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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 73, 25 March 1912, Page 4

Following is 3Sr. r>. C XJates' weather forecast for 24 Lours from 9 a.m. this day:—"Moderate to strong westerly winds prevailing; equally and unsettled and cloudy weather at times j class little movement."' Although a record in the matter of inquests i≤ not of the class which are chronicled with uny degree of elation one such has been established fry the City Coroner (Mr. Thoa. Grcshara) in Auckland to-day. Thi3 morning three inque-its were held at the Criterion Hotel, nnd this afternoon two similar inquiries Tvi>re conducted at the District Hospital. Hithf. to the greatest number of Coronial inquiries hold in one day in Auckland was four. Mr. Gresham expcet3 that the n»w niorpnc will bo ready for occupation in about a week.

Stanation among horses in Wellington i* said to b? all too common—that is, horses that are too old or decrepit for service are simply turned out by their owners, the majority of whom escape detection. At a recent meeting of the Wellington branch of the S.P.CA. the inspector stated that he had found many horses lately in a state of starvation, in most instances the unfortunate animals being beyond recovery, and having to bo destroyed.

A Wellington merchant states that pood cheese is being retailed in tlvafcity at as high a price as lid. and 1/ per pound, owing to nearly all the factories having contracted with London firms for the sale of the whole of the sason's make, this greatly reducing the output which is available for the New Zealander's own consumption, and, incideutally, materially advancing the price.

A herd of about forty bulls was dri\en through Inrercargill on a recent Sunday night, on rout-e to tht; Ocean Beach freezing works, there to be converted into tianed meat for the sustenance of Tommy Atkins. It is said that a considerible trad* in this class of beef has been done in New Zealand during the past two years, such stock being now from £4 to £5 per head, while at one time they were scarcely saleable at 30/ per bead.

The committee of Grey Lvnn p m v Council, set u P to confer the &? of amalgamation with the City of A"i-v land, met la it week, and after able deliberation, it was agreed aot L make information public tmtil after joint conference with the Finance IW mittee of the City Council had tals™ place. As the conference baa not ■»•! been bete It is not likely anything 4m be brought b«for e th, Gre 7 Lynn (.ounr.l upon the question at the m»£ ing to-night. The steamer Athenic, which arrived at Wellington on Saturday evenn-r IM J London, via Capetown and HoiarT broi-glit nte pa»3en?er3. These ineinfe 177 as3!sted paasengers, o: whcmi 122 i r . adults wit.T relations in New Zealand. Those nominated amounted to h» adults, and 55 children, and 53 wer . approved by the Hi;<h CbmmL'a<vner. There are fi.j dome-itics and 30 aamei women, who come out to rejoin their hiwbands. The spectacle of lt»orie gathering sea . pggs i.5 on s which is to be seen cearb every Sumiav, and often on a TveeSiJay at Tiikapuna lieaeh. The natives cenline then npcrat:oM to the vfcfaity 6j the rocks, and work induatriouslj- aioa' the pools that are left by tile outsro-n' tide. (Jropir.g about among the sHiftae? tracp the with ereat preeisioa,' with the rn;;!R that they generally have a, cnil well-filkd sacks to bring away j g trophies of the chise. The O a the outside, 3«mewhat resenroies" the body of the porcupine. It contains g mass of dark ii-rjtiid, whiek is swaaotrel by the .Maori with arsat relish, biit which to the European looks decidedly ejhsj. ru-

Mr. Hugh Clereects, a gentleman via h a frequent contributor to the Ecgsiaii I're»s on mattc"3ineterol'jgical and professes to be able to "knock epoti" <ia our Meteorological OSiee weather j,r6phets—they do make some shockingly bad predictions—has just issued a forecast in vrhich he ventures to assert that there will be earthquake shocks in Xew Zealand and Kor:h-we3t India on Tiiejdav. February 20th. Mr. Clement, fiai madir some wonderfully correct foreeasa regarding seismic disturbances in fir-oil lands in the past, but it 13 to be hopid that these linee w:U only raise a gmSt: when New Zealanders read them, write.) our Londop correspondent.

