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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 126, 28 May 1914, Page 4

Tbe following is .\fr. D. ('. Hales' weather forecast for 24 hours from 0 a.m. this day: "Indications arc for moderate easterly winds. There is a prospect of fair -to cloudy weather. The. night will probably be very cold, with frosts in-an-d misty momma. Barometer little movement, with a falling tendency. Tides good : sea smooth.'' "A blind man lite tiiisl" ejaculated Mr. Kettle, S.M., incredulously, at the Court on Tuesday, when an aged plaintiff asserted that a still more aged and purblind defendant had .thrown stones at hitjr. "If yoii seen him going into a 'pub' yoit .wouldn't say he -wax blind." responded the elderly plaintiff, decisively. "Or carrying municipal kerbstones into his place in the morning: he's not so blind as lie lets on," the plaintiff added. His homely illustrations gave a clearer insight into the state of feeling between the parlies rather than giving weight to plaintiff's evidence, and liis Worship decided to suspend judgment In the action until he had got a police report. In the Auckland Supreme Court yesterday the hearing of the case in which Isaac." William, and Edwin Kickle. fanners, of Tiikotura, sued the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company for £400, alleged to 'be insurance money due to cover loss by fire, was continued before his Honor Mr. Justice Cooper. In support of the defence, that the terms of the policy were not complied with in that notification of the fire was not forthcoming, and proof of daim was not submitted within fifteen days, evidence v_s given by G. A. Wynyard, local manager of the defendant company. Witness said that the fire oceiirrod'on December 23rd, 1913, and proof of claim was not received until February 6th. He denied that his company, in con junction with the Standard Company, offered plaintiffs XIOOO. Ills Honor adjourned, the case for the legal argument to be heard to-morrow. At a special meeting of the. North-. ,ot,e School Committee, held last evening to consider the appointment of -an infant school __i__n__v. the chairman- (Mr. ,1. P. MaPhail) expressed that no reply had been • received from the committee's letter, asking tor information as to whether the recommended by the Board of Education was the highest graded of the applicants submittrd. T'roin what had appeared in the Presa. it seemed that the Board hati confirmed the. appointment. This lady applicant had only been in her present position since. February Istin tbe. face of this, the Board liad preferred this applicant hefore another teacher who was higher graded, and who had been in her present position for about eighteen months. The. committee, unanimously agreed to submit, t.he following letter to the Board. "That this committee, regrets not having recciyed a reply to it.- letter re tbe appointment of ao .infant .m_)t-QP», to. tbe.. t-chool. According to the -Press reports of the last Board meeting, an appointhas beet made. This ■ committee respectfully requests tbat the appointment he cancelled and the. position reconsidered, and all applicant* placed on the same footing as regards exemption front the two years' regulation." It Ma* also decided to forward a ropy of the resolution, to each individual member of the Board. A further letter of protest has been forwarded by the Auckland Institute to Professor T. 11. I_aby. secretary of the. Britiiih Association Inception Committee, in Wellington, respecting the committee's decision to curtail tile time to be spent in Auckland by i.ie visiting members of the British Association next August. The secretary of tho Auckland Institute, after setting forth the arcumento in favour of adherence to the arrangement arrived at that the visiting scientists shonld spend Monday, August 31st, in Auckland, before proceeding to Rotorua, concludes the letter by stating, "To land the. visitora in Auckland on a Sunday afternoon, and to hustle, them away early on the following morning, will not only he distasteful to the visitors themselves, but will also he. a decided slur on the city and its inhabitants, and vrijl he generally resented, it is. hoped that in further and .fuller consideration the General Committee, will see the justice and propriety of rescinding their recent cision."Interviewed