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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 276, 19 November 1913, Page 4

The following is Mr D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 I a.m. thi6 day:—"The indications are for moderate to strong winds, westerly prevailing. Weather probably cool and changeable, cloudy to overcast at times. Barometer unsteady.'/ Tides good. Sea moderate." Mr. Glover has given notice of a question in the House of Representatives, asking the Minister of Labour to say whether his Department is taking any steps at .present to purchase land contiguous to Auckland suitable for the erection of workers' homes, and, if not, will he take immediate steps to do so? The driver of a private cart had an exciting time shortly after 5 o'clock last evening in Hobson Street. A large crowd was assembled in the vicinity of the Trades Hall, and as thrrr "specials' 1 passed by a little boo-hooing occurred, but no notice was taken of it. Then a lorry came up laden with sacks of llour. The "specials" were out of sight by thi3 time, and the driver was hooted vigorously. He drove on unconcernedly, without noticing that his trolley had been lifted off the vehicle from behind and left in the street. The driver of a private cart which was standing in front of a shop promptly ran out, picked up the trolley, and threw it back on top of the lorry. This excited some of the crowd, who made'a rush at him, but the man managed to climb into the cart. Some of the crowd began handling the horse and also the vehicle, but the position was relieved by the horse bolting madly through the crowd. For a moment it looked as if someone would be injured, but the driver managed to recover himself, and, seizing the reins and swerving his horse clear of the footpath, he averted •a smash. A batch of special constables arrived upon the scene, whereupon all was calm and peaceful. The salvage cargo from the Tyrone was disposed of by auction at Dunedin on Thursday. Practically the whole of tiie cargo of whisky was recovered from the wreck. It. comprised 1392 cases and flB quarter casks and octaves of many different brands, divided into 25 trade lons, prices ranging (for case lots) from 13/ up to as high as 18/6. The general goods were made up into 132 lots, and cor_3n>s*ed of an e-ct_-nsive v-surietv of goods, including hardware of all descriptions, paint, white and red lead, sheep dip. and a (j*-a*r_ity of groceries. Before conrmencirrg the sale the auctioneer drew the attention of prospective buyers to the fact -that the duty on all the goods, to be assessed by the Customs officer, was payable by purchasers. He said it was a trade sale, and if any of them were expecting to get a case of whisky "on the cheap' they would be disappointed. {Laughter.) The "Otago Daily Tim-_" s;:ys very sat isfactory prices were realised fur the whisky lots, which were all taken irp by the representatives of wholesale houses and hotel-keepei-s. There was keen competition for the peneral goods, which, in one or two cases, realised perhaps more than their market value. The sale generally proceeded prcsaic.alh- enough, but was not wi.hont humorous and exciting incidents. The auctioneer came To a lot comprising a 400-gallon tank of "biecnits. "They might be bad or fihey anight be good," he said. "•Soimeone -aright -rolcr a ha.a-1 ont of it, but I warn you, it is like backing a horse in the Melbourne Cirp." i"T/a.u_-htcT.) The lot was disposed of for _7 10/. and the purchaser had suc-h faith in the bar |»*wn that he .bou-jht a-notaer Unk at the l-.rnvg.-o-. - _11-i>-u«fld_i3B_)M-M.

