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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 65, 16 March 1916, Page 4

The following^,s4. weather forecast "for 24 nourf'from 9 a.ni. this day: "The indications are for moderate to strong easterly winds. ExI peet warm and humid conditions. i Weather cloudy to overcast ,! at times. ! Mist}- rain is to' be expected. Tides igood. Sea moderate 6 well on the coast." i If the Minister of Justice had his way ;no man would be allowed to go into the ranks who is married and has a family to maintain until every single man in the Dominion has given a reason why he does not offer his services. So said the Hon. Dr. McNab at Ellerelie last night, i and his remark was heartily applauded. The 250 soldiers who arrived in Auckland on March 10th on leave from Tauherenikau camp will leave Auckland on Saturday next by epecial train at- 8.50 p.m. The soldiers will be admitted to the railway ipla-tform by the entrance between the Post Office and the Waverley Hotel, and the general public, will be admitted by the entrance bet\yeen the Poet Office and Endean's Buildings. The platform.ivvill be, ro,ped off. as such occasions so;iU ttj allo«£ the soldier* plenty of room. He hoped his friends would not be shocked when he told them that he was rather fond of seeing two welltrained contestants in the boxing ring, said the Hon. Dr. McXab, in the course of a recruiting address at Ellerelie lacs night. He likened the war to a boxing contest, and said that during the past nineteen months Germany appeared m 'have been getting the better of thinjs because ehe was the beat-trained contestant. Nineteen rounde was a long way «for such an event 'to go, but up to now Germany appeared to be still going strong. He thought, however, that th> present stage marked the turning of th-a tide, for after the lapse of nineteen months the Allies had got into a stat* of fitness which would enable them to take complete charge in the closing rounds of the contest. The mushroom growth of Takapuna has been responsible for the more or less haphazard planning of the marine suburb, and the existence of a number of unattractive and dangerous street junctions and angles has considerably exercised the local Borough Council of late. At last night's meeting of the body, however, it was reported that, thanks to the energy and diplomacy with which the borough engineer (Mr. Lockie Gannon) had carried out negotiations with various owners, many important improvements had been effected. The Council warmly complimented the engineer on the result of his efforts, and heartily thanked owners who had given valuable corners and strips of land for the improvement of the borough. One of the most important improvements will be that at the corner of the Strand and Lake Road, where Messrs. Robinson and Speddinj: have given a valuable . piece of land for the rounding off of the angle. At the acute bend in Kitchener Road, neaT Blackroeks, Mr". Corrie has given a strip of land, and other corners to be improved are Shakespeare Road and Kitchener Road, and Katrine Street and Hurstmere Road, thanks, to the generosity respectively of Messrs: Fenwick and* J. J. Craig. ' The inflammable properties of benzine and the careless placing of a naked light were the main elements in an accident which might have had fatal results, occurring at Tuakau South on Monday evening. While the tank of a launch owned by a Maori was being filled a naked light was placed nearby. Immediately there was art explosion, and the boat was speedily enveloped in flames. Fortunately the boat had just left .the •wha-rf, and the passengers, of whom there was a considerable number, jumped overboard and scrambled ashore. Only one man suffered as the result of theexplosion'. he being burnt about the neck and arms. The fire was eventually subdued, but not before extensive 1 / -stage bad bees done to the launch. t

In complimenting the people of Auckland upon their activity in regard to recruiting, the Hon. Dr. McSab declared at EUerelie last night that it spoke well for tbie city that juet ac we were leading in recruiting t6-day, *3 we led the rest of New Zealand in keeping alive the flame which, in 1909, placed legislation on the Statute Boo* and made universal military training the law of the country. The \ewmafket eanitary inspector reported at the meeting of the Borough Council last night that during the past fortnight the health conditions of the borough have been most satisfactory, not a single case of infectious disease having been reported. The absence of any additional cases of infantile paralysis was the best evidence of the healthy conditions prevailing in the borough. Barry's Point wharf, Takapuna, w likely 'to become the centre of mucn activity in*the'near future. In connection with its £50,000 roading scheme, the Borough Council has decided upon the purchase of a launch and punts for conveying shingle from Shoal Bay and other "material from the city, which will be landed at the wharf. The Harbour Board has consented to necessary repairs being carried .out. and there are prospects of a channel being made so that boats can reach the wharf at low tide as well as high. One of the most remarkable features of the present campaign, said the Hon. Dr. McNab in the course of a recruiting address at Ellerslie last night, was the fact that the two generals who had couquered the largest