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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 52, 1 March 1916, Page 4

A girl named Kathleen Pren.dergast, aged 12*. livirfg at No. 87, Nelson Street; : : ' was reported to tie police as "missing": • on Monday evening. The child returned to her home this morning, esplainnsg ;■ that she had gone to visit some school-' playmates, and had etayed with then.- . for a couple of days. At the quarterly meeting of the Aue!;' land City Licensing Committee to-iayV. the following transfers of licenses were: . granted: Imperial hotel, E. Ivory to'; ' Percy G. Andrew; Criterion hotel, David% Morrison to Edward , Bromwich; RoyalsHotel, S. J. Flewellyn to David. Collins; : Suffolk hotel, Win. C. Pickett to Thomas.: Sands. The operations at the \Vestport- ■ Stockton Coal Company have •been interfered with during the pact yeair in many, directions owing to the war.- The output has been reduced, a large number:'. of employees have been absorbed, and shipping and other facilities have also-:■ been effected considerably. . The chair--man of directors (Mr William Eeece), ■ stated at the annual meeting, -held in .'. Christehureh, that even in: the face of all (these odds the New Zealand coalmine owners felt that it duty, J so far as lay in their power, not to in ; - ''': crease the cost of living or' attempt to ; make money out of the war." Old could no. longer be maintained, however, ; : and advances had recently haS 1 ; to lie made. . Mr. Recce remarked upon the - tendency in New Zealand to use screened.-, coal where its use was quite unnecessary,:; and said that if the Railways would--make use of unscreened instead of: ; ; screened coal, it would be of great service to the miners, fey ensuring steady - w.ork, which was often interrupted by" the shortage of railway trucks owing to the number of grades of coal that had log ■be supplied. Another attempt is to be made, this; time by a Dunedin syndicate, to secure.': General Grants gold, said to be valued. at -£ISO,OOO. This morning, the cutter Enterprise, formerly an oyster cutterworking in Foveaux Strait, left Dunedin,: for the Auckland Islands. The vessel's measurement is 25 tons, and she is com-: manded by Captain Catting, an Englishman, who came to New Zealand i couple of years ago. He benight the.:'-. cutter as she lay, got her made sea ; worthy, and, acting upon knowledge h« | had acquired about the General Grant wreck, went over to the Auckland b-;j land 3 with two other men and made &' : thorough inspection, with the result that: another try for the lost gold was decided on. Captain Catting is an experienced - navigator, and is his own diver. He is > provided with modern diving gear a n 4 submarine lights. Hi 3 plant also eludes a serviceable boat. His second; hand on the Enterprise is a Norwegian.-;; r ; and the other hands are three young:. New Zealanders. Lewis Waller and Madge Titheradge:;,: at the Lyric next week. —(Ad.) , Housewives thank commercial travel-/; ; lers for converting them to No Rubbing'/ Laundry Help for washing clothes.-(Ad.);: "Brigadier Gerard" at the Lyric ne ?fe week.—(Ad.). Bridgman and Bridgmaa'e dissolution ;; eale. Blankets, ruga, quilts, curtains, ! boye' and men's clothing reduced. (AdJ-