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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 168, 15 July 1908, Page 4

Following is Captain Edwin's weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:—Southerly strong winds to gale ; rain probable; glass rise; probably very cold night. During the hearing of truancy cases in the Coromandel Court yesterday, Mr. G. J. Burgess, S.M., made it clear that parents of children under 14 years of age, must send their offspring regularly, eveu though the nearest school is beyond the three miles limit, unless they obtain a certificate of exemption from the School Committee. A number of parents were fined for neglecting to send their children to school regularly. The proceedings were conducted by Mr. Small, Truant Officer. In each instance the minimum peaalty of 2/ ger week for each child dluring ab*ance wae imposed.

An employee of the Auckland Tramway Company named Alfred German, met with a mishap while working on the" Company's repairing ■wagon in yesterday afternoon. German in some way lost his balance and fell across the seat of the wagon,., hurting bis back rather badly. After being temporarily attended, the injured man was taken home. The Auckland and Manukau Canal BUI, to be brought up this session, provides for the Auckland Harbour Board acquiring land under the Public Works Act, 1005, for the purpose of constructing a canal' between the Waitejnata and Manukau Harbours. Under the bill, the Board may lease the land' in question until it is required, subject to the .enactments regulating such leases, and persons from whom the land is acquired will be entitled to compensation from the Board. Mr B. W. Holmes, Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department, and Mr Stuart Richardson, Wellington City Tramways Engineer, are expected to reach Auckland via the Main Trunk line on Friday evening, to attend the tramways inquiry, with reference to the question raised as to the efficiency of the tramway brakes. The Commissioners commence their inquiry on Monday next at 11 a.m. in the Conciliation Board rooms at the Supreme Court In connection with the fatal accident at Waikino battery yesterday, it appears that the deceased, G. Probert, was working at the elevator wheel, to which some alterations were being. effected. He was standing on one of the large arms, and, as the large wheel was being turned round for a short distance, the gear, used for the purpose slipped, causing the wheel to back. Probert was carried up and jammed between the receiving box and the wheel. Colour-Sergt. Friar, of tho Onehunga School cadets, who went Home in response to an invitation from Lord Roberts, being the best shot amongst the cadets of the Dominion, cabled to-day to his father, Mr M. Friar, that he had arrived in London safely after a good trip. He has seen Col. J. E. Hansen, hon. secretary of Lord Roberts' Boys, and has made satisfactory arrangements for practice. Devonport Borough Councillors object strongly to the suggestion of niggard lines in respect to their Fire Brigade imputed to thei. at a meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board by Mr. W. J. Napier. The statement objected to was that the Harbour Board paid the Devonport Borough Council £25 a year, thinking it went to the Brigade," but the Council only paid the Brigade £32 for the whole year, so that they really only contributed £8 per annum to their volunteer firemen. The matter was submitted to the Legal and Finance Committee of the Borough Council, who reported at last night's meeting that no less than £388 3s. 4d. had been spent on the Fire Brigade during the past three years. The report concludes by stating that the last subsidy paid by the Harbour Board was for the year 1905-6, the amount being applied to the purchase of a competition reel. Tho Committee recommended that application be now made to the Harbour Board for the two years' subsidy, to March 31, 1008. viz., £50, in accordance with a resolution passed by tho latter body. This recommendation was adopted. "I don't quite understand the idea of closing this cemetery," confessed the Rev. Gray-Dixon last night in reference to the Symonds-street necropolis. "It adds n beauty to the city, and besides, the other cemeteries of Auckland are trrach too' far away," he objected. "The idea is for the cemetery to come under the more direct control of the city, and by being better kept become a place iof added beauty,' explained Mr. Entri- ! can, and the rresbytery's Moderator acknowledged enlightenment. The Epsom Road Board, at last, evenI ing's meeting, discussed the wheel tax. J The chairman (Mr. W". R. Bloomfield) ] remarked that the Master Carters' . Union was agitating to have the tax J abolished, or, in any case, to have it modified. The roads were, however, suf : ' fering more through the traffic of the I carters than was met by the tax, and a ! proposition haa been advanced to hold a J conference of local bodies to oppose tho j Union. The Board decided to appoint I Mr. Bloomfield to represent the .uoard I at. such conference. I The Opotiki Butter Factory will have j two additional creameries erected th_ ; season. During the past season the j Auckland demand was so keen that export to London, usually extending from ! September to April, had to be disconI tinued at the end of December. he whaling season at Whangamumu is a successful one, nine whales had been taken up to last Saturday, mostly shot with the gun on the launch. -A new development is putting up tinned whale meat, which is scarcley to be distinguished from fresh beef; most of it, at present, is on order for export to the Islands. Goldmining industry is quiet just now. (says our Russell correspondent). There seems to be a lack of sufficient capital, though the return from the two ton parcel is variously reported at £3 or nearly 3 ounces bullion per ton. Even the smaller reported return, from a mere surface working, with the indications for a larger return lower down, ought, I think, to be goou enough to warrant vigorous working. Mr. W. B. Farraud, of Warkworth, writing to the secretary of the Auckland Railways League to explain his absence, from the annual meeting recently held, states that it is unlikely that it will be thought necessary to keep the Xorth Albertland branch of the League in existence any longer. "But," he goes on to say, "as a mark of my own personal interest in the work of the League, I enclose 10/- as my subscription to its funds, and hope it may continue to be able to do useful work for the Auckland community both in town and country." All Cornish residents are invited to meet at the Waitemata Hotel to-morrow evening to arrange for a reception to the Cornish internationals of the visiting British football team. The annual report of the working of the Wellington tramways states that on March 31 last there were 72 cars of all types, providing nominal seating accommodation for 377S passengers. There were still.eight cars to be completed and put on, and the electrical engineer anticipates that these will raise the accommodation capacity to equal the needs of the present year. Car-shed accommodation has been limited of late, and additional carsheds are to be erected at Thorndon-quay and Kilbirnie respectively. A fair increase has been apparent in the volume of traffic upon lines which have operated for two years. The general increase is due largely to the extra cars during "rush" hours. The necessity of increasing by 50 per cent the cars operating after the five p.m. •'rush" sets in has considerably increased the working expanses. When you need your winter weight of underclothing, we are ready right here to help you select.—G«o. Fowld».—.(Ad.)

A letter has been received from the Maoris in the vicinity of Tuakau, stating that they wish to thank the people of ■ Auckland for the clothes forwarded !by them, which are much appreciated. This letter bears 28 signatures, and was forwarded to Messrs. JR. J. Entrican and G. C. Frost, the gentlemen instrumental in getting the clothing donated, and see-1 ing that it was duly distributed. Altogether, 16 sacks of clothing were contributed by charitable people in Auckland, as well as two sums in cash, j Messrs. Entrican and Frost write, stating that there are still many cases of distress amongst the Maoris of the Lower Waikato, particularly of women" and children. As some of these are badly in need of assistance, further, contributions will be gratefully received and duly forwarded. The amount advanced in Poverty Bay by the Advances to Settlers Department: last year aggregated over" £ SO.OOO, and, with the money borrowed from other Government lending Departments, the State's assistance to settlers in this district by way of loans reached from £ 100,000 to £ 120,000 for the past year. The immigration and emigration returns for June, 1908, disclose an excess of departures over arrivals, to the number oi oi. This is an improvement on last year's figures for the same period, when the excess amounted to 323. The figures are as follow:—1908, arrivals 2706, departures 2758; 1907, arrivals 1878, departures 2201. . For years past .the Commercial" Travellers' Club of Wellington and Auckland have been desirous of a federation of kindred associations in N.Z., but have been "hitherto hindered by the fact that the Dunedin Association is federated with Australia. At the last Australasian Conference of the United C.T. Association, it was plainly hinted to Dunedin that N.Z. should form a federation of its own, and then affiliate with Australia, and ultimately with the world. To this end a conference of two