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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 158, 4 July 1917, Page 4

The Weather Bureau forecast f0r~24 hours from 9 a.m. this day is as follows: " The indications are for westerly winds, strong to gale. The weather will probably prove very boisterous. Rain probable. Barometer falling. Tides good; sea rough off shore."

The loan of £1,800 raised by the Northcote Borough Council by poll about six months ago was the subject of a communication from the Auditor and Con-troller-General to the meeting of the Northcote Council last night. It was pointed out that the balance-sheet showed that £22 4/9 costs had been charged against the loan account instead of the general account, though a more serious. feature was that tho loan- was to make good sundry past expenditure, whereas loan money could only be applied to future wxirks. It was resolved to transfer the costs incurred in raising the loan to the general account, in accordance with the Government Auditor's requirements The Mayor stated the solicitor to the Municipal Association (Mr. Martin) had beer, written to asking his advice as to the best way of adjusting the other portion of the loan, amounting to £1,276, and was made up of the amounts paid for the purchase of Lutener's Reserve £200, Council yards and stables £387, and wharf approach expenditure £689.

There seems to be something approaching a panic among butter factory suppliers, as indicated by the proposals for changing to cheese-making (says the Stratford correspondent of the "Taranaki Herald"). The two large .butter companies are threatened 'with disintegration by the breaking away of their creamery suppliers. It is to "be hoped that the difficulties involved in the change will be fully appreciated and the matter looked at from all sides before irrevocable action is taken. At the present time there are unusual difficulties as regards buildings and as regards plant, -whilst when these are overcome there remains the question of supplies of rennet and of labour.

A reading was given by the Shakespearean Society in St. Barnabas' Hall, Mt. Eden Road, last evening, in aid of the Plunket Society War Fund. The reading was chosen from E. Temple Thurston's "The Cost," the principal parts being taken by Miss E. Hemus, Miss Roche and Messrs. 0. Horspool and W. H. Graham. As the result of the collection which was taken up, the sum of £S 17/- was added to the fund. When Lady French, at the beginning of 1915, asked for help for the children whose fathers had gone to the war, she pointed out that in Britain there were many mothers in very poor circumstances who had been left with young children. The money contributed to the Plunket War Fund in New Zealand is used for the purpose of purchasing material for children's garments, and 11,000 garments have already been dispatched to England.

Three people were admitted to the General Hospital last night. Allen Riddell, a returned soldier, who lives in England Street, Ponsonby, sustained a fracture of the left leg as the result of a fall. Gorden Fisher, aged 20, who lives at George Street, Ponsonby, was injured at the Newmarket workshops. He had a remarkable escape, having fallen in front of some moving trucks, but, owing to the greasiness of the rails, was pushed along with the trucks. He was badly bruised about the legs. An old man named William Fitzgerald, who lives at the home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, had 'his left wrist badly cut, the cause being some broken window glass. All three patients are progressing favourably.

The "Oamaru Mail" has the following item: At a country concert in the Oamaru district a gentleman rose to propose a hearty vote of thanks to those who had provided an acknowledged good musical programme, and used a misfitting saying to emphasise his meaning. "I hope," he said, "you will never hear worse." At this there was a shout of merriment, and realising his mistake, he rejoined: "I don't mean what you think. I hope you may never get better." More laughter, and the speaker realised that he had waded in deep enough, and it would be better to leave himself there.

In the Grafton Library last evening Mr. J. R. Penning, A.M.1.C.E., delivered a most interesting lecture. He took as his subject "Aircraft and Submarines," and his talk was most attentively received by a good audience. The lecture was excellently illustralied by a wide selection of lantern slides bearing on the, subject. Mr. W. Franklin operated the lantern, and Mr. G. W. Murray _s in +he chair.

A certificate of merit for gallantry in action has been awarded to Corporal Thompson Gaunt, of the West Yorkshire Regiment. He is the brother of Mrs. McMillan, Victoria Street, One_unga. His father is serving with the N.Z. Engineers, and has been twice wounded.

