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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 17, 20 January 1905, Page 4

Captain Edwin's weather forecast for the 24 hours from 9 this morning is as follows: "Moderate to strong westerly winds; glass fall." A married man named Frederick Olds, Avho lives in Marmion-street, was employed on some scaffolding on Wednesday last at the Avondale Asylum, when he lost his balance and fell some 20 feet en to a cement barrel. It was found on taking him inside he had fortunately escaped with a shaking and a small cut on the headIt has been decided by the Government to erect a new wharf at Lake Rotorua, in place of the existing one, which apart from the damage it has sustained in recent storms, appears to have been located without depth of water being taken fully into consideration. The new wharf, which is to be put in hand at once, is to be erected on a site immedi ately at the back of the Government domain, where ten feet of water is available thirty feet from the shore. The landing stage at Hanuwana, on the other side of the lake, which was demolished during the last gale, is being reconstructed. The half-dozen pretty little Japanese deer that have been quarantined for the past six months on Somes Island have at length obtained their release. The Tourist Department has despatched them North, and they are to be liberated on the Kaimanawa range, about fifteen miles south of Lake Taupo. The range is heavily timbered, with open valleys and good water.

A question, was asked by Mr C. J. Parr at the meeting of the City Council, last night as to when the new Cemetery Bridge was likely to be erected. The Mayor replied that-the Government had j declined to pass any bill authorising a loan for the purpose until the Council had arranged with, those Hkely to be af* fected in consequence of having rights of interment. Surveyors were now making plans of the ground so as to sea who would be affected. Next Parliament a bill would require w be introduced to authorise the loan. The delay was the fault of the Government, and not _the Council. The tenders for the building of the first section Qf the proposed hospital were considered at a special meeting of the Waikato Hospital Board on Wed. neaday. The tenders received were as follows: G. Suns (Wanganui), *2480; J. T. Julian (Auckland), £3170; W. C. Hutchinson (Auckland), £3359; J. J. Holland (Auckland), £3685. It was decided to accept Mr Sims' tender subject to the architect's approval. With the advent of fine weather, the followers of Isaac Walton are having a real good time in the Waikato River below the Arateatea Rapids. Several parties of locals and visitors have secured ggod baskets of rainbow trout in the j piuk of condition, the average weight | being about six pounds. Several have j been taken with the fly eight and nine j pounds each. They are taking both the | fly and minnow freely- The Domain Board, after lying dormant for a number of years, are beginning to awaken to the importance of Taupo as a tourist and health resort, and are utilising their j very line grounds by laying down an up-to-date tennis court and bowling green. In his evidence, as reported in the Car.- ' terton "Leader," at the inquest on Sun- ' day, at Glenside, Wairarapa, on a man named Watts, who was found dead jn his whare after a Christms spree. G. H. ; Goodall, licensee of the Gladstone Hotel, "aid he invited Watts by letter to have his Christmas dinner at the hotel. Watts accepted the invitation, and had dinner; then went away, but returned again jn the evening, and stayed there for 12 .ays. Watts had no money, and witness made an arrangement with hini that he vas not to spend more than £ 1 per day. This sum would include "shouting" for his friends. The tariff at the hotel was 4/ per day. Watts was sober "off and on." Witness knew that the wages of the deceased were £ 1 per week, but Watts had stated that he had other resources. It was a practice of Watts to have a holiday, and he usually stayed seven days at the hotel. Witness sent Watts home with Toby, his man. and two bottles of whisky. *l smart and handy motor launch has just been completed by Messrs. Logan Bros, to the order of Captain Streeter, She is a racy-looking craft of 30ft. overall by a beam of six feet, and has accommodation for over a dozen passengers, shelter being provided abaft the engine for rough or rainy weather. An eight h.p. double cylinder Union oil engine has been fitted, a speed of about eight knots per hour being attained. The launch is built of kauri, copper fastened. with brass fittings, polished teak being used in the deck-houses. She has been named the Seaford. Mr A. J. Entrican suggested at the meeting of the City Council that no further notices should be issued compelling! the erection of water closets in the citvj until the sewage system was completed, and aleo until there is an ample water supply. Mr C. J. Parr.said it was a mistake to compel the water clossts to be connected with the