., ISft, Gin.,and 21ft. litn. AND SUNDRIES.

BRAND AND JOHNSTON will sell atPipiten Point, as above, under in-structions from the Secretary of (he

Marine Department, J Boats, etc., etc.NOW ON \ IEW.

OA A ACRES, Hawke'a Bay, all flatOxi land, well watered and dividedinto 20 paddocks; about 150 acres in rape,balance in grass; 8-roomed house, beau-tifully laid out grounds, garden and or-chard, men's house and bathroom, hackstables, draught horse stables, imple-ment shed, etc This property carriedfrom January to May last 1900 sheep,1200 hoggets, besides cattle and horses,and from May onwards 1900 sheep, ISOhead cattle; 100 head of cattle have re-cently been sold, balance now on pro-perty; 9 ihiles from railway town bymetal road; } mile from 3 saleyards,township, etc. Title, L.1.P.; rent, 4s.Gd. per acre. Price, .£l2 10s. per acre,including 1500 sheep and lambs, about800. 20 head mixed cattle. 0 draughthorses and harness, 2 hacks, saddle, G-horse spring wagon, implements, drays,gig. etc; iOOO ieet timber; 500 posts,totara. 8474

8"l> ACRES, Hawke's Bay, all flatOO land, well watered, light soil,

grows splendid crops; 250 acres in crop-oats, rape and turnips, baiance grass.Weli fenced; good 6-roomed. housf, new3-rooined cottage, 5-stall staole, large loft,chaff-room, trapshed, sheep yards; pro-perty carried all last winter 2000 sheep,besides cattle and horses; situated 8miles from railway town; 1 milo from 3saleyards and township. Title, L.1.P.,rent, 3s. 3d. per acre. Pricn, £& 10s. peracre; terms cue bo arranged.

QOi A ACRES, Turanaki; IGO acres in*OV grass, 5 ceres stumped andploughed, well subdivided .and watered;good 6-roomed house, 10 cowbails; lcasohas 3 years to run; rent Gs. per acre;right of purchaso at ,CS per acre; school1 mile, creamery i miles, another cream-erv to bo errctec! next season, within 1miles; railway town 6 miles. Price ,£550.

HARCOURT & CO.,HOUSE AND LAND AGENTS. AUC

TIONEERS, AND SHARE-BROKERS,

LiMBTON QUA!', WELLINGTON.

DAIRY FARMERS' OPPORTUNITY.

OAF AOtES, about 210 acres flat, bal-tjjbi) mice hilly, well watered by per-manent streams, largo portion of the flatshave, been ploughed. Property is dividedinfo 12 paddocks. About) 10 acres undercrop, balance grass .land. Buildings con-tain good (i-roomed house, lli-stall cow-shed,'concrete door and yard, feed shed,i-stall stable, separator shed, eugine room,etc., woolshed and yard.

Property is within 10 miles of railwaystation, and under 20 miles from Welling-ton, and handy to school and P.O. Priceis only „C.'1500" the Int. Very favourableterms "can ba arranged.

Good herd, of some 10 cows, pigs, calves,horses, etc:, can be taken over at valua-tion. Plant consists of L..K.G. milkingmachine, oil engine, Alfa Laval separator,horizontal boiler, churn, butter maker,elc, all in up-to-date working order.Purchaser can get lid. per lb. for butterfat at his door.

, For further particulars apply to

H. ERNEST LEiQKTON,ISO FEATHERSTON ST., Wellington.

NOTHINGSUCCEEDS

LIKE SUCCESS. '■

IN the history of Fruit Lands in NewZealand

. TASMANIs the greatest of successes. It is abso-lutely the

FINEST APPLE GROWING LAND 'In the Dominion.

Don't believe this without confirmation.Ask Growers, ask Orchardists, ask FruitExperts, ask Nurserymen. Ask anyonewho has inspected. They will tell you.For particulars ask the Sole WellingtonProvince Agcut,.

J. T. MOH.N,39, PANAMA STREET, WELLINGTON.

'Phone 2173.

CUMSV3ISMG & SON,Land Agents and Auctioneers,

35 QUEEN STREET. AUCKLAND.FOR SALE.

SMALL DAIRY FARM.PAYING EXCEEDINGLY WELL97 ACRES AT' £17 AN ACRE.

WAIKATO, 43 miles from Auckland,7 miles frjm railway station, Jroilo from creamery, school, and post of-fice; 97 acres first-class land, half vol-canic, half limestone, about 75 acreseasily ploughable, well watered, ring-fenced, 9 paddocks, carrying 35 dairy

cows, 7 drv. cattle, and 2* horses; build-ings, 4-ronmcd hou.se, insured for .e,IOO,8-bail cowshed, 3 sheds, fowlhouse, etc.This season owner sold his cocksfoot seedfor and pigs for .£49, and hismonthly creainerv cheque is substantialSUPERIOR DAIRY FARM.

ALMOST ALL DRAINED SWAMP500 ACRES AT £S AN~ ACRE. '\

WAIKATO, 78 miles from Auckland,4' miles from railway station, 3miles from creamery, school, and post of-fice;' 480 acres swamp, 300 acres welland fully drained, 180 acres almost fullydrained, 20 acres high undulating land,250 acres ploughed and grassed, 45 acresin crop, 300 acres fenced. 15 paddocks,carrying IS dairy cows, 40 store cattle,and G horses; when the gross now infully sets, carrying capacity will bodoubled; buildings all new, numerous,and up to date; G-roomed house andevery necessarv out-building.PLEASE SEND FOR LISTS OF FARMS

FOR SALE.CAA ACRES, L.1.P., rent 4s. Gd.,"cioiov>'±'± to township and 3 salevnrds; alllevel; 150 acres rape. 20 paddocks, linehomwtcad, beautiful grounds, tenniscourt, etc.; carried, January to Mav last,3100 sheep per acre, including 1200 hoggets;May to November, 1900 sheep and 180 cat-tle. Price, J,'l2 10s. per acre, including1500. sheep, 20 cattle, bull, S horses,ploughs, drill, binder, drays, wagon, clitill'-cutfor. gig, all implements, tools, 500 posts,etc. A bargain. Apply F. P. Welch, Es-tate Agent, Masterton.

