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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 148, 23 June 1908, Page 4

The heavy fog which mantled the coast this morning delayed the s.s. Rarawa on her run from. New Plymouth to Onehunga. She did not reach the Onehunga wharf till 11 o'clock. To-day the running of the Rarawa between Onehunga and New Plymouth is to be assumed by the Ngapuhi, whilst the former vessel proceeds to Auckland to receive her annual overhaul. It is expected that the Rarawa will sail from Auckland on July 9, and resume her usual service on the 12th. The Ngapuhi should leave Onehunga after her arrival on the 11th to take up her routine. A good haul of fish was made at Onehunga last night—not out of the harbour, but from a shop. An individual with an unusual appetite for the finny residents of the deep blue, and greater speed than honesty, made off with half-a-dozen fish. He was pursued, but the hunt, en route Mangere-bridge, resulted in his escape. The identity of the speedy "fisherman" is not , known. The final ceremony in connection with the great Pan-Anglican Conference which has been held in London during the past week, ie to be a great service in St. Paul's Cathedral, London. At this service the "thank-offering" which has been collected from all parts of the Anglican world will be laid on the altar in the famous cathedral by the representatives of the several dioceses. In order that local Anglicans may in a way participate in this great ceremony, a special service has been arranged by Canon MacMurray (Bishop's Commissary), to be held to-morrow night in St. Mary's Cathedral. This service will very nearly synchronise with that held in London. Canon Mac Murray will deliver a sermon on the subject. The annual prize night of the North Shore Yacht Club will be held iv the Foresters' Hall, North Shore, to-morrow evening. This club has had a most successful season, and the record number of 07 prizes is to be presented to the fortunate winners to-morrow evening in addition to £47 17s. Od. cash prizes.

On Thursday evening next, at St. Andrew's Church, Lower Symonds-street. an organ recital will be given by Mr Thomas Midgley, assisted by Mr Winfred Manning , . An offertory will be taken up in aid. of the organ fund. ' Passengers to Mangawas, iCawau, etc., are requested to note that the s.s. Daphne will leave at 8 a.m. on Thursday instead of 2 p.m. There is a possibility that the refuse from flaxmills, amounting to thousands of tons in the course of a season, may be turned to profitable account in papermaking, says the "Wairarapa Age." A Vancouver paper-making firm recently made enquiries for a sample of green flax, and the Department of Commerce and Industries, through whom the enquiry came, communicated with the executors of the Toogood Estate, with the result that a bundle of green flax has been forwarded to Vancouver under special conditions. The result of the treatment will be awaited with some interest by flaxmillers. The presence of mind of Mr. T. Wilson, engine driver, on Monday evening probably saved the Waipukurau-Danne-virke train from ah awful disaster, says the "Hawera Star." . It appears that while the train was steaming down the incline to Piripiri, Wilson noticed far ahead a horse galloping along the line "towards Mangatera. As the train overhauled it the fugitive suddenly disappeared from view. For a moment or two the engine driver was at a loss to account for such a strange disappearance, till the possibility dawned upon him that the horse had run on Mangatera viaduct and had fallen between the sleepers. Realising that the horse would have inevitably stuck fast, Wilson applied the Westinghouse brake and pulled up the train just a few yards from the bridge. His surmise proved correct, as the horse was discovered firmly held between the sleepers, and in such a manner'that, had the locomotive struck it, the train must have been thrown to the bottom of the underlying ravine, several hundred feet below. Efforts to release the animal in a live condition proved unsuccessful, and were abandoned, and the poor creature had to be shot. A good deal of time was subsequently taken up in removing the carcase, and the train eventually arrived at Dannevirke an hour late. Asked as to the work being done by the recently appointed dairy inspectors, the Hon. R. McNab said that he had met numbers of dairy farmers in the different districts, and they were very favourably impressed with the men in Mana. watu and Hawke's Bay. He h<jard the same complimentary reference. The point, he added, seemed to be that the amount of knowledge and information that the inspectors had at their disposal showed the dairy farmers that the Department was going on sound lines. In regard to these appointments, all the farmers were agreed that the demeanour and "style" of the officers was suited to obtaining the best results. "I was not surprised," said the Minister, "because we had over three hundred applications for the positions, and the most careful selection was made." Speaking at the annual meeting of the Auckland Railways League yesterday afternoon, Mr. A. R. Crane, president of the Whangarei Chamber of Commerce, remarked that there was a feeling in hie district that the Auckland people and the Railways League were not trying to help them. While not believing this himself, colour was lent to the rumour by the League refraining from mentioning to the Prime Minister the claims of their line in the recent deputation. He thought the Auckland Chamber of Commerce should invite a member to attend its annual dinner from the other Chambers in the district. They had common interests, and should strive chic with another to improve the North. The chairman (Mr. G. L. Peacocke) said that there was not the slightest foundation for the rumours Mr. Crane had mentioned. The cow r .i.«uu of the Whangarei-Kawa-kawa line had been practically settled, and besides this, they could not bring before the Prime Mimister every matter concerning the district. Mr. S. Nathan, in reply to Mr. Crane, thought that the suggestion that members of country chambers should receive invitations to the annual dinner of the Auckland Chamber a good one, and probably the omission in this case had been an oversight. Mr. Crane extended an invitation to membere of the Auckland Chamber and the League to attend the conference of country Chambers to be held at Whangarei shortly. Present indications are that there will •be a further decrease in the price of flour in the Dominion (says our ChristohuTch correspondent), although the statistical position regarding the world's wheat supply point to the fact that prices should increase. Possibly this may eventuate when the Australian exportable surplus is further diminished, or if the price of wheat on the London market advances. In the dense fog that enveloped the Hauraki Gulf yesterday morning (telegraphs our Thames correspondent), the Wakatere failed to pick up her bearings as she approached Thames. She proceeded some distance past the Goods Wharf, and her bell was frequently sounded; but there being no appliances on the wharf for fog-signalling, no response could be made. Eventually the Grahamstown railway station was communicated with, and the whistle of the engine was blown. This enabled Caplain Farquhar to get hie bearings, and the wharf was reached, and the passengers landed with scarcely any delay. An endeavour is being made to secure an improved postal service from Thames to Tairua. At the present time (says our Thames correspondent) the mails have to be dispatched to Tairua via Auckland. This means considerable delay in the service. Tairua residents)state that the present system is not at all what it should be, considering the large population the district contains. At the Conference of Representatives of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals which is to open in Wellington on Thursday next, among the subjects to be discussed will be the following:—A bill fir the better prevention of cruelty to animals, which deals with matters not provided for in the Police Offences Act, transit of animals by land and sea, pigeon-shooting matches, and sea bird destruction, enclosed hare and rabbit coursing, stunning of all animals before slaughtering, boundary dogs, docking horses, application for Government subsidy, and proposed formation of a central association. The representatives of the different societies are: Canterbury, Messrs. J. H. Parker and W. H. Zouch (inspector and secretary) ; Auckland, Mr. Henry Wilding and the Hon. S. Thornc George; Wellington Messrs. J. G. Waitkon, J. Ilott and J. S. .famieson; Gore, Mr. Inder; Gisborne, Colonel Porter.

