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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 179, 29 July 1903, Page 4

The match between the New Zealand football team and a team representing the Metropolitan Unions was played at Sydney this afternoon. The team to meet the New Zealanders was a strong one, being, with the exception of two players, the team that represented New South Wales on. Saturday last.

The following is Captain Edwin's weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day: "Gale after 12 hours from now, from between north-east and north and'west: glass fall; expect much warmer weather,'high tides, much rain.

"The valuations of the Piako county ridings are (exclusive of Crown and native lands) as follows: —Waitoa, £382,----143, increase on last year's valuation of £ 05,633j Matamata, £131,018, £7707; Tβ Aroha, £70,996, £10.958; Taotaoroa, £54,585, £12,693; Patetere, £205.549, decrease £29,444; the net increase being £67,547. The number of ratepayers had increased by 197. being as follows: Waitoa. 122; Matamata, 50; Te Aroha, 8; Patetere, 14: Taotaoroa, 3.

The Department of Agriculture has] beea desirous for some years past of j ascertaining whether New Zealand hemp could be improved by cultivation, both inequality and quantity. Arrangements we're made not long ago to plant an area of land at the Experimental Station at Weraroa,. near Levin, and this will be done.in the course of a few weeks. Steps are also being takeu to establish a collection of the various forms of ilax known in the different districts as "varieties," which will be planted on an adjoining section, each root will be named and the locality from which it was obtained will be stated. This collection, when complete, will be most valuable. Important results are anticipated from the experiments. In connection with the opening of the Honolulu-Manila cable the following, cable rates via Eastern and Manila are notified as chargeable from the 25th inst.: —Ordinary telegrams, Guam,. 4/; midway, 5/"; Honolulu, 6/; San Francisco, 0/8;. Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington other. places,, California, Colorado, Dakota, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska. New Mexico, G/10; Vancouver, Wyoming Island, 6/11; Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana,. Indian Territory, lowa, Kentucky, Louisana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio,. Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin, 7/; district of Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware, Fiona, Georgia, Maine, Manitoba, Ptvland and Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New; Jersey, New York; North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont. Virginia, 7/1; Ontario, .Quebec. Cape Breton, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, u/3;'. Alaska, 8/0;. British Columbia, except Klondyke stations, 6/11. ' Bush work at Kaeo is in .full swing. Messrs Nisbet Bros, have secured the largest bush contract ever given out -in j those parts, viz., .20,000,000 ft or. more. j It. is expected to take live years to work I it. out. All the timber will go to. H.okianga. Mr E. Irving has secured a contract on the Kauriputete of about 2,000,000 ft of . timber., Mr George Wrathal) arrived, at Kaeo last week to ■work a bush of about 2,000,000 ft, at the Takakuri, belonging to Mr Slater, of Auckland. -:■■■■ The Waipa County Council yesterday unanimously decided'that it is advisable to borrow £10;000 to put the roads in the county in order. A poll of ratepayers will W taken on the" question at once. The. Auckland Anti-compulsory , Vaccination League telegraphed to the Mm-: ister . for Public Health, protesting against the edict requiring post office employees to, be vaccinated as unnecessary,, futile and a. great, moral and physical wrong. Sir Joseph. Ward replied that the general public must be considered, and that it was only decided , to take the course that had bee'i adopted after the matter had received the most careful consideration. The League in answer to this sent a further ■ protest:' ;; ';: ■'."• /; "■' r "- ■'■■

The Rev. Hector Hawkins, who has recently been appointed to the charge of Maori missions in the Auckland diocese', preached at St. Andrew's Church, Gambridge, on Sunday. He drew a comparison between the work being done between Auckland and the North Cape and the Waikato, saying that while in the former they had about a dozen native clergymen and 170 .lay engaged in gospel work, in the , Waikato he only knew of one native clergyman and two lay readers. He had come to the Waikato to See things for lnmseif, and was glad to tell them that the outlook was niost hopeful. At a conference which he had the other day with a number of influential Maori chiefs, they said they realised how that in the past they had been in darkness, but now things had changed, and 'their desire was for "Christianity, enlightenment, and civilisation. Another encouragement was that a leading chief (who was regarded by some as of higher rank than even Mahuta) had offered his son for ordination, while native candidates for ordination were not wanting. The question of superannuation has been before the teachers of the colony for some time (saye the Wellington "Post"). There was a brief reference to the matter at the. annual meeting of the Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Institute. The Otago branch sent a letter asking the Wellington teachers to give an expression of opinion upon the following remit:—"That this Institute makes it a recommendation, to the executive to respectfully decline to accept any scheme of superannuation that does not make provision for voluntary retirement within six months, and for the substitution of sixtieths for eightieths, and of three-fifths for one-half" (in the Teachers' Superannuation Bill). The president (Mr Geo. MacMorran) said he did not think the. present, an opportune time, for a discussion upon the. remit. Any kind of superannuation scheme would not be very favourably received in the House at present, judging by recent actuarial reports. He would like to see the points asked for by Otago incorporated in the bill, but would suggest that consideration of the remit should be deferred. Mr Foster (secretary) said he had been sympathetic towards a superannuation scheme until he had read the actuary's report upon the policß provident fiind. Now he had a less , sympathetic feeling. It was decided to defer consideration of the remit until the next meeting of the branch.

