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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 179, 28 July 1916, Page 4

The following is Mr. D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day: "The indications are for moderate to strong south-easterly winds, backing by east to north. The weather will probably prove cold and showery. The barometer has a rising tendency temporarily. Tides good. Sea rough 6we11."

At last night's meeting of the Y.M.C-A. it was decided to place on record the regret of the members of the organisation at the loss sustained in the death of Mr J. J. Craig, a member of the Advisory Board.

The dull boy in the class unexpectedly distinguished himself in a recent history examination. The question ran; "Hos and when was slavery introduced int<> America';" To this he replied: "No women had gone over to the early \ irginia colony. The planters wanted wives.to help with the work. Jn lb'lo tbe London company sent over a shipload of girls. The planters gladly married them, and slavery was introduced into America."

Doubt as to the formalities necessary before persons can Ica-v.e the Dominion. has of late resulted in awkward situations for would-Be passengers on 'oversea vessels. On inquiry-this morning it was found that even if a person has a passport, a permit is necessary. Permits arc obtainable at the Government Permits and Passports Office, from 0 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

"Give mc back my children: give mc back my children. Is there not one among you with a heart?" A dishevelled woman witli a baby in her arms struggled in a fruit shop at Christcluirc_ at 7 oVlock at night against four constables who did their best to pacify her ihe while they restrained her gently. Outside the *hop an immense crowd had gathered, and late arrivals asked what was the trouble. The story was a sad ~nc. A country woman had suddenly lost her reason and stolen the. city with her three children, and her strange attitude very quickly attracted the attention of the police. She was taken into the shop in question v and her two eldest children sent away under charge ot a relative. A taxi-cab was then eummoned, the four burly policemen having to carry the woman to it. She was conveyed to the police station, where steps were taken to have her committed to the Sunnysidc Mental Hospital.

One of the biggest floods ever experienced in Nelson occurred on Saturdaynight. The Maitai River, which runs through the town, carried an enormous volume'of water, bank high. The Waimea Street sewer burst at the intersection of Hardy and Waimea Streets -with such force that a heavy iron top-platu covering a manhole was carried a distance of forty feet. In some streets pedestrian traffic was stopped, the water being between two and three feet deep in places. In the Post Boy Hotel the water reached almost to the*level of the bar counter, while the railway yard was flooded. The "Colonist" office" had six inches of water in the machine room, and considerable damage was done t> the 6upply of paper. Water also found its way into the "Mail" office. By the light of the street lamps, fowlhouscs, log 3, and debris of all descriptions could bf: seen floating down the Maitai River. Many people had damage done to their properties. The City Engineer reported that a fall of earth and rocks on the Rocks Road amounted in all to about 1.500 tons. The rainfall between 9 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday was 4.53 inches—the heaviest recorded for many years.

In view of the continued enlistment of men for active service, a "Press" representative asked Mr. W. T. Ward, chief postmaster, Christchurch, whether the Post Office was.going to follow the lead of the Telegraph Department, and employ -women extensively to take men's places, pointing out that in England and other places women were now engaged as _iail-6orters aud postmen. Mr. Ward stated that, though women were, being engaged for post office work, it was only in departments to which they had been admitted for some time. •Returned soldiers were being taken on as mail-sorters and postmen, and many had been so engaged. He did not think the occasion would arise when women would be required for these departments. In any case, practically the whole of the eligible men in the t'liristchurch Post Office had already enlisted.

The Royal Humane Society's certificate was presented to Mr. ( W. H. Usmar, and a letter of commendation to Mr. Clive Turner, at a meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board, for bravery in saving the life of Miss E. Hansen, who fell over the King's wharf while watehinc the departure of a transport. Mr. I—_b_urau. a waterside worker who was present at the function, has the record of wring 2L live*.

