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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 203, 25 August 1908, Page 4

The following is Captain Edwin's weather forecast for 24 houT3 from 9 a.m. this day:—"From between west and south and south-east strong winds to gale. Rain probable; glass rise." A tablet is to be erected in the main hall of the Auckland Hospital to perpetuate the memory of Nurse Gathcart, whose sad death occurred early this year through typhoid contracted in the execution of her duty, lie tablet is to be erected by the Honorary Resident and nursing staff at the institution, the Board having given its consent. With the object of providing a little sunshine for the old men and woman who are living their last-days in Costley's Home for the Aged Poor, the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yesterday decided to invite public subscriptions in aid of the purchase of a piano for the institution. There is an instrument in the Home which has served as a piano through the approaching score years of the institution's existence, but this is' now in that annoyance-causing condition which makes pianos known by the descriptive nornen " tin kettle." Mr. H. Schofiekl moved in the direction of giv- ! ing the public the opportunity of donatj ing the price of a piano. The present piano was put in. by public subscription, he said. It had done its duty, for some time had been a very poor instrument indeed. People from the city often went out to give the inmates some music, and! would like a good piano. The j old people required something to relieve the monotony of their lives, and nothing would do that like music. Sir. M. Coyle seconded the motion pro forma, but ex- ■ pressed opposition to the idea of beg- ! ging, of which the Board saw enough. He would prefer that the suggestion should ■be merely thrown out to the public, and ! some benevolently disposed person might j present a piano. Messrs. G. Knight a-ntl J. G. Rutherfordi supported the motion, which was carried. The following letter from Sir G. Ward was read before the Onehunga Borough Council last night: '"1 have very much pleasure in informing you that Fleet Week in Auckland has been a very great success from every point ot view. The Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic lleet expressed himself as being especially pleased with the flags of welcome from the various cities and boroughs. He said that it afforded tangible evidence of the goodwill of the people of New Zealand towards their American visitors, " I desire on behalf of the Government, to thank you for having contributed a flag of welcome." The letter was received. In announcing the fourth concert of the season 1907-8, Handel's "Samson," which will be given in the Choral Hall on Friday evening next, August 28, the committee inform members that the list of soloists will be augmented by the special engagement of Mr. Chas. Saunders (one of England's greatest tenors) and Miss Clara Robson (the popular junglish contralto). The cast will be as follows: Miss Lizzie Knight, soprano; Mr. W. W. Aulsebrook, baritone; Mr. J. W. Atkinson, bass; Miss Clara Robson, contralto; Mr. Chas. Saunders, tenor. To meet the wishes of subscribers, the committee have arranged to make a trial of reserving seats in the Choral Hall. The plan of reserved seats is nowopened to subscribing members only, at Messrs. WUdman and Arey's, Shortland-street. There will be no extra charge, but tickets must be presented to be marked. Subscribers may obtain extra tickets on payment of 3s. each. The public will have an opportunity of purchasing unreserved tickets at 3s. each at the booking office and at the hall. Special arrangements will be made for seating the large audience expected. A peculiar circumstance in connection with the reference of the Otira tunnel workers' dispute to the Canterbury Conciliation Board of the Canterbury Industrial District is that under ordinary eouditions it would have been dealt with by the Westland Conciliation Board. So far, the only apparent explanation of the matter" is that the Canterbury Board stands in the position of a special Board, the decision of which the parties to the dispute have agreed to accept. A more peculiar circumstance is that, though the Canterbury Board was officially notified some time ago that it was to hear the dispute, no particulars of the dispute have been filed to date with the Clerk of Awards, Christchurch. Probably some solution of the problems will be forthcoming. An inquest touching the death of John McLeod, a bookmaker, was held at Gleeson's Hotel yesterday afternoon. Dr. P. Moir deposed that death was due to natural causes, one of the main blood vessels of the heart having been ruptured. j A verdict in accordance with the medical eyidtenee was returned. It has been decided that from the Ist ' pros, the post office is to be open in all branches, except money order and eavI ings bank, from 8 ajn. till S p.m. The j present hours are still to continue so far :as the money order and savings bank ■branch 13 concerned, but New Zealand postal notes will be issued at the stamp counter from 8 ojn. to 9 ajn;, and irom 4 p.m. till S gju.

