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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 153, 29 June 1911, Page 4

The following is Mr. D. C. Bates' weather forecast for- 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day: "Backing ■to southerly winds, strong-to gale; damp and cold weather may be expected, with rain and very cold night; glass rise soon."

"You would not send a poor widow to gaol. for not paying a debt, surely?" asked Mt C. C. ,Kettle ..at the S.M. Court this morning, when-a lawyer asked for an order against a woman "who was a judgment, debtor. The legal gentleman said if the order was made with the alternative he hoped the debt would be paid. Mr Kettle said, "Then if you ask for an order, I must grant it."

Two horses attached to a light waggonette bolted on the Manukau-road, Newmarket, thiis morning, aud caused considerable damage and excitement. The horses swerved on to the footpath opposite Mr. D. Teed, pharmacy, and two verandah posts were carried away. Galloping into Khyber Pass a collision was made a tram-car, and a number of windows in the car were-broken. The falling-glass.struck a passenger, who had bis face slightly cut as the-resHl't. The horses were got under control £ little later before more damage was doner .."••••

psi "There wer.e after mc- -ye 4 :terday for .accounts, besidea this debt," : remarked • a man—who appeared '»_ the Debtors? Court -The- Magistrate, the, legal profession is .after' y0u,,. -which; is worsen -whereupon another lawyer rose and "said he-also .was. after the man for a/ second; creditor, i-The already- pa vino- 25/ a week towards-the support of satisfied both; lawyers- by volunteering to pay each creditor 2/.per week.. ■ The Mayor (;Mr. €. J. Parr) intendi. ;to ask the City Council at. to-nigbt'* i meeting- to empower him to. call a meet, ing of citizens to arrange for the musical | part qf the programme to be, arranged in connecuion with the--opening of the- new Town Hall. The City. Council will, also £aye to be moving very soon in the direc. Jon of securing a city organist, and this, Mr. Parr points out,-is a moFt'importang matter. Mr. Maugban -Barneit, the- Wellington, city organist, is more than paid ' his- salary by the amount taken at his regular: recitals in- the 'Wellington' Town j Hall. This-also, is a matter on which the

Mayor thinks a representative musical

committee might -have something to say, as it v/ill be ne\»ssa,ry to engage a firstclass man for the position, and one' who will' be capable of giving a, lead to zUusic in Auckland. . .',',' '.

This morning the Auckland Land Foard considered a petition" tigned by some thirty settlers o£ the. Hauraki Plains, who asked for a year's remission of rent in consideration of the grievous loss they sustained from crickets, which had practically destroyed all .their grass seed. The area of petitioners' land so affected was given as 1440- acres, and the value of seed destroyed £750. Members of the Board expressed sympathy with, the settlers in their loss, but it was

pointed out that other, settlers who ex-

pect-ed the crickets sowed thoir ssed at a different time ami so escaped. The re. quest for a year's .renjiiasion of rent was considered' to be impracticable, as the Government had spent a large amount of loan money in making the sections habitable, and would have to spend more in the near future. The Commissioner remarked that the rent:was regirdsd a= interest, and could not be spared, besides which they did not wn-.tt to make a- pre: cedent in such C-tses. It was decided to inform the petitioners that no action could be taken. "Why don't you have a representation iv your processions of the mean people in Wellington?" cried Mr. •C. Wilson (chairman of the. Victoria College Council), at tlio capping ceremony in Wellington. He had been referring, to ths. lack of financial support the college received from the peoples and was addressing the students. "No city in New Zealand is so mean \vhere educa tional needs are concerned as Wellington." In Dunedin, though it "was said they were canny Scotch there, they' subscribe £7000 for additions to the University. "You would not collect seven hundred pence in a week in Welling-

'ton, and yet we have people here making their fortunes—thousands of poundsout of the intelligence of the community, :wOii,ch! is largely tlies result, of our educational facilities, towards which they, won't give a few dirty brass farthings!" (Howls from the students, and cries of "Down with Capital," "Red Flag"—laughtar.) "We want to found a Chair of Commerce, said -Mr. Wilson. The College Council wanted assistance from the Chamber of Commerce. They had received promises, but they wanted money as well. Fine promises did not count."

