OUR FOREIGN TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 154, 30 June 1914, Page 4

OUR FOREIGN TRADE.

In Uie apcc-h delivered by our Hijrli r*mmi-.=fionej at the anintal New 7jC&!an<i dinner in Loiwion this year, Mr. Mackenzie maAc some rern-arkfi on (Jernian competition, which ehould iurniih material for canlul rrflnction to all iuleresl*\l ill the commercial dtTvel-opmrat of our country. In reference to GermtnyV decifiion to encourage her ebippinK oomranira to c.-t-aMish reffiilar ««r----vici« with New Zealand, Mr. poinU out that the Germans can hardly expert nvuWi sympathy from us till they treat us bc.tt.cr. At prct-e.i'.t the

duties levied at ficrraan ports ou our product* are almost alsohitrly prohilntivc. a!> thc-y arc mi-itu to be. Out frozen mnai, i* taxed about '2d. per H>.i our cheese irp to 4d. per lh.. our butter from 10/ to :U)/ per cwt. N'alurally our st-iple product '.rave very little

chance of finding their way in to the German markets: but on the other hand, wo take froTii the Herman.- a considerable quantity of good* that wo could ? et from England. Our import- from Hermanr in 101- amounted to £053,000, while our export to (iermany were valued at only £234,0<M>. Our trade with England is on a very different fontinir. for whjle in 111- we bnuizht from Knglnod ;rood* worth i: 12,5(10.000. the our produi-i- in the I'nit e<l KLnadom brought its in £17,0011.000. I'lidcT the circumstances, quite apart frtan consideration:- ot sentiment and partriotisin, it is clearly to o;ir interest to trade with England rather than with Germany. Hut ns England is a freetrade country, it is perharw hardly fair to the Germans to put the c-ontrart in that form. A better comparison is the parallel suggested by Mr. Mackenzie between Germany an 1 the Vniteri Statein their dealings ■β-ith us. The Americans stiil hold timly to the principles of Protivtion: hut they have riei-n reason lately to reduce or wipe out the tarj.T tharsri'-s hithprto levied o:t our staple product- at American ports. Naturally, under the eareumstarn're. New Zealand it» prepared to co to considerable lengths to facilitate the growth of commerce between the Dominion and the Vnited Mates, always reserving our right to proUvt our own Joeal industrial interests, and to mainta.in our -vsteni of preferential dealings with England. But the Oennatirt cannot expect a bargain to be entirely onesided, and until tli>\v are prepared at Ica.-t to fallow t he example of the I'mted States. an d lower their tariffs for our benefit, they can hardly autrk-jpatc anything .hi the 'way of fiscal or commercial eonocssione from us.

Tlie following is .\rr. T>. C. Bates" weather forecast fo r 21 hours 'from 0 a.m. this day:—"The indications are for moderate to northerly winds, [n-shpninc: inerejininjj haze and cloudiness, with uafavoum We change in the weather shortly. Banuneter falling. tides good; seas tnodcni'te e-,vell."'

Tiic paisiinper trallV at race time between tho Remncra tram tormiriUn and the Kllerslie rai:e<V)Ui>e i- not allowed to j:o without some Murvejllanw, and the work givin one two-horse team o:i that occasion in hawing to pull a load of twelve up the Vincent Street ri*c at a trot was the foundation of a ca.-e aguinet the driver. Alfred Dare, before Mr. K. ('. Cuttetl, S.M., yesterday, for allegedly overloading tlie horses, and for carrying more paK.<eugers in hLs wagonette* than tho vehicle was I-cerused to <-arry. It was shown that though the driver had two passengers over the licensed number, said pai=sen<rers disposing themselves unpracefnJly on the back steps, yet the animals had not lreen cruelly Consequently on the by-law eliarge, the driver was merely fine 10/, and 7/ costs

A rasp of an unusual nature ramp before the lnverraipll Maspstrate*.' Court, when a Dunedin traveller was ehiirgfpd on three informations with ha\-in- ridden on a tram par without having the propor fare. The informations were laJd by the Tramway Workers' Union, who took exception to the dismissal of a conductor who had failed to collect the faro from defendant, who was a passenger. The union p-ontended that the should have offered his fare when the conductor failed to ask for it. as passengers were warned hy placards in the car -flat prosecution would follow non-pjymput. For the defence it was submitted that tie offpnee irae not wilful, and defendant should not he held rp?nonsible for the conductor's reflect. The Itajnatrate refused to convict, and gave cost/; i" £ 5 1? ') against tie union.