At Te Awamutu the Bishop of Auckland (Dr. Neligan), in a "straight-out" speech, is reported to have told the parishioners that the vicar's present stipend was not sufficient for a married man. and he needed time,' say three weeks, wherein to. decide over an appointment in place of the Rev. Mr Latter. Keferring to the stipend His Lordship said that this was a matter in which the vicar should ..have .no concern,, nor be aware of how much -each family contributed. He wished that the Vestry would, pay the stipend into the vicar's bank account each month, and the amounts of those contributing should be kept private to the vestry... It did not matter what kind of a collar a man wore, human nature was human nature, and if the vicar was aware how much so-and-so contributed there would be discord at some time. His Lordship referred to various' newspaper reports of his addresses in which he said he had been misreported, and added that whenever he picks up a newspaper he wonders what the new Bishop of Auckland haa been doing, and what's the latest, etc.

The counting of the votes for the election of three members to the Auckland Board of Education will take place on August 11th, and will probably occupy nearly the whole day. The; next meeting of the Board will be held on August 19th. . j .'.-■■'

James Edward Wheeler, an Auckland salesman, was committed for trial by Mr ;H. W. Brabant, S.M., yesterday, upon several : duurgeaixrf--receiving stolen , goods, the property of Messrs John Burns and Co., Customs-street. A witness named Clarke admitted having destroyed ordersheets and neglected to enter other orders from the accused, so that he could not be charged, for the goods. He alleged that Wheeler made him payments for each .article in consideration of his services. The foreman at Messrs Burns and. Company's warehouse, named. Ed.ward Nelson Farrow, who -had already been committed for trial upon several charges of theft from his employers, vras again brought up yesterday,.. and committed for trial irpon two additional in- ; formations* . .

.The Chief Inspector, Mr D. Petrie, MA., reported to the Auckland Education Board this morning on the recent examination of pupil-teacher candidates and pupil-teachers as follows: —"The results of the examination are. in general very satisfactory. The English papers of the candidates are getting ' better year by year; those of the pupil-teachers* in the department of literature do not show an equal advance, and the teaching of this part of thex pupil-teachers' course of study might well- be better."—The report on the needlework was as follows: "The sewing this year is slightly improved, but the .cutting,.out is no better. It shows a; lamentable lack of commonsense, and-also, α-warit of sense of proportion. The candidates from Hamilton and the Thames show much better work than those from Auckland, and -Wha-n----garei. As,in. previous} years, the questions .have apparently been, carelessly read—resulting in a quantity- of- iinnecessary work being done—while work for which marks would be gained is left unfinished. (Signed) Mary J. Milne, Edith ,Seddon." , ,

The Federal Orchestral Society;-in conjunction with the Maori boys of the Three Kings' College, are announced to give a combined concert in the Choral Hall on Wednesday, the 12th August. Special soloists on the occasion will be Madame Chambers, Mrs John Stewart, Messrs Reginald Marie and E. Pierce. The'concert, is expected to be of a very interesting character, ■ and an excellent programme arranged.

./The .secretary of the Auckland North Island Main Trunk Railway League (Mr R. R. .Hunt), desires to receipt of the ■ subscription from His Worship the. Mayor of Parnell oi £.1 1/, bea donation to, the league's funds.

. At a. meeting of. the; Ladies' Hockey Association on Tuesday it was decided that, .as the-Te Huias would play Wapiti at. the end of.the second round in place of the match that was to havebeen. played on Saturday .last, it. is not considered, a A\;in to Wapiti until the match has taken place.

■ Shop assistants interested in the compulsory Saturday half-holiday movement gathered -in large numbers at .the y.M.C.A. rooms last, night, and passed resolutions; in favour of the passing of the proposed measure.. A deputation was appointed to wait upon the Trades and Labour Council to secure the support of that body, arid it was also decided'to send two delegates to Wellington, "to give evidence before the ' Labour Bills Committee. In connection with this matter, Mr. S. Dickson forwarded thefollowing telegrams this morning: "To Hon. W-. Beehan,. M.L.C:, Wellington,—Large meeting Ijj&t night shop assistants deci,ded sending two representatives to Wellington; also large petitions. Advise assistant!?:, Wellington; also, let me know what"tliey are doing." ' "To the secretary' of the Saturday Half-holiday Committee, Invercargill,—Large meeting shop assistants decided sanding two representatives to giy". evidence to Labour Bills Committee. Saturday; also large petiWhat are you doing?" "; .