LOOK I ! ONLY .£SO DOWN.FOR SALE.

QKA ACRES, Native Lease, 38 yearsrJt)\j to run, handy creamery, school,and railway; good level lund-; no im-provements; all manuka and fern; willmako splendid dairy farm. Price, £210s. per acre goodwill.

LAWSON AND SWAIN,Auctioneers, Te Awamritii. ,

R. J. GOODMAN ArirTcbTiAuctioneers, Land and Estate Agents,Main Street East, Palnie.rston North.irmri ACRES, Native Lease, 142 years,JLUI/U fi rst 21 years, Is. Gd. per aero;second 21 years, 3s. per acre; all opencountry; 3 milea from railway station.Price, ,£2OOO. Agencies and Commissionsof any kind undertaken. Prompt salesand quick returns. ,

CHEAP SHEEP FARM.O'lK A( -,{( 17' S ' Freehold, within easy/v t O reach of Pnlmerston North by goodroad. All in grass. Low undulating sheepand cattle country; 5-rooiued house, trap-shed, no v.-bail s, yards, etc. Well I'enVrdand subdivided into poddecks. Price. .110per acre, .Cl<oo cash.

ORBELI. AND CO.,palmerflton North.

MAIN TRUNK LAND NOTICES.

FINE TIMBER BLOCK.

20,000 ACRES.

FIFTY YEARS', CUTTING.

GOODWILL 20,000 acres first-class mill-" ing bush. Very large proportion

totara, balance riinu and matai, withsome white pine; 50 years' cutting rights.Low royalties. 1' miles to railway sta-tion. Easv country to work. Estimatedcut over '30.000i't. to acre. Offer openonly for a limited period.

EYVEN M'GREGOR(Late of Hunteryille),

OHAUPO.Main Trunk Line.

BUSH FARM"ON THE STRATFORD-TE KOURA

RAILWAY ROUTE.1 QKjr ACRES, L.f.P. Rent, .£52. 450.LoOO acres felled and grassed, and120 acres just felled, which owners willgrass after burning, .balance heavy bush ;

about 1 milo fencing, good whare, andsheep yards; G miles from township (3miles dray road, balance fift. track).9jl)aily coach from Ongaruo (Main Trunk).fPrice only £2 10s. per acre. Terms ar-ranged.

A GOOD SHEEP FARM, TAIHAPEDISTRICT.17QA ACRES, 0.R.P., at 20s. Gd. per.1 i 01/ acre. Can be made Freeholdnow; 20 miles from Taihape, by goodroad, half of which is metalled. Over1500 acres in grass and .250 acres in valu-able bush, containing a lot of Totara.About 100 acres ploughable. Fenced, divi-ded into U paddocks; wintered 2000 bigsheep, 30 cattle. 20 horses, and couldcarry more stock. Buildings, 8-roomedhouse, built of heart of totara, men'shouse, large stable, buggy shed, work-shop, woolshed, yards, etr. Price only,C 4 10s. per acre CASn. Tni'S IS ONEOF THE CHEAPEST FARMS ON THEMARKET.

A. G. CUNNiNGHAM,TAIHAPE.

A BARGAIN '

I AM offering, on behalf of the Owner,a Splendid Two-storyed Block of

Brick Buildings, situated in the heart ofthe business portion of one of the sound-est inland towns in the North Island.The building consists of 5 shops and alarge Private Hotel, bringing in good re-turns. The frontages, to the main streets,are 103ft. x GOft. The property is for saleat a price that a purchaser must comoout right. The owner will consider anExchango for about 500 or GOO Acres ofLand, lightly encumbered. For furtherparticulars, apply to—

VICTOR . E. SMSTH,(Sole Agent),

FEILD I N G.

FOR SALE.

,jr/l ACRES, nil in grass and crops;'xOU about half rich, flat, and plough-able, balance.undulating,; fences, post andwire; 8 paddocks; well watered; 3.j milesfrom good town and best stock sales inthe North Island.

PRICE—XiS PEE ACRE. TERIiS.

GILCHRIST & KSDD,PALMERSTON N t6rTH.

90Kil ACRES Freehold. IGOO acresahjvXj passed, balance sheltered,patches bush, broken papa couiitr}-, amireal good sheep country; J-mile fromchurch and school, 21 miles from store,post office, and hot springs, 18 miles fromNgaruawahia by good metalled road.Buildings consist of 11-roomed house andgeneral outbuildings, telephone laid on tothe house, up-to-date woolshed, and pro-perty ring-fenced and subdivided into ISpaddocks. Stock now en the property, 1700ewes, 400 head of cattle, and 20 horses.Price XT' !l:s. per acre. Good terms ar-ranged. This is a really good property,and one we can recommend.A r-j ACRES Native lease of 47 years.jfclJjL 23-years at Is 3d. per acre,

balance at 5 per cent, on" the unimprovedvalue; 4 miles from school, creamery, andpost office. About 60 acres in grass, 1acre orchard, all ploughable, well water-ed. About 170 acres of river flats (whilepine). New *-roomcd cottage. Price' £.2per acre. Terms arranged. We have nohesitation in saying this is the cheapestblock in the King Country, and we wouldadvise anyone looking for a sound specu-lation to come up and see ,us at once.

