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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 60, 11 March 1915, Page 4

The-following is Mr. D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hours from 0 a.m. this da-y:—-"Southerly wind, moderate to strong. The weather appears likely to be cloudy and unsettled. Rain probable, and col 1 night. The barometer has a rising tendency. Sea moderate."

Another medical examinatioa of recruits for the Expeditionary Forces will be held at the Drill Hall" to-morrow, commencing at 1.0 a.m. It is expected that the men who have been accepted for the sixth detachment will leave Auckland for Trentham on April v 1-

Two of the Co.'s-steamers, the Taniwha and the Waimaric, came i into -collision in-the' Pooui- Passage- about 8 o'clock last night, luckily with little damage to cither. Both steamers were VunninJ: -between Auckland md: and met in the channel at its narrowest point, opposite the lighthouse. At the moment of the collision the bow of the Tanrwlia struck the Wahnarie on the starboard quarter, knocking in the planking between two posts and leaving a depression a few inches deep. Fortunately the damage was at some height above the water. The Taniwha was practically undaruaged, and both steamers went on their way without stopping. The accident has been reported to the Collector of Customs (Mr. J. P. Ridings), who has wired, .particulars to the..Minister of 'Marine for the letter's decision as to whether an inquiry shall be held. This collision is the third that has occurred within the .passage during the past few years. The other two were between the p.s. Wakatere and the schooner Huia, and between the Wakatere and the scow Katie S.

•Considerable discussion took place at the usual meeting of the Grey Lynn Good Templar Lodge last evening, re the establishment of.a wet canteen at Tren-' tiia-m, a very strong protest being made. A letter was ordered to be sent on to. the Defence Minister,on the subject, also deprecating the attitude taken up by the "Moderate" League. Bro. Geo. ( Clark, the ..district chief templar, has' dispatched the following wire, to the. Hon. Minister for Defence: "Good Templars here strongly protest against any wet canteen at Trentham." \

The members of the Ancient Order or Foresters', in Antwerp have suffered severely by the Occupation of the city by the Germans. Many of them with their families are refugees in Holland, where they have been cared .-.for. by their Dutch brethren, .who have exhausted their" own funds in providing the bare necessaries, of life for those cast upon them. The Foresters in Holland have appealed for assistance, and the Auckland district, bave responded by taking up' a subscription on their behalf. As a result, the district Mr. H. Darlow, to-day cabled the sum of £76". Other districts are also assisting, while the headquarters of the Order in. London are .a. large number of members, who are refugees in England.

One apparent sign of the exercise of thrift by the people of the Dominion is shown in a comparative ' statement of traffic on the railways for the period April 1, 1914, to January 30, 1915. Hie return shows that while more .people have used the railways in this period than in the same period of the preceding financial year, a considerable reduction is to be observed in the number of firstclass tickets issued. The people are travelling- second'- class . and saving money. The.- total number of. tickets issued in the period ended January 30,. 191*, was 11,268,395, as against i1,056.14S for the corresponding period of last financial year,,>an,.increase .of: 186,24*:. -Therewas an increase of 15,995 single and 216,298 return second-class tickets, and a decrease of 11,610 single and 38,416 return first-class tickets.

f For the second time only in tea year* : the ceremony of baptism by immersion -.was performed in St. Matthew's Church, Auckland last evening. The usual form of "baptism in the Anglican Church is sprinkling, but the rite m performed by ; immersion if the candidate so desires. j A large congregation assembled to take part in last night's service, at which a I young lady was baptised by immenjion. ' 'ine Vicar, the Eev. W. E. Gillam, performed the rite, and the Eev. Jasper Calder preached the sermon. A touching incident occurred outside the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon. A case had been heard and jadjourned, in which a wife • applying for a separation order -and maintenance had been telling a fairly lurid story of hoy her husband had illtreated her. Meanwhile a little'girl about three yearg of age; who had been living with her mother since the husband had left home by mutual agreement with his wife, "was climbing all over her recovered -father, while the complainant was relating what a bad man he was. When the case the child ran away from her mother calling out "Dad! Dad!" and- - had -finally -to be . taken away another road crying bitterly because she was separated from her father. At last night's meeting of the Birkenhead Borough Council, Mr. C. Mason presented a petition signed by 420 residents, requesting direct communication between the Birkenhead wharf and the scant shed, which, it was suggested, could be secured by the provision of a flight of concrete steps, commencing near the water trough". It was contended (that a "short cut" to Palmerston Road. and its vicinity on the lines indicated I would prove a considerable benefit to a : large portion of the borough, and aid materially in its development. The petition was ordered to lie on the table till next meeting

Yesterday alternoon, Mr. Hiley, General Manager of Railways, accompanied 'by the Engineer-in: Chief ■ and District Engineer, visited" Hamilton, when the necessity for alterations at the Victoria Street crossing was urged upon -them by the Mayor and Councillor Tristram. Mr. Hiley said there was absolutely no chance of a subway being constructed, but he agreed- to have the""i cattle-stops moved back and the road! widened to a full chain. He" also promised to have the semaphore moved to the east side of the road. A promise was also received to frame a by-law prohibiting cycling across the railway footbridge.