That much-waxed phase of. the control p£ the Manukau, the representative question, has not been disposed of yet. At last .night's meeting of the Onehunga Borough Council, a letter was read from the Auckland Harbour Board, stating that the recent conference had decided to ask Mr. Kidd, the member in charge of the bill now before the House, to consent to an amendment of clause 7, so as to provide for two members for'Manuka-u andi the surrounding districts. Councillor Moody moved and Councillor Partington seconded that the Council should support this, Councillor Holmes opposed the motion, and moved an amendment that three members were absolutely necessary, and that unless three were granted the member for the constituency should be asked to oppose the passage of the bill. The amendment was seconded by Councillor Skinner. A division was taken, and the motion resolved upon on the casting vote of the Mayor. Those who favoured the amendment were Councillors Holmes, Skinner, Stoape, and Colledge, and those who opposed it, Councillors Moody, Partington, White, Glanfield, and the Mayr (Mr. Rowe). At the meeting of the Canterbury Trades and Labour Council on Saturday the proposed amendments to the Arbitration Act were considered. It was decided to ask that eta-use 59 of the principal Act be amended thus: "That no reference of a case .be heard by the Court, unless two-thirds of the parties agree." Part ITT. of the bill, section 47, was amended by making provision that every financial member of the union should have a vote for the election of representatives on the Court and Board. Section 57 was unanimously deleted, and the following inserted: "That the Government be asked to make the bonus or premium bonus system illegal." Section 58 was deleted, and the following inserted: "That the Government be urged to make it compulsory to make an award when a dispute is filed." Section 59 was approved, and the following clauses were added: "That any employer discharging an officer of a ivnion without satisfactory reasons shall be liable to a. penalty not exceeding £100." "That the Act be amended to provide that every employer of labour shall be compelled to keep a book for the perusal of the inspector of awards whenever he desires to do so, the book to be a true record of all time worked, and overtime paid to each and every worker." The body of A. X Heycock, aged 35 years, employed as a clerk in the Dunedin railway engineer's office, was found on the railway line, about four chains from the Rattray-street crossing, lastevening. At the back of the head was a contused wound, about 2in long. Deceased had evidently been struck by the shunting engine shortly after 6 o'clock. He left the office at 5 p.m., and as far as is known had no occasion to go in the direction in which hie body was found. Deceased leves a widow and two children. He was under orders to transfer to Ohokune. The alleged unsatisfactoriness of the Onehunga tram service was emphasised at the meeting of the Borough Council last night. Councillor Holmes complained that he hadi intended going into town by the car which should have left the Onehunga terminus a-t 1.2 p.m. He waited at Arthur-street, but the car only came a s far as Grey-street, and then wont back to Auckland. He asked an inspector to make inquiries, and was subsequently told that the car had been taken back from Grey-street because it was late. It was resolved on Councillor Holmes' motion that the Tramway Company should be asked for an explanation. The mover also compln-ined that he had been kept waiting half an hour for a car. Councillor Stoupe said that the instances named were not isolated cases, and he expressed the opinion that the Council should protest against the time-table. Sometimes when ears were late they were kept waiting at the terminus instead of being set going immediately to make up time. Councillor Moody: "1 would like to endorse what Councillors Holmes and Stoupe have said, 'but one cannot help sympathising with the Tramway Company. The men nre the masters." The motion was carried. At last night's meeting of the Mt. Eden Borough Council a letter from a lady resident was read asking for a rebate of water rates. She had been paying, the letter stated, a bath rate for five or six years past, and she now discovered there was no bath in the house. The house was left to her, and was in the occupation of a tenant, and she only recently discovered the absence of a bath in the premises. The lack of pressure -which was apparent on the occasion of the fire at the corner of Park and Carlton Gore roads, was referred to at the Newmarket Borough Council last night. It was suggested that Immediate steps _ should be taken to get either the Mount Eden or the Manukau pressure laid on. The Mayor (Mr. F. W. Bennett) speaking of the Mount Eden pressure, saidi it had been tried before, but had teen found to be too great for the strength of the mains, unless the supply wen; regulated. He understood, however, that something like £30 would be sufficient to put in relief valves, and it was decided, therefore, to approach the city authorities towards obtaining the Mount Eden pressure as soon as possible. At the close of the usual monthly meeting- of the Mt. Eden School Committee, held last night, the members present adjourned to the residence of the headmaster, Mr. Alfred rfosking, to mark their recognition of Mr. Hosking having just completed his term of 25 years' service as headmaster of the Mt. Eden School. Mr. W. Cole (chairman), on behalf of the committee, presented to Mr. Hosking a -beautiful inlaid chess table, suitably inscribed, and in a neat, felicitous speech, said Mr. Hosking's length of service was a unique and record one (as far as he knew) in the educational record of the colony. Mr. Cole also dwelt upon the faithful service rendered by Mr. Hosking in the interests of the school during Ms term of headmaster, and of the high state of efficiency to -which the school had obtained under his regime. Messrs. F. Crespin, W. Bridgman, AY. P. Baker, W. Gray, and the Rev. C. J. McFarland also expressed their hearty appreciation and the extreme pleasure it gave them to be present on such an occasion. Mr. Hosking, who was ngreeaibly surprised, expressed his thanks to the conrmit-tefe for the kindly expression of their recognition of his services. and in the course of reminiscences he mentioned the fact that over 9000 scholars had passed throngh the school during his headmostership. On the invitation of Mrs. and Miss Hosking, the members of the committee were entertained to supper, which concluded a very pleasant gathering. At "Laira," Amey-read, Remirera, on Thursday, at 11 o'clock, Mr Louis Lewis, instrncted by C. Overton Smith, Esq., will sell by auction the up-to-date household furnishings, etc Mt Smith is giving up housekeeping. The %dvertiscrnent appears in our auction columns, givin<» full particulars, and should be read by all prospective bny er*.

