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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 144, 18 June 1915, Page 4

A heavy Routh-wolcrly pale still provailj- on the »i>>i coast, with the result thai tlie .Maii'.ikiiii bar is practically >\m-f.:i-.ib>. The Northern C o.'s steamer harawa loft Onchunga for New Plymouth a* u.-iu,l yt-rterday 'afternoon, but was • •li'iL'rd to anchor insidi . Hip bar. in t'.i. , ho;o that it wuuid be po.-wible to cro.-s iii t.ii<- morning. The weather, however. phowrd no fi?;w of moderating t i-day. and as mnuntainous s>oa>s were running on tlir liar tin- Rarawa cam.- back to Oucliunjja. ar.J the trip was abandoned. The steamer wul not leave for New Plymouth til! Monday afternoon. The litmu «.!■■> to have left for Hokian.sra Uiia afternoon, bat will be kept back till A a.m. tomorrow. The ga'.e is uot in - terferin.s with shipping on the East Cua.-t. A request wae before the City Council la.~t nig-lit from Captain R. C. Hocking, adjutant of the 3rd lAuck.andi Kegiment. asking permission for the regimental trophies tci be displayed in the Town Hal!. He urged that, with more knowledge of the soldier?, citizens would take an additional interest in them. The ro(]iir-t «a.< referred to the Finance and Le.'al (.ijiumiltee with power to act. A vole of sympathy was passed standing in silence at the annual meeting of iht' Auckland Horticultural Society to one .>f the members, Mr. V. 11. Brown, wh(i.-e son. Mr. .1. M. Brown, was killed nl the Dardanelles. "He died for a gooj and glorious cause." was the comnien; of the cluirinan, Mr. W. ILindlcv.

A letter was before the Auckland City Council last evening from the secretary of the Auckland and Suburban Local Bodies Labourers' Union, suggesting that consideration be given to the advisahlcncss of increasing the daily wagia ci the labourers, owing to the increase.! living ditlicultics. The matter was refeired to the Works Committee.

The funeral of Dr. T. G. Hall, who died suddenly in a motor-car at Whangarei on Tuesday whilst proceeding to visit a patient, took place at Whangarei yesterday afternoon. The cortege was preceded by the Municipal Band, of which Dr. Hall was patron, playing funeral airs. Immediately followed a platoon of the Marsdcn National Defence Ritles lot which Dr. Hall was surgeon-captaini, and the Boy Scouts' Brigade. Following the chief mourners were members of the Whangarei Hospital Board, representa tives of each local body, members of the medical and legal professions, and mourners drawn from practically every profession in the district. Among "a large number who followed the remains to their last resting place were .Messrs. F. Marnier, M.P. \Y. Stewart. M.P., Mr. D. W. .lack (Mayor of Whangarei). and many civilians. The procession of cars and horsed vehicles and horsemen reached a considerable distance. After the fust part of the burial service had been conducted at the Church of Christ by the Rev. Cruicksbank. tho interment took place at Kamo Cemetery. There was a profusion of floral emblems.

Kuinali. the alleged site of the Garden of Kden. in the Persian Gulf, where a British Expeditionary Force ha-s bon operating against the Turks, has not favourably impressed the Brit ish soldier. Il is described as a mo-st dreary spot. as unlike a garden as possible, all swamp now ihat rivers have overflowed their bank-. One irreverent "Tommy" of the British force*, as soon as lie saw it. exclaimed to a friend: "Garden of llcden. 'I've call it. I ,-alls il a bally swamp. Blime, no wonder Adam took'a hit,, ol the apple it that'- all 1,,. had to do to ,-'■' ""t of it." Kiirnali -:ho fi.tnlon of Eden—has been changed by the war into a strongly fortified lir'itisll po-j. tion. Perhaps New Zealand's best experiment with various limbers in respect to the busy borer is the one which oerui'l'cd by accident at the Dominion Museum m Wellington. During two or three docades specimen,. ~f native timher. originally prepared for exhibition in different centre-, were arrayed in a compartment where the borer h.ul free play. 1„ s l| cases the sapwood wa- demolished, bat the insects treated the hard heartwood witli discrimination. Some specimens have been left intact, and others lune "illy a lew holes. The collection ha- been brought under the notice -of Mr. Cockayne, biologist to the Agricultural Department, who i- making a suecial repeal the iubiect.

j The district now using the wa ter f tm I the Manukau Supply Hoard will, it, j 9 I~* 1 pected, be using city water hy next week* :The work of connecting the mains \. nearly completed, and everything i 9 fesS i done by the Hoard tn deal with the cause. lof the recent ,yph,,i,| outbreak in the 7,! jtriet. The sterilising plant which Z recently erected nt Onehunga has caused considerable expense, and the sum of M 1 has been expended on water analyses. TV 'Hoard has decided to increase the char« lof the water from 1/ to 1 ii per thougaS | gallons. This ,1,-p Las b., „ taken astS ] result oi tic heavy expenditure m >, I neeossiin by the Hew .-, lii .i.e.

