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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 204, 29 August 1910, Page 4

— The following is Mr. D. C. Bates' weather forecast lor 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:—"Southerly strong winds to gale. Winds -decreasing, 'but squally at times. Weacher probably cool and cliangeable. Probably showery and frost to-uight. Glass rise." A resident o£ Park Avenue, Mr Charles fLollis, a married man, 40 years of age, met with an unfortunate accident in a simple manner on ;iu-turday night. After leaving a train car at the Crafton bridge he was stepping on to the footpath, I •when he slipped and fell, sustaining a fracture of the right leg below the knee. He was at once removed to the District Hospital by Constable Bradley. j An obstacle to making Waihi the headi quarters for the coniiiig annual meeting of the Australian Institute of ! Engineers iv January or February next is (our Waihi correspondent underst.inds), the lack of suitable accoaiinodation. Thames has been fixed upon as the headquarters, at which it is expected the Governor and two hundred representatives will b< , present. Hotel accommodation Irs evidently more appreciated than that of no-license houses. A representative committee lias been Fornieil in New Zealand for the purpose of making arrangements for the reception of the Australian visitors. A committee of which Dr. Bell is chairman, and .Mr A. Fvf. . of Waihi. secretary, is, rornprised of mining men from Auckland to Ota;ro. Br. TV!! is at the present time a resident ot Waihi. The facts and figures quoted by Mr. D. Goldie (prosi lent of the Auckland EmployerV Association) regarding the effect ■of labour lc*i;islation on trade, was i brought under -the notice of the Minister for Labour by a "Star" representative! in Wellington. The Hon. Mr. Millar said \ I his attention had already been called to j j Mr. Coldie's statements, -but he had no' desire to be drawn into a controversy,) and anything he might have to say on j the subject would be said from the floor j of the House. Lieut. Hulbert, adcressing a parade of the l J o=t uud Telegraph Kilies at Wei- : lington on Friday evening, referred in scathing terms to the state of their boots and belts, and to their apparent indifference to the most elementary rulf-s of discipline. Their appearance on I parade, lie cjid, was disgraceful, and ihe comments he had sometimes heard passed upon them by other officers of the battalion had lilled him with shame. The first Wellington Rifle Battlion wa3 generally accepted to be the best battalion iin New Zealand, but this excellent ri'pu tatiun could not long be maintained if lhe Post aiid Telegraph Rifles were going to continue in thi= fashion. For some time the public-spirited eettlerg of West Tamaki have been moving in the direction of getting an extension of the tram service from Kemuera to that I district, and after overcoming a number of difficulties, are now well on the way to the successful accomplishment oi the j project. Mr. F. Black, consulting electrical engineer, of Wellington, has been engaged by the West Tamaki Eoad Board to prepare a report on the scheme, and he is expected to come up to Auckland some time near the end of this week to take the work in hand. The High Commissioner was the guest of the Lord Mayor of Bristol during the visit which he paid to that city Jon Wednesday and Thursday (our j London correspondent writes under date July 22). He was accompanied by Mr. T. E. Donne and Mr. Boys, of the Christcburch Meat Company. On Wednesday evening they were entertained at a private dinner given by the Resident of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, and next morning they were shown over the docks. In the afternoon they attended a conference of Bristol merchants, at which the possibilities of improving the direct trade with New ' Zealand were discussed. They returned to London on Thursday night. 'Hhir interview with the Bristol mer- ' chants," said Sir Wm. HalWonee this morning, "showed the possibility of their arranging for a regular quantity of space in the direct boats. If that is done, I am sure the shipping companies will do their 'best to meet the wishes of the ' Bristol people by running a more regular and faster sen-ice. The question is how ' much Bristol is prepared to take. They \ say that nine-tenths of what Bristol ' requires comes through London, but if the Bristol merchants were to arrange * for regular direct shipments they could ? get them. Mr. Hughes, of the Federal : Houlder Shire line, told them at our 9 interview that he could put on a faster - lot of vessels and do the trip from New k Zealand to Bristol in 35 days if only they - would guarantee to take a certain 3 amount of cargo. At present the quan--1 tity offered for Bristol, he said, was too 1 small to justify a faster service." * A large shed 'belonging to Mr. Frank c Stewart, of Vermont-road, Birken-head. J was destroyed by fire on Thursday last. 3 It appears "that a boy of five years (son c of Mr. Stewart) was playing at lighting v * fires at the back of the shed, when the •* wind blew the flames on the building. with the result that it was eompleteiv i destroyed. Mr. Stewart had an insurance '■" of £30 on the building, and he estimates 3 his loss at £100 over and above the 3 amount of the insurance. There wert ■> some five or six tons of oaten sheaves, a ' buggy, and two chaff-cutters and a q-uan c tity°"of harness in the building at the i- time of the fire. In connection with the City Council c by-election, which takes place on Friday r next, Mr Trevethick announces that hi. 1 v platform includes improved conditions ol s our streets, better lighting, the roadinj Q of the old abattoirs site for workmen.