For some time past Mt. Albert Borough has had an auxiliary water supply from

Auckland City which was drawn upon in dry seasons when the supply from the springs was not equal to requirements.; This was obtained through a four-inch main at the corner of Dominion Road. In order to increase the pressure the Borough Council has this week completed i the work of replacing the present main with an eight-inch one. i It is now the custom for every ship-' load of New Zealand reinforcements to produce a journal or printed souvenir of the voyage Home. These productions originated with the Main Force, the members of which brought them out mostly by the aid of a mimeograph duplicator or the press which the chief steward in other days had used for his menu, j Now they are usually printed at some way port, and embellished with artistic cover designs; sometimes with pen-and- I ink sketches of people and events. The, latest is '"The Moa," described as "the literary pickings of a troopship," and produced by members of the 2'2nd Re-, inforcements aboard the s.s. Aparima.; The joint editors are Second Lieut. H. T. B. Drew and Sergt. H. W. L. Digby, who are responsible for several skits in I verse and prose. Captain C. S. Doorly, I R.N.R., master of the transport, contributes an original song, which, the paper states, was "sung with unbounded success" at various concerts aboard. Officers and men of the draft furnish a good collection of parodies in verse and prose lampoons of some merit, besides a few pieces in a more serious vein. A roll of the draft is included, to make the sou-

venir complet-

Who was the first white woman born in New Zealand? A correspondent, "New Zealander," writes stating that this distinction did not belong to Mrs. Bedlington, but to Mrs. Letheridge, who was born at Oihi, Bay of Islands, on January 11, 1816. .She was tho granddaughter of Captain Thos. Hansen, of the brig Active, which arrived in the Bay of Islands in Decem_er, 1814, and landed the Rev. Samuel Marsden. Her father, who was a son of Captain Hansen, married and cast in his lot with the missionaries. Her sister, Mrs. AVilliam Baker, being the 'youngest child but one of a family of twelve, is e?till residing at Russell, Bay of Islands, and is now about 85 years of age. Any visitor to Russell may see the tombstone erected to the memory of Mrs. Letheridge, in the old churchyard there, with the date of her birth, 1816, and death, 1907." The Conciliation Council was occupied the whole of yesterday considering the dispute filed in the plumbing and gasfitting trade, and resumed in committee again this morning. In the report of yesterday's proceedings the Commissioner, Mr. T. Harle Giles, was made to state that at Hamilton the employers were unanimously in favour of a minimum wage of 2/6 per hour. This was a manifest error, as it is naturally the employees who ask for increased pay. • Mrs. Bi Holz, of Wellington, recently received notification in one message that two of her sons had been killed in action, while another had been wounded. AU three left with the. 21st Reinforcement. Sir James Allen, Minister for Defence, visited Mrs. Holz personally to break the sad nws.

The Pacific Cable Board notifies that owing to congestion of the cables, deferred and week-end rate traffic to America and Canada is temporarily suspended. Deferred and EFM (soldiers' messages) to the United Kingdom are accepted as usual.

Some time ago work was started excavating foundations for a building to be erected on the bottom corner of Philson's square, Wellesley Street East. When the weather became so bad operations were suspended and there is now a very fair swimming pool on the site.

The local post office has been advised from Wellington that the parcels post to prisoners of war in Turkey has been resumed.

A meeting of citizens has been called for Monday evening next by. the Mayor, Mr. J. H. Gunson, to discuss the question of six o'clock closing of hotel bars. Residents of Onehunga and adjacent districts will be well advised to visit H. L. Butler and Co.'s farewell sale. Starts Thursday 9 a.m.— (Ad.)

Spend Id on the Parnell tram, and save pounds, at Roscoe's assigned drapery sale. 12/11 in £I.—(Ad.)

The "Kumara Times," 'which has been established 41 years, ceased publication on Saturday. One more victim to war expenses and shortage of paper. After all, there are no drapery bargains like those at Roscoe's assigned drapery sale, Parnell. 12/11 in £1. —AJ.

Ladies need not be troubled with chilblains or chapped hands if they will use NAZOL OINTMENT regularly during the cold weather.— (Ad.)

Third week-end drapery bar a ins at Roscoe's assigned stock, Parn,!', now ready. 12/11 in £I.—(Ad.)