M'DONALD AND COCHRANE,LAND AGEN'TS,

TE KUITI.

SHEEP AND CATTLE RUN.(70 Miles South of Auckland, on Main

Trunk Line.)npnn ACRES, FREEHOLD, more thanOUVft/ three-quarters cleared and ingrass, now carrying 5000 sheep and 300cattle, capable of carrying SODO sheep andcattle; 1!) nmes by good road from stationand Waikato township; land is hilly, butcarries good grass all the year round.Modern residence tt II rooms, with, nilconveniences, hot and cold water, p.w.e.,two bathrooms, telephone connected withthe house. Coach pass's properly threetimes a week. Woolshed*, outbuildings,and yards are all up-to-date; plenty ofwater in all paddocks; good, healthy, un-dulating country. Government Valuationis .£7 10s. per acre. Our pi-ice is .I'yper acre Terms can be arranged. Theproperty ,is well worth inspectinz.

SMITH Si HALCOiVSBE,AUCTIONEERS,

' QUEEN AND SW'A.NSON STREETS,AUCKLAND

NEW LAND !H THE ICINGCOUNTRY.

■fl ffpn ACRES, 1G miles from railwayJLO3J. roads formed all the way; a!!nice rolling country; 500 acres felled andin grass, the balance standing bushSome of the best of the King Ccnntryland. Good climate and splendid carry-ing capacity. Five-roomed House andoutsheds, woolshed being built. Wedfenced and watered. Tenure L.I.P.Price, .£4 per acre; JMOOO cash. No. 1671Apply

A. H. AKDCO., LTD.,

FEILDING.

MANAWATU SHEEP FARM.FOR SALE. OR LEASE.

£OA ACRES FREEHOLD, 3 mile fromvJOv two Railway Stations, ICO ncresin grass, balance in bush, GO acre, plough-able, balance easy hills; good country,lying well to the sun; abundant watersupply; li.paddocks; G-rnomed house, cow-bails, piggerv. and other outbuildingsPRICE £1 per acre, or would lease at 7s'.per acre, with purchasing clause.

MILLER AND RUTTER,35 PANAMA STREET, WELLINGTON.

SPLENDID INVESTMENT.4.1 ft. ACRES, Freehold, 3!0 acres hillyto undulating; 20 acres flat. 100acres nlonshabln; 400 acres in grass; ioacres bush; 15 acres in turnips; practic-ally ail sheep-proof fencing: carryingcapacity GOD sheep, 120 head of cattle; 16paddocks, all well watered; first-classmetalled road; daily coach; G-roomedhoir-e and outbuildings; and a three-roomed cottage. Price, J;3 per acre; termsarranged.FOR SALE—SGO Acres, with comonlsorypurchasing clause, at £tt 10s. peracre; lease 4J years to run, situated 10miles from a good fownsliip; 55(1 acresin grass, balance, bush ; two-sheep andcattle country; well watered and dividedinto several pnddecks; 7-roomed house,shipyards and dip. Onlv .£SOO wishrequired; goodwill, £1 per' acre. .1. H.BOWATER AND CO.. Land and Estatei Agents, Wanganui. 'Pf?one Gil,

HAWKE'S BAY LAND NOTICES.

DE PELICVSET, M'LEOD,AND CO., LIMITED,

HASTINGS, NAPIER. AND PORTAHOIURI.

Head Office: HASTINGS.

MERCHANTS, WOOLE-ROKERB,AUCTIONEERS. LAND AND

GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS.

PARTICULARS OF PROPERTIESFOR SALE.

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KW ACRES (10 acres bush), subdividedOti jnto 7 paddocks, permanent waterin each, situated 20 miles from Hastings.Improvemsnts: Four-roomed cottage,woolshed, sheepyards, garden, and orch-ard ; 27 acres Cape barley, 8 acres turnips.Stock: Wintered last year 1100 sheep, 30horses, SO big cattle, carrying throughpresent summer, IGOO sheep and SO cattloand horses. Rent, 9s. (nine shillings) peracre, less 10 per cent. O.R.P. Goodwill,JEISOO, subject to land Board grantingtransfer.1OrtO ACRES- u m'les from Hastings,J.UV.M/ 4-roomed house; winters threeewes to the acre; a good ii>vestment.f)PAA ACRES, 4 miles from Waipu-/wUvU kurau by good road; new 8-roomed house with hot and cold water.Price, £8 (eight. pounds) per acre.

GENTLEMAN'S Residence of 9 largorooms, all modern conveniences;

situated within one mile from HastingsPost Office; good outbuildings, includingdairy, storeroom, coach hcuse, stable withloft, motor-shed, milking-shed, f.twl-houses, etc.; good .drainage; 2 m«sground beautifully laid out; tennis lawn,Ehrubbery, half-acre of orchard, tit.wsrand vegetable gardens.<}AAA. ACRES, small cortaga, dip.mXJVU yards; about 8 paddocks; win-tered 3500 miicd sheep and 200 Loadcattle and 33 horses; half ploughaUej.lamiles from Waipukuiau,

CHEAPEST FARM IN HAWKE'S BAY.

CjGA ACRES. 0.R.P., 13 miles fromrailway, good roads; undulat-

ing, hills and flats; well watered; 140chains new fencing, part standing bush,balance grassed with patches of highfern; right, of purchase in ten years at,£1 ISs. Id. Price of goodwill only £2103.

For further particulars apply to SoleAgents,

LUNDON, STEWART Af>«DCO., LTD.,

HASTINGS.

