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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 210, 3 September 1917, Page 4

A short but very heavy shower of hail fell in some portions of the city shortly after S a.m. to-day. In the Ponsonby district a few of the hailstones were fully half an inch across, just lumps of ice, which had not oven been rounded off in the decent.

Tho little boy of six who was left in Queen Street a couple, of months ago and wandered into a picture theatre, with the result that he came into the hands of the police, was brought before Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., this morning as a child not under proper control. The circumstances stated were that the woman who had control of the boy had found him a burden, and she stated that the hoy's mother had left the child with her and had disappeared without leaving any name. After several years she found the boy too frreat a burden, and had left him in the street to be found by the police, as being the only way she could devise of freeing herself from his maintenance. The police since then had not been able to ascertain who the parents of the child were, and the boy in the meantime had thrived in the care of the Salvation Army authorities. His Worship formally committed the boy to the Auckland Industrial School, adding that ho would raise no objection to an application to have the child licensed out to the Salvation Army's Home at Wellington. --■-_.

Further hearing of the action arising out of the tramway accident at Onehunga on May 20, in which Ann Lockwood, of Onehunga, is seeking to recover from the Auckland Electric Tramways Company, Ltd., the sum of £53 ]5/(i as special damages, £200 as general damages, and costs of the action, and such further and other relief, as the Court may decide, as compensation for injury whereby it was alleged the plaintiff was occasioned great.pain,' inconvenience-arid expense, has been adjourned until to-day fortnight, owing to the-indisposition of both counsel. .. -Sir. A.• 'is' appearing for the plaintiff and Mr. J. R. Reed, K.C., for the defending company.

An address was delivered at the 'lyric Theatre last evening by Mr. P. C. Webb, M.r. for Grey. There was an exceptionally large audience, every part of the building being filled. Mt. Webb dealt lit some length with his treatment while in prison, and urged the necessity of reform in the methods of dealing with prisoners, particularly in the case of men who perhaps through some unfortunate mistake were in prinon for the first time. In cases such as these, he contended, reformative methods should be adopted, iHe submitted that prison warders should undergo n course of training, and be compelled to pass an examination just as . hospital nurses had to pass examinations ■before they were allowed to take up nursing. Dealing with the question of conscription he, contended that if the State compelled men to go to the front it should also take over their responsibilities. Alluding to the miners, he stated that there was no body of men who had played their part so well, or done 60 much as the miners since the outbreak of war. With loss men they had put up a record that had only once been broken, and that only by one ton. The meeting concluded with cheers for tbe speaker.

air. Powell's lecture to-the Auckland Institute on -Natural Sources of Power" to bo delivered this evening in St. Andrew's Hall should be both interesting and instructive. The lecturer will explain how such natural sources of power as the wind, water, and the tides have been dealt with in the past, and how modern methods and modern machinery will allow them to be dealt with iv the future. Judgment was given by his Honor Mr Justice Cooper at the Supreme Court this morning in an appeal lodged by Mervyn Norwood (hypnotist) against the magistrate's decision in a civil action, Arthur Edward Lupton (pianist) v. Mervyn Norwood, iv which the magistrate held that tho respondent was wrongfully dismissed, and ho assessed the damages which the respondent was entitled to recover at the sum of £30. In summing up his Honor said that, after considering the 'whole of the evidence contained in the magistrate's notes relevant to the question of whether the respondent was guilty of the misconduct alleged, he could not overrule tho decision on the question of fact, and that the damages awarded by the magistrate were founded upon a proper basis; therefore the damages awarded by the magistrate were reasonable, and the appeal would be dismissed, with £7 7/ costs. On Saturday last the Solemn Requiem Mass for the late Rev. Mother Mary Alacoque was celebrated at St. Mary's Convent. The convent chapel was thronged with friends of the late sister, and delegates from the past and present pupils were present in great numbers. The music of the Requiem was beautifully rendered by the priests' choir, including the Rev. Fathers Ainsworth, Speerings, Taylor, Bleakley, and Furlong. The mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Kelly, who had with him« as deacon and sub-deacon the Revs. Dunpby and Duffy. The Right Rev. Monsignor Mahoney, V.G., diocesan administrator, presided, and in the occasional sermon paid an eloquent tribute to the many virtues and missionary zeal of the deceased nun. Tn the Ranctuary with him were the Very Rev. Chancellor Holbrook, Kcv. AY. J. Murphy, administrator, and Revs. Golden, Cahill, O'Malley, O'Brien, nnd McLaughlin. Mr. H. Hiscoc-ks presided at the organ. Mr. G. E. Foote has withdrawn bis nomination for the seat on tbe Onehunga Council, Mr. Sutherland beinij, therefore, elected. • -

A five-roomed house, occupied by Mr. Johns, a baker, and owned by Mrs. Roberts, was 'burned to the ground at St. Helier's Bay this morning shortly before 5 o'clock. Mrs. Johns heard something falling in one of the rooms, and got up and found the house in flames. The occupants got out in good time, but practically everything in the building was destroyed. The origin of the fire is a mystery, as everything was all right when Mr. Johns left some time earlier to go to the bakehouse.

