A NATIONAL NEED.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 163, 10 July 1914, Page 4

A NATIONAL NEED.

The deputation wtiich waited upon the Pmnier ywteniay with a rei|ues.t lor t'.ie preservation of the native hunh around Mt. Tongariro deserves thrsupport thai public opinion ran euppfr; ami we are glad to observe that Mr. Jlaesey express? ! hearty eyrapathy- with its object. An is well known, there is a Kaliona.l Park round Tongariro. but what is needed, is an extension of its boundliri«9 to ac to ward off the constant agrjjreKriom-; of eawmillpns ami settlers. Last month a well-known resident of Palmon-ton Xorth. writing to the ••Dominion." pointed out that if sonuthi-ng effectual is not. done in this nay roon. it will be too late to preserve the native btif'.i. nfoich lrnde co much beauty to thi* piefurcetvue. reserve. "It is now nrarly twelve months since public attention wai fir.-;; directed to tiie devastating work jroirrg on in the forec-t about the tnountainr. and although there has hoen much talk and many promise on the part of the authorities. and tireless efforts iby individuate and various societies, the [nwece of destruction still proceeds apace, and the ramifications of the rawmilte coirtimic to extend. 'N' l one acquainted with the cireiuustam-r? ran mow the present poilion witV.u: diraay. ami utJ(v 3 action, ,1,.,i. ; ;v,- and far-reaihinjr. i* taken by the fiovornment. and at one*, the destruction of t.lils unique an.l wonderful Park will Portly ■■- accomplished. Speaking from an intimate pereonal m-ouaintance with tbe preat mountains and their surrounding. Mr. Salmon maintain, that whatever is to be done must be done vigorously and speedily. ■The nejrlect of the several Governments which have had thi~ matter brought before them, to take the necessary steps to nre-orve the forest, is incomprehensible for it is patent, beyond the possibility of dispute, that the destruction of the forest involves the virtual destruction of the Park il«elf. and the value of the timber, .-ucli its i; i<, and ■the land afier clearing, i* infinitesimal i-omparcd with Uie value of the whole as a seenerv reserve and henlili resort." There seems to be no doubt that the land j is relatively ,io.ir. and that the timber I on it is comparatively valueless. Bn: j oven if the native bu.-h were actually obslrueting (settlement round the mountain, that would be a small matter compared with vie value nf this beautiful public reserve and health resort to the whole Dominion. Dr. C'ooknynr went so far as to assure the Premier that the deputation was not asking for an acre of hind that could bn profitably for other purposes. But in , afrree rather with the other >peakers thai the claim for protection for our native bush in such picturesque surroundings mifrlvt well be piwhed in a lujrher key. Mr. BuUk. Mr. Ell. and I'rofcssor Kirk all •■mpli:i-i~e,l the danuipp that would be done ti> the Riirrounding country by landslip*, flood-, and failure of the water supply if onr.> the bush wore <-v: away: and though these fai"ts are i.he merest commonplace to the meteorologist, they certainly need to he impressed emphatically upon the minds of peojle in peneral. What stands in tiie way of a general policy of conservation for our marvellous srenic. resources i- lack of knowletlpe and imapination on the part of the public. "I venture to say." wrolc Mr. Salmon, "that if the people of Now Zealand c-ouhl see this possession, destined, without a shadow of doubt, to be their national and incomparable playground, in process <if destruction. the present lament-able and irreparable damape would abruptly and f.