A. CHEAP HAWKE'S BAY FARM.

9KA ACRES Freehold.- Well subdividedtKV and well Wittered. One-thmtplonghable, balance c-.i-y country. Nonoxious nw. At present about 70 acresin crop. Wintered last veer foil grasson.lv) 1-iUO grown sliest) and «) cattle.Sheep shorn' mi average nf Sib. of wool,which realised from 101 lo S.!d. in Napier.Up to (In- present about 500 fat sheep havebeen turned nil', nil fattened on grass.Comfortable cothgo, goad stables, etc.About 17 miles from a-main stock centre.Price. .£7 IS;., on exceptionally ensv terms.Apply toHAWKE'S BAY FARMERS' CO-OPERA-

TIVE ASSOCIATION, LTD.,DA'NNEYIRKE.

A FORTUNE IN THIS BLOCK.

1 f>l ft ACRES. Freehold, situated 2!)iijll! miles from Napier, by gn-.idroad; divided iuto 11 paddocks, wellwatered; 1200 acres ploughab'e; splendidcropping land, and grows magnificent tur-nips, rape, etc.; good ft-roomod house,wciolshfd, implement-shed, stable, etc.The East Const Railway will go within amile cr two from this block. Wintered1900 sheep, when fully improved wilt\arry 21 sheep.

PRICE, £i 10s. per acre. Easy terms.

Ri W. PATERSON & CO.,HASTINGS.

DAIRY AND GRAZING FAF-.M, .

OAA ACRES Freehold. Dairy and01/u Grazing Farm, 100 acre? fiat, bal-ance undulating and hilly. Well grassedand well watered, carry 100 cows, 10 acresstumped, 11 pad-locks 7-roomed dwelling,cowshed, hayshed, etc., 2j miles to fac-tory and post office, 2 miles to school.Price, .£l2 15s. per acre. .£IOOO cash.

OAtVJPBELL,; THOMSON,

DANNEYIRKE.

V/AIPA ESTATE. V/AIPA ESTATE.

1400 iffi '. ' 1400Now'open for Selection, under the

terms'of the N.Z. GOVERNMENT LANDFOR SETTLEMENT FINANCE ACT.

The Property comprises7 DAIRY FARMS

Of from150 ACBES T0 300 4CEES EACH-

Situated on the Walkato River, 7 milesfrom Pataruru Railway Station and *

few miles from the celebrated Matn MataEstate.

The rroiierty is practically all flat, issplendidly watered, well kneed, ami sub-divided. About. 1000 acres have been im-proved, and are in excellent grass; balanceheavy fern and ti-trce.

Prices range from .S !o=. to ,£U peracre, and the prices nf the Block varyfrom .SUOO to .12300 each.1 It is offered under the terms of (heN.Z. GOVERNMENT LANDS FORSETTLEMENT FINANCE ACT.

TERMS—IS per tent', cash, balance to bereduced by 1J per cent, per year for 20n per cent, per rear.These are the best t.»nns ever offered

in New Zealand, and offer the. opportunityto everyone to secure a Dairy Farm fcrthemselves. As there, are likely to bemany applicants for these blocks, nv re-commend everyone wishing to inspect theproperty to do so immediately.THE FARMERS' CO-OPERATJ VE AUCTIONF.ERING CO.,

HAMILTON.

GRIFFITHS AWD ROM.SOLE AGENTS.

HAMILTON AND BLENHEIM.

•PQftft FAWI ' 258 Acres.c&OV/u half in grass, 100 acres richalluvial- river flats, new house, 5 rooms,extensive outbuildings. 1 h.p. oil engine,chair-rutter, etc.; crops worth J:230;easy terms. Also, adjoining, if desired,or separately, ,£(100; 2.r ,O Acres, riMi allu-vial Hats nearly nil drained. partlyfenced and grassed; 11 miles to school',store. P.0., etc.; easy terms

GREAT NORTHERN AGENCY.5 II.M. ARCADE. AUCKLAND.

FOR FURTHER

'.LAND NOTICESSEE PAGE 1

LAUD NOTICES.

iFOR IMMEDIATE SALE,

EXCELLENT SHEEP FARMOn Account of MR. JAMES NAIRN, of KHANDALLAH.

WE , ! lay,° liad sperially v)Am\ j„ nllr for Sa |e by the above gentlemau,' » his Farm at lav.a Flat. Particulars are as follows :--

7<SO ACEES (L.T.). 700 in grass, SO in mostly light scrub. About 40~,,,.

nc ,rc,

s "nt ,anil I ,lo "Kli«We. Carries two sheep to tho acre, besides cattle.Viell ienced(p. and w.), and subdivided into 12 paddocks, all well watered byslieams; a-roomed house, with ail convenience?. Largo woolshed, night pens hold3(W sheep. Good sheep yards and dip; 3-stall stable, and 4-stall cowshed.

Situated about 10 miles from Wellington, and three from Johnsonvillc;lj miles to Jawa llat Railway Slation. School within jmile. Good metalled roads.L-lear ol noxious weeds and rabbits.

PRICE, £11 PER ACRE.Terms and further particulars on application to

DALGETYi 'AND COMPANY, LTD.,WELLINGTON. <■

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DAIRY FARMERS.PROPERTIES THAT MUiST RISE IN VALUE.

187 A<-^S—ln a new and rapidly rising locality with a beautiful climate;freehold; 60 acre? of heavy alluvial flats; splendid land; 1 mile from

school, P.0., and creamery; splendidly watered; divided into 8 paddocks;house of 5 rooms, cowshed of 10 bails; everything in tip-top order; carrying 50head of cattle and 6 horses. A bargain at SXI 10s. per acre. Terms arranged.

