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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 141, 13 June 1912, Page 4

__c foUormng is Mr. '©. C Bates' ■Trearthcr forecast- _<rr tmenty-ioar —ours ; from' 9- ajn. .Ids day-:' —"Moderate' to, strong- n>__s__y _u__, equally -art ___:, and misty. __as_*-_ttlej j

An item on the Agenda, paper tor _a_ morning's meeting at the Hospital Board in co___.ee was: '_etter front Dr. t Sa-vage—withdrawal of resignation." . When the com__nica_ion was stout to be read, howewer, Mr. Nerheny objected that it- -was- a-__iter that should <be-dea_ with, at _c regiulaT meeting of the . Board. L_tai Q_s_ess had. been specially . referred to the Board in committee, he . said, it could not be considered at such a meeting as they were hr___g to-day. - The letter was not read, bat it -will come up for eo—sMerasfcioii at the- next _eeting . of the Board. In the interview -_£_, the Son. George . iFowlds, which appeared yesterday, he 1 _as reprDesei-ted as sa___g; .il_t the ' enormous sum which Trad been added to land values during the last nineteen years had gone to 22,000 "farmers," and that the justice of tacking the larger portion of this unearned increment for Government purposes was widely recognised. Of course it would be quite obvious to those who know ___-. Eowlds and Ms teachings that *_______" and not "farmers" was the- term used. The whole trend of his lectures in the South was to tell the people that it was not the ■fanners who came in for the benefits of this sum of __2.000,000, but the speculator—it being the city and Si-burban landowner and speculator who had annexed it. The proposal of the _____ party to increase the land duties and reduce the customs and similar taxes would, Mr. Fowlds points out, be a distinct gain to the farmer. The _tew Zealand Shipping Company notify in another column that they have arranged for their mail steamers leaving New Zealand during next season—February, March, April and May—to make Bio de Janeiro a port of call on the voyage Home as well as the- usual way ports, Monte Video, Teneriffe and Plymouth. The first steamer to call at Bio will be the Kemnent, gaffing from New Zealand on February 6th. It will be followed by the B__h_ne, Buapebu, Ro•toTna and Tnra.VTn. with four-weekly intervals between each vessel. The arrival of the chairman of the hon, medical staff (Dr. Pabst) at the meeting of the Hospital Board in committee this morning was attended' by a somewhat startling happening. The doctor proceeded to his usual seat at the left of the chairman, but the chair de--1 clined to accept his weight, and collapsed completely. As he was being assisted to his feet the head of the medical staff remarked. "I object to Messrs. Kerheny and Potter taking revenge in this manner." There was a general laugh, prompted doubtless by recollections of the recent hostilities in which the gentlemen referred to found themselves in opposing ranks. One of the most successful classes at the Petone Technical School is woolsorting, the studente manifesting a deep interest in their work. So far excellent work has been done by the class, and many of the students are now an_do_sly . waiting for the examination which is shortly to take place. It appears that several of the students are from the Gear Company's works and the Petone woollen mills, while others are drawn • from among the employees at the big wool stores in Wellington. The Board will soon have to face the difficulty of providing sufficient accommodation for this class, which is already somewhat cramped, the present arrangements being only of a temporary nature. Many students axe joining the class now in preparation for the next sheafing season. At the annual reunion of "old boys" of Dunedin High Sdiool, the proposer of the toast, 'Our Old Masters,' referred, amidst thunderous applause, to Mr D. Brent, who was a living memorial of the old schooL It was, indeed, quite unique that at a gathering of old boys of a school founded 49 years ago there should be present a master who began work a»s its mathematical master on the opening day and remained in that capacity for the best part of 50 years. When Mr Brent rose to reply, the "boys" rose with him, and cheered again and again. The weather cannot ibe judged by the postman. "fie is not a fair-weather prophet," Temarked the Hon. H. G. Ell, in the course of his address at the Christchurch letter-carriers' social. The Minister went on to say that the postman had to go out on his rounds whether it was raining or hailing, or even snowing. He had been particularly struck by the healthy appearance of every one of the post office servants. (Loud laughter and applause.) No doubt many times they were glad of a cup of tea from some generous-minded housekeeper while making their deliveries. (A voice: It's against the by-laws.) "Well," said the Postmaster-General, when the laughter had partly ceased, "you can depend upon it that there will be no rigid enforcement of the by-laws in weather like this." Tbe apt retort was greeted with a hearty round of applause. Beally, New. Plymouth is becoming a rather dangerous place of residence. A few days ago a resident was reading a paper in the reading-room when a <bnllet whizzed just over his head. On Saturday afternoon a bullet .ore through the billiard-room of the Criterion Hotel, luckily without lodging in any of those present. From its direction, it is presumed the bullet came ___. a pea-rifie fired on M____—_ Hill West Coast exchanges state that the local red pine timber trade is s_fl very dull and only a few orders are coming along. The arrival of a cargo of Oregon timber at Lyttelton last week has not improved matters. The money market is also tight, and in consequence there is no speculative building going on. Australia is taking a small proportion of . red pine, but the quality they want reaves the miller with nearly 60 per cent of the log on his hands, as tie A___ian merchants do not take any ordinary '. building sizes—only dressing timber. The i white pine trade is stall very good, and is at present the mainstay of the West Coast trade. Some peculiar facts were elicited at the trial of a man who had been found guilty of appropriating money belonging to his employer while managing the firm's business in C__t__urch. The accused came before Mr. Justice Denniston fox sentence. It transpired that the accused had been with the firm eleven years, and had been in receipt of a salary of £5 10/ a week. About a year ago he had to pay £100 in connection with a breach of promise case. _i 3 SDonor said the prisoner was c__ged with taking only £700. Apparently he had spent £1,300 in a ctraple of year . Accused claimed that he had been sup- • porting relatives, his mother and an invalid sister and her child. He also had employment to go to at once were he admitted to probation. His Honor remarked that it would simply be an encouragement to crime if a man embez- ; _ing to such an extent, and abusing the trust reposed in him should be lightly ', dealt with simply because he could get .employment.. He would have to treat . _te case w_hc a a _______ per__fcv""<>f , ptwefce ______ __________ residents a_re reminded of ' , the meeting _o__ght in. the E__da_s <' p__e_e__»ol _t_j__i_____^^wrf__Ehefl2iro--posed r\

