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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 207, 29 August 1912, Page 4

Following is Mr D. C. Bates' weather forecast lor 24 hours from 0 a.m. this day: '-Moderate to strong northerly wind, freshening and veering westerly. Expect unsettled, and cloudy weather. Rain probable. Glass fall." A heavy snow storm at Turangarrere, Main Trunk 'line, caused considerable damage to the sawmill] there, the weight of .the snow causing about 57ft. of the roof to collapse- When snow is faffing the men knock off work, so they escaped danger. The death took place this morning of a prisoner at the Mt. Eden. GacJ named William Smith, Deceased was 49 years of age, and waa a. native of Auckland. He was under detention as an habituall criminal. Dropsy is understood to have been the cause of death, and deceased had been in .hospital since June 4th- In accordance with the usual custom in the event of a prisoner's death, an inquest will this aftetnopu ha held at the Coroner's Court, before the City Coroner (Mr. T. GTC-ham). Two small boys the other day robbed a collection box in St. Benedict's Church, the spojil amounting to 5/6 apiece. A day or two (later one of them returned and collected fifteen pence from the same treasury. They were tracked down, and appeared before, a magistrate this morning, and had the enormity of their offence impreseed on them in a Police Court setting, a_td in a way calculated to leave deterrent recollections. A peculiar case came before the Ghxistchurch S.M. a few days ago. A plaintiff sued defendants, claiming £40 damages, for aMeged false and fraudulent representations that a piano bought by him from them was free from dry rot; or, in the alternative. £40 for breach of an express warranty that 'the piano was quite free from dry Tot. Evidence having been given, and legal argument heard, judgment was given foj the plaintiff for £25 against, both defendants, and possession of the pia.no. A great effort is being made by the executive of the Amalgamated Society of New Zealand Kailway Servants to increase the membership of that organisation. Since 3rd May last 543 railway servants "have joined the society.

! The Auckland Education Board find* 'itself in something of a quandary con-: I cerning the decision of the SolicitorGeneral tha-t State and national scholarships are tenable at private schools, and has decided to ask the Education Department for its ruling on the matter. The chairman of the Board (Mr G. J. Garland) this morning informed a '-Star*' representative that the Board, after fully discussing the matter in committee, had decided to refer the question to the authorities in Wellington. If the Department considered that the Sacred Heart * College at Auckland was an institution where national scholarships might be held, the Board would consider that decision, and would most probably give effect to the Department's wishes in the matter. So far there was no letter upon the files at the Board's offices indicating that scholarships might, be held at private schools, and the Solicitor-General's opinion had only been ascertained through what appeared in the newspaper columns. Even if the opinion of the Solicitor-General was as stated, the Board would still be very cautious about taking any action which might create any disturbance of that smoothness which had always obtained in the secondary department. It has been definitely decided that the official opening of the Carnegie Library at Onehunga shall take place on Wednesday, September 11th. A meeting of the Library Committee, consisting of Messrs John Rowe (Mayor), R. Diliicar, H. T. Horn, and .f. C. Baldwin, with an equal number of private citizens, was to have been held last night to make final arrangements for the opening ceremony, but owing to the absence of the Mayor through illness, it was decided to adjourn the meeting until next Friday night. The library is now quite finished and ready for occupation. There is a circular drive round the building, and the front has been tastefully laid out and planted with shrubs and flowers by the Onehunga Beautifying Association, under the direction of Cr. A. McColL A very definite result has followed an announcement made by the Christchurcli municipal authorities that proceedings would be taken against persons wasting water from the municipal supply. The announcement was made a few days ago, and since it was published the daily consumption has decreased from 1,300,000 gallons to 1,000,000 gallons. The result is somewhat surprising, and it is felt that, as it becomes better known that action will be taken against persons who waste the water, a fury*er decrease will be made. Mr A. B. Robson, the city : surveyor, states that it is hardly fair to expect the plant to pump 500,000 gallons of water a day for nothing. He is of opinion that most of the waste is caused by sheer carelessness and negligence. The Associated Board of Music examinations- will be. commenced in the new Grammar School building on Monday next at nine o'clock in the morning. The examination will probably last a week, the number of entries this year being almost double that of last year. Mr Picton Booth, the practical examiner, arrived in Auckland by the Maheno on Sunday, but is now on a visit to the north. A Kaitangata correspondent writes:— "The town is slowly recovering from the effects of the strike, bat it will be some, (little time before things come round again to normal. The Kaitangata mine is still being worked on the one shift, and things 6eem to be proceeding smoothly in that locality. A good number of the dismissed men, particularly amcjng the single ones, have already left the town for the West Coast and other places, and the married ones are busy packing up to follow suit. A few are for going to Australia, but most seem to have obtained jobs on the Coast and at Lake Coleridge. On the other hand, a number of now arrivals have obtained work here, and made a start, and it- is expected that the mines will be full handed in about a fortnight." The Minister for Marine (Hon. F. M. B. Fisher) announced that as the islands outside the harbour giv« good shelter, it has been decided to mako the following extended river limits for Tairua (Bay of | Plenty): "inside a line drawn from tbe mainland immediately to the eastward of the most southern point of Rabbit Island, thence to the north-western point of Slipper Island. thence to the most north-western point of Shoe Island, and thence westward to the mainland." This will enable persons j who hold certificates as masters and engineers for vessels trading within the J limits mentioned to go out to meet steamers which arc passing up and down j the coast inside the islands. A matter that came before the committee of the Otago Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals indicates how serious injury to horses may be caused through thoughtlessness. Complaint was made by a carrying company employing a large number of 'ieavy noises that through carelessness iii sweeping nails, hoop iron and other -xmilar waste articles into the streets and right-of-ways, very grave injury was frequently done to their boraes, as many as three or four being incapacitated within the short space of a. week. The committee agreed that the complaint called for immediate action, and decided to have large cards printed and sent to bmlde'-s and contractors, with a view to making the matter public. At a. meeting oS the Wangarrui Agricultural Association the question of the sate for £he proposed agricultural college in the North Island was discussed. It was considered that Wanganui offered unrivalled inducements, and was in a central position. The Government is to be asked for imformation, so that the | matter can be fully gone into. Mr. H. B. Devereux, of Waihi, supplies the following forecast for the spring:—"Tiurther investigations into | our weather cycles point to the strong probability of a cool and moist spring in Auckland province, with excessive rain in parts, particularly at those stations having a north-east aspect, north-east and south-west winds prevailing-. The conditions are likely to be mone pronounced in October, amd November, owing to expected greater energy of the Antarctic disturbances. Gable advices received in Sydney from San Francisco report that Mr. Elwood Mead, chairman of the Victorian Irrigation Cot-mis&ioners, in an interview, stated that the keenest competition may possibly develop between the Oceanic Steamship Company and the Union -Steamship Company. The .British line, he says, is said to be planning to enter the Bamoa-Honohilu-San Francisco business. Mr. Mead says he is not certain that the British line is not "bluffing," but he is inclined to think that it is serious Messrs Subcliffe and Mounce, artesian well borers, have completed a unique piece of -work at Messrs. Hancock and Ca'fl premises, Khyber Pass. A large cast steel tool became firmly embedded in the bore, and under ordinary circumstaaree*. would have caused the bore to •be abandoned, but under Mr. Sutcliffe's supervision it was pulverised and brought to the surface in a fine powder,