IKA ACRES.—Freehold; 100 acres in grass, i acres potatoes, 5 acres bnsh, 120acres plonghable; soil volcanic loam; 2 miles from school, railway sta-

tion, and creamery; divided into 8 paddocks; honse of 5 rooms; 6 bail cowshed,etable, implement shed; farms adjoining selling at .£2O per acre.' Owner sellingthrough wife's death. Price .£l2 per acre. Terms arranged.

The above two plaoea are bargains.

LONDON, GOSS AND CO.,REAL ESTATE AGENTS.

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Opposite Post Office, Ridgway Street, Wanganui.Box 18S. Box 188.

BEST QUEENSLAND INVESTMENTS.JK AAA ACRES, LEASEHOLD; railway station on property; splendid wool-tiujVVU growing and grazing country; watered by large artesian bore,river, creek, and tanks; Homestead, woolslicd, etc.; 11 paddocks; 14,000 sheep, 30horses and cattle. .£1(i,500.KA AAA ACRES, FREEHOLD, 307,000 Acres Leasehold; magnificent country;i»Vi,Vi\y\7 extensive river frontage, several artesian bores and numerous largetanks; good Homestead, woolshed, etc.; netted into numerous paddocks; 73,000sheep, 400 horses and cattle. ,tll.r >,GOO. A stcrliii" investment. Full particulars from

JOHN BR3DGE AMD COMPANY, LIMITED,__

Quay. SYDNEY.PROPERTY BUYERS IN that if you areJL wanting sterling investments' in New South Wales or Queensland,

BADGERY BROTHERS, *

U CASTLEREAGH STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.W.,are'Property and Stock Specialists, and can send you particulars of _ any class ofproperty you require. Should you decide to inspect any of the propositions wo putbefore you, we will accompany'you to inspect, and our life-long experience in

■ connection with tho land is af'your disposal.Write us at once before buying properties elsewhere.

CKEAP"NEW SOUfrTwALEsIvHEAT LAND..SUBDIVISION OF "TERRA MUNGAMTNE" ESTATE.

CLOSE to DUI3BO. An important town on the Great Western Railway Line.26,000 ACRES FREEHOLD IN 48 CHOICE BLOCKS.

Ideal Wheat and mixed Farming Land. All virgin soil. ' RESERVES LOW.TERMS LIBERAL, viz., 10 per cent, deposit, balance in. 9 equal annual in-stalments, interest 5 per cent. Send for plan and full particulars to

UAm Si SSARSG^T.PROPERTY SALESMEN, 12 LOF'J'US STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.W.

SMALL FREEHOLD FARM FOR SALE. ' ■f*'*Q ACRES Freehold, of which 450 acres are in grass, and the balance fern000 and scrub, but carrying stock, GO acres are flat, and Iho rest of the coun-try is hilly and undulating. The place is-well watered The property has justwintered S">o sheep and 20 head of cattle, but when' all improved it would winter 2sheep lo the acre, besides cattle. The buildings comprise a live-roomed house,with all necessary outbuildings, woolshed, and concrete dip. 2 acres are in orchard.The place i* 12 miles from Wairoa, on .the Waikaremoana Road. Price -£'G ss. peracre, Stock at v«!nation; ,£2OOO cash, balance on mortgage.

For further particulars, npplv to

DALGETY AND COMPANY, LTD.,Y/AIROA, HAWKE'S BAY.

1 AAA ACRES Freehold, 18 miles from rail by good road, and handy to P.O. andtiFuvf School. Good undulating country, carrying U sheep, besides cattle, 300acres plonghable, 0 paddocks. Improvements include cottage, .shod, and whare.Price £7 li'r-. per acre; easy terms. (27fia)-j KAA ACRES Freehold, U miles from rail, P.O. and School. Easy rollingIiMW country of limestone formation, good portion flat, one-third beingplougliable. II- paddocks. Carrying 3100 sheep and 100 cattle. Improvements, 7-voomed dwelling, with all usual outbuildings. Price .£l2 10s. per acre; terms on ap-plication. (2S!) For particulars, apply torii.Z. LOAPJ & MERCANTILE* AGENCY CO., LTD..

' NAPIER,

ml ACRE DAIRY FARM, HOROTIU, 15 miles from school, creamery, anda railway. In full ivork, milking 40 cows with machines, and carrying 7horses, 20 pigs and 30 young stock. Nearly all plonghable.

PRICE, £K 10s. per acre. A genuine' bargain; would take a freehold townpropertv in exchange. RECOMMENDED.QO-ACRE Dairy Farm, To Iloro, nil level, good house, cowbails, etc.; cam 35«?0 cows. Price ,£37 10s. acre. Terms. ' ■ . *

1 1 ET9" ACRE aI«l. Cattle Farm, Opaki. Lease with P.C. and EducationliH■-!> lease; 400 acres improved, hcuse, yards, etc. .£I3OO. ,£3OO cash, balancerent property or mortgage, Good.

W. H. MORRAH AND CO.,LAND AGENTS. AND AUCTIONEERS.

03 WILLIS STREET, WELLINGTON.

1 Q 9AA ACHES,-of which 1100 acres are freehold, balance Government lease-JLOj.-Vt/'V holds, at low rentals, situated about 10 miles from Napier; mostof the country is fenced and subdivided, well watered; a large portion beingplonghable, mid will grow good turnips aml rape. There is a 10-roomed house""woolshed, men's quarters, yards, clip, etc., etc., now wintering SSOO sheep. This pro-perty is on the route of tho East Coast Railway, and is capable of improvementover'double the present carrying capacity.

Price .C2J.000, as a going concern; easy terms arranged.