amount of territory for Great • Britain in the present war were men who had fffught against us in the South African campaign. He proceeded to tell a little story about on 2 of these leaders. His authority was General Danes, -who attended a conference of "Imperial representatives in London during 1900, ac military adviser to the Prime Minister of Xew Zealand. He himself was in England at the time. A suggestion was being discussed ',0 adopt a uniform pattern of rifle for the whole Empire. One of the delegates from South Africa readily supported the proposal, and proceeded to illustrate the advantages which he could foresee. "During the South African war," said this officer, "a lot of your English ammunition fell into our hands, but owing to the different pattern of our rifles we could not use it. Xow, if we were using the same rifles and ammu[Jiition all the world over you see how handy it would be. - ' That officer, explained McXab, was General Smuts. An inquest was held at ,Huntly on Wednesday morning, before Mr E. J. Farrell, J.P., and a jury, on the body of George Shand, who died suddenly in the Huntly Hall on Monday. Dr Low testified that the boy died of heart failure, probably resulting from the shock caused !by fright on seeing the burning heater. J There were no marks on the body to suggest fhiat the boy had been knocked down or trampled on. After a short retirement the jury returned a verdict. "That deceased died from shock," and asked the coroner to express to Mr and Mrs Shand the. great sympathy felt for them in their cad bereavement. The jury ■a/ddedj, rjder that_tCie owners of the \hill. stejbiajeeicdniiiefaicated with, and Tasked to make it safe by providing an j exit in the east end. I "Do not be led away by the belief that no better provision is going to be made for the men who fight in this war thau was made for the incn who fought in previous wars," said the Hon. Dr. McXab 'at Ellerslie last night. Proceeding, he ! eaid that if the war continued until the i end of the year something like 60,000 of I our men would have faced the foe on j foreign battlefields. At the conclusion jof the war the survivors of these brave men would return and throng every hamlet and village of this country. Their fathers and mothers, their wives and sweethearts would fix the .policy of tine Dominion way that no Government would dare to interfere with. The returned 6oldier was not going to. be kicked about. , Rather, he was going to kick about the other fellow. (Laughter.) "And who better should govern this country,"' continued Dr. McXab, amidst a burst of applause, "than -those who jhave blood to maintain it!" Among those who were drowned when a British transport was recently torpedoed in the Mediterranean." was an artilleryman belonging to Christchurch, and there were some unusually pathetit circumstances connected with his death. Before he left his home in Xew Zealand a member of the family asked him to send her a souvenir from Egypt, and lie chipped off a small portion of one of the pyramids- there. He was ordered aboard the transport at very short notice, andhaving no time to post the relic, took it aboard with him. On the run across the Mediterranean the transport paesedquite close to a hospital ship, and the. gunner threw the package on to the vessel, and shouted out that if anyone aboard was returning to Christchurch he might deliver the parcel at the address written on it. A soldier aboard the Bed Cross ship caught the paekaga, and later gave it to a soldier, who was invalided back to the Dominion, with the result that the latter delivered it in person to the lad's mother. Just an hour 'or two after th« package had been transferred to the hospital ship the transport was struck by a torpedo, and the artilleryman, who was on sentry duty at the time, was killed. The trans, port did not sink, but the soldier's body fell through the hole caused by the torpedo, and was lost in the sea. It was surmised that he had important papers on hie person at the time of the disaster, and a diver belonging to one of the' warships recovered the body. The diver subsequently wrote to the lad's parents, telling what had happened,, and expressing his sympathy with them. Some time after the parents had received news of their son's death, the returned soldier delivered the souvenir, which the parents were naturally very pleased to receive. The stone has now been polished and gold-mounted, and made into a pendant, which is much treasured by the unfortunate soldier's relations. "The mother who keeps her eon from going to the war ie not playing the game by her boy, by her country, or by the mothers who have lost their sons" This was the burden of a brief but telling address, which wae given at the EUerelie recruiting rally by Lieutenaut Foreter, who has returned from the battlefields of France. He added that the time would come when the soldiers returned and the greatest horrors of the war would be when the mothers who had kept thrir sons at home realised what they had done. The sweetheart who kept her boy at home was the woret form of shirker. He could not tell such an audience of the dreadful things he had seen on the Western front but he assured them that the need for men, and still more men, was urgent if the war was to be won on satisfactory term* He would be more than pleased if he could be the means of influencing one eligiMj mmtt tn fptiat.

