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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 82, 8 April 1902, Page 4

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His Excellency the Governor was waited on officially at Government House to-day by Air Carl Seegner (Imperial German Consul). Lady Kanl'urly, accompanied by her daughters, the Ladies Constauce and Eileeii Knox, will arrive in Auckland from Wellington to-morrow. *

The Union Company's steamer Waikare, which sailed iur Sydney yesterday evening, took 138 passengers in both classes. The cargo included 10 bars of bullion, valued at £15,000, shipped by the National Hank of New /.ealaiul for transhipment to London, 1090 bags concentrates, 15 cases kauri gum, 170 kegs beef, 2600 sacks otmaize, of which 1.800 are from Gisborne, and the remainder from Auckland, and a'large quantity of timber and miseellaneoui^eargo.

We learn that owing to the award of the Arbitration Court increasing the wages and shortening the hours of earte-rs, that the rate for carting will be increased on aud after the 12th inst.

At a meeting of the Scenery Conservation Society, held yesterday afternoon, in reply to a request from the Society to the Postal and Telegraph Department, asking that steps be taken to enclose telegraph and telephone wires to avoid the mutilation by lopping of trees, a letter was received stating that owing- to the cost the Minister could not see his way to grant the request.

At the Chelsea Sugar Works, .Mr 1^ Sprague and Mr H. Speedy have lately been conducting some blasting operations wi'tQi. gelatine, gelignite, and dynamite, to increase the depth of water at the wharf, and thus provide berths for large vessels. Fiftynine holes were drilled in about 420 feet of rock, and the blasting was teo on-ana-ged that no damage was caused to the wharf. Usually divers are employed for the drilling and charging in such operations, but on this work the. operations were conducted out of sight and with ■ frequently nearly 111- feet, of water above the surface of tire rock. For 24 charges the -waterproof submarine fuses were used, and for the remainder the "Eaekbar" electric exploder. The explosion ciaoiaetl only a dull, muffled detonation, with a slight upheaval of water, the rock very rarely being projected 'above the surface of the Water. Mr Sprague recently used nitro-gelatine at Manurewa for removing seven large tree stumps, some of which were Gft. in diameter. The stumps were dislodge*! and split into numeroais fragments (and thrown out. of the ground, thus demonsitrating the utility of the nitro-co-m----pound for removing tree stumps or rooks, in clearing land.

The. annual meeting of the Auckland Camera Club was held last evening. The and balance-sheet were very satisfactory to/.the club's interest, a credit balance being in •hand. Dr. J. L. Campbell was reelected patron, Mr E. W. Payton president, and Messrs. F. Wright, M. 'Trenwith,, and J. Martin vice-presi-dents; Messrs. Coomer, Rnyner. Takle. and Wilkinson as comrmittee: and Mr S. G. Frith secretary and treasurer. A (short ■ demonstration was given with the Mo talk intensifier. Four new members were elected and three proposed.

The following handicaps have been declared for the George Cup, to be rowed on Saturday, April 12th: —T. Richards scr, E. Tones ss. -E. Stone 10s. A. G.fhisby 15s, G. 0. Waddy 15s. H. R, Armitag'e 20s, A. Black 20s, D. Crozier 255, J. 0. Sullivan 255, F. Moore 255, T. Stone 30s, C. Carter 355, D. Allen 355, C. Power 355, R. Thornes 35s,R,.:L.anrie 40s, H. McClelland 40s, A. W. Innes?4os, Jack O'Sullivan 40s.

Telephone ..'exchange- subscribers who do not pay their current halfyear's subscription by noon to-mor-row (Wednesday) will have their connections, cut off.

At the Police Court yesterday af^ ternoon Thomas McKeovra. was further remanded for a week on a charge of inciting John Duffy to resist, Constable Irwin in the execution .Qf his duty. Bail was allowed in two

sureties of £50 each,"

' There' are over eighty pictures in this week's "Graphic," which again touches tihe high water mark of illustrated journalism. The presence of; the Australasian Squadron, in port furnishes material for a magnificent set of pictures of 'tihe Royal Arthur, and life on board the ships of the squadron. The departure of the Auckland section of the Tenth Contingent is fully illustrated, and the view? should be very acceptable to friends of the men.. One of the most interesting of local features is the profusely illus-'brated article _on the asphalting of Queen-street. "Above the Clouds" comprises a fine collection of views taken on the summit of Mount. Egonont the other day. Of special interest to. Northern settlers is the continuation of the account of the Parliamentary trip to the North, with the views illustrating the same. Special illustrations deal with the vineyards' of. the North. Among other features worthy of notice are the pictures 'in connection with the Tramway employees' picnic to Motutapu. This being the last occasion on which these hard-working members of the community will gather '■■ under existing conditions —the days of horse traction on our trams being nmniberedl —these plates should be worthy of retaining. Some excellent pictures from the front1, the Auckland contestants in the recent University Oolliege Toinrnaiment, 'cartoons, and many miscellaneous illustrations, make up, with an abundance of reading matter, a singularly good number, ■ •. __ L Mr and Mrs D. Henry and their little son had a marvellous escape on Saturday afternoon (says the Waikato "Argus"). They were driving in a trap and met a three-horse waggon driven by Mr W. Harwood on the Hamilton Bridge. .Tust as Mr Henry's horse reached the back portion of the waggon it swerved towards the ye- i hide, and ran one shaft through the hind wheel and was twisted round with the waggon, while the trap was tilted up, one wheel resting on the top of the handrail. Mr Harwood at once pulled up and went to render any assistance in his power, but his horses started off. turning the trap over on its side and throwing the occupants heavily on the bridge. As luck would have it the shaft broke ancl cleared the vehicles, and Taefore Mr Henry's horse could get under weigh he was caught by one of the bystanders, and after a little trouble extricated from the wreck uninjured. No one was hurt, and a broken shaft and bent axle was the sum total of the damage. Mr and Mrs Henry are to be congratulated upon their lucky escape.

