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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 144, 20 June 1910, Page 4

Following is Mr D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hours.from 9 a.m. this day: "South-easterly moderate to strong winds; weather probably cool and changeable; probably a very cold night; glass rise slowly."

A painful accident occurred to Mr Edward Darby (brother of Mr Patrick Darby, of Ponsonby, about 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Mr Darby was crossing Synionds-street, to get on. the Grafton Bridge, when he was knocked' down by a cab. He had a miraculous escape, as the cab seemed to run right over him. He was severely shaken, being cut about the face, and his right ankle, over which the wheel oi the cab passed, was badly hurt. The injured man was taken to the residence of his nephew, Dr. Darby, where he was attended to, and he is now progressing satisfactorily.

The following Kew Zealand playeTS have been chosen to take part in the British-Australasian match on July 9: Backs, A. Asher (Auckland?, N. McHae (Rotorua), T. Papakura (Rotorua); forwards, C. Dunning (Auckland), W. liackTell (Auckland), W. Griffon . (lAuckJand). Emergencies, G. Seagar (Auckland), R. McDonald (Auckland).

Inquiries are being made in shipping circles with regard to the 3teamer Indradevi, which is making somewhat a lengthy passage from Liverpool to Auckland. The average passage between these two. ports occupies somewhere about 53 days, and the Indradevi is now out some 62 days; but, even so, no alarm has so far been expressed at her non-axrival, especially so as a. messaga forwarded from Sydney yesterday states that a vessel had just arrived there reporting heavy fogs and thick weather in. the Southern Ocean, which, it is said, may account for the delay of the IndradevL

Mr Marsden Caughey was responsible ior rescuing a man from a very dangerous position in the harbour at the Nortbcote wharf on Saturday night last. The unfortunate- man was in a very exhausted condition, but after 'being carefully tended was able to find his way home.

Several New Zealand artists have pictures in thie year's Paris' Salon. Mr. Oswald Eirley exhibits a spirited painting of two PYench sportsmen. Miss~Grace Joelj "of Duneain, has on" view a study of children in brown and white; entitled

"Une Legende." Two clever watef-colour-ists are 1 iliss Prances Hodgkins and Miss M. 0. Stoddart, ooth hailing from Ne<v Zealand, the former -exhibiting a study of Trench children having supper, the latter a New Zealand mountain torrent. Mr. Hayley Lever, of South Australia, handles a difficult subject well in a painting of the Great Western Railway Viaduct in snow. "L'Allee dcs Chenes," by another Australian, Mr. Streeton, is one of the 'best landscapes in the exhibition. In sculpture, Mr. Harold Parker is-the-sole representative, but his "Prometheus Bound" holds its own in a collection vast as to size and variety of subject', for in modern sculpture the French easily lead the way.

The new Anglican church at O'Neill's Point'was opened yesterday, in the presence of a very large congregation. The ceremony was performed by the Yen. Archdeacon Colder, assisted by the vicar (the Rev. Marls Sutton). The musical part of the siegpyiee was well rendered by the choir Tfrom the parish church. A choir has been formed to assist in the regular services, which commence next Sunday.

There were 317 prisoners in the Auckland Gaol' at the end of last week: On remand, 21; awaiting trial, 14; life imprisonment, 2; hard labour, 276; default of bail, 2; debtors, 2; received during the week, 4S; discharged, 36. Of the total in prison 22 are females.

