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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 161, 9 July 1910, Page 4

The following is Mr D. C. Batee' weather report and forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:—"Light and variable winds, but moderate .westerly winds probable prevailing. Weather probably cool and changeable; glass little movement."

■Mr Justice Cooper delivered his reserved judgment at Wellington on Thursday in bhe matter of a bill of costs rendered to the Public Trustee by J. J. McGrath, solicitor, which has been before him in Chambers on several occasions recently. Air McGratih was retained in July, 1907, by the Public Trustee to act for him in the estate of Hiraani te Hei, a deceased native. In November, 1908, Mr McGrath rendered his bill for the sum of £126 12s 7d. The bill was returned by the Public Trustee to Mr McGrath, with a request that it.be itemised, tho information sought being such as his Honor held he was entitled to. Mr McGrath then sent in a detailed bill, which totalled £243 las 2d. His Honor ordered that this bill be taxed by the Registrar, who should report as to the amount which the solicitor would have ■boon entitled to had the original bill, in .which the lump sum was stated, not been delivered. The Registrar taxed this bill and reported that the amount he would have allowed had the original bill not been delivered was & 157 8s Gd. His Honor was then asked to decide whether McGrath was entitled to this sum, or only to the amount of 'his original (bill. He hold that ..the solicitor was bound by the amount stated in his original bill, and all that he could recover was therefore £126 12s 7d.

Mr T. B. Jacobsen, architect, has received the following tenders for a villa residence at Edendale-road, viz.:— J. Hill, £713; Sayers and Cook, £636; A. J. Hemmery, £595; J. Johnson, £595; J. Meich, jBGSOj C. Hunter, £565; Pan.tela ftud Heaiua iaecegtedj, ..£540,

One of the Dickie automatic stamp selling machines has ibeen placed in the General Post Office,. Shortland-street, and has been much availed of .by the public during the last few flays. It is a most Ingenious contrivance for selling penny stamps. When the penny is put in the slot a stamp is delivered. False coins are returned by the machine, and no stamp is offered for same. The patentee is Mr E. J. Dickie, a Wellington postal official. The machine lias been Isiccepted by the British and Governments, and large numbere are now in use in the Old Country. A company is likely to acquire Mr Dickie's New Zealand rights and to place the machine in every place of public resort. The Government contemplates purchasing a large number for the post offices and pillar boxes.

■Following upon the heavy and continuous rainfall of the past few days a big patch of country became dislodged from the mountain's side a-t Te Aroha, says the "Mail." The slip took place almost behind Mr P. Gilchrist's house. It was estimated that fully 100/100 tons had shifted, slipping a distance of fully 500 yards. To show the magnitude of the slide, huge trees, gums, and poplars were levelled to the ground and buried. A large mass of earth and trees was carried against Mr Gilcnrist's coach house 'and 'other small structures, and these were turned over and partly iburied. One .body of earth, about 10 chains square, was carried • almost intact, with the trees and shrubs thereon, a distance of fully 300 yards. Had it not been that some large willows prevented the progress of the slide, the damage would have been very great. Remedial measures have been taken.

Amended regulations as to taking whitebait are to be enforced. No person is to use, for the purpose of enabling him to take whitebait, hurdles (either alone or in conjunction with boats moored or hold in position in a river or stream), jiggers, or any other device or contrivance which tends to prevent or divert the movement of such fish up or down stream. A jigger is an appliance formed of pieces of metal or other substance attached to a line, and placed in a river or stream for the purpose of turning the fish into nets. Any person committing a breach of this regulation is liable to a fine of not less than £1 and not exceeding £20

The Pacific Cable Board's eteamer Iris has left Wellington /to repair a damaged cable between Nelson and Sydney. The "fault" occurred suddenly on last Wednesday week at a spot about 230 miles from' Wellington, and about 100 miles westward from Farewell Spit. The Eastern Extension Company has two cables connecting Wakapuaka (near Nelson) with La Perouse (near Sydney). It is the newer cable that is damaged.