A very clear and comprehensive map of the whole British front in France and Flanders, showing the territory gained by the great offensive of the past few weeks, will be found in the " Star" supplement to-morrow (Saturday). This map will he very useful, if kept for reference, in helping readers to follow the events of the war day by day. Another interesting illustration is a panoramic view of the training camp at Featherston, in the Wellington district. The reading matter includes, under th? heading " England's Witchery." a fascinating account of the welcome accorded an Anzac hero in the Homeland: also, London and Paris letters, and a most impressive sermon On ''Conscience," by Rev. Dr." Campbell Morgan. The '■ Women's World " and " Practical Gardening" sections are replete with useful matter, while all the other Saturday features are well sustained.

Several recruits from the Northcote district were farewelled last nignt in the Masonic Hall, Northcote, at a social gathering organised with that object. The Deputy-Mayor. Mr. J. B. Tonar, made suitable presentations to Privates Fred Maxwell, J. Thompson, W_ Simpson, E. rl. Purdie, J. R. Bethwaite, E. Jackson, Walters. T. Gorton, Nelson Harvey, A. Harvey, Walter Smith, L. McKenzie, and W. Ballard, on behalf of a large circle of friends. Several vocal items were contributed and an enjoyable programme of dances gone through, Mr. G. W. Eavenhill officiating as M.C., and Mr. Thomas Coward supplying the music. The decorations were very tastefully and artistically executed by Mrs. W. Brassey and -uiss M. Warner.

A motion to enforce power- under an agreement for the sale of a section of orchard land in Marsden county to dealt with by Mr. Justice Cooper at the Supreme Court this morning. The parties were Henry Swansion Hill and Robert P. G. Foote (Dr. H. D. Bamford), on whose behalf the motion was filed, and Wilhert Cleary (Mr. H. P. Richmond). It appeared that Cleary had been given an option over a portion cf the property,. and, according to the plaintiffs, had refused to state whether he intended to use or abandon his right. After a good deal of discussion. eoun_el agreed, at his Honor's suggestion, to submit the matter to arbitration by Mr. .1. C. Martin, an ex-Judge of the Supreme Court, particularly to determine the sums payahle by the parties in certain transactions between them. The hearing was accordingly adjourned for a week.

A correspondent of the " Southland Times" writes:.." This is the picture of a rustic of the Southland back blocks : who appeared before the boss one morning lately. He asked for a cheque or two, as he would like to send ' a quid' to Dr. Barnardo's ' kids' and £i for Serbian and other funds, and ' ten bob,' as he said, for a Salvation lass if she happened along. From the look of him, adorned in rather 6habby dungarees, ■bag leggings tide with binder twine, and an old cap one would hardly pick up, he nas. probably the. last man oue would have picked out for such kindly, manly generosity. The only thing that gave away such a rough exterior was the steady, ldndly blue eye that peeped out at you from under his shaggy eye-brows. Pity there are so few like him in nature ■who could so much better afford to do gracious things of this kind."

The dangers which beset the ways of unprotected girls arriving in the city by steamer and train are fully appreciated toy the leaders ot the Young Women's Christian Association in Auckland. For some time past there has been a' representative, of the Association present upon the arrival of certain trains and of steamers from Australia and overseas in order to watch for any young women who ?ecm to be alone and friendless. In addition, a!so,upon the receipt of requests from other centres arrangements have been made to meet girls who have allied themselves with the Y.W.CA. elsewhere. In a report made to tbe annual meeting of the organisation last night it was stated that fewer girls travelling during the past year than prior to the war.

Some very scathing remarks on the inglorious effect of advertisements on prominent buildings of a town were made by Mr, S. Hurst Seager during the course of a very interesting lecture on "Town Planning" at Cbristchurch. 'Advertisements on a blank wall are a blatant piece of vulgarity," he remarked. Quite a number of lantern slides were shown by Mr. Seager. illustrating his remarks, and many of them certainly demonstrated how very greatly an otherwise- pleasing building mar be .marred by advertisements. Incidentally Air. Seager remarked on the system of advertising in tramcars. "1 think it," he said, "an absolute disgrace that a few paltry pounds should be derived from such a course. There are about a hundred of us here to-night. Now. were each one of us to write to the advertising firms and threaten that we should have nothing to do -with them until their tramcar advertisements are removed, something beneficial might be done. Undoubtedly these unsightly notices arc nothing more or less than "a disgrace."