>rever erase." Wo have no doubt that this i* strU-tly -I rue; and now that Government has taken steps for the preservation of the beautiful Tmsh a]«n£ the shores of Waik-aremo-j.n.i. we may hope that. Hiis appeal for the pretecti-on of the Tonpiriro Xational Park will receive Sir. Massey's prompt attention. The following is Mr. D. C. Bates" we-.ith-er forec.n.-t for 24 hours from H a.m. this day: "The indications are for westerly winds, stroiv;; to jrale. and vvering- .by wa=t 1.0 south. Expert dull weather, with much mist and fog in parts. Rain probaM'e. Barometer uneteaHy. Tides liig-h. Sea considerable." Mr E. C. Cut ten. S.M.. held an inquest this mornin? on the body of Jam.v Sfontjromery. who was found on Werlne.sday in sum mini tints by Swanson Creek. After iie.ninz the evidence of Hi" do.-tor who conducted the post-mortem examination, the Coroner returned a verdict of "death from chronic valvular disease of the heart, probably iicoentuatod Iby exposure and suffocation." I A cable received ni-_rht by the local idlice of the Union Oompany fttaicd thirt the mail .-trampj Makur.i. h;ul lxven dlfipatche'd from Vancoinor for Auckland at. m>oll on Wednesday. The vessel. whi'vh i- brinjrinff --0 fwsswisriw. is due h.-ie on Tucwlav. July 2R. 11-T «inro for New Zixiland n>mouirt« to 7-0 t'>n~. A o'pilt.itiiMl. headed by Mr. \V. Ri,.'.,----[ariii'nii. waitwl <>v the City C-ounvil last ni'Xiit to pr>te;-': a™iini=t tin , enforee-nn-iw of the \>\ Li .v prohibilinjl the hold.ing of -irei't mectinp-. Mr. Ri<:hai-d«O!i said In- 111: li-r.-.M.d it ft-ae. an old law 11,a.K fur lie i>ll rp k-e mi' piiuinv dtiwu vile •■-ikcb-tiin Army"' tn.n In f,,11,,v>t1i,. S.ilv.\:ion Anuy round. lie had, ;..-):. u|~. had im.rv .-x uf t Liv t iliyIh». having !m-.m nrrpr':<<<l uint»r i; no rVu-er than i'..ur titin-. Mr. UU-:iard.«in 11, ~.!■■ .1 s-r iiur pi,-., f,,r u-.v rijjii: ..f freo f.u-Inie rpe-.v!i. Mr. Nf..rrV p.iinied IH it tliiii freodi>m or spec.di had Ijpmi \i>ry iiirdly won. and he inijvlored til-e founoi 1 ;>nr. ;ii nxiun;iT it. It iva.-, .i.jrefd that : 'if reprwenta'ions made h\ t.'ne doputa:i..n i-hnulc] R .. :,-, rhe Nigral »nd Finance for eonpid'eTiitinn. Th-- Au.-k'-m-i braunfii of the ?Mnw»n'e I'ni.in li.ie appointed Mrvert.. .1. K. Kner-:i μ-id 'no -'hs.rkoy LO repreernt 'in>,nt a: t.-icj rottfetonoc on the recoil' etructioa of the iuajnta'e Federation.

Tup O-it-y Engineer reported, to the City Counuil hist night instances of larrikiniem -on thy Dninam—yo«tl» I'ijliting fires and others running acrot-s the kivrne ami flower bods 'in the Ex-hibition area. He f«i'l that grea.t difficulty was being experienced with visitors on Punuav? , at the Exhibition grounds. Th<? Engineer arked if prosecutions would bo inwitutpfi against .the delinquents captured ..r whether the pareiuts- were simply t,-, ilm> vanred. The Council decided to proeeoute. Mr. Oliver Saraupl. late member of the Legislative Ooumal and iorm-er representative of .;ni.< dfetrict in the Lower House, was asked by a.n influential deputation to contest the seat at the forthI'oiniiijr ejection in the Liberal iiuenest. but declined, on the frround ihat lie iv hnallv opposed to the party ny.