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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 180, 30 July 1913, Page 4

The following is Mr. t>. C. Bate.s- weather forecast for 24 hours from fl a.m. this day:—"The indications are for moderate easterly winds, veering hy south to east, then freshenin,g. " The weather is less favourable, probably be dull ami overcast. Misty rain is to be expected. The barometer has a falling tendency, Tides good: sea moderate."

A male inmate of the Auckland Mental Hospital died yesterday, and at an iixruest held by -Mr. E. C. Cutten. S.M.. this morning. Dr. \jec gave evidence that death was due to chronic .brain disease A verdict was returned arv.ordingly. Deceased was 4fi years of age. and had been three years in the. institution.

" If the smallpox breaks out in Taranaki.'' said a medico recently. " it will not spread, as in most placets."' 11° explained that this was because a large proportion of the. population were engaged in the dairy industry. People coming in close contact wich cows became inoculated with smallpox-resisting microbes, and for -that -reason it was a. rare trhfrrg i or a.-dairyman... to ie»*ffected-.by thfi <t" r C-t<tjjO > iflMfMa

The evils of districts where there are areas of native lands not leased to Europeans is exemplified by the Kumo riding of the Waitemata county. It is only a small riding, but in it are 1.376 acres of native land owned by 31 proprietors. The nse made of the land may be judged by the fact that the, improvements all told total £olil in dwellings alone. The capita! value of the land is £6.190. as it is mostly of first-class quality. Under the Treaty of Waitangi this land cannot be rated, therefore the European settlers have to pay for making roads to benefit this property. This is only one illustration of many in the. counrv where rates cannot be collected because the land is owned by natives.

In September. 1903. the Whangapa.roa Road Board wrote to the. Lands Department, asking that a certain road should be granted. A letter has now been received by the Waitemata County Council from the Chief Surveyor, explaining that as the Road Board is extinct the matter no doubt devolves upon the Council. The letter informs the Council regarding the steps to be. tak>en to secure the road. The footnote by Mr. Jackson, engineer to the Council, speedily disposes of the matter. He states that in the years intervening between 1903 and 1913 the proposed road has been abandoned, and that, as a new one has been made, there is no need to go further with the matter.

The non-arrival of the White Starline steamer Delphic from London has occasioned some comment locally, but upon inquiry it ba.s been found that the vessel is not making a voyage of more than average length. A report from Gape Maria on Saturday evening stated that the Delphic had passed for Auckland. This proved to be a mistake. On her last voyage from Capetown to Auckland 29 days were occupied, and since the vessel is just that number of days out now, her passage need not be regarded as anything out of the ordinary. The Delphic should "be reported on the coast this evening or to-morrow.

Over one-third of thp amount deposited in s-avings banks in the Dominion during the last financial year was placed to the credit of thrifty people in tne Auckland district. The deposits in the Post Office Saving Bank during the year amounted to £11,7-25.192. of which £2,962,194 was depositor! in the State savings banks in Auckland, leaving £5,762,99S distributed over the rest of the Dominion. There was also a sum of £1,450,>60 deposited in the Auckland Savings Bank, making a total for the district of £4,452.----754. which is equivalent to nearly 34 per cent of the aggregate deposits in savings banks.

Owing '-o there being such a large amount of cargo at Auckland for shipment by the Niagara for Vancouver, it is thought likely that an effort will be made to bring the vessel into port at Auckland to-morrow evening, instead of on Friday morning. The vessel left Sydney early on Monday afternoon, so that if the weather conditions are at all favourable, no difficulty should be experienced in "bringing the vessel along on Thursday night. At pre.sent the Niagara is scheduled to leave Auckland at 4 p.m. on Friday, but unless something is done to accelerate cargo handling, it does not seem likely that she. will get away at that hour.

actions are cosily -affairs. The Riverdaie dairy factory case,.raw points in connection with which have just been settled in plaintiff's favour, will, it is estimated, cost the company, about £753 —a high price to pay for attaching a footnote in a book that to certain milk water had been added. Tbe plaintiff got a verdict of £35, against which the company appealed. The balance of the amount is made up of costs.

