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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 152, 28 June 1911, Page 4

The Sheffield' Choir's performance oi "Elijah" starts at 7.30 o'clock to-night. On some of the tickets the. time of commencement, has been given as 7.45 p.m., but the earlier hour is correct, and patrons would be well-advised in getting into "F" shed well before the half-hour, since the seating of three or four thousand people is not the matter of a moment.

The following is Mr. D. C. Bates' weather forecast, for 24 hours from -9 a.m. this day:—"South-easterly winds, strong 'to gale; warm and humid conditions, and probably rain.with a very cold night. Glass rise, after ■.. twenty; hours." -

Messrs. Redmond and -Donovan wired from Christchufch last evening to Mr. M. J. Sheahan: "West Coast trip completed, splendid success, over thirteen hundred pounds; kindest regards." The (jfisborne meeting, which had to be postponed through bad weather, has been fixed for July loth, for Mr. Hazleton. He speaks at Pahiatua on the 17th. On the 20th July, the three envoys will be ent>ctained at a farewell banquet at Wellington, and on the following day they are to leave Wellington direct for Sydney. An effort, however, is being made to induce the envoys to make Auckland their port of departure.

A number of ladies living at Devonport are desirous Of having the lectures on "First-Aid to the Injured" this Winter. Miss Jackson, of Jubilee-avenue, has kindly consented to act as honorary secretary, and will be pleased to receive the names of ladies who wish to join the class. She already has the names of twelve. As soon as eight mors are received the class can be formed.

Whilst driving from Te Aroha to his home at Waihou on Monday evening after sundown, Mr. John Lennard' came into collision wife a vehicle driven by Mr. Morrison, of Te Aroha. The .sulky of Mr. Lennard suffered badly, the shafts being broken off. Mr. Lennard wa\ thrown on to the road and was scratched about the face, but escaped serious' in-. 1 j«•'«■•. The 'occupants of Mr. Morrison's buggy sustained.no injury.

A concert, tendered by Mr. Colin Muston, L.X.A.M., will be held in St.Alban's Hall to-morrow sight, in aid of the Dominion-road Bowling Club.

';. WliUe the Mt: Eden.borough workmen -were jangaged in blasting operations in Valley-road yesterday, a four-plug charge which had been set in a rock bore, exploded prematurely, a"nd : 'a rworkman. named George Parker Was struck on the thigh.by a flying splinter, a-compound fracture -resulting.— After Nurse Rodgers (whp'lives close by) had rendered " first-aid,, he was conveyed to the hospital; -- - - . . .- •■

I Newcastle has been the scene of much excitement.]a."teTy,T>ut riO "incident caused .anything like the commotion the tieci- v ■■ sion oi two sailor's to desert from" the' 'Norwegian barque Arno did. When the" story- Wds told, in' subsequent Police Court proceedings a shudder ran through the court. It seems that'the men had -been taken from Sydney to the northern centre : owing"tb the'scarcity of; seamen' there, but no sooner had they got on board than they resolved to desert, and -when, the ship got under way. the-two men jumped overboard; in a stretch" of •water known to be infested with sharks. Once clear, the men swam "for the shore briskly.enough, but clothed as they -were, they soon tired, and it certainly seemed as if they would sink. In. the meantime assistance from the pilot steamer went to them, and just in time, too, for had another five minutes elapsed they would certainly have been drowned.- The danger of the men's action will be understood when it is stated that a sailor, in attempting to swim .ashore in the same I locality some time ago, had his head 'bitten off by a shark. .

■ Quite a- boom i 3' being experienced in ' emigrant traffic to Australia and New Zealand, (says "Lloyd's Shipping Gazette" of May 12), and the resources of the steamship lines are taxed to the.utmost, to cope with the demand for berths. There .is, in fact, not sufficient: apcdrn•inodatibn at the moment for all' the passengers offering, and this'applies particularly to West Australia. There.the:easy "terms and grants of' land free to' settlers have proved so.attractiveduring.the last year or two that immigrants, having surmounted the initial difficulties, ■ing Home for their wives and children, causing thereby a great demand for passenger space. A.great deal-is being writ- | ten yi.-t now about the exodus from ?cof:?.r.d and its causes, real orsupposed. It vi surprising, however, that comparatively little notice is-taken in this connection of the extraordinary and powerful attractions held out to labourers and small, farmers by the Australian Governments and their-agents.," Considering that a free, grant of 160 acres of land is | -made to settlers, with assisted passages, and advances of capital are forthcoming on -ridiculously «>nsy terms, it is by. no means Wonderful, that emigration, .on a !lar<to scale to-the Antipodes should, have set in.

