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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 239, 6 October 1916, Page 4

Mr. D. C. Bates' weather forecast for 24 hoars from 9 am. this day is as follows: "Easterly winds, strong to gale, and backing by east to north. The' weather appears likely to be cloudy and unsettled. Rain probable. Barometer falling considerably. Sea and tides high."

The R.M.S. Moana arrived at Wellington at 1.30 ajn. this morning from San Francisco. She has, a fairly large mail for the Dominion, including a parcel mail and 18S.bage-of -English and Amencan. This will -anne here early tomorrow,, and twill bo—delivered in tha city. during tiia^ranpon.

In terms of an Order-in-Council, the I Auckland. City" Council has been" ap- i I pointed a Domain Board to have control i lof the Piha Domain, a scenic resort on the West Coast, which is increasing in i I popularity. I The gale yesterday afternoon blew so ] | strongly across Ponsonby Road that a - plate-glass window in an empty shop was driven inwards by the force of the - ■wind and shattered. That tramway. passengers are to he ( given full opportunity to transfer from one car to another at the Three Lamps and at Newmarket is the substance ot an instruction issued to motormen and conductors by the Tramway Company. A notification to this effect has been : sent to the City Council. The first strawberries of the season were offered for sale by. auction this morning by the Waitemata Co-operative Fruitgrowers' Society,, and sold for half a crown a punnet, as the chip boxes are called in the trade. It is considered that the price augurs rather well for ths prospects of the ensuing season. The sum of £19,500 is being claimed by Mrs. Jessie Craig as compensation for the taking of allotments by the City Council for the widening of Beach Road and Jermyn Street. The Council has decided to execute a denial of the claim. In expressing thanks to the City Council for permission to erect a stall on Mothers' Day, December 1, the Band of Hope Union asked to be allowed to take up a collection for the Red Cross or Children's Fund. On the suggestion of the Mayor the request was declined on the ground that other applications had been similarly treated. The Otago Hospital and Charitable Aid Board last night resolved to suggest to the Minister for Public Health that a Royal Commission be appointed to inquire into the provision in the Dominion for early treatment and after treatment of returned soldiers suffering from consumption. It is anticipated that s. large number of these cases will return from the war. The extension of the tramlines in Queen Street is to be completed in time for the Christmas traffic, and the company proposes to divert to this route the cars running to and from Royal Oak and Epsom, Mount Albert and Morningside, and Richmond and Grey Lynn. Their terminus will still be at Lower Queen Street, and stops will be made at Alexandra Street (opposite the Town Hall) and Turner Street. The Wellington provincial executive of the Farmers' Union passed the following resolution:—"That this" meeting emphatically protests against; the unwarranted rise in freights on wool, produce; etc. The monopoly in shipping matters is a serious menace to the producer. Although farmers are much against Government interference in commercial matters, if such extortion is maintained the ; producers must either urge' the Govern- ; ment to deal with the matter or promote i a new shipping company and guarantee to ship wool, produce, etc, generally by • such company's steamers." • The following is an extract from a ! letter written by a member of the Anzac' i Corps "somewhere in France":—"You i can't imagine how fed-up we all are : with some of the English newspapers i and their infernal soft-soapy 'Anzacs" i articles. The way they record our little - aches and pains—a petty raid on the - Boches' trenches, padded up with such I rot as These giant athletes leaping the - trenches/ makes one.siclc.. .It.is .all on 1 a par with the daily drivel in the same papers about the petty doings of the i actresses and chorus girls. They might r have the decency to wait until -we really - get stuck into the Huns. Then, I think, . the cold truth will be quite exciting t enough reading." , Additional interest will be lent to i the sixty-fourth anniversary of the • Beresford Street Congregational Sunday f school, which will be celebrated next 1 Sunday, owing to the fact that 120 of E the troops from Raratonga will attend . in the afternoon' and take part in the - singing. They will be the guests of the i church to tea, and remain to the even- ; ing, service. Most of these young men i have been trained in the schools of the . London Mission Society in their Island j homes. The preachers next Sunday will be Rev. C..H. Laws in the morning, Rev. H. Knowles Kempton in the • afternoon, and the Rev; Frederic > Warner at night.

At a recent sale of house property in Christchurch the bidding resolved itself into an endurance contest between a middle-aged lady and a man. The price went rapidly up, as the result of spirited endeavours to obtain ownership by bids of £10 rises. The lady, who was showing signs of mental strain, shouted out " £565," and then collapsed in a faint- Her rival bid another £10, and, as there was no further advance announced, he was duly declared the purchaser. With a gleam of satisfaction in his eyes and alacrity in his step, he made for the door; but, before he got outside the lady recovered, and vehemently demanded that the sale proceed. The auctioneer had no recourse hut to recall the lately-pronounced purchaser, who by this time had reached the pavement, and put the property up - again. This time the lady did not faint, and the price, was ultimately "boosted" up to £800 before the man secured it. The lady's recovery cost him £225.

