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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 205, 27 August 1912, Page 4

The following is Mr. D. C. Bates" wea- | ther forecast for 24 boars from 0 ajm. | tlhis day:—"Winds variable, truit moderate to strong northerly prrrvarlrng. veering to westerly. Weatfher probably cool and <rban.grei-ble, misty also, cloudy and unsettled at times. Glass unsteady, brat fall slowly soon.' A five-roomed -wooden house at Rloukhonse Bay (two miles from Avondale) was destroyed by fire on Friday irig'bl. It was owned by Mrs. Walton, and was covered by insurance. Tbe. fire oocarred -while the tenants, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Boles, -were aJhsent in Auckland. Their furniture-, w3iieJi was insured for £100 in the State office, was conrptotrij' destroyed. The decision of the ■booksellers in Sydney and in ether Australian towns, who, according to a cable received yesterday, ; decided to raise Iby a halfpwmy the price of penny periodicals, has not <>oine as a ■surprise to lAucktand booksellers. The Australian rise was Btatod to Ix , due t<o increase in freights, coM, of ihandling, etc., bat *he Aimklaml men pohtt out that it iras unreaßonable to expert to iw able to «\ll Knglish penny iperiodicalK at ■one penny in Australia. TDie price here has aftwaye 'been ono penny (halfpenny, so thai the Australian booksellers have ane>rely come. xnte line with "the New Zealaoid ibnsmess practice in this department. Speaking at the annual mee-tinp of the Wp.Wingtoii Overseas Club, at Wellington last night, his Excellency the <iovcrnor, Lord Islinißton, said that such questions ac military and naval defence were of gTeat urgencj' to every several part of the Empire; and, this 'being so. 'was it not of most supreme importance that exact information on all such matters should V made available to every citizen? Wide ajid diverse in interests as the iiSmpire was, it was really one single organisation, -whose health as a whole depended rtpon the health of each of its parts. (Applause.) In this direction the Overseas <lub eoald render most valuable service to the Empire in future by developing die machinery for securing the information desired. With that in-■forma-cion would come increased interest, and after increased interest warm and glowing entbnisia&m for the great traditions of the British Empire. iAt the Waihi Police Court this morning a man named Thomas Mahaney was charged on the infonmation of Detective Cooney with having tinlaTrfally killed a beast, the property of Mr. C. E. MacMJUan, at KatLkarti. Detective Cooney asked for a remand till the 4th. Septem- j bee, starting that other charges were pendius* Xhje request jar&e- gra t> tgdi

Every person who drives :i motor car should have a certificate of proficiency, says the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout. The question cropped up during the hearing of a case where a tram car ran into a motor car driven by a man who was deaf. The motonnan rang his gong repeatedly, and then ran up to the motor car to warn the driver to get off the tram rails. The rails were greasy, and in the subse vent impact the motor car was much crumpled. His Honor, in giving judgment this morning, dwelt on the necessity of every driver of a motor car being proficient, and he also gave it as his opinion that if a man were hard of hearing he should have on the rar some sort of mirror attachment which would enable him to see any vehicle coming up behind him. A <3Q.y or two ago it was memtroned in these columns that the Petitions Committee had: reported favourably to the House of Representatives upon the proposal that a lighthouse should be erected upon the Three Kings. A further indication of the position is contained in the following letter received by Captain Hood from Mr. J. 11. Bradney. M.P.: — "In reply to your letter of the 22nd, containing a clipping from the Auckland 'Star,' I am pleased to be able to state that the Government has been recommended to urgently and favourably consider the. proposition to place a light on the Three Kini-j-s. The feeling heTe is that 'w« will get the light and a fog signal in the very near future." The Postmaster-General (Hon. R. H. Rhodes) has intimated that the construction of a direct telephone line between Auckland and Darg-aville has been deferred for the present- The cost of such a line is estimated at £6,000, bat Mr. Rhodes is of the opinion that if the price of copper falls it could be done later on for much lees. Mr. Rhodes also states that the cahle route via Kaipara Heads would probably be much cheaper than via Maitakohe. For the last few months there has been a scarcity of coal in Christchurch, and the position is now fairly grave. "We 'have a little coal in our siding," said the manager of a Christchurch firm on Saturday, '"but it is small coal. If householders are moderate in their demands, we will see them through with email coal and lignite. At present they and steam users must take what coal is available. We are nothing like as badly off as Wellington, and 1 am hopeful that the scarcity will be overcome in two or three weeks. The trouble is accentuated by the lack of coal from Newcastle, where there are twenty-one vessels waiting for berths, and four of them ready >to load for New Zealand." Christehureh merchants state that the price of coal has not been -advanced, but, owing to the exploitation of the coal companies by persons who. in many cases, made a practice of running up bad debts, they had decided to charge a booking -lee of 2/ per ton. which would be returned if the account was paid by the IOUi of each month. This fee would be strictly enforced. The City Engineer (Mr. W. E. Bush) lias decided that in view of the improvements effected in Customs Street West and the reclamation carried out by the Harbour Board, it is necessary to extend the Hobson Street sewer at an estimated rost of £1.200. The City Council has notilied the Harbour Board that it is prepared to proceed with the work, provided the Board agrees to pay onehalf tho cost. The Board's solicitors advise that, the Harbour Board having derived no benefit from the construction of the sewer, that body cannot be either called upon to extend it or to contribute to the cost of extending it. Can a man who holds a license from the Auckland Acclimatisation Society of shoot imported <rame go into tho district of the neighbouring Society of Hobson and shoot pheasants? is a question that has often been discussed by interested sportsmen. The Auckland Society haa been confident that its license did carry across the border, and the Hobson Society has been equally confident the other way. His Honor the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, settled t>;r matter this morning, in docin , an appeal case. He had no difficulty in coming to the conclusion that under the Act a license was only valid over the district in which it we* issued, and any man found shooting in the Hobson district, even though armed with the authority of the Auckland Society, wa: liable to be prosecuted and lined under the Act.

