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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 259, 30 October 1914, Page 4

The following is Mi- D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hours from 0 aan. thai day: "A storm, appears to be approaching from, the west. Expect westerly winds, strong to gale, and backing west to north. Tie weather appears likely to be cloudy and unsettled, witb raia. following. Barometer falling. Tides moderate. Sea rough, oft shore."

Tie disputed, paternity , of a child occupied the Magistrate's Court this morning for the sixth time. The evidence was of tfie usual contradictory character, several young fellows were called and gave evidence regarding the mother- of the child. She -denied- certain allegations- made, and finally, Mr G. C Kettle, S.M., intimated that he would a take time to consider his decision.

The provisions of section 70 of the Public Health- Act are to be enforced in respect to' certain premises in Union Lane which were reported upon- to the City Council at last night'e meeting by the District Health Officer. The report stated that the premises were insanitary and dangerous to health. It was recommended that tjhe occupier and owner be required to cleanEe the premises, and the Council readily agreed, to give effect to the recommendation. The Council further decided to serve notice upon the owner and, occupier of stables in Wakefield Street which were reported by the City Engineer to be in a state of collapse.

The revenue of the Po3t and Telegraphs Department fov the September quarter, with the figures for the corresponding quarter of 1913 shown in parentheses, de as follows: —Box- and. bag rente, £8-27 (£SI9); money order commission, £3,660 (£4,147); stamps, £163,370 (£158,000); postal notes commission, ' £2,600 ( £ 2,632); miscellaneous, £269 (£170); telegrams, £88,173 (£76,656); telephones, £4.758 (£5,100); miscellaneous, £737 (£SSB); total, £264,398 (£248,474).

Complaints are being ma-dc by travellers " from ■ Raipara via , the Helensville line, that the timetable is inconvenient. Owing to the present unsatisfactory arrangement of the service on that line, passengers by boat from Dargaville to the Northern Wairoa district are compelled to come to Auckland and continue their journey next day. They cannot connect at XewmaTket for Upper Waikato centres with trains for the south, a-s the Helensville train is five minutes too late. To come to the city and catch the train, on Sunday entails ..considerable expense and inconvenience to ■passengers. The Railway , Department is being urged to alter the service so that a HelensvilleVvaikato connection may be assured.

"There have been none of the famous political garden parties at the Pukekohe ostFich' farm since the Massey Government came into power," said Mr <X. W. McL.mn. Liberal candidate for Manukau, at Epsom last night. "The ostriches up there are wonderful birds. They pven pull the iron staples out of the fences and swallow them. But they couldn't digest the last lot of Tory speeches, and though the loss of a number of birds after the last party was put down to some prevailing epidemic, the trouble was nearer home than that. At any rate," added the candidate, amidst laughter, "there have been no garden parties since, and now the property is being cut up in order that the new Waiuku line, for which £25.000 has already been voted, may run through the farm."

Au address on school gardeiie ■was delivered by Mr J. P. Kalaugher to the members of the Horticultural Society in the Hall at the Domain last night. Tile speaker expressed regret that exotics were to some extent replacing native bush in the Domain. He contended a comprehensive range of native plants could be grown in the Domain, which would provide excellent object lessons for study by students of botany. Mr Kalaugher also referred to the Cape weed. Bathuret burr, and hemlock, all noxious weeds growing in and around Auckland, which should be eradicated if possible. He mentioned that hemlock was n. particularly poisonous weed, while the Bathuret burr had caused immense fciss to the wool industry in Australia. Ho strongly emphasised the need to encourage the study of botany in the schools by the. introduction of com; petitions for the beit and most ;omplete collections of grasses.

A "request which was preferrea by the Auckland Tramways Company early in the mouth for permission to place a siding in Cußtoniß Street West was declined by the City Council. At last night's meeting of that body Mr. G. Baildon formally moved that the previous resolution be rescinded and the matter, referred, to the Works Committee for further consideration. The mover, remarked that the siding would be a great convenience to the company without being an inconvenience to the public. Mr. T: Thompson seconded the motion,, and. it was carried without discussion.

The employees of. Messrs. Fraf*r and. Richardson, of Whangarei, organised a weight-guessing competition of a fat sheep at the Municipal Band's Floral Fete held on Monday. They obtained a iihe tfat s-heep from the'firm, and w-orkod energetically, with the result that £13 16/ was' received. The actual weight of the cheep was 27Ulb, and. no less than throe competitors tied for first place with' 2711b. Tie money they hare forwarded to this office to be added to the Huntly Miners' Belief Eund.

Permission to play in Albert Park, on Sunday. Xovember 15, in aid of. the' Belgian Relief Fund was granted to ; the Garrison Band by the City Council last night. " It will be remembered that' it was the offer of this entertainment which caused a discussion at a meeting of the Belgian. Relief Fund Committee on Wednesday, when representatives of the clergy protested, against the holding of Sunday entertainments in. connection, with the work oi the committee. After brief, discussion, in the course of which some members expressed the opinion that the City Council was the proper body to decide whether Sunday concerts were to be prohibited, the Council agreed to adopt the suggestion , of ths Mayor and grant the' application on the< understanding that the matter would again come before, the Belgian. Fund Committee.

