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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 250, 19 October 1908, Page 4

Following is Captain Edwin's weather forecast for 24 . hours from 9 a.m. this day:—"Southerly moGerate to strong winds; rain probable, glass very little movement." On Sunday afternoon a Taily ana gentleman were driving a gig on the New North-road, near Avondale, when the horse stumbled, and the lady was thrown out violently, falling under the wheel, which passed over her chest. She was taken to the residence of Dr Carolan, who found it necessary to administer chloroform to reduce a dislocation of the elbow. After receiving surgical attendance and recovering from the shock, she was able to return to Auckland. Miss Nellie Barr, a girl of about eighteen years, met with a severe accident at Onehunga yesterday afternoon. Miss Barr was in the trap with several others when the horse took fright at a double-decker tram car which was approaching. The affrighted animal swerved and then backed, forcing the conveyance into a lamp-post. The impact sent the young lady into the air, and the horse then quickly moving forward, she fell heavily to the pavement. When picked up the girl was unconscious. After a while she was taken into Mr. Bowery's residence, where she was attended by Dr. I Scott. It was some time before Miss I Burr was well enough to be taken home. | She regained consciousness, but was suffering from bruises to her back and ■ irom shock. This morning Mis 6 Barr ; had improved considerably.

A case,of "child siavery" is referred to in the report of a Hawke'e Bay school . inspector. It is stated that a family of six children—rtEree boys, aged 7, Id, and 12 years, and three girls, 9, 11, and i 3 years—milked fifty one cows night and morning. The children appeared to be overworked, stated the report, and their progress was described ac slow. The Federal Customs authorities have experienced considerable difficulty in their endeavour to carry oiit the,regulation prohibiting, the importation of l-rison-made goods, owing to the fact that they do not bear aiiy distinguishing mark. They have ascertained that, a number of firms in various parte of the world buy from prisons or use prison iabour in the manufacture of goods similar to those they export, and the Minister has decided that the only way to make certain that prison-made goods are not being sent to Australia by such firms is to absolutely prohibit the importation into Australia of all goods from them. An Order-in-Council giving effect to this decision will probably be passed at an early date. The regulations to restrict the immigration of Chinese into the Dominion by imposing a reading test on each Celestial landing here, comes into force on Friday next. On and after that date no Chinese immigrant will be allowed to land in the Dominion until He can satisfy the Collector of Customs or other principal officer that he is able to read a printed passage of not less than 100 words of English, this passage to be selected by the Customs officers. As a result of this impending restriction, the last few months nave seen an unusually ir:trked rush of Chinese into all ports of the Dominion. At Wellington alone, 12 landed in August, 33 in September, and 27 during the present month, and as large numbers are said to have been waiting in Sydney for a chance to obtain a passage, it is apparent that but fur the regulation providing a maximum number of Celestials to any steamer, the numbers would have been much greater. The s.s. Westralia, arriving from Sydney Inst evening, brought to New Zealand another party of nine immigrants from the Flowery-land who are proceeding through to" Wellington. Their haste to escape the reading test wae only too veil founded, the education of the whole bunch in the English language terminating abruptly at a few syllables. This party included a couple of boys and, with a single exception, are new arrivals. It v believed that a considerable number are leaving Australia for New Zealand. Dr. R. H. Bakewell, who was formerly physician to the • Leper sylum in TriniI dad, British West Indies, in a letter to the "Lyttelton Times" on the subject of the Maori leper patient recently discharged from Quail Island as cured, questions the permanency of the cure. Dr. Bakewell says: "Even when a cure has been the patient cannot return to the diet, environments and habits in which he lived when he contracted the disease. I have seen many hopeful cases, when every visible trace of the disease had been removed, lapse because the patients went back to their old homes, and resumed the habits, diet, etc., which had been the original cause of the malady. If the Maori, who has been treated in the Lyttelton quarantine station, to some filthy Maori hovel, and eats sharks' flesh and other "fish salted or half-putrid, sleeps in illventilated huts, and generally falls back into the habits of his people, it is almost certain that, if he does not die of accident, or some acute disease, he will be attacked by leprosy." It is asserted that Siberian and Oregon pine are getting a good hold in Australia, and are to some extent ousting New Zealand white pine or kahikatea. So far as butter 'brxes are concerned, the New Zealand pine is likely to hold its own in the Commonwealth, for the substitute has yet to be discovered; but for other boxes, what is known as the "off cuts" of white pine have been and are still extensively used, ajid the Siberian article is now being largely used. A gentleman concerned in the Wellington timber trade informed a "Post" reporter.that when in Melbourne recently he caw in one timber yard alone between six and seven million feet of Siberian pine. For rough box work Japanese pine was also coming into competition with New Zealand pine in Australia. The freights from the Far East are all in favour of Shippers from Siberian and Japanese ports, although the former are closed by ice for about half the year. The timber comes down in large vessels, which are cheaply manned, and owners look to Australia for a remunerative homeward freight. At a mass meeting, held at the Grey statue last night, a resolution was passed sympathising With Mr. J. J. Meflcle in connection with 'his compensation claim, and demanding that the sum placed on tie Estimates should be again submitted to the new Parliament. In an editorial commenting on the reprehensible methods engineered to smirch the Hon. Mr. Fowlds' name, and lo endanger his chances of re-election for Grey Lynn, the "Post" asked: "Why don't the moles come out into the daylight? " "Of course," says the evening journal, " prior to an election in which a political difference induces some types of individual to fossick for a moral delinquency, and create one if one does not actually exist, everybody expects to hear outrageous rumours, and everybody of average sense and decency knows how to regard them. The calumniator is an. unintelligent worker for his cause, and his sense is about as bad as his tactics. He forgets that popular sympathy is with the victim whom a viper tries to bite rather than with the viper or the nest from which the viper came. It is a very old truth that sympathy goes to a man whom cowardly enemies seek to overthrow. Certainly all who know Mr. Fowlds and have had an opportunity to see his straightforwardness, honesty, and solidity of character, must be now stirred strongly in his favour in these dlays when the crafty are trying to beset him. A public man has to put up with much misrepresentation; he has to smile and bear with much undeserved contumely. Perhaps that is why so many good men in New Zealand prefer the peace of private life to the pieces of road metal that are heaved at the public man whatever he does." Thursday was the anniversary of the arrival at Auckland of the ship Joseph Fletcher, commanded by Captain Forster. She was one of the sailing vessels owned by Willis, Gann and Co., of London, whose ships were regular traders fco New Zealand. It need not be said that during the 54 years since her arrival great inroads by death and removal Have taken place amongst her passengers. Of the survivors still resident in the district are Mr Robert Bartley, his wife, and family of three children, also Mr Edward Bartley, the architect, both of Devonpbrt; Mrs T. Mecky (nee Wallace), now living at Devonport; Mrs Butterworth and her sister-in-law, -Miss Smith, now residing at Manuera; Mrs Jno. Motion, widow of j the late Jho. Motion; Mrs jas. Percy, of Frankliri-road, widow of the late Jris. sa-ldler, of Uuriiai*«fcrp««v.