Innumerable proofs are daily being received of the "up-to-dateness" of Canada in war time in the matter of equipment of her troops. ..The latest illustration of this is the description given of a wonderful litle instrument, neither more nor less ' than" "a spade. This, when not in use, will be slung across the shoulders in ,a leather case. It can be utilised as a shield and a rifle rest, the rifle being thrust through an oval hole in the centre of the blade, coni - erting it into a shield from the enemy's fire. When not required for j this purpose, it can! be used for.jtrenchiing. It weighs only 41b, can he "carried with ease on long. marches, and it is | practically bullet-proof. The spades have been subjected'to the keenest, tests, hut it was only after they had been L&h.Ot-.a.t two-,hu.ndjed yards-with heavy ammunition thatjany impression was made." and' -then " tltey were only -Machine-Jfrtins, it is said, have been directed on them, but with no effect.. ( "

"Sixteen and sixpence per week seema j a high rent for a four-footned nouse,*" I remarked Mr C. C. Kettle. S.M., at the 'Magistrate's Court this-• morning.-. The .debtor said lie could not. get a cheaper one, and even at that rent there: was ivery little ground with tlie bouse. Deifendant said he was on the railway, getting £200 a year, bnt threw it up as he could not stand the worry-. He had been; 12 months out bf work since he left the railway. ""' " "" ~— The Wanganui public will this -winter he .called upon. to_ face, a: serious, shortage in milk .and other, dairy supplies, and consequent higher prices. In the opinion Of .a.prominent Wanganui dairyman, the had season has had each an .effect on feed that the. 'cows' are' "already drying off. Many dairymen are at their ■ wits' end to keep their-herds going, and milk suppliers have the greatest difficulty in fining Orders. Already milk is in short supply, and "the position will" probably he worse before nest spring aniyes. The Auckland Grammar . School Old Boys* Association, having' a I desire to assist in national defence-in ,the-present'crisis have decided, if possible, to form. a-,rifle. club.. The. committee feel sure-.that" members of the Association will gladly avail themselves of the opportunity of training themselves for-defence. Forms-of-enrolment and all particulars re the proposal may be obtained from the president, Mr. A. A. Martin, Wright's Buildings', Fort Street, Auckland. '""."' W. F. Douglas, a Cambridge confectioner, was proceeded ajjainst-hy Inspector Bennett, of the Health 'Department, at theCambridgs Court on Tuesday, under the Pure Foods Act., charged with selling ice-cream that contained only 49 per cent of milk and fat. Accused stated that he did' sot sell ice-creams, hut ices. The inspector said he; asked, for icecream, and he was served with the material from which the sample was taken, and ,tbat he was accompanied by a witness. The Magistrate reserved his decision.

As a result of trouble in the terri-I torial training camp at Greymouth, RobtJ Gibbons was arrested and handed over to the civil .authorities to be punished • for an assault.on.Jfeil Pearce.-of laaeoln, whilst the latter was on sentry duty at the guard tent betweennnicn c and ten '. o'clock. . earce is suffering from a 1 severe--injury to the"lower jawbone, l necessitating medical attention. ! —It-4e- -understood ■ that the- difficulty that led to the resignation of Mr. Carmichael from the New South Wales mm- , istiy at a difference regarding ■* the question of .the order of precedence oi ! Ministers. '"Wifeff~tne 'Premiex." msdn-' tamed that he had the right "to' deter- j mine this order, Mr. Carinichael stuck ! to hie gun*.

German dictionaries axe the cheapest things prisoners of war «an buy in Germany, the price being 3d.' "We want the British and French prisoners to learn out language so that - they will understand us better," explained an officer to a " Times" correspondent who inspected the camps. The moderate ticket was successful at the Dunedin South Licensing Committee election, which means that liquor will be obtainable at the trotting meetings at Forbury Parfc As the No-license party were successful in Chalmers, the Wingatui .racecourse will, however,, remain says our Dunedin correspondent. The following candidates have passed -fehW public -eerviee:-examihation ~ with distinction: —Duncan Stanley Burgoyne Heather, Auckland; John Hoyden Sanson, Christchurch; Joseph Richard Sutcliffe, Palmerston North. Owing to an outbreak of fire the.New Zealand Shipping Company's chartered steamer Wirral, a vessel of 4,207 tone, bound from sTew Zealand to London, had to - twenty-six bales of wool. The Wirral put into Monte Video, and then proceeded on her voyage. Oar D.unedin. correspondent states that at the Burnside stock sales yesterday the 'time limit" was enforced on auctioneers for the first time, and, as a result, 'the sale was got through-in~ tadf the—usual time. ■ • The-, oversea liner ■ Tainui,-a-vessel of u .ti37 tons, from London, was berthed-at Victoria-wharf Dunedin,' yesterday inorning.' "Only once before, reports our correspondent, has.alarger vessel been Been at the Dunedin wharvea.