WILLIAMS AND KETTLE, LTD.,NAP lER.

TO CAPITALISTS OR SYKDBCATES. '.

FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY.TN tho Estate of Mary May, Deceased, iti ACHES 3 ROODS 10 PERCHES with1 Goad G-roiued House, in tho Centre of GONVILLE TOWN DISTRICT.

Title: Land Transfer. This is a Rare Opportunity for Investors.Gonville has trebled its population within the last four years. Values arerapidlv iiicrcasius. It is admirably adepted for subdivision. The electric tram

from Wanwnui to CastleclilT. now almost complete, passes the frontage to -UinaRoad, and touches at ether portions. Gas. water, ami drainage laid right up totV> propertv. It is the Healthiest Suburb in Wanganui.

For further particulars aimlyJ, M. MAY,

TAUPO QUAY, WANGANUI."-" ' IDEAITdAIRY AND'AG'rIcOIfDRAL_FARM~

pa ACRES rich, level dairying ami agricultural land, situated 20 miles from Wei-OV iingl'Jii, and witlun tow chains of railway station, post office,and creamery;subdivided into S paclduc:cs, and watered by permanent streams. House of 8 rooms,fir-t-elass order, burn 10 x lb, cowshed, 12 bails, concrete floor and vard, milkheiise cud stables. For S-.ilo. as a going concern, including 10 lirst-cla« cows eelve=!ior..p, cart, liiiriicis, and milk cans; 12 tons lia.v, 20 acres oats (2 lon crop). Terms.MOO cash. Adjoining above, fiO Acres can be bought with deposit «f .£2OO, matjn<r in ail handy little lami al 120 acres. For price and full particulars, applyH._F._M^NEIL^^FVHMKHS LOOK! THE VJRST TO INSPECT WILL PURCHASE.cil\SO ACRES, \\ :i:;g:!»v.: uiver; 11M acres, 0.R.P., at 155., rent, 3d.; 71.r >acres,.WlA> 0.R.1'., at .tl, rent !W.; ,53 acres, Native Lease, 11 years, at Is.; 384acres, Native Lease, i\ .years, at Is.: I.TOO acres m grass, ISO acres felled and nowreadv for burning. .Divided into H paddocks, 0 miles of good fencing; about 100acres llat, balance hilly. Buildings: One 3-roomed cottage, and timber on groundfor a -i-roonird cottage and shed sheepyards, dip, and shed. Situation: 18 milesfrom Wanganui, 0 imjcs c. metal rr.ad, balance track; regular steamer servicelanding in front of the cottage. Wintered nearly 10CO sheep, besides a few cattleand hors-js. Price, £3 ss. an acre; stock at valuation. Terms: .£3OOO to .£sooocash,Lilance arranged. I'nrther particulars on application to

IMLAY SAfTNl^^^c;07 RIDGWAY STREET, WANGANUI. '

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DAERY 'FARM. per acre.o-j'-j ACRES, one mile from station, in district where values are rapidly advanc-ri.ii ing; good metalled read ; well watered by permanent stream; creamery onadiein'ng farm; 23 miles from V.el'.inghm; 110 or more acres (lat, all of whichcould fce made plonghable with littie expense; p rcPnnt carrying capacity, 30milkers all year and other stock; adjacent properties have recently sold atfrom .£25 to .£-10 per acre. Small deposit. For full particulars, apply 'to

"S, JL BEAM," en.-"DOMINION" OFFICE.

V- SHEEP COUNTRY. C. C. KOSS Si. CO.,J

-eil PER ACRE. I'AND AGENTS ANDSHAREBROKERS,OAAA ACRES, all in grass except ,50

«bKBX S™KEI MASTERTON.

22°!i,i»: '"nd WM°K£ " GO,NG NCERN '

.yards,. 8 miles from railway Ration, sale- This „iU a, (o a|)v man (v)]oyards, port and lw/.i oiL>, laige can work t , pI.O ,)OSi H(, n .proportion plougha.bo, balance nice easy _tcountry, all. of which mi ltaten Guar- 9flflft ACRFS r mid|l ,al j „„,,unteed to wilder mm sheep and 300 head r'Ail}\} ]~rel „„„tT.v, situhted inof cattle. ' AYairarapa: all warm bush country, 2000

PR ICE, .EH per n0'p - acres of which are felled and sown in bestOne-third cash, balance at current r.n S \k\v grasses: new whare, telephone.rates „ , ,■,, ~„.,t

stable, yards. Perpetual Lease, IS yearsWrite for oar confidential report. (n ~,.„ Vm{ _ „ (,_ ppr Somc.

i eilllC £■ ?\CI" °f "'' H country will winter three sheep.UfeWO «-* pricP; inPin( iin „ 2200 sheep, 110 head

AGENTS, WANGANUI. cattle, ,£IO,OOO.

LAND HOTIGEB,

SPLENDID SHEEP RUN FOR SALE.QOQA ACRES of good Sheep Country, situated in a liealthy position. Prc-yUrtV ]H.r(.v adjoins Railway, and consists of 2000 acres of river flats, tliobalance undulating to hilly. Buildings include 111-ronniptl homestead, womsned,dip, yards, men's quarters, and all necessary outbuildings, everything modern.Uwner, who is leaving for England, is prepared to sell for .£12,500, and terms'can be arranged. At present earrving 500(1 sheep, C 5 head of cattle, and 25 horse*,fctock at valuation. For full particulars, apply- üb7

WILLIAM H. TURNBULL & CO.,27 PANAMA STREET, "WELLINGTON.