A representative meeting of the .Napier branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants unanimously carried a resolution affirming that the branch considers the Prime Minister's reply very unsatisfactory. The executive was recommended to take a ballot of members throughout the Dominion regarding the immediate cessation of work if the men's demands are not o-omplied with. On Tuesday next the foundationstones of the new Methodist church at Papakura, will be laid, one by the Prime Minister and another by Mr. A. C. Caughey. The Rev. W. S. Potter will preside, and an address will be given by the. P resident of Conference (the Rev. A. C. La wry). The Rev. C. H. Garland and the Rev. E. Cox, M.A., are to take part in the service. The Hon. Dr. McXab, Minister of Justice and Marine, left by train this morning for Waihi, where he will deliver a recruiting address to-night. The Minister has promised to attend the Ngaruawah.'a regatta to-morrow, after which he purposes visiting Te Aroha for the purpose of inquiring into tourist matters. He will probably return to Auckland o:v Saturday night, and on Monday will inspect the lower reaches of the Waikato River. Dr. McSab and his private secretary (Mr. J. W. Black) return south on Tuesday. A boy eleven years of age was round wandering about the wharf and taken to the police-station. He was subsequently charged with stealing £1. The lad admitted the offence, and then told the story of his adventure to the police officer. About three weeks ago he stole £5 from his father in Wellington, and left home. He went to! Masterton, Woodville, and Napier, and then: to Gisbome. He stayed at two hotels, where his conduct aroused suspicions, j When taken into custody he had £4 9/3 in his possession. The boy was brought before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., and remanded to enable the police to communicate with his parents, who, ihe stated, reside in Wellington. Our Dunedin correspondent states that the Hon. J. L. Paul ihaa addressed to the Prime Minister * a'r communication formally demanding the appointment of an independent commission, with power to take evidence on oath, to inquire into his allegations of waste and extravagance in connection with building operations at Otekaike Home. Aβ the result of a private conference with the Conciliation Commissioner (Mr Trigg3) regarding the application of the Dunedin and Suburban Soft Goqd3 Industrial Union, a new award was arrived at by which the men will receive an advance of wages from 55/ t° 60/,'and;women an increase from 27/0. to. 30/. The,new award is to be in fore'e from "April 3 to September 27 of thia',.'year; T - An outing on the harbour, yesterday was thoroughly enjoyed by about a hundred and fifty soldiers who are at I present in the aniiexfi of the Auckland Hospital and the Convalescent Home at Epsom. The hostesses were the members of the Women's Patriotic League. The trip was arranged by the Ministerrng'Committee, and some excellent music was provided by the Entertainment Committee of the Women's Mutual Aid Society. The Devonport Ferry Company lent fhek fine, steamer Xgoiro for the occasioiJ.:' -Ob'Tlße-iSin up the harbour as far as Pine Island afternoon tea was served. After a-pleasant cruise the steamer, returned „' tp the wharf at about 5 o'clock. * Some of the'guests were unable to walk, and for these the committee had provided motor cars to take them home. At question time at the Riccarton Borougli Council's last meeting, Cr. T: J. Stokes rose to move that "In view of the cost of living having increased, the Council consider the advisability, when I preparing the estimates for 1816-17, of increasing the wages and salaries of the Council's employees' sixpence a day, the said increase not to operate on any loan work at present in progress, , ' Cr. W. Dalley questioned whether the increase of 6d. a day would prevent the cost of living becoming higher. If they agreed to thie, where would the matter end? Cr. A. Hampton thought that if the majority of those who were' agitating for more wages showed a more patriotic spirit it would be the better for all concerned. "I have no time for this sort of thing,"- he said. " I consider that at the present time the majority of the working men are in Heaven as compared to those who are fighting their battles. We have a section of the population who arc earning fairly good money, and who are crying out for more. If a