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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 28, 1 February 1913, Page 4

The following is Mr D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:—"Southerly winds. There is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather. Cold night. Barometer rising slowly; moderate swell off shore."

The Newmarket Borough Council is proud of its Broadway, recently so named, but the members appear to have some doubts as to whether the advent of the fruit hawker, with hi 3 Harrow, will impress the visitors with the progress and general prosperity of the borough. An application for a fruit hawker's license was received by the Council last evening from a gentleman at present following that calling in the city, and led the Mayor to remark that it was unfair, in his opinion. to allow the haiwker to compete with the tradesman who had sunk capital in his business and was paying rent for his premises. The application was referred to a committee in order that, the by-laws might be consulted, the Mayor jocularly observing that the committee might draft a new by-law fixing the miniumum speed for hawkers at, say, eight mile 3 an hour.

The steamer Cape Finisterre, one of the Vacuum Oil Company's big fleet of chartered tramp steamers, arrived at Auckland last night from New York. It is some months since there has been an oil steamer in port, so that the present steamer will be required to replenish supplies. She has aboard for New Zealand ports 425.000 gallons of petroleum, 667,200 gallons of benzine, 542,400 gallons of naptha, and 14,400 gallons of turps. The total cf 1,645,600 gallons were brought down to Auckland without any accident, and the cargo is in good condition.

The stone crusher which supplies metal for the Newmarket road works has been the cause of a sood deal of annoyance to those ratepayers who live in the neighbourhood of the snot where it is operated. The Borough Council, last night, received a lawyer's letter voicing the grievance of a lady whose boundary was some three feet from the machine. The letter stated that the health and comfort of the lady's home had been very seriously affected durinp at least a week by the noise, stench, and dust resulting from the crushing operations, and that a further communication -would follow regarding damages. One of the councillors remarked that he lived in the vicinity of the crusher, and the noise arising therefrom gave the impression that a small battle was in progress, and in particular that at frequent intervals there were explosions like the firing of a fair-sized cannon. The machine "was "going at top" from about 7.30 a.m. daily, and he certainly felt that the neighbours had a grievance. It was reported, however, that the Council's inspector had given the contractor notice to take the machine to some more suiable locality.

" The state of the butter industry is very satisfactory in Canterbury," was the remark made by the secretary of one of the largest butter companies in that province to a "'Star" representative. He added that .his factory had materially increased its output last season. " The prices at Home, however, are not as high as they might have been'" he went on. Asked for the reason, 'he replied that there was a combination of merchants who arranged amdng themselves not to pay higher prices than they possibly could. The prospects at present, he said, were very good as far as the South Island is concerned, but ti a i ~k now enou - h about the North island bo be able to ex-press any opinion regarding the dairying industry here. The new school at Maungawhau (Mt. Eden tram terminus) is to be opened to receive pupils on Monday. The official opening will be held latex. Owing to uhe roll number being reduced at +*<, *lt Eden School *R 0 J ty order of the Education Board, no new pupils except in primers, can be admitted.

A synopsis of earlier chapters is pubpSwl' lth of £_, Fhilpotts great serial "The Master of -werripit I<arm," appearing on page 20. Tins is one of the most dramatic and fascinating serials of recent years, and you will obtain a great deal of pleasure from its perusal. Vance Palmer's latest novel, "The Shop Assistant," is commenced on page 19 to-day.

The figures just completed show that there was an excess of 631 arrivals over the departures at Auckland during January. The arrivals for the period were 1,626, and the departures for the same time 995. As against these figures it is interesting to note that in January, 1912 there were 1,952 arrivals and 1,360 departures, showing a gain in numbers to the port of 592, so that the figures for the first month of the present year indicate that fewer people were entered inwards and outwards at the port, but the inwards 6howed an increase of 59.

There is every indication that the proposed reunion of Thames residents will be a highly succesfnl one. A committee meeting will be held in the Drrrirfe' Hall. Newton, on Tuesday night, to which exThames residents are invited.

The post and telegraph revenue collected during the quarter ended December 31st last in the Auckland postal district totalled £63,934 15/5, of which £35,866 15/2J was postal revenue and

£28,068 0/2J was telegraph revenue,

The match between Canterbury and Auckland for the Plunket Shield attracted a lot of interest amongst tho public, and the sum of £219 was taken ai. 'he sates o:a..th* tiifca -<a*«.

