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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 207, 30 August 1916, Page 4

Steps are being taken by the Epsom Road Board to give the ratepayers of the district every opportunity to sign the petition in favour of amalgamation, Mr. Harry Frost, the chairman, stated this morning that there was no intention on the part 'or the Board members to coerce anyone, and while facilities were being provided for the convenience of the ratepayers no effort was being made to compel people to come in. The petition may be signed at the Manukau Water Supply Board office at Epsom, or at MessTS. Samuel Vaile and Sons' in Queen Street. '"We know all the wasters and the cadgers," says the Rev. Frank Jeffreys, superintendent of the Auckland Presbyterian Social Service, in the course of his annual report. "Twenty-nine cases, making 33 appeals to mc during the year, were sent away sadder and, wiser, and with- the- perpetual complaint in their bosoms that "that hypocrite of a parson, who calls himself a minister, only administers things to suit himself." In this connection I want to say that one of the greatest obstacles the social worker meets with is the indiscriminate spoonfeeding by charitably-disposed persons, who readily accept all that is told them by any lying scoundrel." The secretary of the Auckland Horticultural Society calls for entries for the spring flower show, to be held in the Domain Hall on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. The date for closing is Friday, September Ist. Entries are also required for the two cottage garden classes. In class I. the prizes, amounting to £20, are provided by the Hon. A. M. Myers for best-kept allotments not exceeding 11.000 square feet, and in class H. by Mr Maurice Casey for areas of 5.000 feet and under. In both classes the competition is strictly amateur, and no paid assistance is allowed. Entries close on September 16th, and from that date until the award is made in April the gardens must be open to inspection by the society's judges. Full particulars may be ascertained from the secretary, whose address will be found in our advertising columns. The Government and the Dominion as a whole are to be heartily congratulated on the successful flotation of by far the largest loan ever placed in the local market, and the result of this venture shows how plentiful money is in the Dominion, says the "N.Z. Trade Review." As shown in our last issue, the banks have a surplus of deposits over advances of £8,803.549, but this will be materially reduced by the floating of the loan. However, our exports for the year ending 30th June show a surplus over imports of £9,895,7fi5. and there is every prospect of a continuance of a handsome surplus here, and the interest on the 'loan will all circulate locally, so that, although leading rates will undoubtedly keep firm, we do not anticipate any shortage of the necessary funds for all legitimate requirements. Life in Persia and Mesopotamia formed thie subject of a very interesting talk, with limelight illustrations, by Mr. Chas. E. Tisdall before a large audience at St. Matthew's Hall last night. Speaking from the experiences of ten years spent as agent of the British and Foreign! Bible Society in Persia, during the course| of which his duties took him into the' most out-of-the-way spots of these pic-i turosquc countries, Mr. Tisdall was able to keep his audience engrossed with "stories of the strange peoples and their customs, and incidentally to show the great necessity for the Christianising Of a population that had degenerated from a high ancient civilisation to the most primitive, social life, and was held back from advancements by Mohammedanism. In the light of recent happenings in Persia and Mesopotamia, the lecture was most instructive, as illustrating the immense natural and racial difficulties that have had to be surmounted by the Allies in thwarting Turkish designs. The Auckland branch of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society held its annual meeting last evening in the Baptist Tabernacle Schoolroom. In the annual report, -which was adopted, an account of the year's work was given, and it .was stated that the new year opened with a credit'balance of .>/. During the evening several addresses were given, including impressive speeches by 'Rev. C. H. Garland, Captain Bazeley, Rev. J. M. Saunders. M.A., and Mrs. j. J. Macky. Misses Carter "and Matthews and Messrs. Dellow and Baeyertz .gave musical .items, ,and_.the meeting closed with the benediction. About eight o'clock on Friday night, I whilst there was a fair sea running, the j Victoria, which - was moored to the Napier Breakwater, broke all her lines j and later left for the north without com- I pleting discharging or the taking in of cargo. Several visitors were on board j at the time, but they all managed to I get ashore, a batch making a leap for it every time the vessel heaved towards j the wharf. One young lady was • only | 6aved from an involuntary bath by the promptitude of the bystanders. As the j vessel came in the gangway was knocked I over; and -the lady had a-lucky escape I from falling in between the vessel and the wharf. Previous a safety valve .blew out and repairs had to he effected. The vessel left at 9.30 p.m. If New Zealand newspaper proprietors have to hear such . enormous increases in the price of paper, ink, metals, etc., it is somewhat consoling to find our enemies are not faring much better, as the following will show:—Paper economy has now been imposed upon the German Press by a decree of the Imperial Chancellor, ordering a reduction of an average of 10 per cent oh the amount of paper used in 1915. Papers are'divided into fifteen classes, and those with an "annual paper area" up to 200 square metres (about 220 square yards) will have to cut down the quantity of uaper iKed by 5 per cent. On the other hand, journals, the annual -paper area of which exceeds 1,600 square metres, -will suffer a decrease of 17 per cent in the quantity of paper used. .This decree is valid for .Tilly and August. A recent number of the "Berliner Tageblatt" contains the following.-—The price of the paper for this journal has risen 90 per cent, since the beginning of the war; ink has risen 125 per cent, metal 200 per cent, oil 300 per cent, string and rope 200 per cent. At the same time the wages of our staff in consequence of the high price of living, had to be increased. For these reasons we shall be compelled, to our great regret, to raise the price of our paper, the increase to begin- on July Ist. "They 'believe in Hell because, they live in it," said Captain Bazeley at the annual meeting of the British and -Foreign SaikW Society last evening. The speaker was describing the conditions under which firemen in ships lived, and he said that he had known mission workers to be ill after -visiting firemen in their quarters on hoard ship, so terrible were the conditions Trader which they existed. Auckland ladies are showing commendable zeal spreading the joyful news about No ~Rn>*»—g Hern. Washes all clothes deut 'without rulv Matrox injury. 6arm-wtcWmapnij f„