; There is at present on the way from [San Francisco to Wellington a tiny schooner of 290 tons, which is one of the smallest vessels that has ever brought a cargo to Wellington from the Pacific Slope, says the "Post." It is the American .three-masted wooden schooner Esther Buhne, which is but a few tons j larger than the schooner Huia. To see so small a vessel engaged in such a trade is but ah indication of the intense shortage of tonnage which prevails all over the world. Prior to the -war the engage[ment oi such a vessel as the Esther Buhne to bring cargo from the Pacific Slope to New Zealand would not have been at all profitable, but with the exorbitant freight rates ruling there is no doubt that such a voyage would not have been undertaken were it not worth .while to the owners.

In the course of a very interesting talk on "Motor Fuels," given to the Otago Institute, Professor Inglis expressed'surprise that more use was not made of coal tar products in this country! The valuable spirits benzole and toluole, so much in demand in the manufacture of dyestuffs and explosives and for other chemical purposes, were simply allowed to escape into the air. he said. For soma reason people who manufactured gas here did not think it worth their while to pay attention to things of that type. The products he had named could quite easily be removed and incidentally the tar would be improved by their absence. They could be used here in the motor industry or 6ent Home for the manufacture of explosives.

The darry produce committee has fixed the wholesale prices of butter and eggs for the week ending October 12 as follows: — Farmers' butter, first grade, per lib, 1/; fresh eggs per dozen, lid. The retail pace to-day is: Best factory batter 1/8, bast farmer*' 1/5, and freah£gga-l£| pe^dojan.

"Statistics of War," an article show j ing the influence of the war on,birth, marriage and death rates; "Care, of the Wounded," a French tribute toJhe Bn.J tish system of hospital •Taming the Big Push" a descnptionr i a cinema man's adventures -at the front; "Kitchener and &*?**?> rating how the manner-of. the,-great Field 0 Marshal's death was JtoretoU .twenty-two years ago; and Doing their Bit," our lady correspond ent's* description of ?SEe« ence l f _S Britain, are features m the star Supplement to be published to-morrow. Literature, science, religion, stage, sport, fiction, humour, poetry, and women's interests in home and public life-all receive a share. oi attention, while there is an budget of war and general news. . Among the illustrations are a number . of portraits of New Zealand heroes who have been, killed or wounded at tne : front. - '

Eric Wright, aged 22, had his' left hand severely crushed through, being caught in some machinery at the ™£f of Fraser and Sons. Stanley Street, where Be is employed. He received treatment at the Auckland Hospital, and later in the day was able to return to hia home at Green Lane. An alteration in the nature. of the King's Theatre license is being sought by the management, the theatre having been leased by a dramatic company, and as the present license for moving pictures has only three months to go, it is to be allowed to expire., The matter has been referred to the Town Clerk to be dealt with as the by-laws provide.

The. remission of rates on . sports grounds not held for profit or gain is being sought by the Sports Prohibition League in correspondence with the City Council. The request has been referred to the Finance and Legal Committee.

A stretch of about twelve chains on the main Glenfield Road oh the way to Albany, and another length of over twenty chains- on the Kaipatiki Road, have been formed by the' road grader for the purpose of a summer road. The work is almost completed, and the county member for the Birkenhead riding, Mr H. Day, has been congratulated on the considerable improvement effected, removing an erstwhile bad bend in the road.

A report was presented to the City Council last night by the Mayor in connection with St. James' Free Kindergarten. Mr. Gunson stated that the Council provided a site -in Hepburn Street at a nominal rental, but subsequently this was found to be leased tea city firm on behalf of the Council. A request from the Kindergarten Committee for a site in Upper Nelson Street was referred to the Finance and Legal Committee.

The hospital ship Marama, which is due to arrive at Wellington on October 23, will remain in New Zealand only for a week or ten days to recondition, and will at once return to the war zone. On arrival her present medical commission will come ashore, and Lieutenant-Colonel Collins, with the greater number of those associated ■with him on the first commission of the Maheno, will go on board the Marama.

The ladies of St. Columba Anglican Church at Grey Lynn hold'their annual sale of work to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon and evening. Mrs. Averill will formally open the sale at 3 p.m. Gifts this year have been very encouraging, and a good display will be made at the various stalls.

