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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 180, 30 July 1903, Page 4

The following is Captain Edwin's weather . forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day: "Gale from between north-.. east and north and west, glass .fall, tides good, much rain." A deputation from the New Zealand .Socialist Party waited upon the Trades and Labour Council last night to urge upon.that body the desirability of taking an active in the forthcoming municipal elections. The council resolved to do so, "and a sub-committee was formed to draft a platform with a view to acting in conjunction with the Socialist Party.Many people were disappointed by.not being able to secure the panoramic and other pictures of the North Shore recently issued in the "Graphic." Arrangements have been made to re-print these blocks, and a limited number of copies can now be procured: at the North Shore agents. Miss Hawthorn, the Government female travelling factory inspector, has spent the last month in Auckland inquiring into the conditions of employment of female workers in the- factories. She has been paying special attention to the employment of girls under the'age of 10 years without permits, with a view to" the prosecution of employers infringing the regulation upon the .subject-' Miss Hawthorn reports that the conditions generally prevailing in Auckland are satisfactory. '• - ~ \, . The police want owners for a rolled gold watch and two greenstone anchor brooches, supposed to have been stolen about six months ago. The Board of Education yesterday afternoon found itself wedged between numerous applications for new schools and school houses on the one hand, 'and on the other hand refusals from the Minister for Education to make grants. Several tenders were received for the erection of a teacher's house at Piriaka, but failing a grant it was decided not to proceed with the work. The Chairman (Mr Muir) said the Board was ; desirous of purchasing a site adjoining the Bayfield School for a school house' for £200, but in the present state of the funds the idea could not be entertained. The Minister, said the Chairman, was putting the Board in this trying position, and he must bear the brunt of it. Mr Hobbs thought the Board should ascertain, definitely from the Minister whether he intended to refuse all applications. The present state of affairs i placed the Board in a. very awkward position. No resolution, was passed. : :; -

The ' Rev. Hugh Kelly, of Knox Church,- Parnell, writes:—'-'Dear Sir,— In' view of the somewhat conflicting reports and telegrams regarding myself, I should like to state the facts of the case: The official invitation to preach in First Church, Dunedin, explained that thiswas not to be considered in the light of a candidature, but merely an obligement. No mention was made of my doing so while en route to Melbourne. On the contrary, the supply of Knox Church was to be paid during my absence. The unofficial correspondence says: 'Before going to the other side, we are anxious to hear you as the only New Zealand name mentioned as a successor to Dr. Gibb.'- The same letter indicates that many members of First Church would be extremely pleased to see me in that position. My purpose in writing thus is to vindicate the substantial accuracy of'your report and to dismiss a possibly awkward suspicion from some minds/

Some amusement was afforded to members,of the Board of Education yesterday by the secretary laying on the table an interesting circular, which had been issued during the recent Board elections by five members of the Board — Messrs Muir, Harris, Rutherford. Mackay and Lambe. At the foot of the circular were written the words "Not to be gulled." Mr Rutherford drew attention to these words, and produced an reposition circular signed by Messrs Bagnail, Ho-bbs and Luke, and- compared the two for the purpose of showing - , as he said, that there was more "gulling" in the latter. The secretary (Mr V. E. Rice) explained, that the,. circular was; sent to him officially, by post, and-, lie was bound to,lay it before the Board. Further than that, the law. compelled him to carefully preserve all letters sent to the Board, so that the famous circular labelled '"'Not to be gulled." will be reverently handed down to posterity;

The Te Kopuru School Committee had a letter before the Auckland Education Board yesterday afternoon, expressing "regret at the unfair treatment meted out to their architects," and hoping that the resolutions which had been passed would be retracted. Mr Bagnall: "I hope the Board will pay as much attention to that as they did .to the Mount Albert Committee." . The letter was read, discussed, and formally ignored i» the space of 20 seconds.

■ A well-dressed young man named Beresford D; McMahon, who was arrested at Raglan on - a warrant, charging him with fraudulently obtaining clothing from David Mutch , at Sydney, was remanded at the City Police Court this morning to await an escort back to New South Wales.

