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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 128, 30 May 1914, Page 4

i The following i- Mr D. C. Rates' weather forecast for 2. hour- from. H a.m. this day: "Indication-! arc for j northerly winds, Rtrnrig to galo. veering • by -.vest to .e-outli nftor from 24 to :1B j hours. Tlio won.tb.er will probably prove squally, with ho-vy shower... Baromo.tpr ttnßt.c.-uly. but risinr'aft.-r about 24 hour?. Tidps good, .-pa, rough." Urea;, interns., ■:,. manifested in lio 1-ctnre on "Rn_.ium" thai .Yof<»=nr j n-wflyn. 'Is-pn. tho recon.lr a.pporntc.i ! Professor of _ ln*.<» ,n the Ai.ck_t.nd Tnivp.nsi.y OoUe.ge. is to iloirvor next Thursday at i-ho _eys fnartitntp, PonBoraby. The -lecturer .has ma-i-a a, espoe-rhi fieudy of thn TPse-rcbos .of Ttrrnt years trrto bko -object nf i_di<>_ninviry. t-'ne ■meet, -fWHt-trrig' -fieM of invra_%ati,Tn nowoprpn w-Arre-cht-iist. On Thursday tho KTirVTr-. wrR ne i'li__r_.i.H, extensively- by expra-imeni. and with, lanrafci.nleUdes. and iho account oi radram and its pmppw-ics a.nd- -possibilities Thai has .been .lear-l IIPTO.-wi_ he afforded by ijiis lectnre. _ Pa.-.Bngp.Tis anrL-f.hippp.rf»-f.noii!,l note fha fe- -loc Anpcmr i-__r _eaj«s__ r- IPaixrc e» -_.a_____ay^i__i_ < « a tw2~-- Bf . '

■ Owing to Wednesday, 3rd Tune. be.ing| .1 nubile iiniiday. the auctioneers inter-i ested notify t.ie public, throuah our ad j vertisinjr columns, that the Usual week! v I ;in stock sale will i.c hei.t at. W'estrield ! •'P Tuesday. -Jnd dune. ~mj arrangements i . Live been made win : i.> liaaiwac lie i partmeiit in run. the .-to. k trains .-n Monday ].«:. Instead of Tuosd-u . -Jul. i No less than o-tJ c\pe-imeira| plot*. ' have been put down during t v- pre.-cut I .--:iso n in districts north .in I -out i >:' \uikland. T'mni.s and T I'.ir.niLii. M-. '.. de Bayli-. iic!ds in-! mcMi- for I'm- , North l-iand. n i -.-port pre-, nte It • ■ Ihe pro\ inciiil eveciuive o: ih-- \c ,s '/,,■, j wa-s irrown in i !.: pi.ii -. . ii.-,. 1:1 I- j piots. mine-old- in .'it. - -. ■ '... et. 'n -f ' millet., in lIP. pii-ttirc - -i-... it .. :1 in ]I. i carrot n 1 I. ~n d _-:.i~ • uiit.e- in _'ii I 'Mr. de ll.,y::- empb.l- : 1 ie „-. 1 «ilh | 'any s,ui.-. ,-;,.--:. -. ~ ; .,,ver| I tion. and iiianiiriiiv;. lie .C- . - :_-_;.■-■- i that irroiip- of pint- nen- tl • i-.-ntre of j the district wotrid > .v n-.i-e |. ■ , ~.-, i Ismail plots scattered - iiro-iehout Oich, j i tri.-t. The fields in-tru. t -.- n 1,1,, ih.it in \ j In- opinion timpor.irv demon-i ration | ! areas are mo.-- ik-c,',.-<! ,n iii. Dominion. I Canon Cariand, or-ran - ':_' i-ccrciarv j rived ycstcrdiy frn.n \\ e11.!,-fui. T . m. .-ran. Mimlay. ~<• i\j!| ~-,-, :, ~■ -~ Paul"-, ilinrc'.i in :!ie mnrti-ii-i and f St.. Matthew.- in :,.- ew-ning" j„ ,!„. aflvrn-onu in- «,|| eive ~,, address at to- Salvation Ami \ I' it-rack.-. Aiher: street, (in Mond-a/ .ii'teriioon. in -Pit: hers of ||„. Women'- l.cjne. md in ;'i ■ evening a irenera! mo-nnj - f the Leairue Will he held 1.1 t ,c .--im--- 1 iic. At the quarterly meeting of 'he i ~n terhnry Chamber of Commerce the pre-i 'lent i Mr 11. '.. Staveleyi said: "Speakincr generally. the conditions are prosperous. Money for investment fairly plentiful, and moderate sums .ire obtainable nrt first 'mortgage (r ;,; ~l Pr cent. Keuilers Rtatn that rhei ia.\e some difficulty in ohtnininir payment on their j accounts Probably this i- due m orr to expenditure on luxuries i -uch as motor-I i.md picture shows i than inability to p.it ' •by their .-n-tomerf. farmers have h.-.d and arc having remunerative prices fur their fa I stock, lambs estje.-ia.lly heinsr at record value.. Land value- remain firm, and the,-.- i- ~ m.-.rke.l d.-ire ~„ the pan of farmer- to ipiit agricultural holding* [With market.- openiii": for our produce in Canada and ihc I'nited State—and short Iv I anticipate in K.urope also—l | *cc no reason to -upposp. unless some I prices here will decline. The indications I in-.