THE COAL SUPPLY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 209, 2 September 1911, Page 4

THE COAL SUPPLY.

The following is Mr. D. C. Bates" ! weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 , ajn. this day:—"Light and variable winds, but moderate to strong norther'y \ after ten hours, and there are Tndic-.-Uions j for v.tnd freshening to g.iV after twentyfour hours. Expect unsettled and cloudy j weather, increasing and very heavy rain may be expected after forty-eight hours; j glass fall." I Mr. J. T. Stevenson, F.R_\-S.. advises: j "There is every prospect of a fine Sun- , day. and good weather probably extending into early part of next week.'' \ The winter sports still hold strong J sway, and this afternoon the various con- i tests were of more than ordinarv in- ! terest. The Auekbnd Rugby touring ! team opened its campaign at Christ- j church, where thev met the Canterbury I representatives. The Auckland I? team also played an outside match, meeting Lower Waikalo at Huritly. Under | Union rulrs. Auckland played i their fifth representative match of the > season, meeting Taranaki at Victoria j Park. The Association football, hockey, i and golf matches were also interesting, j while the coursing meeting and point-to-point steeplechases of the Pakurangs j Hunt Club attracts a large number of supporters. Special arrangements have been made for full reports of the above, which will appear in our S o'clock edition this evening, which can be had from all agents and runners. As our telephones . are in constant use by thp staff on | Saturdav afternoons, getting in reports j of sport'of all kinds, we cannot reply to i any queries for the results of matches. At the quarterly meeting of the Thames Licensing Committee transfers. wpre grarued for the Royal Hot?l. Kuao-j tunu. from -lames Courtney to William; .lames McLean; and for the Pacific! Hot'!. Thames, from Henry Golding to, Charles O'Brien. A permit was granted; to cam- on the business of the Xeaves-j ville Hotel in temporary premises for; four months, the original build.r.g hav-, ing been destroyed by fire. The police report on the various hotels of the dis-1 triot was favourable., some minor repairs, being recommended, which t:;e owners j agreed to carry out. The weather in T» Kuiti and district, ' continues phenomenally fine, and a j shortage of water is being feared. The rainfall last month wis 4. \Z inches on ! thirteen days, of which five d.-iy.s gavel less thin .05 inches each. For the eight months to August -il the rainfa'.i in Te I Kuiti was 28.45 inches on 76 days.j j seventeen of which yielded lcs than .05; I inches. Last year the fall in the samel 1 period o-f eight months was 37 incJics. ' A movement is on foot to organise ! a relief fund for Mr. C. H. Cooper, who .lost born legs as the result of a tram( accident three weeks ago. A deputation,! i consisting of Major A. Plugge and Cap-1 tain R. J. Derran (for tbe Territorials), and Messrs. O. Scherff and D. E. McCarthy (for the Tramways' employees). 1 waited on the president and executive j of the Citizens' League yesterday after- ' noon, asking for the league's assistance in the matter. Major Plugge said that Cooper, who was now in Hospital, was ! an employee of the Tramways Company ! for three and a-half years as conductor, land motorman, but resigned a fortnight I before the accident, so was not entitled i to compensation. He was a keen volun--1 teer. and had been a member of tbe i Newton Rifles for nine years. He was, ' without money, and would be perman- | ently incapacitated. Mr. YV. J. Ralph ( (president of the Citizens' League) said I the executive realised the case of Mr. ! Cooper to be a particularly distressing I one, deserving of practical sympathy. The league would do what it could to I assist in the matter. He suggested the ! immediate circulation of subscriptions, i and he would bead the list with five j guineas. It was decided that the presii dent and secretary confer with MA". 