" The expenditure .of . Government: grants throughout the Bay of, Plenty electorate is well forward," remarked' M. W. D. S. Mac Donald, M.P.," to a Poverty Bay ""Herald" reporter,. The construction of the Opata-Waioeha stock track that connects! Matawai "with the Bay-of Plenty re completed: except for four miles throu;rh Messrs. Morice Bros.' property at Matawai. The. Toad has been surveyed and laid, off over-this section, and the Resident Engineer, Mr. Armstrong, is endeavouring to make satisfactory arrangements -with ; Morice Bros, for the completion of the road. Work is also proceeding on the erection of the upper Motu bridge, on the.Mata-wai-Moanui road. The timber is being sawn near the site,..whilst the engineer is also "proceeding "with - the erection Of several "bridges on;Hhe Waioeka-' stock track, and the Pakihi-rbad is Wing com-: pleted into a stock track. :Mr.' ; MacDonald went on to say that a considerable ber of road grants were being expended, by the Opotiki Countyj and the Waikohu County had the widening of tne: Matawai-Moanui. j-oad in - hand. A- new deviation was also being made from Pakihi. Ho the old ta;fc_'_ which would enable vehicles .tp.get from Pahamoa to Opotiki. This would leave a gap of only 20 miles between Gisborne and Opotiki that was hot open to vehicular traffic,-whilst it .would also shorten the distance nine miles.- Right through the Bay of Plenty very satisfactory progress was being made, especially with" the drainage works. Referring to the ■matter- of -land settlement, the member for the .Bay of Plenty' said "that the Oamaru block, on the Matawai-Waioeka track,. iraS-'being surveyed_and prepared for settlement! It should ; be: 'available next summer. . A roadi'ng scheme ...was also being prepared-for the. Tahora block of between 40,000 and .50,000 acres, practically, the last remaining Crown land of any area in this district.

•An officer of the British army,, who has enjoyed much gOod trout fishing in New Zealand, is : quite at a. loss to understand why the Government does not increase the license fees for trout fishing in New- Zealand. "I. can • quite understand," he said, "their not -wishing to crease fees for New Zealanders, many of whom can only snatch a few hours at -Week-ends to- fish, but with_ visitors to. New Zealand" it is a very different thing. Why, at Howie we would have to pay anything .from ,£,ooo to £'2000 per season for a stretch of good' trout water, ' not a. quarter so good, however, as you •have at'Taupo.- You New Zealanders have a'splendid' afeset in yoiif trout; but [you make it too cheap. Put a proper ■ value on-the fishing license, and.yo.u will have more people coming from abroad [to fish in-your waters. ' When they hear 'in- England that fishing licenses may be obtained- for £1, they in.imagination see one of-their own little rivers with .people ! sitting a . yard apart along the banks. Charge £20, and they will consider that they .might have a chance. Here a man catches with one rod' 6| tons of fish. Why that must be a world's record, yet I do hot hear of the Government seizing on the fact as a really great advertisement for New Zealand. It wonld be a better advertisement than all the titles that are being, distributed."

o.uryWaihi correspondent wires: "It is pointed out .here that the Racing Commission, in' '"blotting- out' the Waihi Jockey Club, has discarded the provisions of subsection 2, section 6 of the Gaming Amendment Act, which sets o u t that: "in determining the clubs to which licenses shall be granted, consideration shall be given to the claims of those clubs which use the totalisator at one meeting only in any year.'"

The death- occurred in Auckland on Saturday of Mr Fitzgibbon Louch, a well-known business man of this city. He had been ill for a considerable'time, and the sad event was not unexpected. -The deceased,- whose eldest son was Mr John D. Louch, district engineer of the Public Works Department, Wellington, was in his eighty-fifth year. He came to New Zealand in 1875 with the Stew- ;- art settlers, and after the failure of that well-known enterprise, commenced business in Auckland.

