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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 134, 7 June 1911, Page 4

The following is Mr. D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hour 6 from 9 a.m. this day: "Veering moderate to etrong westerly winds; expert unsettled and cloudy weather at times, with passing showers; glass fall slowly, but rise qjftex 24 hours."

Special Coronation services will be held in the Anglican churches on Thursday, June 22, and the forms of prayer to be used in the Auckland diocese have Twen printed and circulated, together with the thanksgiving as comniemded by tho Archbishops of Canterbury and York. At the entrance of the clergy and choir into the. church psalm 122 Trill be sung. The minister then says: "Brethren, I desire you to pray for our Sovereign Lord, jting George, and for the Church and people of this land wherein God has called him to bear rule; remembering especially the King's great need of God's most gracious favour and continual help." The Litany follows, and then the service, until after the creed the minister addresses the people, commencing: "Brethren in the Lord', we thank God that this day, in the Abbey Church of St. Peter at Westminster, our Sovereign Lord, King George, is anointed and crowned, and the Queen with him." Thea the minister gives the manner of the service that is there performed.

The Auckland Provincial Amateur Boiing Championships will be held at His Majesty's Theatre on July 10th and 11th. A season of boxing has 'been opened by James Young at Leys Institute, Ponsonby, and will be held in future on Monday and Friday in each week. Young has successfully taught and trained hundreds of amateur boxers, both in the Hawke's Bay district and the Commonwealth of Australia, and he has fought a long list of contests. His system ensures good tuition, without any semblance of roughness, and weak, undeveloped lads will gain immense physical benefit from a course of instruction.

On Saturday last one of the Cambridge post office employees, Mr. A. Bateman, went out pigeon ahooting. He journeyed some distance to a bush and dived into the scrub on the lookout for pigeons; when he was suddenly confronted by a ferocious wild boar. The shootist broke a record in getting up a tree, and the boar took charge underneath it, until well after dark. Then it took its departure and allowed the treed one to descend and make the beet of his way home.

The Native Land Court is sitting at Taumaranui, under J-udge Kawson, the object being to rectify disputed boundary between blocks Waimarino C and D, a valuable tract of country, consisting of between three and four thousand acres, a few miles down the Wanganui River, Before giving decision the Court inspects the block to-morrow.

Samncl Baird, a miner in Ralph's mine at Huntly, met with a painful accident on Monday afternoon. He was at -work on the floor of the boTd, when a plank fell from the staging, and before he could get clear he received a nasty cut on the scalp, 'which necessitated Dr. McDiamid putting in several stitches.

The Costley Home Committee reported to the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yesterday evening that Mr. Norman Carrier, had 'been appointed clerk and storekeeper at the home in place of Mr. W. Bell, resigned.

* The secretary of tho New Zealand Socialist party writes that no person has been authorised >by tha party to represent It at tho meeting to bo held in, connection with tho proposed. Anglc-Aiaeri-

At a special meeting of the Devonport Borough Council, held last night, the salary of the Town Clerk (Mr. Wilson) was increased to £250 per annum; that of the assistant Town Clerk (Mr. Murdoch) was raised to £100 per annum, while Miss Wynyard's (typist) remuneration was advanced to £52 per year.