Next/ Wednesday the refloated barque which has been undergoing extensive repairs on the Wellington patent slip will be ro-launched. The temporary stranding of the vessel at the Wellington entrance will cost a huge sum to those concerned. The total cost of repairs to the re-floated barque and the entire expenses connected with tbe use of the Wellington patent slip will amount to between £15,000 and £16,000. Added to this must, be estimated the charge of demurrage, which dates officially from July 12, and will extend to about two months from that date. It is estimated that the barque could have earned somewhere about £30,000 during the period of her delay. Therefore the cost of the mishap at the Wellington Heads will amount up to about £45,000 for repairs, slipping, and demurrage. The underwriters who are responsible for the payment for repairs and slipping consider, however, that the re-Hoating of the barque was a good save. HeT cargo, which was valued at something like £ 100,000, was insured, and the insurance on the barque ranged about £30,000 or £40,000.

A roll of honour containing the names of 25 members of the Otahuhu Municipal Brass Band who have responded to their country's call, or are about to serve in the war, is to be presented to the Otahuhu Borough Council for erection in the [Council Chamber. The names are:— V. 'Donovan ("killed), L. Adams (killed), W. Best (prisoner of war), P. Gill, R. Taylor, C. Knapping, E. Rowe, J. Patton, W. Jameson, J. aWeCullough. J. Richardson, W. Shcppherd, J. Irvine. T. Gallagher, W. Corin, E. Farrelly. G. Rodgers, 0. Bennett, A. Waddell, H. Logan A. Coffins, A. Holland, H. Thornton, R. Brown, and H. Eustace.

The work of the Waihi deputation! that recently visited Wellington took oni much more importance when it was| learned that the financial arrangements of Waihi Borough were threatened with disaster, telegraphs our correspondent.! The facts are briefly that the gold duty security upon which the bank advanced accommodation was not coming forward because no gold was being sent out of the Dominion, and the financial authorities of Wellington claimed that no more gold would he shipped till the warended. The result of this would be that the Borough revenue would continue to accrue each month, but that there would be no legal way of paying it oveT to the borough. The deputation discussed the matter at considerable length -with tl>c Premier and other Ministers and the general manager of the National Bank, urging that unless something was done quickly the town of Waihi would be paralysed financially, and all workmen thrown out of employment. Prior to leaving Wellington the Mayor, Mr. D. Donaldson, was assured by Sir Joseph Ward that-he -would meet the position by inserting a clause in the Finance.or another bill, and thus legalise payment of the money. ■••■ -

Mr, Walter Bunting, traveller for John Olia'mbeTs, ."Ltd., of Auckland, while getting out of a trap at Maungakaramea yesterday, slipped on a stone, dislocating the ankle joint and breaking the bone. He was removed to the Whangarei Hospital, where he is likely to remain for some weeks.

The Civil sittings of the Supreme Court have been adjourned until to-day fortnight, the 17th inst. Mr. Justice Cooper leaves for Hamilton this evening to preside at the sitting of the Supreme Court in that district.

A property comprising 100 acres of bush land, situated within 10 minutes *alk of Clevedon township, has been handed, free of cost, to the Crown by Mr. S. A. Browne for a scenic and water reserve. The scenery on the property, including nikau palms and tree ferns and numerous waterfalls, is very fine, and from the top of the peak a magnificent view all round the country is possible.

W. H. Hannah, in a letter to a Clareville resident, gives some idea of the prices paid for stock in oversea towns. He says: "I was at the little village of Pomfret (France) recently, and saw a four-months-old calf sold for £9 2/6 for imtchering purposes. Pigs (601b) at 76/-, black-faced sheep 35/-." At the time he wrote the Clareville soldier was in hospital at Hornchurch, as a result of gas poisoning.

At a general meeting of the Waihi Miners' Union it was resolved to urge the Minister for Mines that where children arc left orphans through the death of their father from miners' phthisis they be brought under the provision of the Act. It was also resolved to urge on the Government the necessity for men suffering from miners' phthisis receiving the same benefits as those provided under the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act.

.A lecture entitled "L-loyd George: Statesman and Leader of Men," will be delivered to-morrow night by Professor Maxwell Walker at the Grafton Library Hall.

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