■ Tho "Weather Bureau forecast for 24 hours from f) a.m. this day is as follows: "Tho indications aro for southerly winds, strong to galo prevailing. At times the weather will probably prove squally and changeable. Ka'n is probable, and the. night will probably become colder. Barometer rising. Tides good. Sea moderate. James Cnvin. an elderly men, living by himself, at Wnikino, was found dead in bed this morning. Deceased had been j attended by a doctor and ordered to the I 'hospital. | Three boy* came before Mr. J. W. ' Poynton, S.M., this morning at the Juvenile Court as tho result of horse play at a football pract : ce at the Baker Street drill shed. In the course of their pranks thoy had played a dirty trick lon a much younger lad and had knocked him about when he afterwards tried to ' get some of his own back, The lads were i admonished and discharged, two of them being ordered to pay 6/ costs apiece. I The only other delinquents dealt with were two boy. who got a talking to for stone-throwing. At the Palmerston North Borough I Council meeting (writes the "Times" I correspondent) the housing scheme wan discussed, when it was reported that each cottage under construction would cost £075, including land. Fixing the 1 rent to workers at 25/ per week would I meet all the annual charges, vix., inte.- - ---l est £45, insurance £1 12/4, rates £3 10/ j depreciation £16; total £60. It is not often that a. mere man is ! called upon to decide whether a lady's ! costume fits or not (says the i "Dominion") but the lot fell to Mr. W. JG. -Riddell, S.M.. in Wellington, when a ' claim came before him regarding an ievening dres-3. Counsel for plaintiff sug--1 gested .TT'.at tht plaintiff should put on the drc.j and let his Worship judge for himself. On this being done considerable amusement was caused through the request of the pla : ntiff for someone to go out and "do up the back." The girl subsequently appeared in evening dress, and strange to say, was followed by one of the officials of the court.

"The reason they don't want to go out," said a Wellington counsel in a claim for possession, "is that they pay 30/ a week rent for the house, and make £7 10/ by sub-letting it."

It is understood that for various reasons a considerable number of returned soldiers have not yet made use of the orders for privilege railway tickets, enabling them to travel free for 28 days over the railways of the Dominion. However anxious the Defence Department and the railway authorities may be to maintain the privileges granted to soldiers, it must be apparent that there shall be some finality in connection with the issue of free railway passes, and therefore it has been decided that all orders must be exchanged for railway tickets not later than the 2nd November next. Tn effect, this means that no privilege railway ticket issued to a soldier will be available after 30th November, when the 28 days will expire. Owing to the very heavy demands that will be made upon the time of the railway staffs in all parts of the Dominion from November onwards, soldiers entitled to claim the privilege tickets are requested to make application for them as early as possible.

A correspondent of the Efawera "Star" writes:—"l do not often wrte to the Press, but I thought it may interest your readers to know why there are bo mnny strllkes. ot stop-work meetings inn tho wateraido workers call them). I happened to bo on the Wellington wharves a few weeks 'back, when one of the nifn produced a small pocket microscopl and examined a crate of clieeso on which ho djflcovered some tiny 3 .itest, All hands were told about it. and thoy deckled thero and then to Htr'ko work and stop everything unt:l nnothor sixpenco per hour was given thorn. T knew one of the men and imkcd him why the-y wero alwavo holding up tho work of tho port like that, and lie told mo that If tliov worked right on "toady their wagea would got too big. Tliey had to -top two or three times each week--or thoy may bo called on to pay Income tax. Now, wuat do you think of that:"

With regard to the concessions granted to return*- soldlcrn in eonn.-wtion with examinations, It vnw deckled at tho annual meeting of the Now Zealand Society of Accountants, that all ntipr.atior.n for exemption mu»t bo lodged before March 31, .'O2l. It wcs resolved to recommend to the University of New Zealand that tho now conditions governing tlie March supplementary examination ho brought Into operation nt tho examination to he held In March next. Tlicflo conilltlnnß make tile March exntnlnntlnn available only for those candidates who pnt for nil MlMcctp to complete the final at the preceding November examination. Onn<l'~«tos nr. required fo sit only in the ptil/jret. in which they fnll«tl in tho November examination except In the case whero ft candidate has prencnttnl hlm-elf In onl •> two rUl!)----|cet», and ftv!"<l In en<» of them, he -will then be feqltlrpd td preoent "hlfflstlf in Mnreh In both -abje^te.

Tho New Zealand Society of Accountants, at its annual mpctlnjr, rosolved to approach the Government with a view to amending the Companion Act by incorporating a clmine olm'lar to that in tho English Act providing that a poTson other than the retiring auditor ihftll not be capable of appointment as auditor to a compnny nt the annual general mcct'lng unless '14 days' notlco has been given to the compnnv. which in turn must notify tho i-hnn'lioldori' nnd tho retiring auditor not lens than iteven days before tho meeting. The EnjrlUh Act-also pr--vides ft pennlty if a balance sheet is circulated without an niidjrt.or's _#*port attached thereto, and tho is of opinion that this clatiso should also be Incorporated in tho Now Zealand Act.