sewers until they were carried out to low-water mark. At present they were causing nuisances to exist on Ponsonby beaches. "There are men who go about racecourses who are very expert with the thimble and the pea, but there never use a pea so hard to find as the bona fide traveller is," said Mr. Taylor, when dealing with licensing matter* in an address before the Methodist Conference in Christehurch. "But I urn inclined to think we have' caught him this time." he went on. "All the magistrates are busy holding a eort of inquest to find out where the body of the bona fide traveller is. Well, I will tell you. You can lay odds—no, I forgot you don't lsy odds (he was addressing a' gathering o"f Methodists in the Oxford Terrace Church)—but I will tell you that Mr. Skerrett declares, in a written opinion, that the bona fide traveller is dead beyond all hope of resurrection, and if we have really killed |he bona fide traveller we have dpne a great deal towards promoting a more orderly observance of the Sabbath." Tl»e presence of trout in the Wai«catp river at Xgaruawahia has roused considerable interest among local anglers, end every day followers of the gentle art may be seen on the river banks meeting with more or less success, koine of the fiehermeu have been particularly successful, one gentleman the other day landing four fieh weighing 101b before breakfast, and two others on Wednesday evening secured five fish of about 21b each. Interest in the sensational robbery of ?old from the strongroom of the p/and 0. mail steamer Avoca while voyaging between Sydney and Melbourne in August,' 1877, when a box of 5000 sovereigns was stolen, has been revived. A few days ago a resident of Inverloeh Victoria, while chopping up a hollow log for firewood, came across a parcel of 75 sovereigns neatly tied up, and this is believed to indicate that more parcels of a similar nature have been hidden in the same vicinity. The history of the case is interesting. The gold belonged to- the Oriental Bank, and the loss was not discovered until the Avoca readied Melbourne. Suspicion fell on the chief officer of the vessel, who was shadowed by detectives in all parts of the world, but who leaped arrest by a circumstance which threw the suspkiou on Martiu Werberg, a resident of Gippsland, who had been carpenter on I board the Avoca. and who was found to be spending money freely. Werberg was arrested, and confessed to the crime. H? undertook to show the detectives where the '•plant" was. Detective Mahouy went with the prisoner to the Tarwi'n River, but while Mahony was scooping .down Werberg kicked him in the stomach <md escaped. For a long time he evaded the police, but at last he was apprehended after a pistol duel with a constable near Anderson's Inlet. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment, on the expiration of which he returned to Gippsland, where he was supposed to have been drowned in a storm in Anderson's Inlet. It is said that the industry of woodchopping has assumed proportions of considerable magnitude since the discovery of the £75. Some months ago a parcel of Parliamentary papers was addressed from Wellington to "Chamber of Commerce, Christehurch," in the usual way. For some mysterious reason the parcel found its way to Christehurch, in Hampshire, England. The post office authorities there endorsed the parcel "Try New Zealand." and it has at last readied its proper destination. The parcel contained a. report on secondary education.

'The performances of two Napier cyclists in riding through from Wanganui to Napier in one day during the holiday? deswrye to be put on record (says the "Bawke's Bay SeraUr"). Mr. K. Goldsburv, a welj-known wheelman, did the journey of about 180 miles in 11} hours. Mr. Clarence Bisson. another young rider, left Wanganui at seven e'clpck one morning, and, despite three or four delays and mishaps, one of which compelled his companion (Mr. Harry Kerehaw) to take the train at Waip'awa, reached Napier a little after J.O p'clock at night. The Acting-Tourist Superintendent, Mr llpbieaon, states that the motorcar ia revolutionising travelUpg in the Rotorua district. Trips that formerly occupied a whole tl&y can now be comfortably accomplished in half the time. Occasionally persons make the trip from Rotorua to Wairakei and back —a hundred mile run—in a day. During Christmas week a car belonging to one of the companies at Rotorua travelled between Taupo and Napier (a three days' coaching journey), in ten and a half hours' actual running-time. Mr Stephen Fortesque, one of the most prominent players in ttoe English bowling world, honorary treasurer of the English Bowling Association, and Immediate Past Master of the Feltmakera' Company, City of London, is at present spending a few days at Whakarewarewa, and on Saturday next returns to Hamilton, and then goes overland to Wanganui, New Plymouth, Wellington, Christohurch, and Dunedin. He will then take steamer from Wellington to Sydney, leaving there for London on the 9th