The attention of the ratepayers of Newmarkcf ia called to the advertisement appearing in to-day's paper* of the poll to be taken for the proposed loan for the completion of the drainage system of the borough.' The completion of this most necessary work should commend itself to every ratepayer having the interest of the district at heart as it is intended to place every house of tne borough in a position to have a thoroughly up-to-date drainage system. An elderly lady attempted to alight from a moving car in Queen-street yesterday afternoon, and was • thrown on to the pavement. Luckily she escaped' With a slight cut on the face. " Always just a little bit too good for the others," "Always tie Tom Burns amongst the illustrated journals of N-A, able and willing to give a knock-out when occasion arises." Such are the agreeable comments one hears of the " Weekly Graphic," whenever it makes its appearance," and the spontaneous and obviously sincere appreciations from " the man in the street" are a far wanner and better tribute to the worth and popularity of the paper than any other that could be set down here. They can be heard round the "Graphic" picture boards in varying form of discriminative praise, every Wednesday morning, and are repeated over and over again, in the homes of our people as the paper is scanned, read, and again Te-read from cover to cover. Even the smallest children have their share of enjoyment, for is there not Buster! Tne "Graphic" for to-morrow is fresh and up-to-date as ever, and contains a veritable budget of good things. The pictures are excellent, and illustratf! the events of the week completely, and no man who desires to be well informed on the events of the day can afford to neglect to read the "Graphic" thoroughly. For example, amongst other features in to-morrow's issue will be found an impOTtant illustrated articel on "The Colour Riots in the States," which is very illuminaative and intensely interesting. The residents of peaceful Hamua, on Wednesday, stood aghast on their doorsteps at the sight of a one-legged man on crutches passing along the road, says the Eketahuna Express. The subject of this paragraph pulled up at the hotel, and called for a -whisky. "You are evidently a new chum on crutches," remarked the publican. "That's just where you made a mistake," retorted the maimed individual, "for these sticks and I have been associated one with the other this past twenty-nine years." The pnbQean became inqpisitive, and the old man told his tale. He had walked from New Plymouth, and had been eleven days doing the journey. The longest distance covered in one day was sixteen miles, but this had been rather too much for him. It was a long way to Wellington, but he would eventually get there, though he feared the Rimutaka hill woud tax his physical strength. He was getting old, and his destination was the Old Men's Home, where b« looked to spend the rest of his life. The school children's medals to commemorate the proclamation of Hew Zealand a Dominion have made their appearance, and are to be distributed through the education boards of the various districts to the scholars. They are of magnalium, a very light substance, with a lustre likrf* silver, and are in size between a shilling and florin. On the obverse side is a bust of King Edward, surmounted by a crown, and encircled by the national flags, while round the edge is stamped "Edward VII., of the British Dominions, King." On the reverse side are two fern leaves and the inscriptions: "Presented to the children attending the schools of the Dominion," and "New Zealand proclaimed a Dominion, September 26, 1907." The number being distributed is £150,000. That Anglophobe flourishes in Germany is bom out in a convincing manner by a letter received in Wellington of which the following is an extract:— "The following circumstances has recently come to my notice as a method of the manner in which the German Navy League works. There is a small collecting box made in the shape of a ship, and painted the colours of the German flag. It is sullied to school, and every owner of one is supposed to put a certain percentage of his pocket money into it. It is generally possessed by school children, and is passed round or offered with the remark, 'Gieb hier dein geld, dass wir die Englander tuchtig schlagen" (Give here your money, so that we can thoroughly smash the English). My correspondent asks why the English Nan League cannot start a similar box, so that we may not risk a smashing. I am far from wishing to advocate anything such as this, but I wish, if possible to show you the feeling that is undoubtedly gaining ground in Germany. Unfortunately they can believe that this country will not attack them. They measure our statesmen by their own j standard, and consequently expect to be broken np before they have an opportunity of building a fleet to-defend themselves. It is this fear on their part which makes the danger in the situation." A police constable, as an object-les-son in anatomy was an unusual spectacle presented at the Dunedin Supreme Court. A medical man was in the witness box under cross-examination by Mr. A. C. Hanlon, who had armed himself with a number of weighty medical works, from which he meant to prove that cerebral hemorrhage led to rupture of arteries under the additional pressure of excitement Abstruse technical* ties couched m the most incomprehensible kind of Latin were exchanged between witness and counsel. 