Boys all over the Empire (writes our London correspondent) will have heard with regret of the death of the bestknown boys' author in the world, Dr. Gordon Stables, who has just died at his. residence in Twyfbrd, Berks, in 'his 70th year. He was famous for his, stories of adventure, and . altogether about 130 books came from his pen. Born in Banffshire, he -studied medicine at Aberdeen University, and was still a student when he shipped as a surgeon on board a small whaling brig, on which he made a Toyage to the Arctic regions. The experiences which he then underwent, and his later adventures in the Antarctic, supplied him with material for over twenty books on the frozen regions. He was for nine years a surgeon in the Royal Nary, serving in various parts of the world. On the East Coast of Africa, where lie was stationed for some time, he led on exciting life on the Penguin. With the armed members of the ship : s company he was away on the open boats for six weeks at a time, chasing Arabs suspected of 'being in the slave trade. During the last twenty years, when he was not engaged on literary work, Dr. Gordon Stables lived the live of a gipsy. There was nothing he loved so much as touring unfrequented parts of the country in his well-appointed caravan. He was exceedingly fond of animals,, especially dogs, of which ho always kept a large number. A visit to the Sunnyside Mental Hospital has been made by a Ghristchurch Teporter in connect tion with a letter of complaint from Lionel Terry which was published in a Wellington newspaper. The reporter saw Terry in the cage-like cell which has been specially constructed for him. The cell is in the old airing yard, and is practically completely surrounded by hospital buildings. In reply to the reporter's questions, Terry stated that with the exception of a cold and boils he was well. The medical superintendent admits that in the winter .little sunshine reaches the cage, but Terry has recently declined to take an airing in a court where plenty of sun 13 obtainable when the weather is fine. The reason, given, for the refusal -was that on several occasions attendants oould not be_ spared to look after, him, and Tferry said he would not take advantage of the opportunities to get eunshine milesE they were •: ~'•, .. ; . ( „■-,,-• ■. ■ , ; co

As the outcome of representations matte by the Auckland Master Butchers' Association, the Railway Department has consented to freight charges on meat from the city abattoirs being based on a weekly average of £30, instead of, as formerly, £5 per train. Under this arrangement, butchers will still require to make good any deficiency below the £30 per week stipulated. The meat is brought in by special trains early in the morning, and hitherto, if the freights chargeable were under £5 per train, the Department insisted on the butchers making good the deficiency. This pressed unfairly on slack days, such as Monday and Wednesday, when as high as £3 per train has been made up. . The weekly average arrangement should prove more satisfactory.

A visitor from Western Australia (Mr. Rocke) had an interesting experience , last Friday night. He was walking to catch the train at Kllerslie station, when a man suddenly bailed him up. The gentleman promptly dropped his hand bag in order to make a fight for it, when the sound of another pedestrian coming along caused the would-be thief to decamp with all possible speed.

"The Senior Officer Present" relates in the "Times" this week the story of a specific act of good seamanship which King George performed whilst serving on Torpedo-boat No. 79, where'he shared his. smaU'eabin and his box of sardines with his sole messmate the gunner. During manoeuvres in IBS9'ofi the coast of Donegal, a torpedo-boat broke down, and had to anchor close to a dead lee shore, with a nasty sea on. Seventy-nine tried all night to tow her away, and lost her ■only hawser in attempting it.' The situation was critical, and immediate preparations were made for rescuing the disabled boat; but the commander of 79 was so keen to tr have another try," notwithstanding that he had been up all night, that it was decided to give the young sub-lieutenant a chance of winning his spurs. He was provided with a brand-new hemp hawser, and sent out again, to rescue his friend, which he did; and towed him safely into London Correspondent.

It is amazing "(-writes our London correspondent) , but it is nevertheless a fact, that the people of New Zealand were in possession of the news of King Edward's, death long before even rffie majority of Londoners, living, as one might say, in the very, shadow of Buckingham Palace. King Edward died ere Friday midnight came, but only a small minority of the population of London became aware of his death until they received their morning papers between 6 a.m. and 7 a-m. on Saturday. New Zealanders, on the other hand, their time being 11 hours ahead, were awake while London slept, and so heard the news houTs before London or the rest of England did.