The Trades. and Labour Council met last night, the president, Mr Thos. Philips, being in the chair. Deputations were received on the questions of compulsory Saturday half-holiday, and the forthcoming municipal elections. A letter was also read from Mr George Fowlds, M.H.R., defining his position upon the question of preference to unionists. Messrs. T. Philips, W. Gunn, J. Fawcus, S. Tyson and A, E, Irwin were appointed a committee to confer with Mr G. George, director of technical instruction, regarding suggestions made by the council to the Board of Education. The case of the Victorian Enginedrivers' and Firemen's Union Was considered, and finally it was' resolved to appeal to the various trades unions for financial assistance.

During a recent visit to the Mataura district, the Secretary for Agriculture made an inspection of the digester in use by the company which carries mx, papermaking in that district. .The Agricultural Department requires: similar plant for the sterilising works, which it has decided to establish at Auckland arid the Bluff. It has obtained permission from the Paper Company to "allow the digester to b'e'usdd for the trial treatment of., a small parcel of bonedust under the direction of Mr Laurie, the expert appointed to supervise the erection, of the Government plants. The digesters required W the Department will be ordered from Home by cable as soon as Mr Laurie has returned from Mataura, and it is hoped that both will be in operation.some time in January.

The Government grain returns were criticised by the North Canterbury Executive of the Farmers' Union last week. It was claimed that the department's harvest returns were altogether misleading and unreliable, and that millers consequently would not look at fanners' wheat, on the assumption that a very large quantity of grain was still held. The returns took no account of the very large quantity of damaged grain in the district. Mr. Leadley pointed out that not a country in the world produced an average of 3S bushels an acre. Finally it was resolved that secretaries of branches be requested to obtain from threshing machine owners a return of the quantity threshed, by them during the past season, and approximately the quantity imthreshed. It was also decided to request, the . Government to introduce a bill requiring, threshing machine owners to furnish a return of the amount threshed by them.

The school-committeemen qualified to vote at the Auckland Education Board election number over 1800. The contest has been vigorously fought, and one of the candidates estimates that 20,000 election circulars have been distributed.

A Kobe commercial circular of June 23 says: —"The political situation "■ has been upset by wild rumours regarding the actions of Russia in Manchuria and oh the River Yalu, the northern boundary of Corea, where it was reported movements were being pushed forward which were calculated to cause active resentment on the part of Japan, and for a time quite a warlike feeling spread all'through the country. Latterly the Russian Minister of War hais been visiting, Japan, and in Tokio was entertained by the Emperor. His movements were carefully guarded by a body of detectives and gendarme, and on his leaving Tokio one of the vernacular papers published what purported to be the terms of an agreement that had been arrived at in making for a peaceful settlement of the questions at issue, but the feeling is that nothing ,of the sort has transpired; and . the General is now avoiding Japanese hospitality and publicity by staying at a seaside hotel, apparently waiting a reply from his Government to a lengthy telegram that he sent after leaving the capital." The Auckland ChoralSocietyholdtheir third concert of the season 1902-3, consisting of Barnett's "Ancient Mariner," in the Choral Hall on the evening of Tuesday next, August 4th, at S o'clock. The soloists will be Miss A. Lorrigan (soprano) r Miss N. Butler (contralto), Mr W. Aspinal (tenor), and Mr 0. Kissling (baritone) The performance will be preceded,by Mozart's overture to "Don Giovanni." A special service of cars ias been arranged.

Rats are suspected of causing an outbreak of fire at Mr A. J. Entrican'a warehouse in Custom-street East yesterday. They appear to have carried off some wax matches, which they found in a pocket of an employee's old*waistcoat and set them on lire inside of a case of bottled olives. The smell of burnin™ attracted Mr Entrican and an employee' to the spot soon after the premises were opened yesterday morning, and they .quickly extinguished the" smouldering case. Several of the bottles were broken with the heat.