At its meoting in July tho Wellington Hospital (Board deputed tho chairman (.Mr. F. Caetle) and ilr. J. G. Petherick to send a memorandum to tho Prime Minister pointing out the need for State assistance or a Stato bonus to be granted to parents of largo families with small incomes. After considering a report from tho Chairman of the Charitable Aid Committee, showing that inadequate wages and ill-health of bread-winners, or their ilepcndants,-_iad rendered State assistance necewsary in a few specific cits-os, tho committee on Thursday recommended the hoard to consider the matter further before making any recommendation to tho .Government. The committee pointed out that not bo desirablo for tho State to provide awletanco to able-bodied fathers of largo families unless very strict limitations a« to need and other conditions wero imposed. Incidentally it was mentioned that the board already had the necessary organisation through which it gnvo Stato aid to those who found their means of self-support temporarily inadequate. The mutter was referred to i * special committee for further consideration. /■

As a number of cases of misrepresentation on tho part of applicants for charltahlo aid relief havo recently been encountered, tho Wellington Hospital Board on Thursday authorised its ofneorfi to institute prosecutions in future cases of this nature. It was mentioned that it had recently been discovered that one recipient of reHef had a weekly income from various sources of £0 12/. In addition to this sum, tho woman received a grant of £1 8/ per week from the Charitable Aid Committee.

"I wouldn't live with you if yau wrote a letter like that," said Mr. S. E. McCarthy, S.M., in the Magistrate's •Cocrt at Christehurch, after reading a letter sent by a woman to her husband, whom she .alleged very volubly had deserted her. "I don't want to live with you!" retorted tho wife. "If you talk as you write, I should not be surprised if 'he went to the top of the highest mountain to get away from you," the ■magistrate continued. "However, you are entitled to a maintenance order."

Tlie consent of the Government has been secured by the following local bodies to raise the amounts stated against each:—Te Awamutu Electric Power Board, £15.000; Dargaville Borough Council, £41,000; Rodney County Council. £134,000; Kirikiriroa Road Board, £9,000; Hobson County Council £3000; Franklin County Council, £2100; Waimarino County, £1300; Waitemata County, £600; Whangamarino Road £500; Auckland City, £22,800; Devonport "Borough, £17,500; Waipa County, £12,000; Manukau County, £P000; Helensville Town Board, £7000; Hikurangi Town Board, £1000, and Otamatea County, £300. From April Ist to July 24th, 263,073 single and 488,730 return first-class passengers were carried on the New Zealand railway., and 1,200,099 s'ngle and 2.70P <, i9 return *ccr>ml-elass P»s■ngers. The total increase was SS7,B_O, compared with the same period last year. Up to the present women patrols have been appointed by the Government in the interests of public health under the Social Hygiene Act, 1917, one at Wellington and two .each at Auckland, Christehureh, and Dunedin. In the Waihi Police Court this morning a youth aged 17 was charged on remand with having indecently assaulted a female under the age of 16, at Waihi, on July 28 Tast. A remand was granted' to September 0, and bail was renewed at 1 £200. " " - - ........

The final piece of work for the duplication of the Dominion Road tramline has been completed, and was brought into use yesterday. This strip, from Herbert Road to the terminus, is about one-third of a mile long, and the earg began using it for traffic last evening Now that the whole of the Dominion Road route is supplied with a double track of this service will be greatly." facilitated, though it is not intended to make any early increase in the service. The rails for the Dominion Road duplication were originally i n _ tended for laying in Anzac Avenue and this throroughfare will be the next to receive the attention of the construction gangs, the tramway authorities expecting make a start on the work very shortly.

"There is a remote possibility of plague coming to "New Zealand," said Dr. Fletcher Telford, speaking on the provisions of the Tublic Health Bill at a conference in Christchurch. "They have plague in Liverpool. Paris, the Argentine, Egypt, nearly all Eastern Asia, and various ports in South America, Mexico and the United States, and in certain South Sea Islands. It is a well-known thing that after a boat has gone one voyage it is rat-infested, and no matter what fumigations you carry out you don't collar the whole lot. An infected rat may get on that boat, and by the agency of the rat flea a disease breaks out among the rats. If the disease does not cause a high mortality the infected animals and fleas may get ash-ore when the boat reacheß New Zealand, and thus spread the plague amongst us."