-tem of CovernineiK. Mr. D. .1. Hughes I memIror of the Harbour BoaTd fur Waimatc district I is mentioned as a possible candidate. Tn the T.mpiri mines yesterday one of the workmen named Kelly, engaged in the stone ilTive which is being ciM to oi.vn up frtvli coal eeanvs. was burnt slijjhtly almiit the I .we, neck ami chest l.y"an'explosion of pas. One-half of hie niourtache was cc- r-letely burnt off. Another miner was lifted c-ompletfly off liirt fee!, ibut was unhurt. A particularly mean theft was committed this week in Karansrahape Road. A lady who was standing Ollfide Messrs Hutchinson's shop on Monday placed her handbag on the pavement while she attended to her baby, and When she turned round apain to take up her -reticule it had disappeared. Two women told her that they had seen another take the b.ifr. but "this was indignantly denied by the person referred to. and the mi—in? has was not seen in her possession. The loss was a severe one t<l the owner, as she had al lher money, amounting to £0. in it. a serious matter -where there is a family of six children -to provide for. During the month oT June the followno- case-s of in'fwtioufi di<s«as€s havp jewi notified t..> the Dtetrtet Health Ifficer (Dr. 'Makgill). viz.:—Scarlet ever: C'Hy. 3 cai^e.s; suburbs, 5 caere; •caiutry districts, •12 rase-s :total, 20 ■asr-3. Diphtheria: City, 7 casce: «übirbs. IS cah-es; coiinlry district-, i> ~,.,(^,: total. 40 eaceis. Enteric fever: 'ity. 1 caf-P: sutburbs. 3 cases-; country li.-iricts. -20 case.s; total 30 cases. I'uhercul .<=is: City. 0 c.ic-ri;: eiilmrhs. S ■ountry dietriote! 12 oai«e-: total. 20 i) .-a.-siii. niofldi-poiponing: ("ity. :i casrp; übiirlts. 4 cH'Ses: country d-istrifits, 3 a, w: total, 10 casce. Chi^ke.n-pox: 'ity. 8 iM-scts; suburbs. 27 race?: country IL-trids. 2<i cas<*=: total, <i 0 caecs. Smallmx: Nil. From a communication received by t , niTator of the C'hrisU-hurc.h M.use.urn, it iv»u\l iserra quesUonable. as to whether [he work which was to have been iro-u.s-ht. out by Dr. ArbPT. of Oa.mbri<l|re i.'niversity on the subject of the fossil l>lanU of New Zealand, will appear in ,)ook form. There has been (telegraphs >ut cdrrovspondmt) b-nrne imisiinrieretnndn;z with the auLhoritipjt *upcrri«infr the (Mi-hlieatinn. wlio pay that will not proceed be«iit«> the £SOO promHe-d by ;he "New Zealand Oovernment has not let coTiie to hand. It is hoped, htrwever, ih-at. considering the extreme importance -if the results cnTßt.niiTed in fucb work's l ,a scientific workers in the Dominion, the rra-nt to assist in the publioation of fi-i----■ntitie work? afTeetinff Xew Zrahnl will lot be allowed to lnr-<\ and it may even lave been forwarded .sjm-e the advice ,va~ received from Rnstand. lit is umlor. i -tr.od tli.U if The work f.ri's to nnpesr in ! :>,-K.k form. T>r. Arber will jynMWl the j irtielee contnincl therein in various j icieiitific publica.tiorts. ■A unique roll.vtion ot portraits of the ioverno-rs of New Zealand from L'wu- | (iia.ni [lobKOn down to the prrt-vnt day s by the Auckland' Racing "lull. Same .time ajro the Cluh pave thfi 'ity C'cum-il permission to takv photographs of the paintings. Thei-p reprohuLions liave hei v. finirhed. and in a ew d.ivts will be liunfr round the room vhrre tlie council meets. Titer are exI'llcnt. ,-oi>irs of the originals, and will irove an interfting addition to the ncmentofi of oth«r dnys already pcsby l\\c city. A party of three Elrham pentlemen. Mes-rs. 11. Ilornblow. ('. Pitts, and A. I'pchurch. had a rather exciting experience on the slopes of Ml. Efrmont on ■Minday Afternoon. They left F.ltham ivith the intention of coin? as far aS :he mountain house, and securing; a few shotognipfis of the slopes in their win:er coat of snow. Reaching the