1 Cooper's friends next week. The Mt. Eden Gaol inquiry was conI tinued yesterday afternoon, and after a i long sitting adjourned until this morning. There is still a considerable : amount'of evidence to be taken, but we I understand that there is a possibility of ; the case being concluded early next j week. The statements given by w>me ] of the witnesses have, it is said, been i of a sensational nature, but as tie inquiry is being conducted in camera, no details have been communicated to 1 the Press. The woman who suddenly fell down vesterday afternoon in a store in ComI merce street and expired, was a eomI paratively young married woman, Mrs. I Ruby Weight, of Eden Vale-road, Mt. j Eden. Aji inquest has been deemed unI necessary as Dr. Murray, who had attended the deceased some time prior to j death, has certified that death was due to heart disease. Mrs. Weight was aware of the trouble, and it is apparent that a walk up a stairway in Spedding's Buildings just prior to death precipitated the fatal heart strain. The building Trade at Otahuhu is unusually just now (writes our correspondent '. and local builders have enough work in hand to keep them going till the en 1 of the year. A number of dwellings on the township extension. Midnlemore and Hokunuj estates are In course of erection. The tender of Messrs. 1.-ogan for the erection of a large and up-to-dite borr-''Tig-house in Huiarosd has lwcr. a«-eeptcd. This ••Thrn completed will sunnlv a long-felt want in 1 the town. Vlnns nre being prepared i for a new Frcrrn.tsons' Ha«l to replace ] the old one which i= rhtrring sums of wear. The new structure, which trill be of handsome will V>" an orna--1 ment to the town and a credit to the ' Masonic body. A leading business man is oom-emplatini the erection of a skating rink on an elaborate s-ale. to cost upwards of £2OOO. Otahubu is rapidly becoming a favourite and popular suburb if Auckland, and it is expoeted that in " the n°ar future it will r"""orr.e necessary " ; for the Train Compan" t.- -rnsHer the 5 ' advisability of evtendir™ "he liens to • I this progressive town. j. | It had been intended to THd an in- , j quiry into the cause of death of Mrs. j 1 Weight, of Mt. Tden. who dropped dead j i in Commerce-Street yesterday, hut- the t Coroner (Mr. T. Gresharc). ascertaining that Dr. Murray was prepared to certify. decided that an inquiry would not be j necessary. The anniversary of the Arch Biß ~ Methodist Sunday-school will be cel-e----y brated (by special services to-morrow and I a tea and public meeting on Wednesday.

Some erictement was occasioned at Tanna, in tie New Hebrides, while th« Island steamer Makam-bo was there recently, owfcig to a volcanic collapse pjj, natives were greatly alarmed, a*' th. south-eastern side oi the volcano had iallen in and broken the crater, which had never been known to be active within the memory of the oldest resident. Several passengers from the Makambo went to the summit, and had a look down it. Phis great!v relieved the fears of the natives. Before, however, the Makambo left the anchorage it was active again. Arriving fe*ck at \ ila on July 19 last, the Makambo left the sa-me day for the northern "roup, and returned to Vila on the 13th." \\ hile Mr. Bachelor, Minister for Ex. tcrnal Affairs in tic Commonwealth, wa» in the East he was struck with the num. l>er of Russians who are coming south by almost every steamer. lie estimates that there are about 50 on e;wh boat. Nearly the whole of them land in some Queen** land port. What will New Zealand pay toward* the upkeep of the Camber well Military College. England J is a matter that wjU be raised next week in the iMme Minister's Budget in the House. The matter wa~ one discussed at the Imperial Conference, when a scheme was aareed oa for the education at this college of officers from the several oversea Dominions, Should this be ratified by the interested Dominions ihe question of increased accommodation will have to be consid. ered. as the college has aJreaay barelv sullirient space for the Imperial general staff. The \>;ir Oiliee will make the necessary ii: ise of accommodationprovided the i niiiiiions pay a share of the cost of ]i:.iintemnee according to the number of men scut from each. The new post office at Te is to have a striking clock, provided the people of the town subscribe £2OO towards the cost of raising a dock tower. The clock proposed to be given to Te Awamutu is one that has done dutv for some time at Timaru, but is an excellent timekreper, and is valued at £4OO. The uncommonly fine weather aurhv» the past month has been a subject ol daily comment. The metorological observations made by Mr. T. F. Cheesemaa at the Albert Park observatory show that Auckland was less rained on during the August just passed than during any previous August for years back. On twenty onynf the thirty-one days there was rain, but it was little and welcome, with the exception of a wet Wednesday, the loth, when .95in. was recorded. The total for the month was 3.25 in.. which, though more than the July rainfall, ia considerably below the August averags of 4.19 in. The heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Auckland in August was lO.dGin. in IS7O, and the lightest wai I.3!