(A student: "Hard cash every time."). "Yes," said the speaker, "and I. hope you young-gentlemen up there who are Wasting.yout eloquence on the desert air, -will use it to. a' butter., purpose, and persuade the people of Wellington to support your college better." (A student: Won't you put your spectacles on?) Mr. Wilson (complying): "Yes, I always likt to look well at foolish things."

"I was rather interested in that part of the speech of tho chairman," said his. Excellency the Governor at th.c Victoria College capping ceremony yesterday- afternoon, "hr which he said that this year the University authorities had capitulated to the students at. " the gathering in the matter of keeping order. It rather reminded mc of what was told mc some years ago when T was travelling along the frontier' of" IndiaOil the frontier there were tribes' which -were most-troublesome. authorities tried in vain for years to bring them into subjection. They utteii,v failed to do so.. But they devised a plan which proved successful. They went to the most turbulent and predatory of the Afridi tribes and said, 'we will do so much for you if you- will go and do our hill work along the frontier.' The tribe undertook to-do the-policing of the "frontier, and. since that, time trouble had been or rare occurrence." ( Loud, applause.)" "I. have no' doubt," added his Excellency, "that a most effective force is to. be found in. the gallery this afternoon emulating the successful wort of the Afridi tribe." (Laughter and. applause.) Warships which have visited Wellington of late have been causing some little curiosity on account of their new funnel markings. For some time, past H.I.LSCambrian has had. a white band, on her forward funnel,;and H.M.S. Pioneer two white bands round the after smoke-stack, "Various- theories have, been advanced by the uninitiated as the reason (says the "BominionT;' so it" will no doubt be interesting to know that'these mark: ings have been put there simply to ! facilitate rapid and convenient identification by other ships of the fleet. The regulation ordaining them was issued in 1906', and the bands have long been quite common on vessels associated with fleets other than those in the Australian Squadron. Until that year it was fairly easy for officers of one ship to recognise other ships of the same class as herself by means of the general construction and build (in some cases), the number of yards carried on the masts, funnels, and distance between first funnel and-foremast, and so on. But in the last four or five, years the various, classes of warships have been multiplied enormously, and it is no longer easy to recognise them at sea. Hence the bands on the funnels, which (presumably) would be .painted out iv war-time.- Some men-of-war now have four white-bands, some three, and so on. The number of funnels also has to be taken into account, but the total combination of funnels and bands gives sufficient variety to render any ship in the -British fleet readily recognisable by any other.

The following resolution was passed at a meeting of the Dunedin branch oi the New Zealand Labour party:—"That this branch of the New Zealand Labour party expresses its unqualified condemnation of the practice of granting titles for political services .in a democratic country like New Zealand, and most especially hereditary titles; and also its intense disgust that the nominal leader of the Labour party—formerly under Mr Sedd'on, the Liberal-Labour partyshould be the prime factor in introducing objectionable class distinctions into this country, And. desire? to congratulate the Prime Minister of "Australia on his loyalty to his party and to democracy and on his manly action iargmaining a glaia; ficwuftoner.* j.

Afr-a speciatine(.tuig-'pf the-Kaipaxa .Licensing Comniittee, held on. Tuesday; the, reserved judgmeniT in wnri.ection_.wi.tl) the application" of Stanley Moore, of the ,_Marogj,u;iEQt'ei". for: - a.... j.enejval 7of, Ms lreense. was.- given. "The Committee's de? cfeipn; was that .a"license" must be-re-, fused, as the premises. were Out of xe- | pair. In refusing. tb-"ariswer-"Mr. Hayes? Cwho appeared fpr; the. applicant) ,ques.tion ais itoi what, parts' of. the. buildiiig were' out' of ' repair, the Committee /stated' that.!/their... decision had .been "given, arid the matter was definitely, settled. The house Ids been in existence for many- years, and in the early.days. "wasp a'" well-known "house of call. "Costs ■ were allowed against the applicant, v. . Mr. H-'.sf'. report in last night's 'Star' of a case in which. I happened to. be. interested shows how, with, til* -best intentions, your reporter sometinies fails to give an exact report, of wh-st occurred. The amount .of the d'ehi. was. £4.0/3,. not 1.5/. .Your report says that a letter was read from mc, in which I accepted liability for the debt. This, is only a:: portion of' the truth. My letter was an acknowledgment of liability for goods supplied to the Farmers' Supply Company, Hamilton, but in this case the sale and' de? livery of the quantity of goods sued for was denied. Your report says that the case was- dismissed on. a point raised about an assessor. This also is wrong; there was. a technical point that the. plaintiffs did not set out that they were assignees of the debt, but it was- not on this point that .judgment was given. The failure of the pLaintiiTs to. prove their, claim was the reason why the. Magistrate noivsuited plaintiff, without costs. Plaintiff's witness Muir, when confronted with C. L. Bagnall,. who denied in toto having ordered- the goods, said that he hed a "do iibt"as to- Who did Order them,. Upon'this the' Magistrate hastily gath-■ ered up the papers, and gave judgment: as above." j