Mr. W. T. Sharp's fifth organ recital of the series is announced to be given in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Symohds-stre.et, to-morrow evening, on which occasion' Miss Alison' Mudgei will assist by a contribution' of vocal numbers. '■ •.■*•* ;■--. ; : -• "-

The Sonded-Warehouses, of "the Customs Department in Auckland, will be' closed to-morrow and on- Friday for the annual stock-taking.

. -Immediately'prior to the meeting of ,the .City."Couhcil" to-morrow evening, his' Worship the Mayor, -will present Royal Humane. Society awards. to_ Messrs. -WR. £.', A. .Henderson and Master E. P. Greenhough. Citizens interested in the work:of the: Society are invited to he present. ."'-..- ■•;•'.'

"A narrow, escape from drowning and plucky .rescue occurred at the Whangarei town wharf yesterday. A number of boys were, fishing-from the wharf, when one of their number, a 12-year-old lad named-Paihe, overbalanced, and fell into the river. ; The boy was .unable to swim, and.was.soon in difficulties. Attracted by the-cries for assistanca, the wharfinger, Mr.'A. Dent, only v/.\iting to throw off his coat, plunged i&>:> the icy cold .water,; and. managed to grasp the. .lad and convey him to.fe wharf" steps. Artificial . measures socv« Testored : the boy. . This is the second time Mr. Dent has been instrumental la .rescuing life from.the town wharf. The more commendation is due as Mr. Dent has only lately recovered from a serious iUness.-

• At a meeting of the Whangarei High School Board of Governors it was. announced that, largely owbig to the efforts of Mr. R. C. Harrington, a sum ot £502 has been collected in towards the erection of a high school, towards. ! which the Minister for Education had pro- ■ mised the usual subsidy ahd a special grant of £500., The Board resolved to apply for the grant ahd subsidy as promised, and will immediately have prepared the plans and specifications of the proposed buildin S- . '':•': ' . -.'."•'•'.•! ' ',' " "

At.-the .Committee Meeting Of the, Society for , the Protection of Women ahd Children, and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a vote of thanks Was passed' to the Right Rev. Dr. Clea'ry, R.C.. ;Bishop.of Auckland, i or. a , donation of.' £ 5 to the Society, whereby he constitutes himself a" life member. ' It-was also, unanimously resolved that the, name of tit. F. W. Brookfield be added: to the list as an honorary life member,, as some appreciation for his' long services,to. the. , Society as tan honorary-solicitor. : A subcommittee of three was appointed to de cide on the best course to pursue re .competitive essays .this year:'- :' "-■ •'

Referring to the district nursing scheme, Dr. Valintirie, Inspector-General of Hospitals, speaking at the Hospitals Conference, said so far the scheme had been a great, success; and the extension of the scheme --might be confidently -looked -for during the next few years. - Of maternity nurses, especially in the Far North, there is great - dearth, and ■encouragement must be given to - women to take upthis ; Work in country districts.- ■-.'- '. - B •: , ' In his address at ; the. capping ceremony; yesterday (reports our Wellington cor-; respondent) .the chairman "(Mr.. G ! . Hog-; ben, ;M'-A.) had occasion to circe to the loyalty of students to the; tinie-honoured rules of university authorities. He . quoted from-, his, own exrperiencesr "At Cambridge we,signed at our matriculation in a book kept at each College,'the rules of the University I written/in; good dog, Latin. "ICf those rules (which I never read) . I remember only two. One was that persons - 'in Istata pupillari,' that..is to say. under- ! graduates, were not to play marbles on the Senate house steps, 'Ne in gradihus I curiae marmoribus ludant (so fresh men

were informed); the other rule was that no one 'in statu pupilla'ri' was to carry a chair, or rather a stool, into the Senate house. What the stool would be carried into, the Senate house.for. must, to. a large_..extent,,.be ,a .matter of conjecture.. that in that sacredhnllaing:there offien'-tbofc'-placfe' ih'formT, er times severe -not necessarily of an intellectual kindi'-b'e'tweeri .thes'tu? dents of different faculties, and a' stool may have' been a handy weapon for attack and defence. I quote these rules only- to show how loyal- -the "students were in my time. I was at. Cambridge four years, and not bnee did I see-any undergraduate':playing iharbles 'on the Senate house steps, or, carryirig-a stool into the Senate house, and I expect," he concluded, "the rule .would""have; been", obsefyed just "as well'if the prohibition had been directed against tin trumpets."