The Rev. Dr. J. G. Paton. whose life labours have been devoted to the Christianis'ation of the natives of the New Hebrides, upon which mission he entered forty-four years ago. arrived in Sydney the other day after an absence of two years in JBurope and America, and continued his journey back to the group by the s.s. Mambare. Interviewed at Sydney, Dr. Paton said: "From all points of view 1 am an advocate for British annexation of the New Hebrides, as well in the interests of Australasia as of the natives of the group. In the New Hebrides there are magnificent harbours, in w:hich any number of ships could assemble, and which, of course, in time of war would be a positive menace to Australia if the islands should be in tbe possession of a hostile power. If the i reneh annex the group, we fear thart Jthe cause of Christ will suffer. When they an* nexed the Loyalty Islands some years ago, they closed all the schools, and suppressed all the books that had been prepared for jthe benefit of the natives by the Bondon Missionary Society. Trie chiefs and people of the new Hebrides are unanimously in favour of British annexation, and about 800 lately petitioned King Edward, oraying that Great Britain might take possession of the islands. No reply, however, has yet been received as to whether the petition has reached its intended destination, or whether official routine has delayed its presentation. If. they are to be annexed- in common with every missionary in the New Hebrides, I wish the Federal settlement scheme every success; but if the French,are permitted to obtain entire possession, British trade, commerce and settlement will be considerably . restricted. '■

A Sydney paper states that Mr Hughes, M.P-, the Sydney L'aLoi-r member, received lately a letter from the town clerk of Syaney. informing him, by direction of the Mayor, that in consequence of a case of plague having occurred at the General Post Office, Sydney, the hurtling had been specially visited by the city health officer, 'who found a most insanitary state of affairs prevailing. The health committee of the Council had, consequently, directed that the strongest representations be made to the Federal Government that the necessary improvements to the General Post Office, and to. post offices generally within the Sydney metropolis, be carried out with the least -possible delay. Mr Hughes communicated with the' Postmaster-Gen-eral, who at first. declared that there was no money on the estimates for the improvements required, but ultimately agreed that the general sanitary improvements the Sydney Post Office ..would be put in hand at once, and that, although £1080 per annum was being spent on cleansing work there, the staff of cleaners should be strengthened to meet the City Council requirements. Our Waihi correspondent telegraphs that early on Sunday morning a young man named Richard Conneliy was picked up at the foot of the embankment of the Waihi Co.'s Waikino railway line in a much exhausted state, suffering from the fracture of two rfc>s. Connelly alleged that he was attacked the evening before between 9 and 10 o'clock by what he termed a "Sydney push." He was beaten to the ground and brutally knocked about, so much so that he was unable to get up and walk back to town. The consequence was that he remained out all night. Connelly, who is a boarder at Deeble's, is being attended by Dr. Slater. The police report does not altogether coincide with the story told by Connelly, and up till now there is no other evidence to confirm his story.

A meeting' of the council of the !A.uokkund, Cycle , Rosads. League was held in ithe chub rooms last evening, .to consider what steps should be taken as regards the passing, of the Cycle Roads Bill during the coming session. A large amount of correspondence received by the secretary as to the bad condition of some of the Auckland roads was also considered. It was unanimously resolved to ask Mr Fowlds, M.H.R., to communicate with Sir Joseph Ward regarding the Bill. A large amount of routine business was transacted. The Hamilton Bowling Club have been, granted the lease of a Government section at peppercorn rental for 14 years. As will be seen by advertisement elsewhere, the Central Mission celebrate their fifth anniversary in the Central Mission Hall to-morrow (Wednesday) evening by a -tea meeting, commencing'at 5.30. A large gathering is expected, and the friends of the Mission are busy making ample provision. The Rev. Jas. Lyall will be present, and will continue his mission; over next Sunday, when he "VSrill again' preach in the Opera House, afternoon; and evening. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS stands preeminent among stimulants and cordials.