The SHeffield""Choir, after a three days' ' season in Auckland, the success of which can be gauged from the fact that the receipts totalled"'about £3000, left by special train-for Wellington after their final performance -last, evening:--. Theplatform was crowded by enthusiastic/ A_3k_anders, who sang "Auld Lang Syne r " and as the train, drew-out of the j station., farevvelled tbe departing choristers with hearty cheers. To-night the .J first. Wellington concert will be given, to- ' morrow . afternoon a matinee perform- ' anco will take place at Palmerston ' North, and in the evening the Choir will'■< again be heard at Wellington, where 1 they will also give a matinee and even- ' ing performance on Saturday. Four con- 4 certs will be given each at Christchurch-* and Dunedin, the New Zealnr' .eason ! concluding with a matinee .performance 1 at Invercargill on July 10. -Tasmania, 1 Victoria, South- Australia, West Aus- . tralia. and South Africa .-have yet to be \ visited, the tour concluding by arrival in < London at the- of October s after lasting six and a-balf -months. * Yesterday afternoon members-of -the. 2 ■ Drainage Board made' a visit of in- \ spection "to the sewage : works on the a ■ Hauraki Beach. At the meeting of'the. * Board last evening' a-discussion took' ': place in. committee, and later a motion i was confirmed to the effect that "the 1 Engineer (Mr. Ef. Bush), should/., re- . . port on the condition of contract- No. ,-s .2 on the Hauraki Beach,..and in regard . to defects,, to the Works. "Commrttefei 'for i their investigation. * ■ 1

The secretary Of tbe" Labourers' Union-: wrote to the Bratoge Board yesterday;; asking, that-the "BoaM.._s__i .ld.give their?.: next, work to day.labourers. The chairman was in favour of giving day labour a trial, but said strict supervision would . be required. Mr._ Michaels, in Stating, that be understood the , Engineer was preparing a section to/ try 'day. ;labour on, said that in speaking with the ' secretary of the Labourers' Union, he had been told that the Union would provide men who would show- that they could save' enough iribney' ori : one ' section to convince the .Board how much they were losing.. The Engineer- stated that a section was be'ing'prepafedj and he ! hoped to have it ready by next meet-■' ing.'. This was on the branch sewer.for Pons bbby,, ftom:.Napier-street to'Fergu.-. . -son-street; at the far end of .Ponsouby; and involved crossing all. the sewer 9 of the city,, one.tetter ,_as/referred, to . the Works' Committee. .:■•'■■. ■• ■*-'- :> ;• i

