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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 4

The following i* Mr. D. C. Bates' j weather forecast for 124 hours from 0 a.m. this day: — " Indications nre for northerly -winde., strong to, gal<\ and hacking hy north to we«t. The weather appears likely to tx» cloudy (vnd uneettled. Rain probable. Barometer falling. Tides good; aca considerable." A very pleasant evening wae spent on Monday at the Epsom Convalescent Home, when a concert party, organisi-d by Mrs. \V. .!. Koote, visited the home, anil entertained those, of our wounded who are domiciled there. A very pleasinj: programme wrr rendered. nmong*t those who perforlne<l being M"eßdam«s FootP, Barajrwanath, Bartlect. Misses Martin, fialloway, and. Reardon. I'rofesor Maxwell Walker, and Mi>J>srs. Pinarrt. Walton, Ejran. nuil Upvui. In addition to the resident soldiers, a number also attended from the General Hospital, and all expressed themsellves a* delfghtfd with the evening's entertainment. After ! supper, which wae profidod by the concert party, the proceedings were brought to a cloec by the singing of the National Anthem.

i- The north-easterly gale, which brought n 34 points of rain -during the 24 hours * previous to 9.30 this morning, eho-wed [. sign* of ehifting to the north, during the i- earlier part of thp day. It ie thought. h that the wind will move to acrth and ' then to northwest, when finer weather will be experienced. p Two ratepayers wrote to the Mount r AlWt Borough Council l.v-t night, <-..m----,1 plaining that on Saturday lart the. New ■- North Ko.ul w.u> made into a speedway 3 !>v motorists and mutor cyclists on their n way to ami from the ATundalf Raow. -, They sta-Uvi that some of I h.- .am r appeared to be travelling at about forty .- miles an lir.ur. to the danger of other 0 traffic and the great detrim.-nt of tMe v road surface.. The Mayor I Mr. Murdoch c McLean) h'aid that the police had been i.lacked to keep a look-nut, hut, in spite 1 -of this, a large number nf rr.otorUta n traversed tnmr part.- of the road r.t a (• dangerous speed. Thic «.<• especially a about 11 a.m. and 5 pin Some n< the j> I motor cycles seemed to him to be making f fifty or sixty miles an hour. The ijum , fon of speed limits li.nl 1» >n un !f>r <"n s «idcra(.ion by the Automobile Association ■• and the Ixx-al Bodies' A*so. lation. I :.<• i latter hnd been in a dormant condition ■ for sontt time, and if it did not do <ome- * thing in the way of drnftinz .i model -< -I , of by-laws, the Council would have to , flx reasonable speed-limit" on it* own i account before the next rare m<"'tm-_'. f It was derided to lay the matter before '. the Local Bodies' Aesociatkin. 1 It is proposed in future that, instead '■of one district committee, there shall !->■ [leeveral looal rommitteeH formed to ad ' nuni.stftr the aflairß of the Boy movement, in the Auckland province ' (central). Applications for enrolment a.-* 'an otTicer, examiner or in=truetc/r will \ require to be endorsed by the lo'cil dis trict committee. It will then be for j \ -warded to the Advisory Board, which will consider the application, and niake I , the necessary recommendation for the . issue of a commis-«ion or warrant to act. It will he one of the functions of the . ,looal rommitteo to ctxasionally visit the troops in iv district, and extend advice and encouragement to the Scout officers and boys under their command By this meane it is believed much more satisfactory results will be achieved. An unwelcome visitor to Hawke's Bay lost Wednesday morning was the sharp froj>t experienced over a great portion j of the district. It left its mark in many! orchards and garden*. >oung fruit, j especially grapes and peache*. as well as ' tomatoes and potatoes, being badly j nipped. Mo->t of the larger orchards had | taken precautionary meaßure=. but i others le?e fortunately Mtuated will be j considerable losers. Orchardists in the j Hastings district were awakened on Tuesday night by alarms for fro»t, and were out for neveral hours- lightinz tire* : among their