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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 216, 10 September 1903, Page 4

. The following in Captain Edwin's weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day: —Moderate to strong westerly winds, glass rise, tides moderate. v An English mail is due to arrive per Sierra, via San Francisco, on Monday next. The Auckland football representatives played the third match of their Southern tour yesterday at Invercargill, when they met the Southland representatives 1 for the iirst time. The game resulted-in a win for Southland iby !) points to 6, bait the win appears to: have been somewhat lucky, for Auckland were leading by a .point a few minutes before time, and were having the best of the gameSouthland, however, by means of a goal from a marl.: secured a victory in the hist few minutes. On Saturday .the Aucklanders play'Otago at Dunedin, The Auckland Association representatives were, beaten at Wellington by Wellington yesterday in the first round for the Brown Challenge Shield by 4 goals to 1. • ■ IMessrs G. Roberts and A. S. Russell;the justices sitting in the Police Court this morning, showed some sympathy with the cyclists who arc forced .to use the execrable roads around Newmarket, and who sometimes break a by-law by riding on the footpath. Two defendants nnamed Arthur Hould and Edward Earle I Voile pleaded guilty to cycling on the footpaths in the. Newmarket district. Mr Hould had nothing to say. but Mr Roberts said tho Bench would take into consideration the state of the roads and dis- - charge him with a caution hot to do it again. Mr Yaile said the road in Khyber'Pass was unridablo, and he used the footpath'early on Sunday morning, when nobody was about. "WVII treat you--the same as the other,' , replied Mr Roberts, and he was therefore discharged. A walking match • will take place on •fi-aili-i'day next between teams of five n.side from the firms of Kirkmau, Deuison and .Co. and Stewart Dawson and Co. The race will start at two o'clock from tho foot of Quoeii-strcoi, and will finish at the Terminus Hotel, Onehunga. The Suez niail, which left here on the27th July, arrived r-t London on the afternoon of the Gth inst. An attractive progranflne of vocal and instrumental music has been arranged by Mr S. Jackson, who is tendering his annual concert to the- V.M.C.A. Committee to-morrow (Friday) evening. The assistance of a number of our local artists has been secured. West Cambridge settlors at a meeting on Tuesday discussed the proposal to erect a high level bridge over the river. Mr James Keeley. (convener) explained that the Government had promts jd a. grant of £3000 fov the purpose, of M'l'.ich £500 had been placed on the Estimates; with a probability that the balance would be authorised next year. He moved, "That the Cambridge Borough Council be asked to call for tenders for a cantilever bridge, as approved'by the Government engineer, sixteen feet wide," Mr W, Tucker seconded. The chairman referring to the action of the Cambridge Council in obtaining alternative estimates for a cheaper suspension or ironbark bridge, said he believed the cantilever bridge would be far more satisafctor'y. The .present bridge was dangerous, and the stoppage of communication between the two sides of the river was too seriouc to contemplate. Th_e resolution was carried unanimously, ' . • ', \ ■ - -

Members of the Pakuranga Hunt Club met at Mangere yesterday and enjoyed a long run. Several hares were found and one killed. Among the company were Misses Abbott, O. Buckland, Stribley, Gorrie, Want, and Baker, Messrs E. D. O'Rorke (master), Baker, Kinloch, Gordon, Paul, Canniner, Ellett (2), Ben. Myers, Adams, Cotter, Armitage, etc. The Pakuranga Hunt Club's point-to-point steeplechases take place next Saturday on a course so arranged as to give spectators a good view of the racing. The hunt members will assemble at the Kemuera railway station at 2 p.m. Birkcnhead and Northcote will be en fete this evening on the occasion of the second dramatic performance of the Northcote Athenaeum in the Gladstone Hall. An amusing farce and charming little comedietta (for which latter special scenery has been painted by Mr Horace Stobbing) have been in active preparation for some time past. At the present time flowers