Pinfcre.ncc wa3 made at tho meeting of the CJrey Borough Council last night to the unique fact that the first Mayor, who was chosen in ISSS. was present at the last gathering; al?o. that the. "'Star" representative present had also reported the fin-t meeting of the C'ounri], Two of the Councillors present—l Messrs. .7. A. Warnirck and VV. Donald —userf to be taken by their fat/hers to the. meetings when they were little boys, the former having lived in the district ever .since he was IS months old. The lluyor, 3Lr. George Baildon, also static! that ho first went uo school in the district, a.nd the superintendent of the Fire Brigade (Mr. Jo-hu Kentoii) ha.s occupied that position for 2~i years out of t-he. 32 be has been a volunteer fire.ircin.

'At a mrcfcimj of the worknrs of the Bible in State Schaofe -LcagTM" m the Auckland , Wesl electorate, held on Monday -evening in *he St. Stephen's Hall, Ponsonby, tht! Rev. ']saa<; Jolly, Dietrict 'Prcsitfent, in ttw chaiT, it was resolved, on the m-ofcio-n of dlr. 3L N. BagnalJ. seconded, by th« Rev. J. JI. Ha.wkce, "Tiat appreciation be. expressed of the action of the Government in the Referendum Bill asked for by the Bible iD Statp >fchoofe League. That the member for the district 'be rtepecttully but stroiigly -urged to sujjporL by his vote the v. jsiies of co many of hie conetiturate, 'who de&ire, that the whole people, whether opponents or supportere of Uk> 'Bible in Sta-te Schxiols Leagne'e shall }iav<> th ! ; opportunity of giving 3. direct vote thereon at the bailo.t 'box at the nejet elecuon ; ami this meeting expresses the opinion that by taking this courec encroachment of this (Subject upon the political arena will bo avoidied.'"

There has been, recently, an outbreak of violence in Svduev. (iaad Mr D. C. Bates, the Nrw Zealand jreteorologir't, particularly among the. young men. fie called on on 0 Sew Zealand friend livinjr there, and found that 1«> -had jirat 'been maltreated and disabled by a mob of younjr hoodlums -.rho Jia-d apparently set nut to rob him. He had not Te.ported ■t-he matter t,o the police because he feared a vendetta, would be established against him. This man and sereral others to whom the visitor spoke had prot licensee to carry firearms, and were arminjr themselves with revolvers to protect themselves. Tiiis outbreak o:f lawlessness Mr Bates attributed to the popularity of pupilirtic contests, which had reached ft decree of favour probably unknown hitherto in the world. A fipMcr or a fight promoter was rewarded by a section of the people almost as a sort of deity. Tt ■was no wonder igrnornnt yoirrhe aspired to "fro out and stoueh."

The Croat South Road tramway extension, which has not been before the public for some months, raiiif up for by tlie Renvuera Road Board last ni*rht. when a letter was received from the tramway? manager, who stited Uliit he had been informed by cable from Jjondon that the directors were prepared to undertake, the eon*tmotion 'of T.ho lino frnm Manukau Road to the Harp of Krin. subject to the necessary powers beinfj obtained. provided, also, that the Re.mue.ra and Onr-troo Hill Road Board* should excavate the jMirtion of the rond on which the tramway should be laid, to the required (le.jith. complete the surfa.ee over the whole width of the tramway free of i-ost to the eonxpnny. and prop<»rly form the carri.ipe way on either side. Up wished to know whether the Board WRS prepared to proceed with the matter. T)io tympany's terms aroused some little laujrhlcr when the letter was read, and one gentleman inquired whether the company did not want the local bodies to la}- the trark as well Someone else obserwl that the Board wanted -j. fortnight to digest the letter, and it was do-eidr-d t.o defer conside-nU ion for a fortnight.