Notification _as "been received by Mr. J. H. Mortensen (secretary) that the Auckland Retail Shop lAss'etants' Union, which includes boot, hardware, crockery, stationery, fancy goods, furniture, and soft goods employees, was duly registered by the Department at "Wellington on August 9. The membership of the union at present stands at 1000, but is expected to double that figure during the' nest twelve months at the present rate of new enrolments.

"I hope that when I leave the old school I .shall not degenerate," 6aid Mr. C. E. Sevan Brown, headmaster of the Christchurch Boys' School, at the annual dinner g T .ven by the Old Boys to the school's first fifteen, "though in race week I had doubts about the matter. On one day when I was coming back from a meeting at Canterbury College, in a car in which a friend was jiving mc a lift, we stopped in the Square, and a man rushed up and asked mc the winner of the last race. On another occasion I was mistaken for a gentleman who sells race-booflvs."

The Management Committee of the Xew Zealand Tennis A.soiiation has been in communication with Mr. M. Henry Marsh, Sydney, regarding a suggestion made by him that he was prepared to arrange for a New South \V*les team to come to New Zealand at the end of the present year. This offer haß 'been accepted and Mr. Marsh has been requested to give the New Zealand Association seme idea of the number likely to compose the team, particulars with reference to matches and dates of matches desired, whether it would (be possible to include ladies in the team, and generally for such Information as will assist the Management Committee in furthering tne proposal.

An important ceremony will take place to-morrow (Sunday) in the Catholic Churches at Bewick and Paimrure, when four memorial tablets will 'be unveiled contacting the names of the old Fencibles and Imperial soldiers who fought in the Maori wars, and whose tmortal remains are interred in the cemeteries there. Sir IFrederitik Lang will perform the ceremony of unveiling at Howick Church, and B'-shop Cleary will perform the ceremony at Panmure Church. Old residents at both townships will deliver speeches. Mr. A. Everitt, 61 years of age and unmarried, died suddenly at Botorua on Thursday. He had been a resident of Kotorua for 17 years, and was a skilled mechanic. He had relations at Thames and Te Arohtt. As an outcome of the strike of t~"" way men which took place twelve weeks ago, the Crown solicitor has instituted proceedings against the _nk>n. Hearing of the case ha_ been fixed for September 22. The wholesale distributors for the Harvey Frost vulcanising equipments are John Chambers and Son, Ltd., of Fort Street.—(Ad:) Mine and Choyce stock a full range of Bancroft's nnfadable window hollands, marked at Auckland's keenest prices. Ask for an estimate.—'(Ad.) *A few Shillings spent in the free use of Narol to protect the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose, and throat against influenza infection is better than hours of suffering.—(Ad.) Inspect the favoured cotton fabrics for spring. Voiles and ginghams now showing at Milne and Choyee's. The qualities and values are unsurpassed. (Ad.) Garagcmen should call and inspect the wide range of Harvey Frost vulcanising equipment which John Chambers and Son, Ltd., have just landed.—(Ad.) Just arrived. English large size blankets; union 73/6, all wood qualities 97/0; also table damasks from 3/11 yard upwards at Milne and Choyee's.— (Ad.) To remove tar, ink, gardening stains from the hands and keep them white use O.K. Cleanser. Tins 1/. —(Ad.) It is not what you pay but what yon get decides the economy of your purchase. Therefore test the values of Milne and Choyee's merchandise, parhousehold goods—we invite it.—(Ad.) Don't hesitate to use Tfazol very freely, especially by constant inhalation. It protects the mouth, nose, and throat against infectious influenza germs. (Ad.) Come and hear an ex*p : ritualistic medium- speak on "Spiritualism," at tha Empress Theatre, Newton, Sunday night, at 7 pjn. —(Ad.) Motorists, noth'xtg surpasses O.KCleJnser for removing dirt and grease from the hands. Try it. .1/ tins. —(Ad.) Beet grade granite inlaid linoleums (new -shipments) in dark green, tan, light grey, at Tooson Garlick's.— (Ad.) Come and hear an ex-ep:ritualistie medium speak on "Spiritualism," at the Empress Theatre, Newton, Sunday night, at 7 pan.—(Ad.) To remove dirt from paint without scratching or removing the paint itself use O.K. Cleanser. 1/ tins. —(Ad.) A snre and pleasant specific for removing worms is "Wade's Worm Figs. All chemists.— (A<_> O.K. Cleanser is invaluable for whitening tables, cleaning enamel baths, nnd kitchen sinks. Large tins 1/. —(Ad.) Gent's splendid all-wool tweed suits, very stylish, reduced to 117/0. — Economic Sale (opp. Town Hall). (Ad.) Business efficiency demaixls increased writing facilities. Paragon shorthand learnt in .even evenings. Home study. Box 494, Dunedin.—(Ad.) John Chambers and Son, Ltd., announce the arrival of large supplies of the well-known Harvey Frost vulcanising materials.— (Ad.) »,..