would be very scarce were it not for the Wealth of variety that exists in the narcissi family. Of late years the old-fashion-ed English favourite, the daffodil, has become wonderfully popular, with the natural result that large numbers of new varieties have appeared. It is mainly on this account that the Atickland Horticultural Society inaugurated spring shows, and the one held last year ■syas such a success that it has been decided to make the fixture an annual one. To-morrow the spring show will be opened at the Federal Club-room. As there has been a good number of entries an excellent show should be the result. In addition to the narcissi family there will also be exhibited hyacinths, which have done well this year, anemones, ranunculi, tulips, -cyclamens, and other bulbous plants.: Then, too, there are classes for camellias, cinerarias, rhododendrons, and pot plants. During the afternoon the Hon. Ladies' Committee will supply afternoon tea in the supper room, and in the evening a musical programme will be gone through. It is estimated that fully 1500 exhibits will be staged for competition, and in addition there will be" special displays by Professor Thomas. Mr W. Goldie, and Messrs A. Yates and Co. A walking race took place yesterday afternoon between the employees of Mr John Cotirt, Queen-street, and Mr Geo. Court, Newton. The course was from the Caledonian Hotel, Symonds-strect, to. St. HeJ'er's Bay. The race was Avon by the team from Mr G. Court's establishment by nine points. The following times were recorded: —Wilson, Ist, lhr 22min; Graham, 2nd, lhr 23min; Frost, 3rd, lhr 23Jmin; G.- Davidson, lhr 24$nuri; Aishly, lhr 2(imin; Brooks, lhr 26-Jmin; Cavanagh, lhr 28min; Bui-* len, lhr 28;}inin; Stiibbs, Ihr 29}min; K. Court, 1-hv Slmin. Mr McNamus acted as starter, and Messrs R. Johnson, Yallents arid MacKinley were umpires. ! The farmers over whoso country tht Pakuranga Hunt Club is in the habit of riding arc to be entertained at their annual ball by the hunt members tonight in the Otahuhu Public Hall. • The chairman of the Northern Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company (Mr O. Winstone), in moving the adoption of the report and ibalanefi-sheet at the annual meeting yesterday, congratulated the shareholders on the improved bal-ance-sheet. He remarked that the ill luck which attended them last year followed them to some'extent during the early part of the year just closed. The last six months' operations, however, liacl been very satisfactory, and caused a considerable increase in the year's profits- No opening had been lost sight of by .-the directors in* their efforts to go forward, and although they were not yet quite satisfied, they were certainly making headway. The report and balancesheet, as reported yesterday, proposing a dividend, of 4 per cent., were passed. Messrs C. B. Stone and James Heron were re-elected directors, and Mr Chas. A. Jonas auditor. A woman was arrested at Waihi yesterday on a charge of shop-lifting. A tradesman in ."tile main street had his suspicions aroused by the manner of a woman outside a drapery shop opposite his premises, and warned the proprietorThe woman, it is alleged, after *eeing that the street was clear, proceeded to purloin a la'rgp roll of dress stuff on show outside the shop by working, it unden npath her skirt, her every movement being followed by the proprietors within. The woman then walked across the street, -followed by the proprietor, who pii'iced a hand on her shoulder, whereupon the woman immediately dropped tlip roll, for tho possession of which she offered an excuse that was not- considered wtU factory, and was marc-lied off tt> the Polio: , Station.- Her housr was subsequently searched, and was found to contain articles'alleged to have b?en stolen from other establishment-!. Shop-lifting has boon very rife here. The accuseil is a : married woman. At a mooting of tho Home Missionary Committee: of thn Church of Christ, Pon-sonby-road, held last evening, it was decided to at once bngi'n the erection of a new chapel, o?i a site recently purchased on Mount Hoskill-road. The Ivy Social's plain and "fancy dress ball takes place in ,-St. Benedict's Hall to-morrow evening - . Large display. Beautiful sideboards, various designs, from £2 17/6. —Siminonds and Spragg, • Newton.—Ad.