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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 66, 18 March 1910, Page 4

Following is the Rev. D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hoars from 9 a-m. this day: —TUodexate to strong south-easterly -winds; indications for fair weather; glass little movement" It may bo of interest to mention (says bhe report of the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association presented at the annual meeting this α-tternoon) that the first agricultural society was established in Auckland on May Bth, 1843. Some members of the association nave 'been connected with the Auckland Agricultural Societies for more than fifty years. Mr. E. Fairburn was secretary in 1849, Mr. T. C Wffliaans was a member in 1854, Sir G. M. O'Rorke in 1855, 'while Sir John Logan Campbell was president in 1877- From one of tiie smallest metropolitan societies the Association has grown till it now ranks with the most influential in the Dominion. Last year -was pai±ienlaiiy successful in every -way, the profit ibalance amounting to over £1200. For the fortnight ending yesterday a total of 11,900 hoses, or 2974 tons of (hotter, had been sent into cold storage for export, as compared with 9637 ibexes, or 241 tons, for the corresponding , fortnight of last year. Last fortnight's consignment is worth about £38,675. From October Ist to date. 5197 tons have been exported. <fro*m Auckland, representing an increase of 1406 tons over the corresponding period last year. Tho settlers on the recently opened Te Akau Block held a meeting a few days-ago at which the- road formation in the block was discussed, and the slow pace at which the work is being done was adversely criticised. When the sections, in the block were taken up the amount of rental was so arranged as to cover the cost of the road construction, but tip to date the portions of the roads completed serve only a very few of the settlers. It was stated at the meeting that settlers were paying in advance for the roads, and if they were completed all holders would live on their sections, and so develop the district; but if the roads are not finished shortly, there will be great difficulty in getting stock in and out during the coming winter, and settlers will be prevented from fulfilling the conditions of residence on which the land is held. The meeting elected Mr. G- Peacocke hon. secretary, and it was decided that he should write to Mr. Massey. P., and the Minister for Public Works, urging, them to do their utmost to have the work resumed and pushed on before the winter. A conference of the Federated Painters of New Zealand will be opened in Wellington on Saturday, March 26. It is expected that representatives from all the centres of the Dominion will be present. One oi the many remits to 'be discussed will be the proposed consolidation of Labour into a political party. It is stated that replies favourable to the proposal have been received from Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

Sirs Albeektson, of Eketahuna, had an exciting experience with'two deer which were running on the Mangaoronga-road. iVfrg Albecktson, who had a child with her, was leading a horse along the road, and on passing the deer the horse took fright and bolted. The deer charged them, and they took safety on a fence. One deer then picked the child from off the fence on its horns and carried it to the centre of the road. A party in a motor-car came along and frightened the deer away. The matter was reported to the Eketahuna County Council, which body has decided to inform the Eketahuna branch of the Acclimatisation Society that if the deer are not removed they trill be destroyed. In a religious census of . the world which he has just published, Dr. H. Zeller, Director of the Statistical Bureau .in Stuttgart, estimates' (that of the) 1,544,510,000 people in the world, 534,840,000 are Christians, 175,290,000 are Mohammedans, 10360,000. are Jews and 823,420,000 bold Other beliefs. Of these, 30,000,000 are Confucians, 214,000,000 are Brahmans and 121,000,000 Buddhists, with other bodies of leseer numbers. In other words, out of every thousand of the earth's inhabitants, 346 are Christians, 1.1-1 are Mohammedans, seven are Israelites and 533 are of other religions. It is understood that the Defence Council will include the St: John Ambulance Brigade in the new regulations, which, inasmuch as they affect the brigade, will be submitted to Major George Barclay, V.D., Deputy Commissioner for I New Zealand of the brigade, for consideration, a-xicL suggestions-. ~ . It is reported that the new cadet regulations will be ready for publication in a few days. They will (it is understood) embody regulations enabling the development of a boy scouts branch and providing for the utilisation of such officers of the boy scout organisation as may volunteer for the work. Upon his return to Dunedin from the I recent conference of officers commanding the military districts in New Zealand. Laeutenajat-Colonel Smyth was interviewed by a reporter on the "Otago Daily Times." "As far as could be gathered from tenant-Colonel Smyth," the southern journal states, "the present forces will carry out their training for another twelve months on the lines that have been followed previously, with the -exceptions that infantry will. require to go into camp for a week (morning and evening parades, or full days, at their option) ; that paid daylight parades and Easter manoeuvres will not be held; and that the battalion system will pre—ue., men will join, and officers will be appointed to, a battalion instead of to a company, as heretofore, being then drafted into or appointed to one of the companies in the battalion, whilst the funds will be administered by the battalion staff instead of by the companies themselves. The training of the youths who win come under the general (compulsory) training section is not likely to be commenced for about a year. . The complete rolls will probably be compiled in conjunction with- the taking of the census next year, but a preliminary roll may be prepared this year." With the object .of urging' that all classes of New Zealand coal should be carried on the railways at the same rate instead of allowing a preferential rate in respect of brown coals and lignites, as compared with bituminous coals, a deputation representing-the West Coast coL liery owners recently waited on / the Minister . for Railways. In reply., the Hon. J. A. Millar stated that ! while he could not see , his "way clear to go as. far as the deputation' had suggested, he believed that the special rates on other than bituminous coal over long distances could stand some revision. The tariff on coal was, he added, at present under consideration. In the course of a recent address at Christchurch, Mr D. McLaren, Labour MJP., said that it was generally believed that labourites and progressives in public affairs were dangerously lavish in their administration. If a man was open' handed, however, and wished to get a good grounding in the administration of funds, he had only to become the secretary of a large labour organisation, and he would have critics in a very short time. As a matter of fact, it was only the progressives thai reorganised the needs of the people, and were best able to deal with their affairs. The presentation of the Athenaeum Cup to the Mt. Eden Congregational Literary and Debating Society, -winners of the inter-society competitive debates, held last September, will take place at the Marist Brothers' Old Boys clubrooms, Pitt-street, at S. p-nu, this evening. All members of literary and debat ing societies and the general public are invited to attend. Under the scheme adopted by the Government for the reorganisation of the prison system of New Zealand, drunkards are to be classified in four degrees, ranging from "casuals," -who get drunk at rare intervals, to "incorrigible," who, besides being habitual drunkards, combine minor offences with their drunkenness. "Casuals* , -will be dealt -with by fining, but "occasionals" and "habituals" are admitted to a specified form of probation. The former are committed by ithe magistrate .to the custody of a probation officer, whose duty it is to. see that his charge reports himself every evening not later than a prescribed hour at the institution of ■which tie probation officer has charge. The offender remains in the institution all night, and leaves after breakfast in the morning, provided' that he has occupation to go to. His wages are not paid to himself, but to his wife or a receiving officer, as the magistrate thinks fit and directs. An habitual drunkard is to be admitted to a term of probation under more stringent regulations. Incorrigible drunkards are to be committed to imprisonment in a State inebriate institution. It has now been decided that the new pest office will tie faced with Clark's Oamaru stone, and also around the two towers. This will make a handsome frontispiece to the city. Mr. Campbell, the Government architect, in company with the contractor for the work, visited the quarry at Oamaru, and the former was particularly well pleased with the quality of the stone. The putting in.of the foundations is a lengthy work, as many of the piles are 50 feet in length. These are constructed of ferro-concrete. and have to be made from two to three months before they are driven. According to the "Taihape Times," all the .men concerned deny having had anything to do with the Annabel incident at the Taihape engine-shed. It is stated ■that Annabel lay down on an engine tender, resting his 'head on ' some cotton ■waste, and as he carried a "slush" lamp on his cap, it is suggested that -when ie went to sleep the lamp fell down and ignited the oily -cotton, waste. Thrown out at stocktaking: Remnants of silks, dress goods, prints', cretonnes, muslins, flannelettes, damasks, etc., etc. AH to 'be .cleared at half marked prices to-morrow, at Grey and Ford's, Newton, ■•. : ' i: ■ ■ .

