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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 17, 20 January 1914, Page 4

Tlie following is Mr. D. G. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:—'' The indications arc for land and eea breezes, moderate to strong, northerly prevailing and freshening. Increasing haze and cloudineee at timea.Expect dull weather, with much mist and fog in parts. The barometer has a falling tendency. Tides good; seas moderate."

Two of the email T>oye \v3io- dieeovercd a mischievous method of abtamiirg the 'money from a penny-in-thc-siot machine in T-Icuwf Streot, ami- did obtain some money in -tih-ie method, came l>efore the Juvenalo Court tliie mornrag amd were committed to the We.rarooi. Training ■Farm. Ulie clmnnstances roporied were •tJhait tho l»oye wore of a fa-roily ol seven, whoih adjbecn rediioed to clronnastanees' afmqet of destitution -hy the indifferenco" <>f She ftifcher, whose . ncgJect of the firmHy.caet on the jao4!hor tiha burden of keeping hereeM and on a ridiculously inadequate allewanee, IHie magistrate took &toraitbagi> ©i the oeeaeion to epeak a ferweeafihbnj heme.-tm*he to the loibhep o{ thft ehiM'Pen, inttimaithig to him ■Piß* tie •was-'BbHe mere than a f '<wei'th> less iwaater."

The Bank of Sew Zealand lias, opened a receiving ; offiee at $he Threg Lamps, fengenhy. ihi§ ? ? *nethep evidwee ej. ttf? pfepes of fte-:nFßs|ern euhnrb. which liaif; "had penßitWahlo addTtienfi to its bueineea premießs during, the hnf few

I --iWihen one of the motbr-'-buses wa3 running.to the Exhibition.the other.day the driver ■was caused some : annoyance ■by the driver of a motor car just in front failing to pnH-.over; and let the bus get past. The evohrtione-of. the motor car were such. that. a. constable who "waa sitting ieside the bus driver -was convinced that the bus -way being deliberately obstructed, and he took the number of the car, and- had the driver, Malcolm Stuart Ramsay, charged at the Police Court yesterday with a 'br.eaeh; of "the by-laws, in failing to let an overtaking vehicle .pase" shim. After the constablehad, detailed-the manoeuvres-of the car, Mr. Cutten, 631., said lie was convinced that the case had been one p.f. deliberate and he -fined •Ramsay' £5 and costs. • - . ■

A .bidder pleaded at the , . Police Court this monring, when charged- with, setting ■up- «■• scaffolding of a : height exceeding lfift -.with-out iiaving : notified- the BuiMing Inspector," that He aised the ecaffolding oidy 'himself, and did not require any. enrpfoyee Ao -be on *he scaffolding. "The Act is a» much rfor the benefit of the employer as the work .nan," started. Mr Frazer, SJM. "A man ie -restrained" from committing suicide," he added, "and tthere is n-o reason /why he should not beprevented from going on- an unsafe scaffolding." This aspect of the law haiving convinced , the builder of hie erroneous reading of the -Act, he had: to pay 17/ in fine and' cbete for the rafonnaiioii.

On one of Taihape's oldest citizens, Mr. Joseph Wa'.i'r, celebrated bis 80th birthday. 3&r. Waller wae present at the Relief of Lucknow wildi the 14th Light Dragoons. He was also one of the little Jjand'-who gazed on the victims of the Cxwnpore, massacre. He fought in upwards, of 40 engagements in the Mntiny, and .received a medal for conspicuous bravery in the field. He received 3iie discharge after 174 years' service. Mr. Waller' landed in Jfew Zealand in 1874, and wa3 lor some years in the Hawke's Bay constabulary. He has resided in Taihipe since 1904, and is still hale and hearty.- - •- " l

There will be a great military function in Cambridge at the end, of thie month, when the Dominion staff tour of officers wiH be held there. Everything will be carried out on a war footing except that the troops will be absent. General (Todley wHI be present, and: it is expected he will judge the various movements. There will be two- armies, the ..red and the blue', and the operations will extend all over the district around Cambridge. Already accommodation has been secured at the various hostelriee for 100 officers, so the movement will be an important one. This "Dominion drive," as some call it, will commence on the 26th iiust, and last several days.

Early this morning the steamer Hford, under charter to- Millar's Weatraiian Hardwood Company, arrived at lAuckland from Banbnry, after a voyage which, occupied no less - than 40 days, days. Ordinarily the distance is covered in about.a quarter of.that time. Some days sifter leaving Bunibury, with a cargo of hardwood timber for Auckland, it was discovered that the coal in the forward bunker was a Maze: Efforts "were at once made to combat the outbreak, and for the next four days the captain and ■ crew worked -strenuously. Large quantities of water were poured into the bunker, and in an attempt to rake the coal over so as to facilitate the extincition of the outbreak the -fire fighters were almost suffocated "ndjaous gases.-- On the , :27tir December;, Captain Nicolle felt -thatr the fire , was under corrtTol, but in order to take every precaution it was decided to put into Melbourne. Here the heated coal wag discharged, and some time later, after minor repairs, the fiford loaded fresh supplies of fuel at Newcastle, and came on to Auckland.

