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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 65, 17 March 1910, Page 4

Following is Mr. D. C- Bates' weathe: forecast for 24 hours from 9 aja thi day: "Moderate to strong southerly weather probably cool and changeable expect unsettled and cloudy weather a times; glass little movement." About hatf-an-hour alter midnight thi morning one oi the Gas Company's lamp lighters who was going his rounds alon. Arnold-street, off Dominion-road, notice) an outbreak of fire in a washhouse a - the back of the residence occupied b_ •Mr. Geo. Jones. He at once aroused Mt and Mrs. Jones, and gave the alarm t< the Mt. Eden fire brigade, which wa: quickly on the scene. The fire had b_, this time, however, gutted the building and only the shell was left standing •when the flames were extinguished. Thf 'building and its contents -were "tvortl about £25. The house was owned by Mr W. Wharton, of Union-street, who hac It insured, but unfortunately theVpoMcj did not cover the -washhouse. - f In explaining the proposals which hav< been put forward to meet the dimcultiei which the makers lof private dairy buttei are experiencing in preventing their bat ter containing an excess of moisture, th< . Minister -for ■ Agriculture (Hon. T. Mac kenziel says, it must be ..clearly under stood that -what is proposed is" only t< "affect butter produced in private dairies because' df'the fa];fcrsilre3Jiy_, stated ,thai they ' are '-unable during;-: the Jwarnsei . mo-Rlbs to- controlrthe moisture "the but tsr contains, and: also ; in-order to assis: f,*fii3t class of tie butter 7 industry. Prac |,iacaily-.n'o excessive moisture has teen dis iSpypireav in dairy factory butter this sea !>ra; and we see j effects, no doubt, ii .the. po-sition occupied in the "Home raarketat the present time, wheri • our butter is commanding 130/ per cwt. i .is against 126/' for Australian and -IS?/ i for DanSshi-.-Tt is not so very long sine; ! the prise 4«r.§anish butter on the Britis'r I market v^&."&tiih:" more x above the pric* obtainable: for the New Zealand article I the difference being as much as 12/ pei ' cwt. •'" ■ »■ The skeleton found on Mount Egnront on Sunday last is within about 500 yard; !of the summit, and is in a good state oi ' preservation. Some money, la silver, wa< found with the skeleton, and also th; . pulped- remains of a coujile of £5 ban", ) notes, -which are - almost undecipherable i An alpenstock and water-bottle have beet ; identified as having belonged to the JTortl ; Egmont Mountain House. The skull ii '■ now cloven, but it is apparent that th; ; injury was not caused by a fall. Tix I body was lying on one of the leads fron "the peak, in a spot which has not beer i clear of snow for years — in fact th* i mountain has not been so free from 1 snow for from 23 to 30 years. The Timber ■Workers' Union's change of office from "Daxgavilie to Auckland ha: .now ..been fully ..made, and things are working smoothly from the hew centre The first meeting of members held ii Auckland passed tha following resolution: '"Thai a hearty -vote' of thanks be accorded to the late executive for the ■very able and. honourable manner in which they conducted the affairs of the union-." An election of officers for the year 1310 resulted as follows: President Mr J.'Stallworthy, M.P.; vice-president Mr Erank .lujryy;, c s"e'cre±ary, Mr E. Phelan,; treasurer, Mr T. •MsSreg&ri.cdininifc j tee, Messrs J. A Whitcombe, J. HI Mortensen, John •CPNeIU, W. "JCealis and A Mawes; auditors, Messrs Hemmingwa.v and Robertson; trustees, Messrs A. E. Skelton and F. Turvy. The recommendations made by the late executive at their last meeting were all adopted, Mr E. Phelan (secretary) arrived at Aratapu on Thursday, and has since made his visit to several', of the Wairoa mills. At a meeting of the North Canterbury executive of the Farmers' Union a new system of estimating grain yields was discussed. The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. T. Mackenzie), writing in reply to a letter from the executive on : (be subject of agricultural and pastoral statistics, stated that this matter was carefully considered before the system of estimated yields adopted during the present season was decided upon. Due weight was given to the representations to the effect that the system previously followed was giving unsatisfactory results. After consulting the responsible officers of the Department, the Minister said that he decided that a method of obtaining estimates from a number of reliable and intelligent farmers, grain merchants, and others could not only effect a saving of nearly £4000 per annum, but would give results more reliable than those previously obtained. The new system had given satisfaction to most persons -interested, and be had just noticed that the Government statistician of Tasmania "has for this season adopted what appears to be exactly the same system. Mr. T. H. Shah, secretary to the Chinnese Consulate in New Zealand, has just prepared an interesting Anglo-Chinese calendar for 1910-11, printed in both I Chinese and English. It shows the Chinese festivals and the New Zealand bank holidays, of which there are no fewer than twenty-two days. Of these eight only-are observed in tbe Chinese Empire, and they include the birthdays of the Emperor, Empress-Dowager, and of Confucius, and the summer and winter solstice (or longest and shortest days). The number of Chinese in counties, cities, and' boroughs as on 29th April, —the latest figures available are also shown, together with the total •popxctaticais of the divisions named A •map, showing the distribution of the Chinese in New ZeaJaad, is also givenThe Chinese in the four big centres were as follow:—Auckland 113, Christchurch 61, Wellington 350, Dunedin 218. There were 1355 Chinese all told in the Dominion at the last census. In Rotorua ■county there was but one Chinese, and in fifty-one counties tbere w-ere none. Mr. Shah has added a universal time indicator, showing what o'clock it is at any given hour in New Zealand in places so far remote as Aden, ToMo, and' Pernambuco. The Chinese text, which is wcmdexfulfy neat, is the handiwork of Mr. Shah himself. The calendar has been prepared for the Chinese Association, of Wellington. • The Auckland Grammar Schools swimming sports will be held in the Graving Dock to-morrow afternoon. The Old •Boys' race starts at 1 p.m. _ Jail clothing articles for mea -will be found in our selection. Let ns show sehat -we. —GecLFowids.—^Ad.^