in reference to her report upon the health of the. school children in the Wellington district, th-. Elizabeth Lunn stated that it showed that 23 pe _- cc.nt ot the children, and not 50 per cent as had been telegraphed, were suffering from malnutrition. But when the health and wealth of the Dominion was considered, the correct figure was rather alarming. Dr. Gunn. added that she had not found any case of malnutrition -which was due to actual want of food. All cases were due to wrong feeding. The drainage engineer, drepotrtrng to tire AmjMandi Drainage Boaa-d last night, presented' estimates, for ox-pendi-ture during the current year as fallows:— Permanent appropriations for payment of interest and creation of sinking fund. __.1_.3_:.: appropriation rcrfu.re.l for .-arryjns out work 6 ._6_,fiin (of which £3.740 was. chargeable tr> general fund afcwmirt). The sum available for meeting expenditure on works was £142270. and an additional sum of .SSI ,(_.->4 -would Ire required (of which ._<___4 was rerimred for gesrenal fund _«_>u_li. With regard to recent, expenditure, the- engineer sta-bed that .t7_,706 had been spent on current contracts and new worke begun within the Board's past, year, _>.s against his estimate of JTIO-.OOI). This ras largely accounted for by the _>en<rral strike, which caused a complete stoppage of work for several weekß. The progressive policy of the Board in relation to the work was retarded to some extent in consequence, and calling for tenders for new works, had also to be postponed. Two Kel burn c Boy Scouts, .iaspcr Baldwin and E. W. Platts-AEHs, rescued one. of their •fellows from the Wainui Biser at Easter last. The scouts were hathing-in the river, near Mr. Grace's property, and hut for the action of tfiesse two lads, a serious accident • would "probaMy have happened. For their good work these two scoots have been each atrarded the soont silver cross of merit, the presentation to he made by Colonel f in Wellington on June 3rd Thi* is BaldwnT_ second act of gallantry, having earlier in tin? year rescued a. child from the boat harbonr. For thie ho, y to be ms-ial. ]

Tbe work of re-forming the surface of Scbson Street with asphalt has made considerable progress within the la&t. four weeks. During that time over 4000 square yards of concrete, six inches deep, has been laid, and by to-morrow morning it hs expected lo have 100 square yards of asphalt on one side of the roud between Weliesley and Cook Streets ready for traffic. The total area to be covered -with asphalt is 11.300 square yards between Victoria and Cook Streets,"and it is thought that, given fine, weather, tltc work stiouid tie finished within three and a half months. The N'euehatcl Asphalt Company claim that the area already rove-red establishes a time record for asphalt living in New Zealand. Sydney would be much more.beautiful than it is if it were embowered in foliage, said Mr. \V. B. t.riliii. the Chicago architect, -who is carrying out the Federal capital da-igti. He did not want to sec. trees in the busy street.-, but they could be planted in some of the quieter streets of the city, aiid throughout the residential areai. They could not have too many of them. In New Zealand the same mistake was being made as in Australia. People were planting European and Vustraliau trees. He liked Australian tree.-, but not in New Zealand, which had a most wonderful flora of its own. an.l that was what one wanted to see when one went there. Those new' countries were losing their original characteristic features, it was a mistake to try to repeat the Old Country flora in a new country. 'They should make the most of" the good things of their own country. General Sir lan Hamilton, :n a speech at a. civic reception accorded him in Blenheim, said that, any reputation he might have was due to tbe bravo soldiers he had had under him. in which lhe included tbe New Zealand contingents in South Africa. Speaking of the review of the Marlborough senior cadets, he said that.he bad inspc-ted some. IS", boys, and. taking them all round- he thought they -weighed t..