fruit trees. Very little damage ma done. A eomewhat important announcement was made last Sunday by the Rev. Beaity, vicar of St. Mark's Anglican Church, Reniuera. For »omp time past services have been held in a building at Wapiti Avenue. Thp vioar annoUiK-ed that a member of the p.irUh had gener ously donated a site for a church at Wapiti Avenue, also that thp s'ver j n . tende<l to erect the building. The- only stipulations -were that eitting" should be free, and that the church furnis-hings are to be provided by the parishioners. A Wellington paper has the followioi: Many church goers arc chronic victims ot dilatofineea, and At a . VVuUmgton j ! E:ist church last ?und.-iy morning the I ; officiating clerg.vinan »a* prompted to j administer a rebuke. The semeo hnd. ' commenced some time .\hi-n several I ladies formed a small procession up the ! aisle to their pews. A few momcnU J aftenrardg some unall boys shamefacedly <tole through the doorway .-uid | furtively took their teats. But the | clergj-man eepied them, and for the j benefit of those concerned made a break In tlie service. "Of courwe smaJl boys I cannot be in time," he said. "They have ! so much to do —wash themselves* clean and lace up their boots and find their collars and tiee. But ac to the punctuality of grownup*—l know they have nothing to do!" That waa all, and after this quaint homily the Ferv.ce proceeded. Some months *.go three little girl* living in the suburb of Mount Edfn," Miss Kennie Wiseman (age.d 141, Mk* Mavia Reid (aged 12) and Miss Muriel Stone <aged 111, began talking o{ what they could do to rasee eotae money for the wounded soldiers. They conceived the idea of holding a children's bazaar. They set to work to make ajl aorta of ueefuJ and fancy articles, andj wrote to their friends to eend gifts ajong. with the result that they gathered together a great variety of "toys, dolUi' clothing, Hwects, etc. Last Saturday afternoon they held their bazaar in a motor garage and tent, inviting ail their friends, both young and old, to come along and buy. They met. with a most gratifying re epoase. Nearly every article waa eoW. and they raieod. the splendid amount of £13 7/3, which hae been handed to the Mayor on behalf of the fusd for the wounded soldiers. When a Weilifigton military defaulter complained in the Magistrate* Court ! that he had often to work on drill night, j the Magistrate interjected that the He- j fence Department might very well con side-r the question of profipeuting em- | plovers who made it difficult for tauii , to attend drilU. Complainle wore con- I ■stantly made that young fellows were j asked to work inntead of U-arnin? to defend thoir countrj-. A represpntiitive of' the department stated tha.t various firms had been warned that they were I eommittinj a serious offence if they placed any obstacles i n the wav of an employee attending drill. The'nepart ment was now just aborrt f.ick of these repeated actions, and would soon take more dra»tio steps. Dr R. Bedford was elected president of the Victoria League at a meeting of the council hejd Inst night. The late j .proside-nt. Dr T. Hop* Lewis, hae re | signed from the' position owing to hifl j appointment u> the Medical Service at ' TVenthain training camp. "The proportion of ewes suffering from tuberculosis to the t»UI number c.x amined is leseeninz," said Dr. Basil Adams, in his report to the Wellington ! Hospital Board. He examined fortyeight enepectcd ca&e* durinpr August, and -found thirteen £o be sufTering from the I diseaeA For five months he had cv I amined"2s2 caees, of which 127 were euf- I fering fr,om tuberculoeis. The Dairy Produce Committee hae ■ fixed the wholesale price for butter and for tbe we«>k ending October 2 as I follows: —Farmer's, separator and dairr ' butter. 10,1 p ,, r lb; eggs. 10d per dozen A ball in liiil of the local Wounded Fund will b.< held in the Town Hail to-morrow night. The he*t production of Jap. art mat- ' ting Squares, The Tokyo," j uet openpd I up; 4ft eh) x 2ft Jin. 4/9; fift x 2ft flin fi/; 6ft x 3ft, 7/P; 10ft x 6.l 37/6- 10ft ! Oin x Oft, 39/6; I2ft i 9ft, 45/._Ton.,on j <larlick Co., fjuetn Street—(Ad) |