The magistrate, and .two solicitors, were engaged" for more than air'hour in the. Auckland S.M. Court' yesterday afternoon endeavouring to argue to a definition 'the ; meaning of "special -resolution" as apart from any other re'sblution passed by a public body. Apparently no satisfactory statutory.' authority could be obtained to-settle the argument, the point having been one that had been overlooked in the consolidation of the New Zealand statutes." Unfortunately for the litigants, no English, Australian, or American authority could be found which would convincingly illumine the point, and at the conclusion of the hour the Court appeared ,to be no wiser on tbe point than 'when the argu.ment started. They were agreed that a special brand, of whisky was something better than- the. ordinary, "but this-define tion would not apply to"resolutions.:.; • Two miners' named Alfred Berry and George Ludwig engaged putting up a srise at No. 2' level.of the Crown mine at .Karangahake were rather badly : injured on Monday afternoon. Staging on which the men were working gave way and precipitated .both to the bottom of the rise, a distance of some 50 feet. The men were badly bruised and shaken, but were .able to proceed home. On examination it was found'that Eugwi<»'bad-sus-tained injury to bis "ankle; bac£ and'side, also cuts on the f_uce. Berry received injury to his ba _k and right arm." A new charge has been levelled against the Mormons. It may not be generally known (says th* "New Zealand Times"), but it is a fact, that certain apostles of this fantastic religion work among the Maoris in parts- of the North Island. So far no serious objections have been made to their missionary activities amon<r the natives, but Mr. W. C-Buchanan, M;p._ had a complaint.to.mafce about themi at of the Education Board. He stated that he .had been informed- that _a number of.'Maori children had been enticed away from the State school at Pirinoa.to attend a Mormon school, at which they were receiving quite inadequate instruction. He thought the matter, was one with which the board ought to concern itself, and suggested that the inspectors should make inquiries. It will bs_ some months before-the .necessary formalities can be complierl with to enable the inspectors to visit the school but they will do so at the earliest possible opportunity. '---'-• * ■•'■ Tc-morrow Messrs Vaile and Sons will olier by auction a valuable Queen-street property by direction of the administrators of the late Mr Daniel Lynch. The property has 36ft. frontage to Queenstreet, ,56ft. -to 7V.ulca__r.ane and 36ft. to a Government lane. It is not every day a Queen-street three frontages comes into tbe market, and the result of the. sale Trill be>atched. with interest, >-• ■ _'•

■ '\. ; i;Ba_gar_lle telegram states that the , small, steamer .Tangihua,. whilst engaged in rafting logs,' sank at the Devil's Elbow -last night. - Wire:-ropes were attached . to t-Jie vessel, frpin ashore, to:.hold her iu-position..whilst the tide rece'dedl She was subsequently, with, considerable difficulty; pumped out,, refloated, and towed to ; '__tratapu for- repairs. ■' -->. -. The Wellington Licensing Committee to-day refusedf a renewal of .a wholesale license to A. E. Schultz on the grounds (1) that the • licensee had- sold : quantities, of liquor of less than two gallons at one_tim.e. tp'pae'-person; (2.) that the :licerigefe had.;' supplied . liquor- in large quantities to a person convicted of selling liquor without, a: license, land 'had.-kept no-record by name of than sales- in his books. The - license consequently ter;miaates on June 30... Thecommittee was unanimous, in its' decision. It has-been generally understood (says a Press-Association telegram)., that ..attendance at : drill. .by, .cadets, enrolled .under military servicer conditions, would .be.. absolutely.compulsory...It has been 1-brought under the notice of the mana-. gers of the Dunedin Technical School that the pupil's; attending that school, under the compulsory clauses of last year's amending Act, are in such a position that no excuse, not even attendance at compulsory military "drill, will be re:garded as a legitimate excuse for absence from continuation.classes. It.seems, •. that the compulsoiy education provisions and the compulsory military service provisions both inflict penalties 'for_non-attendah.ee.. The ■• managers of. the technical, school are in communication with the Defence Department, and are aJsbJ-approaching;' the! Minister for 1 Educatian on.the matter. '.': I The first debate under the auspices iof -the. Auckland Literary 'anil. Debating Societies'; Union in the Athenaeum- Gup competitions will be held to. night. The subject.."Kill .be,. "Iha.t..education rather than punishment tends, to reduce crime." Ihe competing, societies,' places of. meeting; and judges are as follows.-'-UniVer-sity By. Marist Bros.'. Old Boys, at University; judge, Rev. I. J011y,,. .MA. Y-.M.C.A. v. University A, .at V.M.C.A; . judge, Mr. 3. Drumm'ond, M_A. Training"' College v. Unitarian, postponed' by mutual consent. Ponsonby a bye. The medical examination-. pi inimP'! grants and the general health- of persons entering' New Zealand through assisted sources has often been' the,' subject of 'comment. It ' was raised again ' (reports our Wellington correspondent) at the Hospitals Conference to-day by Mr. Bell- I riiajti.,"Of New'Piym'outh,'" who asked if \ thiSP Departmental .officers considered ' -that -the- present - system - adequate and sufficiently stringent- ; one, Dr. Frengley, District Health Officer, said that they were doing all they could' at this end.. It hnd-to.-be remembered that the boats On arrival here could not he I detained sufficiently long to make an examination of each passenger. It was at the other end, the port of embarkation, ; that stringent examination was needed. " A couple, of'years ago be remembered-1 three consumptives arriving. One 'died : an-.three days after arrival, one in ten, and the other was sent Home'" again.- j They said: they bad 'been told nothing ■ about conditions of landing here. The -Department .hoped -that. __omething.kWould be done at the. other "eiid to ensure every ■security. " .. - :.■■ -

