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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 27, 1 February 1910, Page 4

The following is Mr D. C- Bates' weather report and forecast, issued at 0 a.m. this day: —''Moderate to strong westerly winds. Expect showery and changeable weather. Glass rise slowly."

•A geyser in the heart o-f Auckland is the title to a striking full-page in this week's "Graphic," showing an immense column of water leaping from a defective water-main above the warehouses in Customs-street. The damage to the s.s. Kaipara forms a series of remarkable pictures, illustrating the extensive manner in which the hull of the big liner was torn and crumpled up. The birr fire in Wangiinui fills three pages of the number, one showing the Rutland Hotel in the grip of the flames. In addition to the Auckland Anniversary Regatta, there are numerous pictures- of topical and widespread interest; also another beautiful page of sculpture—a series that has been very much admired by the growing circle ol "Graphic" readers.

total rainfall in the city of Auckland for the month of January last, as recorded by Mr T. P. Oheeseman, curator of the Museum, was 4J inches, being considerably in. excess of the average for this month, which is 2J inches. Quite half the total rainfall for the month fell during the last three days.. While the rainfall was considerable, it is by no means a record for January, for on many occasions in the past up to nearly eight inches have been recorded.

The by-law at present in force restricting the weight of wheat, oats, and barley to be carried by railway in any one sack will he cancelled after February 1, 1910, from which date a by-law will come into operation which restricts to 2001b the weight of all classes of cereals and agricultural produce to he conveyed 'by railway in any one sack, and any sacks containing more than that weight (exclusive of the weight' of the sack) will be charged at four times the ordinary rates.

The subject for the debating contest at this year's University tournament, which is to be held at Christchurch at Easter, is:—"That the training and education provided by such a University as ours is the best preparation for a commercial or industrial career." Bach of the four competing colleges sends a team of two, who are each allowed fifteen minutes in which to speak, there being two separate debates. In the first debate Canterbury College have been drawn to take the affirmative, while Victoria College will take the negative; in the second debate Auckland University College will affirm, and Otago University will op pose. The judges are Messrs O. T. J. Alpers, M.A., LL.B., G. T. Booth and E. K. Mulgan, M-A.

A special meeting of the Parnell Borough Council was held last night for the purpose of examining the various plans submitted for a public library for Parnell. The conditions were that the building is not to cost more than £2500, and a prize of £10 -was offered for the successful design. Councillor Palmer moved that the plans submitted by

"Indian" be accepted. The motion was seconded by Mr. McConnell and adopted The meeting was attended by the Mayor (Mr. Briggs), and ' Councillors Johns, Palmer, Bines, McConnell, Pitt, and Lundon.

A large staff of men is at present employed cutting down Richmond-road to its permanent level, from Ponsonby-road to London-street. The work is under the control of the City Engineer, Mr- Bush, and when the contract is completed Richmond-road should be fairly level from Ponsonby-road to the building lately known as the Costley Institute, and now utilised as a Children's Home, under charge of Sister Cecil. The footpaths in Richmond-road are to be 15ft. in width, and kerbed and channelled, while the roadway is to be metalled from kerb to kerb.

The growth of population on the western side of the city has necessitated the laying of much larger mains by the Auckland Gas Company. At the present time a staff of men is engaged laying about a 15-inch main across Ponsonby-road to Williamson's Avenue. This line of pipes has been brought up Hepburn-street, and the men tunnelled under the tram lines in Ponsonby-road to reach the Grey Lynn side.

Last night the Onehunga Borough Council received a letter stating that the Hon. George -Fowlds, Minister for Education, would be present at the. Onehunga High School on the arfteraoon of February 17ih, for the purpose- of making presentations to Patrick Nevill and to Sergeant John Morgan, of the Onehunga High School cadets. For. having proved himself the best boy essayist in the North Island in competition in which the subject was "Captain Cook, His Voyages and Discoveries," Nevill will be presented with a plaque beaten out of copper from the Victory, Nelson's -flagship. Morgan •will receive the New Zealand Cadet Championship Medal.

At the special meeting of the Mount Eden Borough Council held last night a resolution was confirmed by which £189 12/5 was transferred from Section C of the loan accounts to other accounts. A strip of land dedicated by Mr. Ball and Dr. Lindsay for the widening of Leam-ington-avenue, was accepted by the Council.