It "is interesting to read the ■ foreign tributes to the late King, and see how he appeared to the eyes of Frenchmen, ; Germans and other Continental nations. There is a remarkable -unanimity about the foreign Pres3 tributes. All regard King Edward VII. as having been a master of international policy. He was a great European figure as no English king has been since William 111. "He was the most influential man of his time," says the"Neve Freie Presse," of "and a great force disappears with him." The "Temps" notes that there was nothing of the artist temperament in'iiis-; nature £ politics w«re Ms pas-, sron. Several papers observe that hT9i found jn foreign policy opportunities which •were denied llinr in home-politics. He chose the ground which was common to both parties, says the Radical "Berliner Tageblatt'^namely," the maintenance of England's position and power in the world. The King was often credited with decided views on South. African policy, and the "Temps" quites a remark of his which sounds too full of <3iaracter not to be true. "The Boere/' said' King Edward, "are gentlemen; we must treat them as gentlemen."

Waihi "will be the locale of the next annual meeting of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers. This wag decided at the recent annual meeting.at Mount Morgan, in Queensland, -which, was attended by several New Zealanders, including Mr. Blow (Under-Secretary for Public Works). Mr. Blow, speaking to a "Dominion" reporter, remarked that "between the sittings visitors were afforded every opportunity of inspecting the works in connection with the great Queensland mine. Needless to say, the visits were of a great educational value, especially to the younger members, who had not seen a mine of that size before.. Nowadays, the output from Mount Morgan consisted chiefly of copper, but employment was found for no fewer than 2,750 workers. ' If similar facilities for inspection were granted at Waihi, visitors to the next conference, which, would probably be held, in January or February, would also find .a good deal to interest them. At the big New Zealand mine they did not go in for smelting, but still there were processes there which had no counterpart at Mount Morgan. Mr. Blow added that the forthcoming visit to New Zealand of a large body of scientific men could not but be to the advantage of this Dominion.

Mr. Joseph Dixon, of Sheffield-, a merchant who attended the Chamber of Commerce , Congress at and afterwards toured in Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Burma-and India, says he met only one all the time he was away from England. That one was a gentleman who manages some large cotton mills in India, and who had been knighted during the ■past year.

Smokers and students were jointly and briefly dis-eussed at a meeting of the Victoria College Council in Wellington. The matter arose out of a request by the Students' Association that a modification be made of one of the regulations for the management of the gymnasium ■building, by which smoking would be allowed in the men's common-room. The Finance Committee recommended that the request be granted. Sir Robnrt Stout did not agree; : he thought that students should be discouraged from smoking.- "Very few students who smoke," he remarked, "come to any good." "What about the Germans?" queried Mr C. Wilson, who deprecated the "coddlin"" of students. "They both drink and smoke," he added. Sir Robert Stout: "We smoke more than the Germans. Why should a man who 13 a non-smoker have to go into a common-room full of tobacco smoke? I would be agreeable to ffiving them a smoking room if we have the money." It was pointed out that the students already had two rooms in the building in which they were permitted to smoke. Mr E. D. Bell considered that ■the Council should not be worried with suob trifling matters, and on his suggestion it was decided to refer the quesKon back to the Students' Association, and advise it to take a referendum of the. students to ascertain their feeling. Ladies' warm, knitted pink bodices, long sleeves, lljd; boys and girls' jerseys, cardinal and white, all sizes, 1/11; boys' all-wool cadet shirts, 3/11; striped twill flannelette, 2/11 doz., worth 6/6; .girls' reefer coats, 2/11, worth 8/6. Rushbrook f sn4:Biidsman'e :eale_—-oA<i;)j . . (. <•

At .the monthly meeting of /w. * matea County Council it was resolvM on the motion of the Chairman (A[r Jackman) that a letter be cent to the' Government urgins the necessity of rot ing at least. £200,000 this session for the purpose of pushing on the construction of the North Auckland Trunk and bhat letters be sent to the members' of the district . concerned, requesting ' them to support the application 0 In connection with the railway works under construction, a letter was' received - from the Public Works Demrfc. ment stating that £ 150 had been author, ised for repairing the Kaiwaka bridge and for the maintenance of a portion of the road. The letter pointed out, however, that this was not to be taken as a precedent. The money was to he expended so as to enable carting in-connee-tion with the railway-work to ie-pro-ceeded with.

