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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 123, 25 May 1909, Page 4

The following weather forecast is supplied by the Rev. D. O. Bates, for 24 hours from 0 a.m. this day: Southerly, ! moderate and strong winds. Rain probable; glass rise slowly. Probably very cold night." The steamer Indraghiri, which arrived from Sydney this morning, encountered exceptionally severe weather in the Tasman Sea on Thursday and Friday last. A heavy gale from the S.E. met the vessel as she emerged from Port Jackson, and she was soon toiling in the vortex of a tremendous sea. Very little headway was made, and during the two days tho gale lasted, the wind veered from ■the S.E. to N.W. The engines raced madly, and the Indraghiri, usually regarded as a good sea boat, made very heavy weather of it. After the second day the weather moderated, and ordinary conditions prevailed for the remainder of the voyage. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Friar and Mr. Jas. Robb, waited on the Onehunga Borough Council last night with Tegard to the approaching visit of a party of 40 cadets from America. The deputation stated that Auckland is the only port in New Zealand to be visited by tho cadets, as their trip is primarily •to the Australian colonies. The deputation desired to ascertain if the Onehunga Bprough Council would move in the matter of entertaining the visitors for one day, to enable them to meet a team of 10 members of the Onehunga cadet corps for a rifle match. The Council decided to accede to the request, and appointed the following committee to make the necessary arrangements:—The Mayor (Mr. J. Rowe), Messrs. Johnstone, Holmes, Osborne, and Davis to represent the Council, and Messrs. Friar, Mcintosh, J. Robb, and Henry the Onehunga District High School. The committee hope to give the visitors a royal welcome to Onehunga, andean opportunity to test •their skill with the rifle against the Onehunga boys on the Onehunga rifle range. The directors of the Takapuna Tramway and Feny Company met this morning, and decided to accept the tendeT of Mr. George Niccol for the hull of the 6i earner for the service. The tender of Messrs. Fraser and Son was accepted for the requisite machinery for the' fei-ry steamer. At a No-license meeting in Ashburton, attended by about 800 people, a resolution was carried, without dissent, emphatically contradicting the statements made by Mr. Lesina, a member of the Queensland Assembly, who had asserted, amongst other things, that under nolicense in New Zealand drinking was on the increase in the most objectionablo forms. The motion was of considerable length, and denied m detail the Queensi lander's charge*, .._, ~_ .„

There were a number of falls at the Takapuna races yesterday, but fortunately the riders in each instance got or! without serious injury. In the opening event, the Pupuke Handicap, four horses, Aimwell, Madame Soult, LeafiTe and Waikuku came down, Killick and Gilbert, two of the riders, getting nasty shakings which prevented them riding again during the day; the other two, Deeiey and Nodder, getting off lightly. In the Takapuna Hurdles Pleiades and Ebbs fell, and in the Hauturu Hurdles Newton came to grief, the respective riders, Speakman, Coleman and Cowan, escaping without injury. The tram traffic in Wellesley-street East was somewhat disorganised between half-past seven and eight last night, owing to a car running off the lines. The car had come to a stop owing to one of the resistance coils burning out, and was taken in tow. As it was crossing the points it became derailed. It was eventually righted, and taken to the Ponsonby shed. The Selwyn centenary, which has just been celebrated in Auckland, revives memories, of probably the greatest man we ever had in New Zealand. A unique souvenir of the occasion has been compiled by the "Graphic," and this wefek's issue will be in keen demand, not only by church people, but by all classes—so wide was the circle touched by the great personalty of the man. A number of the old photographs reproduced are extremely rare, and are now published for the first time. Anyone interested in old New Zealand, and more particularly Old Auckland, should make a point of perusing this week's " Graphic." An accident was averted in Queenstreet shortly before four o'clock yesterday afternoon by the driver of car No. 52 on the Kingsland run. Two men were crossing the road from the foot of Dur-ham-street, and it was apparent that at least one of them had been having a holiday. They stopped to argue a point in the middle of the track, just as the car was almost upon tbem. The motor■nan shouted and promptly clapped on the brake, being fortunate enough to stop the car in time to avoid a serious j accident. I The Customs Department