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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 223, 18 September 1915, Page 4

I The following is Mr. C. D. Bates' I weather forecast for .4 hours from 0 a.m. tliis day: "The indications are for moderate to strong southerly winds. The weather will probably prove squally and changeable, with -.uttered showers, and probably become colder. The barometer has a rising tendency. Tides good. Sea rough, swell c.ff shore, but tides and sea decreasing." An employee of the Railway Department at Onehunga named Walter Hills | fell off the wharf into the Manukau I Harbour while unloading a truck of j cargo. Th,- railway truck had been shunt.-.1 on t.. the line near the side of ; i_tiie -wharf. .M r Hills went to open the door of the truck. He gave it a sharp pull, with the result that he unexpectedly lost his balance and fell over the edge of the wharf. The accident was attended with no worse result than a din king. In a home-drawn will c nsP , heard before his Honor the Chief Justice (Sir R. Stout i, sitting in banco at Wellington Supreme Court, a fnrmer had left his furniture, horse, and buggy, and £3 per week to his widow, with the proviso that if she married and did not adequately pi ovule for the six children or treat them kindly, the legacy was to "determine. " Counsel for the Public Trustee (the executor under the will) said that that proviso could not apply to the horse and buggy. It would lie absurd for it to do so. His Honor: "If the horse dies, then it will 'determine.'" (Laughter.) Counsel for the widow: "I understand th.it the horse has 'determined' already." i Renewed laughter.) "The question of a dock has been brought forward at the meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board by Mr. William Cable." said the Mayor of Wellington at the annual meeting of the Wellington Central Chamber of Commerce. "and the question of supplying a dock ' of some sort is receiving the attention 'j of tiie Board. Estimates are being re- ; i eeived for the conet ruction of a dock to ~ float vessels up to a thousand tons. In addition, the Patent Slip Company is beinj; called upon to provide a second • slip, in pursuance 0 f its agreement . enured into with the Board some rears ( ago." The Mayor's remarks on the" subject were received with applause. That the Maoris are by no means such 1 bud business men as some people would l.ke to make out is proved by an mciii dent which occurred in Gisborne. A protni- , nent sheep farmer was negotiating with the head of a gang of Maori shearers to have his sheep shorn in the early • spring. The pair strolled into the office of a licensed interpreter to complete the agreement. The sheep farmer was de- ' sirmis that the Maoris should shear his 1 sheep at the same rate as last yaar. "No," said the Maori scornfully. "Last : year you get lid for your wool, this year you get 1/3. Last year you get 12/6 for your sheep, this year you get 25/. We want £2 a 100 to shear your sheep this time." Al! efforts at conciliation 1 on the part of the interpreter were unavailing, and the conference broke up , without cither side budging an inch. People who arc extending hospitality • to returned soldier- living nt the Convalescent Home. Epsom, would be doinc a kindness if they would see that their - guests leave in time to be in by ten i o'clock in the evening—the regulation closing hour except on one night in the week, when the men get late leave. [ There are no night porters, so that it means that somebody has to sit up for l the belated one. All the duties are car- ■ ried out voluntarily, and it is rather , inconsiderate that this unnecessare , work should be thrown on the stall". A contribution of £335 to the , Wounded Soldiers' Fund is an excellent i accomplishment for a small community. • The branch of the Farmers' Union at i Papaterc—an isolated district out from Matamata—hae sent a cheque for the . amount stated to the provincial seere- • tary, and the latter has forwarded it on i to the Ma_»or. In forwarding an acl knowledgment the secretary expresses I warm approval of the contribution. The Jewish community of Auckland ' is engaged to-day in celebrating the ' Atonement. All services have been very largely attended. The first commenced last evening at 0 o'clock, when a twentyfour hours' fast started. A continuous service is being held between 8.30 a.m. and (i p.m. to-day. under the leadership of ■ Rabbi S. A. Goldstein and the Key. S. . Ruiz. An cinq unit address, appropriate ■ to Ihe occasion, was delivered by the j : fo'iuer. |

The Cniion Co. to-day conceded the demand of the Kwituna's firemen for a stokehold oc-m'plement of six firemen and no >lri-r__ers, as required by the Australian tew, as against 'the crew of three firemen and two trimmers required in Xew Zealand. It is hoped that a crew will be secured in time to enable the vessel to leave for G'eymouth this evening. The Vancouver mail stea.mer Makura is e._pected it- reach Auckland early on Monday morning from Suva with 150 passengers, besides 398 bags of mail and! SO tons of cargo Tor Auckland. She! will .be berthed at the Queen's wharf, and leaven for Sydney at nine o'clock the same night. Arrangements are in hand for an extensive sale of work to be held by tlte local members of the Salvation Army on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday next in the Arm" Barracks, Albert I Street. During the evenings of each of these three days concerts will be given, and the Army's City. Newton and Onehunga brass bands and string hands will contribute items. Stalls will be arranged around the hall to represent each of the Allies. The proceeds are in aid of the Self Denial Fund. The Garrison Artillery Band will play the following programme on the Cheltenham Beach to-morrow, at 3 p.m.: — March. "Si.nplicity," Old Hume; overture, "Tancredi." Rossini; air varie, "Sandon," Rimmer; grand selection, "Roberto il Diavolo," Meyerbeer; cornet solo, "Star of Betnlehem,'' Adams; valse, "A Paean of Victory/ Anon; march, "Rimutaka," Trussell. A collection will be taken up In aid of the fund started by Mrs. A. M. Pickford, wife of the Mayor of Devonport, for the purchase of waistcoats for the Jfiops. Two accidents occurred on the Queen's wharf last night. A waterside worker named Henry CHiappell was helping to unload iron 'bars Trom the -teaimer Hawke's Bay, when a heavy filing.-ul came down on one ot his feet, breaking two toes. Later on an elderly man named Michael Sands, employed as a greaser on the Hawke's Bay, fell over a girder which was lying on the wharf, and broke one of his ribs. Both eases were taken to the hospital in the waterside workers' motor ambulance. "Ceylon—the Island of Jewels.'' was the title of a highly-interesting address given in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hail last evening by Mr C. M. Carter, headmaster of the Napier Street School, who was for many years a resident of that country. Mr G. ... Garland, chairman of the Auckland Education Board, presided, and included in the audience was a large number of school children. The lecture was illustrated by 300 lantern slides. The proceeds will be devoted to the ftin-s of the Patriotic and War Relief Association. Rev. O. A. Gavin, chaplain captain of the hospital ship Tahiti, formerly assistant curate at St. Sepulchre's Church, will prearh a.t St. George's, Kin.-:sland. to-morrow morning, and at St. Sepulchres at night. Mr. (Tavin returns to Wellington on Monday. We are informed by Messrs. Henry Hughes. Ltd.. patent agents, Auckland. ; tiiat the following applications for patent*, have been filed by residents in the Auckland province: A. C. Bates, weeder: R. Green well, tyre; A. H. Hyde' non-refifiable bottle; J. Morrison, saucepan cover: H. R. Porter, sheet-iron cutter; S. G. Roseman and J. C. Wilson, attachment to brushes; C. S. Stevens, attaching animal covers; W. J. Tiuline,' quick chanse machine.