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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 167, 14 July 1916, Page 4

Following is Mr. D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day.—"The indications are for easterly winds, strong to gale. Expect duJl weather with much mist and fog in parts. Bain probable. Barometer unsteady with a falling tendency. Tides and sea increasing on the coast; tides good; eea very heavy." A first offender for drunkenness, who had been found in the street last night and was .bailed out later, "turned up in talkative humour to answer the charge at the Police Court this morning. "Have you been having some more, since you got out?" queried the Sub-Inspector. "No," protested the man emphatically, "only two drinks of milk." As milk is considered a quite legitimate pick-me-up, the offender was let off with the usual payment of five shillings for his original 6 in. There is every prospect of the proposed motor-bus services connecting Lake Takapuna and Devonport, and Stanley Bay and Devonport being established in a few weeks. The matter was irrst taken up by a deputation of members from, the Stanley Bay Batepayers' Association, and the Waitemata Chamber of Commerce, representatives from which local bodies waited upon the .Devonport' Ferry-Company, and pointed out the necessity of the services. The matter was referred to at the meeting of the Chamber hist evening. It was stated that the company had agreed to instal both services conditionally on the Lake ■Road and Calliope Bead being put in good repair. As a result of representations made to the Borough Council, the roads had -been attended "to, and them was nothing to hinder the projected service being placed into operation in the near future. _••.■■;■ The committee set up by the Birkdale Fruitgrowere' Association—Messrs. E. C. Walton (president), J. G. Kay, C. X Abbott, and Thos. M. Shepherd (secretary)—to select the «noet suitable varieties of apples to grow in the Birkdale district, from the list decided upon by 15ie Varieties Conference in Wellington two or three months ago, has decided to recommend thirteen varieties to those interested in the fruitgrowing industry. at Birkdale. For export to the Northern Hemisphere (preference .being given to the order named), Jonathan, Stunner Pippin, Delicious, Golden Pippin, Worcester Pearmain, and Cox's Orange are favoured; and for South Amerka,-Do-herty. Cox's Orange, Jonathan, StUnner, and Delicious. For the Dominion market Red Asticachan, Gravenstein. Scarlet Peaxmain, Reinette dv - Canada, Yatee, and Ballarat are recommended. They can be very casual in the "Islands" (writes a Tonga resident, toi a friend in Ohriatchurch). W*en the liquidator of the D.JLP.G. (the"great' German firm) took charge of the cash in the office at Jiukualofa recently, hebundled the bullion in a handcart, requisitioned the services of two flat-footed Solomon Island "boye," and set off to the Government Treasury, there to store the wealth. The procession moved Jowii the roadway, and an idler under the palms inquired of. the. boys.: "What name?" "Money "belongum Germany hefW, 'he stop," grinned the Solomons.. *'New feller mareter, belongum Britannia. He come topside, makum plenty talk, catchum all shillin. He savee too much. Mine thinkit, more beteT I salutum new feller boss one time. He too strong. Mc belongum Britannia, this time, all dam time." And the procession moved on apace. A partial eclipse of the moon will occur to-morrow evening. The eclipse will take place under circumstances unfavourable to observation, and the middle of the eclipse will have elapsed before the moon rises. The moon will rise at the same time as the sun sets — 4.50 p.m.—at" a point diametrically opposite to "the latter. A portion of its surface will then be obliterated by the earth's shadow, from which it will gradually paes until the full moon is completely visible l - at 5A2 p.m. To an observer- situated sufficiently far to the cast the eclipse would commence just before three o'clock (New Zealand time), the greatest phase being reached at 4.15 p.m., when only one-fifth of the moon's surface would remain visible. On Sunday, July 30, a partial eclipse of the sun will be visible. . Some months ago, says the Ashburton "Guardian," several" ladles' oT'Fairfield sent a case of goods to Mr. Will Crooks, M.P., England, for the use of Belgian refugees in his district. An acknowledgment of the gift has been received from