Edwin Howe, master of the woodwork class at the Rintoulstreet School, Wellington, was charged in the Magistrate's Court at Wellington yesterday with having assaulted a pupil named Percy Harvey, 14 years of age. Mr. A. L. Herdman, who appeared for complainant, stated that during school hours some boys in Howe's class took a pieco of chalk and wrote the word "rot" "on defendant's desk. Howe, in order to ascertain who had written the word, made all the boys in the class (about 20) write the word in chalk on the blackboard. Ho also got them tQ,w.rite the SAmq .wo.r,d_Vfith a blue pencil 'on' a' piece of pa"per;"and- then compared the handwriting. He decided that the writing of a boy named Harvey bore the greatest similarity, and then j;ave the boy what counsel described as "an unmerciful thrashing," which was altogether unjustifiable, whether the lad had or had not committed the offence. Percy Harvey, in evidence, denied in the witness box having written the word. Defendant, under examination, said that he class that if the boy who wrote the word owned up he would not bo punished. No one admitted the offence. Harvey had given trouble before, and in giving him a thrashing witness had in mind previous offences against discipline. His Worship said there was no doubt the punishment was severe, but there was equally no doubt that discipline in school should bo maintained. There appeared to bo some boys not amenable to discipline, who ignored the authority of the master. If the master was honestly satisfied that Harvey wrote the word he was justified in inflicting the punishment. The information was dismissed.

The vehicular staging which the Harbour Board have had under construction for some considerable time at the eastern side of the now wharf at Birkenhead will be ready to be used for traffic in the course of a few days. This will be *a great convenience to the borough, and will greatly facilitate the handling of cargo, as well as effecting a considerable reduction in charges, and will also be a great boon to the strawberry growers, who will thus be enabled to land their fruit in the Auckland market in a much better condition. Councillor A. E. Greenslade has already tabled the following notice of motion for next Tuesday night's meeting of the Northcote Borough Council: "That the Council in committee consider the question of approaching the Auckland Harbour Board with a view to the construction of a vehicular staging at the Northcote wharf."

One of the local delegates to the Tobacconists' Conference at Wellington, Mr. W. Simpson, stated in the course of an interview, that in reference to the subject of the sale of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes in hotels, the Conference deceived iui important letter from the New Zealand Licensed Victuallers' Association, in which the tobacconists were asked to get statutory provision made to the effect that no hotelkeeper shall be allowed to stock or sell cigarettes or tobacco, but that hotelkeepers be allowed to keep cigars for the use of guests only. fThe Conference was quite satisfied with this, and a copy of the tetter was given to the 'Minister, who undertook to place it before Cabinet when the subject was under consideration.

As a result of the united committee meeting held on Wednesday afternoon in the ChambeT of Commerce to consider what steps were advisable to bring abouo the abolition of the bookmaker, it has been decided to hold a mass meeting of business men in the Chamber of Commerce hall at noon on Wednesday next, for the purpose of forming a deputation to wait upon the Hon. Geo. Fowlds, who will then be in Auckland, and to take such other stepe as the meeting may consider advisable. Mr. David Goldie, who ha 3 been waited upon by the United Committee, has consented to take the chair.

In order to cope with his rapidly-in-creasing business in Auckland, Mr. George Davies is opening another branch at No. 30, Karangahape-road. The new branch opens to-morrow, and the inspection of every man who wants to cave a solid £2 on his tailor-made suit to order, while at the same time making perfectly certain of a completely satisfactory suit —style and fit absolutely guaranteed—is invited. The address is Nβ, SOj E4saflgaiap.e-io&4,— {M>l-