An untoward Incident occurred during the Coronation' festivities at Gisborne,' being occasioned by the collapse, of the floor, of the raised dais upon which Lady Carroll, the Acting-Mayor, "representatives of local bodies -and Beveral'other visitors we're standing. An ominous crack previously intimated • - that the platform was overburdened, !and-sudden-: ly v amidst much feminine excitement; one end of the floor gaye r way. the drop was only a couple of feet'and no one was injured. Only five minutes before Sergeant Hutton had removed a group of boys who had'been sitting immediately underneath the stand, and who would ■ have been crushed by the fall." In the evening "there were probably over 5000 people watching the fireworks.Unfortunately, after about..-an. hour's display, the box containing the fireworks accidentally fired, with vhtt result, that -the bulk of..the .display tt=-s destroyed, a-hose having to be turned on to it to extinguish- the fire. When .the explosion took place there was a general scatter. The box was a fairly large one, and the fireworks exploded inside of it, but only one-rocket-got out and injured one of the spectators.

The President of the Auckland Chamher of Commerce, Mr. Led Myers, yesterday afternoon waited upon the local manager of. the Union S.S. Company, and disc'us'sect the position with him in-'f egard to . the . differentiation in the freights charged by the Union S.S. Company between Wellington and. Gisborne, and Auckland and GisbOrne. The manager pointed out that the freight charged by the s.s.-Squall at the present time from Auckland to Gisborne was 12/6 per ton, the same as that charged by the Richardson ;lihe from Wellington to Gisborne. Mr. Myers, in reply, pointed out that the Auckland and Gisborne merchants felt" that they could not be asked iq pay any more for the shipment of cargo on the larger boats of the Union Company than was paid by the Wellington merchants. A definite reply from the Union Company on" this subject is expected in a day or two, and in the event of the reply being unsatisfactory a meeting of local merchants will he called to consider the position..

At the Ngaruawahia. Court yesterday Jas.. Cox and L.. Davis, who were spec: tators at a recent, football match, pleaded guilty to causing a breach of the peace by fighting. "It all arose over an argument," said Cox, who, it appeared, had enforced his views on the subject by knocking Davis out. "You argued the matter to a conclusion," suggested the magistrate, and, both defendants concurring in this aspect of'the case, hi 3 Worship thought a nominal penalty of 10/ and 7/6 costs imposed on each would suffice.

A woman who arrived at Wellington from Sydney last week was detained on board the "steamer on account of her being afflicted with partial paralysis, and subsequently sent back to Sydney by the Manuka. She came to New Zealand with the intention of joining an aunt, the New South Wales Government, she said, having paid her passage to Lytteitdn'for that" purpose:' Aslier relative would not enter into a hond guaranteeing to be responsible foT heT maintenance, the newcomer was refused permission to laud.