The Auckland Education Board this morning decided that, in celebration of the Coronation of His Maesty , King George V, the children of the public schools o.f the district shall be assembled on the morning of Thursday, June 22. to salute the flag and sing the National Anthem, and that the schools shall then be closed till the end of the midwinter holidays. , During the course of argument as to costs at the Tramway Appeal Board this morning, Mr. Kettle, S.M., gave it as his opinion that the constitution of the Tramway Appeal Board was wrong. The constitution of the Court should be such that the assessors should not be directly interested on one side or the other of the subject under adjudication. They should be independent. The Court should also have power to enforce its decree. Supposing it held that a mac had been wrongfully dismissed, it should have power to say that he had been wrongfully dismissed, and should be reinstated and paid his salary from the time of dismissal. The Main Trunk express ran almost an hour late to Auckland this morning. Just after leaving Frankton Junction a spring in the undeTgear of the engine was broken, and this had to be temporarily repaired, necessitating a stop in the open country for three-quarters of an hour. The train felt its way forward after repairs were effected, but two further stops were made before reaching Huntly, where another short stop wa3 made. The first time-taWe stopping point after Frankton, Mercer, was reached at 6.25, an hour and seventeen minutes late. From thie point good time was made, and Auckland was reached at 7.55, just 57 minutes late. An interesting point ■was mentioned by Mr. A. Ro3ser this morning in his minority report disagreeing from the majority report conveying the decision of the Tramway Appeal Board dismissing the appeal of H. Carter a.gainst his dismissal by the Auckland Tramways Company. Mr. Rosser pointed out that Carter had on several notable instances championed the causs_ of tramway employees, and had actively assisted in the negotiations which prepared the way for the eetting-up of Appeal Boards. Carter was elected by his fellow employees by a three-to-one majority vote, to be the first employees' representative on the Auckland Appeal Board, and 'by the irony of fate he had been the first to require the attention of tfliat Board. A sifting of the Juvenile Court was held this morning, before Mr. E. C. Cutten, SJkL, when three lads, aged from 12 to 16 years, were charged with damaging the ceiling of a house, the property of Mr. J. A. Pond, to the extent of 30/. A further charge against the boys was that they stole two electric switches, valued at 10/. The evidence showed that the boys entered the property known as "Wonderland," and took two switches from a wall, pulling down a considerable quantity of plaster. His Worship did not think any theft was intended, and dismissed the latter charge. On the former charge all were convicted and dismissed, and the parents were ordered to pay the cost of the damage done. The noble native, although exempt in many ways from obligations under which the pakeha lies, including the payment of rates and taxes, and the purchase of dog collars at 5/ or 10/ pei time, has yet to bow the neck to at least one thrall, the sending of his children to school. Although for the greater part acquiescent in this paternal solicitude for the educational welfare of his piccaninnies, the Maori occasionally objects to any such provision, or at least likes to superintend arrangements. For some tame past the native children of Taheke, Hokianga, have had the choice of attending two schools, one at Punakitere and the other at Wainia, and for some unexplained reason chose the one which was distant nearly seven miles rather than the other, about two miles from the kainga. The attendance,, however, only occurred in summer time, falling off to the vanishing point in winter, and upon repeated inquiries from the authorities the Maoris demanded the removal of the Punakitere school to their settlement. Naturally the white settlers joined in the argument, raising a strong voice against any such procedure. an,d as the pakeha children considerably outnumber the native ones, the Maoris were recommended to drop the discussion, and fall into line, gracefully. But the natives are standing on their dignity, and as a conspquence will be visited in the course of the nest few days by the truant officer.

An interesting experiment, the flret of of its kind ever attempted in New Zealand, ■was carried out by certain members of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society on Sunday, when fifty trout, caught for stripping purposes, were liberated, having had previously attached to their bodies small silver tags bearing the letters, "N.Z.", and numbers ranging from one to fifty. The object of the experiment ■was to find out, when a fish so marked was caught again, exactly how much it had gained in weight, how often it had been to sea, whether it missed coming back to the rivers each season, the nnmher of times it had spawned, probable weight it had acquired since each visit to the sea, and direction and extent of its migrations. Most of the information mentioned is revealed by microscopical examination of the scales of the fish.

The following changes in the Post and Telegraph Ttepartment are announced:— R. M. Baird, assistant telegraph engineer at Wellington, to be telegraph engineer at Auckland, in place of W. S. Furby, retired; E. A. Shrimpton, assistant" telegraph engineer at Auckland, to be telegraph engineer at Wellington, in place of C. O. Robertson, deceased; E. P. Cowles, sub-telegraph engineer at Wellington, to be sub-telegraph engineer at Auckland; R. W. G. Lye, clerk of thp telegraph engineer's office, Nelson, to be sub-telegraph engineer at Nelson; R, D. Veitch, clerk of the telegraph engineer's office, Dunedin, to be sub-telegraph engineer at Dunedin. Mr. G. Apperley, telegraphist at Wellington, has resigned from the Post and Telegraph Department, in order to take up a position as wireless operator under the Fijian Government.

The Harbour Board yeaterday afternoon, on the motion of the chairman (Mr. J. H. Gunson), set up a sub-c-ommittee, consisting of Messrs. Adams, Hutchison, and the mover, to inquire and report to the Board within the next month as to what reorganisation or changes are necessary in relation to the staff engaged in dredging operations, or at the docks, or upon the Baord's plant generally."

Mr. H. O. Dutton, assisted by Mr. H. B. Coney, will give an organ recital in St. Barnabas' Church, Mt. Eden, next Friday evening. An offertory will be takpn in. aid of funds to-jprovfile an. additional

For the position of senior resident medical officer at the Auckland Hospital, six applications have been received, three from Melbourne, one from Dunedin, and one from Aberdeen. The Board will make the appointment at next meeting. Thirty-three applications have been received for the position of lady superintendent, and this appointment also will be made on Tuesday week.

At yesterday's meeting of the Harbour Board it was decided, on the motion of Mr. J. E. Taylor: "That the Board make an investigation at an early date of the possible supply of loose scoria stone from Rangitoto, or from the volcanic areas adjacent to the Tamaki River, or any other available sources, in order that the engineer may have an adequate supply for facing and upholding reclamations, instead of using rubble sandstone as at present, so that there may be no doubt as to the permanence and stability of the structure, the question to be referred to the Works Committee."