few of them would go for necessities instead of luxuries, it would :be better for all." The motion was defeated. Every member of the Council voted against the motion with the exception of Cr. Stokes and Cr. Ford, who seconded the proposal. Cγ. Ford said he merely supported thfe further consideration of the question. . , H ■ The Christchurch Tramway Board received at pathetic request yesterday from the lady owner of a bulldog to allow her to take the dog with her on the trams. The lady in question mentioned that she went to New Brighton every Sunday, and as she had to leave her pet at home she lost half the enjoyment. Furthermore, whenever she was out with the aog she had to walk, and her shoes and stockings were constantly wearin* out at an alarminj? rate. "Jβ there any chance, she naively asked, "of the Tramway Board settling my shoemaker's fault? The lady concluded by giving expresswn to an earnest hope that thl Board would rescind their unkind resoto the general manager to explain to thl lady how jmpossible it was to comply with any of her request* c P™P'y ">S, £465,000; the number of widows , e"Eu5? an°d V he iEfS: iag *.J7jaa., and the number of military pens.ons was 1,333, aggregating Sβ 000 During the nine months endtae Dec-m ber 31st, 1915. the amount actually rlTd «535? ° f ab ° Ye **3 was Aocording to the British Trad* R • for January, the report ol£ & *V£? ganmted Society of Engueew Xawfa£ increase m members during the year im" of 30,000. The society fundi hay V fited to the extent of 7 aggregate earnings of membeVs Tf t W tA n T mb f r ?! the audie nce which Sir J. G. Ward addressed in Invercarsrill on Thursday asked if the fa " purable to a pohey by local bodies of discharging employees eligible for the! front. Sir Joseph replied that if he was 1 a single man employed by a local body he would not wait to be discharged

Consequent upon repreieiiiilj; ''■' I made by the Newmarket B*rotiS^S^•'■■ I cil to the various loeri : bodies th« ■ Clerk of the borough «port*U?^ V I meeting last night that I nine respective bodies <wouid c6nf<»_i<? I the Works Committee of the ©S I cil at 230 p.m. to-day. As *'&& I the conference it is hoped to SfK*,- ; by-iaw providing for a uniform wida, .V tyres on heavy vehicles using the in and near the city. The bodieg tH. represented at the conference are-'tS : Devonport, Takapuna, Mount' Mount Albert, and Newmarket BoroaLl? " Councils, and the Epsom, One-tree Hflr Mount Roskill, and Point ChevkW-' Road Boards. * *** ■.: The Merchant Service GuUd- a&fced/tjfcMinister for Munitions recently if exemption from military service could net- vbe granted in the case of shipamW and officers engaged in maintaining eon * merce. The Hon. A. 11. Myers hagX plied that the Recruiting Board dqesW' intend to exempt any class of infantry as a whole. It is suggested that whm officers enlist,-and there is any necwit. that tuey should continue their ordiikrr - duties, employees should apply for.>t. emplkn Applications will be considered' individually. One of the horses owned by the Tiiq puna Borough Council, and mcd in ft." sanitary service, received a knock out blow from a motor car the other nieht which has resulted in it taking* for recuperation. It k alleged th*' when the dray was near O'Neill's Point corner a motor car, proceeding him Takapuna to Devonport; unheeding the lights of the vehicle, dashed into it One of the horses which received tht full force of the impact, was lift«d h> thfcair by the forepart of the car and "■•' was considerably injured. -*s soon is the chauffeur could disengage himself it is stated, he made off in the direction' o! Devonport without stopping" to : "aseer-' tain the extent of the damage, or e*«'--r- :- to leave his card. The horseJVke cube*. ' : quently removed and examined 'by iveterinary surgeon, and has since be« out of commission. ' " - .:■ The Territorial of to-day has no jj». pathy with the man who does- not beY ; lieve m military training on constfenti- , ous grounds, as an instance which occurred during the recent territbrwlcamp at Rangiotu demonstrates.fun the «Wanganui "Herald"). Oneof 1 party giving a concert at the canzone evening was a young man who hid obtained exemption 'from military, lerrier on conscientious grounds, and -rtoie : case had excited some public ifeeliuit During the concert this man was itcotnised by some men of the 7th ftegimeßt'; who were enraged at his presence there. The feeling