PA GOOD INVESTMENT FOR SHEEP FARMERS.UR SALE, by Private Treaty, 750 Acres FREEHOLD, Taranaki. AH coot

xidnA It 6CI1 ' well laid down in Mixed English Grasses; fenced and mibdrwith ~

• c °nyenient paddocks. All easy, rolling country, and well watered»r th. n n,Dff, BtTol,ns ; )ics wcl ' to Uiobue; fronts good metal road; 2) mi 01whnt .10ffn,sh"P and Salcyardu; 2 milea to the Dairy Factory and School. Ihewnoie , s well su jtf,d for into Dairy Farms. PIUCE-JM ss. PESAWttt,; reasonable terms can be arranged. • l*o '-«i~, i m„~ SOME GOOD DAIRY FAHMS. '"

,„.151 ACI?ES ' Freehold; Rich Coast Land; all level and in gra™. A first

IwiT" *class Farm: well fenced and subdivided into convenient pad-

oocks; 6.roomcd House, wash-house, bath room, t cowshed, cto.; situated 2 mileairom dairy factory and school. PRICE-JC2S PER ACRE; Easy Terms. (4251)J If) Freehold; Taranaki Coast Land; all level, rich dairy land, well™ i ,'c;ieed and divided into convenient paddocks; fronting main metal,"¥''., e°°d dwellinghouso, containing Grooms, wash-houso, and outbuildingo;

cowshed; 1 mile to cheese factory and school, also township; alsol 13ACBF Can bo takcn oTer at valu!ltiDn' i£ required. PRICE— PER

My Land Kcgjgtj,,. contains the pick of the Taranaki Province, and land-6©ckcrs can bo suited by calling on mo. Dairy farms in areas from 50 to 50Jteres, grazing runs from 750 to 0000 acnes, at low prices, and on easy terms. Ihavo also numerous town and suburban properties for sale; also businesses ofevery description. Clients Brown over properties free of charge. Correspond-ence specially invited. L.»d representatives: p. E. ORBELL, Now PlymcutrjJ. M. HIQNETT, Stratford; F. E. MOORE, Kaponga.'

NEWTON KING, k ™

NEW

gQQ ACRES-CLOSE TO WELLINGTON.

PRACTICALLY all in grass, well watered in every paddock. Subdivided intonumerous paddocks.

Two good houses on tho property, wool shed, dip, etc., etc., Trill carry 2-2J sheepto acre, with about 100 head cattle. FRICS, JCI2 PER ACRE.

JAMES MACINTOSH XNJ? CO.,113-115 CUSTOMHOUSE QUAY, WELLINGTON. .

MONEY TO LEND on Country properties at lowest rates of interest. DistrictAgents for the Standard Fire and Marino Insurance Co. of New Zealand, Ltd.

LAND BUYERS-LOOK AT THIS!!

17(\(\ ACEES> Freehold, 307 Acres Educational Lease, Is. per acre rent,_ 11J. lUv years to run, with right of renewal further 21 years; valuation for im-provements up to £i an acre; 18 miles from Waitara. Dairy Factory within 3nr.les; metalled road to property. About 1100 acres in grasp, balance bush; 50acres ploughable. Tin's property can be sold as two farms containing reßpectivelj1100 acres and SfiO acro3.

Subdivided into 12 paddocks; 4-roomed cottage, orchard, 3 sots 6hccp yards,cattleyards. etc. Wintered 450 ewes. 1100 wethers. 850 hozcets. and 150 cattle.

OWNER SINGLE. PRACTICAL MAN. WILLING TAKE'PARTNER WITH£1500 TO ,£2OOO CASH.

PRICE, M 10s. per acre all over. Ei sy terms can bo arranged if desired.First-class sheep and cattle country. S end for full particulars to

111 LOAN & MERCANTILE .MERCY MHPANTLTD.TVANGANUI.

A GIFT.FIRST-CLASS DAIRY FARM FOR SALE.

IQ/» ACRES, Freehold, Norsewood South. All rich alluvial (lata; all in grass,<5« and well sheltered by patches of Native Bush; subdivided into 12 pad-docks by splendid fonces (Totara Posts), and watered by stream and river; 25 acresstumped, 7 acres turnips, 2 acres oats; now carrying 40 cows, 4 horses, 1 bull, 15young stock, and this lot wert wintered well; buildings consist of 7-roomed house,15-bail cowshed (concreted), large hayshod, chaff room with stand; pigstyes andother outbuildings. Property is 4 miles from railway by first-class level roads; Umile from creamery «nd cheese factory paying 13d. lb. for butter-fat, 2 miles fromschool, P.O. and store. LAND IN THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN SELLING AT£W PER ACRE. THE OWNER'S ONLY REASON FOR SELLING IS lIJ,HEALTH. LOOK AT THE PRICE. »)NLY £23 10s. PER ACRE. TEEMiiICOO CASH. Balance at's per cent Appiy urgently to

BOWDEN. & SUTCLIFFE,21 MAIN STREET WEST, PALMERSTON NORTH.

Write is for Ercbanges. We have got a host.

A KING COUNTRY SNIP.

r*nn ACRES Native- Lease; term 42 years, low rentals, with compensation fori ii\t improvements at end of term; about 100 acres tawa bush, river flats incrass plenty of rough feed, balance rich fern country, with 400 to 500 acres plough-able ' Main Trunk Railway Station within 12 miles by good road.

TRICE, £i per acre.

GET ON TO US RE THIS.

THORP AND M CVILLY, '

THE REAL ESTATE MEN, '' TAUMARUNUI.