J Through reaching the age-limit, the j following officials of the Land and Survey and Native Lands Court Offices'; a t Auckland retire from the service to, morrow:—Mr Joseph Bird, land transfer draughtsman: Mr MeKenzie, scnioc clerk Native Lands Court; if r E p /-Foster, laud transfer branch surveys; Benjamin Bayley, Crown Lands rangerand Major Lusk, recently associated with forest examination, and the cheeking of kauri and other timbers. Messrs Foster, McKenzie and Bird will ieceive* compensation in Kceoulance with the regulations. The other gentlemen naiu, ed are not entitled to compensation their positions being of a more or less I temporary character. ■' ;"■ :

Mrs. W. R. Williams, widow of the lat* Captain Williams, has presented i'7ooo to the Wellington mission to seamen for. the erection of a memorial of her lat a husband. The memorial ■-will take tha form of a building, fronting tne.Supreme Court at. Welling yv- and w" ; '.! be for t;;a benefit of seamen of nH. nations ;in'(i creeds visiting that port: The plans hays already been prepare I-'fcr thj bualdui/ which will be a very -fine one. ■:-, ■~, °'

-A- special meeting of Borough Council was held last night to appoint a town clerk. Twenty-nine: applications were received. The number was reduced to ten, viz., Messrs .Bros-. venor, Ross, Holmes, Ward, Jqckney, Harris, Bassett, Reynolds, Stone, and Lilewall and finally the choice wasiefb between Messrs E. Ward and C. Grosvenor. The final ballot resulted in a tie, and the Mayor gave his casting vote to Mr Ward. It was resolved: "That three months" leave of absence having been given to Captain Richardson, the present town clerk, from August-1. the duties of this office be performed by' r Mr E. Ward, and that "he be appointed 5 to perform and exercise such duties;and powers for such period, at a salary of £12 10/ per calender month." ' / :

To-morrow Messrs Warren Blyth and Go. sell three cottages on freehold allotments in Gladstone-street, close 'to; St.* Benedict's Church. To-morrow Mr J. Thqrnes sells by auction at his mart. Queen-streejt, residence of 7 rooms. Franklin road; house, 0 rooms and f-acre land, Vermont-street, Ponsonby: cottage 5 rooms Onslow road, Mt. Roskill; cottage 4 rooms, Haslett-street, near New North ■ road. ■•'••' .; Those who require to make their money go as far as possible, should get the rich shilling fannirigs from the direct tea importers, John Earle .and' Go., " •■!■• • ;■• • ' Cheapest and best furniture on. the market now selling at our nionds. and Spragg, Newton.—Ad. ' >"} ' A warning to all! ! ! Anyone wishing to. procure men's and'.bbys , clothing at the least possible price for a good article are requested: to visit Geo. Fowlds', Victoria 'Arcade. no«* and. always; they will be/iaifct>his?ied,;at'the good value offered.—Advt. • Dry! Dry! Dry! is the cry of numbers of gentlemen wearing Geo.- .Poyjlds' rainproof coats or macintoshes; .tuey, are absolutely rain-resisting.—Advt. ' Young men and maidens, remember our cheap cash store when you furnish, --Simmonds and Spragg, Newton.—Ad. ■ "What a; boon for the' boys. "Mrs" Akarana! I can get'"boy's clothing at cost price at Ge"o. Fowlds': ' this is not ift fable but a genuine offer."—Advt. " "Where's, your, protector?" At George Fowlds'. A grand lot of cuff protectors now to hand; dirty cuffs unknown. —Advt. . Mr Seddon says hospitality is good. We say Arthur Nathan's Reliable Tea is better. The combination of the two is perfection.—Ad. "Do you feel cold, Dick?" "No.BillM I am "wearing some of the warm underclothing I purchased at Geo. Fowlds'. They are most reasonable in price. ,, — l Advt. The King's visit to Ireland meant many heads "being uncovered. In Auckland the best place to , get. the head covered is Geo. Fowlds'; there is such a grand lot of hats in all shapes and sizes for such a purpose. —Advt..