„ pounds heavier than boys of the samf age, in the Old Country, a? the result of physical traoning. and drill: He congratulated the Dominion on what it was doing- for the young ge.ncra.tionTbe Australian Minister ol Oefence (Senator E_ D.. MiUcn) stated ou the. 12th hist, that an invitation had been received from, the New Zealand Govern--ment for one .or more of' the ships of the Royal Australian Navy to visit the Dominion. "The Government," said Senator ..alien, "has g ivrn a most ror " dial reception to tbe. aujec-tioh, .nd it is now most probablo that such a visit' will be arranged toward- the end of the year." H is hoped that the whole fleet! with the exception of the.submarines, may cross tbe Ta=man Sea. There is no doubt (say., the "Sydney ___rning Herald") that. a.n enthusiastic reception will be given to the fleet in New Zealand, where the new policy of Mr. Massey 'a Government for the establishment of a local navy on Australian lines has been received with growing- approval. It i_ felt by both Governments that tire proposed visit would do much to convince, the people of New Zealand as to the community of invests in defence matters which exists between the two Dominions, and to foster the same healthy naval sentiment in New Zealand which.has been created' in the! weaithMbre. than once since the inee.ption of. the Commonwealth immigration policy have there been suggestions that a spinster..' union should be formed. On onr occasion it was entlni-siaistically dis cussed in New South "Walo. because a cable message from London appeared in the .Press stating that a "shipload of widows was being dispatched to (Sydney, isomo of the young men of that city were interested enough to write to the immigration authorities for detailed information and photographs of the' widows, much to the indignation of local matchmakers and eligible misses. The widows duly arrived, and. as far as can be ascertained, were happily married. This week I according to the "Age") there will be three- more prospective brides landed in Melbourne from tbe steamer Beltana. These yonng ladies have been nominated by their intended husbands for passages at re- \ duoed fares, and are to "trip" to the i altar as soon as they land. That habit is second nature is recognised by many as an axiom, and such people would have, had their news on this subject further strengthened if It bad been their fortune to witness a certain incident that occurred on a Wellington playing-gronnd on Saturday afternoon during the progress of a football match. The goalkeeper of one of the teams concerned fulfils in the more serious- battle- of life tho duties of a policeman- On an occasion, what almost amounted to a scuffle took, place between two players of the opposing teams. With :_____>____-_;___ mien the policeman strode, forward. Korgotten -was the game, and he was, as it were, back on his city beat. A breach of the iatw bad taken place, and was not he, the preserver of tbe King's peace? But fate intervened, .for, befoTe be got to the scene of the conflict, the referees •whistle blew, and that official stepped in tone into the breach. With ttuTSli of the whistle the city ibea* faded from the vision of the stalwart preserver of tho peace, and he resumed his position at the goal-pest to an ___<*m_p alliment or laughter iron, the "hank," to many klt-to™ 1 th& ? (>a * ee P er - waswS If yourvo.ee is hnsky and thick take a few drops of __a_ol on a small pikeTof lump sugar, and.place between tho cheek and gums, and allow to dissolve very slowly, and it will make it clear and good.— (Ad.) ■ v All competitors still beaten. Big hoot bargains for man, woman, and child at P-arsons Boot Stoma (corner v Queen Street and Kaarangahape. Jtead, Newton). Maddren's stock a )l _! .ared at auction prices.—(Ad. 1 Sufferers rrom UremSTiitig have scarred prompt and. permanent relief by usimr SSL . Wo " der^ l ™™» karo bee? effected by _.___.! when other remedies have failed.—(Ad.) Absolutely the fineat ], ou __ 0 6hppep be found m the whole province- of Auckland is the tapestry slippers being sold lor 1/11, at Veartmoa's Boot Store, X.». ton. Worth 3/6_—<Ad.) Tackle that. fr_»h cold in th* head by inhaling freely Hazel. Alao take a Urn 4r_»:<»:_ni__p._Tig__-, sad aHoar to dlft. £k*i.___7 gU o misr 1 "*. tt fe*_-w___ the cheek and gmn__—(Ad.) "___.- Family Boos Stow," g, fc'fcw* and Co., ____!, K___a__p_._Bi.ix> Moad, hams jn_x T__e_r«_l two h_t*sp____ in IsoSaaf iootvcar r viz., ladtesT Wast B_j*y ishoxs-, machine. &e«m, patent cans etyL l*ix and «««____*&., { m L ako-ladiss? _-tei_y __»_» wetted, vaierth caps, - ottiy MfC. a* -srtll. , y .«_-