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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 167, 13 July 1912, Page 4

Following is Mr D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hours from ft a.m. this day: ''Moderate to strong westerly winds prevailing; indications for fair weather, but unsettled and cloudy weather at times; glass rise slowly, but unsteady." After giving judgment this morning in the case Dr. Keith v. \Y. £. Sncller, in which there was a direct conflict of medical evidence. Mr ('. C. Kettle, S.M., referred to the opinion expressed recently by an American judge, who rei marked that unpleasant exhibitions were j not infrequently made in law courts when experts of equally biijli standing gave diametrically opposite' opinions. Such professional tilting, said the judge, was growing to be sneeringly called "the war of the expert." It was becoming increasingly common, and was lending to prejudice both the courts and the 'public a.jjain_t expert (testimony, and this to the detriment of justice. Mr Kettle remarked that the quotation of this opinion bore no reference to the judgment be had just delivered. At a meeting of the council of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, a reso lution was carried expressing sympathy with Lady Campbell, and recording a deep sense of the loss the community had sustained through the death of the late Sir John Logan Campbell. , The shooting season closes- on the 31st lot -tho present month.

i The majority of the members of the Cost of Living <>j_____-K__ left 'Wellington yesterday and will return to their homes. The secretary, 'Mr. J. W. Collins, of the Labour 'Department, will remain in charge of !the affairs of the; Commission until the printed evidence is received, which will be in about a fortnight. The Commission will then again meet and draw up its report for submission to his Excellency the Governor. Meanwhile the _a|_a_ber- are instituting investigations into certain matters upon which they have to report, which they cannot deal with from evidence, such as the comparative cost of living in other countries. Altogether the Commission heard about 300 witnesses. ( Particular of the fatality by which Dr. 'Hudson, of Tapawera, Nelson, lost his life, are given in the Nelson papers. He was descending a steep hill, known as Spooner's Range, in a motor car. He was accompanied by his daughter, and when negotiating a corner half-way down the hill, the Wheels of the car skidded, and it went over the bank. The car overturned, and! both the occupants were thrown out. Dr. Hudson struck his head against a boulder, fracturing his skull, and was killed instantaneously. Miss Hudson escaped unhurt. The bank where the car went over was not very steep, the car not being more than loft from the road. The deceased gentleman had practised in England and Sonth Africa., and was formerly district health officer for Nelson and Marlborough. A number of transfers have been made by the Public Works Department. Mr. T. Burd, assistant roixd engineer at Hamilton, has been promoted to be resident engineer at Tauranga; Mr. "_. M. Donaldson, assistant road engineer at Tauranga, has been transferred in the same capacity to Te Kuiti; Mr. C. H. Willims, assistant road engineer at Te Kuiti, has been transferred to Hamilton as assistant road engineer. The road engineers at New Plymouth, Wanganui, Te Kuiti. and Tauranga will in future act independently of the railway engineer, and will communicate with the head office direct. , The preparation of the q__-__t_ne buildings on Motuihi foT the reception of a number of patients from the Avondale Mental Hospital, which is at present so overcrowded, is proceeding as rapidly as possible, and a batch of patients is also being sent to the new hospital at Tokanui, near Kihikihi. Difficulty i= being experienced in getting attendant-. The advertisemon't inviting application. from men and women table Jor the work has not met with much response, aud the position is causing the officials some anxiety. The hares shot by a party on a station at Rangitata, South Canterbury, weighed 2") tons, filling a railway truck. Some of the hares weighed llJlb each, and the majority about 91b. The removal of so many will be a relief to the sheep-grazing of the station, since it is computed that three bares will eat as much as one sheep, and much of the game was shot down among the turnip crops, in which hares are very destructive. Six hundred and eight were shot altogether. IW-th a view to meeting d__kru_ty that has arisen in