Although not the taatt ■», tensive, the New Zealand court at the San Francisco Expoeitio-. is. in the opinion of Major d Martin, probably the best of the court* reprinting the British Dominions. Th. Belgian major and hie wife have j Mt re . turned to Auckland via. They etat<- that the merits-of the Canadian exhibit art- about eqnal with thoee of our own. but think that both excel th- Auetraluui court, whirh hi, too many want Rpar-. Mr . C|l[ ' director of the No. /... aiand • Bh.owod the vimtom round, and ti« ver- murh imprrnwd with the nim^' In v.h,,h the value of the staple p ro . jrl ict.- was pxomplifipirm(.. n( . of the aw : interesting f-ature*. however, wa* th |kti.s ~f kiriematopraph rilms diwcriptir, iof rural ami industrial life and km/ j attractions in New Zealand. The Conriliation Counr-a that |"I> !,, Mr. T. Uarle Gil., (Conduit^ th. Furniture rra.irw I n jo a aad J" i employe. ha« arrirH at a ; nPttl.mPnt. and referred tte J th.- Arl.itrat.on Corrri for final award !■!.,• t.TTns rflating to Tragee-of journey in.-n worker-. claMuficatioß of ■worker I }iiM>pwork, an-i fTn[iloymr-ntf)f boyin^,, thmte upon H-hk-h ih* conimusion could nnt ronif t<. a^rppmpot, ' ( »w,ng to tho rla.m, orParlimaate, .1.H,.- Mr. .1 MrTomlw, M.P. for L n U ton w.io wa. due tn, deliver a leetflrt « Elmora R.-f,,r/ne in Aurkland - 6 . night, will not J*.,ahle to keep h« *. po-ntin.-nt. When the lecture was hnt arran S .-,j. as one of a p ven lt Trades Hall un ler the auspice o f t h s Worker" EJurational Aaencation, it »« reasonably enough thought that PaH*. ment would have rken by thi« tijt Mr hf-rretary of the in Au.-Uand. received advice o n ly night that Mr. McCombe would h<? uniUe to ivome. to Auckland t<, give his lecture In connection -A-ith th* race that vu held on the Wanganui River on Frid»y afternoon la.it. between Darry Had3*M o/_ Wan-man Hub, and Sharpe, o f the Wanganui I'mon. it must bo clearly understood that the wae in no war a matt-h. Both men ar" ajnateurs, inij the chainpiowihip racking * rcgulirlv held every ycir under the auspices of the Ne-v Zealand Amateur Rowing Actociation. Hadfield has been ehampjea single 'fuller of .\>u- Zealand for the paef. three years. On oarh occasion h« has met and defeated tharpe, among other aspirants for rha-mpionship honours. Now. Sharpe had been doing g great deal of sculling lately, and hti been one of the pace makers for p>o fesskmal champion. Wm. Webb, while the lnttrr his preparing to defend hi* title apainst Hannan. further. Sharp* hat enlisted for service abroad, with the Expeditionary Force, and he wrote asking Hadfield for a final fhittr-.r before he left Hp explained that he was in great form, and ha.l been trailing regularly »ita Webb, and would appreciate a flutter with his doughty opponent. .Ha.ifield is .i goo>l natuii'd epOrtsman. He been in a boat since the official dosing of Last rowing season. He cheerMlt went off to Wanjjanui, got into a beat that "is lent to him. and went oat to ffivp his comrade. Sharpe, the bij ri«e that the promising young ecuUer iia» enxioiu to get before he went off to the war. It does not affect the champion-!-hijf -i.ru- in the least. The fowls of the Auckland district have been fulfilling their purpose is Jifc to suth pood effect that the price of eggs. Ua« -receded to the etteJit of 2i pee dozrn. the wholesale rate bcing'now lOd. Thus will be pood news for the housewife, and some compensation frtr the htph prices which ruled throuflhjai the winter, when fuuls' food waa bo costly. Th.- latter is now easier. Those familiar with the vagaries of the pouHry industry declare that the recent high prices for e?ps did not leave a prelt margin of profit for the producer. There is every prospect of reasonable price for egRS continuing the rnj e during tie summer months. "Its another Ohinepp pnzzle I euppose," remarkr-d a lawyer thie morning at tie Magistrate's Court, when a. member from mat country arrived and said, with ta inscrutable face, that "another m*n owed the money."