At a sitting of the Supreme. Court in bankruptcy, before the Registrar I Mr. R. Goring Thomas) this morning. William Mottoghaa, of Auckland, settler, was adjudicated a bankrupt, on the pcition of Christina D.tn7.ey. Mr. R. A. Singer appeared for the petitioner, and there was no appearance for the debtor. The ease, it was explained, arose, out of a judgment obtained at the last sitting of the Supreme Court when Mrs. Danzey was awarded damages of £100 in a suit for slander against Monoghan. Monoghan's refusal to pay the damages had its sequel in this morning's proceedings at the Supreme Court.

Hitherto the. hairdressers' unions of New Zealand have been unable, to succeed in their desire to gain a. Dominion award, because Wellington hairdressers have not possessed a union. Recently, however, a strong union was formed, and 54 employers have been summoned to appear before the Conciliation Commissioner on the 12th of August. The demands of the new union include a proposal for a 50-hour week, as against 52 hours fixed in the Auckland agreement, and £3 5/ per week as a mmirrium wage, as against £2 15/ in Anckland. The cnion also asks for twelve full holidays in the year, no overtime, half a crown higher for apprentices than the ruling rates in Auckland, a preference ctanse, and casual rates of 15/ per day for Wednesdays and Saturdays, and 12/6 for other days. The secretary of the Auckland Union fMr. T. H. Wilson) is very confident that nest year a Dominion award wiT! be sought for the hairdressers.

A good story about Auckland and Sydney was told by Father Hoarc at a Ohristchnrch gathering. "An Auckland man," he said. " was being shown around by a s;ydneyito. who said, 'Look at our harbour, our shipping, our commerce, our buildings—nothing like that in New Zealand.' The Anckland man. however, was not to be put down. ' Come over to Auckland,' he saia, "and see the fine moon we have there.'"

Mr .Tohan Heirrrieh Otto Schwartz, for many years secretary of 'the Equitable Building and Investment Company. Wellington, died at his residence at the Lower Hutt on Saturday night, aged 03, Deceased was born in Hamburg and left that city in the barque San Francisco ;n 1868 for Adelaide. He afterwards went to Sydney, and in IS7O came over to Wellington. The late Mr Schwartz, was an enthusiast in musical matters nnd did much for music in Wellington. He was an expert player of the violin, viola, 'cello, and oboe, and was one of the founders of the Wellington Orchestral Society, of which he was chairman for some years, also at times acting as conductor. Or. more-than one occasion the settlers at Albany have been disappointed in the hope of having a visit from the Auckland -Harbour Board in respect to the proposed grant of £500 towards the cost of erecting a bridge acres? the river. It is now four years since the first move was made in this matter, and settlers have assenrblr-d at least on two occasions only to be disappointed. A visit was arranged for last week, but once more the settlers gathered together, to meet the Board, and were .Igain disappointed, line councillor rode all the way from the Wade, and another from Waiwera- The settlers are now wondering whether it 'would not be possible to have the .bridge viflmn&rtae. Board <o..pa3r-.thftasiat.

The youthful habit of throwing stones brought a small boy before Mr. F. V.. Frazer. S3I. While coming home from school, the youngster had thrown a stone on a house in Gladstone Road, and a complaint from the owner of the house put the police on the boy's track. The youngster was the tearful recipient of a lesson concerning the proscriptions on stone-throwing, and his father had to pay 7/ costs. Following on the Remuera Road Board's failure to recover rates in respect of the Sacred Heart Convent, Victoria Avenue. Mr. C. T. Major, principal of King's College, wrote to the "Board last night suggesting tiat tbe Board should appoint a committee to discuss with him the question of the exemption of the school from rates. He pointed out that the question was not whether the school was a -public" or '"private one, but 1 whether it was "carried on exclusively' for pecuniary gain or profit." Mr.' Major added that be had paid rates j since 190 S. bnt had raised the question of exemption abont two years ago. Mrs. | S. A. Moore-Jones, principal of the Ladies' ■ College, also forwarded a letter, "without prejudice," claiming the return of, all rates paid on tbe College property] since 1905—a sum of £260 2/. She ad-' vanecd certain arguments to show that' I the school was not carried on exclusively ! j for profit. The two letters were re-1 l ferred to the Board's solicitor. In the ; course of discussion Mr. P. Spencer re-1 i marked that the Local Bodies' Association was endeavouring to have road difl-! I tricts placed on a par with boroughs in | ; regard lo exemptions from rates, as in! I boroughs no exemption could be, claimed ;on more than four acres of land.

