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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 158, 4 July 1916, Page 4

Following is Mr. D. C. Bates' weather i forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this ; day: Indications for moderate to strong winds, south-easterly prevailing. The weather will probably prove cold and showery, hut improving shortly. The , night will probably he very cold. The . barometer has a rising tendency. Tides, good. Sea. rough swell. An Australian mail, comprising "0 bags, and an English mail of 146 bags, arrived by the Weetralia from Sydney early this morning. Mr. P. A. Clifford, the Waihi meteorological observer, reports that the total rainfall in June was o.'iCoin. The maximum fall for 24 hours occurred on the 3Oth, when 1.56 in. were recorded. There were nine frosts and 23 rainy days. Heavy rain fell at Waihi yesterday. While giving his evidence in Maori, the baker of Rua's settlement momentarily forgot that he had declared his inability to speak English. "How long were you under arrest?" asked counsel for the defence. "Three days" was the prompt reply, followed by "E toru nga" as the witness recollected himself. Kanika enjoyed the joke as much as anyone. Returned soldiers, and especially those suffering from physical disabilities as the result of their sacrifices for the Empire's cause, are finding it very difficult, cm receiving their discharges, to obtain suitable civil employment (says the Ciirisichurch "S>tar"). The citizens' defence committee some months ago initiated a returned soldiers' employment birreau, which has done excellent work, despite the difficulties of finding light positions for the men, many of whom cannot undertake the strenuous labour they were able to perform in the pre- v war days. Over eighty men's names are on the bureau's waiting list, and with the return of many more men in the future, a crisis is possible unless effective steps are taken meanwhile. A serious accident occurred ■at the Tauhercnikau, River a few days ago. ■when one of the carters engaged in carrying metal, attempted, with his team of three horses, to cross the river, which was running very strongly. The | horses were swept off their feet, and I taken down the stream with the cart still attached to them. They were swept into an eddy up against a steep bank. and. being ynable to free themselves from the harness, were drowned. The driver was washed out of the curt and down the river, and. after a severe struggle, managed to reach the bank in an exhausted condition. There was an exciting whale chase in Cook Strait, a few days ago (reports the "Marlborough Express"). Two fast launches (one has a speed of 24 knots) were engaged. Baldick's Sussex and Perano's Crescent dashed up from opposite directions to fire, but both gunsmen missed the whale. The Crescent's engine was put out of gear, but the Sussex came on, and the launches collided, Baldick's begining to fill rapidly. Messrs. Baldiek and Derbyshire sprang on board the Crescent, which, luckily, was but slightly damaged, and was thus able to buoy up the fast-filling launch, and prevent her from sinking. The Cachalot and one of the towing boats quickly came to the rescue, and towed the launches into Te Awaite. A member of our staff, whilst on a recent visit to the Fortrose district, was told a story of love and fidelity that is worth recording (says the Orepuki ''Advocate"). About three years ago a lady from Auckland visited Fortrose, and expressed a wish to see the graves of the victims of the ill-fated Tararua, which was wrecked in April, 1881. Mr. James Templeton, who is now a baker at Wai-. mahaka. accompanied the lady to the lonely spot, which is some 12 miles distant. After carefully inspecting the numerous mouads, that were overgrown with long, dank grass, the lady was manifestly affected through being unable to locate the grave of a male passenger, whose body was picked up on the beach, his principal identification being the name which was stamped on the neckband of his shirt. Mr. Templeton made inquiries after the lady's departure, and through the police records at invercargill and the assistance of an old identity, the exact site were the man was buried was located. The lady was communicated with, and she instructed that a headstone bearing both the man's name and her own be erected over the spot where lies the disintegrated remains of the lover she lost in those far-off days. When Mr. Lloyd George was a young country solicitor in Wales he was riding home in his dogcart one day, and' came upon a little Welsh girl trudging along so wearily that he offered her a ride. She accepted silently, but all the way along the future statesman, although he tried hard to engage her in conversation, could not get her to say anything more than a timid "Yes" or "No." Some days afterwards the little girl's mother happened to meet Mr. Lloyd George, and said to him smilingly: "Do you remember that my little girl rode home -with you the other day? Well, when she got home she said, 'Mamma, I rode from Bchool with Mr. Lloyd George, the lawyer, and he kept talking to mc, and I didn't know whatever to do, for you know Mr. Lloyd George charges you whenever you talk with him, and I , hadn't- anj^maneyi , "

. "Why did he say Ta.W?" asked the Crown Prosecutor at the Rua trial today. "Oh," Teplied the it a a 'Maori custom to say Taihoa! ' thought it was only a custom among Ministers." naively added his Honor, and the Court appreciated the joke. An inquest was held this morning before Mr. F. V. Frazer, SAL, touching the death of William Laughton Aimes fatouing, an old man of about 84 years of agt who died sudently at Wyndbam Street on Sunday morning The evidence ( <nven by the proprietor and his partnen of the boarding- establishment at wnicii j ( deceased had resided for the last four or. five months showed that presumably a retired miner—had appar-, ently always enjoyed good health, un . . Saturday evening he did not take an. nourishment, but later appeared vn food health. At an early hour on Sundaj J morning, however, if, was discovered that ; he had passed away. Dr. Murphy, after j making a post-mortem examination ot , 'the body. deposed that death was due to 1 heart-failure, accentuated by the ais- , eased condition of the lungs. The Coro- , ncr returned a verdict accordingly. Dr. Grenfell. of Labrador, who has had ; three months' hard work in the hospitals , at the front, says it is amusing to , notice what a ridiculously small thing will sometimes stop a bullet. He tells . of a man wlio was shot at when he was . standing with his hand on his hip. The , bnllet went right through his hand, . making a clean and easily-healed wound. , The difficulty was to discover what hap- ( pened to it after it passed through the man's hand, until someone dived into his trousers pocket. There the bullet was • found loose, having been stopped by twopence halfpenny in coppers. Following on the "Crumb Card" ; scheme which has been successfully launched in aid of the starving children ' of Belgium one of the big Auckland schools has started to collect bottles as a means of raising money for the same purpose. The idea promises so well that all the head teachers in the province are being invited by circular to give it their support, and parents are asked to assist the children in the quest for bpttles. Owing to the war bottles are scarce, and there is a ready : market for every kin<L from the common whisky bottle of dubious connections down to the chemist's phial of unquestioned character. The ladies of Auckland will be pleased to learn that all models in gowTis, suits, coats, and hats are lessthan half-price at Jenkinson's .Salon. Brunswick Buildings, Queen Street.^(Ad.) Every cnemlst anil- store sells Martin's Apiol Pills in New Zealand. See the signature, Wm. Martin. Southampton, England, is in each bottle.— —Ad. ) A sound, 1 pure, full-flavoured Ceylon tea is "Desert Gold," the Queen of Teas. Makes a mest refreshing beverage. (Ad.)