- that they arc more likely to advance j further in future, and thai we lia\e -till more prosperous times ahead. Ry permission of the Auckland Racing jClul' the Onehunga Brass Hand will play the following programme under Conductor W. -I. Howe.' lit the Klleislie race- j (■nurse on Sunday: March. "Heroes of the Mines illume ; ',rand Selection I Verdi i : Waltz. "l.iver of Pearls" lUnmiTi : Euphonium -010. ".lupiter" i.loneM: 11,-ii:n. -Abide With Me'' ( Liddie i; Selection. "Poet and Peasant" i Suppei : Man li. "Hen*. Tliere and Everywhere" t Bow. A collection will bo taken up in aid "f the contest fund. M.m- K. Wilson, who has been connetted with Co Northcote pu-hl-ie school l'o;- ov- eleven vcars, .is infant mitre.--, .in.! win. is about, to In- trails ferrcd io tin- SVwtnn Has: school, -.'..isj prr-scnlcd br the ehairmin of the Noriit .--:.■ s.-lvool comnvif-.'e Mr. .1. | I. Mcl'hiili vcst--r l.i . afternoon. ..I beiial-f nf ' t'.e -, hola rs. with dressinr: ease. Ml-s Wi'snu '.rain; from Master '■'■■ satc'iell. The headmaster i Mr. f. Murpliyi r-id a letter from ihe sialT congra: ul.it ing her on lier appointment and rejretting her .ie part ii re '"rim :ie school. A siini'.nr ad-.;-i.-s A.is :.l-o read by M ; ss Har.l Wilson i i pupil' on l.eh ilf if i !rr> The report of examiners nn matriculation paper, in Wellington show- that jon: of ,i total of \l:',:\ paper*. 2't per cent. of the .andidate- in English failed in paper A. and -4-">V per cent, in paper B. A commentary on tiic a.bsenee of hrilllianey is the fact tha: the highest, marks i obtained out of a possible 100 were 7S. LAn illuminating observation in the report i- the following:—-'Maudlin sentimentality and pulpit platitudes -were .reeled off with truly drpadful fluency. It was -iimi fir-ant. however, that the more unexceptionable The moral scntinicit'- were, the worse became the grammar and the cruder the diction. Here land there, however, in tne 121.1 essays on.- dete ted the saving grace of humour.'' S A else was heard in tile Melbourne i ounty ( ourt recently, in which. John llannon. of Satan Hill, farmer, was awarded i'-lriO damages a_g,un.-t, 'Aleian. der Duncan McLarty,-of Tarra-by, farmer, on account of the death of four of plain tiff's horse-. Plaintiff's case was that the defendant wrongfully left, a, wagonlond of wheat unprotected on n. main highway, and four of lii- horses ate ihc. .drain, dying in consequence. An r\- oVellinglonion. writing from S\ dney tot he " ll\ ening iV»t." states: ■- i " It niav interest the people of iWellinglon to know som-i-lhiirir rents in v- Vl |. ney, an I n nuiy iitaJvc them thankful that :hcy are not ,-o badly -ofT in that respect, as people are here. 1 have been here a.boul two year.-. I am. paying for a. live-roomed collage, all .-mall rooms, I no wardrobe- or cupboards of any kind, j hare vi.ill-, in. hot. water -ervi.-c. and "ill. section from tent re. ;t.V per week, and my friends outside consider 1 b-avc a. cheap house. 'Houses of tlin -i/.e 1 iiee.upy 1 run from XV to 40 ' per week : six rooms, from 40 ' to 4o ' per week: seven rooms, from 4.i to ,Vi/ per week : nine rooms, to ] 00' per week. All the a.bove de- 1 pend on position and distance from ce- nl ln our report, of the Onebunga, TV>rI ough Cormcrl discitssioti on the snbject ;of in the <rrea-ter -Vucktand i scheme remarks made by Mr. A. A] >- ;<V>II (eh.i irma.n-i were -wrongly n.t.tri-bu-;e<i to Mr. .I.o'nn Tl/vn-e (who -was no; present at the meeting). Tlie. Auckland Band of Hope Union will celebrate its .'l4th anniversairv- next Wednesday in Ihe Town Hall, \vi"fh the Kind's Birthday gathering of bands of .hope, when a programme wi'l h.i presented by .".00 performers. fpori t.fis o.vasion -i lon ? -servk-e diploma, of bonour dire<:t trom the xra.rent society will be | presented to Mr. E. A. Perkins, who has been -i years secretary of the. Christian jßtaadard Band of Tlopr. Dr. Florence .Keiler will .preside. Seats may he booked at, ;Me£6.rs. WHdmaii a.7id Arey'.-,.