A girl <»f about fifteen years, -who,, it is alleged-, had been preying on the cash of.. the smaller newsboys about the street, was.arrested last night. She had, it. is stated, been making a practice of making some excuse for getting the juvenile paper-vendors to show their cash, and then grabbing what she could'and running away. She came before Mr. E. C. Cutten, SJd"., this morning," on four charges of theft, and was remanded till Monday, to enable her mother to be pre-; sent at thethearing. Much of the evidence now being given before the Royal Commission investigating the charges of corruption in connection with the passing of the New South Wales Wheat Acquisition Bill is directed— to showing that big fees were paid to legal people. < A debtor at the -Magistrate's Court-!. this morning admitted that he spent 5/ per week on drink and tobacco. Mr C.__ C. Kettle, S.M., said that was simply an indirect way of a man robbing his creditors, whereupon the man agreed to pay that amount in tbe future towards the" liquidation of the debt. Under those circumstances an order of the Court was not made. The first case in New Zealand for B th£ avoidance of a trade mark granted to an enemy subject has been brought by Messrs. Baldwin and Ray-ward, on .behalf of the Australian Manufacturing and Importing Co., Ltd. The trade mark, in question was registered some years ago •by a firm of manufacturers in Berlin, and the object of the.pre3.e_nt application is to have the-jriark. expunged, and therebyito. enahle the AM. and I. Co., Ltd., to manufacture and sell goods under the same ' trade mark.' The Governor-In^Council_hais appointed Mr. J. C. Lewis, the Registrar of Trade Marks, to hold an inquiry into the matter, and the hearing is set down for the 12th instant. Similar proceedings have been instituted by the Australian Manufacturing and Importing. Co.~, Ltd:, in Australia and Great Britain. ' rJ At a meeting inaugurated by the Northern. Motor-cycle Club at St. John's Ambulance Hall, a good number of

motor cyclists met to discuss the advisableness of joining the National' Re- | serve as a motor-cycle section. Aft ei "' an interesting and instructive address •by Mr Hall Skelton, it was unanimously !decided to form a Motor-cycle Corps,. and the first drill will take place on iMonday nest, outside the'ponce"*bat- | rack!.",. O'Rork'e Street. . ...-7V.0-!-

; • Officers* have been forbidden to iter j quent the notorious " night clubs " in London.- This action has been'taken oiy--ing to some-revelations,made in a police court case, in which it was stated that many-yqung bfficers had been ruined Jt>y i gambling at these places. I A striking illustration was given -of the * rough nature of the country some men farm, when it was stated at last meeting of the Waipawa County- Council that of the 1000 acres owned by one man he had only two acre's of flat land for his homestead. His request for , roading assistance to this poraon of his 'property will come before the Council for consideration. ■ The band, of the Auckland division of the New Zealand Garrison Artillery will,' by permission of Lieutenant-Colone

Hazard, play the following programme in the band rotunda at Devonport to-night" j iat 8 o'clock:—Military march, "Pomp I and Circumstance" (Elgar): concert xraltz, ''The Old Belfry" (Phelps); grand selection, "William Tell" (Rossini); | Bell Gavottej "Bells 5 ofegtt Reals** (Rimmer)";_>waitz7'gDreaming;'* Ufcyce;"- : ina"fen. i j"Sword and Dance" (Starke); God Save the King. ..... I A curt Note from Japan.;, to I while not taken as an ultimatum, is considered to mean that if the demands jof Japan-are not satisfied -within a cer- ' tain time' force will !be used, and China. is hastening to expedite a settlement of I those claims she can concede. .. .. _c.- : ! Mr. Herbert Broady, a Noriheoiff plumber, fell from the. roof of a' building jon which he was working-- at Norfchcote yesterday afternoon, and sustained, a broken arm. He was taken to the Auckj land Hospital - A number of- judgment "summons cases came before Mr C: G. Kettle, 531., 1 at the Magistrate's Court this morning, but_ the majority were; adjourned, for

plumber, fell from the roof of a' building jon which he was working-- at Xorfchcote yesterday afternoon, and srtstiUned. a broken arm. He was taken to the Auckj land Hospital - A number of- judgment " summons r" cases came before Mr C: G. Kettle, SAL, 11 at the Magistrate's Court this morning, Z hut the majority were- adjourned for < ▼arious reasons specified Orders ior j. payment were made in the following ' cases, penalties in default of. with such orders being 'suspended for I varying terms:—J: H. Whitaker to pay 7 £5 11/6, and Harry Donkin £16 14/6. , The following tenders have been re-." ceiyed for-drainage at the Costley-Home: i Wbolley and" McLean, . £383. 16/4 }\ J.'. Aickenhead.. £389; T. Regan F. Luby, ! £390 5/; H. Bray,. £395 11/10; J. Jen- i kins, £411 10/6;. A. Burt, Battersby, £463 13/: S. Gorden, £&64i7 ,5/; J.Mays," £522 12/8; J. Healy, £548 ! j 7 This-week's issue of the "Observer;?- js=k of especial interest to bowlers, the feaI ture of the number being a. double-page i illustration, "Snapshots from the Green at the-Bowling Tonraament at Botorua." The Camera man has been most successful in •'snapping" the -hundred and joaa. players in all sorts of grotescrae atti- " tudes. The number is selling rapidly at the usual price, threepence.—(Ad.) IN —"