Another of the fast diminishing band of veterans, who "served their Queen and country well" during the Maori war (writes our London correspondent, London, October 15), passed to the Great Beyond this week in the person of Sir John Batty Tuke, formerly ILP. for Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities, and a great authority on the care and treatment of the insane. He gave himself to work hard at the problems which these cases present, and attained a very high place in his profession, not only by . his practice, but by his writings. A native of Ileverley, Yorkshire, where he i was born in 1835. Tuke was educated ,at Edinburgh Academy and University. 'On taking the degree of M.D., he went I out to New Zealand, where he was civil : practitioner in medical charge of a wing ■of the 05th Regiment. On the outbreak lof the Maori war in IS6O, be was appointed senior medical officer to the colonial troops, and served till nearly the end of the war. At the Scottish Society's "gathering of the clans"' at Cliristchurch on Thursday night every member of the audience was presented" with a sprig of heather with a card attached giving the name and address of the sender in Scotland, and requesting the recipient to acknowj ledge by post receipt oi the sprig to [the donor at Home. Nearly every young I man in the audience wore his sprig, card, | and all. as a buttonhale, and this pre- [ scnted a sight that perhaps could not |be seen in any other part of New Zealand. ! Far too many patients are sent to the hospital in a dying state, says the report |-of the chief medical officer (Dr. A. A. j Martin) to the Palmerston North Hospital Board. "What object can be I served," he asks, "in taking an old man of eighty, who is obviously dying, from his own home and sending him to the I hospital? We have had old men and old •women, slowly dying from incurable I maladies, sent to the hospital solely and simply because their sons and daughters ■wili not look after lliem. It is not a question of 'could not.' it is 'will not.' It is a national characteristic of the Chinese to respect and venerate their parents, and there is a Christian Commandment io the same effect. Surely our countrymen will not lie outdone by th" Chinese, or break a Commandment which promises them long life.'' The Kaitangata correspondent of a Dunedin paper contributes the following item:—"The goods train leaving Stirling 150 miles from Dunedin) at 4.30 p.m. came to grief through the engine leaving the liuo. It rs stated that the points were at fault, and that the train careered along the dead line. The engine-driver w*_s unable to pull up in time, and the big 00-ton locomotive swept the stopblock down with a crash and ploughed its own length into an adjoining garden. The train was a long one, and it is hard to say what might irave happened if the engine had dashed into the cottage just a short distance ahead. The engine remained stationary, propped on an -angle, and. luckily, very little damage was occasioned by the mishap, though the cowcatcher was badly buckled. Another engine was subsequently put into commission to take the train on to Balelutha. The incident caused quite a stir at Stirling." It »*a_> a question of being able to trace footsteps on the denvy grass across the Houhora racecourse, and Mr London was trying at the Supreme Court this morning to get from another witness the feasibility of this Sherlock Holmes feat. The racecourse is evidently a short cut from the hotel to the main road. There •vas also some indication of the accused person having; imbibed freely the night before the blaze which originated the charge. "I suppose." said counsel, "that a drunken man would not go across the course, but would stick to the main road, which is of white sand and more easily followed?" "No." replied the witness, "the drunks take to the course, and getting on the track go round and round." "Ob." said counsel, "and so get back to the hotel again—a very useful adjunct to an hotel." A fire broke out at Thames early last evening in a saddler".- e-hop owned and occupied by Mr. Mitchell. The back portion of the building was well alight before the alarm was given, but the fire brigade was speedily on the scene, and quickly extinguished the flames. The inside of the building wafi eonsidcrably damaged, while the outside of the adjoining building, a two-storeyed shop owned by Mr. Kens-haw, .was also slightly damaged. In connection with a fire which occurred in _ Wellington dweJling on Saturday, the occupant expressed the opinion that the outbreak was caused by a moth getting its wings alight in a gas jet and then flying into the window curtains, which immediately became ablaze. The fire superintendent thinks the theory is quite feasible. Arrivals at the Grand Hotel by the mail steamer Makura included Meesra A. S. Patterson, Melbourne; Mr Alex ,10-?ko, Suva; Mr Arthur Joske. Mr T McQuirk, Honolulu-. Mr and Mrs J. M Phillips, Boston; Mr H. F. House, London; Mr W. H. Mayeon, London: Mr Thomas King. London; Mrs Watts-Jones and Mr Ivor Watts-Jones. North Wales; Mr A. Osborne, Sydney. The pupils of the Normal School will hold a Flower Show and Exhibition of work in the Training College, Wellesley Street, to-morrow afternoon and evening. All parents and friends of the children and othea-s interested in the various arts are invitt-d. Tiie large number of entries indicates that the show will be a very attractive one. and .besides flowers grown by the pupils, there will be exhibits of cookery, woodwork, and other handicrafts. Admission will be free during thcaifterrnoon, but in the evening a charge of sixpence for adults and threepence for children will be made. The inquiry into the cause of death of a wharf laboure- who had his hand crushed, and subsequently died in the hospital, was ot have been resumed this morning, but had to be again adjourned as the witnesses could not be got together. At the Palmerston North hospital during the year ended 31st March the surgical death-rate was, roughly, only 3.5 per cent—l 3 deaths in 371 operations. His Honor Mr. Jnstice Cooper will git in chambers nt 10.30 a.m. on Friday to fix the order of civil business at" the cAv-**"a*pe Court next week. A concert in aid of the Takapuna Drnm and Fife 'Band will be held in the Parish Hall. Takapuna, nn Friday evening. An excellent programme will be presented. The Conk Island administration in this issue invite tenders for a service to Niuc Island. Madras mu_i_*, slightly damaged by clean rain -n-a-ter, to be sold cheap tosday. —Smith and Canghey, Ltd.—(Ad.) KHghtry dam-cged by clean rainwater. A few piece* of Madras and other curtain muslin*. To be cleared at specinl price.-i to-day. And Ca.u_JM>y, Ltd. IM4