Mr. Crooke' secretary, who mentioned that the goods in question were most acceptable and had been dispatched to Belgium. The writer also added that the refugees in England were for the most part well cared for, but that was not so with those who remained in their devastated country under the control of the Germane. The estate of the JaW Mr. William Coleman at Hlllsboro' was recently purchased by the Onehunga Borough Council for a cemetery. All legal formalities in connection therewith have 'been completed by the Council. The last advertisement declaring the estate a cemetery for the burial of the dead appeared in the "Star" last Tuesday. The first interment in the new cemetery took place this morning, when the- body -of an inmate of the Coetley Home waa buried by the Rev. B. C. Budd. The Onehnnga Borough Council was officially _ repre ; sented by Mr. H. A. Yockney (town clerk); Mr. J. Jamieson was the undertaker! . Some years ago a Sydney firm needed something to keep the office door ajar. They used a lump of stuff that had come from one of the Pacific Islands. One -day a man etrolled in who thought the stuff might be phosphatic rock. He got it analysed. Has.suspicion wa3 confirmed. He tracked down" v the sea captain who had brought it to the office years before. Ec inquired where the. thing came from. ; He made a .sea voj\age and he discovered the Ocean Maud deposit of millions of tons of phosphate. The postal. authorities advise that a, European and American mail 'is due to arrive in Wellington from San Francisco on Sunday on the steamer Maitai. The portion for Auckland will probably come north, by the express train leaving. Wellington on Sunday, and arriving here at ■2.55 pjn. on Monday. Undef these ciroumstancee it.'Bill lie-delivered ml the city, and euburbs •5 m ' l '* ln^ftyo^'m SJ""*r' ;,

■New Zealand products entered for export last week' were valued at £427735, including butter and cheese "■ • frozen meat £120,230, ihides £50,681, flax. £41,776, and. wool £I&XAI7 r i The Auckland City Council has made the following additions to the list of streets in which motor-far learners may practise: Market Road, Renraera Road from Market Ebad to Greenlane, Droanorn Road, Omaha Road, Lillington Koad, Clon-bern Road, .Victoria Avenue, and Greenlane. „ Tha arrivals iiuNew Zealand from over--sea during June totalled 1,536, compared with 1,921 in the corresponding month of 1,915. Departures were 1,825, as ■against 1,446.-a year-ago. The, figures do not include members of the Expeditionary Forces. Illustrations in the "Star , ' Saturday Supplement-this week include a striking war picture, showing French soldiers at ■work in a village recently recaptured from the Germans; also, 'photographic group of Japanese officers, Maoris, and pakehas taken at .Rotorua. The-reading matter is, as usual, varied and interesting, including a further instalment of the ». exciting story of *'A South Pacific ■ Piracy"; an article on Canada's problems and her place in the Empire; a ' German., captain's thrilling account of how his U boat wa3 trapped in an English net; besides general and war news, women's world, the week's work in the garden, religious, literary, stage, and sporting items. Owing to the sewer running from Boston Eoad to Hobson Bay gully, which is used by the Auckland City Council, Mount Eden, the Epsom Koad Board, and the Newmarket Borough Council, having become inadequate to meet the demands now made upon it, the Newmarket Borough.Council has taken the j'iew that the position has now become acute from a public health point of view, and has suggested a conference of local, bodies interested to discuss the .position; and ;to take steps Ho -safeguard, the public health,, which rwill. be. held in .the. Newmarket, Public Hall on Friday! the 21st inst., at 2.'p.m. The Council, wrote to the Auckland City Council last night inviting that body'"to send • representatives, and enclosed* a report by Mr. H. H. Metcalfe on the subject.. The Mayor (Mr. J. H. Giinson) observed that the City Council ■was considerably concerned as the matter involved a possible outlay of £6000. A special committee, consisting of Meesre. P. J. Xerheny, R. T. Michaels, J. Burton, and J. Dempsey, was appointed to. attend-.the conference;.The question of whether a private contractor ehould be allowed to close a street for the purpose of carrying out building operations came before the Auckland City Council last evening. It was reported that Mr. James