Daring the hearing of a small native oa,-c in the Appeal Court, a diseutision took place on uh e RiibjCA.tt of costs. .Mr. Jiiftiee Edwards said Ive did nut think that the Public Trustee »vua entitled to any cot-u> where lie appeared by liib olTicc solicitor, and that he ouyht in such a c.ife lo be considered ais appearing in ■privim. The ."urther expressed the vpiiiion that the Public Trust Department should nut carry on a lejral bureau for ivhii-h thore was no statutory authority, and that, thp practice should be dieconntfred. "Mr. Justice llot-kinjr BQ.id c hat should not Uc allowed to a public trustee where the office solicitor appoar«l unless siH-'ii c-osts b«:;uiic part of the estate eonceririnpt which proeeodiiifrs were taken, and tlier should not be paid into the coroaion fund of the Public Trust Office to swell the profits of that institution.

\otice ha? been >riven of intention to move at the next ordinary meeting oi the -Drvonport P>orou<rh Council that the folloTTirrjr resolution o>f the Devonport Do main Board b,-, re--«-ind«i:---' Tlias, the company I the Klectrie Supply Cojiipany) be informed that Uie Board, a* owncr.'ia to allow .the cnnipntiy to erect a power sla.t:on on Lot 1. at the corner of Stanley Street ami Edward parade, subject, Lo the rental? of the said oitr. and Lot 2 (Munn Howe) be.in:j adjusted satWactorilv on the capital vaiue of the said properties, and s-Uibject to the value of the buildings beiny taken into consideration." Notice 'has ali-o been piTe.u of a motion to be Tnove ( ) tha-t no further action 'be taken by the "Domain Ttoird in onnnwtion the matter of leasing certain srtrtions on the Devon port Dmnain. fronting Bea.ch .Road, for the jrurpose of erecting the electric lijrht iwwer-howe, etc.

Th« provwonts of tlie lilceneing AmetitmiMii. liill were dijitnissftd afc a meeting m" the Licpneod Victuallers - As--oviati«u of Otnpo and S-outhland. Tiefere.nve mad.- to t'ro attitude rfi otiier ciationK throughout the emintrv affliinst the reduction n( the three-fiftlie majority necessary to carry national prohibition, :int! 'tiic following .inot-io-Ti* were cu-rrieil -

—"That nn dedairtion 'from the (if) ppr criit majority for local or national prohibition should be ont.prtained by Parlia. mpci ■roitlrcmt first allowing what n-p-vv form of taxation shall "bn imposed on the ppople io make w\> the. loss- of £!)rvt,oO!l of Government rrvewue: that the prohibition party is not justified in avians for a biwp majority, -.is <i}\v votes of those for national prohibiton at last election totalled only 44 per cent of tile electors on the roll. si.ml tWat this minority should not 'be ftWe to control "S .ppr eont of clivioTp as y?c\l as il\nfio no', on thp roll."

Wslfl.fc is- rppLrded ac an attempt to dorail a train a,t Briinnytiborpo is rcporteJ from Warrfjamii. On Saturday night fp.nciniz rails wprc romo-Ted 'from a pad-d-ock and. placed across the rails at the northern end of th-e .bridge, over Jack's Oreek. _ On exaamnation of the Jocality the .prints of a muris boot* -were observed.

Public scr\-Ants are moving ior an amendment of the Land and Income Asscftsmont Act by the Insertion of ;i ehmse providing that- eTipcranmiation rontrrbratinna rivall be deemed to be in-s-nranco premiiami for ih* purposes of t>ie Act, and exempted from computation for purposes of income tax.

With a view to retaining the few remaining scenic splendours in and around the Mt Albert district a deputation of the Civic League recently waited upon Mr. Murdoch McLean, Mayor of the borough, asking him to assist towards that end. Referring to the matter at last night's meeting of the Council, the Mayor stated his regret that Mt. Albert's last remaining beauty spot on the mountain was beinir spoiled by the continual removal of scoria. The mountain was now an eye-sore, he said, and lie would like to "see something done to prevent any further despoiling and later to have the. ugly edges levelled off. It was suggested that the Prime Minuter be approached, and asked that the Railway Department no longer obtain its scoria from that source.