delegates from Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin meet in Wellington on Saturday next to discuss the matter, and the result will be keenly waited for by the numerous body ofC.T.'s in the Dominion. At the first meeting of the new Council of the Railways' League, there were present Messrs. G. Peacocke (Chairman, Andrew Bell, James Stewart, C.E., R. Lester, Thomas Coates, E. Harding, representing Dargaville Chamber of Commerce, A. K. Hayward and S. T. Westney were elected to represent the Bay of Plenty Railway League, and Mr E. G. B. Moss, the Tauranga Railway League, on the Council. Various matters as to the plan of campaign were discussed, and then adjourned till the next meeting of the Council. The matter of celebrating the opening of the Main Trunk line south of Auckland was left in the hands of the chairman, as he has been in communication with the Minister of Public Works about this function. The third concert of the season 1907-8, tendered by the members of the Auckland Orchestral Society, will be given in the Choral Hall, on the evening of Tuesday next, July 21st, at 8 p.m. The programme will include the following items: —Overture, "Cockaigne." Elgar; concert piece, "Saltarello," Gounod; Hungarian Rhapsodic, No. 1 in F, Liszt; overture, "King Manfred," Reinecke; (a) Pizzicato, Gavotte (strings and harp only) (Latann), (b) Cradle Song, Schubert. The society will be assisted in the vocal items by Miss Madoline Knight, mezzosoprano, and Mr J. K. Atkinson, bass. ■To meet -the- wishes.■ of subscribers the committee have arranged to make a trial of reserving seats in the Choral Hall. At 9 a.m. on Thursday, July 16, the plan of reserved seats will be opened, to subscribing members only, at Messrs. Wildman and Arey's, Shortland-street. There will be no extra charge. Mr F. J. French dry cleaner arddyer, has removed to premises in the Tabernacle new buildings, Karanga-hape-road, and has fitted them with up-to-date conveniences. Next time you feel a slight irritation in your throat, get a box of Zyniole Trokeys and stop it. They give general satisfaction. — (Ad.) A splendid selection of all-wool Parisian blousings, flannel, originally 1/Is, 1/9, 1/116—out they go, 93d, 103 d', 113 d, 1/1£ up; flannelette blousings, good patterns, clean sweep prices, 2Jd, 3gd, -ifd, sijd, up; duckling fleece flannelette, sky and light grey pattern, IOJd —out they go. 5Jd. At McCullagh and Gower's -(Ad.) Gentlemen looking for neglige comfort should have one of our dressing gowns. A nice article for discriminating men.— Geo. Fowlds.—(Ad.) Belts.—Very special reductions in elastic belts, blade and colours, 1/, 1/6, 1/11, 2/11, 3/6, to be cleared out. for 6d, 9d, and 1/ each. Fancy gold and silver tinsel and leather belts 1/3, 1/6,1/11, 2/6, 2/11, 4/6. Away they go for 7id, 9Jd., !/, 1/11, 2/6, 3/3 each. Metal belts, 2"/6, 2/11, 3/11, 4/6, 5/11, to 12/0 each. Out they go for l/6id, 1/11, 2/6, 3/11, to 9/6 each. At McCullagh and Gower's sale. — (Ad) New shade green serge threequarter and long Gibson coats, 23/9, out they go, 9/11. Showerproof coats, tight and loose fitting, Clean sweep price, 9/11, 12/11, 14/11 up. At McCuUagh and Gower's sale.—(Ad.) Preparing for the fleet. Blankets, rug 3, sheetings, towels, quilts and table linen, all at clearance sale prices. Rushbrook and' Bridgman, Queen-street. — (Ad.) Jap. silks 7jd, BJd, 9Jd up. Liberty silk in navy, black, turqi etc., 7id taffeta, pink turq., card., all at 93d. Shantungs in black, grey and rose, etc., 34-inch, for 2/IU. Out they go at McCullagh and Gower's.—(Ad.) When passing here just turn your head and look at our tie display. It will cost you nothing, and might pay you well.— Geo. Fowlds.— (Ad.) Flannelette blouses, spots and stripes, usual price, 2/11, 3/6, 3/11, 4/9, 5/11, 6/11, reduced to 1/3, 1/6, 1/11.}, 2/3, 2/6, 3/11 up; cream taffeta blouses (lace yokes), 10/0, out they go 4/11; cream wincey blouses (with shoulder straps), navy stripe, navy silk cravat, 8/11, out they go 4/11. At McCullagh and Gower's sale.— (Ad.) Overcoats, macks, and oilskins, men's and boys', at clearance sale prices. Rushbrook and Bridginan.—(Ad.) Wool blousings from SJd. worth 1/8. Special all-wool cachemire flannel, 27----inch, was 2/3, clean sweep 12Jd yard Lovely delaines in stripes, etc., at the Clean Sweep Sale. McCullagh and Gower.—(Ad.) Six yards of double-width dress (now is the time to buy!), 2/11, 3/11. 4/11, 5/11, 6/11, 7/11, 8/11 up. Extraordinary value at their great Clean Sweep Sale. McCullagh and Gower.—(Ad.) Sale! We sell boys' clothing all the year round, but this is something special in which some good lines have to go out. 250 pairs boys' knickers at Is. and Is. od. each. Boys' all-wool plain and fancy colours, tijown out at Is. lid. Don't forgot to look at Fowlds' Fort-street window.—(Ad.),