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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 58, 8 March 1913, Page 4

The following is Mr D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:—"The indications are for moderate to strong easterly winds, freshening. Increasing haze and cloudiness. Expect dull weather, with much mist and fog in parts. Heavy rain is to be expected following. Barometer falling. Seas moderate. Swell on the coast. Tides good." From a charge laid at the Police Court this morning, before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., it appears that a firm of Wellington merchants 'has been anxious to locate the whereabouts of one 'William Henry Frankpitt, who was arrested in Auckland yesterday. It was alleged against him on the 14th February at Ahaura he had by false pretences obtained 17 bales of wool, valued at £196 3/11, from William Clayton. Accused wa3 a storekeeper in a little country place several miles out of Hokitika, and-it is-said that he falsely represented • himself as the agent of a Wellington firm Of wooJbxokers. On the application of Chief-Detective McMahon, Frankpitt was remanded to appear at Greymouth in,» week's time. At the Magistrate's Court, Hamilton, his Worship Mr. Rawson delivered judgment in a case Bannerman v. Henry, heard at the Huntly Court on the 21st and 22nd ult., when it occupied two full days, a great deal of evidence being taken. The plaintiff, a fiaxmill manager, sued the defendant, who is the owner of a fiaxmill at Ohihewai, to recover £148 damages for wrongful dismissal. The defence was that the plaintiff had, owing to his disobeying orders, caused damage to the machinery in the mill. In giving judgment, his Worship held that the plaintifPs conduct had justified his instant dismissal, and gave judgment for the defendant with £15 7/9 costs. Mr. Northcroft, of Hamilton, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Edmund Mahony, of Auckland, for the defendant. The secretary of the Auckland Plasterers' Union (Mr J. Clark) drew the attention of a "Star" reporter this morning to a matter which is of vital importance to those occupied in building industries. A few days ago an advertisement appeared in the "Star" intimating, that thirtyplasterers were required at Melbourne. Mr Clark immediately cabled to Melbourne to get the strength of the position, and has received a reply to say: "Men leaving daily for other cities. Work very slack." This sort of thing, Mr Clark very justly pointed out, is calculated to cause a great deal of mischief. It would be a very serious matter for men who went to Australia on the strength of that advertisement to find that there really was a shortage of work. A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wood, of Waihi East, was knocked off her bicycle last evening, when riding! along Kenny Street, by some horses ■which were being driven by two boys who were mounted. The child was violently j precipitated on to the road, a horse trampling on her right leg, and inflicting i painful bruises. Her right arm was . I badly hurt, and her clothes were torn. | Her mother and another lady who were I ahead, also on bicycles, state that they i had a narrow escape from being i trampled underfoot. I A venture into the realms of prophecy I was made by Mr W. J. Napier at the : gathering of Devonport residents last I night to discuss the electric light i scheme. "As suTe as the sun shines," re- i marked Mr Napier, "we will one day i j have a bridge across the harbour." The I speaker added that 23 years ago a public meeting had been held to discuss a proi posal to build a bridge from Birkenhead to Auckland, and the sum of no less than £3,000 towards the carrying out of the ! project was subscribed or promised in the room. The structure was to .cost £05,000, and was to be under the conI trol of the Government and Harbour | Board. The scheme, however, eventually fell through. "In the future," said Mr Napier, "trams will be running right round the waterfront, across the harbour bridge, and will connect with the tramways in the city." The .settlers of Batley, on the Otama-tc-.i River, made strong representations to the Minister of Marine (Hon. F. M. B. Fisher) to-day for a grant of £450 nr .(JSOO to build a new wharf, as the old one is in a r-tate of extreme decay. Mr All-port, Secret-try for Marine, agreed that the old Btruetnre was beyond repair, and after inspecting it the Minister promised to have a new wharf built provid- ! ing the local authority supervised its j construction and afterwards afi--.;imp-l I control and responsibility for maintenance. These terms were readily agreed I to, and the Minister was thankc<l for h'ii l promptitude in meeting the urgent need of a wharf.—(Own Correspondent.) I

There was a very short'afttiM.'of iv Police Court this morning:_?■:»%■■■ Cutten, S.M., presiding. __$%&£ was convicted of drunkenheis. aJTI 5/. Richard Stark, who guilty to a charge of tawiitt'WSSg while m charge of. ho«ei?iK_gj this being hts second offence of th* *S? ' was convicted and fined £1 Guire, charged with .the theft of clothes from the shop of f__M Rudan, was remanded to appear on 7* day, and Ivy Moloney, l_£ to^i charged with the theft of a _££ S j from Wah Kee, wasremandedlaS on Wednesday. Bail was applied 1W?» i the latter case, and w_ teJpKgS Although she is wi_oat one «f M'■ propellers, the Union oJ_£S£&Js] steamer Makura is good progress on the passage from Vancouver to Auckland. Cable advice-H ceived from Suva this morning statS that the vessel left there at ikm il day. If she maintains equally goed tim on the run down to this port, _i_ e Sd arrive here on Tuesday evenini,-cnlv » few hours behind her ordinarylcheduled running. Her departure for Sydney is to be taken cm Wednesday- 'after, noon. Quite a large number -or-pass' engers have booked their berthr:b£ the steamer from Auckland to Australii. . - Good progress is being made -?tfth'tSe' work in Customs Street East. Thereon- 1 crete foundation has been laidsoil the - north side, and the final coatingiof Sen; chatel asphalt is nearing completiohstne Train way Company is also filling"iii its rail track with tarred instead of rough stone block, a dr§jed '■'"' kerb of bluestone has been laid'atHhe edge of the asphalt. ' ■■«?