The Chatham Islands Fishing Company Ltd.; has been floated, most of thesharea having been taken up in Wellington, although there are shareholders outside the Dominion. The directors are Mr W G. Foster (managing director Wellington Meat Export Company), Mr William Watson (of Wellington), Mr H. C. Tewsiey (manager Wellington branch Son and Evven), and Mr J. J. -Bonrka (wool broker, Wellington). The company has purchased a Hercules refrigerating plant, capable of freezing 60 tons of fish. The plant is to be accommodated in the store which will be erected at the Ohathams. ■ -The trawler Nora". -Niven, •which has refrigerating holds, will bring the fish to Wellington, and from here it will be dispatched to various markets, including Australia, as the Union Company's inter-State steamers have cool storage. It is anticipated that tions will commence in about thre* months (says the "New Zealand Times"). The fishing will provide a new industry for the Chatham Islanders, as a number are to be engaged to do the fishing, which is carried on by lines. The employment of indentured coloured labour by mine owners in New Caledonia, in preference to the white labour-offering .in. the form of ex-convicts, -has been a sore point with the democratic partyvin the French colony-for some years."" The Nickel Trust, which is controlled /by the Rothschilds, has been considered oiie of the greatest offenders in this respect; but legislation passed by the General 'Council affecting the nickel mines has generally been vetoed or modified by the -Prencli Parliament. At the last session "of the Council, however, legislation was passed imposing certain taxes on undeveloped mineral land, and, although this new law has not yet been approved of by the Home Government, it is claimed that it hashad the effect of rousing tne trust to a sense of its responsibilities. News Teceived from Noumea recently stated that the management at the Thio nickel mines had engaged 300 Europeans, in addition to the Japanese already working there, and that more men were being taken on each week. • There is a rumour in Noumea, however, .that the trust is nego« tiating in Japan, for the engagement of 500 indentured labourers. ■ At the conclusion ol the Ragby :match between the University and the Combined Great Public Schools at the University; Oral, Sydney, the players fxom»tiie Galifornian ■ Universities gave an exhibition of their kicking and passing, prowess, ■and incidentally ah exhibition of -the; very ■latest-tiling • in- trousers. ._ By their trousers ye-shall know them, jorVihey (the trousers■)-are-pear-shaped* very full and , "balloony"- at the. hips, gracefully, getting narrower and less bulgy towards the nether extremities, and almost skintight around the ankles. ' The wearers of these extraordinary garments, were spectators at the match, and, with the. New Zealanders, watched the contest from the field. They had not intended to do any training during the afternoon, but apparently the try : getting of 'the' Sydney "Varsity team stirred their, enthusiasm, for as soon as the full-time, -whistle blew they dashed on to the field, pounced on the ball, and gave the spectators a foretaste of their fortn. ■'•The incident caused a good deal of amusement, and. the- spectators applauded liberally,' some cheering their kicking or passing, and others of the spectators* signifying undisguised admiration for their trousers. Blankets, eiderdown quilts, rugs, flannels: Immense stocks of--aew goods bought before recent rise from, the best mills. Lowest prices. Smith and Caughey, Ltd.— (Ad.) ■ -■ Beware of colli, snaps now.. We can satisfy every call for unshrinkable underclothing, in all weights and makee. Gea. Fowlds—(Ad.). . . , .... 10 dozen gents' all-wool lined' kid gloves; all sizes; slightly spotted. .2/8 to clear. Smith and Caughey, Ltd.—(Ad.), ■ A choice selection of carpets, the.rarest examples in dainty colourings, - now on view. Smith, and Caughey/Ltd;—(Ad.); , Whether travelling or staying at homej you should possess a N.Z. rug. See om; attractive array.. Geo. Fowldi-^(Ad.) Blankets, eiderdown qiiilts, rings, flannels: Immense " stocks of ; new. goods bought before recent rise from, ifche best mills. Lowest prices. Smith and Caughey, Ltd.—(Ad.) Exceptional • value "in real Maltese scarves; overstocked. Secure one now. Smith and Caughey, Ltd.—(Ad.y. . :