In addition to a petition re the Orakei block of native land, it is probabU:Parliament will also have brought before it a question regarding Endless Maoris at Waih.-ke Island. It is stated that the Maoris there have sold papa ka.ir.ga lands which were supposed to be a reserve for nXes for all time, and Mr; Otene Paid is now trying to ascertain if something clnnoT he done under the law which provides tiat 25 acres of first class land or 100 acres of second class must be MHWI jo! -Zh Maori when disposing of thc.r ancestral lands.

HJkle. Philomel wifl bo. taken ove probably on July 14th or■ 15tb The number of men to be enlisted hw not vet been officially determined, but it has been estimated that the training«hiu can accommodate from sixty to Sty men. The conditions of service £* the New Zealand naval laid down in the Kara! Defence Art o last year, and provide that shall'be voluntary and that the m.mmura period of enlistment -shall Ik> two year. Tcieon* Wider the age of twentyone years may enlist with the written consent of their parent* and guardians. but in no caae for such a period as would bind them after attaining the aire ot thirty vcars. Members of the New Zealand" naval forces may be transferred for service or trainin;: to any ship of the Ring's nayy or of the navy of any part of the British Dominions, and on completion of their service member? oi the New Zealand force will be transferred to the New Zealand naval reserve for service only in time of war. Details as to period of .-crvioe and rate of pay have still to be determined by the Government with the advice of its naval adviser In the case of Frank Harris and Co. versus Rora Ilakaraia, the Appeal Court dii3nie.3cd the appcaJ against the order for a new trial made by ilr. .Justice. Chapman, but varied the judgment granting a new trial by ordering judgment to be entered for the respondent in the lower Court with costs. The action v,"afi ia connection with a statue of the lato Major Kemp, which Mrs. Hakaraia, his raster, ordered from Krank Harm and Co. The company alleged that the price ajrreed upon iva/s ,'JlloO, upon which £j.iO wae paid, and legal action was taken by it for the recovery of the balance. Mrs. Haks»raiaV defence to this claim wae a denia! that any such contract was entered into as alleged. She said that, originally, she had ordered a monument, "which was to cost £050. but that, when the hiatue was iiniehr-d, .-%li<* rofu&od to pay for it. and entered into a frooh coatract, under which Harris and Co. ivercto rf-eroet the monument and replace the figure vith a neu- one. When this had been completed, Mrs. tlakaraJa said that she waft to pay .€llsO in full settlement. At the same time that Harris* claim was heard, Mrs. Hakaraia counterclaimed for tie return of £550 which sue had handed over in part payment. The jury found in favour of Harri* and Co.. and, in subsequent litigation, a motion for a reh-ial was {:rs.Lited.

A decision was given by the magistrate at New Plymouth yesterday in the ran , in which the Taranaki Education Hoard sued two of its members for an amount surcharged by tne Audit Department in eonnc-ction -with the expenses of a member who attended a conference in Wellington to join in a protest against proposed educational legislation, and who visited the ..Minister at the sam« time. The plaintiff Board held that the visit war- not authorised, and therefor.' not aa official visit. Tliv magistrate held tluit it was not part of the duty of a member of the Board, nor of Education Boards, to hold or attend a conference to protest proposed educational lejricjlat-ion. They were merely concerned with the administration of education under the existing laws. The powers of a member were iPQ-CXtaisive with thc*e of a Board. 'Ihere still remained the visit to the Minister, for which expense* had been paid. Il had been contended that Morton had not l.een appointed to make that visit, and could not claim expenses The chairman could not himself ma ke the a.ppointmcßt, and the Board did not by resolution confirm it. Judgment was f™ for thp Pontiff, leave to appeal being granted. ri^

Nrys has been retired in Christchurch of the d<*ith at Johannesburg on 10 - Of P- »eden"<* Stanley Araot t' , ;? fMK)US e-vplorer and misionary Jt has been said of him that Central Afnca owed more to hie work than any other man, with the exception of David Livingstone. Mr. Arntft spent pnuUiraJly 33 year s of W s life j u Centra] Africa. In January last bo set out with two yoey ,vivi,.e men on nn exploration ■tour up the vullcy o f tire Kabampo River one- of th-e grtuut tributaries of the Zambesi. tIT-c bmime seriously ill. and. had to be carried back und*r jrreat difficulties to Jdnumesbuig, wlwre h e died at t/te ape of 5o years.