Ten of the- 47 applicants for the position of manager of the new municipal fish market were heard by the City Council's committee last evening. At a full meeting of the Council which was subsequently held the chairman, of the- committee (Mr. A. J. Entrican) asked for an extension of time, so that the number of applicants might be further reduced to six. The Mayor, in supporting the application, said that the success or failure pf the market would depend on the choice of a manager. An extension of a fortnight was granted.

The Post Office Savings Bank returns for the September quarter, are as follow, the figures for the corresponding period >of last year being shown in parentheses: — Deposits, £2,567,734 (£2,804,460); withdrawals, £2,655,907 (£2,775,495); excess of deposits, £181,826. (£28,964).

In connection with: the post office clearance of receivers in the city and suburbs, it has now 'been decided to clear the- receivers half an hour earlier in the morning also, and the correspondence will go forward by the mid-day Main Trunk express.

The Premier stated last night, in reply to Mr Isitt, that he had not heard thai Colonel Logan, had authorised the sale of liquor at Apia for four hours daily, and that disorder had resulted. Mr Massey promised to make inquiries through tbe Governor.

Complaints are made at DargavLUe that the Helensville-Auckland train on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays misses connection with the Waikato train by five minutes, compelling travellens to t «pend the night at Auckland,

Purveyors.;of. German, goods have little, .chance of success with the City .Council, according to the tone of remarks, made: at last night's meeting. When tenders were being considered one of the members inquired whether they were all from other than German, firms. Another member suggested that it would be a difficult mat? ter to decide. He said that threes weeks ago a. shop in Karangahape Road had a German name, whereas now it was-Eng-lish. "I think, we may take it," said the Mayor, "that it is the unanimous desire of the Council that no orders shall begiven for goods coming from Germany. There is no doubt that in the past peopleof British Dominions have been helping to feed the German nation up against the time when it was ready to smite us." The sentiment was heartily endorsed by all present.

The fishing season in the Rotorua acclimatisation district opens on Xovember let, and will continue until May 31st, Regulations: gazetted last .Thursday prescribe that in. the Kaitunu Stream, from Lake Rotqrua to the Okere' electric power station, the Waimakariri, Waitahanui, and Tahanaatara Streams, and the Ohau Channel nothing but the artificial fly may toe used as bait. All streams or rivers connected with Lakes Rotoxua, Rotoiti, Rotoehu, Rotorna, Rotokakahi, Tarawera and Taupo are reserved for fly fishing only. Another area restricted to the use of only the fly is- that..within a radius of 300 yards from Te Xgae' reef in Lake Rotorua. There are posts in the lake indicating the position;- Any trout caught that exceeds 10in in length must be immediately returned alive to the water.

"—At a Wellington theatre on Wednesday night the audience .saw what was apparently an unrehearsed incident. Mr Leroy was about to perform the disappearing canary act. As "usual, he invited persons: from the house on. to.'the stage, to watch and hold the cage. A ■iady and two gentlemen went up. The magician placed them in position, with hands under and over the cage, and in due time made the pass for (the disappearance. But one of the gentlemen held on like grim death, and there was something like a wrestling match, for a moment or two, this ending in the. representative of the audience retiring, and being followed across the stage by Madame Talma, who. slapped- his face. Mr Leroy intervened, and in polite, tones said that the gentleman was quite right, but Madame Talma rerused to be mollified, s-aying that "he tried to kill the bird." The gentleman in question made a short speech, in which he explained that he was tWd to hold on, and did so, and thus the interlude , ended.

In answer to a protest by Mr. Coates against small expenditure on the Xorth Auckland Main Trunk last year, the Hon. W. Fraser said last night that it was no use spending money upon sections between the tunnels until such time as the tunnels themselves were within measurable distance of being finished. Surely, he argued, a; district was not entitled to a particular expenditure every year simply for the sake of expenditure. He had always set his face against eucli a practice. The year before la-st the amount voteg on 'the North Auckland Main Trunk line, was over spent, and it seemed to him that because a vote was overspent one year, bad treatment wae argued, if less were spent the following year.

Only IT absentees from the- Expeditionary Force are unaccounted for, and the Defexrce Minister considers the small number very satisfactory,- as showing that very, few of• the -volunteers have failed to meet their obligations,

The Colonial Sugar Befhnhg Company is suggesting axi advance of 25/ per ton on all classes of sugar, bringing the price of the company's etandard grade- to £22 5/. It i 6 stated that refined sugar of a similar standard grade is worth £30 in the world's markets.

The , British Trade Commissioner publishes by advertisement to-day a list of British manufactures for. which, agencies are required in yew-Zealand.

Thousands of jab paire of boots and shoes purchased from Wellington, being sacrificed at Pearson's Boot Stores; corner Upper Queen Street and Karanga,haper Road, Xewton.—(Ad^)

Open till .9 p.m. to-night and Sat. 6 p.m.—Bridgman and Bridgman, Drapers and Clothiers, opp. Town! Hall.—(Ad.)