The matter of open-air schools" came" .before the Wellington* Education Board yesterday, when the Building Committee recommended the Board to reply to a letter from the Department that it. was. in sympathy with the suggestions made in the letter, and would be pleased to adopt them when practicable. The recommendation was-agreed, to.. .

At a lecture delivered at the V.M.C.A. last evening, Dr. J. W. McHraith expressed the opinion-that-one of the essentials in educational reform is a system of complete co-ordination between-the primary and secondary schools and the university-colleges,-so that pupils could pass from, one to the other without loss of. time, and with the greatest possible, continuity of instruction. He suggested that the leading authorities of each of the-three grades of instruction should hold regular conferences, instead of, as at present, holding annual meetings which were like so many watertight compartments. A system was required under which all could meet in a combined annual conference and discuss the educational problems of the day.

A visit was recently paid to the Albany experimental plots by a party of about thirty country teachers from various parts of the Auckland educational district. The party was met by Mr. R. Rowan, inspector in charge of the experimental farm; Mr. T. Foley, president of the Albany Fruitgrowers* Association; -Mr. ,W. Hooton, president of the Albany Farmers' Union; and Mr. J. Knight. Messrs. Connell and Hadfield, agricultural instructors of the manual and technical department of the Board of Education, explained the nature and purpose of the various experiments. The different methods' of pruning' were also explained. Subsequently an adjournment was made to-the Coronation Hall where Mr. Annersley, of the Mathuru School, proposed a vote of thanks to the representatives of the district. This was carried by acclamation and responded to by Messrs. Hooton and Knight. A visit was also paid to the Albany school garden and orchard.

A Christchurch moneylender who refused to surrender a bill of sale when a loan and interest, amounting to £5 12/ was paid, was forcibly instructed as = « %t w m the P 0 " 1 * by Mr Bishop, S.M. The magistrate said the moneylender, through his own pig-headedness or ignorance, had put the plaintiff and his solicitor to the trouble of following him up for this, and he only gave it up when it got into the solicitor's hands 'Next time he had better go and ask advice of his solicitor," the magistrate continued. "If he bad uregularlolicitor to whom he could refer these matters over the telephone, he could have avoided this trouble. I don't know how many solicitors he has had. It's no business of mine. Judgment for the plaintiff for 40/ and costs."

A part-heard ccHnmission case, Thomas L. Bright v. Tony A. Petrie, involving a daun for £110 with respect to the exchange of a property at the Great Barrier Island, was strnck out at the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon at the request of plaintiff, whose counsel intimated that the matter had been settled by payment of the commission by the third party who exchanged the property and plaintiff accepted the striking out of the case, with £10 13/6 costs' for defendant.

A concert is being arranged by the Navy League to be held in Albert" Park on Trafalgar.night (October 21) in aid of Lord Beresford's special fund for the dependents of naval men. The Oity Council has given its -aproval.