The Police .Provident': Fund, said D Findlay, will; by'ojfeatibn..of the'law, 1 merged in the Superaium; tion 'Fund"on AiprQ.-Ilsfc next, and, tier after, those members stie Police Pot< who have been to the.Polii Fund will he subject;^'the provisions < the SuperaimuationjAcit.' Under the Ac of-last session, theypare, entitled to ele< a member of- the Srfcerarrnuat'on Boar and the election wfl'take - place aboi MaTy^lst'nest. It cSnnbt. very well tal •place earlier, becausefcertain" preliminai ■steps hare to be tak|h, : su : 2h as the pr pkra-tdbh of the roll ofepersbns entitled i vote. Then, notice ofetie date of ele tioh.s has to be given,. ''■the candidati have"-, to be nominatedj|ail, of which taki up a certain amount .of-sfcime. ' Dr. Pxndls considers it unlikely tilt the election cs be held before the end. of ; May. A lad named Eric Crdft had his chee seared with molten solder when procee ing round a Wellington'street corner tl other day. His cry of pain attracted il tree, of a gentleman -passing by. . It a pears that men. were repairing the ele trie light- wires overhead," in which tvoi they were using solder. When the act dent occurred one of the men descende the ladder, and the gentleman who ha stopped to ascertain the injury sustaine by the boy protested against -methoc which exposed pedestrians to serious hui The man is said to have replied that tl boy ought to have looked out -where 1 was going. Workmen, should either pn vide a receptacle for catching the dro.] ping solder, or a danger notice should 1 placed prominently on &. level with th eye, warning passers-by that .work 3 proceeding overhead. Speaking to a Wellington Press repn sentaiive on Monday, Mr. A. W. Hog; MP., made some interesting remark anent the various tram, services as notice by him during his travels. He place those of Dunedin and" Wellington 5 front, travelling on them -being fair! swift, while the public convenience an comfort are studied. "The cars," h said,, "are-, bright and - cleans and pas engers-have; a .choice of open air or ci closed seats, but "Wellington. .;alorie pr< vides the. double-decker. Dunedin hi trams .-worked by cables havebjfeught til suburbs into close contact with tie cat; raising land values and rents enormous!; The cost of 'travelling' uphill is tire times as much as going down, -The- caj are short and bobbin-shaped, the pas engers in the centre sitting bac to back. Christchurch cars- ar large, -wide -and commodions,,, bi 'rather noisy", the air - brakes .bi .neath producing tie vibratory effeei of a steam launch. Auckland cars -are c tootheomb design, short seats with a- eel Oral' passage" for the'stop-hangers.," O ■ difficult grades .. 'they- reseirdile ." stag coaches .with refractory horses under ha control. The bra&es and -drivers are ofte at variance, and when they are oye crowded, which often happens, all hand conductors included, seem to suffer froa 'nerves.' The Wanganni trains axe small but useful service. The cars ai clean and comfortable, and, judging fro: their politeness, tie drivers and crmcta tors must either be "Frenchmen or x French extraction. With regard to th inspection of tickets, this is carried ot in Wellington occasionally, "but- in. Din edin with much regularity." " It is a remarkable fact that the firs bbdy to recognise the great value of th Esperanto movement has been the mcd cal faculty,** declared Colonel Pollen, distinguished Imperial visitor, and Pres dent of the British Society now '-in Anckland.' ,r" in tie-past, 1 "- ---added, "English .medical men. hayeF "es periericed tie greatiesfPc'2B"!ter^''Wneif'id tending the great cosmopolitan eongresse in Europe, in- taking part in tie d>l"hera tJoris, aridfnieri'i'wiri snperior-'knovpledg on certain "rejects had to remain tongue tied in the" presence of Continental com peers. When Esperanto is the sefcaow lodged language, that state of affairs •»_] no longer prevail." A rather 'cresting little story is. to! of his Grace,' Archbishop CReHly, of Ade -laide, who arrived in Auckland by- th Mongolia yesterday. In his younger-day tbe venerable prelate was a journalist and at one time edited a Soman CathoE weekly journal, published in Adelaide During his association with the paper, '• strike occurred amongst tie compositor of South Australia, and tie editor arrive! one morning to find tie composing roon empty. Kothing daunted, he set to work and possessing a knowledge of the "case, he managed not only to write, 'bat to se rn>, the whole of the newspaper matte himself. The journal was about tie ont publication issued in Adelaide while th strike lasted. At the corner of Earangahape-roa< and Ponson-by-road a handsome granit drinking fountain has just been erectei on the reservoir property. Ibis wiQ b a great boon to passers-by if AncSdaiw is to have many summers like the pre sent one.