As the pr-oyisiiomj of .the. Land Settletent /Finance Act' become more widely nbwn there is evidence: of an increased c .^ e :9k'_ the 7-£art. of. tgase -anxious "to do. sp -to'take up I'aicl under _he'system tWJjreseat time -some twenty ;.associations, with a membersMp;-bJ : weU;-'av:e'r^ c :;Kshbeen formed; and !'■ close on twenty thousand acres-are now'-a-ctually held- by..-settlers who»bave -acquired-the holdings in terms of the Act. In the Auckland district, ten estates have been acquired, -with .am area of nearly 10,000 acres, on. which 67 persons are settled. In Hawke's Bay only one association has been formed. It consists of seven mem-bers,-who/farm-nearly 800 acres. In the Wellington district two associations with a membership of twelve have acquired 1500 acres: In Canterbury four associations, have: been-formed, consisting of twenty members,, who farm between tUem .over .'and sixteen people ■ are farming 4000" .acres. Under the scheme-negotiations'are now proceeding..(some are completed) for. the acquisition of ..considerable area? Ip : .the Timaru, Balmefstorr North,' and Waikato districts., an?i several other:, similar transactions are ih'contemiilat'ion.'" The Official Becqrd .of the /New Zealand International Exhibition held at Christchurch,, which has, just been published, • discloses ... the.-, fact i that the estimates of loss recently quoted in connection, with the proposal "to hold a similar exhibition in Auckland were below the actual fig,The profits and loss account from the. 27th -May, 1905, to 30th Julie, 1908, shews that during the course, of the Exhibition the Government advanced-the large sum of £108,617 to finance the undertaking. The total expenditure was E251;95)5. After taking to credit.a]l..'reseipts, including--the amounts" arising from the realisation of the properties, there was, a net loss of £81,430,-which-was wholly borne by ; the Government. No local guarantee was provided iby the .ifcizens of -Christchurch, the;.und<>__taking from-, first.to-., last, bein^-financed- by-the Solonial Treasury. • .) ■""..,'

..The- Wellington Education Board, did f not receive iindly-a- suggestion from the-- 1 Hospital Board that the schools in the ? Wellington Education District should-be ' closed for a month to stop the spread of . the measles epidemic.among school chil-i a dren. The charirman and other members a of the board were of opinion that the I proposal was a Tpreposterous one which 1 should not be considered for an instant. ( The secretary informed the board that I the epidemic was first 'reported in Tebruiry, and it had since spread steadily. h During the last quarter the attendance ' on the bulk of the schools had been" only * a half per cent, lower than the average c for the corresponding quarter of last n year: He added further that in his opin- ° ion it was a.mistake to suppose that the " closing of. the schools would effectuaUv . efld tbe disorder, .The board did not ° entertain .. the. proposal .to ■-. close the schools,.but another, aspectlof the-effeets. •*. of epidemics was raised by the Chief In. >t spector, Mr. Fleming."' "He .pointed out' -5 that the lowering of this average - attendance by such an occasional epidemic as n: the present frequently caused a school P 1 to fail to. qualify'for its full staff com- P ! plement, and he instanced Brooklyn - t( school, - which would have been entitled *" to another assistant had the attendance tl remained normal. He recommended", the V( board, to make representations to tbe. de- C partment about allowances for the' re- P' duction of attendance by such "untoward te circumstances as an epidemic of measles, w wliich recommendation the board decided SI to act upon. -w