The Northcote School Committee- k« been-working for some time in the don. tion of having, a manual trainiiig;id^:V : established for Northcote, BirksnhesA and adjacent districts, and ajjproachil the respective borough, councils fr>t;4. donation of £200 each, which the; Ds> partment of Education had agreed t» subsidise £ for £, thus raising ■■&&" for the purpose. The Birkenhead Con*. cil voted £200, and the Northcote cil having agreed to place the mattes on'the next loan proposal, was.aaketUo X reconsider the matter, and »■]»:*%£•?• straight-out donation of £200, so that ' the school could be provided forthwifc The chairman informed the conunitte* last night that though this latter request: had been preferred two months ago.na : : Te ply had been received- Mr. 3' ;*R•;...■■ Kalaugher, supervisor of technical j* - struction, had written a month, ago in. qukmg what been made h» raising the local contributions and point. ins out the need for prompt action.; .This, letter had been commnnicated to the' Northcote Council, which now informed the committee that the Coanea_ hadi decided to write to Mr. where the school was to Be erected, a». well as other particulars. The chan-nan said that a deputation appointed by the; committee three months »g° all the information required, and the Council had told the depntatibutlat,» poll would be taken three weeks front then. The manuaLschool would be mths Northcote Borough, and it would, pity for the districts to divide on the Lestion, but rather than go without the ' school, he as Mayor of Birkenhead would > y he prepared to endeavonr to have, * •_ school established m Bvrienhead, . Stter borough's contribution diyerteAin 7-„„ nf Afr F. J. Stewart, seconded by - M f J- T Fearnley "That the; North.;,; cote School Committee expresses its pre- > found disappointment at the inaction of gTSrorthlote Borough nection with the request for a, grant of V - S towards the erection of a manual - training school, as such inaction, riEcentir!ued,Vomises to jeopardise the whota Further evidence has heen grven before the Public Services of ft» City Council in connection with the proposal to replant the denuded »-»«- ---the Waitakere watershed. The last.witness was Mr H. A. SS nurseryman to the Forestry DepartSent for the North IstaijV and the next will be a forestry expert fromjndia ..(Jit Hutchinss), who happens to be visiting New Zealand, the Qty Couna tot nio-ht authorised the members of the committee to pay a visit to Rotorua on Wednesday, October 25, for the p-irposer of inspecting the Government pUnUtiont . in the hot lakes district. A peculiar position has arisen in connection with applicants for enrolment ia j the Motor-boat Patrol Reserve. A mariaav v officer in one of the local ■ shipping companies, being wishful to serve his country, offered his services yesterday for tki Motor-boat Reserve, being naturally at the opinion that he would be more ma C on the water, to which he was acent* tomed, than on the land. He was. tow*.'. ever, informed that there was no possible hope of any man with a ticket being allowed to get away. The reason is " stated to be that the Government will not allow a man with a certificate ta leave New Zealand, but the absurdity of the position, was reached when the, office* in question pulled out a card to show that he bad been enrolled in the infantry.' "I was prepared to go on mine-sweeping or anything else at Be*-," he said, "bus' I now I. will have to be a landsman if _I wish to. serve my country dnring this war. A letter I received from Welling-' ton informed mc there is an objection ta - sending professional sailors out of the country, but if such is the case • wky : should I be allowed to enlist in the infantry?" Some time-ago..the Mayor pxotniMtl Cr. Baildon that he would obtaia a report showing "ho«v many men in the municipal service were eligible for enljatment, and at last nightfe. meeting of tba , Council the inquiring member asked if the report was yet available. Mx Gunson said that it had been deferred pent ing consideration by a .special sulk; . committee consisting of Mr Nerheny aid himself, but that it would be in readY . ness for presentation to the next meeting of the Counril. As a result of two exhibitions of balancing and juggling, given' in Mt. Ed*» school by Mr. N. Tate, well known it this city as a musician, the Cnildrn** Hospital Fund will benefit to the extsat of £3 14/3. As admission to the axm- .' bition was only Id, the amount rente* tents the contributions of 891 children, and Mr. Tate must feel more tium re-1 paid for his efforts on behalf of the fnai "Men cannot Be got for love or • money," was a statement made by. as";member of a sawmilling firm at ttjtv'.' Southland Land Board meeting,--when called upon to show cause why the firm's' rights over sawmilling.property should not be cancelled. He stated that the major portion of the sawmill worker* in Southland were young men, and •*•;■'■ they had enlisted there only remained the old men, who were not prepared to go. into the bush and engage in tiM arduous duties incidental to sawmilling. As far as their mill was concerned, operations had ceased for some time, and the £4,000 expended by the firm on ntiH, plant, tramway, etc., was non-interest bearing. The firm were as anxious at the ■;■' Board to have the bush felled and the: timber marketed, but the circumstancei'-" mentioned rendered this impossible. Naval men who arrived at Wellington on leave from the cruisers Philomel and Pyramus have many stories that they could tell (wires "Our Own"), hut their y instructions are not to talk about their adventures of the last two years; and for the most part they are obeying orders.- If they do say something or perilous cruisings and queer happenings in out-of-the-way corners of the worM; their words axe not intended for the ears of .pressmen, but when the war » over and the sailors and soldiers are frit to tell of many naval occasions, theme*: of the Philomel and Pyramus will *»-.." able to spin yarns that will make Ne» Zealanders -very proud of the two cruisers. They are not modern ships; they -cannot take places in any.line oi. battle, or even range themselves with the swift scouts that are the eves and ears of the battle fleets, yet they'nav* seen more real adventure than can c* counted to the lot of some of Sir John Jellicoe's, sur^r-L^eadhougnx*. St. Thomas' Church, Union Street, has recently received the addition of a litany desk, a pulpit and an altar, which were - dedicated by Bishop Averill at a service held in the church last evening. The litany desk has been presented by » numoer of friends in memory of Trooper. Arthur Hannah, who was killed at Gattipoli last year, v a n^acMl of th« late Mr. B. S. Bedford,andhi*»on, Mr. B. E. A. Bedford, and the litany - •qeat » the, giffc-of Mrs. Waffington. s*» by -the, -wear, taa J*7'iS, H -J* Bdfari A »o«*hU evenag "*» held sawwaxds in the schoolroom.