The remains of Patara te TuM, an old and well-known chief of the Ngati Mahuta, uncle of the present King Ma•huta, were interred in the royal buryj ing ground at Taiipiri- Mountain yester 1 day. On Wednesday the body of the dead chieftain was brought to Huntly. from Mangere, where he had lived recently, by Mahuta, Ra.ta (the heir apparent), and many of -tihe chief 3 from the jtfangere -district. The casicet containing the corpse was taken across the Waikato River -to Waa'hi, and carried to the Marae, where the natives assembled and paid their tribute of sorrow with many tears and much lamentation. The orator of the assembly also told the story of ■ the dead man's career, tracing his descent from the leader of the canoe which brought the forebears of the Maori ra/ee from Hawaiki, and recounting his gallant deeds in the more strenuous times when bloody wars brought to the tribe power and fame, and then disaster and poverty. The coffin was watched over until yesterday by relays of mourners, who showed .their sorrow toy shedding copious tears and keeping up a continuous -wailing. From all parts of the district natives arrived at the village in large numbers, but owing to a misunderstanding as to the arrangements, only a comparatively small number went to the funeral yesterday.

The Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers will meet to hold their annual conference in Auckland in January next. The meeting will probably be attended by 300 ox 400 of the leading mining engineers of Australasia., and as the visitors will make a tour of the T gold fields, their visit should attract some attention to the vast mineral resources of the district. The gold mines at Thames, Waihi, and Karangahake will be visited, and then probably the ebal mines in the Waikato district. A committee of New Zealand engineers is being formed, with headquarters at Auckland, to make arrangements foT the reception and entertainment of the visitors. Dr. J. Macintosh Bell, director of geological survey, is chairman of the committee.

In addition to the members of the Devonport, Birkenheadj and Northcote borough councils "together on Monday afternoon on the question of harbour ferries' control, the representatives of the Takapuna and Birkenhead ridings of the Waitemata County Council have also been invited to take part. The proceedings of this conference are 'being looked forward to with keen interest by the residents on the northern side of the harbouT, in view of the fact that the ferry steamers provide the only passenger communication with Auckland, and the control of the service b one of vital importance to them.

"Paola and Franeesca," with incidental music under the direction of Herr Wielaert, will be rendered by the Ponsonby Shakespeare and Bhetoric Club at the Leys Institute on Friday next, in connection • with the winter course at that institution.

The contractors for the construction of the Wellington graving dock, Messrs. John McLean and Son, have been granted by the Harbour Board an extension of seven months in which to complete their contract. The work should have been finished by December next, but the difficulty experienced in dealing with the silt and laitance, and the failure of the concrete to set at the foundation, caused a delay of about six months. The adoption of the American "tube" system in the setting of the concrete, it is hoped, will overcome the late trouble. Practically no work has 'been done at the dock during the last six months. The contract was let in January, 1907, for the sum of £190,201 5/4, this including the, reclamation of about eight acres of land adjoining the dock. The extension of time will give the contractors until next July to finish the work. Of the Harbour Board's borrowing powers of £250,000 for the dock, only the sum of £30,549 had been spent up to September last. The amount paid on the contract during the year ending September, 1009, was £11,957 8/2.

The following changes of officers have been arranged by Colonel Knight, officer in command of the Salvation Army in the North Island: —Captain Shearer, of Apiti, to Hastings; Captain Adams, of Norsewood, to Otahuhu; Captain Lewis, of Patea, to Pahiatua-; Captain Potter, of Paeroa, to Ashurst; Captain Barrett, of Otahuhu, to Paeroa (pro tern.); Ca-ptain Trenwith, of Ashurst, on furlough; Captain Fitness, of Waipawa, on furlough; Lieutenant Nicholson, of Pahiatua, to Waipawa.

It is universally acknowledged that the cinematograph is an invaluable aid to the teacher in giving scholars a vivid, impression of the great outside world and its commercial activities. Last Friday, for the first time, perhaps, in any school in the Dominion, motion" pictures were used in Henderson School to illustrate the teaching of geography. The- great logging industry of Canada, the majestic falls of Niagara, the shipping activity of Copenhagen, the trawling industry in the White Sea, etc., were all thrown on the screen with, startling reality. The parents and School Committee are greatly interested in this new departure initiated by the headmaster, Mr. J. L. Innes,* and the Education Board have expressed themselves as being in entire sympathy with this forward movement, and would have been represented on the occasion but for a prior engagement at Hamilton. This departure, has been rendered possible by the great kindness of Mr. Hayward, of the Royal Albert Theatre, who wishes the children in the outlying districts' to enjoy the privileges that town chil-t dren possess of seeing motion pictures of an educational and instructive character.