SPLENDID UP-TO-DATE BOOK AND STATIONERY AND FANCY GOODSBUSINESS, in the centre of one of tho most thriving townships in the Do-

minion. Stock absolutely new and well selected; good turnover; cash trade;profits good; expenses light; long lease. This business can bo well recommended,and intending buyers arc advised to "hustle." Remember, "The oarly bird catchesthe worm," and write without delay. Price 'asked, ,£OSO.

C. AND E. SKCK^OKJ^^s^WS^FOR SALE, KELBIJRME.

T&/ITR-" M. W. RICHMOND'S RESIDENCE, fronting CENTRAL TERRACE, con-iTA hi'iu'iu" S large rooms. 50 leet frontage to Central Terrace, 50 feet frontageto Upland Road.

° Vacant Section, containing 15.5 perches, fronting UplandRoad suitable for building: magnificent view; every convenience; Gas and Elec-trie f>ht- Hot and Cold Water. Price .£2.100. ' Easy terms. Apply

HIGGINSON AND MACSHANE,143 FEATHERSTON STREET.

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CHANCE FOR SYNDICATE.1 mon ACRES at 12s. per acre rent, purchasing clause at .£l3, June, 1915. Situ-XOOO ated'll miles from -railway and township. Creamery 5 chains from pro-™>rtv 10') cows now being milked on part of property. Two good up-to-date houses.In Art no expense has been spared in making tho property up to,date. There is« mind turnover for anyone to buy and cut mi into dairy farms. Prico for Goodwillevm ' I' or further particulars apply to

.. G. G. ! POTTS,LAND AND COMMISSION AGENT. WANGANUI.

"■ HIEAL WATERFRONT SECTION./v \CRES 3 miles Levin Station, bv good road; 21 miles tosea beach; all grassed

nnrl il'mo«t all ploughable; overlooks the historical Horowhenua Lake, splen--171 water■ fronlwo, unequalled forIwatingand sport. .Small pieco Native bush.Price .£9OO For further particulars of terms, etc., apply

PARKER AND VINCENT'LEVIN.

■ CHEAP HAWKE'S BAY PROPERTY./»/\rv ACRES of Freehold Land, 2 miles from Waipukurau, by first-class road;(jOU 500 acres in grass, of which 110 acres is new, balance in root and grainrmns "')3 acres fiat, balance low undulating country. All ploughable. Well wat-ered bv"'per:nanenf. streams, 10 paddocks, all uow fencing, carrying 1300 sheep and\(i cattle on 501) acres, in grass; whare, shed and yards; first-class prospectivevalue. A snip at .£l2 10s. per acre. Excellent cropping or grazing land. Halrrrnwn 40 bushels of wheat.e

. P.- 8. CARROLL,land and estate agent. waipukurau.

Forest reserve. 900 acres, forest reserve,nIVEN in with IG4 ACRES FREEHOLD and 415 ACRES L.J'.P. of nawke'sßayVjT Sheep and Dairying I/and. Two 9-roomed Homesteads, all modern conv<ni-„,„-„=l woodshed. 3 cowsheds, concrete floors. 300 acres nloughable, good creeks andsprinV 1 mile from P.0., School, Creamery; close to Railway. .WOOO cash re-<!Uirca' J. H. OLDHAM,

LAND AGENT, NAPIER." DAIRY hARMS. ONLY 4 PER CENT. DEPOSIT.

SUBDIVISION OF "SILVERTON" FATTENING FARM,Situated 1 mile from llaleombe Railway Station.

MESSRS. W. H. LAMBERT AND CO. have been instructed by (he owner. Henry",S. Cornfoot, Hsq.. to ofter to til:- public (in Small Areas) his well-known anil

~n-tndate Fattening Farm. This magnificent m-operty has belonged to Mr. Corn-foot's family for a great number of years. The total area is 1122 a.ires, and weare ofiering'it in areas of from 110 acres (0 110%acrcs. tho latter orei, going with(he Homestead at £30 per acre. The prices ranee from .£22 up to JftiO per acre.We guarautee that buyers having not less than JJSOI) Capital wil! be enabled torav their deposit of 4 per cent, on the purchase moi\ v, erect siiitalilo buildings,nnii secure a herd of cows. Remember that we only a»1; 4 per cent deposit on thelaud anil the balance is payable by small instalments spread over about 26 years.NOTE.-As there are bound' to be many applicants for these splendid sections, som*

are sure to be disappointed, nud we d:\vc pleasure in bating that we will he offer-ing almcst immediately, on the same terms, another splendid block owucfl byM>wr*. Lloyd and Tansuy, and siluited nbtmt V, miles from Mutamau, nearPannevirke. DON'T DELAY. Come And ;-ecuie a s-'rlion nt once.W. i'l. LAMBERT AMD CO., ■ KOLU iliN"^,, Mrjß sTO N NORTH.

M TO INVESTORS A ND SPECULATORS."VPUI ACRES, 12 miles from Pilmereton 'orth. verv weil srassed. watered, nnd' Oiit/ subdivided; winter- 1200 sheep \nd 50 cat'lc: 1511 acres plougUble: llouse,woolshed. nnd yards. PRICE. .£lO per acre; Mail cash, balan.-e ■") years at i

pet cent.f>C4!>ni ACRES—The winter stock on gr nss Mono is 10.000 s'necp and 250 cattle;OJOU 2000 to 2500 acres suitable for subdivision into dairy farml!, ntu! the ljnl-nnce is good nnd rattle eountry. Comfovt".!;!* riomeslcsa and ermplotoetntion buildings. PI!ICE. £7 per ne-sj terms arranged. This prororty will yieldr. good interest on the raniM u'ouired, nnd also 11 lnrg,e nrofit if subdivided.

LATHAM AND CO,.WOODVILLE LAND A GENCV, M'LEA.N STREET.

WOODVILLE.