snowine. however, the party decided to climb i little liiplier. in order to "<*i some effective snapshots. Several had been secured when "Mr. llornblow. who had rone on ahead of the others, slipped, md sii<l a distance of 300 ft. landing in a precarious position. Mr. Ergar, of Hawera. in attempting to reach Mr. |[ornblow. after sliding some 00ft. tell nver a precipice aibout 40ft in Assistance was obtained from the Mountain House. Guide Murphy cut steos .lawn the side of the gully into which both men had fallen, and finally rescued them by 'the ajd of ropes at tine end of half-an-hour. Fortunately neither oi the victims sustained any serious injuries, but both suffered from 'bruises and x severe shaking. The By-laws Committee of thr ?.hrißtchunJi City Council hnc- canwllea the license of J. Witty the taxi-driver wh-o drovo away from Saturda.y nipht's •vi'llision at Burivoo<i wil'lio-ut ofTcrinjr any aid Ho the three victims. 'Hie licence of P.\M. who a now under arreft in connection with the Kaiapoi joy-ride, was fetKcppmlcd al the s:i.nif -ittinjr. Mr. Sorensni ((.hairman of the By-law* <"'ommitt<-e) was ltfked -whether ooramitlcp wa; not too lenient in dealing ■with unFavoaLraibly xeported on by the. police. ]fe replied that when a man 'was <'on-victed Ti Ootirt of an acvident. unless ehon-<infi 9, de-irree of his license -v\-a!s and_ n;oo<i cc-ulil he shown, his license was Urthnatelv canBplled. The Committee did not oot harshly, and u.~ed its dia-retion in all i-rse-s. due vrpiplit to character. There hivl bi'en instance* where leniencx shown had afterwanls liomo fruit Twu liccn.ses had been re-fused durin" Isifl month, both on account of cha:rjo~tor. tlii- i-iMtnni'ltei- beinir <omp«lled Id .-niiniJiT. Mhnvc u!l. the s,,f ( . tv ,„- th|l public. •Aei-ordinj} t>. .i I. tier n-oeivftd i,y th> , *eert>taiy frnm Mr. .la«. Uirhiw. pre.*,. lent of the New Zealand Rugiby Leaniip who is at prew-r; in Wellington in i-n,,. n.-e'iuti wi-h tin- \\r\\ of the Knglifch Liaajui' foothnl'l t.Min. a great simp is »\pe,,-.el tp-nsorrow between tire visi. orv and \Vel!ina~on. The Oovwrnor and :he Country of Liverpool will lx- preMr. Duncan Mrttrre-iror is to ac is re-ferw. Mr. Cirhiw ,-ayp i, - n .^ fjern dPTidwi thn.t <the various cerstTr* .i~'ll sr-li-H t their own referees. At a meetinff of the executive of the iVellington l.itizens" Carnival Ass o ,.i ;lt j, jn .hr was read, and showed a profix oi ii'jj^

A movement i> on foot on the part erf aLim-bers and visitors to -Mount took for the erection of a fitting momor u to Mr. Kin?, bhr English tourist ami ww Thomson and Richmond, irbwe »™ were 10-t fame montiis ago in- - nl • lanche on Mourrt Coak. and • ~ has been formed in Dunedin with tno object of curing subscriptions for tnw purpose. Various id«as haye ocin \ eased, and it is now considered tie* a hut I with commemorative elab) on ho Ifaaet Ridpe, would be a fitting tribute to th« unfortanato c.miDers. So preat wa, the cms!, at Hie Done*" Botanic Garden to see Miss Ellen Terry, the EngMrh aetreee, plant a tree In the 4ikcepcare Cardeu. that the rustic bridge broke down and .hot * dozen or twenty pe»o» into Luckiiy it woe dry- and nobody got hurt. Mi*s Terry, in the course. or her rnaar ™ laid- "In return for the pleasure you have "iven mc this mornm?. may I a*K you to a«e P t a little -rift? Here arc seme violets .to plant in your Phakespeare Gn-nlen. r-ome whito double violet* I five them with my love, remernbcrln* that Shakespeare ear?. >Pye; anything can bo amiss when |*np> en « an'rl d'Xty tender it." Hood-bye my friemfc. and pood-by. my tree, and may all the faints hay« you in their keepm?. Jt is Mm ted that a panic was just averted at the picture theatre at Man.imii on Saturday night , brainless larrikins who wore in the dr<*s circle set ligbt to a bom-bom cracker and tnrcw it amnnu-t the women and c-hildren and then rushed downstairs, knocking over a lady who was standing at the door. thereby briiieins her faoe. The report of the'iracker in the hall wa* deafenm?, women started to sereain and children to cry. and but for the presence of mind of the operator and the HKWKnan*. who kept the pictures and the join?. a serious panic might 'haxe occurred. In the course of a lecture eorne time ago Dr. Miteom pointed out- that in a dima.te like that of Auckland it was absolutely c=el«a to rely entirely on an artiftcuil swtem of ventilation for building;. He instanced the Town Hall as a. i-jse in point. The eequel has proved that the doctor was a .true propbet. The air in the Council Chamber ami along thu corridors towards the c-:v.l of the day is exactly the sort of thing you get in 'he '"tubes" in London. Or.:e you meet with the peculiar brand of dead, ctalo air that, pervades tire in , ),-; ;!ien> i* no chance of it. This difficulty of ventilation is one that affect* all monolithic etnicturcs. which cr-;ilt from thr< modern 'building rafthodiv—reinforced courrete. ftc.-and the experience of the: Town Hall buildin*; e.hou'.l be a warning to thore respon.»ible for publrc buiMi'njrs, to renumber that our 6ub-tropicaJ climate reiiuires epw.ial cmiskiera.tioTj. ae far ac ventilation in v-rmcexned. A brief tale of a 'lover's disappointment and disillusionment is to the effect that a bri.lejrroom from Stewart I?lanil. I accompanied b\ a Bluff "bam. man." I visited Duncdin for th<> purpose of we.ldin? a local lady, a banmaid in one of the hotclF. The mana.jrer of the hotel shook hi* head and informc-d the. ■wonl-d-be hridesrocm that the bride had "packed her ?wajr" anvl flown 'with another man. All in>q\iiries were fruitless, and the Stewart Islander went home I lamentitifr. A correspondent \vrites: "It may in-tcre-t the railway trave4linGT public— particularly on tie Ar.cldand-Henderson section—to know that the lessons to be jlr-nrnt from the Xew Lynn smash have been taken notice of by at least one stni tion -talf. viz.. Mount Eden. This morn'ilia's f0.2 was without doubt as den=e n« any of late, and as one of the travelling public I was pleased to note a porter stationed at the 'distant' signal, just |over tlie George Street crossing, at Glenmore.' , The efTecU of the recent flood upon thr> (ii.-borne railway section are brought out in the last returns, which show tiiiat lor the four -weeks endrnfr 'May 23 the revenue totalled £057, 'Wihieh shows a falling off of £0.14 in consequence of the suspension of the it.ra.in service. The working expenses to-talied £801, as a-frainst £1,001 last year. Several of the settlers on one dis-tract road, whose properties -were irmndated by flood water in consequence of the temporary stop bank at fhe bridge site away, are claiming eompen-sation from the Government. The Remuera Ohildlren's Home campa iirn will 'be carri-ed' on with vigo-ur till 'Monday evening nfxt, when it is hoped that the full sum required- ( £1.500) will have been obtained previous .to the final t-r> bo held on the T^venin of tiie l.'ith in the Y-M.C.A. Rooms. Contributions may be forwarded to Mr. T. E. Whitton (the treasurer). 20-22. Swaneon Streot.