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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 33, 8 February 1913, Page 5

An order has been issued hf the Government for the supply of an up-to-date mountain battery in place of the mule guns which were recently returned to the makers in England as obsolete. The Government steamer Tutanekai, which was recently engaged in repairing the submarine cable between Wangantu and Wakapuaka, returned to port on Wednesday after completing the work* ' A meeting of the management committee of the Wellington Hockey Association was held last evening, when various matters in connection with the coming season were dealt with._ ' The Government has 'appointed Major R. H. CoDins, General Staff Officer at Palmerston North, Adjutant-General of the New Zealand Forces in succession to Lieiitenaht-Colonel G. C. B. Wolfe, who has been appointed inspector of rifle clubs, drill halls, and rifle ' ranges. It is notified in our advertising columns that on Monday nest the offices of the Government Immigration Department will be removed from the Lands Department, Government Buildings, to the Union Steam Ship Company's buildings, Customhouse-quay.' The Citizens' Carnival Committee has been notified that Meßsre. George and Kersley. of the^ "Economic," have con- , tributed a special donation of £10 10s, fo be distributed in prizes for an essay or essays on the subject of Wellington as a popular holiday resort. The contract for the construction of a tunnel in connection with the Lake Coleridge hydro-electrical works has been cancelled, and the work is now being carried on by the Public Works Department at the expense of the l contractors, with the object of expediting its completion. I On the recommendation of the Methodist Union Committee, stationing i committees appointed by the Methodist and Primitive Methodist Churches were yesterday constituted the Stationing Committee of the united conference. It was resolved that the first reading of stations be deferred until the alteration or division of circuits and^ similar business is dealt with. AtHhe Wesleyan Methodist Conference the following lay members were elected to the Stationing Committee :— Auckland, Messrs. 3. Peak and J. Veale; W,anganui, E. Dixon and T. R. Hodder; Wellington, 3. E. D&niells and W. E. Redstone; Nelson, A. A. Lucas, W. D/ Pike; Canterbury, J. H. Blackwell and W. H. Seed; Otago, E. Aslin and E. Rosevear; extra representative, G. S. Howard. The first rehearsal of ''Carmen" was held in St. John's Schoolroom last evening. ' About 170 members were present and 20 new members came up for testing. A rehearsal for altos and sopranos will be held in St. John's on Monday next, at 8 p.m. The ( annual general meeting of the society will be held on Tuesday, the 25th inst., at 8 p.m. The "Carmen" concert has been fixed for 22nd April. This work will be conducted by Mr. Barnett. The Town Hall has been engaged for Thursday, 13th March, and it is intended to tender a complimentary concert to Mr. Maughan Barnett on that date. At the Methodist Conference yester- ■« day Mr. Alexander representing the Society of Friends in England, gave a brief address upon the subject of international peace. He said that he came as a deputation from the Friends' Conference lield .recently in Manchester, In considering the great subject of international peace it was felt that they were not doing enough td Christianise the policy of the nations, so that the ideal of universal peace might be realised. Peace was possible, as they could see in the long peace that had been maintained between Canada and the United States. They hoped that when the Church aroused the conscience of the people war would be as extinct as« duelling. The president (Rev. S. Lawry) expressed the conference's sympathy with Mr« Alexander's mission and said that the practical subject would be considered in due course. The nautical enquiry into the stranding of the s.s. John at the mouth of the Tukituki River, Hawkes Bay, on her trip from Gisborne to Wellington, on 19th December, was continued yesterday afternoon. The second mate, C. B. Atkinson, stated that when he relieved the first mate at midnight he was given a course south-west by west half west. At 2. 20 a.m, he noticed land on the port bow, and at about 2.30 he gave the order "Full speed ast-crn," but the ship refused to move. He^ had not felt the vessel striking. He did not look at the chart when he took command from the first mate. He was not told by the first mate that he was heading for the land. After' hearing further evidence, the Court expressed the opinion that the wrong course waa given by the first officer to the second officer, and that the second officer should have satisfied himself more particularly aa to the course he was steering. The Court considered that the first officer was the chief offender. It ordered him to pay £3 3s towards the expense of the enquiry and the second officer £1 Is. m The City Band will give a performance in the Botanical Gardens to-morrow afternoon. A social evening .arranged by Madame Fole-y's pupils will be held in the Victoria Hall on Thursday next.

Alt over Australian soil, When men grow rich by honest toil, 'ftoath sunny sides and fair tho view, 'Alid luscious fruits, bright flowers, too. Tho only thing that mars tho joy, Are coughs and colds, which so annoy, But this no lougor men endure, By taking Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.— Advt.