March. During Mr Forteeque's visit to Rotorua he has taken part in two matches —one on Saturday last on the Sanatorium grounds, between Messrs Sharp, Webber, Pearson and Willinghani (Skip) and Messrs Shepherd, Newland, Crowhurst and Fortesque (skip). This was a well' contested game, Mr Fortesque's team winning by 23 to 21. On Tuesday Messrs Shepherd and Seeley (skip) played Messrs Fortesque and Newland (skip), the latter winning the game by 22 to 13. Mr Fortesque speaks very highly of Mr Newland's play; ho considers him a first* class bowler. Mr Fortesque is one of the champion players of England, and Mr C. Ledingham, who lately returned from England, had several good games with him. A couple of men, recent arrivals from England, discussed the merits of New Zealand aw "a paradise for workmen" while standing in the Labour Bureau on Friday (cays the Lyttelton "Times"). "I'm off borne as goon as I can get," said one, who had apparently expected to see v the streets paved with jasper, pearls, and diamonds, and the houses made of beaten gold. "Xot mc," said the other, "not mc while I can earn as much in three days as I'd get for a week in England. Besides, you can get fed for nothing up country. It's only a case of 'ask and it shall be given unto you , when you seek bread at country houses. If you beg for a meal in England you are sent to gaol. I'll stick to New Zealand as long as I can." In the judgment for the plaintiff at the S,M. Court yesterday, our report of the cases in which T. and S. Morrjn were plaintiffs should have read T. and S, Morrin, Ltd, (in liquidation). The new firji) T. and S. Motrin were not concerned in tin , cases. The Karangahake Bowling Club officially opened their bowling fueen at Mackaytown this afternoon, a large number of players attending from Auckland. Te Aroha, Thames, and Paeroa. A social is to be held this evening in honour of the occasion.—Own Correspondent. A balcony cottage in York-street, Paraell, close to the main road, was sold by auction this afternoon by Mr Warren Blyth at his mart for £290. A lantern lecture on a rather unusual I theme is to be delivered at the Federal , Clulvroom, Wellesley-street, to-night. The subject is "A Trip Through the Model Factory of the World," and deals with the National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio, who have earned a reputation for exceptional humanitarian treatment of s their 3500 employees, as •.veil as Mgixly progressive business methods. The Ponsonby Regatta Committee meet to-night to finally arrange matters in connection with the late regatta. To-night at St. Benedict's Hall the Very Rev. Dean Haekett will deliver one of his entertaining and humorous lectures on "The Witticisms of the Irish Race." The Dean's stories are said to be highly original and refreshing, and the quaint way he tells them adds considerably to the point. Mr W. Coleman (the president of the Orphans' Club) will preside. The biggest, best, and cheapest stock of prints and delaines in Auckland: Indigo blue washing prints, 3sd, 4?d, 5Jd; f deiaines, 43d, SJd. 6|d; plain pink and blue prints, 4i<l.—At the Beehive, Newton. —Ad. Spot and figured silk foulards, etc., 1/9 now l/ 0£; cold, silk, white ground, rose sprays, etc., worth 2/3, now 1/4s; bi» variety of fancy silk, 2/6*" to 4/11, all offered at 1/11 J. — At MeCullagh and Gower'e sale.—< Ad.) Lovely floral chiffons in all colours, 4fd; 250 pieces embroidery, lid, 3£d, 4Jd: plain chiffons, 2*d, 3id. —At the Beehive, Newton.—Ad. Dressing gowns, "out they go," 4/11, 5/11, C/ 11, up. Being overstocked in underskirts we have special dean sweep prices. Print cambric, 1/4s, 1/114. up. moreen, 3/G; inoirette, 5/11, 7/llf 9/ll', up; oddments in corsets, some up to 14/6, "out they go," 2/11, 3/11, 4/11.— At MeCullagh aud Gower's sale.—(Ad.) Jap. silks, Jap. eilks, j ap . Bi i ks Ja silks. 9fd, 0»d, 9jd, DJd.—The Beehive Newton-—Ad. Crash costumes: '"Out they go "■ 4/H up; blouses, 1/0 up; 6yds double-width dress stufl', 2/11 up; 10yds print mercerised sateen, muslin, etc., "out they ??Y 2 / 11 , u P--- A t tfae great clean sweep, MeCullagh and Gower's,—(Ad.) Sunshades, 1/11; sunshades, l/U----sunshades. 1/11; sunshades, 1/11- gun . shades, 1/11; sunshades, 1/11 5 ' sunshades, 1/11; sunshades, 1/11.—At the Beehive, Ne\vtou.~Ad. '•Out they go," trimmed hats and bonnets. 2/11 up; untrhnmed straws, 3d 6d, and 1/; all our high-class millinery at clearance price.—At MeCullagh and Gowere sale.—(Ad.) Gloves: Kid gloves, 1/; kid gloves, 1/6;. kid gloves, l/Uj kid gloves o /n . i A gloves, 3/11 j kid gloves, 4/11; kid gloves 5/11. The best house in Auckland to buy your gloves is The Beehive Newton — Ad. Girl's mushroom hats, 1/, usual price 1/11; underclothing at half-price; ribbons ah ooloqre, gash width,. 4|d; ribbon velvets, 2id—At the Beehive Newton . —Ad. Showing to-morrow: Straw hatsboys straws, men's straws, children's straws, 1/, i/ 6. 1/n 9/Q 2/11 j men's Panamas,-15/—the cheapest Panama ever sold in Auckland.—The Beehive, Newton.—Ad.