At Heme Bay Park last week the All Saints' troop of boy scouts spent on enjoyable week under canvas. Kach day sentries were posted from 5 a-in. to 10 p-m., and "active service" conditionswere imitated as far as possible. Two false alarms were given, and an attack which was made at a late hour was repulsed with much excitement. On Sunday the scouts attended church parade in full uniform. Sis of the All Saints' scouts were recently examined by the Chief Inspector of Boy Scouts (Dr. J. S. Purdy) for the second-class badge, and all passed. The test for the second-class ■badge includes swimming, life-saving, cooking, signalling 10 letters a minute, map-drawing, pioneering, distance-judg-ing, etc. A course of training that certainly makes for self-reliance. Dr. Purdy complimented the boys on the capable manner in which they performed their work and attended to the instruction given by their scoutmaster, Mr. J. D. Campbell.

In the Waihi Police Court this morning, H. Brounlee, hotelkeeper, of Thames, was fined 40/ with costs for insufficiently labelling a consignment of liquor to Karangahake on December 23.

The greater part of the Police Court proceedings on Tuesday are spent in the sometimes futile effort on the part of the presiding magistrate to settle domestic differences which have been steadilygetting a lit tie too acute for one or other of the parties. The effort is sometimes futile because the people concerned do not always abide strictly by the Magistrate's rulings. Couples who axe by him separated frequently try to live together again, and the almost invariable result is further trouble and more litigation. A case of this kind occurred this morning, the defendant being one Carl John Patterson. He was separated from his wife some time ago, and his wife received him back into the home something less than a year ago. Since then he has not behaved well, and to-day the wife asked for a. renewal of the separation order on the ground that her husband drank too much, swore too much at her and the rest of the family, raged and upset the house too much, and did not help to support heT. The wife affirmed all these things, and the husband denied most of them. After hearing evidence the Magistrate told Patterson to go right away and leave his •wife alone, and to pay her £1 per week maintenance.

An offer has been made by Lieuten-ant-Colonel R. Heaton Rhodes of a subsidy of £200 per annum towards the support of a chair of military science at Canterbury College, provided the chair at that college is the only one established in New Zealand. At a meeting of the Board of Governors the offer was accepted, and the Chairman was authorised to aommunieate with the Government,- and ascertain what support it will give to the proposed chair,

Further inquiries, prosecuted by a "Post" reporter, tend to chew that the indenting of the Old Country's clothes for wearing ■purposes in New Zealand has some interesting features. It seems that the development' of a straight-out trade in imported "seconds" has been a gradual process during, the past decade. One may deduct that it began with, the consignments of this clothing to relatives, and the business was expanded. A case of secondhand apparel, not an infrequent entrant of' the port of Wellington, has an interesting history. - First of all, it is sent by the Customs Department to the Hearth Department for fumigation. When the Health authorities consider that any germs in the raiment have been thoroughly destroyed the articles are repacked in their case and sent back to the Customs for the assessment of duty, and a fee for disinfection is debited to the importer. It has been suggested that goods, especially of the low grade order, not necessarily of the secondhand, may be scheduled' as secondhand at a low valuation on an understanding that the duty in such? a case, plus the fumigation fee, "would be appreciably below the charge on the full dutiable value of the consignment. The Customs authorities, however, say that this ruse would not be easily workable, as an officer exainfhes the articles to determine their value after their return from the fumigation.

Rev. H. S. Wollcombe, of the Church .of England Men's Society, who has been addressing some 270 meetings in Australia, and who is now engaged on a similar mission in this country,, in the course of some remarks made at a meeting in Wellington, said: "There is too much starch in the dear old church in England. I don't know whether you have got any starch in New Zealand; if you have, then unstarch yourselves! As churchmen," he said, "be churchmen, not humbugs. If you are going to be a churchman, try to be a good one or chuck the whole thing." At a later stage in the proceedings, Bishop Julius, of Christchurch, said that anybody could criticise the church and the parsons, but the church would be what the laity made it. There were some who wanted to do church work. Now church work •was not mere working for bazaars, but going out into the street to help a man who needed befriending, and to do the nearest brotherly work to hand."

Visitors to the Waitakerei dam yesterday report that it is lull up to the top of "the concrete, and that the water was overflowing in magnificent style, providing a splendid spectacle. Some people who went to the foot of the falls, said that -the sight was weU. worth, going a long distance to see, as the mass of water was falling with grand effect. The portion of the dam already built holds back a big stretch of water. There were people who, when the work was first commenced, questioned whether the valley would ever be full of water up to the finished height of the dam. The experience of the rainfall on the ranges during the last two or three days goes to prove that the winter's rains will always easily fill the whole of the accommodation which will be provided for water storage, and thus provide for the requirements of the big city that Auckland promises to be in the near future.