having passed the new wharf and sheds erected at Clevedon, they are now open to public use. A subsidy of £200 was given by the Government towards this work, and .the residents subscribed another" £100. I The wharf will prove a great boon to the district. The consumptive patients at the Karere tree-planting camp are anxious to see Dr. Mason before he leaves for England to thank him for doing so much to alleviate their lot. They wish to have an opportunity of personally thanking him. The Rev. W. Powell, superintendent of the Leper Home, Baptala, which is about 241 miles north-east of Madras, at rived in Auckland from Sydney by th? Mokoia yesterday. The Baptala Home, which has 127 inmates, is built upon 30 acres of ground granted by the Government, while two and a-half miles away is a home for untainted children, in which there are 13 boys and girls. The Rev. Powell, who is a member of the South Indian Baptist Society, has been engaged in leper work (which is undenominational) for just on 21 years, and is visiti ing New Zealand for the purpose ot raising funds'for the erection of Fuith'eT buildings, and intends giving lectures in the various churches, etc., in furtherance of liis object. The home at present fs subsidised by the Indian Government to the extent of 1000 rupees, which in English money is £66 13/4, and the balance of the money for its upkeep is entirely dependent on charity. While in Sydney several gentlemen promised Mr. Powell to subscribe annually for the support of an inmate, which for an adult is £4 , and for a child ,£3, and the rev. gentleman is hopeful that some in New Zealand will follow the good example. Mr. Powell's headquarters are at present at the V.M.C.A. rooms, and any communications addressed there will find him. The lines of quick, cheap, and easy communication between the city and the more distant suburbs are a matter, in these days of growing congestion of our nearer residential districts, that continually exercises the minds of local bodies interested, and of people who strive to contend against the disadvantages of such suburban residence. The tramcar undoubtedly offers the quickest if not I the cheapest line within a certain radius, but as one member of the Remuera Road Board mentioned last night in urging I continued representation to the Railway 'Department, the train loses the tramcar as a means of cheap transit to the distant suburb. The member in question said that It cost him one guinea per six months for a railway ticket, which entitled him to travel -to and fro by every train of the day, did he so desire—a rate that meant about 9d. per week. And it was argued that if the Minister for Railways were approached jointly by the local bodies on the line of rail between Remuera and Otahuhu, and persuaded to put in a fast and convenient service, the population along the railway would increase to an extent at present not adequately realised. After a little discussion on the point it was resolved to recommend joint action in the matter to the local bodies likely to be interested The Board also decided to acquaint the Tramway Company with the inadequacy of the tram service to Remuera during the rush hours of the day. A couple of football accidents occurred in a niateh between Maropiu and Dargaville on Saturday, writes our Dargaville correspondent. In the first spell G-lenworth, one of Dargaville's best threequarter backs, sustained a serious injury to his ankle, and in the second half Macnamara, of 'the Maropiu team, fell, and received a kick in the throat. Discussing the unemployed question with a "Post" reporter, the Minister for Labour, Hon. Mr. Hogg, said his own impression has been that the labour market was brightening up a hit. The Labour Department was doing its best where reduction of hands is necessitated to at all events retain the married men in employment. "As to relief works, they have never been thought of either by the Department or anybody else," said the Minister. "I consider that in a young country like this, where there is so much useful work to be done, no attempt should be made either by relief works, or in any other way, to reduce the worker's wages. I am determined that such a thing, as far as I am concerned, shall never be allowed to happen." In regard to the Vancouver mail connection with Australia, Sir James Mills, managing director of the Union Company' says that the matter of future arrangements at the expiration of the present agreement would depend on the result of the conference of representatives of the countries concerned. He had not yet any definite ideas about the date of the conclave or its personnel. Mr. P. Hansen informs us that the paragraph published to the effect that he had sold his Takaprdia property to the Campbell-Ehrenfried Company for a hotel is incorrect.

