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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 155, 30 June 1916, Page 4

Mr. D. C Bates' weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day is as follows: —"Weather conditions in the north-west continne threatening. The indications are for variable and strong breezes, but moderate to strong northerly prevailing and freshening. Expect | dull weather, with much mist and fog in parts. Rain probable. Barometer unsteady [with a falling tendency. Sea increasing on the coast after about 24 hours. Tides high." The Westralia, which left Sydney at noon yesterday, has the following mails for Auckland: Seventy bags Australian and 146 bags United Kingdom and Egyptian. She is duo here on Tuesday morning.. The Bishop of Auckland, Dr Averill, returns home from Rotorua on Saturday. He will preach at St. George's Church, Kingsland, on Sunday morning, and will open the new parish ball in connection with that church.,on Sunday afternoon,

An obituary notice in the "Times I Weekly Edition" of May 26, 1916, is of' w interest to residents in Auckland, as it p announces the death of the eldest child | " of the "founder of Auckland." The 16< notice reads as follows: —"RendeL —On ' o the 19th instant, at Charrwood, Surrey, ih Eliza, -wife of Sir Alexander Meadows | v Rendcl, K.C.1.E., eldest and only sur- j]i viving chikfof the late Captain William ii Hobson, R.N., founder (1840) and first c Governor of the Colony, now the Do- J? minion, of New Zealand, aged 86." The o deceased would therefore be a girl ten si years of age at the 'time Governor Hob- ti son fixed on the banks of the Waitemata ci as the most suitable site for the capital t of New Zealand. During her lifetime ti 'the whole history of Auckland has hap- p pened, and from the town her father t founded t he young men have, for the past twenty months, been thronging to a fight for the defence of the Empire in v Egypt, the Dardanelles, and Flanders. j A catchy little 6ong of the music hall c 'has a refrain commencing, "Every day is t ladies' day with mc." According to a t Teply consistently given to a certain ques- i tion in the course of the Rua trial there F may be matter for a paraphrase going n something like this, "Every day's a Sab- v bath day for Eva." The last female E witness endorsed the fact, but went on a to say that Rua did not conduct the J i religious services at Maungapohatu. * Their minister was Tatu. After the visit * of the police the big Bible weighing 771b P was missing, and witness believed the c police had taken it. Questioned as to c whether she had a Bible, witness said , that she did not. for the simple reason that she did not know how to read it. c While engaged in testing engine bear- t ings aboard the steamer Putiki, outward t bound from Auckland to Wellington, f yesterday, chief engineer Graham had his fingers very badly crushed. Two 0 fingers were so badly hurt that Captain j? Walbtrom decided to return to Auckland in order that Mr. Graham might re- . ceive medical attention. When the acci- ~ dent occurred the Putiki was off Cape Colville. She got back to port about 4 S1 p.m. and sailed again, this morning, . leaving the chief engineer ashore. '! At last night's meeting of the Horti- n cultural Society, members expressed 0 surprise at the fact that a greater num- v. ber of beauty lovers were not attracted J to tho shows. It was contended that b the distance of the Society's hall in the i Domain from the trams was largely re- h sponsible for the disappointing attend- t ance. Other members pointed out that r even when the shows had been held in i the Town Hall, the general public had 0 not attended in large numbers. There were a number of enthusiasts who would a go any distance to visit a flower show, t but the general public was not* attracted. A suggestion was made that the flower shows should be run in conjunction with * other shows. ; t The. streets whereon beginners in the T art of motor-car driving might try their J 'prcnucc hands were last night added to j by the Auckland City Council to include c Dromorne Road, Lillington Road, Victoria Avenue, Omaha Road, Clonbern Road, and parts of Market Road, Green * Lane, and Remuera Road, with the pro- I vision that on race days learners were - barred from using Remuera Road, Clon- ' bern Road), J*Tlss£Bdi-'' /* tion to the motor regulation" l>y ; laws of "> the city is a concession to the Remuera ; residents, who joined the city after the >i original by-laws setting, apart streets '' for chauffeurs in the bud had been ' passed. The grain returns, compiled from the T amount carried over the Southland sec- 1 ition of railways, up to Saturday last d (says the "Southland Times") show that 8 almost 50 per cent more grain was i handled in Southland this season than 6 last year, the figures being 606,847 sacks \ this year against 425,107 sacks last sea- 1 son. Farmers complain that at the £ prices ruling this season, and the high 1 cost of labour, grain-growing does not f pay, so we are sure to see a decrease in I the yield this season. J In the course of a bankruptcy case ' at Christchurch the bankrupt, a natu- < ralised German, remarked that antir J German feeling since the war had been in a great measure responsible for his. ; failure. When the war broke out he was the owner of a boot business in Palmerston North, but owing to bis ' being of German extraction, trade became very bad, so he sold out and went J 'to Napier. Here he found that he had only jumped from the frying-pan into the fire, and in threo weeks his total - business consisted of tne sale of one • pair of boots. After three months he '■ was compelled to discontinue business 1 altogether. Airmen in the war have succeeded to an astonishing degree in evading the ' anti-aircraft defences operating against them; but quite a new manner of escaping capturo in an aeroplane was recently brought out, in the decoration of a . young British aviator for a flight accom- , plished in part in tho company of a German officer. Tho " Manchester 1 Guardian" tens the story briefly:—The aviator had been obliged to descend ' wifchin the, German lines, and was made ' prisoner by a German officer. The lat- " ter, revolver in hand, made his prisoner ' take him in his aeroplane for a flight f above the Allied lines in order to make observations. Having seen sufficient, ? the. officer of tlje Kaiser ordered the ' aviator to turn his machine. In order 0 to do so the aeroplane mounted higher J and suddenly turned over in an admivJ able loop. On righting himself the pilot found that he was alone, the German j officer having been insufficiently strapped * in. The aviator descended as quickly 0 as possible into our lines, r 1 The City Recruiting Committee is of I c opinion that the regulation disqualify--8 ing men who have undergone minor j operations in order to go on active serf vice until six months after the operag tion is too drastic and likely to be.prefl judicial to recruiting. As a result 'of a i, discussion on the subject at a meeting of the committee yesterday afternoon, it was decided to inform the director of medical services, Surgeon-General R. S. r F. Henderson, that, from the commit- [. tee's experience, men treated for minor complaints had, with few exceptions, gone into camp at much shorter time c after the operation than now prescribed, g and borne the full course of training l- successfully. • t In the thanks extended by the Totara g Timber Company to the fire brigades , r which did such excellent work in extinguishing the fire in Broadway on June 18, appreciative reference "was made to the services of the Epsom Brigade as well as to others previously it mentioned. k The fortnightly meeting of the Aucku land W.C.T.U. was held in the Central "* Mission. Hall on Wednesday afternoon. y Mrs J. Cook presided. Miss Cato gave a report of the provincial convention !1, held in the Church of Christ on June y. 2nd and 3rd. Resolutions were carried h, and arrangements were made for a 11 social gathering to be held on July 11th. m The meeting was open for discussion, on .

"The Real Ireland" and the real Irish ill be found faithfully portrayed in cture, song and story, in this week's Star" Saturday Supplement; also deiriptiona of Dublin after the crushing E the Sinn Fein rising; while some imours of the fighting will be described nder the heading "A Burlesque Revoition." Readers will abo be interested i a summary of various "War Prophees," and in an article, "How Wars inish," as well as in the usual items : war and general news, sporting gosp, gardening notes, literary and 6cienlic jottings, etc. In the religious I iltunn an article on "The Churches arid le War" should provide food for lought; and the "Women's World" deirtment will be found replete with mat sr of interest and falue. A day or two ago the presiding judge t the Supreme Court asked one of Rua ? s itnesses if they celebrated the 17th of larch. At the time the witness was lumerating the dates upon which the •ibe hold special celebrations. The negate reply indicated that the Urewera laoris do not show allegiance to the atron saint of the Emerald Isle. A tore recent native witness, however, 'as at least responsible for a mixed letaphor which would have passed for brilliant Irish "bull." The woman had eclared that she saw a constable on a lack horse fire the first shot at the mc of Rua's arrest, and that other Dlicemen were using batons. In further splanation, the witness excitedly exaimed: "The baton used by the man n the horse was a revolver." Hardly ad the merriment subsided when the itness caused a further spasm by dearing with graphic illustrations that le constable "blew the gun off." Truly lese female Ruaites cannot be blamed sr the monotony of the drawn-out trial. Details regarding King George and ueen Mary's Club for the oversea trees, are