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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 108, 7 May 1913, Page 7

Three large outgoing steamcra 'were to be eeen down 'Rangitotd Channel simultaneously shortly before. 7 o'clock last evening. They were the 'Maitai, the Taiune, and the Marama. The first-named w«8 bound for Southern port«s,.fthc TaJirne for the Eastern Pacific, and the Marama for Sydney. Brilliantly lighted «6 the th'reo vessels were, the 'spectacle they presented as thy glided out through the darkness: into the open sea was a very .striking one. ■ Although ; Northcote and Birkenhead both come within the scope of the disI' triet that decided by plebiscite recently to adopt -the universal Saturday halfholiday, Devonport being more than a • mile from the Auckland city boundary, j was not included in the area affected, jit is understood, however, that the DeJ vonport shopkeepers are disposed, on .their own initiative, to take steps to •dopt Saturday as the half-holiday, in ! place of Wednesday. j- Telegraphic delays between the, "*NbrtTi and South Islands, hitherto attributed to defective land lines near Blenheim, tern out to be due to a breakage in _-» _i_ across Oook Strait Tkrao . —bias continue working. Th « "^*_f l l'_ - 1 meni steamer Tntanekai w_pnwa°w | ■tart repairi on Friday, weatfcar ' P«"* mlttiaj, " ' : V