A pleasant function took place on board the steamer Atua this morning, when the Auckland Anniversary Regatta; Committee assembled in the chief engineer's room to express their appreciation of the attentive manner in which the officers and crew of the steamer looked after the interests and comfort of the public on last regatta day, when the Atua acted as flagship. The chairman (Captain Parker) said that in the recollection of the oldest member no company of ship's officers had done more to make the regatta a success, and the object of the present gathering was to express, in, however, a Email way, the appreciation which the committee felt with regard to the indefatigable efforts of the. Atua's 6taff. Captain R. J. Hutton, who was unavoidably absent, on account of ill-health, was the recipient of a self-heating silver teapot. The chief engineer, Mr. Mclntyre, was presented, with a silver cake dish, and the chief officer, Mr. Williams, with a silvermounted hiscuit bowl. The treasurer of the regatta, Mr. Spencer, was also presented with a cut glass biscuit bowl in recognition of his services, and then Mr. Dacre, on behalf of the committee, presented Captain Parker with a silvermounted walking stick for the "invaluable services he had given to the regatta in this, as in past years." The recipients returned thanks, one of the Atua's officers remarking that the Auckland regatta was 50 per cent' better than anything of its kind he had seen in the Southern Hemisphere. A New Zealand Women's National Association is in process of formation, principally to consider perpetual ways and means for the defence of New Zealand. Political, civic, and social matters will also be considered. At a meeting of pastoralists, held in Gisborne yesterday, it was decided to support the formation of a rabbit district, embracing the whole country north of the Mohaka River to the East Cape, for the purpose of erecting fifty miles of rabbit-proof fencing at the Mohaka River, Hawke's Bay, with the object of preventing the incursion of rabbits into the territory. Several long sentences were imposed by Mr Justice Edwards in the Supreme Court to-day. An Australian criminal named William Reginald Ramsay, on three charges of was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for each offence and declared to be an habitual criminal. Prisoner, said his Honor, was one of those visitors whose coming he did not propose to encourage, and the best way to discourage him was by making it quite uncertain when he would receive his liberty. Anthony Claude Gunn, who admitted having committed, arson, breaking and entering and theft, was sent to gaol for five years for the more serious j crime, and had two years additional re- ! corded for the minor offence, the sentences being concurrent. A native, charged with attempted rape at Gisborne, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Edward James McCartney and Frederick Bradley, for breaking and entering and theft, were sentenced, the former to two years and the latter to 12 months' hard labour. J6hn Wilson, charged with burglary at GisEqrne, was ordered two years' imprisonment, the judge leaving it to the prison authorities to decide whether he was a Bt subject for the mental hospital. In an interview at Wellington, Mr. Warren, a representative of Nelson Bros. (Ltd.) said that the meat trade at Home was in a very unsatisfactory and depressed condition, almost entirely brought about by the absence of purchasing power on the part of classes who are the principal consumers of frozen meat. This depression had been growing more acute during the exceptionally I severe winter in Great Britain. It had been estimated recently that owing to the general stagnation in trade there I were 2,000,000 people out of employment, and between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 who were only in partial employment. Assuming that in normal times theße people spent 1/ a week in meat, it was a simple sum in arithmetic to ascertain the amount of money lost to the meat trade. In the meantime frozen meat continues to pour into Great Britain in large quantities from Argentine and Australia; as well as from New Zealand. The unsatisfactory condition of affairs had, Mr, Warren added, been further aggravated by a considerable quantity of last season's mutton and lamb being in store at Home and unsold at the beginning of this year, and this had to be' disposed of with some difficulty at nominal prices. Special Ferry Boats are to run to Exhibition on Railway Wharf during the week.—(Ad.) Mr A. W. Martin, sole controller of Dr. Sherman's method of curing rupture, can now be consulted at the Royal Hotel, Victoria-street. —(Ad.) Show week. Our premises open all day to-morrow (Wednesday). Rushbrook and Bridgman, drapers and clothiers, Queen-street. —(Ad.) Promenade Concerts at the Winter Show, Railway Wharf, every afternoon. -(Ad.) Rugby Union Annual for 1909, price 6d, at "Star" Office and stationers. Ladies' new jackets and coats, navy, etc., 14/11, 10/6, 17/11, 19/6, each surprising value, at Rushbrook and Bridgman's, opposite the Town Hall site, Queen-street. —'(Ad.) Overcoats, macks, rainproofs, and oilskins, best makes, all sizes, special value, at Rushbrook and Bridgman's, just above the Grey Statue.—'(Ad.) |