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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 165, 14 July 1910, Page 4

Mr. D. C. Bates advises for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:—" Southerly moderate to strong winds; weather probably cold and changeable; rain probable; glass rise slowly." "I am not one of those who think we ought to increase the birthrate," said the Hon. J. Rigg, in the Legislative Council yesterday, and he deprecated the Government interfering in the matter. The l ibinthrate, 'he urged, should to merely sufficient to provide for natural loss, ana perhaps one over to provide for unforeseen circumstances. He fixed the number of a family at three, thinking that if it went up to four the popula-tioji was increasing too fast. "When I hoar this talk about the (birthrate and the necessity for people to have largo families," said the lion, gentleman, "it is to some extent a shock to what I might term my sense of decency. (Hear, hear.) I believe woman is fit tor something better than to be a mere bearer of children. If there is nothing better for her than to be a mere household drudge then her life is going to be a very miserable one, a very unhappy one; and it is because educated and civilised people Tecognise that fact and have the respect they ought to have for thoir women kind that you find them resorting to artificial means to check tlio increase of families." Free treatment of patients at the Eotorua Sanatorium has now .been abolished, and hospital and charitable aid hoards 'have been notified to that effect by the Tourist Department. In the -past the Government has provided free beds at the sanatorium for indigent patients. This privilege exists no longer. The charitable aid boards wall now have to pay for poor patients at the rate of 30a a week, the fee for other paying patients being £2 2s a week. "I see you putit in my woTd about to toheep on to pfootball groun' at Levin," remarked Himi last Saturday, on hie second visit to the Horowhenua "Chronicle" office. He was minus his football togs, but full of his subject— and other things. "In Tchannon to-day Piri Monahan he tell mc no likely any more trouible te tcheep; only te new trouble about Sammy Smif. What this game of te Rugabee Union putit up Sammy for te six munt, for tripit te man he no 'tripit at all? Te man just mix up hi 3 feet wif Sammy's feet, and into' te mud they go bote of 'em! Kakeno that KugaJbee Union or rite; they no likit te Tchannon, I tink; no likit Sammy Smif neiteT! You tell mc 'how they fine him te six munt for te one trip? Down Manakau te krate pfoofcball player he swear te loud swear te referee, and what he get? He getit nuffin; on'y te union say, "Not again you do it, or look out!" Down here this Levin, te li'l pfootballer getit te hard punch of te same Manakau. pfeller; and te Union say, "Or rite no more you kiekit te ball for one munt!" Misseter Editah, you tell mc what te fair in that! Sammy Smif he no punchit no one; Sammy Smif he no swearit no one; Sammy Smif he on'y mix his feet wif te utter man's and then got te six munt stand' on te line! Down this Levin you te red hot lot," was the parting shot from Himi, as he stamped out into the dusk.

At a meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, lield on Wednesday afternoon in the Central Mission Hall, the folio-wing resolutions were unanimously carried: —(1) "The Auckland W.C.T.U. expresses its deep sense of the awful evil that gambling is working in the Dominion, and is in full sympathy nvith tho movement for the suppression of the bookmakers, and urges that the Government . will introduce legislation during this present session in this- direction." (2) "The Auckland W.C.T.U. earnestly protests against the exhibition of cinematograph pictures of the recent fight at St. Reno, as they believe they will have a baneful influence on the youth of our Dominion. 3 '

An important work is at present being done in High-street, where a mm■ber of workmen axe engaged cutting down the face of the section on which the S.M. Court buildings are located. This as in continuation of the action taken by the City Council for the purpose of widening High-street.

The flage were floating at the various Consulates to-day in honour of the national fete day of France. (The 14th of July, 1789, was the. day on which the populace of Parie asserted their independence, destroyed the Bastile, and (practically (conSsecrated the (rights of man.

An attractive and novel rendering of "Paola and Francesca," with musical interludes under the direction of Herr Wielacrt, will be given by the Ponsonby Shakespeare and Rhetoric Club at the Leys Institute to-morrow night, in connection with the winter course at that institution.