! THia fWiangaiiui. oarsmen, iwito wrested ttie chaanjHonsliip four-oar Inter-State trophy (from Australia during tiie recent regatta at Hobart, returned to New Zealand" by the Moeraki,' wiich arrived at Wellington on Tuesday. The members of the crew —D. O. OoAy, R. E.yland, W. S. Dustin, J. Cofcterill, and O. Barky (cox). With them was theii manager, Mr. W. S. Sharpe. Speakin ,o, to a "Post" representative, one of the crew reckoned that the Australians went in too\inuch for style. They .had not -the lasting qualities of tie New Zealanders, and would not stand m-" chanceagainst tihs best crews from this side. Wanganui rowed a faster stroke throughout the -three miles, and pulled'- out winners against a head ' wind with two lengths to spare. The crew returned, via Melbourne and Sydney, in each, of which places they spent a week, and were very ihospitaibly entertained. An Elth-am fanner says t&at his -turnip crops have been ravaged toy the fly this season. According *o the "Argus," he has a field of 30 acres, and he is afraid that the "whole crop is ruined. The shiaws, or tops, look all right, but on pulling them they come -easily away from the turnips, -whioh are soft and rotten. Mr. J. C. Scott, who has been road inspector at Master-ton for the' past eleven years, has received notice of his transfer to Mangaroa, in the King Country. During the time he was stationed in Masterton, Mr. Scott constructed close on a hundred miles of dray roads, besides carrying out metalling and bridge construction work. Mr. T. Harle Giles, Concfliaction Commissioner for the Auckland district, left Wellington by the 'Main Trunk train today, on ' his return to Auckland, after attending a' conference of conciliation commissioners to consider a number of suggested modifications and amendments in connection with the Conciliation and Arbitration Act of 1908. New carpets and linoleums! A wonderful variety of the latest effects in artistic carpets and linoleums just opened. Smith and Caughey, .Ltd.—(Ad.) " A great cleaning up at Grey and Ford's to-morrow. All remnants and oddments at half marked prices. We start at 9 o'clock.—(Ad.) ■ • • . Just opened! The latest. novelties in ladies' millinery, blouses, cSstumes, and underclothing; immense variety; lowest prices— and Caughey, Ltd.—(Ad.) Half-price remnant sale at Grey and Ford's to-morrow. We start at 9 -o'clock. —(Ad.) . _'~; Superb colours in new eiderdown quilts just opened; magnificent selection'; low. est prices.—Smith and Caughey, Lid.— (Ad.) . £