Major-General Godlcy is making si special visit to Auckland this week to discuss junior cadet matches with junior cadet officers. AH officers are requested to meet, for that purpose at the Drill Hall. Rutland Street, at .'(.30 p.m. on Thursday. An old man named Alfred Lester Fredirend. aged 75 years, died in the street at Napier yesterday afternoon. He was walking with ibis married daughter ■hack from town to their home in Wel-J-esley Road, when he suddenly collapsed, and saying "I am done," staggered and fell. Doctors were telephoned for, and speedily arrived, but by that time the old mian was dead. " Concern in' this "ore day labour." writes Bill Artichoke (first cousin of Archibald Asparagus) in the current issue .of "The Comic Australian," "wot I .admire it fuT is that it gives free piny Ito ''umiui iiatur". Be natural, is the j inotXer uv bht> times. Too long 'ate we bin bound in artifisual restrictions wot rain ,-ontrt-r tear the .free trend mv 'uman thought. In eoneekence uv the false standards sot up by gangers, contractors, and see.li. men 'aye worked when not in the mood. The fust desiduratian for good work ie the willin' -workman. Winin'ness ter work is derived from frequent spells. Tired ■nnitnr' has a. sweet restorer, w'ich is suspendin' fer a while ther oroo] irksometude uv continuous toil A man as is vein' s. ehovel, if 'c 'as two leans on fcber shovel fer every hrmp uv dart 'c shifts, comes to the third try with mind an' body refreshed, and at the third go "c is endowed -with more.'n Titaneous force. It stands ter reason. Wen you se-e a day lalwer conternplaiin' 'is 'cap of dirt that 'c 'as to ehovel. 'c ain't idle. E is de.visin' ways an' means to perdooee 'igh«r efficiency, w'ich is titer keynote nx modern civilisation. Thai's -why I vote fpr day labour. Tho bloke -may not work 'ard all the time, but w'en c" does work "c does it oz if every effort <wuz to be 'is last. Often 'c is quite Tight. One shovel-Jinl is the first an' last fur the day. I 'aye. known men on day labour to shift one shovei-fii) a day, an' then lean' back in satisfaction fer wot they i 'aye done. But wot they 'aw accomplished is so perfect, uv 'its kind that everybody mast admit it. to be th« 'ighest point uv efficiency ever yet attained. Wich. if you examine it. is the true philosophy uv day labour, ez advocated by the 'igbest authorities in politics."' A matinee performance will be given by Miss Margaret Cooper at His Majesty's Theatre to-morrow afternoon, and there will be & change of programm tomorrow xo^ttm