I A small yacht ventunH too »«•• ._ Shoal Bay this mornSl i aground about midway between Z water and Northcote. There wR SSS ; stiff breeze Mowing at thTS^ , having a good deal of sail on, the £5 heeled over and was soon full 0 f J? The crew took to the dingh/and !«p to the head of the bay! fc%J%* craft to be completely submergedbv thi tide. The accident was wi&_s H passengers on the Bayswater ferrT „3 the boat's name and other particular were not available this morninj The Plunkett Shield match was rJ eluded on the Domain T«te«_T_S' noon, when Canterbury defeated the W land representatives by eight won the trophy. Auckland with lte i» the board and six wickets to fall cOnthniS their second innings, and thankj fa, , splendid exhibition of batting by the v* colt. L. Taylor, assisted W. Rooinson, the total reached 292 before the side were all out within a couple of minutes of the luncheon* adjonnntent Canterbury wanting 119 to win, «<,„; the necessary runs for the loss of two wickets, the feature of the inninga beim? the big hitting of the ex-Aucklander a! B. Lusk, who knocked up 82 by vigorous cricket. In one over of OHiff'g he hit 20 runs, two sixes, a four and two two's The local men were outplayed, tnd on the' respective showings Canterbury were much the better team. The Auckland batsmen did not play up to their reputation, the bowling was weak, and the field* ing, with a few exceptions, the worst given by a local team for years. The visj. tors, on the other hand, gave a brilliant exhibition of fielding, Bishop being a par. ticularly bright star. Their batting was exceptionally good, and the bowline strong and altogether they bore out the contention of the Southern critics -that they were the strongest aide that had ever represented Canterbury. V

Instructions have been given to 8* Town Clerk and City Solicitor by the Mayor to draft the necessary bill enabling the Corporation to deal with 4 the frontage lessees of the City Market block, preparatory to bringing it before the Council for final approval and sent on to Parliament. The Corporation recognises that it is always have local bills in early if they are to have a reasonable chance of getting through the various legislative stages during the session. The amendment made by the Harbour Board to the Gfluncil's offer relating to the new market site will necessitate a further conference, but the Mayor does not anticipate any trouble in finally arranging matters.

Whether or not a fight by mutual consent was ground for a charge of assault was the subject of a reserved judgment in the case of the Police versus Whisker aud Fairley, given yesterday by Mr Cutten. He said that the defendants had quarrelled in a billiard room and had afterwards gone out into a yard be- ■ hind the room and fought. The yard was not a public place and so the charge of assault had been laid. For the defence it had been suggested that whew the parties had agreed to fight -there* could not be an assault, and an instance; was given of a boxing match where tiecontestants had agreed beforehand,W fight. This point, however, was made, void by the fact that there had been evidence of angry feeling between the toreyoung men. They would be fined fi each, and costs.

At. the finish of the Plrmket'Shield match yesterday afternoon the trophy was presented to Mr D. Reese, the cap-' tain of the visiting team, by 3& F. Earl,, president of the Auckland Cricket Association. In making the presentation, Mr Earl congratulated the Canterbury team on their fine showing, referring particularly to their brilliant fielding. Ec also congratulated the team on having such a captain as Mr Reese, and expressed the hope that if a New Zealand team visited Australia, Mr Reese • would be able to lead them. Mr Reese, in replying, referred to the splendid reception the team had received from the Auckland public, and mentioned that the meetings between the provinces would now be annual ones, and the shield would be played for on the ground of whichever province whose turn it was. He expressed pleasure at the showing of the colts, particularly Taylor and Snedden, of Auckland, and Sandman and Patterson, of Canterbury, which he stated augured well for the future of cricket in the Dominion.

The Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board has been successful in raising a loan of £50,000 at 34, the interest being 44 per cent and the term 21 years, B view of the fact that the Harbour Boari floated its recent loan of a quarter of » million at 5 per cent in London, tM Drainage Board's negotiations are looked upon as being eminently satisfactory, especially as its loan is so much lesstnaa that of "the Harbour Board. The Ban* of New Zealand arranged the loan wiU the Australian Mutual Provident Society in Sydney, and no charge for exchange a Auckland will be made. The ß ™,.™ £47.000 will be produced by the flotatio' and calculated on the basis of »» amount, the rate of interest w"" £4 15/9 per cent. The annual chargesi i« connection with the loan will betas thai five per cent. The tenure of *■»■« i practically the same as that of the Barbour Board's amount.

Householders wiR lie pleased tofcg that from to-day lamb is to Dejg practically all round by one **&** per pound, and veal by one Hgftg pound, the Auckland master hatchers having decided to make **&?*?££ the retail prices in the direction *<* cated. . One bottle of Baxter-* linng ***?' will prove its power and rapid acw 1/10 large bottle, all chemist*.or po. free from J. Baxter and Co., Chemists.

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