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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 232, 29 September 1915, Page 4

The following in Mr. D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 2-t hour* from 0 a.m. this day: — "Indications are for ■westerly winds, etrong to gule. The weather appears likely to bo cloudy and unsettled. Rain probable. IWorn.-t.-r unsteady. Tides good; sea inodrrat.-; swell off shore." The fllling-in of the Auckland Graring Dock has been so fir completed that carts are able to pace over the >.-. .i which was formerly uecd for thr .i.vU:; ~-- of veaeehs. It nrigbt be thought that the filling in nf so Urge a caTity Sy mean* of dredging would leave a ttoft surface, but that i» by no raceni so. The chairman of the Harbour Board i Mr. H. D. Heather) explained to a rp|x>rtcr that the dredge* operated on a palch of gravel which was located in the h**l of the harbour, thus securing a most substantial kind of filling. With the completion of this work the extension of Quny Street westward is brought nearer, also the disposal of the Harbour Board le&see fronting on tb,o area, Juet now the dredging plant Is undergoing its annual overhaul, and ufijon release will be convoyed to St. OJeorge's Bay for the carrying on of the reclamation work for the ne,v eastern railway outlet. A dispute regarding goods bought by a man's wife occupied Mr. E. C. Cutten, 5.31-, at the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon. The plaintiff was N. MeJUer (Mr. Mowlem), and the defendant A. W. Sergeant. The claim was to recover £12 12/2, balance alleged to be due on the sale of oertaJn goods. Evidence was given by plaintiff as to eupplying the goods to the order of defendant's wife. The defendant stated hie wife ordered the goods, and wae to pay for them herself. He also complained that the suite was unsatisfactory. His Worship said tho attempt to transfer the liability to defendant's wife would not hold. As to tho damages, he thought £1 should be deducted under that head. Judgment would therefore be for tho plaintiff for £11 12/2, with costs.. In answer to an inquiry from tho Christohurch branch oi the Red Cross Society Dr. Adand, of No. 3 Base Hospital for New Zeal&nders a t Port Said, has cabled as foßowts-.— "Please send blankets, pyjamas (flannelette permissible), ehirte, underpants, aocks, and housewives,"

The danger of illuminated signs on business premises near the waterfront { dashing with the leading lights which Bcrve for the guidance of shipping fca* jcorae under the notice of the Harbour <* j Board. Reporting on a private appli'-a----d tion which had been referred to the »- Board by the City Council, the harbour le muster adviged that there would !>e no i objection from a shipping po.nt of view Ito the (Taction of euch light*, pro* .lei] •" they were shaded m as not to, intc-f.-r.-■o with the leading lights, r- In riew of the penning amalgamat.on ». of the Eden Terrace Road Board with ( j the city a deputation from the volunteer ! fire brigade of that suburb waited on F* ( the expiring road board nijiht with i" a request thai certain appliance* and c i uniforme, which had been provided c largely by th.- efforta of meinberd. should Abe hanled over, so that they ni.ght be •sold in order to provide souvenirs and "ja winding-up ?»<ua] for members ii the '! brigade. It was pointed out thu the c > latter had given their »ermea free, ami also that the Hoard would haw n<. , furthfj- ui-e for the appliances. The Buard decided to hubm.t t!:.- n-qin-i«t to "the City Council, with a m- irmneiiiition I thai it be granted. * The triangular r<--e:vr opposite the ■ ferry landing at Birkenheai' ha< now , ibci-n placed at the of the Birkcnhead Borough found, the H irbour 'Board having decided, a-, the result i>i 'the deputat.on which waited on the s [chairman (Mr. H. D. Heather) to grant ila lease and reduce the first .'.pars rental ,|by £13. The Council will therefore beI able to lay the reserve down with ?ra«e. '|A condition of the lease is that no build•j ings are to be erected, with the <-xc<-[>!. on ■iof a tea kiosk, if necessary. i ■] Decision was givon by Mr. E C. tutl< ten. -S.M-. at the Magistrate* Court thin J morning in a case arising out of a honx" ( I deal. The executors of Benjamin .\rt .'mitagu (Mr. \V. H. Grace). »ued John . Cordon (Mr. E. Mahoneyi to recover £10 as the price of a hor»e alleged to , liave been supplied by Pullen and Armi- ' tage to the defendant in February. 