&&:; Homeward-bound passenger steii«s from the Dominion and Australia! ftrte have their passenger accommodation pretty fully taken up for <torne'tiie hence, and it is expected that durhii the next three months a large people will leave New Zealand for tie Continent and the United Kingdoi The Maheno, which is to sail oh. Monaiy will take an unusually large number 6f passengers, some of whom .are;booked ' through to join mail-boats in' the Com. ' monwealth for the Old Country, Tft Marama, leaving on Friday neist/for Vancouver, will have practically the "whole". of her berthage accommodation taxed, and a heavy demand is being Trradtf for " passages by the Makura in April and the new liner Niagara in May. ' When the Magistrate sits after 4.30 p.m., it is wonderful with what uhanim. ity the legal fraternity, incline towards adjourning the. remaining oases. :2JoMe»f than four were thus deferred yeste'rdav? afternoon at the Magistrate's Court, despite tins courteous offer.of Mr. G. o.' Kettle to sit -late. Evidently bers of the Law Society do not favour working overtime in Court.' ' The increasing popularity'of .the Hoi- ■ stein breed of cattle for dairying jiur-' poses in the Auckland province haa beeh demonstrated' at each of the ehowß th'i; year. During the Cambridge Shows*' son, which concluded yesterday, the iri-l . vincial branch of the Hblstein: Br.eederi! Association' held a meeting and decidei to recommend to conference that for .pur- ' poses of testing it would" be. advaht&gev " v ous to make the period «i lactation ita months, instead of twelve months, as ii - present, with the provisional, option of ■;.'■' adhering to twelve -months if breeders so desire. Mr W• H. Str-eeLrbf' Taranaki, was made ifemeAher of the association in Tecognifcion of the fact that he was the first Hoi6fceins into New Zeiuiffi from America, At the concliisioh'-of ' Show yesterday: 'Hh<e"''Press:'"'Teprfr •:' sen'tatives in . — the Press steward (Mr. Treifle): V: r with an eight-day clock in recognition of the excellent manner in whichheJhad'digcharged his duties. . For ■ thonrfitful attention to this departmehfc'ftVe 'Central ; Waikato Association excels, ali.othera in , the province. * _ , ; _ Farerwell services will be held. 1 in.-the Methodist Mission Hall,'" 'Newtoft.vtfc morrow to Mrs James Wilson,,wlwywith members of her family, ieayeji-Kjithe Maheno for Sydney on Monday; werfc The services will be under the spperintendency of the Eev.' NicholaVTiirner, who has been appointed hy4ne;.'n«nt ' Methodist Conference the Hey. J. Wilson in the work at %6t ; SttMtV. The following subscriptions haye'.heen received at this office toyrirds tne.'ftihd for the relief of Samuel Gribble'anftliii family:—"Bertram," 5/; C.G, rei, 10/6; W.F.E.8., 5/; A" Weu'wMer, 2/6; G.S.S., 1/; J.H.P., 5/; 2/. The sum of £1 1/ from H;-Keini-'■-. ers has also been received for the fund in aid of Claude Bilderbeck, the lid.who lost his arm through falling on a circalir saw. '--" '''" '.'; V.'. ; '-: .' -A Wellington merchant has hi-.: formed that several of the Austrajta/ banks have modified their method of, ; t charging customers for keeping »n ; M' ; count. Hitherto aU . accounts:.were.: debited with 5/ each half-year, irreipective of the amount. Now. the.;ch*fP will not be exacted if the account do« not fall below £50, nor will it Retarget? on advance accounts. It will l»:l«il)ej>t\ :- bereil that the Commonwealth.' M?i made a similar arrangement some little . I time prior to its opening for ordinary | 'business. .-?.'' | The following resolution was carried it ! the last meeting of the Young Mm .«-. I Party: — "That we, the members <" the Auckland Young Ireland i believing that the British ParliamMt* i the near future is detecmined tq.Sett'o the Irish question, ty.. ; i ?ec ?Ki! istituting within the | ancient Irish nation, yW*.^ 1 ; present position of the iiuUttryyofM?. of the United Kingdom as I defend both islands in case ■ |by- a Continental Power. - ; Th« ! therefore express the hope that !«:»:,, ; to remedy this state of affairs,;»«n>»' taneottsly* with the passing of the "'»" 'Parliament Bill into law, the P«senv I Territorial Act in force,.in'Bntaitt.•*".. be extended to Ireland, . guarding the Empire by- strengttepjng Ireland, and at the same time remQjm the insult heaped upon British House of Lords, a few on the passing of the TerntonaUdft ; 'that the youth of Ireland cannot »?; trusted with the use of arms iW£M> desire to see Ireland's new safeguarded, and as no effective Jnea* > of doing so are contained in Parliament Bill-other than law-we claim a- 5 citizens ofthe tmp - , that the same rights as Englishmen.«*;. , Pcotohmen enjoy should be the land of our fathers by *™*fWL \ Imperial Territorial Act, and extending its provisions to Ireland with the granting of the new Ctmw»r J tion." ..,: i By permission of Colonel.?Sffi?j| | the "Mounted Rifles band I**£zSb& Whallev Stewart) will play the WW® I programme in Albert onWnw - March, "La -1 (Pares): overture, " Zampa' (HeroWj , I selection, " Princess Caprice" : first performance in New Z^ 0 I latest London success; fantas % = lof Schumann" (Godfrey); walfaf ATe« . Ciel" (Waldteufel): introduction t"-?,--, I Act "Utonwriu" (Wagner). /j,_ ,i