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After a residence of nearly fifty years, John Bees, one of the oldest inmates of the Avcidalc Mental Hospital, died on Sunday. Bees was admitted into the institution in 1859, and Ms registered number, 15, shows that he was one of the first inmates to be admitted after the establishment of the institution. The charge of threepence for every telephonic message sent between Devonport and Auckland, imposed by the Department, has given rise to some dissatisfaction among the telephone subscribers at Devonport. Mr. E. W. Alison recently made representation to the Government that the fee should) be abolished, but a reply from Sir Joseph Ward has been received to the effect that the Department cannot see its way clear to waive payment of the bureau fee. A shocking incident, fortunately unattended by serious consequences, occurred in Gore last Wednesday, but information concerning it did not reach the police unui oaturday afternoon. Three men visited the house of a man named Thurston, in East Gore, and it is understood that during the time they were paying their visit, Mrs. Thurston, pursued by her husband, rushed' into their presence, crying for help, and that one of the visitors, S. Leahy, temporarily disabled Thurston. ■ Leahy, accompanied by O. Swan, then left, and Thurston, going into an adjoining room, returned with a, gun, which he fired after them, one of the men being bruised on the hip by the wad, and the other received a pellet in the thumb. Neither man informed the police, who acted in consequence of public talk, and arrested Thurston. He" was brought before the Court,, charged with attempting to kill, and remanded for eight days. The police made a search of his premises, and discovered eight bottles of whisky and a quantity of other liquor. Six bottles of whisky were also found buried in the garden. The Minister for Lands states that, though no attempt will be made this session to deal by legislation with the question of child labour on dairy farms, he hopee to be able to control the use of child labour through inspectors. "1 have not heard anything about the subject for a long time," said Mr. McNab, "but in the midst of the divergent views expressed the Department alone can get at the truth through the dairy inspector*. Our inspectors go into the byres, and the steps we take hereafter will be the result of any information they may obtain. They will be constantly visiting the farms and dairies, and will not be a small body of reformers, making unexpected visits and not knowing the conditions of the industry. Their enquiries will be made by men who have a maximum amount of knowledge of the whole question." v The progress of the Auckland drainage scheme was referred to at last night's meeting of the Mt. Eden Borough Couincil by the Mayor (Mr. O. Nicholson), who said that the delegates had been united upon the question of representation. The deliberations had proved that the original calculations were out considerably. It was agreed that the main intercepting sewera should be extended in Mt. Eden's case so that there would be no disadvantages to any part of the district. The bill was unanimously approved, and was now ready to be referred back to the conference. Mt. Eden's contribution, he added, would be £25,000 to Mc main work. Mr. Warnock said he thought the delegates should be congratulated on the good work achieved. Mr. Potter asked what effect Mt. Eden's proportion of the'cost would have upon the borough's borrowing powers for other works. The Mayor replied that the drainage contribution would not affect the borough's borrowing power at all, and he further added that the conference only 'had to adopt the recommendations of the committee, and submit the matter straightway to Parliament. A street vendor named Gray was admitted to the hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from serious injuries to the head, which he sustained in a cart accident at Devonport. Gray is only semi-conscious, and the nature of his injuries has not yet been fully determined. The man was thrown out of his cart while driving. Towards the end of April, it may be remembered, the cables announced -that the German steamer Hagen had shipped a cargo of German-manut'actiiied explosives while lying off the Goodwin Sands, in the English Channel. The goods, it was stated, were transhipped to the Hagen from a German tug-bos.t, and the extraordinary nature of the procedure excited much comment in commercial and shipping circles in London. All sorts of conjectures were indulged in as to the destination of the cargo, some journals going so far as to hint that it was contraband. In view of the explanation volunteered to a representative of the "West Australian" by Captain Paran, when the matter was brought under his notice on arrival at Fremantle, it is surprising that such an incident should have caused so much speculation in English shipping circles. 1* appears that when the vessels of the German-Aus-tralian line leave Antwerp explosives are transhipped from a lighter just outside the port. On this occasiofl , , however, the lighter was delayed, and Captain Paran was' instructed to wait off the Dutch coast for the cargo, a course which is often carried out when lighters are delayed. On arrival off the Dutch coast the weather would not permit oj the work being carried out, and as a consequence the Hagen proceeded to seek a sheltered spot off the Goodwin Sands, to await the arrival of a German tugboat, which brought out the transhipment cargo. Captain Paran was greatly surprised and amused, that the incident should have received such worldwide attention. Stirred by the articles on the Antarctic regions by Professor David, recently published in the Sydney newspapers, several residents of that city have conceived the idea of a pleasure yachting excursion to the Ice Pack round the South Pole. The proposal is to leave Sydney at the latter end of December, and for the steamer engaged to call at Hobart to embark Melbourne and Tasmanian tourists. The excursion, it is estimated, will occupy between three and four -weeks, and five or six days will be spent in the ice pack. Mr. M'Donald, the general manager of the Australian United Steam Navigation Company, to whom the proposal was referred, has reported that there is not a vessel suitable for the purpose in the company's fleet, but inquiries are being made in Sydney with a view to ascertaining whether a vessel fitted for the trip can be secured on charter. Already a guarantee of forty tourists at £25 a head has been given, but Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co., who have been asked to make arrangements, state that if the suggestion is entertained by them beween eighty and one hundred passengers will be required to make the trip remunerative.