A young lady stufent »t the 3J®. bourne Training Coßrge has been tie victim of allege." "ragging." She iris lifted out of bed, marched doen tie passage, and a.n acknowledgment o! s-stf-humiliation demanded of her. some boot-blacking had been applied to her nose, she gave the required afijsasion of humility. She informed Hα prini-ipal that she only regarded tie incident as d "jolly good joke."

The "Tatler" contains an amusing jfo. torial comment on the average English man's woeful ignorance at the Essoira at large. An eW'riy person of the geatier sex addressing" herself to a saSec concerning her oc!y son who is ja& about to emigrate to Kew Zealand, i> marks, "Yuss, an' I made 'im taike plenty o' warm clothin", too. If ita cold enough to freeze sheep out there, wot chahst'ii 'c got unless 'c's well covered upf Witnesses should ba careful what isplies they make when under irefeexamination by counseL In thr Daaedin Court a witness \ras askeS if a certain reply vras true, and his tanrer was: "Yes; don't judge others by yourself." The Majristrate promptly ordered him to apologise to the solicitor for ha unseemly demeanour. He further toK the witness that he would , iiob f/crmfc counsel to be insulted in any Gait over which he presided.

On a recent evening a. young msa was seen to enter the sea near St. KM* Beach, Melbourne. As he ma ifijl noticed to return, the police were informed, and dragging operations Trere instituted, his clothes being taken ebsrp of by the colics. By and by the tatter, who had been enjoying a good losg swim, had to walk ho. c in his bath% suit, and next day called at the police station to give information of the theft

All prepsrations are now well in iini for the St. Patrick's Cathedral be held in the Town Hall at Eaiter. itt executive tomtuittee is leaving no sfe» : untamed to insure the success of thu ■bag undertaking. Pull particnlara tar published from time to time. A general meeting is announced for Friday neit of all those interested, and a moonlistt excursion has been organised for Wednesday next, the sa. Kestrel being «•■■'• gaged.

A recent vieitor wno Was greatly '& pressed witl« the potentialities of"xi» Zealand as a producing country ni the representative of a large mercantile concern in Christiana, Norway,' Mr. Jl Jensen. He has full confidence in tin. Suture development of trade betw«3 Norway and New Zealand. He explained that there was no lhnit to M> trading of Sis company, timber, esfbide, woodware and preserved fish being leading features. He thought ttutt, botli as regards timber and oil engines, importations from Norway, would he found highly satisfactory. He affirmed that Norwegian pine had been. found much superior to Baltic pine. He said that although his prospects were highly satisfactory in his own country, Xcv Zealand appealed to him ia a remarkable degree. With regard to the Mawkt-'s Bay fruit industry, ho. had no hesitation in saying that the New inland product wa3 superior to tiie American. Never in any other part of the world had he seen anything to approach, from an agricultural point of view, the .stretch of country between Oamaru and Invereargill. To" his mini New Zealand, from "every standpoint, whs a splendid country. The annual church parade of Court Pride of Onehunga, A.0.F., together with representatives of the Oddfellows sod Druids, was Ueld yesterday morning. The brethren marched from Oorner to tbo Congregational Church at Onehunga, which they attended. Bro. the Rev. J. H. .Mackenzie conducted the service, and preached aa able sermon. The scripture lesions were read by Bro. Wesley Martin (Druide) and Bro. J. Laking (A.0.F.) The well-known Friendly Sor,etie3' hymn "Onward Brothers, Onward," composed by Bro. Mackenzie, when residing at Maungaturotb, Vis sung by a large choir, conducted by BrA T. E. Smith, P.C.R., A.O.F. Bro. A. Watts, P.C.L., A.0.F., sang, "Nearer, 3fy God, to Thee." Miss Laking ably presided at the organ.