The City Council asked the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board to lease for the erection of a public morgue portion of the hospital ground adjoining the Auckland Domain, having a frontage to the park of 50ft by a depth of 100 ft; the terms of lease to be for 66 years with the right of renewal for a further term of 21 years at a peppercorn rental; the Council to erect on the site a public morgue containing coroner's court, mortuary, and post-mortem room with the necessary offices, etc. The matteT came before the Board yesterday evening, when the chairman stated that after a conference with the Council authorities, the site mentioned was fixed on. It was now before the Board to approve or otherwise. Mr. Nerheny objected to the site on the ground that it was close to a public park, and Messrs Rutherford and Bickson based objections on the ground that the site trenched on hospital property which would 'be required later for other "buildings. After some discussion as to the exact location of the site the matter was deferred till next sneeting to enable to view the site.

A crop of accidents to tramway conductors and motormen in Christchurch has led to an agitation for the removal of the centre poles which are in use in many parts of the system. The matter was brought before the Christchurch Tramway Board yesterday by the Works Committee, which reported that the engineer's estimate of the cost of moving the centre poles was £7333. to which would be added the cost of moving a large number of telegraph and telephone wiree. The substitution of side poles for the present centre poles throughout the whole system would consequently represent a large sura, and the committee, after the fullest consideration, could not see its way to 'recommend that all the centre poles should be removed, but, in the light of recent experience, was of opinion that something still further should be done. It therefore recommended that the centre poles should be removed from all loops, and that the centre pole at either end of the loop should be removed also. The committee also recommended that the work of removing of poles at the most awkward street intersections should be continued. After considerable discussion, several members urging the removal of all centre poles, the Board referred the whole question to the Finance Committee.

About eleven o'clock on. Monday night a dwelling house, occupied by Mr. George Hodkinson at Waikino was totally destroyed by fire. Mr. Hodkinson and family wero awakened by one of the children crying, ■wb.ea it was discovered that the bedroom was full of smoke. They all had a narrow escape in their night attire, and nothing was saved. Mr. Hodkinson cannot account for the outbreak. The honse was insured for £100 and effects for £75, both in the Guardian Office. Two passengers who -were being driven dn a taxi-cab from Christfchurch to L.yttelton over the Sumner-road narrowly escaped serious injury on Saturday evening. The taxi-cab had proceeded up the Sumner-road, and had negotiated practically all of the zig-zag cm -the Lyttelton side when the brakes failed. The taxicab ran down the incline, gathering pace, and with the sheer drop of the cliff in front the position of •t&e occupants of the vehicle was perilous. The driver, however, acted promptly, and to avert the certainty of a eerioas iall he steered the cab into the bill, where it was brought to a standstill. The cab was badly smashed, but the passengere and the driver escaped without injury. The cab was pulled into an open space just off the road, and the occupants proceeded to Lyttelttm none the ■worse--of their adventure. Th« WeUingtcji Orangemen have a grievance against the civil authorities in regard to their participation in the Coronation procession, and in the absence of a definite pronouncement on. the subject ■by the Mayor, have come to the conclusion -that they will not be officially invited or recognised so far as the procession is concerned. The ladge's grievance (as set out in a resolution passed ■by a special meeting), is that, "whereas other institutions have been officially invited and recognised, so far as the procession is concerned, it has been ignored. They ask the Mayor and town clerk if they wish to make amends to do so in a manly and straightforward way. The lodge has no desire that the proceedings on Coronation Day should be marred by any untoward incident or feeling of ill-will towards any official or -person, and they sincerely hope that, as true citizens and loyal subjects, every Orangeman will be found taking part. Most, if not all, are members of other societies, and instructions will be issued forthwith for members to parade with the benefit society, temperance lodge, or football club to which they ibelong." Great preparations are being made at Waahi (Mahuta settlement), Huntly, for the native meeting, summoned to start on Wednesday. Large quantities of provisions, etc., are being carried to the settlement in launches. Some five hundTed natives had arrived yesterday, and four launch loads were expected from Waikato Heads. The object of the meeting is understood to be the electing of members of the native councils and hapus as outlined at the large meeting held some twelve months ago, also the forming of a model township near. At Taupiri, the Acting-Prime Minister is expected to be present during the meeting, as well as the Hon. Ngata and Mt. rlenare Kaihau, M.P. To-morrow evening the Auckland Band of Hope Union will hold its annual meeting in the V.M.C.A. S loial Hall, when the report and balance-sheet will be presented, officers elected, and other business transacted. Kaiapoi all-wool blankets, travelling rugs, flannel and underwear. Big stock and keenest prices.—Biiidgmau and Bridgman.— (Ad.) Navy eergo divided riding skirts, cut in latest style, special vain-, 30/6. —John Court, Ltd., Queen-titreet. — (Ad.) No getting away from the fact, they must "be clothed, Aek out expert opinion about clothing for yfmz-boys. —Geo.