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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 230, 25 September 1908, Page 4

Following is Captain Edwin's weather forecast for _4 hours from !) a.m. this !dav: Moderate to strong winds from be-j tween north and west and south-west, j 'Glass little movement. i i ln addition to holiday arrangements! already made for transaction of telegraph business on Dominion Day, it. is notified th.it all combined post and teb* graph offices I usually open from 0 a.m. to 5 p.m.) will open for telegraph, as | well as for postal business from 0 a.m. to j 10 aJn. on Saturday, the 26th inst. I It is reported in the Cook Islands that ! 1 the officers of the New Phosphate Com- i pany have discovered a deposit estimal- j ed at forty millions of tons on the island ' of Makatea in the Paumotu group. Tho ' company, it is stated, is now arranging for a system of wireless telegraphy with transmitting and receiving stations at ■ Fiji, Karotonga and Tahiti, and with j receiving stations only at Makatea and i other islands. j A meeting of the Remuera branch of the National Defence League of New Zea- ! land was called for last evening, but onh I six members put in an appearance. After waiting for about three-quarters of an ! hour without anyone else turning up, i those present, ou the motion of Sir Robert Lockhart, decided to notify the head office of the League tiiat. owing to | the lack of interest shown by tbe resi- ] I den to of Remuera in the matter, it was j impossible to carry on any further. j On September 12 a letter was sent by I the assistant engineer of the City Coun- ! ci.' to Messrs Bond and Bell, requesting j that the crossing leading to their pre- | mires in Vermont-street should b? put I ,in a thorough state of repair, and that ' 'if the work was not carried out forthwith Ihe would advise the city engineer to I have tiie crossing permanently removed.) ' Tbe assistant engineer stated that he i : had previously written and personally in- ; I terviewed the firm, but that nothing h:id j been done. Mr Enoch Bond replied to I | the Council that he could not find any j | evidence that the statements in thisI "autocratic and imperative command" contained the slightest moiety of truth;! |no member of the firm bad been written ' Ito or interviewed. Moreover, the cross- I . ing w-.is put there by the instruction and ! i under the direct supervision of a former I officer of the Council. It had never been i I out of repair. The assistant engineer reI plied to this that the crossing had been j I complained of to the Council by residents ! lof the locality. It was of timber, and j ■ totally contrary to the provisions of tbe J by-laws, and should be removed, and a proper crossing made in accordance there | willi. Tiie question was referred to the Works Committee, the Mayor statinp, j ' that if there was no justi.lcation fov ' these remarks, the writers bad no right Ito couch their letter in such terms. I The presentation of prizes in connecI tion with the recent draughts tourneys lat the Leys Institute, Ponsonby, includ- | ing the draughts championship of Auck- , land, took place, at the Institute last night. Mr Kirkham, President of the Draughts Club, presided and stated that. the contest-!, especially that for the championship, had evoked a great deal of interest among tbe draughts players of the city, and had been won by Mr W. Somers. a member of the Leys Institute Draughts Club, after a series of closelycontested games. The prize, a gold medal, with central shield, suitably engraved by Mr A. G. Bartlett, jeweller, was the gift of Mr T. \V. Leys, whom he had invited to present the various prizes that evening. Mr Ley?, in banding the champion medal to liie winner, .stated I that thf competitions had been publicly i announced, openly contested, and fairly I won. lie congratulated Mr Somers upon , his success, which not only exemplified j his proficiency in a game that called for | n good deal of skill, but also reflected I credit upon in. Club to which be he- ■ longed. The other prizes were then lire- j 1.-seiited a:- follows: .Second sealed h.ndivip i tourney (two prizes from club's fundsi. jMr F. Loader. Ist prize; Mr Abererombie, 12nd prize. Youths' tourney (trophy doi nated by Councillor M. Casey), M'aste.r IV Leu hey. Ist prize. Further tourneys are now b:'in_ contested in this division.! j and more hnu _() entries have boon received for another tourney between senior I members of the Club, which is npen \n ■ all-comers, the draughts room ;it the Institute being absolutely free to in.-, public. A person who may or may not be from Erin, requested the City Council to pay some attention to a running pool of stagnant water. The letter was couched in terms which suggested that it rained stagnant water in Auckland, ■but the Council did not refer the matter to the Phenomena Committee. i

The following resolutions were adopted at the annual convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union yesterday: "1. That this convention of wumen representing the district oi Auckland, strongly urge that the Gov- j eminent introduce scientific tenrperanc- I instruction into the public schools syllabus, as a class subject. 2. That this convention urge upon the Government | the imperative necessity of withdrawing tiie packet licenses from the coastal steamers, as they consider it is a menace to the. safety and comfort of the travelling public. 