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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1913, Page 6

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AUCKLAND. Ist February. Arrived— lnga. from Newcastle. MC't'ON. ls,t February. Arrived— A rnokitra (0.15 i>.ni.), from Wellington. Sailed— Pateeua (1.30 p.m ). for Wellihgton. ' BLUFF, Ist February. Arrived— Daniel, barque (1 p.m. at ittichorupp), from Clarence Kiver.

At 3 o'clock to-morrow .afternoon the Right Re\. Dr. Grimes, Bishop of Christchurch. will formally open the new convent of the Sisters of Notre Dame D.es Missions, at Lower Hutt. His Lordship will preach at the 10.30 Mp-ss and at vespers. The property which forms the convent, was purchased some time ago from Mrs. E. J. Riddifrod for £6,500. Prisoners who have pleaded guilty in the lower Court will be sentenced by hi.« Honour Mr. Justice Chapman on Monday for the following offences :—: — Horace James Richards, forgery at Marlinborough ; Albert Henry Palmer, theft. A record sum for the month of January was collected by means of Customs lwenue in Wellington last month. The collection.* amounted io £96,827 2e 4d, as compared with £84.856 14e 3d last year. Last month's figures fall short of the record, established in August, 1907. by £66 11s sd. The beer duty collected was £1207 16s 7d, as against £990 11s last year. Sergeant D. Hatton, of Gisborne, a popular member of the Police Force, at one time_ stationed at Wellington and Johnsonville, has been promoted to the rank of senior sergeant. Doubts _ have been expressed as to the purity of Pe.tone's water supply, but these should be definitely allayed by the report of tho Dominion Analyst * (Dr. Chepson). who analysed samples of water from the reservoir on the Koro Koro Stream -tml from the Petone public service nb tlv tap at the Grand National Hotel, tin .niiiiysps Mion* that in parts per 100.000 thn total solid' were 15.40 and 14.50 respectively On being allowed to stand. No. 1 sampV gave o minute deposit and No. 2 o =imilar deposit. There- were veiy small pei'-enlagi's of "(.her haimJess matters. humming up, the Health Offifjr dewrilvs Mip water as excellent drinking watei. 'I'he Bible ia Ki-hools T. yimir is holding ;■ dpmonot ration ,'n Hi- i^n n.iH on Yvj-.dtiy, the lUh iii.-1.. ;>' 8 p.m. The chii.ii' will bo Liken hy .\l-.\ J. (1. \V. Aitls^a. The prinijrv.i (,oi"»'( e r will be tho liev. Dr. v ot ,j,j ;l , „,* j' -Jfi^nt of the Methodiv. < '(MiViVnc- <<\ >\\ .?! .'K.lasia, who is tho h3'f siii-vivirif; •o'ri'.r. of the Queensland iiibiy in ' Siai" Schools League, ol v h-.-jl. -p.. n . ,ow *.\ r <--nresidenl. JJr. Vouitirrnj.ii h:■ "'lad ma'iy yoaio Kvp?u-.-.< . in N'w South Wale's <;,k1 Qi-e^ts'wni'., .i-i. ; !i h«M n <=itrh hou fiiu ;uk' iiiwm by \ 'r o n 'I'-ii-di that h"3 Ims <>n fro mien' ocuyoin l"""jn president. Othet" ..riMk"", ir Ivt' > M^.srs. O'lbti!, (hr«<n', if 'tin !'■ i' 1 )- 1 - iJliurli; Mr. W. 0. [Mil-, <•■ Mv J,u?.l» of Chris* : Ut-inniksione. Uidm-ds ippr"spni/ing tho Salvation Army, md UannoM Garland. "Flic information I have picko.l up will b'J r-Af'-''iiiiyiy • i-v"i -v" I* u ' to w a.s -Hini.-'k-r for !.,ti rk .-pu! /,-_-i. < '[m \ usp>"cially irom th- .ufllomcn^ !><,nr vi '//i''W, "Mill tii'j l?o<i. \V. I". :.,i5- ( .y to a Post leporLpr, v:\\<) ast-fl ji!ni liwjiil his recent trip t;j Vac no; Hi. ' i air. < onfidmit," In 'ifl(l»cl, "thH i", so->ii a:- we are able io ini'k' 1 thn ii-t osssuy arrnn^u/iipnts we .shall be able to op-n up very cniisiderabJf blocks ni laiul I'm sattlpinent purposes. ilie'p h >io question about the prosperity of (he .tm-fli— or, for that matter, of the rest of the .Dominki'i."' A house of six room*! m Mnida Vn|p road, Roseueath, owned and orcupiedby Mr. George Weller. was, with its contents, practically destroyed by fire between i and 2 o'clock this morning. Tho fire brigade received a call at 1.29 a.m., and on reaching tho house found it a mass of flame. There was a fine supply of water, and through the efforts of the brigade the building was saved from being totally destroyed. It is believed that the outbreak was due to a defective chimney. The Atlas Insurance Co. hold risks of £400 and £100 on the house and contents respectively. In the senior water-polo match at To Am Baths last night. Swifth wei« badly defeated by Wellington, thescoit's being 9 (t> 3. Alorpeth, Little, and Stratford did all the scoring h>r the winuei'B.

St. Augustine's (Petone) Sunday School picnic is being held at Silverstream today in most pleasant weather conditions. Great interest has been ewncpd in tho exhibition of water-colour drawing's nowbeing shoun at Messrs. W 11. Turn bull and Co.'r gallery, Piinania-'trect. The diawings are by pre=ent-day pp inters, from Mrs. Fletcher Johnston's known collection. Miss Cock, recently from Fmrope, has taken over (he luncheon anrl tea loom formerly known ab the Tea Kitchen. At the People"? Service Jn the Now Thealtc on Sunday evening, Row E. O. Blamires will on " Jerusalem ; the Present and the Future.'' Special music will bo rendeicd. Mw Dorothj Greenish, L.A.8., resumes fliu teaching <>f the pianoforte and hari'iopv on 10th Fcbruarj-. The Lower Hutt Borough Council invite' tenders for supply of two centrifugal liiunp . Loyal Britannia Lodgo will hold a special summoned meeting on Monday cvpniiij. "Ui^ Mary C. Claehan, L.1.C.L., A.-\lik>.. T.C.L., teacher of pianoforte, harmony, and counterpoint, v, ill resume tuition on Tuesday next, at "Aberfoyle,' 1 Oliiro-road. Tho Rev. J. J. Xorth, who'e niii'istry at the Vivian-street Baptist Church, concludes next week, X to bo publicly farewelled on Tuesday evening. Then; ia to ijo a tea ai 6 o'clock in the School Hall, and a meeting in iho church. i>t 7.45 p.m. Miss Pringi--, L.A.8., notifies that she i-.'sunicfc leachiii;' im 3rd February. The Farmers' Distributing Company advertise an auction hale, to bo held on Thursday next, of a large quantity of chemist.:, dentists/, and other sundries. The secretary of ihe J. D. Williams (New Zealand! Ainu-cmcuL Company, Limited, reports : —".An ordiiiary meeting of tho board of directors of the company was held at Wellington on Thursday. The secretary presented a .statement of the returns of the Emprass Theatre for six weeks ending 30th January, 1913 The average net profit disclosed wan over £75 per week. The directors considered the return was highly satisfactory."