In the Nautical Court of Inquiry this morning, when the stranding of the Kaipara was under consideration, Mr. Kettle asked whether the alleged uncharted shoal on which the Kaipara had struck had been buoyed, and what steps had been taken to indicate to shipping its existence. Captain Duder replied that the locality had been buoyed, but he could not say. what steps the Harbour' Board Secretary had taken to warn shipping. He understood that the' Marine Department had been informed, and believed that proper steps had been taken to acquaint the public. Mr. Kettle remarked that some sucb step was necessary, or shipping might run foul of the buoy at night, and cause another accident.

The Chairman of the North Canterbury Education Board (Mr. T. W. Adams) states that he is surprised at the remarks of the Hon. G. Fowlds when stating that the reduction in the building grants only affects . the amounts given for ' rebuilding old schools. Mr. Adams describes the position in North Canterbury as very serious. Last year the Board received £8,490 in grants, including £1,715 for reinstating old" buildings. This year the total grant has been cut down to £4,331. The reduction amounts to £4.159, or more than 50 per cent. "We cannot carry on; that is all about it." In regard to Mr. Fowlds' statement that the Boards in the Dominion have paid £89,000 more than they ought to have paid during the past five or six years on the rebuilding of old schools, Mr. Adams states that it certainly cannot be applied to North Canterbury, and that it is equally incorrect to include his district in the assertion that "a good many boards have been using a considerable portion of this money paid specially for rebuilding worn-out schools in general work in connection with schools." The North Canterbury Board, in fact, has reserved its grant for reinstating old buildings strictly for that purpose. It has kept the fund intact, and apparently it is being punished more severely than the Boards which have not done so.

The Governor's Northern programme has been slightly altered. After finishing his stay at Tokaanu, the itinerary will be arranged as follows:—May 4 to Taupo, sth to Eotorua, 7th to Bth (Sunday) at Tauranga, 9th Katikati and Waihi, 10th to Hamilton, 11th arnye Wellington for annual Masonic meeting, 14th arrive Auckland

The Council of the New Zealand Rowing Association to-night decided that the Wanganui Union crew should represent the Dominion at the inter-State fours at Hobart on February 23 The crew will row in New Zealand representative colours (maroon and white), and U Or.? f f r the Bluff on Fel *uary" manager. ° f """ ** be a P?°^

J lme ag ° ilr - C - C - Kettle, S.M W. a of obtaining from' the bibulous person who is charged with drunkenness too freauenfl-c- „ • that he abstainer ing intoxicating liquor, and a signed consent that a prohibition order should issue without notice if he should be found Mr^f^°* e S hIS ? romise - Thi & course Mr. Kettle follows in preference to prohibiting persons outright. The first of the culprits to break faith was a woman who drank a little more than enough at lakapuna racecourse on Saturday In due time a policeman, or, rather, two policemen, found her out, aud set themselves to lock her up. At first she pretested and fought a bit, said how dared they and other things not nearly so polite,, but when escape was hopeless, that is to say, when she was in a cab on the way to the lock-up, she told the constable' about the promise "she had broken. The constable remembered, and this morning the woman was duly prohibited. She didnofc "appear to contest the application.

!^ ha * '*» y<wr Christian mwv." " wked of a witn«. befowßL,S Court inquiry into the •fa.^*** "Frank Richard," ;£o plain «5. "But your officer* certificate Christian name as Frank BMiJj TfL?°» thought tnat was my nS*fes" 40 years of age. Then I cot*L I v?« certificate, and found thaTl SL^ 1 * plain Frank. My mother -winter *"** be called Frank Richard, bn* ■£&$• didn't .Eke .the man £*» to be called Richard, and ing my birth he quietly tian. name as Frank," and <iro_J e n£ Riohard. It was not till 40 yelM* that I discovered what he That accounts- far the tw cLS!*names on my -' certificate wh*n*\ Should legally only "be one.- *%&* the witness amidst A deputation representing ;iji^ : _£~,; matisataon . sjKWtKnen; *£ farmers, waited on the. •Son* T~2uW zie at Nelson yesterday, out that if a close season for ifonorS game is declared this year, quaflVwS" are virtually the only imported*. aZ other than deer and are *Jreadv?jS abundant, -would become a nuisaacik farmers, while the Acclimatisation s£ ciety would be deprived of reyeffl? sportsmen of sport, and the-dirtrirtS tourists. - The Minister ..said 'thi'lnji gence in.the South had'been' .abuwofc the past by Paradise dujek b&w'itjl wholesale,-and beyond the; Ennt?-it»i. Hence Ministers were mcuned to cant out the Act rigorously. Howeyer v 2 would represent the matter to bis'c<tf. leagues. '"..." *""-'' ; ; ;-

