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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 101, 29 April 1913, Page 4

The evil effects of a hurried lunch on the digestive organs were emphasised by a ratepayer at the meeting of Ponsonby householders laet night, during hie advocacy of an hour and a-half luncheon adjournment for the scholars, instead of aai hour ac at present. The period of an hour ami a-half previously in force, be said, wee moch more convenient, both for the mothers and scholars. Unless the children lived in close proximity to the school it wae a great harry home, a hurried lunch, and a hirrry back. Thiß hurrying had a very detrimental effect cm the health of the child. One of hie own little girln h*-d recently undergone a serious operation, -which had been Tendered pertly necessary through the habit of rushing home and eating her lunch faster than was good for her. Other speakers endowed the remarks made, and it was decided that it bo a Tecnnrmcndation to the incoming committee to take » poll of the parents of bbc children attending the echoole in the* d->trict ac to whether the period oi »n hour and a-h*lf ehould bp reverted to. "Kather Time" complatne of the inconvenience, caused by the Town Hall clock and the Public Library clock striking either one after thi* other, or. woret (till, exhibiting a wretched medley of ithoir etrikinc prowess, thus entirely obliterating the usefulness of either or other. He save: If the Library clack struck the intpra>«rhi.te quarter of hour chhmti, the Town flail clock would have its well-merited honour of etriking the hour." Speaking at a meeting at St. Paul's Parish Hall last evening, Mr M. J. Coyle, a candidate for the Hospital Board, eaid that the majority of cases which went into the children's -ward w«re traceable to the one c&\me —lack of knowledge on the part of the mothers ac to how children should be cared for. 111-nutri-tion and neglect -were responsible, for two caws -out of every three, and the other day the eight of one wizened little patient had led to an- inquiry by a visitor as to -whether the patient was aged 100 yeans or only a week. The lrt-hofalt blocks used for the paving of Newmarket's main thoroughfare, Broadway, have apparently given rice to cooteirtioue argument as to their wearing <jualrtieK. In reassuring ratepayers on th» point last night, the Mayor (•Mγ D. Teed) -remarked that a prominent resident had told him thai he had bet a new hat that the block* would nrrt. survive, -twelve months' wear. "He only hae a fortnight ; to jro. and he's going to lose that hat," added the Mayor, as he dieplaved one of the blocks that had been taken up after being down eleven months and two weeks. " A Hnntly Town Board deputation waited on the Prime Minister yesterday afternoon to protest against the substitution of an overhead bridge for the eubvay originally decided upon at the point -where the Main South Road croeeea the railway at Hun-tly. Tt was declared that in every respect a subway would be preferable, and that ±he argument of danger through floodhvg was untenable, because -the floor of the eubway would be well above the river level. It wae akw> urged that the goode ehed 6hould be removed to a new site on the opposite side of *he line. Mt Maseey promised to refer the matter to his colleagues, the Ministers of Public Works and Railways TcepwtiveJy. A 'Mercer Town. Board deputation aleo approached the Prime Alineter for a grant of £,350 or £400 ■to provide a new punt and approaches for the Woik&to ferry eervice. The Premier said he would consider the question of having provision for a £ for £ subsidy -placed <m -the next Estimates, the Raglan County Council to do the work. In reply to * request for further a;*istanc<» towands-the cost of the King Edward TO. Hall, he promised to «cc what could , be done- in the matter. Tn seconding a motion at the -meeting of Poneonby householders last evening, a school committee candidate endeavoured to improve the shining hour by making a little election speech- Mounting the platform, he commenced to tell the audience, amid laughter, why he had decided to tieconie a candidate for the school committee, when eomeocc in the back of the hall rose to n point of order. ;>nd demanded to know whether the! ■speaker was entitled only to speak to j ■the motion before the meeting, or to ■ deliver an election address. The candidate immediately changed his course, with a view to keeping within the rules of debate. "I have very much pleasure in seconding the motion," he remarked, "and while I am on the subject I ehould like to state some of the reforms I. ss a candidate " Cries of "Order! ;, once more rose from the back of the building, and the. candidate trimmed hie sails once more. '"I am very glad to second the motion," he proceeded. '"I have not come here to persuade you to vote for mc. (Laughter.) If elected. I will do my v«ry '• A roar of laughter drowned the rest of the eentence, end the chairman arose and pointed out to the candidate that he must not epeak as a candidate, but must confine himself to the motion before the meeting. Thereafter the «p«aker did not attempt; any more, flestioneegng taction