contained in a small booklet iceived by an Auckland gentleman from is son in London. A little plan of 'estminster shows where the club is tuated, namely, Peel House, Westdnster, fronting the- Thames. The ob:ct of the club is to provide comfortable cep'uig ;ind living accommodation for lembers of the Dominion and other rerseas contingents. The movement as originated by the Hon. Mrs. Graham turray, and her efforts were furthered y Mrs. Moncrieffe, at whose disposal eel House was placed for the purpose y the Home Secretary, who undertook ie furnishing. Regular provision is now lade for 400 beds, but at the time of the ord Mayor's procession 640 members of versea forces were accommodated at he club. The charges are made reasonble—bed, breakfast, dinner, and meat ia-being provided for 3/ per day. As a mark of appreciation of the plendid work of the Newmarket !s&' trigade in saving the property adjijent o the yards of the Taupo Timber Comany, which caught fire recently, Mr. J. ohnston, owner of the Royal George fotel, has given ten guineas towards the quipment fund of the brigade. In response to a petition, the City louncil has agreed that the name of Hark Avenue be changed to Waiata Ivenue. Tho matter of re-naming Joburg Street created a division of ival -suggestions of Art Street "''and Uzac Street. Last night Mr. P. M. ifackay suggested Kitchener Street as . new. name, and the Council endorsed he suggestion by giving effect to it. Mr E. H. Hughes, of Christchurch, has eceived a letter from a friend in Adelide, dated June 11, stating that a rought in the far northern pastoral reas of South Australia had continued or nearly three years. As a result, toek was very dear. The wholesale rices in the yards were: —Beef, £3 per 001b, sometimes more; sheep, quite 8d pound for good mutton; pork, about Id to 1/ per lb. Tne retail prices were: lirloins, lid to 1/; rump steak, 1/3; eef steak, lid; boned and rolled briskets, 10d; legs of mutton, lOd per lb; hops, lOd; forequarters, Bd. He had to ive £125 for five head of cattle, and 2 4/7 each for sheep the previous week. The use of the lounge room of "Everybody's" Picture Theatre in part as a tea-room was adversely reported on recently by the city Traffic Inspector and Engineer as being a possible source of danger in the event of a panic, in consequence of the loose chairs and tables on each side of the passage-way. The Works Committee, after having visited the -lounge, recommended that no action be taken in the way of directing that the tea-room business be discontinued. Councillor Hall-Skelton asked why that action on the part of the committee in opposition to the advice of the officials, and it was explained the committee considered this one of the rare occasions in which they were justified in deciding contrary to the advice of the officials concerned. The committee, the Mayor stated, acted as arbiters in a case in which the proprietors on the one side and the officials on the othei were at a deadlock, and, quite rightly acted according to their own judgment. Jn the Napier Magistrate's Court last week a case was heard in which Whittome, Stevenson and Co., of Auckland; claimed £30 from the Napier City Council, being the value of certain windows alleged to be the property of plaintifl company, and alleged to be wrongfuilj detained by the defendant corporation Mr Sproule appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr Lusk for the defendants. Judg ment was reserved. Mr McCarthy, S.M. delivered judgment to the effect that i the plaintiff had a right of action, it wa: against Jones, the Council's agent, anc not against the City Council. Judgmen was given for the Council, with cost amounting to £2 14/. Mi Sproule gay notice of his intention to appeal. Leav for appeal was granted in a surety o £15. A business man of Symonds Stree wrote to the City Council last night dt tailing an accident that occurred at th penny section of that street in cons< quence, he alleged, of a motor car hai ing been driven too fast through crowd of people alighting from an boarding a stationary tramcar. Th writer suggested that the Council shoul take immediate steps to enact a by-la-requiring motor cars and other wheele vehicles to stop before reaching statioi ary or stopping tramcars, at places lik the top of Symonds street, where th tram traffic is heavy. The matter vn sent on to the Finance and Legal Con inittee, the Mayor remarking that tl Council now had a by-law requiring speed at such places as complained of < not more than eight miles per hour, at the police had been asked to rigid] enforce the by-law. By special invitation of the managi ment of the Grafton Theatre, about X members of the Devonport and Birkei head Senior Cadet companies spent a enjoyable picture evening last night. Th cadets, who were in charge of Sta Sergt.-Marjor F. T. Williams, marched v Qneen Street shortly after seven o'clocl headed hy the Pousonby Dram and Fii BanU.- x i