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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 109, 8 May 1903, Page 4

The following is Captain Edwin's weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:—"Moderate to strong.easterly winds, glass rise, tides good,"

The mail steamer Ventura arrived from Sydney early this morning, after a smar,t passage across of 3 days 11 hours 59 minutes. A large number of passengers were landed at this port; ' Therewere 134 through passengers in all classes for 'Frisco, while the bookings from. Auckland were well up totheavelage. Included in the cargo w.-re 1500 bales flax, 474 cases onions, 1070 bales twine.'6ol sacks grass seed, and a large quantity of sundries. The .Ventura proceeded on her voyage for the islands and Sah (Francisco this afternoon.

The Mayor (Mr Alfred Kidd, M.H.R.) yesterday took the Mayor-elect (Hon. E: Mitchelson) around the various city works and introduced that gentlemen to the heads of departments and other officials. Mr Mitchelson expressed the hope that during his own term, of office the pleasant relations would exist between himself and the officials that was so plainly evident in regard to the present occupant of the position. ,

Most of the representatives to the communication of the Grand* Lodge of New Zealand have .now left Auckland. The Grand Secretary (Mr Malcolm Niccol ) is, however, spending a lew days with life relatives in this city.- About 20 of the representatives left by steamer for their respective \ homes yesterday, being seen off by the Mayor (Mr A. Kidd, M.H.R.) ■ and Mr Niccol. Fifteen of the representatives decided to take advantage of being in Auckland to go and, see the wonderland of the North— Rotorua. '

Criticism of the Greater Auckland scheme was made,in the Epsom Eoad .Board's report in these terms:—"The scheme is approaching practical discussion, but it will require a lot of elucidation before small, healthy suburban bodies can be persuaded that it is to their advantage to join in such a venture."

A deputation introduced by Mr John Bollard, M.H.E., waited upon Mr Buxton, District Railway Traffic Manager, this morning, and presented a petition signed by 70 passengers of the Auckland-Hen-derson workmen's -train, praying for a 12.20 train leaving Auckland on Saturday, in addition to the 1.20. It was stated that the whole of the petitioners leave'business at 12 on Saturdays, and have to wait about town till 1.20, and* by the time they do arrive home the afternoon is well gone. Mr Buxton sj,id lie would place the matter before the proper authorities, and use his best endeavour to further the request./ Mr Bollard also brought before the Traffic Manager's notice the necessity for more commodation at Mt. Eden; station, and also the need for lengthening of the Mt. Albert platfcirm.

In accordance with the views express* ed during the election campaign, the Mayor (Mr A. Kidd), having been elected to the House of Representatives, has forwarded his resignation of the position as a member of the Auckland Harbour Board. This step has been taken because. Mr Kidd, considers; ithat Ms. successor In the' office of Mayor should have.a seat on the Harbour Board; This; feeling is accentuated by the fact that the drainage question bids fair to be an important one now that the, board is raising the point of sewage being allowed to pollute the harbour. '"'....,

At tlie Paeroa Police Court .yesterday two 'boys, Dette arid Majury( convicted: last Court day of killing a, heifer at Owharoa, were sentenced to pay 20/ each, fined £6, value of the heifer, and •.£l2- 3/ costs; '' ) _. ■ .

-The position of treasurer, collector; or rents, etc., to the Auckland Grammar School Board, vacated by the death of the late, Mr Oliver Mays", is to be filled at a!meeting of the Board to-morrows Nearly 150. applications have been receiy-\ ed for the position. The vacant- .post of clerk to the Waitem*ta County Council ie'jbquisned by the death of the ;-. same gentleman, came up for consideration by the Council to-day. There were nearly 50 applicants. , • , ... ■*-■■•.. '

The Rev F. W. -Mac Donald, D.D., who is expected to arrive by the Sierra in the interest of the British and Foreigiilßible Society, London,... will visit all the branches throughout' New Zealand. This great missionary, society celebrates its centenary in March, 1904, and efforts are being made throughout the whole world to make: the meetings a universal success. The deputation will hold a number of meetings in this city, the first of .which, is announced to take place on Wednesday next in the V.M.C.A. Hall. Arrangements!, are also beim? the' Rev F. W.Macdonald and the Rev HvA. Raynes to preach in several of. the churches and to hold united children's in the Tabernacle .'and..St Matthew's, but., of these fiirtjiei* ..announcements will be. made,in due course. The primary object, of the, visit„6f the deputation is to arouse new interest in the society's work by reference, to . the accomplishments" of the past" and":.by exposition of the'wonderful openings, for Bible, work mi. the,future. Friends- of this great .and noble society will doubtless look forward with interest to the visit of this influential deputation.

Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., resumed -the hearing yesterday at the Police Court of the application of the residents of the Kaukapakapa district to declare the recent Kaipara Licensing Committee election void upon the ground that rib polling booth was opened, as..advertised, at their centre. Mr Jackson Palmer, for the applicants,; called Mr OH. Spinley, returning officer at Helensville, /who stated .tTiat" quite forty people'came' froih the district, but owing to the absence of a both could not vote. Heproduced a statement to that effect, signed by forty-nine residents of the Kaukapakapa district. His Worship reserved his decision. *

On Thursday afternoon Messrs Logan Bros, launched from their yards the new yacht Ilex, built to the order of Captain Stanhope, late o* the 19th Prince of Wales' Hussars, and Mr Shakespear, of the Little Barrier.. The launching was in every way successful. The yacht presents a very handsome appearance. She has a white' hull picked put in chbcblate and gold. A branch of Ilex, the ever-green oak, is carved out at, the stern and at the bows. The yacht is 50 feet overall, 11 feet beam, and draws a little over five, feet Of water. She is yawl rigged, and her masts and spars are of Oregon pine. She carries a generous spread of sail. Aft there is a roomy cockpit. The main cabin is somewhat on: the large, size,.being.fourteen feet in length: ; W is nicely' ? and: the seats arranged on each side are .comfortably upholstered./. $- this cabin are the lavatory and brew's „quarters. The Ilex lias speedy'lines, but notwithstanding this the builders have been enabled tQ. turn out a roomy boat. ...

A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Geo. H. Hawke was held iii the office of the Official Assignee' yesterday afternoon. Mr John Lawson presided. The meeting was called to. consider an offer on the part of the bankrupt to pay an additional 4/6 in the J£ in six weeks, making a total of' 7/6 In the £ , instead of continuing monthly instalments, as at present. The chairman stated that it would take £49 9/5 to pay up what the bankrupt had offered. The offer was declined, as was, another offer of £3 a month until 10/ in the £ had been paid. It was then decided to accept £3 a month until'-the whole of the indebtedness had been-paid off.

A paragraph in the Epsom Road Board report: —" During the year' the board had to give a rather unfriendly Welcome to the new Department of Public Health, which, from the excessive levies it was making on all local bodies, and the manner iv"which it was dealing with them in connection with the proposed infectious diseases hospital, had created a feeling of irritation and resentment .throughout the whole of .the country affected." .

A Dunedin young lady named Miss Waldieh was the heroine the other evening in a deed which a local paper says sent a veritable thrill of admira-tion-through those who witnessed it. A carriage and pair had been left - imat-. tended outside the Criterion Hotel, and the horses started off of their own accord towards Princes-street; Miss Waldren, who was crossing the street at the time, saw the animals were travelling at a pace that made them a source of "danger. She therefore rushed, immediately in front of the, pair, at' the risk of being struck and knocked down by the pole, seized the slack reins, sprang to the side, and in a moment brought the bolting animals to a standi still. The bystanders were enthusiastic over the young,lady's .pluck and presence of mind, and there is a general feeling that the Royal Humane. Society should take cognisance of her bravery.

H.M.s. Pylades has left Sydney for the north-eastern division of the Australian station, the headquarters of which are at Fiji. The Pylades will be absent from Sydney for a period of five months. ,

In view of the near arrival in the colouv of Dr. Neligan, Bishoprelect, the committee. having charge of the bishopric endowment fund request that all purposing to contribute to the fund should send in their amounts at once, and parish collectors having lists in hand are also desired to forward them... to the chairman of committee. A" third, list of rubscribers will be published in a few days/ ~ .',-',/ \ ■ \ ~- ; ..

The New South Wales police authorities received a cablegram from New Zealand on the 28th lilt., notifying the ar•rest of an alleged defaulter from Sydney who is said to be responsible for a deficiency of £1200, the property of the city firm by whom he was employed. It appears' that the man, who was a con* fidehtial clerk, suddenly disappeared last week. At first only about £15; pr; r £2o was missed, but on a further investigation it was discovered that over £ 1000 was unaccounted for. The police ascertained that the man had left for New Zealand, with, the result that he was arrested on arrival. He had then £257 on him.