-- --" dwellings, and a progressive policy, witl "" due regard to efTciency and economy k His nominators are Dr. Bedford, Messrs c David Goldie, P. J. Nerrreny, G. W. S ,f Patterson, F. E. N. Gaudin, and R, T h Michaels. c A discovery of gruesome interest m> c made at Te Aroha on Thursday. J [j resident of the town, Mr Belcher, wai j digf.'ing on the edge of tTTe river, pre n paratory to planting a -willow-tree, whei t he turned up a door key, and a littli n later unearthed a complete humai j skeleton, the skull being only about Cm jj from the surface. The remains are of : 5-1 ?ood age, but the teeth are well pre i I served, so that the skeleton is evident!; .J I that of a young man. It is surmise" o \ that the man met his death in the earl; c . I days, when engaged in the river trade ,1! as there u*ed to be a landing near th r e spot. The bonos wpre removed to th js Courthouse, and the police will mitk' ,1 investigations vrth a view to throwirw 2 . I linht on the subject. •a i Last Tuesday night, the employees o :o Messrs. W. Parsons and Sons, carrier; re De%onport, presented Miss Mabel Rosa ,n belia Parsons with a handsome silver te; jf j set, on tie eve of her marriage.

The Auckland Harbour Board, si, its meeting to-morrow afternoon, will open tr and consider applications for appoint- m ment of dockmaster. Mr Kneen will co mov e:—"That in the opinion of this M Board provision should be made in the in forthcoming Harbour Boards Bill for M the appointment of a qualified superin- St tendent of harbours and navigation, pi whose duties shall be:—(a) To examine the proposed plans of harbours works, and after such plans have been approved, a , to see that the same are faithfully H carried out; (b) to exercise a general Supervision over the equipment of the p various harbours of the Dominion in g; respect to their vessels and all proposals £ for new vessels to be acquired, appliances. c( stores, machinery, etc.; (c) to deal with 2( all mishaps to navigation arising from ci insufficient surveying, improper placing of buoys, bea-cons, or ligJits in the har- £ bours under the jurisdiction of the van- ~ ous Boards." Mr Entrican -will move: — a "That the Northern Steamship Co., Ltd., g be requested to collect the wharfage p. charzes levied in terms of the by-laws of the Board upon all goods carried 'by the company's vessels -consigned to per- j y< eons other than those wbo have arranged ™ with the Treasurer of the Board for a monthly settlement of accounts: the company to be allowed a commission j ** of 10 per cent, upon amounts so collect- el ed; statements to be submitted to the n Board at such periods as may be J 1 arranged by the Treasurer." Lord Glasgow unfurled at Leith a few | aj day 3 ago a New Zealand ensign sent I jj ( to" the Leith school children by tho| c( pupils of the Albany school, Dunedin, in x exchange for a Scottish flag. New Zea- c ; land's ex-Governor, in the course of a s ; speech to the children, said that the tl weakness of the oversea dominions had b< been that—he was afraid for selfish rea- t< sons—thry did not encourage the entry j] of immigrants from the Old Country. 3( They were beginning to understand, however, th-at that policy was a mistaken one, and commissioners "Here coming to " this country to encourage immigration. *f During the debate on the Address-in- p Reply in the Federal House of Representatives, the Minister for Home Affairs intimated that the Government c intended to introduce a bill to abolish ri voting by post. The bill is now in course of preparation. In giving his reasons for the abolition of this system, the tl Minister told a Press representative:— F "Toting by post 13 based on corruption, el It is one of those institutions that j n encourages deliberate and wilful bribery.; v It is a. modernised Tammany Hall me-, « thod, because it opens up the way for j" all sorts of impersonations and represen- j t< tations, and it creates a new lot of . j< peaters.' It makes a lot of people take. E other people by the hand, and write j t. their names, although the law says a I tl person must not vote unless he can j s write. It also encourages people to go j E to the deathbed, and ask dying people j E with their last gasp to vote for their g candidates." P Mr W. N. Moresfield, of New Zealand, V got into the Hundred" for the '■■ final (third) stage of the King's prize j at Bisley (writes our London correspondent), -but was