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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 278, 21 November 1913, Page 4

The following is Mr. D. C. Bates' wea- \ the- forecast for twenty-four hours from 9 a.m. this day:—"T&e indications are for variable and moderate breezes, but I moderate to strong westerly prevailing. I and freshening shortly. Ex-pect warm j and humid conditions, with increasing | haze ar.d cloudiness. There ars indica- | tiots for an unfavourable change in the j weather to follow. Barometer filling j shortly. Tides good. Sea moderate. Swell on the coast." Ballots of members of the Chrk-t- j church Tramway Employees' Union on ! the questions of affiliation to the United Federation of Labour and to the Social : Democratic party resulted in both pro- j posals being negatived. Of 230 papers , cent out, 198 were returned. The voting on the question of affiliation to the | United Federation of Labour was:—For j SO, against 118; majority against 33. On the question of affiliation to the Social Democratic p'rty. the voting was: i For 88, against 110; majority against i 22. \ report was presented by Mr. McXab to the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society held at Palmerston North. He said that during his recent visit to Australia he spent a considerable time gathering information relating to the early history of New Zealand. In Sydney he discovered 163 sacke of papers relating to the Supreme Court work of New South Wales from 178S to 1830, and amongst the records was found interesting information relating to Xew Zealand. lie proposes to return to Australia :n the autumn to continue hn investigations. "You will find pegs outside the Court for your hats," said Mr C. C. Kettle, I S.M., at the Court this morning. As there was only one hat on the table. ! the legal gentleman by whom it was i owned said, "Does your Worship object '■ to my hat?" The magistrate replied, ; "Yes: the tabic is not the place for hats. | Surely 3-our own sense would direct you to know that." The owner of the offending hat picked it up and prepared to take it out of the Court, but first re- } marked, "I don't see anything indecent 1 in having a hat on the table, your Wor- ! ship"; to which Mr Kettle replied, "It is a question of manners, that's all," and the incident closed. Charles Frederick Morgan, sometime warder at Lyttelton gaol, and recently warder at Addington gaol, who died yesterday as the result of injuries sustained when knocked down by a motorcar, was, says a Preee Association telegram, a man of parts. He fought against the Boere while in South Africa, and distinguished himself by rescuing :he Duke of Teck's mails, for which he received a gold ring and gold-mounted r-having brush from h ; a Highness. At the inquest held at Ohristchurch last niffht a verdict of accidental death was returned. A rather eerious accident happened to the first north-going slow train when it I iwas about 300 yards on the Timaru eide {of Washdyke railway station. From one •of the trucks which -was full of wool ! packs a bale fell on the line. The foli lowing -wagon was derailed, but, strange Ito say. the nest two wagons kept "the rails, though the two following ones were derailed. The passenger cars and j the guard'? van bumped over the ob•Gtruotion but did not leave the rails. j There was nothing to imiica,te that anything had happened until the cars >went 'over the obstruction. The guaTd applied the Westinghouae brake promptly and pullc«l the train up. With the help of the platelayers on the line at Washdyke the trucks were got back on to the line, liter a delay of about an hour and a-half. A well-known Wanganui motor expert had a sensational experience at the "Devil's Elbo>w," on the Wangaehu Hill. ,He was driving a 50 horse-power racing ■cycle car when the -wheels skidded, and the driver and car were precipitated over the bank, reaching terra flrma 30ft or 40ft below. Marvellous to relate, the driver did not receive so much as a scratch, and the car t\as undamaged. By the aid of ropes the car -was hauled back to the road, and the motorist continued his journey. Loud hilarity served to enliven proceedings at a certain stage of the last meeting of the Taihape Chamber of Commerce. Rating native lands was \~p topic of conversation, and the general opinion -was to the effect that very few natives in the Taihape district h'slped to lift the burden of taxation off the ' Pakeha settlers. "'Oh, I don't know," said a. gentleman, whose very air s>etokened road board. "I know one man who pays regularly. That's old , on the ilata-roa Road. 'He pays 1/ a year!" Considerable interest is being manifested in Avondale over the election to be held next Wednesday to fill the vacancy on the Board caused by the resignation of Mr. John Tait, as a protest against the proposal to borrow money for drainaje purposes without the consent of the ratepayer?. Mr. Tait will explain the position at a meeting to be held in Victoria Hall to-morrow evening,