>in. in 1887. What is now of more immediate importance to the community is that September has opened with superb spring weather. September waa not always thus. There was the occasion of 2nd September, IRP4. when the plavers in the Auckland-Wellington reprr.Fent.Ttive footbaW match we"e driven from the field by a terrific hailstorm. Then the following day (3rd Pepteriber, ISJMi snow piade its first and only known appearance in the streets of Auckland city. A London paper. "Cold Storage." of •Tulv 20. publishes the following 1 : —"Perhaps the only people in the frozen meat market wiho have had the right to complain during the past month hare beea sellers of frozen beef. It will be understood why, when it is known that chfficd beef has been so plentiful and cheap that a retail stall-holder in the provinces nearly a hundred miles fron London has had chilled beef, fores, delivered to Oiim at 2 3-Sd per lb. overall cost, or a farthing per lb cheaper than the gmithfield wholesale quotation for New Zealand 'beef. And yet the Americans pay dividends!'' Advice has hern received that tie Union Steam Ship Company has just let a contract for a new cargo steamer. The vessel will be built by Messrs. Ojbourne. G-raham. and Co.. of Sunderland, and her dimeis'ions will be: Length 298 ft and breadth 45ft. Her dead weight will be about 3750 tins. She is to be delivered in the Dominion at the end of April, and will be specially fitted for the New Zealand and Austrt"fan cargo trade. This vessel will bfihg the strength of the company's fleet up to 69. exclusive of tugs, launches, and tenders. It is understood that tta building programme is not yet completed His Honor Mr. Justice Edwards, aitting in Chambers upon the motion 6f Mr. W. J. Napier for the petitioner, hu granted a decree nisi in .the divorce case Kathleen Agnes Edwards v. Arthur W* kie Edwards, the decree to become absolute upon the expiration of three montM. The evidence was taken at the recent sittings of the Supreme Court in DN-OTce, when Mr Napier, for the petitioner, Arm the attention of the Judge to the f*t that the jurat in the affidavit of eernet of the citation npon the respondent had been altered in London by the soberfor who took the affidavit. By -Hie ful» <* the Supreme Court of New Zealand socS an alteration prevents the affidavit bo*? read, but Mr. Vapief submitted that tte petitioner ought not to be put to W expense and delav of getting *J T *~ affidavit from England", and his Howl agreed that if a special motion were moved in chambers under rule 55« the divorce rules to dispense wrtt further service of the citation he wowa grant such an application, and in »■ meantime would hear the evidence. Aecordinglv the evidence was taken at tt» hearing." and the motion now having beea moved, his Honor dispensed wrth arty further service of the petition upon ">• respondent, and granted the prayer ol the petition for the divorce, the a*** nisi to become absolute in three montfts. Enos. S. Pegler, photo goods* addre* is now 91, Karangahape-road—(Ad) New Goods and latest novelties juj* opened ex recent arrivals on I each department.—Smith and CaugWTi I Ltd—(Ad.) i Ties, collars, braces, belts, glomes, | studs, links, all knick-knacks for men» ] wear right here.—Geo. Fowlds, Ltd.—A 0 - Bon Ton and Royal Worcester NonI rustable Corsets. Famous for eofflfors | and improving the figure. New shipment just opened.—Smith and Caugfiey. Ltd.—l Ad. l The Royal Commission of JEnea wiJ sit at the Municipal Buildings, Auckland next Monday. When you bay ouxs you buy the best See our ready-to-wear suits, the beet oa the market.—Geo. Fowlds, Ltd.—(Ad-) lne value house, Geo. 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