Pyrogallol and amidol, used in developing photographic plates and prints, had before the war been exclusively imported from Germany. The war caused the price to rise by leaps and bounds, and threatened to become prohibitive. The .photographers were not resigned to the threatened shortage of developers. "Come." said they to the chemists; "get to work and' produce us pyrogallol and amidol." In the Patents Office at Melbourne lay the specification of Julius Hand's amidol, and hither a chemical assistant hastened to peruse it. But, oh. the wily Hun! All that the chemists knew, though they consulted the text books, \ve,i that phenol, a coal-tar product, could be 60 treated that amidol would be produced. What they did not know were all the details of quantities, temperatures, crystallisation, manipulation, and purification, which must be carefully observed if a pure article were tc be produced. All this detail had to : be worked out. and it was worked out in the chemical laboratory of the Vici torian Railways Department. There, among the beakers and burners, the gas generators and water-baths, the ambition of the Hun's as represented by a patent taken out by Julius Hauff, of sy_ttgart. for amidol, a chemical used in photography, has received a cheek. Julius Hauff has lost his secret irrevocably, for Victorian Railways amidol will develop 10 prints to 9 developed by a similar quantity of the German article. What has been done in the laboratory can be done in the factory. A tentacle of the German octopus has been severed. Hitherto pyrogallol has been used for developing plates only, but the departmental photographers have discovered a mothod of using it instead of amidol in print development. They say it is eVen better than tbe amidol for the prints. Special apparatus is being designed, so that the chemists may prodirce euf-icient pyrogallol and amid—l to make the de-par-nentßj iphotographe-i independent _ot the mukft. .. . . -

The City Engfiineer has .prepared a comprehensive programme of street improvements, drainage extensions* and other permanent works, estimated to cost nearly a million. His report upon it was adopted by the City Council last night, on the motion of the Mayor.

A resident of the Asbburton district Has received a letter from friends in London in which they make 6troog comment on the great increase which has taken place in the cost of living since the commencement of the war, and quote the following prices of everyday requirements: Bread, Od per quartern loaf; milk, 6d per quart; butttcr. 2/4 per lb; cheese. 1/6 per lb; calf liver. 1/6 per lb; New Zealand lamb (shoulder), 1/4 per lb. ,

The £70,000 in gold which went down in the Batavier adds but a small amount comparatively to the vast treasures now lying at the bottom of the sea. Perhaps the greates' loss in one vessel was the £2,400.000 in specie and 'jewels, the spoils of an intercepted Spanish treasure fleet, which went down in the Brit-h frigate De Brook, wrecked off the American coast in 1798. Another British warship, the Hussar, went down with over a million sterling' in gold in 1780,1 and another million, very nearly, was lost in the French frigate Lutinc, in 1799, though a portion of this last wa3 afterwards recovered. The treasure of lost vessels which strew 6 the route from England to India -has been estimated at £80,000,000 sterling.

An accident surrounded by most unusual circumstances is reported by our Dunedin correspondent. Mr. James Todd was driving an eight-horse wagon to Beaumont, and was getting down from the wagon near Roxburgh, when his left foot was securely caught between one of the seat stays and the brake. Being unable to free himself, the unfortunate man hung with his head downwards, his hands almost touching the ground, and he had remained in that position for several hours before he was discovered. The weather was very cold, and he was thoroughly chilled. Though medical attention was obtained his condition next day (Monday) was somewhat critical.

A "Gazette" announcement under the War Regulations Act provides that the •wife of an alien enemy shall be deemed to be an alien enemy; and that the wit.; of an alien enemy, who is not himself a natural-born British subject, shall be deemed to be an alien enemy who is not a natural-born British subject.