spread until there were "b*V tween two and three hundred ing to get at the conscientious objector ; and it was only the exerciae ofmuitarrdiscipline that checked the officers managed to get the mMont -.'",• of camp and well on the way ttf'LoßjA f burn before hie departure tvas noticoiIt was fortunate for him, .for had'W been caught by the :J j would have been roughiy handled.. The decision of the Waihoii Va|!ey Dairy Company to adopt, the relative to the manufacture of'Glixe; and dried milk ie of great importance to' the dairy farmers of Auckland district (writes °UF,-3rf-WWO]« correspondent).: Messrs. J. X* j than and Co. means that suppliers wif. ! receive much higher rate 3 than 'Will b« pai4 out, by butter, factories, whilethfi" minimum, price will' be i>3 per poeip; butter fat, even if rates for cheese ail': butjter fall much lower than this, wkiti is quite probable after the war." v Hi:-.; present factory, of ferro-ebnerete, whltiS is about 60 x 120, i 3 to be more thu - doubles- iff.size, and three or four rei-ft dences are to be erected for the man* ger, engineer, and staff. ' The chmery required will cost about £5,00^;?, I and it is" expected that it .will be ia. I stalled by July next. The stiff inj? number 20, including a tinsmita; ■ we»j L ■will be constantly engaged in. ntaldsf* tins for the Glaxo and dried .Butt; : : When the works are in full swing it i»S confidently expected by the directoil that the milk supply * will soon iir doubled. " v .' -, > The Consul for Belgium, A. Ferg* i son, has received the following letter S from Monsieur J. Xavaux, of the BelgittV I,Relief Committee, in Londonr-rvHWI :' J Excellency the Belgian Minister h»s hi*'.'; I forwarded to mc the 17 eases of clothiaj S which you kindly sent per the s.B. Arm to him for distribution among needy.:■•>'' Belgians. These came to hand in p*ffc*':!----1 condition, and will be p forwarded witflbit '.■■. i delay to be distributed by a ; committee working there in conneetieej" with the above fund. The distress »HiMft: : the Belgians in that country is wijvgreat, many being without enough cloflKi i ing to protect them against the fiffW-2.'. of the cold weather. It is indeed raj: gratifying to think how manypoor ts*<l will benefit through your., generofjtj-;, Please accept my heartiest thanks yfofi the efforts you have so graciously ;P« forth to mitigate the suffering <rf distressed compatriots." ■ •" • . A review of the dairying industry W ':■:■., the past season was tendered by, )b- « : j E. Paeey, to a representative "» ee y"*2 v dairymen at Otaua on Tuesday, w.** y course of his address Mr. -PMjytw.., pressed regret that the. scheme; amalgamation of dairying eomJM*Jj; which, was introduced for the. pep"* ■" of consolidating farmers' interera£»7 the elimination of ; 'the loss t*tw»* >] to producers by the present copfiw" v of overlapping, had proved cheese trade, in common , dairying industries, had been «ff* e *'*JJ v ; the war. At present tens °J of crates of cheese have accunmkt****; the various ports of the Dominion.; «*' ■ butter business, fortunately, had slightly more profitable. Mr. P««y^f ■'.-. pheaied an increased output in both I* , " ter and cheese, provided the early !»*•'. came. The payment for butter-fit;™ v cheese companies might slightly dep* o " ate. The cheese market had ruled WJ* and the expectation of a slight 4 *? was based upon the fact that tfef-.*°s. 4 mandeering of a portion of ... reduced the average rate. It B«k '*. reasonably expected that the'D»&y *. ' sociation's payment for butttr-fat■'-;**» . manufacture would average abbot;»•*/;•■ for the season. In conclusion. Mr. I*"? added that a census taken tiad;rtp« : that suppliers wish to continue;b»*?f manufacture in preference to theinw**' lation of a chetfse plant. ■ A lady visiting Ashburton lately,** much impressed with the convenience » an arrangement made in the Public. G*T dens. A little gas stove is eet, **" * kettle chained to it. and there i»» ; slot, so that people who niay^be:?^ - ;i nicking can fill the kettle, putiin'. U«*.-' penny, light the gas, and have their.«», , most comfortably. At Kangiora a well-known buiiMJJ man of the town is to be charged *»• a breach of the War Regulations Act» having changed his name during the currency of the war. Ladies' raincoats, 11/6, 17/6, maids, 16/11, 17/11; gento , niaes.: w'i • raincoats, 27/6; boys' oilcoits, from t/ 8 - Bridgman and dissMl*^;/. eale.-(Ad.).