Pvvin-pj- is 'face t,o face with a very serious traifio problem, according to jfp D. C. Bates, who has jiist returned from a trip to the Omn-OTnrrw-eaJth. Street, he sa.Ts, is, in the neighbourhood o-f the Post Office, proba-bly as busy .03 the immedi-ate neighb<surhood of "the Bank of England in London, the conststion being enormous. The streets," what with motors, tramß. and cabs, were positively dantreroun. aiwi h? stw one. eepious accident hrm.=eli. The police fore P was far fro-n strong rnoiig]i. ami could not control the traffic efficiently, v would not 'be long before an underground railWay or some other means for reHrying the pros-pnro on thu streets would have to by established.

One of the mail bags stolen over a w<-fik ago from a train between Tallica - nimii and Ohakunc was found intact in a small recee= ''between the -post office at Taranarmrai and the Courthouse. Xo doffibt that those concerned in the robbery placed it there. X;> t race ba« been found of the otiher three bags which were stolen about the same time from trains on the same section of the line.

It is said that the lads of 10-day are the men of to-morrow, and a bo> who i» a pleased buyer becomes a constant customer of ounin the future. Qeo. Towlds, Limited.— (Ad.)

Shortly after iialf-paet six last even, ing an outbreak of fire was <&corcred in the Customs Street E-*st premises a* die Brett Printing and 'Publishing Company, on-joining a hloi-k known as ceJsiox Buildings. Flamre were naUcrfl in the top storey of the prejnisos. and when the fire brigade arrived! and attacked the fire by means of tcloFcopio ladders it was louml that the outbreak had originated in and , was confined to the photogTaphor"s r«onit- immediately a'bovo tho process rooms of the "Auck". land Star/ The destruction by f\ re was comparatively small owing to the fact that the brigade got the flames under control within a few minutes, h% the water, percolating through to' the proceee room ami thrre floors need for the storage of reels of paper, was the cautie of more serious damage, the whole of which, however, i« covered by insnj. anee.

In the future it is probable that the roads in the Mt Albert district will be concreted, accord, ing to a forecast made by Mr. Murdoch McLean, Mayor of Mt. Albert, last night. He stated that in the future when motor traffic would have entirely ousted horset, there would have to be some extremely solid type of material to withstand the heavy motors that would be travelling the streets. A well known engineer, he added, had stated that concrete was the only known material which would answer the purpose, and, if this authority might be considered, there wou'd be a complete reformation in road-building in the future. The death occurred at Hamilton oa Sunday of Mr Frank Augustus Quick who has been closely identified in the Waikuto since the early days of its settlement. Mr Quick", who was born in DeTonshire. England, went to Australia in one of the early gold rushes. With his brother he ran a. line of coaches to the Ballarat goldfieldf. and when the Otago rush broke 'out he came over to New Zealand and entered into the coaching trade between Dunedin and the Dunstan. In the eariv "sixties" thr- two brothers came to Auckland. Active hostilities were then in projrress with the natives, and Quiet Bros, at once put on a line of coaches between Auckland and the frontier, gtarting between Auckland and Otalrahu, and then on to Drury. Mercer, Ngsruawahia, and finally to Hamilton. Later the brothers built the steamer "Quickstep," anj embarked on a river service, lmtil the firm dissolved, when Mr Cteorge Quicfc went into retirement. Mr Frank Qm'ck coming to Auckland and again setting up in the carrying business. After continuing thus for a lengthy period, he sold out to Messrs Pull an and Armitage, and returned to Hamilton, where he took orcr the boarding establishment "Almadale." Two years ago he retired into private life, taking up a residence at Claudelands. The late Mr Quick was in ill-health fora long time before death. His age was 76. He leaves a widow, but no family. The death of Mr. Thomas Kirk recalls some stirring events connected with the early history of Waikato. of which the murder of Samuol Morgan in the Ngaruawahaa gaol on Tuesday, February 20, 1577. by Te Pati, who was only 18 yean* of age, and the latter's subsequent arrest, in which the late Mr. Kirk and a named Xorsrove played a prominent part, was perbape one of the most sensational. Te Pati. the murderer, who was in gaol for larceny, and Mor» .can, who had recently been committed from Alexandra (now Pirongia) for a month's imprisonment under the Vagrant Act. occupied the same cell in the gaol at Njraruawaliia. During the ni°)t Te Pati killed Morgan with a tomahairk, broke out of his cell, and escaped. Bti ami a comrade named Norgrove took part in the search for the murderer. Th-ey met him :ilong at a gallop on horseback. Xargrove. who had a revolver, presentcil it. The man pravp a yell, apparently from fright, and dropped a doiiblc-barreilel fowling piece, which struck Kirk on the head and shoulders. When Norgrove rushed forward and seized the native tlv" latter doubled himseli up like a ball, arid threw himself down .several times. Te Pati resisted violently until Xorgrove , hit him on the when ho feijrncd death: but they revived him by applying a match to his nose They secured him by tyim: his hands behind him with a s-ash, and subsequently marched their prisoner to LivingstoneV house At Alexandra tie prisoner confessed to Major Mair, statin? that lie hud killed Morgan in the Ngaruawahia gaol, giving as his reason Lhat his victim was at meal times continually calling him "upoko kohua" Te Fati was sentenced to death, the execntion being carried out at Mt Eden gaol on Wednesday, May 23, 1877.

