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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 152, 27 June 1914, Page 4

! The following weather forecast has been issued .under the direction m" Mr. 1 11. ii. Bates, Dominion Meteorologist, for 24 hours from 0 a.m. this &zy. —"The indications are for .strong to gale, southerly wind.;, but decreasing. The weather probably cold and changeable, and the night will probably be very cold, with frosts inland. The weather should improve shortly. Barometer rising slowly. Tides moderate; sea rough oft shore."" Some anziety has been caused as the result of a suspected case, of smallpox being reported -from Eden Terrace. The patient was quarantined immediately the case was reported, and has been kept under close observation for several days. Tho vaccination teat will not. give ;'. proved rc.«uU until "Monday, but the Dtistriot Health Officer thW morning informed a '•Star representative that he is fairly confident Ipai, the case is not ttae ot smallpox- j

An accident occurred last evening to a waterside worker named William ißeTTyman while, engaged: in unlaoding the stc-a-mer Talune. ilierrymnn .became [entangled with a rope, with the result I that, he was thrown heavily on to the j winch, and his head severely cut in four j places. Dr. Parkcs was called, and stitched t/ne -wounds which fortunately, 'were not of a. da.ngorous description. Constable Haiwkcn then took Bcriyiu-.in jto his home in Sale Street, Freeman's | Bay. Mr P. VV. Fttrkert, Inspecting F.n----1 gineer of the Public Works Department, who represented New Zealand at the recent International Congress of Road Engineers in London, in the course of an interview at Wellington said, with regard to the vexed question of wood blocks versus asphalt or bituminous pavement, thai, though for moderately heavy traffic it was difficult to say that blocks were better than natural asphalt, or vice versa, for heavy and concentrated traffic, especially whore wheels were compelled to follow approximately the same track, the blocks were superior owing to (hn tendency of the asphalt to work up into ridges. " Asphalt also had a. tendency to become wavy under very heavy motor tratlic, whereas blocking had neither of these faults. The. exceptionally fine roads of England and France, are due not so much to any magic power of their en"ineers. but to the foundations laid by hundreds, and in some cases even thousands, of years of consolidation under traffic, and to the immense sums spent in maintenance. The m-glect of Maori parents to send their children to school, was referred to when Harold Small (Truant-'lnspectur for the Education Board) prosecute,! natives of Pio Pio and ■Hangatik:. for failings in that respect. Mr. E. Ra.vson, S.M. cxpiTSfed l surprise at the Maori* not taking advantage of the opportunity to have their children educated. The Truant Officer said he found the Maori* were negivrtful. particularly in regard to the girls. The parents appeared to consider it not necessary for girlis to receive schooling. In one ca« the •reason given was "I like iPolly come to school, but te missus ho no let him. He like him ctay home to mind the lit li> ones.'' It was pointed out th.it there was no need for tlris jrirl to stay •home as there were several bigger in the family. A fine of £1 4/, and costs, til 17/6" was imposed. The Truant Officer visited 1 Jfangatiki. addressed the natives and informed them what the result woul-.I be if children were kept from school, but one of them would not take the warning, so lie was fined £2 8/, and costs £3 6/8. The Truant Inspector remarked that if the parents persisted in keeping the children from i-chr.nl. further proceedings -would at once be taken. Only about 1,500 widows Trave claimed the pensions which are theirs by right, under the provision of the Widows' Pension Act. pa«ed by the Liberal Government in 1011. The number is a small one. and, doubtless, man - -widows do not receive the pension simply because they do not know how to go about getting it. Applications must be made personally, for preference, to the local Registrar of Pensions, and arc investigated by a magistrate, but the whole proceeding* are private, and arc utterly devoid of Court formalities. If the pension is granted it is paid through the post office, the pensioner attending to receive it. The applicant must be a British subject of good character—no 'Asiatics, the Act stipulates, need apply—ami she can claim the penision if her htnsband is detained in a mental hospital. If .-he is given a pension, the yearly payments will be imuie on the. following scale:—lf she litis one child under 14. £12; if she has two children under 14. £18; if she has three children under 14. £24; if s<he has more than three children under 14, £30. If she has an income of more than £30 a year, her pension t6 reduced £1 for every £1 in excess of that but her personal earnings are not regarded as income for this purpose unless they exiceed £100. Property up to £340 in value used as a home is not included in, tho computation of inconie-,producing property, and personal effects also are left out of the calculation. When a widow dies, the oensiion may be continued to the guardian of ber children, and the term " child " includes a. step-child or a child legally adonted during the lifetime of the applicant's husband. At a meeting of the Wellington City (.Viuncil on Thursday Mr. R. Fletcher moved: "That there .should be included in the loan schedule to be submitted to the ratepayers, an amount not exceeding £100.000 for the purchase of a trawler. in order to provide a constant supply of fish for the municipal market." 'The Mayor (Mr. ,T. P. Luke) said he did not think anything at all could be done with the proposal, because the legal position was against it The best" thing Mr. Fletcher could do would be to bring it before the Municipal Association to obtain power for the Council to bring it into effect. The motion was referred to i the Finance Committee ior a report. During a discussion on tree planting by the Hamilton Beautifying Society last night, one member suggested planting shrubs in barrels which could be. moved about as the. society desired. Someone remarked upon the difficulty of procuring empty Imrrcls. Another member replied that, if they could get full ones the emptying process would not take long. "We'll get them cheap after the election." spoke a sober voice. '"Xo chance," came the dry response. Thy Auckland City Band, under Bandmaster (',. Clark, will play the following programme of music at Eden Park Cricket Ground on Sunday afternoon:. March. "Belphegor" (Brepsnnt): jrrand srir-ction, "Ofenorics of Bellini" (.1. A. Greenwood"): valse, ">lio.ve in a Mist" (Round); cornet solo. "Sing Mo to •Sleep" (Greene) : grand selection, "Cn-vms of Evergreen Melody" (Round); waltz. ■■K : s» of Spring" iColfe); march, "Little Tvrind'wick" (Jufcb). "God Save the King." Th e "A" scruadron of the Legion of Frontiersmen holds -weekly parades on Wednesday evenings, devoting three nights jn the montb to outdoor training. The next meeting nijrht will take the form of a business gathering at the Waitemata Hotel. A proclamation in connection with the amalgamation of the city of Auckland and the borough of Grey Lvnn appears in Ihe current "Gazette." It is declared that the enlarged city shall he an undivided borough, and that the council sin 11 number IS. exclusive of the MayoThe amalgamation takes effect from July 1. Some ladies residing Ln Mount Albert are making arrangements for lectures on first-aid to the injured, under the auspices of the St. John Ambulance Association. A girl ua.med Phoebe Grant when walking along the footpath at Paeroa was run into by a cyclist, and sustained slight couvusßion of the brain. Leslie Victor Nicholls. fruitgrower, of Obakuhu has filed a petition to b 0 adjudicated a. bankrupt.