■The clause that- teachers canvassing members: of the Education Board should be. disqualified in. applying for. vacant positions was discussed by the Auckland Board this morning, during the consideration ■of the ~Mt. Albert dispute. Mr Rutherford raised the question by declaring the teachers ought to be allowed to canvass openly instead of doing.so clandestinely. Mr Lambe said he had once moved unsuccessfully that the clause should be deleted.. The Chairman (Mr Muir) said he had also moved to have the clause expunged. . Mr Luke said-it was on his motion that the clause, was, adopted, and he, should oppose its deletion. In the absence of this- regulation the members of ,the Board, were inundated by applicants. After.'further' discussion, Mr Liike's defence of the clause prevailed.

The.: district high, schools- established by the 'Wanganui Education Board, at Marton, Patea and Eltham are in . a bad-way financially, . and the Board is now faced with the difficulty of decid? ing whether it will 'be best to close up these three schools, or whether ■ the efficiency of: the instruction will be sacrificed by appointing teachers of a lower rank than those already employed in the secondary work. Unless the attendance increases the schools will have to be continued at a loss. . . ,

An old pensioner, James P. Williams, was found dead in a hut adjoining Mr F. Cocks' premises at Cabbage. Bay. Coroner Swindley proceeded to Cabbage Bay yesterday afternoon. Deceased was 74 ■ years of ,age -.and a naval veteran. He-was for some time engaged in.'the New Zealand.coastal trade. He served on board of the steamer Annie Millbank,, under Captain Taylor, .J about 25 years ago, in the Auckland-Thames trade. He, was in receipt of an Imperial pension and likewise the old age pension. .

The Wellington "Post" say.?: —"A telegram . from Auckland recently contained complaints from fruit importers regarding the too rigorous inspection of fruit, and the statement' that fruit which had been condemned in Auckland had afterwards been passed in Wellington. • Mr T. W. Kirk, Government Biologist, declares that the Department makes no distinction in carrying out the method of inspection in any part of the colony. It is impracticable, without going to heavy cost, which would have to be borne by those interested, to inspect every case, but samples are taken from each and passed or condemned on that, the inspector being at liberty to examine more if he thinks. lit. Unce fruit is. condemned it is never allowed to. leave the port at which it has been condemned, and is either destroyed or properly fumigated."

Ladies. will be interested in the free demonstration on dress-cutting and making to be held to-morrow at the Federal Club Rooms, at 3 p.m. Mrs Langer, the lecturess, is known throughout Australia as the premier dresscutter and designer; and the demonstration will be splendidly illustrated.

In concluding his address to the church ' people at Te Awamutu a few days a° 0 Dr..Neligan thanked them for their kind* welcomefriends. He had a bad memory for faces but they, all knew who he was, and' at any future time should any of them meet him and lie had forgotten their faces, well, all they had to do was to give him a poke in the ribs with their umbrella—the blunt end,, of •course Speaking in general. terms as he had done, he did not intend his remarks t apply to Te Awamutu alone, but to th» whole diocese. - • • To-morrow (Thursday) evening, j n «., Masonic Hall, the Auckland" Shakes l*Z Society will read "Julius Caesar."-Wire-wove mattresses, full size n selling at only 8/6. .At.Tonson GaS Co.'s gigantic furniture sale.—Advt Our altered premises enable us -+ cany an enormous stock-of funrishfiW goods.—Simmonds and' Spragg, iNewton —Ad. - ..... "• Bargains! Sfeven-p ieoe Austrian bent wood .suite, .upholstered in tapestry" , i* 19/0, Garliek's gigantic sale. —Advt. ■■. ■ , - v Special Xotiee: Being unable- to our goods owing to the workmen start, ing operations at our front windows oiir clean-sweep and expansion sale will b continued-for the next few d'aVsl-im;.-Cullagh arid Gowef.—Ad. •,• " ■ V ' Boy- "Gimme a p9iind uv tea,'iuikteP' Shopkeeper: "Green or black?" "It don't make no difference. *'I -want the pne witli a "blooming elephant on it." "Xqu know ayJun,, or two, my boy. - Always' take Arthur Nathan's RcHable, and then you gp.wrong,"—Ad.. , , '~.,,j l .*.,,„./