Untitled

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 264, 5 November 1913, Page 4

Several grievances were aired at last night's meeting of the City Schools Committee. A letter was received from the Education Board appointing a headmaster to one of the city schools and asking for the committee's approval. Mr. Hosking referred to the communication as being somewha.t eccentric, for apparently it did not matter much whether the committee approved of such an appointment- There had -been occasions when the committee had e_nt back the appointment without en_OT_ing it, but it 'had been defiantly returned and the appointment had 'been made. The Board also whimsically submitted thirteen names of other candidates for the position, hut the. committee, not ■having any power in the matter, did not trouble to look at them.

At the Whangarei Magistrate's Court yesterday, Albert Evans was chajged with having attempted suicide on October 22nd by taking a dose of linament. Auused was stated to have been under the influence of drink at the time, which might have caused him to drink the linament in error. He was prohibited, and ordered to pay medical expenses.

Police protection is- being given- to the houses of many persons in Wellington who have been conspicuous in connection ■with the strike troubles. Twelve troopers a_re guarding the Prime Minister's residence, and a detachment, is on duty by the Hon. i. L. Herdman's house at Kelbumc.

The train leaving Helensville for j Auckland at 7 a_tn. yesterday was delayed for a little over an hour through the engine leaving Ihe rails at, a level crossing a.bout a mile north of Kuroeu. It was jacked back without much difficulty, and the. train went on its way. The running of other trains was not interfered with.

A serious accident occurred at Upper Awaiere (Marlborough) on Monday. Percy McGo-wan and William Hale were engage-d forming a private road, and were tamping a. charge of Wasting-powder, when a premature explosion occurred. The men were hurled some distance away. _IcGowan was thrown over a step cliff and rolled down into a gully 70ft below. He .was severely bruised, and his condition was so bad that -he was ordered to the hospital. Hale had some teeth knocked out, his face badly diisfignred, and a haend- injured.

'"The position is very satisfactory," stated Dr. Valintine to a -'"Star" reporter this morning, when approached concerning the situation resrpeeting tho recently prevailing ppidemic in Auckland and district. Dr. Valintine stated that the. trouble was not. dow „,. epidemic, as there were only isolated c-ijps appearing at intervals, and tbosp t .p now rare. "It if pow only thp Tece-at' epidemic" said rhr Chipf of rV Health Department.

Mr. E. H. Hilot, the r_cen-!v qpp.-_.T_rod General Manager of the Xew Zealand Railways, has returned to Wellington, _a.-__g completed a tour of inspection of the main lines of thp system in both islands. On Saturday last (Ist NTovem•ber) he assumed the. duties of his appointment, in succession to Mr. T. B.c_ay_£, who is retiring on superannuation.

The two chief cases at the-Police Court | this morning would appear to indK-te a desire, in unexpected piaca;, to oi___".t'' the police in this time of stress. In i one cisc a lodger in a. boardinghouse. who had his watch and tie stolen over-night, went out into the street next morning, did his own detective work, bailed up the thief in an hotel, -and gently but firmly conducted him to a policeman. In the other case, a man who had stolen a gold watch early in the morning, pawned it for 6/, had a few drinks, and then, on reflection, went and told a policeman what he had done. No doubt the police would appreciate a continuance of the practical assistance evidenced by these cases. Who owns the horse is a problem which three men are trying to solve, namely, Messrs. W. Davis and D. Harris, of Papatoetoe, and a Mr. Eeid, of. Mangere. About three weeks ago Mr. Reid lost a chestnut horse which was grazing on the Mangere run. Yesterday afternoon, while returning from Otahuhu, he recognised his horse as it was being ridden by Hr. Harris, who informed him that he had purchased it from Mr. Davis. Mr. Reid next interviewed Mr. Davis, in company with j Constable Courtnay, of Onehunga, and was told that Mr. Davis purchased the animal in question at the Papatoetoe public pound on September 2nd, last for .£!. and afterwards sold it to Mr. Harris for £5, in whose possession the horse still remains for the present. As the matter has been reported to the police j at Onehunga, it is probable that Mr. F. ! V. Frazer, S.M.. will be called upon to . say who shall ride the. horse for tne future. The official report dealing with the sheep-shearing cia;s__, held at Waknate (South Canterbury, from October 6 to October 25, shows that some useful work was done. Seventeen pupils were instructed, and during the three weeks 3700 sheep were shorn. The pupils showed a keen interest in the work, and > •21 certificates of proficiency were issued | A number oi farmers supplied the sheep, | and one of them writes as follows: "Much pleased with the work done. I [ am of opinion that the sheep I have I seen shorn are fully as well done as they would have, been by the average professional." Eight or nine of the pupils were at once engaged to shear by sheepowners who came to look on at the instruction classesThe Northern Company's new oil shipj Waiuku made her first trip from One-| hunga to Waiuku yesterday with passengers. Mr. J. Shaldrick, the coin-j pany's manager at Onehunga, and Mr.! Gow, superintendent engineer, were among those on board. The vessel was inspected by a number of Waiuku i settlers, who expressed their gratitude j at the placing of such a fine vessel on run. The Waiuku gave every satisfac-j tion on the outward and return trips, doing the 2S miles between Onehunga and Waiuku in 2. hours, including four stops en route. The s.s.' Weka will be used ] henceforth for taking cargo to and from way ports, the new vessel taking both! ' passe-piers and cargo to and from! Waiuku. A man tvas walking along the Avenue j at Wanga Qui. and was surprised -to see lying loose on the steps oi a certain j bank qui:e a nice collection of bank j notes. Rubbing his eyes to make sure j bis sight W3S playing him no pranks, he picked one up. It. was for £50, and ! quite genuine. He gathered the balance | together, and ascertained that their | value totalled a very large sum. Walking into the bant:, he presented the collec- '■ tion to an astonished eierk. who- discovered tha they had bepn dropped by a | junior during transmission from another i bank. 27in. Tussore silk, special price, 1/11 ' yd.; well worth 2/3, at Rendeils. Ltd., j Karangahape Road- —(Ad.) j