A _rf__x _.i_L_.__g old map of C3__!x charch. has just come to light, its tkpnty is demonstrated by 4_e title ithears, ___s--cia-tion Reserves at Lyttelton, otherwise C__r_t__c_h.'' One reserve on •_© map is described as a cattle market. Most ofithe reserves ran all round the city ito a depth, of eighteen chains, the outside 'boundaries being marked as "avenues" named after prominent founders of the Canterbury settlemen-. The present High-street in the city appears on the map as Sumnerstreet. family residing in a rural district of Manawatu had a ma-rvello-nsly narrow escape from being killed. They were driving home from church, and were ascending a hill when so_e children jumped suddenly down the bank on the right. The horse swerved, and went over the cliff-. Trap and occupants all disappeared from sight. There was a sheer fall of about forty feet, but thick grqwths of fern checked the dangerous descent, and the three occupants were a_e. to scramble out and throw themselves free. By a miracle all escaped injury, and the horse also was unhurt. The vehicle, which was smashed considerably, was hauled up to the road later in the afternoon. In the Christchurch Juvenile Court a rather pathetic scene was enacted a day or two ago. According to the police, an uranarried couple who had been living together for some months neglected the six children who should have been their chief care. The respective ages of the children were eleven years, nine yeaTS, seven years, five years, one year, and two months. Four of them were claimed by the man and two by the woman. The house, said a constable, was in a disgraceful state, the floors filthy, and the bedding threadbare and ragged. One ! morning at 3 o'clock he had seen the woman scantily-attired with two shivering j children lying outside under a tree. She | explained that the man had shut her out. Witness went inside and found the man under the influence of liquor. The Court decided that the six little derelicts should be committed to a home, whereupon the mother rushed forward and exclaimed: "You cannot have them; I'd sooner drown myself than let yon have them," and she picked up an armful of children and held them close to her, sobting 'bitterly. The officials came forward and made her clearly realise that she must part with the children. The mother flatly refused to let them be taken—she would tear the constable's eyes out if he touched them, and she went around them all again to say good-bye. But at. last they were separated, the children placed in the van, and the man and woman walked off alone, wheeling an empty gocart. By the name, Whakamatu, will in future be known the Lake Coleridge post office, which has become necessary owinnr to the rapid growth of the little township at the site of the electric lighting works. The English rendering of Whakamatu is, appropriately enongh, "to enlighten. 1 ' Up till the present the place has borne the far from euphonious name Kisseltown, after one of the engineers. The postal authorities, however, have declined to follow an old and bad practice in nomenclature, and the place will have its proper Maori name. "The love for their children,"' said a Christchurch police official, "that is shown by numbers of abandoned men and women who come into the hands of the police is frequently found to be the means of their regeneration when it is explained to them that if they lead a better life they may get their children Back when they have satisfied 'the authorities that the3 r art reformed. Time and again the better side of human nature reasserts itself, and the criminal is turned into a self-respecting citizen." At the Stratford Magistrate's Court, the S_L was informed by the Clerk of the Court that he had received a money order, but could not tell whom it was from, as there was no accompanying note. Worship said this was by no means an isolated case. The Post and Telegraph Department were continually drawing attention to the. fact that there was a growing practice in the part of people who thought everybody knew their 'business of sending money loose through the post. Sometimes it was a sheaf of banknotes enclosed in a badlyaddressed envelope, with nothing to show who was the sender. The Christchurch papers report a series of accidents through boarding or .'attempting to leave moving tram cars, and in nearly every one there was a narrow escape of a fatality. A different type of accident befell a young man who, while riding a bicycle beside a car, managed to get a handle-bar caught in a handrail. The result was that tbe 'bicycle and man were dragged along the ground. When the car stopped it was found that although the man was uninjured the bicycle was badly shattered. A tender has been accepted by the Cabinet for the supply of tra_tfor_ers in connection with the Lake Coleridge electric power scheme. The tender of the Dunedin Engineering Company has been accepted for the supply of the pipe line in connection with the scheme; and the tender of an English firm 'has been accepted for the supply of a travelling crane in connection with the work. Seasonable items for unseasonable weather, gloves and. muffler, splendid range at Geo. Fowlds, Ltd.—(Ad.) The famous Roslyn writing pads always in stock.—Smith and Canrfiey Ltd.—(Ad.) Shopkeepers are cordially invited to join in the New Zealand Industries Week movement by making displays in their windows (luring next week of locallymanufactured goods only. Special win--dow tickets may be obtained free of charge on application to the Auckland Industrial Association (Thos. E. Whittcm, secretary), 20-22, Swanson-street. Telephone 2862. —(Ad.)