The question or give and take between adjacent local is always cropping up, and just at present Mount Eden and Epsom- are wondering- how best to settle a little difficulty in regard to drainage. 'Mount Eden has an area of 57 acres which caji 'best be drained through the Epsom district; Epsom has 85 acres which can hest. .he drained through Mount -Eden. Epsom, realising .Mount Eden : s position, enlarged the size of it's sewer from 12in to loin wiihout being asked-. Mount Eden is wondering, hawever, whether it would be quite quid pro quo to make similar provision for the Epsom area, inasmuch as there is a slightly bigger area involved. At last night's Mount Eden Council meeting it was proposed by the engineer that each, district should pay in proportion to the area affected, and while the ■ suggestion wae not approved, it was referred to a sub-committee for further consideration.

When the Rocks road at. Nelson was ■being made many years ago, a. panrder magazine was obtained by putting atunnel into the 'hill near the town and country boundary. After the road wae completed, the-«nouth of the tunnel was hoarded up, bat with the passing of years the timber rotted β-way. A quantity of blasting powder was left in the magaaine,"ana. the' other' day a portion of thie •Wβ* responsible for a eerioue accident to two-boys, sons of Mr. j. G.. Tjittlejoh-n, 'the city engineer, aged eight and eleven- years respectively. The lade were spending the day on the beach in (the vicinity of the magazine, iwhich they found easy, of accege.. They obtained some of. the. powder, -which had caked in. a. mass, of sufficient dimensions to half fill a sugar bag. Bqy&ke, they started out to experiment ..wiei the explosive by thrcrwing it into a fire they had lighted on the beach .to cook sea. egga. The little chaps were scantily clad, but wliat cloth-ing they had on was alight in an instant. With presence of mind, they at once dived into the sea, and then painfully ..made for their home —a short distance eway. Special aid was at once sent for, when it was found that tlie boyfe' legis from the hips down- ■ wards,- their hands, and .their faces were almost completely skinned, and they suffered great pain. They are not likely to be about again for at least a month.

" How many telephones have we got? I notice that.it costs the CouncH. £56 9/5 per year for. telephones. That seems ridiculous," remarked Mr. Seabrook at last night's -meeting of the Mount Eden Borough Council. JPnrther inquiry . elicited . the ■, information that, in iOno.email..building rtheix;. -were' .two- , phones—one in a workahop and the other in the fire brigade room. The rea-" eon given waa thai the occupant of_ each declared he coidd not ihear the -hell ring in any other room bnfc hit ows. Council qnlekly decided that a switch ■would- provide a way out of the- •difficnity ao far asthese twa 'phance--were-concerned.

"Hie <rxeesslvo -heal, on IStht Inst, was Jelt lay oil animals (mys- th© Aehtorttm paper), A man-vho wae In drlvblg ft mob of cheep in the Cheftoseyread etartod out with iouv dogs, iHe only ha 4(l short (Irive of. four miles, but dni-ing the time taken in traveling that distance two f>(Mi dogs aieeumhed whilst a iMid disappeared, «nd he landed heme~wiUt -one dog. " :

The 8.r.,. Onewa ksare Queen etper.t «2i>rf at. .lQ.4,in, Ao>mmm i°¥, -BlTpr» ,Mi% v ':,,: ;.T"./;-. \-.~. ~.; ■;•*-'.' -

The-unlucky number was rather prominent in a case at the Magistrate's Court this morning, in which the owner of a dog claimed £25 from a motorist who was alleged to have run over it. "1 might inform your Worship," said dedendant's counsel (Mr E. J. Prendergast) at the outset, "that the number of the car was A 1313, the accident occurred in 1913, on November 13,"'the ease was set down for hearing on January 13, and the dog's registered number turned out to be 13."

The steamer Ayrshire which arrived 'this".morning, from Liverpool, brought a contingent of 186 immigrants in search of the chance that will give them better conditions in life. The '■■ newcomers are without exception natives of the British Isles. Their occupations ghow that a big proportion are looking for work on the land,' there being 72 describing themselves as farmers; domestic servants are nest in number, while, curiously enough, the next in order of percentage are gas'fitters, of whom there are nine.

In Mount Eden ■borough the problem of• water supply is a fairly serious one. during the summer months, and the water bills are considerable. At 'last night's Council meeting it was reported that 10,000,000 gallons had been consumed by the ratepayers during the pact five weeks, at a cost to the borough of £500 —working out at £100 per week for water. Mr. Seabrook complained that there was in some cases reason to fear indiscriminate waste, and added ■that in parts of the borough the pressure was co weak that if a fire occurred there would not be water enough to quell the outbreak.