The annual meeting of -the Auckland Law Society took place yesterday afternoon. Mr. J. R. Reed, president,- tn* n the chair, and there was a large tttatf. ance of members. The annual report stated that there aTe now 197 sohator* practising, an increase of 13 over tSeTSi vious year, whilst there are 10 more tor. risters, bringing the number who hai« taken out certificates to ;7L Daring tit year seven barristers and:"ls «oli<atori were admitted. The Government-feu placed at the disposal of the Society three, rooms in the Supreme Court bn3t ing lately occupied by the Department. With, regard to conrejueing charges, after a diseusaiott, at to* annual meeting, of the New- Zealand \Am Society last October, it was. resolved to forward to the various local «o«etae» » scale recently adopted in Wellington, in consideration. The proposal to eentahM all stamp office business in • Welhngtoa had been vigorously opposed by all tha societies. Apparently tie proposal hid been abandoned. The Council hid to record with regret the deaths of Mr. Biger and Mr. Roscoe Reeve, Native judges and members of the profeuta, and also of Mr. H. T- McLean, formerly secretary of the Society. commented upon various features of th» report, which was adopted--The following officers were elected for the ensuing yean President, Mr. J. R. Reed; Dr. Bamford; committee,Messre.ft'HM. keth, R. MeVeagh, F. Earl, H- E-'Stodton, J. M. Newton, and J. WrStewartf; trew nrer, Mr. Wilson Smith; representotiws on the New Zealand Council,. .. Reed, Dr. Bamford; auditors, MeMrt d J. lunks and J. W. Gittos,,.-..,. At Kelso, on Saturday (Bays a. Pre* Association telegram.), ■ some lads wen amusing .themselves with, a revolver, firing shots at each other at close rang! with blank cartridges, from which th« bullets-"-had been extractel and clover leaves, substituted; - A- bull(j^4J ) «Mjictj was-lieft- in one,and ander -McKinno'n, - second! .eon. :rt?;Jfii. Alex. McKinnon,'. nianager for-;3l|i«rfc Wright, Stephenson and the charge "in his back.. Ait .oparitka failed-to locate the bullet. -, ~... i ;

Weather permitting, Messrs. Brsduej and Bihns wilT run""an escnrsion ■-** Riverhead. oh Wednesday. Empty cases for sale, all Storeman, D.S.C. Factory.—(Ad.).:.: -xjj Would you like a new design in yoitt neglige shirt. Our famous 2/11 and 3/11 lines are called for over the iriwl» Bominion.—Geo. Fowlds. —(Ad.) . .-::

At Tonson Garlick Co.'s cash, fnrnitui* sale a special line of Brussels <*rp«t reduced 4/- in the £..—(Ad-l.;.:•-

See Tonson Garlick Co.'s. window of toilet-ware marked" at at great' discount during annual cash- sale. 5-piece set only S/6; 6-piece set 9/3. Great airgains.—(Ad.) .' " ".. ".. _.""' • Cummerbunds for summer "wear,'an tt> tractive item that looks well and weiai ' well this weatheri—Geo. Fowlds.--f.Ail.); _' . Babies'- high chairs with table, '6/9, for 3/11.— D-SjC. in ■

At Tonson Garlick Co.'s cash furniture sale all sample pairs of ; lace captains reduced half-price.—-(Ad) What style of hat do you derav straw boater, hard-or soft if elt, linen'or helmet hats? We have the lot,and more.—Geo. Fowlds.—-(Ad.)

Kapok beds, single size, only 1-1/t each; full size, only 18/-, at* Tonson Garlick Co.'slssh furniture s4Qe;-^(Ad_.)j

Great .bargains in china and glassware a* the D.S.C,—(Ad.) " '" " .

Special line in single flax mattresses at Tonson Garlick Co.'s cash" furnitnr* ~ sale, only 7/- each.; full size; 10/6.-rAfL

Pretty patterns in pyjama. suits will appeal to mien.- of taste. An attractive and a comfortable line.—Geo. Fowlds. 1 — (Ad.) urn

White Turkish towels from SJtL eacn; satin eider-down quilts for cots,' only 5/11, at. Tonson Garlick Oo.'s cash furniture sale.—(Ad.)

Cheap clothes for the little men, Linen and straw hats at 1/. Only 30 Norfolk flannel - suits,; all sizes: at -ori» price, 10/G.—Geo. Fowids.— (Ad.),. ' "

All chains are being cleared at very heaw reductions.—D.s.C in Liquidation. —(Ad.) ■;-•■ ■ ;•