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'The opportunity afforded by the Government for the establishment of the . wood-pulp industry in New.: Zealand, has, , already borne fruit, says' the "New Zealand Times." Under the land laws of last session provision was made for setting apart land for this purpose, with certain concessions,' leases being limited to 30,000 acres to individual applicants. The first to take advantage of the Act ■-. is a Christchurch syndicate, which has . secured a lease of 30,000 acres out of • the 50,000 acres in the Westland district reserved for this purpose by "Gazette" notice of February 13 last. The area leased is bounded on two sides by the ; Midland railway, within a distance of about a mile or two, and the Teremakau river forms one boundary. The locality ' is known as the Mount Alexandra situated about ten miles from Lake Bran- • ner. The syndicate intends to start operations shortly. Paper-making from wood-pulp forms one of the most important industries of the United States and Canada, from which countries New Zealand imports very largely. These countries manufacture over four million tons of paper annually, and it is possible that the new venture will turn out to be the beginning of an industry that will assume great proportions in New Zealand, with its immense areas of suitable bush lands available. At the formal opening of the Costley wards extension at the Auckland hospital yesterday afternoon, by the Hon. Geo. Fowlds, Mr. G. Knight, chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board', made some interesting remarks. He said the people of Auckland owed a very deep debt of gratitude to one great personage, Sir George Grey. It was due to the forethought of this statesman that the Auckland Hospital had been able to achieve so mt«*i in its infancy. He made it possible for the building of the main hospital at a cost of £25,000. The endowments set aside at Sir George Grey's instigation had also made it possible for the wonderful progress of the hospital buildings since then. When erected in 1875, the main building was considered to be the finest of its kind in the Dominion, but there had been wonderful changes since those days, and the new .wing was illustrative of the progress of sanitary science. Mr. Knight also rcltrred to the policy of the present Board, which, he said, was carrying out the business of the institution upon broad and effective lines. He dealt with the building schemes, ftul the improvements which had been effected, and said that the extension to the Costley wards bad been effected at a cost of £8100. The but Ming was constructed on ths most lines, and was absoluteiv firc-nioof. Another item of their building programme was the construction in the near future of a laundry at a cost of £5000, and while a progressive policy was. being followed, it would be done with a due and careful regard) to the finances and expenditure.

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