The monthly meeting of the local committee of the (Flying Angel) Missions to Seamen was held on Wednesday evening. The Missioner, Mr. Arthur P. CowJe, submitted a very encouraging report. Some of the figures are as follows:—Visits to shipping, 31; services held in institute, 4; offertories from seamen, £1 8/11J; subscriptions from merchants and others, £32 8/9; employment found for seamen, 40; seamen assisted in various ways, 152; parcels of literature distributed, 4-4; attendance for the month at fehe Institute, 1,400; attendance at the four services held in the Institute, 220.

A single man named D. McKay, aged forty-seven, residing at Hastings, fell down the hold of the steamer Indradevi at Wellington, and sustained slight concussion of the brain and an injury to his side. McKay, who is a carpenter, •was engaged on the repairs to the Indradevi, and had travelled to Wellington in the vessel.

Pinus insignis, as a timber tree has generally been despised, but Mr. Kichard Evans, of Kaiapoi, had a good word to say for it at the Farmers' Union Conference in Wellington/ There wore houses in North Canterbury, he said, built of pinus insignis, /which was full of resin, and a good durable wood. He added that the only timber in his district which seemed Ulcely to take the place of white pine f</r butter boxes was poplar, which had ntf' resin. He knew of a poplar tree which/was planted 26 years ago in good land/and which, was now eight feet round./

At the Newmirket Borough Council last evening a letter was received from Mary Kershawi of Liverpool, England, asking if the Council could instruct her as to tho whereabouts of her brother, Thomas DagAall, who left for Newmarket, Auckland, 50 years ago, in the employ of Joseph Symons or Symonds. The letter bore fruit, as Cr. Edgerley said ho knew the man inquired for, who had lately died. It was decided to verify tho factd', and reply to the sister in England.'

A young man -working for a settler in the; Wairoa district suffered heavy loss in a peculiar way recently. He had fed his degs and left them tied in tho lisual manner. In half an hour he visited them and found two of them, valued at £20, quite dead, and tho third was only caved with difficulty. The poor animals had been attacked by a swarm of bees and stung to death.

Although spring, during which season New Zealand is specially devoted to the reception and the absorption of rainfall, has not yet appeared in the round of the seasons, some portions of the iManawatu have already been liberally bathed in the natural element (says the "Dominion.") Between Koputaroa and Tokomaru there are scores of acres of country under water. The land thereabouts i 9 flat and swampy, and grows mostly rushes and raupo. Thero are Chains of flaxmill tram-line completely eubmerged, and miles of line look unworkable on account of the boggy state of the .tracks. Some of the roadside fences are only showing about a foot above the water. Dozenß of acres of flax-cutting land are holding great quantities of water. One small dwelling near the railway line, standing, as it were, knee deep in tho lake, is suggestive of an inland bathing shed. The roads in places are in a pretty bad state. The district is visited annually by these mild floods, and the losses that attend them come as regularly as the spring.

In reference to the resignation, of Mr. G. N. GoWie from the secretaryship of the New Zealand La-wn Tennis Association efwxng to ill-health, an urgent meeting of the Management Committee was held yesterday to consider the position. It was decided to 'hold over Mr. Goldie's letter for the present, and to accept Mr. G. A. Hurley's offer to do the work as acting-hon. secretary for a short time. It was also resolved that a letter of sympathy be forwarded to Mr. Goldie.

Mr. Gr. Harrison's Russian wolfhound won four first prizes and two specials at the Hawke's Bay Kennel Out's s<how at Napier.

Eeliable goods at reasonable prices. Men's Chesterfield coats, light colours, at 12/6; dungaree trousers, slightly damaged, 2/6 a pair; black football and (hockey pants, 2/11 a pair. Geo. Fowlds. -(Ad.)

Seasonable styles in shirts. "We have your fancy in the shirt that is right up to the minute in quality and comfort Goo. Fowlds.—(Ad.)