Webster, the contractor for Messrs. Whitcombe : and Tombs, now building in Queen Street, had aeked that -Durham Street East should 'be cloaed until after-the foundations and lower parts of the building were put in. The City Engineer had re-; commended that .'the. street 'ehould not 1 be closed. until it was demonstrated to be necessary in the interests of the travelling public, but examination of the excavation revealed the fact that the Eafety of the roadway had been in dan- . ger,' in consequence of which it would be- necessary to" close : the thoroughfare for the present The Worte Committee's recommendation that the contractor be . advised that it devolved upon him to .prevent damage to the road, and pat the Council had no legal power to close , the etrect, was adopted. ; • . Winla. it is not altogether wise to place a rjremiuni uppn'the habit of jranning one occasionally hears an effort which is ; worth repeating. An oft-men-tioned name in the Bua trial is Wai-iti, 1 a kainga in the Urewera Country. The I prisoner had mentioned other places of ' the same name, and the Court was en- * dea'vouririg t6""fix time" "and" place when the Crown Prosecutor found ■ -an- .oppor- ; tunifcy. to remark, "Nobody knows 'why . it is Wai-iti." ■. Counsel for .the defense , had had his turn a little earlier while [ examining one of his European wit- , nesses, whose statements were not al- ' together according .to notes. Mr. Lun- ! don and hie witness were- discussing where one of the Maoris wae laying at , the time of his death. "A man does not lay,", interpolated. Mr. Tole. With a 1 significant glance towards the witnese- [ box Mr. Lundon retorted, "I agree with ; you, Mr. Tole, he lies." I Arising out of a suggestion by Mr. .J. Trevithick that the co-operation of . school children in tree-planting be i sought, and- tliat the trees- in streets ! might be. specially-named after .national I heroes, the Works Committee "recomi mended to the Auckland City Council i last evening- that' in the event of an api proved claee .of tree-for suitable locali-. ; ties being supplied the Council- ehouia , do its 'best to provide labour for plant'-. ; ing, and make tie necessary protection ! for the trees. The report wae adopted. ; The subject of the operations, or the supposed operations, of a Meat Trust in New Zealand was touched on in a rei fort submitted to_ the Council-of AgriI cultured Conference "in" Wellington by , the Board of Agriculture. The report i ran: "In connection with the Meat Trust, we 'had several conferences of a I- very confidential nature on the subject with Dr. Reakes, and much information ■ was eupplied, which cannot be dealt with in this report, being of such a confiden- | tial nature. The Board is not losing ' sight of this important matter." The statement that every available man in the island of Lewis is serving either in the Army or Navy, or is called up for service, recalls a fact which Smiles introduced' into one of his books, 'that-{"no-less than 1000 men from the little storm-beaten island of Skye" stood in the ranks at Waterloo. Viewing the grievous depopulation "of the Scottish isles owing to the crofter troubles, he asked Where should xwe find such men, and in such' numbers, if the call of war were again to come. The' call has come. 1 and it is good to know ithat the epirit, if not the numbers", of the"des(eeidtota of those' sturdy soldiers is as high as it wae a century ago. The question'of soiled.-" notes having been befbTe the Canterbury. Chamber of Commerce, ifc would appear from the replies received-from the banks that the I matter is largely in the hands of the public themselves, as the banke are i willing to change coiled notes for new . ones when requested to do co. Aβ notes ■ are in circulation for some time before i they are Tcturned to ,the bank, the banks have no means of providing against their condition until they are paid in. - At' Wellington on "Wednesday, Edward t Bellawell, grocer, of Courtenay-place, ; wae arrested by. Detective■ -Mason, in ■ connection with the disappearance of quantities of patent medicines and drugs ;from-.the warehouse of Shazlsnd and Co. jHe was charged with receiving: stolen property*to a total value of £127 1/0, and was remanded till Wednesday neit! Bail' Was allowed in accused's own bond of £100 and a surety for a like amount. '■ Every chemist ans store eerte Martin , * ApiolPilJe in New Zealand. See the •ign&tnre, Wm. Martin, Eagand. «■ tn —*• hpnirn IMJL ■ *