3. That this convention is strongly of opinion that the law which permits liquor to be supplied to children snould be amended by the age being iaised from 13 to over 18 years. i The members of the Remuera School Committee at noon to-day accompanied the architect for the purpose of inspecting the proposed location of the new infants' schoolroom. A site was purchased about twelve months ago, and a telegram has been received from the Hon. Geo. Fowlds, Minister for Education, notifying that a grant of £1400 is available for the erection of the building in brick. According to a report presented to the City Council last night, the new abattoirs will be ready for opening in about a month. It. was resolved to apply to the Secretary for Agriculture for registration of the abattoir in terms of section 12 of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900. Passengers to Whangarei per Aupouri, ' this evening, should note that the time of departure' is 8 pjn. I The District Health Officer (Dr. J. S. i Purely) recently suggested to the City [ Council that the parks would be improved by the removal of railings. It was decided last night, on the recommendation of the Works Committee, to reply that the Council waa engaged in the improvement of the parks with the i hope that the public would become edu--1 eated up to the point of preserving the parks and reserves intact without damage, but that it did not consider the time h-ad yet arrived when the outer fences of the parks could be removed with safety, although it contemplated at soma time in the future being able to carry out the project, while the interior fences of Albert Park along Bowen-avenue would very likely be removed in the near :fUtUTC I Xotification of lands set apart for lease jas village settlements at Ohakune, RanI gataua, and Kakahi (on the route of the Main Trunk line) appear in the Gazette. At Ohakune there are some 75 allotments, ranging in area from 1 to 20 acres; at Rangataua there are 24 allotments, of from 1 to 11 acres each; whilst at Kakahi there are a dozen sections, of from about three-quarters of an acre to about an acre and a half. The terms and conditions of the leases of tho village homestead allotments in the Xaumai village settlement, in the Ota mat ea County, are also gazetted. There are If) sections, ranging in area from five to ten acres. The land is described as first-class "fiat land, covered with tall ti-tree and ranpo/' with "alluvial soil of first-class quality." A report on the work of the Society for Promoting the Health of Women and Children has been forwarded to the City Council. Referring to the matter in their report at last night's meeting, the Finance Committee stated that it had been noted that much good work in the direction of lessening the infant mortality was being done by the Society, but in view of the fact that the Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board had taken action so that no one, however poor, was unable to partake in the bene-1 fits of the work of the Society or to obtain vvben required a supply of human ised milk, the. Council, as one of the contributories to the Board, did not feel called upon to take any action which. would be in the same direction. I The Xew Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Rakaia, which arrived at Dune- j din from London direct yesterday, met j with a succession of south-west and north-west gales after passing the Cape, j and until clearirg the Snar?s. Whilst ■ she was running down the easting a fire ! broke out amongst some straw under the poop, but it was extinguished without difficulty, the damage being trivial. The Rakaia brought four Clydesdale stallions and a hackney stallion for Mr James Pat ..k. of Outram. and 23 little owls for the Acclimatisation Society. Objection was taken at the laat meeting oi the City Council by several Auckland ministers to the amended Sunday timetable for the electric cars. It. was agreed, on the recommendation of the Works Committee last night, that all | cars shown on the timetable as running j prior to 5.20 p.m. on Sunday evenings ! after the church hour interval should be I deleted and, subject to this alteration, i the timetables should be approved. At a meeting of the Dunedin Trades I and Labour Council, the following'reso- j lution was carried: —"That iv the opin- ' ion of this Council tbe Hon. J. A. Mil- j lar has. by his action in connection with the A; Intra tion Bill, forfeited his right to be classed as a representative of labour, and tho Council invites him to proclaim himself what he has proved to be, I the champion of the capitalistic class." Tho Auckland Methodist Mission Trustees asked permission of the City Council for the ladies of the Mission to take up a collection on October IT (a. Saturday), tbe occasion of the laying of the foundation stones of their new hall, now being erected in East-street. They deBjrc.l permission also to string flag; across the street. The Council acceded to the ree,Uß-t. The Auckland Provincial Industries Association applied to the City Council last night for a refund of the license fee paid in respect of the premises recentlyerected and used for the Xew Zealand Industries Exhibition on the Town Hall site. Unfortunately, continued the letter, owing to the great cost of the erection of temporary buildings, and other heavy expenses, the financial results of the Exhibition were much bolow anticipations. The committee, howe-vev, believed that the exhibition would considerably benc-fi: tbe industries of the Dominion, and thereby fully compensate for the expense and trouble. A refund of £6 was granted. Dr. Puxdy has condemned, as insanitary, d-angerous to the public health, and i unfit, for human occupation, part of a. ! building in Karangahape-roatl, which is i used as a fruit shop. In a letter whicli accompanied the certificate of condemnation ii hen it came before the City Council night, tho health officer stated I hat Ihe kitchen floor was rotten and I broken, and Hint the roof leaked. Some n'' (hi- wcu'lier boards wore broken, and tin- >.krim and paper on the walls were torn an r ] filthy, whilst tho place was overrun with rats. Tho chief sanitary j inspectnr reported that the owner of the building wished' to make considerable i alterations to it. Tbe Council decided to j require the owner to pull down the ronI demned nortion within t.hro_ m /, n ti,..