1914. t Defendant admitted having received the , horse, and that it was still in his possession. It was claimed by defendant that J the horse was really crippled through an accident, and was given to him b< the plaintiff, they being friends of over ■35 Tears' etandinz. Mr. Cutten eaid ', he had made up his mind that the de- | fence of gift had failed On the other I hand, there was not sufficient evidence J before him to assess the value of the horse. It was decided to adjourn the case until next Tuesday, in order to get ' evidence regarding the value of the animal. i Captain Waldemar .>cheid«r, of the ' motor boat Zeppelin, wae drowned in L Silailua, SavaiL on Thursday evening, the 2nd September. The captain was rowing ashore in the ships boat, and when negotiating the narrow passage, the hoit capsized. He was observed from the shore to have reached shallow water, nnd stood there fnr< »ome time. but before assistance could !>e sent out. he wae seen to suddenly disappear. His body wa? found an hour later, anil all efforts to bring him to wrre. fruitier*. The deceased was one of the crnw of the Staateekretaer Sol/ when sho left German.' for Samoa, but owing to an accident on the way out, he had to the ehjp at Port Said to go ip% .pita! there. When he ret A ov«rea lie camp on to Samoa by another KtFamer. Hav.nj arrived there he met with another accident, whrrh neemeitated his being taken to the hospital, before war broke cut, and wae in the. hospital when war I was declared, henoe hi* inability to rejoin his ship at Pago Pago. A "Natal correspondent of the .Sydney I ''"Daily Telegraph" -writes that an" Aui jtralhui criminal had been deported from I South Africa, and saile-d for Australia lon July 17. The deported man. who was ' bom in Victoria in 1572, came to New i South \Valea when about 14. and two jycars" later commenced his criminal j career with a conviction for aeeault. ', He Bubsequently cscape<l from the Redj fern police station by squeezing through I the prison bars, pn a second occasion ihe eluded the vigilance of the police. jHo served varying periods until 1802. I -when he was senteoeed to five years' ; penal ecrviture for receiving stolen preperty. After undergoing incarceration ihe went to South Africa, where he soon I found the path of crime. Socm after I arrival he waa arrested, and while being j escorted to a northern town jumped ; from a moving train, and escaped on a } bicycle. House-breaking, theft, aaeault, j and possession of firearms were some !of the offences for which he waa imprisoned in South Africa. The-Seamen's Uaipn executive posted! a nouce at Wellington yesterday con-1 vejing the following decision regarding a certain vessel now in that port — "That, in view of the vessel having as an ordmnry trader taken a man out of the *tok«hold-and -worked him in the engineroom at sea, and the Australian Seamen* Uaion having, failed to prevent th» beinjjj <l°n«-, the esecutive of the N«-w ZraUnd Union hajt now decided that the departure of the &hip must not bf drlsvvd for tbe »ettleinejit of the i Point whilst *h<. is under upecia] orders. ! Tbe crew hut, therefore, been instructed : U>w\i«n on at the shipping offire. next Krui«_T morning, leaving the disputed muter to be arranged after the vesae! to be engaged on the special eerrx-e." Since so many New Zealand soldier* jhave been r*portod musing, a numbrr "1 people have attempted to communicate with resident* of Turkey to obtain information regarding ind/vidual soldiers. Aβ all postal communication with Turkey has ceaeed, these letters have to be returned to the sendara through the dea3 letter office. The PostmasterGeneral eUtes that persons having friends or relatives reported to he missing nuty write a postcard to the missing soldiem, a nH send it to the dnputv-chief postal censor at Wellington, who will forward it to the proper quarter for delivery. The postcard should be addressed to the soldier by his rank, number, name, and regiment, the words "believed to be prisoner of war in Turkey," being added. The card should be fully signed by the sender. No postage stamps are required to be affixed. The written matter ehould be strictly confined to ■social and domestic affairs. Any reference to tho war or to politics or the state of the country will result in the destruction of the card. Mr K. C. Cutten, S_M., dealt with i case at tbe Magietrate'e U.urt yesterday, i n which Arthur Wil'Uoi Hater (Mr Glaister) gued W. S. Harrold and Llewelyn Etharingrton (Mr SiiMcn) to recover £11 2/6, balanco alleged to be duo ca the sale of tv buaine*. Jnd»ment viaa given for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs, £5 5/. TJvue'a nothing in the city ta approach tha line of gont.' 3 Derby jboota for 15/6 now being offered at Peareon'e New. Boot Store, 340, Queen Street (two doors below Courts Model iiooae^.—(AdJ