'What are you quoting from?" asked witness, hotly So-and-so s 'Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, replied counsel, triumphmat date please?" persisted witness; "^Trt 3 aU <*o n differenoe - you know." «7S U J go V 8 ! 8, re P lied Mr Hanlon. Oh, that s out of date— lYe got 1907 " exclaimed yitness., After further examination it transpired, according to witness that they were not talking of cerebral hemorrhage" at aIL Finally a constable was requisitioned, and placed *Tf*f™ the witness 'box, C e S the skiUed left hand of its occupant lum by the chra and tilted his head to the right angle, while with the other and a pencil, he sketched aerial diagrams of cuts wounds bruises, etc. on ttuThead of the patient man in blue. If the muscles of thp *)■«„* Zymole Trokeys will prevent this; they are just the thing for hoarseness and irritating coughs.—(Ad.) o, ma^s?l-'~ (ha ** t° Auckland; price, 2/ All stationers, and at "Star" Offict —(Aα. 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Mr E. Kidson, formerly of Christ, church, who was recently appointed to a position on the United States Magnetia Survey, left New York on July 11 foe * J Panama, en route to Quito, South Airieri- • ca. Hβ has general instructions to sefr up magneti cstations over a. consid* er&ble area of country, and expects toy.V be engaged in this work for a year or 18 months. On his way to Panama he was .'.:■., to call at Jamaica to put in a magnetia station at Kingston. From Panama. , was to go to Guayaquil and thence to headquarters at Quito. After setting up numerous stations in Colombia, he will go down the coast. By the last Vancouver mail news waa received in Ghristchurcb. of the appointment of Mr A. K. Acheson, B.Sc, B.&, ~ to the position of assistant-professor of ■mechanical engineering at Syracuse University, New York. Mr Acbeson Trent to the School of Engineering at Canterbury College from Biverton, Southland, and after a successful career gained in 1905 , ; the degree of Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. On the completion of his course he worked with the Westinghouse Brake Company and with ~ % the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Com- v . pany, and also held a position in the Wellington Technical School. In 1906 Mj Acheson joined the Westingbonse ElectrLj and (Manufacturing Company of Pittsburg, U.S.A. A society which has kept together for twenty-five years, and has read Shakespearean plays for one Monday in the winter months from May to August during the whole of that period, missing only ' one session in the entire quarter of th? century, deserves some little congratulation. The Parnell Shakespeare Club hae . j established that record, and celebrated its twenty-fifth birthday with some eclat last evening at the residence of its president. Mr. A. W. Thompson. It was formed in 1883 for the purpose of reading Shakespeare at the houses of its members during the sessions, the reading being private. The late Bishop Cowie was elected president, and took the greatest and most -active interest in the work right up to the time of his death, many readings being held at Bishopscourt. Of the 36 original members 12 are dead, five in England, four in Sydney, and fourteen reside in or round about Auckland. Two only remain on the active list, Mrs. Ruck and Mrs. Goodhue, each of whom ': was presented last evening with a twelve volume set of Shakespeare. Amongst the original members were such well remembered names as Bishop and Mrs. Cowie, Mrs. (Captain) Dawson, "Mrs. Hood, ; ■ Messrs. 'F. and W. Hull, Seth-Smith, Dewes, Severn, Hogg, Rev. Walker, and many others. After the death of Bishop Cowie, Mr. A. W. Thompson was elected president, and has filled that office ever since. Keep on the safe side and wear seasonable underclothing. Good wearing, unshrdinkable lines here.—Geo. Fowlds.—« (Ad.) We have that. If you want any little • thing in the way of studs, links, brakes,, etc., see us about it. —Geo. Fowlds.— •*■ (Ad.) Illustrated Guide to Auckland; price, 2/ AH stationers, and at "Star" Office. —(Ad.). ■' "