The railway working account for the four, weeks ended, June 24 is as follows (figures for the same period of 1915 being given in parenthesis) : — Revenue: North Island, £206.933 ( £16L?37); South Island, £156.355 (£138,lu); totals. £363289 (£299.714). Expenditure: North Island. £121,443 ( £116,----069); South Island, £103,525 (£103251); totals, £224,968 ( £219,820).

The well-worn subject of milk-supply has found its way into the annual report of Dr. Maclaurin, the Dominion Analyst. These are his references to the subject:

I " Samples analysed during -the - year I cover the Wellington, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Oisborne and Nelson districts.' In -all 503 were received under the Sale of JFood and Drug 3 Act. Only 338 samples were taken during tbe year from retailers and suppliers in Wellington City and suburbs, "and of these eleven had been watered, ten others were below the standard in solids other than fat. ( four "were deficient in fat, and ten were stale. The average adulteration of the watered samples was 15 l-3rd per cent, equivalent to,.} per cent over the whole of the supply. This is less than in previous years, but wo«C_ still be highly profitable to tbe vendor. The use of preservatives docs not appear to be so general as is popularly believed. Over two hundred samples were received from outlying towns and districts. Of 2!) from Palmerston North, two were watered and two others slightly below tbe istandard. Wanganui forwarded thirty-two, one being" skimmed, another watered, and three more slightly under the standard. Taranaki province furnished thirty-four, of which' two were deficient in fat. From the towns in the Wairarapa district twenty- came to hand, only one of which was seriously adulterated. Hawke's Bay supplied five, two being watered. Of forty sample- from _isborne, six contained added water, and two others were deficient in fat. Thirtytwo samples came from Nelson, two being slightly below the standard, and nine from Marlborough, all good milks. Thirty, •two were received from towns on the Main Trunk line, from Marton to Okahun e inclusive. One of these, had been watered, two partly skimmed, and two others were slightly below the standard. The results of legal "proceedinsrs taken against vendors for selling adulterated milk realised penalties amounting to £437.

, It is reported that eight more hangmen have been appointed in Austria. Here, presumably, the authorities do not believe in keeping the noose from the people.

A man named James Leece has_been missing from his home in St. Albanfs Road since Sunday last. He was last seen in the Auckland railway station on Sunday afternoon.

A Red Cross lecture to ladies will be given on Saturday evening at the Tabernacle Social Hall by Mrs. W. H. Parkes who will illustrate first aid work to the wounded on the battlefield.

The produce entered for export from New Zealand last week was valued at £947.272, including: Butter, cheese, £57,241; meat* £235,128; hides, £50,179; flax. £48.250; tallow, £31.287----and wool, £477,584.

Auckland ladies, listen to this from -Mrs. M. E. Simpson, 286, Madras Street Christchurch: "No Rubbing Laundry Help has been used in my household with most gratiiying results . We have found it to be all that is claimed for it by the makers. The work has been lighter more quickly finished, and the clothes whiter than with any other washinpowder which we have used."—(Ad.)

Juvenile sale now in progress for a short period. 6 doz. all-wool jerseys navy, brown and green, sizes 1 2 and 3' were 2/11, 3/6 and 4/6: now 1/n j er .' sey suite clearing at 6/11 and SAL—Geo Fowlds, Ltd- Victoria Arcade.—(Ad.) Special sea-grass ruga, 6ft x 3ft, 5/3; reversible do., 5/9 cash. Large variety sea grass rugs and square-.—Tonson Garlick Co., Ltd.—(Ad.)

If you subject the mucous m_uDranes 61 the hose and throat to the influence of NAZOL, you will prevent the gemot sore throat, Catarrh, Influenza, getting a grip of you, because NAZOL is a powerful germicide and antiseptic and destroys them.— (Ad.) \

A re-invigorating cordial; Wolfe's Schnapps. The beverage that helps— a pure spirit.—(Ad.) *

Every mother should sena a lew bottle s of NAZOL and a little package of lump sugar to her boy at F_atherston or Trentham. NAZOL is a splendid standby when the germs of colds/sore throats, influenza, etc., are flying about. When used promptly and frequently prevent* a lot of Birfftrun.—i_u-A " A.