The important part played by th, cHi.ieru in tiu.s war i- n„ t generally known. I'holngrapliy has been largely u.-ed by flyer-, in taking aeroplane o bscrvatioris of ihe enemy lines. The '■ French nnd British posses a comply. ' map ol the enemy trenches drawn from «.-r.>],l.i nt- observations, and many of the positions hive been revealed by y, 8 - mo.-t precise photographs, taken f roß , above. The.-c photographs are partial. ; Inrly valuable because of the minuteness wiih which ihey indicate small partieiiliirs of the enemy's dispositions. It j, pretty certain that. the. Germans have some photographed information of the allied lines, bn; in view of the now well •- demon-trate 1 superiority of the British I and French airmen over the Germans, it m scorns safe lo assume that tho photo. I grup.'iic in forma :i .n in the possession of ( the Allies i- more valuahle and accii- » rale than that possessed by the German. genera] -tail. The value of such photo-1 graphic i n fotn.a: ion lies in the benefit-' of knowing against which points of the I enemy line the attacks must be pressed X home with the greatest strength. ' 1

A in.liter of Mime importance to the - rc.-iilciit- of (.rev Lynn was brought for- i u.i r.l at the meeting of the City Council 5; la.-t in-lit. when new by-laws came up i f..r coiilii niation. ( ouneillor Holdsworth M state 1 tli.it l.y-law So. 23, which is ap- m plictilile to lirey Lynn district only, f; iiii.l dealt with the rcductioa of the 1 charge for water from 1/6 to 1/3, was 1 not aii.it it appeared to be. While the 1 price was apparently reduced, the bene- I lits did not go to the residents of the i di.itricl, a.- the difference was being ap- 1 plied tv the reduction of the deficiency I on the water account of the old Council. 1 Mr. Holdsworth claimed that was a 3 lireach of tiie agreement under which the 1 amalgamation was carried out, as the I city had agrei'.l to take in Grey Lynn j borough for better or worse, with all its j liabilities and assets. He claimed that | the concession in the price of water should j go direcL to the ratepayers. After examining tlic deed of amalgamation, the ! Mayor i Mr. J. li. Clinton) said that it j appeared that the Council was carrying out its agreement to reduce the price of ' water by one-sixth to the consumer. Formerly the city supplied the Grey Lynn l ouncil with water at 1/ a thousand gallons, and the Council retailed it at I, ti. He contended that the conBurner* price was the one affected by the reduction, which appeared to have been given ed'ect to. On hU suggestion the by-laws be confirmed, subject to i further investigation or tha deed.

The schooner Caseo, of Robert Louij Stevenson and £-out-h Sea fame, w»Mcfc has been lying at anchor in Vancouver harbour since her purchase some two years afro by J. Snyder -Smith, of the British Columbia city, has been ovahauled and painted preparatory to making a trip to San Francisco, where ler owner plans to erhibit her at the Pan-ama-Pacific Exposition. She will be returning to- her old home after an absence of nearly ttvent.v-fi.ve years. T.he Casco was built by Matthew H. Turner, of Sai Francisco, for Dr. Merritt, r. great frienJ of the celebrated author. Despite hit many years of service and chequered career as a ya<?ht. filibuster, smuggler, and sealer, the vessel is as sea-worthy as ever.

After Mr. Massey's meeting at Urenui a number of settlers were assembled 03 the platform at the hall, talking oyer matters with the Prime Miister, wlen a small boy, with much assurance and self-importance, -walked into the building, straight up to the Prime Minister, and said: "Please, your Worship, will, you make a road to our woolshedr* "His Worship," much amused at the incident, told his secretary to .take a not* of the fact that there was yet another applicant for a road grant.

Before the real business of the Hutt Borough Council got into full going order at its last meeting, the Mayor said st would give one more chance to Councillor Ui withdraw -words ive had used At the previous meeting and to apologise for having refused to obey tihe ruling of the chair and for having used words offensive to the council Councillor Ball: " I decline, your Worship." The Mayor: " Then it is my only duty to move » vote of censure on Councillor Ball." Thi dignity of the chair and the honour of councillors, he said, must be uphell Councillor Ball asked for leave to mak« an explanation. The Mayor said it was too late for explanations. "Very weN," said Councillor Ball. "I will have to %~ into the public Press.'' Councillor Ball was censured accordingly. " That makes Xo. 3. your "Worship," said Councillor Ball, and the incident ended.

Mr. E. Stuart Bruce, in the course of a lecture delivered in London, said tint the aerial surprise of the war was tho durability of the aeroplane. Most people thought that the aeroplane was a Ugh' and fragile thing, succumbing easily '° wear and tear, and very vulnerable to bullets. But aeroplanes seemed to have a charmed life. During eight months of war the French had made 10.000 reconnaissances, corresponding to 15,,000 hours of flight, representing a distance of 1.300,----000 kilometres, equal to 45 times round the world. One aeroplane now on nie* in Paris had been 2o(l hours in the air, had 48 times directed the French artillery, and had seven times engaged in single combat with German airmen.

A recommen.la.tion wai made to tie City Council last night by the Major IMr .1. H. Gunson) that, in view of the decreased use of the Albert Street baths ■by the public, the closing of the baths at an early ditto bo considered. The recommendation was referred to tho Finance and Legal Committee.

The Dunedin City Council, by 10 votes to 7. rejected the recommendation « the Library Committee that application he made to the Carnegie trustees for » grant of C 12.000 for the construction of branch library buildings at Caversham, Roslvn. and ' North-east Valley.

The ritv Electrical Engineer reported to the City Council last night that during the fortnight ended June J 277.310 unit- of current were generated at the eitv power station. 531 tons of coal and l.Vi.lilO gallons of water were consumed, £112 13/11 was paid in wages, and 211 new cuiioiiuieis were placed on the book-.

A letter w.i.- before the City Council last evening from the Newmarket Council, intimating that it did not consider the tortus of amalgamation offered by the city adequate. The Jotter was re ' eehed without Ji.seiiA3ioiL