Sheffield Choir ■ the larae aiiHu.nl - 9 worked up to thusiasm by the rendering '™ fe great H. Brett, President of Auckland Societies, regards the., perforin* l marvellous, .and/a ?' bilities of Bach's Mr. by a thoroughly able a conductor as Br cJL"^ er , s * Brett advise societies in the Dominion' not f this great work. .' -0t ;j*^ At the S.M. Court this 4n orniil „ . , ' Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.M., RooHok f °!? H. N. Bagnall-on'a : claim of lat:, goods supplied. Mr. Dunlob (L *, • ' tiff) said, that the goods were C. L, Bagnall in Septemoe? is? e *f father and son Bagnall. were nb't'iw' •• business together, but wrote, acknowledging. ■ Hahuitv-^r?s ' goods were debitedto Muir, in the witness-box/stated tte# goods were supplied- to.: the : Supply Stores, Hamilton-- and dozen of a headache .'Wafer; were ordered by C. L, BaghalkaijW hvered by Cecil Bagnall, then an'-f , prentice to witness. .'■ The omv/W" goods in-the claim was a small '&E *, ' 2/3-for cough-cure. ■ -Mr. H-»■ £?- °, raised the point that thenaile (Mr. Muir)" was^npt-#K*S&B ' the plaint note,, and the -SfaniS? stated that that fact put 1»« yond his jurisdiction. C. L. Bagnall.gave eyidence,;' A Si n V' that he did not order the- Capita'ciairn'«f The plaintiff was non-suited on tie'to* nical point, without costs.- •-. * r -;-%W?" At last night's meeting of tne" ; Bi|n port Borough Council, Mr: ierred .to the, mat.ter.'.'ofr.-tJigHpliE small craft in the harhour,-',W ch lately received public notice,'..'and,'iii,f • that as a large, 'mv were owned- by Devonport Council should- strengthen.'the-h'ands: of the police-in every way '' >prpteotiph of this ."classoi preSettr-%» moved, "fhat the Minister. : be communicated with: requesthig-tlkt .provision be-made- for the protection of small craft in "Auckland : suggesting that the- police he -furniiliei _a launoK" '-Mr.. Tapper seconded the motion, -which was, duly carried.- -' .. The Salvation Army haa in Australia and-New Zealand fifteen -'teieue--]i6)n'e9 with an accommodation' for 373 girls! During the past:="twelve"'.month's-539 women were admitteds-mB-of-these-weie remitted by order.of-thecoiurt/aniolS were passed 'out.-" Of • the latter number .. !toi.jfriend^472;vp cef 6 placed' into ..situatjpns, : '.344ranifer'red to other homes or. The. average stay oijsach giri.nl th^hg'ne . was 35} weeks.;;No professed conversion, and'onlyTSl'proved ; .unsatisfactory. Into ' eight 'homes the "Army*adrSitted during no. fewer 966 ■ men. During; the year 297 were placed into situations;"an4 62 ..were''sent'''tb'friends.^-'iV-V-yr--' Although large; Sums money have been expended upon 'the'uii'pottiti6ii;ol Virginian quail, Mallard duck, and par- - tridges,- - fehese:-.htrds - areV-being-«hpi; , -in the Waikatq district.-^Jt,would:be.ua , well' if . shootists .reepgnisea that the birds mentioned are protected, ahd-that they are liable to prosecution for shoot- • in s- ."'■''".■'"' '. '-.■'>"'.: ■■■■>?* A ■■ No better weather, 'ebrdd'be wiished for; ■■■■ - -to 'tfist'the.-comfont' ;^'% : osrj'h ■ blankets, -ilanfielsj Tugs; and thei-V" '• shfihfcisfble : .Mr. W. Bayne,. hSvi^ii&eiii'.pv^lW well-known business bf .Mr." G.\ : Gregory, . photographer, .in.-;; i doors.below the; J.C.L. Corner)-,.requelits . 1 a- call -of inspection to- this ; -iißff' and I : up-to-date studio, '.''.' First-claiss'WSrkland j • satisfaction guaranteed..—(Ad.)"' 1 Kaiapoi allrwool Maiibets, , ; rugs, and "fianner.at. reduced-.; ] '' Bridgnian: and Bridgman's-AVrfltet-sale.— j ' (Ad.)' ' ; ;v v ■ I ' Cold weather, suggests blanket* and | ; rugs'.- Ask for ■ the Kaiapoi .brand— \ "' "softest, purist and best— : all : woo.t"M | , cbtfph.— ■. ;/ .-Whether travelling-or' staying at - home, you should,,possess, a ,; Ne#v.'^ e a" j • land nil. See our attractive' array.--' : i Geo Fowlds, lid.—(Ad.) _> ; The New Zealand, smoker, cannot, appre- " ciate English tobacco. It burns. Ibb tongue. ! But Royal Standard tob"accb".'i3' : made; ' the heart of Virginia/. Won't. If you your.boy to.secuttthai ' situation, get.him a Kaiapoi suit-r*mart ' cut, well-made,^.reasonably' : prke.-r(Ai) t ' We ""have, every" make "m" underwear, j English- or Colonial,- in suitable weightl . and. unshrinkable. -.' Let: its' sbpf'/M oui-s. Geo. Fowlds,. Ltd.—.(Ad.) , % I .; ;.Ypu'het!.The besfc'yet! Royal Standard i .tobacco. Fill your pouch.— i " Don't' put up \vith 'cold- , you,can be iomfprtable.-with.i 1 of gloves'. -A- grand; stock. i Fowlds,.Litd.— (Ad.) - '';■%.?,': • ... What ani. I..smoking.?- Wellr.^newt 1 ! The best ever. Royal Standard Jt<ipXit<>--r ' (Ad.) , ■.;■;•'"■';.-''..'- .'-. - : ' : ;; ■- ; ■' ■::.'--■-.-