working the Waßii fire brigade resultant upon the strike and loss of members, etc., the Fire Council at a meeting last evening decided to make a rent allowance of 10/ per week to two married firemen capable of driving a motor, who are to live in the vicinity ot the station. It was also resolved that the Government be asked to quote the probable cost of adjusting the present alarm system into six circuits or to connect each alarm separately with the station. The three circuits now in vogiiC are too large for efficient working. When the fact was published that a "serpent-like fish" had been found at Houhora, Mr T. Cheeseman (curator of the museum), thinking that it might perchance prove to be what _* known as a "ribbon fish," wrote up for particulars. The reply was to the effect that the most characteristic feature of the fish at the present time was its smell, -which proved to be quite true, and still more emphasised by the time it reached Auckland. Mr Cheeseman soon identified the remains as those of a "thresher shark," which is remarkable for the great length of its tail. It is by no means an uncommon fish in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. There is a common impression that the thresher shark goes about in shoals and attacks whales. Mr Cheeseman. however, stated to a representative of the "Auckland Star" today that the thresher, live on other fish, which they -round up by swimming in ever-narrowing circles, and threshing the water with their long tails until the frightened quarry is at last herded close together, when the attackers make a rush into the centre and secure their meal. An indication of the increase In the value of property in the business centre of Christchurch is given in a transaction that has been practically completed recently. A fairly large block in the centre of the city, which eight or twelve months ago was under offer at £ 140 per foot, has been secured ait £200 per foot. Some of the employees of George Court and Sons met on Thursday evening at "Lehertys** Billiard Rooms, Karangahape Road, to play representatives of Sargood. Son and Ewen for the championship of the soft-goods trade. After a series of keenly-contested games the "Big ..ore" team won by the small margin of six points. Our Tonga, correspondent writes: "The consecration of Bishop Blanc was celebrated by the Most Rev. Archbishop Redwood, of Wellington, New Zealand, in the presence of a large congregation of both clergy and lay people, in the grounds of the Maofaga Cathedral. In the afternoon his Lordship held a reception at his residence, and two days during the following week were given over to sports and a big native feast." A desire having "oeen expressed that the Albany show grounds should be vested in the Albany Agricultural Association, the Wailemata County Council has decided to promote a bill* for that purpose. The measure will be entrusted to the member for Waltemata (Mr. A. Harris) in the Lower House, and to the Hon. T. Thompson in the Legislative Oounvil. Another instance of the growth of rural telephonic facilities is the pending construction of a line to connect up Dairy Flat, an important centra in the Waite"mnta County Cniuieii . district. The extension has l>een authorised by the Tele graph Department, and the County Council intend to have tiie work executed as early as possible The Auckland Operatic Society has been fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Tom Pollard in connection with their forthcoming production at His Majesty's Theatre. "The Mikado" is the opera to be staged, and a. ten nights' season is announced. It is felt that the production of the piece under Mr. Pollard's direction will be a hall-mark for success. To the King's Theatre. Monday nigh.. Miss Nellie Stewart as ''Sweet Nell of Old iDruffy."—<(A_J

A visit to the Takapuna district ia to iV ,- be made on Friday next by members of the Waitemata County Council for t_j' purpose of investigating matters in connection with the cutting up of estates a.4 the provision for roads. The propose, visit is the outcome of representations made to the Council at yesterday's meeting by Mr. Henry Brett, who offered to donate a piece of land near the old bake Road in order to remove the necessity for • the construction of a blind road. Attention was drawn at the same time to complaints which were being made regarding the undesirable method, adopted by hind agents in connection with the opening up of estates. It would appear "-bat the Defence Department does not a_t__owi-_g_ any obligations of necessity or m#rcy as predominant to military requirements. A young Rongotea farmer, who was milking on shares, and whose mate had left him at the time of the Foxton c__ip, considered the call of the cow more pressing than that of the camp, so he stayed ami attended to his herd. Ho was still "on his own" when the camp at Palmers-ton was held, and he neglected to attend -that -camp also. The result was that he was obliged to explain his conduct before the Magistrate. \Vhen the Patmerston camp was being held, he said, he was milking 25 cows, and could not leave them. He had since dried the cows off, and he expressed his willingness now to attend as many camps of instruction as came along. 