June;ba 3 beena very 'to, i^-T^'i tor the,milk- su p^.§«jisd (reports- our correspo^ P^W'«; expected that ,July. P t_l- )ri^Tv •dimnution of the? HIM '■ culties" of". ??' L ma »y> and there'ha.-\» " k^Tl!' sideration a proposal t 0 &»S , tmn has arisen out of Ihe i : ;Tie i 4 > dry weather that _orth IfewT' . derwent in the autu^ : I the ram -caused a. «hortW .1 , on niany- dairy , dry" much sooner than!. ** *fi - tarme « »ade an 5 ? tion by purchasing feed w . .grass was too- great a M tte »H to overcome, lid' som'?^ P:for 4 ; chasing supplies of m o* fc ' ; consumption.- In7^-^"^ «r . was al *° keenly felt. :Wm## , opposed the. rising 0 f t&™ r ?^ -?__*• _fc* will not.take thest « of July or the heginninl o f^ Utte r «i- -- --thc difficulty, because by ffi^ 4 <* ;cows will "come..in" W H. supply of milk .will be j^fe;*^ It was stated in-an nrf'_i '•'■:■ telton Times" » feldayf the Municipal every borough council and ! rftl* ' .in. the I>omihio_i-had;-i e£ n^_^^-^ u,ial ' banking concern. Re&T's*» ject, Mr. H.. R. SmithfgJ, ..Christchurch, said City Council., for,' «S?gs§g| advantage of. the pS r in .this' direction. lt.acckted P f of sums not less than £lX{ B9 - s,li which it acknowledged 'iFbJfW> the document waslndo&Sfe/' positor, making spect. The .. transaction X, V* nun^^dther p art y( notice, "iarge •sunts-ohmonev Z«7trusted to the Council by Site *,' appeared in the WcJaSK temporary , hmun- -Business !^„ made./ use. of;: tte.7C«2l few days monies that, they inteM send Home by-mail./.TheCouacHta the. Practice...in.order, to..save: -.charges. The bank and by accepting deposits j paid -3. per; centthousand' found!' m that way since-the-MtfSp&ll entered into, tue" puking buffi: a' .the.money. t ;the fund for home was dealt contebutionk Clerk by the Mayor;,,and. the ■ temporary ~lQans:.awouat -aai & Council .contributions-' with .3? j»r .^tVinteest The United States. Navy Departiwil is installing on. pne;of;.t.hifleetest ve«__ of the eighth division now in TlteoOklm Navy-yard, one" of : Eliner* i."Sperfi ; gyroscopic compasses'-foi"'%, ■■&s&■. of-rgiving-the .mysnt^-air-wtS^tm 1 trial... The NaTy / .Dep__rt4.n>Ual«>'K> -paring to one' of ..the, towefc-l : boat destroyers' one' ottifegMrty W; gyroscopes,; ..for • the. purposed Write the ability of boat. on an; even.'kepi, '■.%%%:' compass weighs' only a. few pounds. Ife . gyroscope that "is''expected tp:"k'eeptli. vessel stable on. the-..hjgi).. seat"wigiu several; ..fions. S'pirry said; .tbat.-one. of his small gyroscopes, eight' ]-6uhds/"warned on aa 'aeropSna in Connecticut ~recently,_ and ptoved _ success, in. keeping'-tb4i__ero|il«ii« »> feetly stable. n .1..,'.'. : :,/ '..-.",'7_:' The..EpssjßJ.'Methodist:;Qmreh idly .reaching cpmp.le.tic}ii,;.,.Jt intigidei ,to-open pit August 3;.wti_j.' dedicatory service of a-spefial.char^cta' ... Milne I and - Clwyco. a .>§jle v S9-P«Pi Mbhday.A."Closeictail day Saturday.- (M); Don't \smoke. matches.. Buytlie-wiiMc.! .th«t. ; Standard's two', ounce bose'Sj," aromatic aa; I dark.—(.Md.) . : Buy it! ...Try it! •'Yoh-caa'f'-deiiy it" Royal Standard tobacco is the best.-7Aii Milne and GhoyceV sale Vcommsnffl ; Monday. : 'CloseiaU.'daySaturday. -'(Ai! 3_>Tat.heard ,co? 'Whyl where _iaye-7yo'n- beenf■"-.Tha-prune favourite .-among ;pjpe .saoten t'o-'day'is"Boyal'Standard.—(Atl.j.: '