A larger " 'breathing apace " is wanted for the public school in Church Street, Ponsonby, and at last night's meeting of householders the chairman (Mr. K. Darlow) drew attention to the fact. Mr. Darlow said that the committee had been " pegging away " at the Education Board for year 3 past, but so far without effect. A householder advocated Mr. C. J. Parr's scheme of purchasing land round all the schools, irrespective of cost, as the health of the children was a far more important consideration than expense. The meeting decided to once more ask the Board to endeavour to obtain more land with a view to enlarging the present playground attached to the school. A peculiar accident occurred to a motor car in Albert Street yesterday evening. A chauffeur left his car outside the Star Hotel, facing down the grade which runs towards Wyndham Street, but held stationary by the brakes and a reversed engine. He was a minute or two later called out of the hotel to find that the car, on its own weight, bad run down the grade and dashed into a stone pillar at the entrance to the building of the Waitemata Fruitgrowers' Association. The car was damaged considerably by the collision with the building, the amount of the damage being assessed at £40. A bystander stated that he had seen a man lean over the front of the car at the Star Hotel and release the brakes, causing the machine to run down hill, and, after making inquiries, a constable arrested' a man named Edward Bailey on charges of being drunk and causing wilful damage to the car. A largely-attended public meeting was held in the Edendale School last night, to consider the reply of the manager of the Auckland Tramway Company to the Mount Albert Borough Council's request for an extension of the tram service along the new Edendale Road. A resolution was passed regretting the decision of the Tramway Company in not acceding to the request of 700 residents who signed a petition for the extension. In view of the ra-pidly-expanding district that such new cars would tap, the resolution urged upon the MouAt Albert Borough Council the necessity of again appealing to the Tramway Company asking them to re-consider their dfciision. At Christchurch yesterday afternoon the Hon. R. H. Rhodes (PostmasxerGeneral) opened the Girls' Hostel, established by the Board of Governors of the Chrietchurch Technical College. The hostel is a large two-storey brick building, standing on a block of land containing 11 acres, which have been laid cut in lawns, gardens, tennis courts, and playgrounds. At the annual meeting of the Taupiri Coal Co. yesterday afternoon the chairman of directors (*Mr. E. \V. Alison) expressed some very trenchant criticism of what he called the recent indefensible irritation strike at Huntly. Strikes, he said, were a. relic of barbaric ages. Workers in New Zealand were not oppressed, and it was to their interest to help, not to harass employers. Extreme labour agitators ■were allowed too much latitude in N<?w Zrr.ilaml. During the period from 1908 till 1912 there had been 53 strikes in New Zealand. Hβ urged that legislation should be introduced to render impossible a recurrence of the industrial turmoil that had been been experienced during the last few years. The shareholders endorsed the action of the directors in taking a. firm stand against the action of the Federation of Labour in attempting to organise an irritation strike at Hnotly. In a speech at RavensDourne. the Hon. R. H. Rhodes, referring to the experiment in the direction of forwarding fish by post, eaid that, unfortunately, the innovation had not been successful. He had decided, however, that the arrangement was to be extended for a further period of six months, in order that it might be definitely ascertained whether or not the special rates should be applied generally throughout the Dominion, with conditions as to limitation of distances. At the final meeting of the present members of the GTey Lynn Borough Council last evening the Mayor congratulated , the town clerk and office staff, aleo the outdoor staff. Mr J. W. Tatterefield a.skpd 'that the fire brigade be included in the rote, which wae agreed to. Several councillors complimented the Mayor in most eulogistic terrae, and that gentleman -with his accustomed modesj.v referred the honoure back to the Council. The arrangement* for entertaining the officers and men of the battleship New Zealand at which were proceeding apace, received a decided setback by the receipt of the following telegram from the Hon. H. D. Bell, Minister for Internal Affaire, "to His Worship the Mayor:—" Inquiries made yesterday as to the existence of typhoid fever at Gisbome have. I regret to e»v, • resulted in Captain Haisey deciding that noDe of his men -should he allowed to be landed there. This will not prevent Gμ•borne people visiting the ship there." As evidence of the trend of population from the southern part of the Xorth Island towards the country along the Main Trunk line, quite a number of Dannevirke people have made homes or have taken up land in the Otorohanga, district. Francis Maeon, whose death occurred at Penrose on Friday, was not the wellknown proprietor of the hairdreseing business in Queen Street,, though he had ■been for a number of years manager of the perfumery department of the bueiOpen all day to-morrow ('Wednesday). ■Ladies' and maids' coetmnee from 19/11 to five guineas. Hundreds to choose from.— J. A. Bradfctreet, draper. Karangahape Road. —'(Ad.) All those who witnessed the arriral of H.M*. New Zealand to-day should; mike a point of inspecting the Gift Prices bow 1 showing in our patriotic window diepfay. Open all day to-morrow, Wednesday.— Grey and Ford, Ltd.—(Ad.) Gents' raincoats, 20/6, 34/6; macs., 22/0, 27/6, up: oilcoats, 9/11. 13/6, up. Boxed suits. 39/6, 42/6. "Sincerity" suits, 58/6, 63/.—Bridgman and Bridgman, op. Town Hall.—(Ad.) Our ship, the Xew Zealand, is considered invulnerable; our value is generally recognised as invincible.—Geo. Fowlds, Ltd.—(Ad.) You want to take part in singing at the great Mission. Then get rid of *he hoarseness and soreness of throat by taking a few drops of " Nasol " on lmnp sugar, and allow to dissolve slowly between the cheek and gums.—(Ad.) i The right place for the rich; the proper place for the poor; the best place for everybody.—Geo. Fowld?, Ltd., clothiers.—(Ad.) H.M.S. X«w Zealand —our gift—preeented a magnificent spectacle as ehe etearned up the harbour to-day, and the thousands who were so intereetid in tbe event will find Our Gift Prices etill more interesting.—Grey and ford, Ltd., Kar*nga±rape' R-oad.—(Ad.) Just opened! Latest novelty for veile—"The Knotlees VeHholda"—in attractive deerigne. Ask to see them, - Smith and Caughaj, Ltd.—(Ad.) ■