At the inquest hold in Wellington yesterday upon an infant suffocated through swallowing a "dummy," its mother stated that the dummy stuck in the child's windpipe. She endeavoured to get the dummy away with her tinkers, and failing to do so. telephoned for Dr. Ofcbbs, who found the child suffocated, lie unavailingly tried artificial respiration. Had * piix-e of string or tape been attached to ihv dummy the accident could not have occurred, neither could ii have occurred had a larger dummy been used. The mother stated further that she hid taken a dirty tape away from the dummy, intending to replace it with * clean one after dressing. The doctor said if the child had been taken by the legs and held downwards the dunioj might have come away. The use of the mother's fingers resulted in embedding the dummy more firmly in the back of the mouth. The Coroner returned a vcr ' diet that death was caused by suffocation, adding that the adopting parents did all that was possible under distressing OT ; cumstances.

A motion 'by tile New Zealand ?oip' pinp Company to quash a byj-.nv of the Wollinjrtou Harbour Board was allow by the Ohtei Justice. 'Hip o/Tect d the judgment is that the Boanl Iβ not <* empt from liability in regard to harlxrti ■board cranes employed by shipping companiet?. oven if the negliftence be thato' the manager of the lift. Costs were allowed.

To serve the postal Deed- of resident* in th e Green Lane district a branch p#j office luxs been opened at the house* .Mr. Wurhofl". opposite the Grern La"' railway station. Mr. YVarhofT has bed appointed postmaster.

Mawjnp. Swan C-ameron, farmer, I*# o-f Metu.mohp, WaiK-ito, Imt noir of Auckland, farmer, Ins filed a petition to ■be adjudged a bankrupt.

Juvenile sale. 2 <loz. sample suits. 12/ G. 13/6. now 8/11. 3 do?., pimple Jerseys, iiil colours, elenrinjj regaTdlcffl« cost.—Geo Fowlds, Ltd.--(Ad.) Sufferers from Drcraclitrf Tiave seeurtd prompt and permanent n-lief by using Nazoi. Wonderful cures have <*? effected by Xazol when other remedies have failed.— (Ad.)

Boys' and yon-ths' talc CO boye overcoats, 14/6, IG/C, n«w 12/ and 13/ G. W youths' ovcrcoiite, 20/fl, SO/, 35/, no* 22/, 25/. 2U/fl. See this line.-W* Powlis, Ivtd.— ('Ad.)

Sarith and Ganghe/s Great FMR no* proceeding.—^<34