too far down the list j ; at the end of the second stage to have n any chance in the final. He finished at j. 61st, and won an N.R-A. badge and £8. This year's King's prizeman is Corporal g , Eadice, a young Oxford undergraduate, who achieved two records. In the first s ; place his total score of 340 was 15 £ better than the best previously made j, since the King's prize has been fixed at g( the present ranges. Secondly, he -won t j the silver medal at the second stage as j T well as the gold medal in the final. Toijj, accomplish such a feat at tEe age of 22 I is something to be proud of. Lord Crewe, in distributing the Bisley prizes, * said that he was very glad to know that *j not only the self-governing TJominions, " but also the Crown Colonies, had all been n represented, and had achieved a fair c share of success. He mentioned that the P final stage of the Kiwr's prize included l among the competitors nine Canadians, £ one competitor from South Africa, and ■* one from Shanghai. At the same time a the Mother Country was to be cong-atu- ( lated on doing so well, for while they wished to see the different parts of the c Empire win in their turn, they would P be sorry that everything ehonld go be- a yond the seas. A certificate of Ironoor has been 3 awarded this week by the Order of St. | c John of Jerusalem, in England, to Wit ■* liam Hayes, shunter, of Lyttelton, New < Zealand, for gallantry in saving life. < On April 10, 1909, Shunter T. H. Wil- ! < liams, who was on duty at Lyttelton I station, caught his foot in a diamond i : crossing, and was unable to free him- < self. Hayes rushed forward at great < personal risk, bat wae unable to estri- i cate Williams until the first waggon • had passed over his legs. He then drew i him clear and undoubtedly saved his life, l although Williams lost his right leg and 1 a part of his left foot as a result of the j accident. Arrangements nave been made for the presentation of the certificate , of honour to Shunter Hayes by the . Governor of New Zealand. There are very few now in this district (writes our Cambridge correspondent) who are milking for factories, who do not use milking machines of some kind, and in a very Kttle time the old-fashioned method of doing the work by hand will, be as extinct as the Dodo. A few years ago there were a pood number of graziers who flouted the idea of their degrading themselves 'by milking; but most of them have realised that there is nothing like butter-fat to fill the pockets, anifso they have gone into the business; and now the graziers bid fair to become extinct. There is every indication that those who go in for supplying butter fa<rt«rie3, and live a considerable distance from them, will separate on their own farms. Quite a number of suppliers to the Ha-utapu factory have installed separators and are workina , thrm, and so far they have proved successful. The company will open a new skimmirrr station at Moanavale on thp Ist prox.. an 3 it is anticipated that the milk from SOO cows, will be taken there. Mr Harold Roberts will be in charge: he having moved from Te Arai. where he held a similar ixwition. A change of managers will also be made at the Tamahere station, where Mr V. Dons will take command. The operations of the Melbourne City Council's electric supply undertaking for the year ended February 28, 1&10, showed a gross profit of £58,916. In view of the profitable nature of the undertaking, it is proposed to reduce the charge for the rent of meters from 3s, ■ 2s, and Is to a uniform rate of Is per • month, and consumers up to 1000 units 1 per month are to be charged 44d per 7 unit, to -2000 4d per unit, to 3000 34d, . J and over 3000 3d. ? I At a meeting of the Shipwreck Ee- * ■ lief Society in Sydney, Mr J. Garland, i! M.L.C., t-oLd a story that illustrates how j J widely known is the work of the British lifeboats. A foreign ship was wrecked, f he said, off a the skipper did nor j . i recognise. At last he caught sight of - i a lifeboat coining out to him. ""Ah," ■ i j ho said, "we miist be off the English I coast. ,, J

A large number of patients at the Mv triet Hospital enjoyed a musical and drL matie programme provided by the Sera! cote Boy Scouts on Friday evenic* laa" Many of the items were encored, includ ing those given by Messrs. Pentoo aai Mason, of the hospital staff. Mrs. IL Stebbing acted as accompanist, and "also played two solos. The charges of a. Labourite in the Assembly against the pearling indnstry and repeated by ilr Bamiord in xie House of Representatives, are stroarfr resented and denied at Broome, savsa Perth report. A telegram iromßrooim states that the official figures are-— Europeans employed pearling, 257 ; coloured men, IS3; indentured Asiatiei 2039. Broome exports for the last fina* eial year were:—Shell. £ 155,516- pearj. £50,000; metals, £303; miscenaneonT £6078; total, £236,326; imports, £§£' 275. The revenue, exclusive of th» amount paid for goods shipped tj Broome from Fremantle, wriicri is as. proximately £30,000, was £20,152. It is refreshing to find thai ever*. body engaged in industry is not