'He was fined 20/ and costs. Some of the lnvercaTgill city fathers are apprehensive in connection with the city tramways. At a recent meeting one Councillor said that the cost of running the plant was amounting to a very, large sum, the coal bill being enormous, and, if the Council were not careful, it would Tun amok over the caT business. Some interesting impressions of the motor-car industry in New Zealand were given a reporter by a visitor from England. "What has struck mc most," ha said, "is the manner in which New Zealand has realised the importance of mo-tor cars as a means of transit rather than as an aid to sport. In view of the recent paitrol famine here I might be able to make a suggestion as to how the difficulty might be owricome, In ___nc. and Germany the Governments have been offering .prizes for cars Using vegetable alcohol. This is distilled from various root crops, and is quite equal to petrol. I see no reason why it should not be made successful here, and a move iii that direction __ig_T_ be _____ ait one of the exp€T__ie__al farms. The roads here are certainly ranch better than in Australia, and those of Canterbury province are practically equal to the English roads." The following additional subscriptions to the Clyde Redshaw relief fund have been received at the "Star" office:—C. Williamson, £1; Nil D_?pera___fn, 2/6; Billy, 2/6; Rimie, 2/6; Brudder, 2/6; Boxer, 2/0; Gwen, 2/6; Dorothy, _/6; Lauri, 2/0; Sybil, 2/8; Hollis, J., 2/6; Dreck, 2/6; D.J.W., 5/; Grandmother, 7/; Young and Jacks, £1; Tuakau School Children, £2; A. and CM., 5/; H.C., 2/0; C.G., 2/6. The following subscriptions for the relief of Mrs J. Wade and family are also acknowledged:— Nil Desperandum, _/_; Alleyne Sordur, £1. The Government propose to acquire a farm of 300 acres near the Mamaku railway station for the purpose of carrying out research work in connection with the prevalence of bush sickness in certain districts of the Doihiirion.' ' °T_e work'of investigation is being directed by Mr. C. V. Reakes, chief veterinary Burgeon. We ore informed by Messrs Henry, Hughes, Ltd., patent agents,- Auckland, ' that the following applications for patents have been filed by residents in the. Auckland province:— T. F. Eva__, harrow; E. jfo-ter, -lagging; D. Jones, r_r_a_e; -felly and Jackson, bootmaker's tool; Moore and Wills, generator; A. J. Munn, vacuum regulator; ■ A. E. Rattray, feed-bag; Sqtcliffe and Mounce, concrete pipe; W. __, Walker, launching boats. -Entries for the Napier competitions close .on Wednesday, July 17. The executive have been fortunate in securing the Services. or such capable j__jj„i as Messrs. C. N. Baeyertz and _ia_ Sc_e_ek, and with a generous prize list it is expected competitors will be 'attracted from all parts of the Doniinieh. The official return ot the value of buildings -in respect of which per_ri_S had been issued in Christchurch during the past six months was as follows:— January, £_4,_4_: February, £21,820; March,* £15.980; April, '£i1.,9_0; May, £22,670; June, £29,_10; total, £115,185. Cure your cold with Baxter's Lung Preserver, speedy and positive. It throws off the phlegm, reduces the irritation and inflammation. 1/10 the l_.ge-.i_e_ bottle. — (Ad.) The King's Theatre, Monday night— "Sweet Nell of Old Drury'' and Nellie Stewart.'(Ad.) Every home should possess the famous " Roslyn " writing pads. Charming design. Local drapers.—(Ad.) As in all good stories, so in this, the . ending is a completely happy one for the young lovers, and a triumph for their guardian angel— daring, dainty, cap ricious _*U_.e*._ pictures, Monday*, night. "Sweet Nell of Old Drury."—(Ad.) Visit Smith and Oaughey_ great- winter clearance FAIR.'(Ad.) Warm cosy comfort from wearing Roslyn unshrinkable all-wool underwear, "Delta" finish. For men, women and children. —(Ad.) Visit Smith and Caughey's great whiter clearance FAIR.—