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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 50, 27 February 1915, Page 4

! - Tlk- follosring weather forecast has ' bepi! iteued \ind<?r tlfp tlirection of Mr. 1 D. C. Batps, Dominion Meteorologist, for 24 hours from !> a.m. thie day: "Tlie in- ; dications are for moderate to strong northerly winds, and veering by west to 1 south. The weather appears likely to he ! i cloiidv and unsettled. Rain probable. ' I The barometer has a faWinf; tendency, but * :>in£ slowly after about 20 home. Tides 1 good, sea rougb-- fcwell on the es&ast."

'"Not a hope, -, was the laconic answer nf 'Mr. C. J. Parr at the meeting of the Belgian Relief Fund Committee yesterday afternoon, when it was suggested that perhaps the City Council might purchase tlii> valuable colVoetion of Maori paintings that had been presented to the Fund by Mr. K. K. Partridge and the members of his family. Mr. A. S. Bankart also stated the Mackelric trustees were not financially in a position to become the purchasers of that collection. Having secured the requisite number of 1 stokehold bands, the Union Company's t steamer Komata, which had been held up - i:i port fur a week owing to a dispute < over the number of firemen required to i work frer, got away for Westport last s night. A number of men refused to sign i on unless an extra hand were engaged, but the Union Company refusedto do so. i ,keeping the vessel in port until a crew was secured on ito own terms. Two accidents occurred in the suburbs i yesterday, neither of which was attended with serious circumstances. A|' resident of Takapuna. Mr. Hildebrand , -T. 'Hill, of Balmoral Estate, was riding a horse over his estate, when the animal ; fell and rolled upon its rider, who re- | ceived a severe cut on the ankle. He J was attended to by Dr. AY. V. Fullerton, j who ordered his removal to the Auck- i land Hospital. The. .second miehap befel r William Patrick Dowling, 45 years of I' age, a stevedore on the Matatua, who, j while assisting in unloading some tram j rail* from the ship's "hold, was struck I on the leg as the rails were being hoisted J to the deck. ; His leg was very much | lacerated, and upon examination by 'Dr. • CiiSempiit Aiekin he was removed to the j hospital. The injuries in each case are not considered serious, and both men are .making satisfactory progress. •In the opinion of the Mayor of Auck- : land (Mr. C. J. Parr), the ratepayers of | Mount Eden should at once take steps to j obtain reconsideration of the matter of j n loan of CU.j.OOO for drainage of the ' borough. ■' 1 do not think," remarked | Mr. Parr, "■that things can be allowed to i remain as they are. No district j can be allowed to become a i menace to its neighbours. Tn I the adjoining district of Epsom, the ratepayers are spending €00,000 in linking up with the main sewerage scheme. The i Drainage Board, of which 1 am chair- j man. is disappointed with the result of ( the Motint Eden poll, and feels that in | the interests of public health and safety , Mount Eden should at once reconsider the matter." The registrar of friendly societies. Mr. R..E. Hayes, speaking at a lodge banquet in t3iristchur<-' gave some very interest, ing figures r .ating to friendly societies in New Zealand a> a whole. He said that in the 27 years up to 1013 the cno.rmous sum of £2.457.0~3 was paid out by the societies for sickness and medical and funeral benefits. Tn the same period the members paid in contriamounting to C 2.773.307, and their funds earned in interest £875.147. The present funds stood at d<403.150. ?i>eaking of the percentage of population Ihfferted by friendly societies in New Zeal.md. Mr. Hayes stated that the actual membership was 74,000. Allowing an average of four to a family. the number nfTected would np 206.000. or nearly qne thjrd of the population, who directly and njdircftly received protection and benefits from these organisations. Tn New Zealand friendly societies medical attendance covered the family instead of the memfrer only, as in Britain. The mtin Herbert S. Potter (321, who threatened to decorate the caretaker of Albert Park with a black eye -when be was shifted out of the band rotunda in the Park last Saturday morning, and who raised peculiar legal points wben brought before n magistrate later, came up on remand this morning with a recommendation from the gaol surgeon, that his state of mind be investigated by independent medical men, and he was further remanded until Monday to enable this examination to be made. Ap adm'*t-ion was made inadvertently at the Magistrate's Court yesterdajafternoon by a witness that he had gone to Melbourne some time ago to escape compulsory military training. "And you are not ashamed to admit it." remarked _ Mr. C. C. Kettle. S.M. The witness, however, explained that it was before the , .war and paid he knew better 'now ."the ..DO'Od for all receiving military training. He explained that hie objection to compulsory training was that a man could not choose the company in v.hich to serve. Mr. W. H. Hemingway, the lecturer in book-keeping and accountancy at the Auckland University School of Commerce will deliver an address on "Preparation for the B. Com. Bookkeeping and Accountancy Examinations." in the University Buildings. Parliament Street, on , Tuesday evening next. The lecturer will also explain the various examination syllabuses, nnd give a general outline of the work to be gone through in the School of Commerce during the ensuing ye-ar. All interested arc cordially invited to be present. ~ Addressing the jury in a libel action at the.Christchurch Supreme Court. Mr. Justice Denniston stated that there was a. great" tendency at the present time on the part of people libelled in a newspaper'to immediately see what they could get out of the paper by askina for : punitive damages. People, however, were not entitled! in a libel action to come to Court for the purpose of making money out of it. A strong case must be established before punitive damages were awarded. A meetinjr of supporters of Mr. J. TT. Gunson in the approaching mayoral contest was held at Knox IHall. Parnell, last night, .Mr. C. K. Palmer prodding. The I meeting was well attended, and after Mr. • Ounson had given a short address those present resolved themselves into a committee to organise the campaign in the .Faniell district. The next meeting of Mr. <"iiinso.n's supporters is to be held at" , St. Andrew's Hall, Symonds Street, on ! Mbnday evening. '"You're an astrologer, are you not?" ■ queried counsel of a witness in the Wellingtcn Magistrate's Court. "Yes," i was the reply. "And you have a rather vivid imagination?" waa the next query. "Oh. no." came the answer. ■ "You need a calculating, mathematical ' brain." Witness added that ho was t patronised by members of Parliament • and leading men. "And I'll be pleased i to see you." lie remarked sotto voce to ! the solicitor. Spurious half-sovereigns are still in circulation in Wellington, and the public would do well to be on their guard when : accepting coin of this denomination. The imStntioii is a very clever one. and the date 1014 appears on of the pieces. John Young Turnbull. photographer, of Island Bay. Birkdale. in a statement ; furnished to the Official Assignee in , Bankruptcy, sets down his total liabili- , ties at £141 10' ft. and assets nil. Mr. .Fustioe Hosldng and Mr. -lustice Stringer leave for Whangarei on Monday • ti_> hear the petition a"-.i:nst tht> return ■ of Mr. Tau Hcnare for the Northern Maori seat.