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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 299, 16 December 1911, Page 4

Following is Mr D. C Bates- weather forecast for 24 hours from 'J a.m. this day:— if ode-rate to strong westerly winds, backing and freshening after 36 hours. ba*v and cloudy at times, hnt fair weather predominating; glass rise slowlv hnt fall after 36 hours: expert unsettled and cloudy weather early next week.

The latest acquisition to the T'nion Company's fleet the Tahiti, which arrived at' Wellington from Sydney yesterdav. will inaugurate the new Sydney Wellington-San Francisco service, which she will maintain with the Aorangi and the "Maitai. The vessel is of 7585 ton? prosp. and she has accommodation for 160 first-class and 60 second-class passengers. She is fitted with refrigerating chambers of 100,000 cubic feet capacity, has a speed of 18 knots, and is re-puted to be a good sea boat. On her run out from England she •brought 350 immigrants to New South Wales. The Tahiti's passenger accommodation seems quite satisfactory, the cabins being roomy and wvfi ventilated. She. should prove a ■jxmula.r ship in her new run.

When playing on the roof of the launch cabin at Kerepeohi on Sunday week a bov named Donglas Qaiartermain fell into "the Piako River and -was drowned. TTis body was found floating in the river yesterday, and at the inquest it was stated that the lad -was plavinc wi'rth two dogs when he was bumped by one of tbem and rolled overboard. A"verdict of accidental drowning was returned.

The mechanical engineering; workshop instructor at the Technical College, Mr. Edward Haydocb, has received intimation •from the City and CriiUd-s of Liondon Institute that at the examination in mechanical engineering conducted, hy the institute in various parts of th" 1 Britip-h Bnrpire in June last, he obtained fir*t place in the linpire in Part IT., for which he -will be awarded the Institute's first priyp. and a bronze modal. Auckland is advancing rapidly fn the number of births registered before the local registrar, and the present year promises to heat all previous records. Should the rate of birth registration continue to the end of the year, the Auckland record "will be dose on three thousand births. Mr. W. J. Macdermott 'writes:—"Tt is inTPresting to note that of the 76 candidates jnst elected to Parliament only ten secured a three-fifths majority The folio-wing are the names and the figirres show the numbers over and about that majority:—Messrs. Herries 39fi, Massey 300. T.p.urim?on 3SO, Withy 21>S, Myers 2PI. Thompson (Wallace)," 2445. Atrnore 208. MeKenzic (Motuekal 3S. Poland 60, Guthrie 39." The Kast street Hall Mission advertise s special Ximas gift day on next Sunday, a featnre of the propranvmn being the special "Messiah 5 ' music by the Pittstreet choir at 3 pan. At the evening service Miss Anderson Hng-hcs will give en address, and the American Evangelists Trill sing. The -wholesale '(notations for butter and ogss for the weok ending December 23rd are as follows: —Butter (factory 1. 1/0} per IS.; 'butter (farmers'), Sd. per lt>.; eggs, Bd p«r doz. The City Prohibition League will .meet, Bext JSonday.