The quarterly meeting of the Bischarged. Prisoners' Aid Society was held yesterday afternoon at the Di|ocesan Office, Mr. W. Brackenrig in the chair. The Rev. H. Hawkins, superintending Maori missionary, was elected a member of the committee, specially with a view to aiding native prisoners on theh discharge. There has been a great deal of useful -work done during the past three months. A large number of destitute men have been given boots and clothing, others have received temporary assistance for food and shelter, and not a few have been given rail and steamer passes to places in the country. The greatest need of men on leaving gaol is suitable employment. This can generally be obtained for men used to bush and farm work, but for clerks, elderly men, or those in bad health, the Committee often find great difficulty in placing them. There was a general expression of regret at the eudden death of Mr. H. Hawkins, the chief warder of Mt; Eden Gaol. His long experience, sound judgment, and uprignt Christian character,, had made him a valuable adviser to the Committee of the Society.

For a short time only. Big reductions in our boys and youths' overcoats. Note this: 4doz. boys and youths' shirts going at 1/o!—Geo. Fowlds.—(Ad.)

Bradstreet's sale now on. All-wool dark fancy blouse flannels reduced to 02d. yard.-J. A. Bradstreet, draper, Karongabiaje-ioad,—(A<L|, r

' The P. and O. Company,'in replying to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce with reference to their.service to New , Zealand, with Auckland, as the port of •call, wrote: —"We have arranged for the following steamers to run through from Sydney to Auckland during the next season, with a view to providing for the direct passenger traffic between the United Kingdom and New Zealand, wbiah we are most anxious to encourage via the Suez Canal, as well as giving ample opportunities for the local tourist traffic: Mongolia, from liondon, October 1; Mooltari, November 4; Mantua, December 2; Marmora, December 30; Mongolia, January 27, 1911 j Mooltan, February 24. This will give a regular sailing from Auckland for six months of the year, and we trust that the extra facilities thus offered will not only be a great convenience to the public of" New Zealand, but afford us a satisfactory result as well."

The jury in an inquest yesterday drew attention to the urgent need that exists for the erection of a morgue, in Auckland. It was pointed out that at this particular inquest twenty-two persons were in a small room of the Criterion Hotel at the one time, and had the weather been -warmer, the conditions would have been unbearable. ,- Mr. Lundon directed notice to a ludicrous feature of the situation. "This man," pointing to one present, "who is required to be here is the subject of a prohibition order,-and is committing a breach in the presence and with the knowledge of the police by being on licensed premises," "We will hold the Ooroher responsible," remarked Sub-Inspector Hendrey. The jury asked that another letter be sent to the City Council on the subject.

It was suggested by the jury, at an inquest yesterday that a good deal of time could be saved for all concerned if the Justice Department provided a typist to record the evidence when it is of a lengthy nature instead of the Coroner having to take the necessary notes. The Coroner agreed that a typist would be of material help in cases where the evidence -was voluminous, and Mr. J. E. Lundon concurred. He pointed out that counsel often wasted a good deal of time because of the time occupied in taking down the evidence under present conditions, and suggested that there should be no difficulty in getting the services of a clerk from the Magistrate's Court office. when required. The jury asked that a communication be sent to the Department on the subject.

The conference of local bodies on the northern shores of the Auckland harbour, convened 'by the Devonport Borough Council to consider the question of harbour ferries' control, has been definitely fixed for four o'clock next Monday afternoon. The meeting of the -members of the various borough councils will be held. In the hall of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. Mr, W. Handley (Ms.yor of Devonport), who will preside, returns from Wellington 'to-morrow, where he has been attending the Municipal Association's Conference.