When the Onehunga borough by-laws '■were framed, some years ago, clause 117 was inserted as a discretionary clause, and Tinder it a. number of by-laws could be applied, according to special circumstances arising. Under this clause the •by-law which demands that billiard saloons shall close at .10 p.m. has been relaxed for a number of years, and the time of closing extended to 11 p.m., and under it, the hour was again fixed at 11 pjn. a few nights ago.» At a meeting of the Onehunga Borough Council held last night it was discovered that. at the close of the old Council before the last election this discretionary clause had been deleted, and the alteration duly advertised, gazetted, and embodied in the ibook of by-laws. The position is now that the billiard saloons must close at 10 pjn., for the 11 o'clock permit is illegal.

A; .resident of Henderson, Mrs. F. Connolly, had her leg broken.: as a result of a trap accident on Friday .afternoon last Mrs. Connolly was driving a gig down a hill, with her two children, a boy and a girl'aged eight and five .years respectively, when the horse tripped and fell over a .root projecting from, the road surface. The occupants were thrown out. Neither of the children was injured, but Mrs. Connolly was found to have sustained a compound fracture of the leg. She was taken to a private hospital, and. is now making good progress.

i iM.r. F. MoCormick, een-., of the Tiham&s, received such injuries to the ey«s I recently as necessitated him being- coni veyedi -wifih all haste to a hospital. Mr. I'McConnick was engaged in weeding, and (•wae removing a quantity of- what is ! kn-own as the miilk weed.' He rubbed j ecrme- of t.he poieon into' his- eyee, -with i the. result tftiat he -w-ae soon almost blind,. [ritTtd"- f naa" : 'fco eeek'faiecfiesl SSfenSaSce, delay •ioccurrea; tlii€Te"--would : j have ibeen grave danger of 'him l&sing hi& ! sight. 'I ,

: A eaee Tvihieh revealed a sordid , eide of : married life was heard in -tibe New Plyj -mouth. CMagistrate'e Coort, when; Ethel ! Annie Welle applied for a-maintenance. ! order for herself and three children (theeldest 'of. whom, is four yeaie of age) against Hher husband, John" Henry Welle. She also applied for a separation order and for the custody -of •tihe children. It ■transpired that the defendant and hie ■wife itad bren residing at Qpun&ke in November, 1»12. Defendant tihen went to Marton, and from there he cent small eirms of money, .but eince "then h» wife had (heaxd nothing of him until his recent arreet in Auckland- S"ae had been, in receipt of charitable aid in the meantime and a child was born during hie absence. The defendant stated thiu he wae a cook, earning 30/ per week and' hitt keep in an' ih-otel at Auckland. He eoneented to a -separation: order aiid to a maintenance order for £1 per week, his wife to have custody of the children.

(Denmark etjll eends Great Britain more butter than all other foreign countriee combined, and elhowe for 1913 an excess over all tihe others oi 5.612 tone. Denmark, Russia (Siberia), and Sw-edem each sent more .than New Zealand, while Russia and Sweden sent more 'tihan Australia and New Zealand; and; *he Continent, e-ron apart frota Denmark" or -Bnedaa, sent neariy ac much as Aiisbrai-' asla. The greateet . competitor of Denmark ie Kmseia, 'wtaee .batter is sent from two widely divided areas, Siberia and Inland.

A Wellington resident, who ihae' juet reburwed after visiting the Rotorua and Tauramga dis'bricte, efcatee 'that the plantation of trees carried out under the direction of t!he Government on the land between. RotoTOa-aDd-Wtermangu ie donv Temariatbly ■Well. W&a* -were formerly ibare, unsightly bills a.r& now clothed iwith a fine growth of young gume, firs, larch and other trees. ' The larches, Trihdch are doing partienfcmy well, are' "now about sft or Gfit in height.

A few teachers in the Wanganui district are making an effort towards getting a suitable headstone for the grave at Manaia of the late Mr W. H. Vere--ker Bindon, inspector of schools under 'the Wehganui Education Board, ; from 1884 to 1900. An erstwhile well.known resident of Auckland, the deceased gentleman died at Mauaia at the beginning of last year, after a long illness, and under somewhat distressing circumstances.

At present in WeiHington»,iir;vVi.<Awt' resen, a German artiet, who is an indegatibable globe-trotter. There are few countries in the world he has not visited and he has been far off the ■beaten track! His itinerary of travel has included Venezuela, and to a "Post" reporter he spoke m air amusing maner of the Gilbertian system of government, that, .prevails* there. At the time Mr Andresen was in Caracas, the PreeMent, to recuperate his exchequer, which was always lbein« run dry by revolutions, sold arriry titles, the sum of £100 havUig to "be paid for the Tank of general. Every man with any money to spare ihad a violent desire to Woseom forth a 8 a "general," and going down tho Haza Toro one ibiiiped into" 'generals , right and left. So'farcical became the whole business that eventually, wMle the rank and file numbered only 2,000, there were five thW as nraay, "generate." It was no m **?™*>n to see "geneT?f _.' v f lth har< s gcet guarding the PpeeldenHal ISUaee. Aa soon af i^j"?" 6ll *" l, * 4 *«m«nlale4--enffldent twnend. r'egpoil-