:• As an outcome of,the dispute.in the. furniture trade,'the Town and Country Furnishing and General Co-operative Stores, Ltd., was registered to-day, with a capital of £25,000 in fl shares.. As soon; as possible shares will be allotted.to applicants and operations commenced; .At present only about 13^of: the■ were suspended irom^ employment iv, the furniture, trade are out of w0rk.,.....- . • ■.; By ~ the last-mail from South Africa Mr, J* McKeague.Ashburton, received a letter from Lord Milnerstating thathe ■had /submitted M^Keague's,"Practical Irrigation to the Government experts of the Transvaal for their opinion of the book. 'By the same mail Mr Mc_ve4gue received a' letter froni the Pirector ;of Agriculture in" the Transvaal expressing his opinion that the book was"an "interesting and important" work, and saying that it had been decided to place the book in the near future in the libraries of the Transvaal. Quite recently this book,. in company, with eleven others ,on the same subject, underwent a.-test for comparative worth, by a prominent irrigation engineer in Australia, in whose judgment MeKeagues' "Practical -Irrigation" was the best work. ,

The monthly meeting of the : .Onehunga School Committee was held in the schoolroom last night, Mr S. Barr, chair--, man, presiding. The headmaster report-: cd. 567 scholars 0n..-the'; roll, with -an. average attendance of 483. The question of granting a holiday to the.children "on Empire Day " : (25th May) was" left' with the chairman, with instructions to be guided by the action pf the chairman of the Board : in this matter. A communication from Mr D. Petrie, chief inspector; of schools, on the general conduct of the.school, was received and approved of. The-question ,of a district high school was again discussed, and it was resolved that the chairman and Mr G. H. James wait upon the chairman of the Board of Education, asking him to interview ( the Rt. Hon. the Premier on 'his next visit to Auckland, and request that the promise to recognise' Onehunga school\as a district high school be fulfilled.' -

The Japanese scheer (says the "Sydney Telegraph") is not ."Van Zar," as mentioned by a Perth correspondent recently,' but "Banzai," with a strong emphasis on the first syllable "Ban." It is the '~Japanese• national counterpart of the British "Hurrah!" and the French "Viyat!" . It-is, perhaps, bestv translated by the old ceremonial salutatidn, "Live for ever," or . expression, "Long live." The favourite .loyal cheers of Japan are:—"Tenno Heika Banzai," "His Imperial Majesty live for ever:" "Teikoku Banzai," "The, Empire live for ever!" and "Nippon Banzai," .'"Japan live for ever."

A return has been furnished to the New, South Wales Minister for Works showing particulars of -the timber inspected by the -officers of ftis department and.exported to New Zealand during the year 1002. The total quantity,;of hewn and, sawn : ironbark, tallowwood, rouhd piles,' and railway sleepers amounted- to 2,690,969 super, feet, and 52,376 linfee't" including 250,462 sleepers for railway and tramway purposes. , The quantity of sleepers exported appears to be very inas compared with 1901, during which year" 231,879 were shipped. The S^t^^>.#iT:e ; nt'.!,. ; J jßqs^liisi'Ko.-.. , c^£ : •: -.tf^S^^ : shipped Tfrdm the Clarence River district, the 'officer stationed there being in direct pp.niniunicaiiou with the New,, Zealand Government, consequently ivntil it .is known how much has gone from the Clarence River the return is not of .very great .value; as showing what, timber New Zealand takes from New South Wales..

,-i" "More Stowaways from New Zealand" isvthe heading-of the following item published by the "Sydney. Tele.graph: of., the ..4th- inst-.--"'Three more stowaways from New Zealand ,were discovered during the voyage ■of .the steam?, er Zealandia, which arrived at Sydney lion Friday. They were all men, and, under the names of Henry> Aldridge (28), James .McCarthy (28), and James Shormaii (24), they appeared before ■Mr Donaldson,: S.M., : ; at the Water Police Court on Saturday "on a charge,of travelling by the vessel without/paying their fare!* They were each fined £5, .or in default two months' imprisonment. ;

The opening- dance of a series arranged by Mrs Malcolmson Boult, and extending throughout the season, took place l.u-t evening in the Federal Hall, which was prettily decorated in autumn supper room and table being arranged in particularlys tasteful fashion. There was ah excellent attendance, and a thorough: iy enjoyable evening was spent. The programme contained 18 dances, and Messrs Marriage and Armiger supplied the music.

A meeting of the Auckland . United Furniture Trades ,Industrial Union; of Workers will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall to-night at 7.30, p.m. .