The Northcote Fire Brigade station is to be removed from its present position on the Northcote Point to a more central position in the. borough. Last night the Fire Brigade Committee of the Northcote Council inspected the proposed site at the rear of the Council Chambers, and made several suggestions to the next meeting of the Council for approval. The large firebell which was purchased from the City Fire. Brigade will shorth- be erected adjacent to the chambers.

One of the Marama's passengers, named James Gra-nt, had a narrow escape from missing his passage to .Sydney last night. He got into a street fight in Queen Street about 10 o'clock, and was expressing rather free and picturesque opinions about his opponent's •family history when a policeman came along and arrested him for using obscene, language. ■Grant managed to regain his liberty by leaving a substantial cash bail deposit with the police, and this morning— absence giving consent —he was fined 40/.

-Another step in the progress of New Lynn is announced. Councillor Marshall Lang has been interesting himself in the matter of having a postal box placed at the corner of Titirangi and Arahoe Roads, together with an extension of the delivery area. Representations were made to "the Postmaster-Gene-ral upon the matter, and a reply has been forwarded to the office of the Waitemata County Council stating the erection of five postal boxes has been recommended by tbe Minister. These are to be cleared once daily. One box is to be placed at the corner of Arahoe Road. The Postmaster-General, however, rejrretf that at present the delivery cf letters cannot be extended to Titirangi Road.

When the "Minister for Railways was Jrt" Ant-land, -the" Wirt>n_ta- V 1 Ootrhty Council waited upon him to ask that a siding be put in near, Aorangi. (not far from Helensville) for the purpose of handling road metal, aud also for the convenience of settlers. A reply has been received from the Railway Department, stating that if the local body will pay half cost, a five-truck siding" will be put in. The question of agreeing to this proposal will come before the next meeting of the Council.

It. has been assumed by a number of people that the new Shops and Offices Bill classes the wife and members of the family of an occupier as shop assistants. Acting on this assumption complaints have been made that the provision will fall hardly on small shop-keepers. It is now officially stated that the assumption was quite incorrect, and the evident result of misreading sub-section 3 of clause 5 of the bill. The wife and members of an occupier's family are still absolutely exempt from the provisions relating to shop assistants, and no change whatever was being made in this respect.

Settlers in the Parakakau district of the Waitemata county are now connected by telephone with Kaukapaka pa; in fact, settlers all over the district are having private wires laid, this being to a great esient due to the Department permitting them, to use the telegraph posts where they suit. Silverdale, Dairy Flat, and 'Waiwera are now looped up with the telephone system,and connected with the bureau.

William Lngham, aged 95, and a military pensioner, fell down in Grey Street last evening, receiving a nasty cut over one eye. This -was stitched by Dr. Coldicutt, and Ingham was taken to the hospital. In response to an advertisement for twenty men to canvass for signatures to a petition, a resident of a Wellington suburb received over 200 applications in a couple of days. He was greatly surprised that so laTge a number of men should be looking for enrplory-ment of this' class.

In the Alcock Crystalate Cup billiards tournament, play will commence on Monday evening, Angnst 4. Entries will be received at the show rooms of Messrs. Alcock and C 0... Ltd- Strand Arcade.

To-night a meeting of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Ponsonby, will •be held in the school hall, when the annual reports for tbe past year will be presented. After the business is disposed of, the meeting wSI be of a social nature, with musical items and refreshments.

A concert in aid of the Cooke fund is to be held in the Salvation Army Barracks, Albert Street, to-morrow evening, under the direction of Bandmaster J. •H. Deighton. An interesting programme will be rendered by the. Arnxy band and local artists. The full programme is published in this issue.