searjj to death by labour laws, lack of protee. - tion, hordes of inspectors, the flightycapital abroad, its accumulation h&. Socialism, progressive legislation, gtajj enterprise, and other horrors and. bank with which this unhappy country is quently said to be atnicted (ays tie "•New Zealand Times"). The chairman of the Kaiapoi Woollen Company staiaj ■ at The annual meeting that the year had been a record one, sales having increased - considerably beyond any previous figures.! The report of the directors showed this city properties had been sold at a cob. . siderable advance upon bank values, aad that over two thousand new shares bjj - been allotted, adding more than £10/H0 to the company's capital. This sort of • thing ought to provide opportunity for some of oar lugubrious friends. The output of Victoria's State «al mine has reached 1100 tons a day. Qf the total quantity raised it i 3 ealealaled that the percentage of slack coal is 30 per cent., or about 15 per cent, less tlii ' the recent estimate. The Minister ier Mines states that the output can be considerably increased, as curenmstaaw require it. There was an unusual occurrence a the Supreme Court at Wellington on' Friday, when a juror, one of 12 empanelled "to hear a certain divorce action, returned after the luncheon adjournment under the influence of liquor. His incapability to discharge his duty as one "of the twelve good men and truer* was too apparent, and his Honor had to adjourn the case until Saturday morning. Before leaving the Bench 'he mentioned that in an experience covering 40 years - this was unique. \\ uen the Court Tβ-• sumed the foreman of the jury, :HIJ Robert Fletcher, shortly addressed the Bench. He said he wished to express re-, get at the unfortunate occurrence of tlje previous day, when one of his fellow jurors 'had so misbehaved himself. The jury also Tegretted that his Honor shonli have been caused any pain. The jnror was deeply sensible of Sis offence, and'he hoped that his Honor would view his lapse with leniency. Mr. Justice Chapman thanked the foreman, and mentioned that at present he -was unable to say what he would do under the circumstances. The money lost by the litigants through the adjournment must be considerable, apart from anything else. His Honor added that he had notified the juror's solicitor (Mr. P. J. CBegan) thai something would be done atjlf .end of the present proceedings. The offending juror had resumed his seat, and tiie case j before the Court proceeded. £ J Mr. Thos. Adams, manager of the Pukekohe East creamery, had a very narrow escape from being killed on Thursday morning. The machinery was running at falT speed, when from some ufl--1 explained cause the belt slipped off the pulley. Mr. Adams was trying to replace the belt when a hook caught in Ms shirt and he was carried round several times. Hi 3 shirt and waistcoat were torn off, and he then fell on the concrete floor (a drop of 12 feet). He was very nradi bruised all over the 'body, but was quite conscious when picked up. He is expected to be able to resume work m about a fortnight's time. The return showing that no_ less than 33,638 gallons of liquor (including 30,49Q gallons of beer and ttout) had been forwarded isto the no-license district of Ohinemuri, in comparison with 5,5w "aliens all told, into Grey Lynn, has siven rise to considerable discussion i Twrite3 our Waihi correspondent). Ti» I adult population, taking the respective electoral rolls is: Grey Lynn, 8,952; and Ohinemuri, 6,532. Deducting no-lieenss voters in the latter electorate, of whica there were 3346, and making all allowance for non-drinkers not voting »t no-license, the consumption of liquor per head must be considerable. i At a meeting of the Ka-tikati Baihraj Lea-me, it was resolved to urge tae Government to place on the Estimates a largely increased vote for the construction oi the East Coast railway from Auckland to Gisborne, by completing the sections between WaiM and Mora, and starting work from both ends simultaneously, and thereby connectffig the food producing districts of tw Ea-t Coast with the food consuming districts oi the goldfields. It was also resolved to send copies of the resolution to Sir Joseph Ward, tEe Hon. K. HeKenzie, Messrs. Henries, Poland, Jlyers, Poole, and Lawry. Mr William Henry, chief secretary of the Koval Life Saving (Society, informed our London eorre-pondent that he intends to leave for New Zealand by tie Macedonia on September 16th from Marseilles, and hopes to Teach the Dominion about November Ist. He proposes to visit the various centres of activity in connection with swimming and life =*^' in<r Auckland. Masterton, WanganO, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dnnedin. Mr Henry will be prepared to take ex--1 aminations. to give lectures and P^f* 1 " cal demonstrations of swimming and lifesaving, in "the hope that a large nisrf** of branches of the society will be forffi- ' ed in addition to those already exisiugj Sensible shirts. Our neglige shirts are particularly popular at these prices. 2/11 and 3/11 each. Geo. Fowlds. — (Ad.)