The Helping Hand Mission Sundayschool, Freeman's Bay, celebrates its 25th anniversary to-morrow (Sunday). Special services will be held at 11, 3, and 6.45 o'clock, when the scholars of the school, who are noted for their excellent singing, will render some very choice hymns, under the conductorship of Mr. H._ Blakeley. A feature worth noting will be the solos and Scriptural recitations by the smallest scholars of the school. On Tuesday evening next at the same hall the celebrations will be continued with an- old-time tea and public meeting, when a programme of reports and singing willbe presented. " ■,_-'-

Lightning struck the switchboard at the power station on. Tuesday ; night at 1050 p.m., and did enough damage to put tflie whole of the town lights out (says the "Patea County Press"). The lightning struck the frame of the switchboard, thence up through the ground detector, burning it right out. It then jumped to the voltage rheostat and burnt it out also. The same flash struck the telephone wire connecting 'tJhe power house the engineer's residence and cut off all communication. . ilr. W. B. Alexander was in charge at the time, and got a severe fright when the lightning struck the power plant with a deafening crash. Fortunately, he was not in the line of the lightning, which mysteriously jumped over tflie most delicate instruments without damaging them in any way. '-

Notice is gazetted,that no person shall trawl or use a trawf net for the purpose of taking fish in Kaipara harbour inside a right line drawn, from the flagstaff at Pouto to a post -bearing the words "Trawling Limit" on the south head of that harbour. Any person committing a ■breach of this regulation is liable to a fine not less 'than £1 and not exceeding £20.

For everything in the best at the least, worn by men, you should visit the Quality Shop. Consult us about clothes. —Geo. Fowlds.—(Ad.)

Men's fancy winter vests, clearing about qne-third original prices. Stylish. English raincoats, 15/-, to clear.— Smith and Caughey's Fair.—(Ad.) Bradstreet's sale now on. Beautiful quality striped Wincey blousing3, all colours, reduced to IOJd. per yard.— J. A. Bradstreet, draper, Karangahaperoad.—(Ad.) Extra special, reliable goods at reaeonable prices, 40 'Varsity suits in grey and green shade, at 10/6; regular prices, 13/6 and 14/6.—Geo. Fowlds.—(Ad.) Ladies' warm winter dressing-gowns reduced to 6/11. Moirette underskirts, 3/9. Fair still proceeding. —Smith and Oaughey, Ltd.—(Ad.) A visit to our Juvenile Sale Trill pay you. 25 tunic suits in tweed, serge and velvet, going at 6/11; regular prices, 11/6 and 12/6—Geo. Fo-wlds.—(Ad.) 400 assorted quilts, very special, from 1/1 \\ each. Heavy cream flannelettes, 31in. wide, only 3/6 dozen.—Smith and Caughey's Fair still proceeding.—(Ad.) Bradstreet's great drapery eale now. on. Beautiful quality striped silks reduced to 1/11J, usual price 4/6. — J. A. Bradstreet, draper, Kaiangahape-road, I Newton. —(Ad.) Laces and embroideries at astonishingly low prices.—At Smith and Caughey's Great Fair.—(Ad.) Bradstreet's sale now on. Wonderful value in all-wool dress materials, 1/- to 3/11 per yard. — J. A. Bradstreet, draper, Karangahape-road.—(Ad.) Fair still proceeding. £300 -worth real Torchon laces; all heavily reduced. Monday next.—Smith and Caug-hey, Ltd (Ad.) -

Bradstreet'e sale now on. The balance of the famous C.K. corsets reduced to less than half-price.— J. A. Bradstreet, draper, Kararigahape-road.—(Ad.) Warm winter blouses reduced, to 1/11 and 2/11. American ebirt blouses,- 3/6. Odd blouses, less than half-price.— Smith and CaugheyV Great Fair.—(Ad.) Bradstreet's sale now on. Ladies' sealette jackets reduced to 9/11 each.—,T. A. Bradstreet, draper, road,—(Ad,}, .