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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 205, 28 August 1918, Page 4

The Weather Bureau forecast for -4 hours from !) am. Ibis day is as follows: "The indications arc for moderate to strong southerly winds: baiocnctcr rising. .Seas rough; tides good.'' A protest against an alleged arrangement made by the chairman of the City Schools Committee (Mr E. Lilly) for picture entertainments for children war! considered from Mr. .1. J. Edgar (a member of the committee) at the meeting of the Education Hoard to-day. Mr. Kdgar further alleges that tbe arrangement was made against the wishes ol nome of the parents. According to 11 statement, made by -Mr. Lilly, the arrangement was made between tbe committee, the headmasters, and the manager of the West End Theatre. It provides for special picture matinees for children. Tbe first performance, of an hour anil a-lialf. is due to he held on Friday next. The children. RiiO of whom can be accommodated at one time, will be taken from Standard 111. upwards, and will be taken to the theatre by their teachers. After discussion, the Board decided that the writer of the letter be informed, that the teachers and committee be informed, that the Hoard entirely disapproves of the school-time being utilised for the purpose indicated. A copy of a circular issued 'by the Mayor (Mr. J. 11. Gunson) to headmasters of city schools regarding the proposed planting by school children of trees in front of Government House in connection with new Anzac Avenue, was before tbe Education Board to-day. The circular invites school children to participate in the planting, on a day to be decided. The Board approved of the circular. In a recent paragraph announcing the ■ result of the election in connection with! the Hclensv-ille queen carnival the name of Mrs. Ellett (1060 votes) 'was omitted. l

The Conciliation Council sat the whole of yesterday considering the dispute Hied by Auckland Tramway Officers' Union. This makes three dnys in all. A number of general conditions and machinery clauses were agreed to, but wages and hours of work were left to he oecided by the Arbitration Court. On the motion of Air. A. Rosser, advocate for the union, seconded by Mr. J, .1. Walklate, manager of the* Tramways Company, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the Conciliation Commissioner. Mr. T. Harle Giles.

The light in which the Education Department views applications for allowances on acconut of children riding to school has been covered in a letter to tho ISdtication Hoard. The letter is a reply to one such application from Mr. •I. .1. Ball. Matakohc. It states that ridnip horses are especially excluded from means of conveyance on account of Which allowance i. available, and that the Department is unable to make exceptions in individual cafes lo the conditions for conveyance. The Board has decided to ask the Department to amend the regulations to meet such cases.

Phi- life of our Sew Zealand soldiers on the battlefront is a subject of perpetual intcrost to the people of this Dominion. There is no one more able to tell a sympathetic and interesting story of their doings than an army chaplain, wlio by tin- nature of his calling has a jieculiurly intimate knowledge. Tomorrow evening at the Leys Institute father Doyle, of Remuera. will lecture on hi,. "Two Years' Experience on the Western Front."' Tho reverend futher was attached to (he New Zealand Rille Hrigade, ami followed its career through France and Flanders. The lecture is one of the Leys Institute winter course.

Owing to two members leaving their seats just as the meeting started, tinspecial meeting of the Northcotc Borough Council last night was left without the necessary number of council lore to constitute a quorum, aud in consequence the chairman declared the meeting closed. The special business was the consideration of tbe balancesheet for the past year, and the preparation of the estimates for the current year. As the Mayor (Mr. -I. I!. Touari was not present, the six members in attendance proceeded to elect a chairman for the meeting. Cr. play proposed, and Cr. Barnes seconded, that Cr. Orccntdnde take the chair. Crs. Lyon and derrick proposed Cr. Crowley. The town clerk put tin- respective propositions, and announced the motion carried. Cr. Crowley interrogated the town clerk 'as to whether the deputy mayor should not preside in the absence of the Mayor, aud received an affirmative rcplyfi Crs. Barnes and Flay pointed out that no deputy-mayor had been appointed, whereupon Crs. ( rowicy and Herrick vacated their seats, and the meeting ter ' initiated without any business being , transacted.

The charges against the three men accused of stealing, on August 10. ten c-srs of benzine, valued at £1(1. tbe property of Wright. Stephenson and Co.. and also tin- ebarges of receiving cases of benzine knowing it to have been stolen, preferred against two other mm. were lo have been investigated in the Police ('unit yesterday afternoon. Chiefdeteelive MeMahon informed the Bench that, owing to fresh development*, he bad to ask for an adjournment till Friday, if possible, l-'ive Solicitors who are t.. defend the various parties concerned in turn stated that prior engagements made thY suggested date innonvcriciit. Several dales were mentioned, but the nearest to suit the parties was next Tuesday, and even then one solicitor was not exactly gratified, although he was prepared to follow, probably on the Wednesday. The chief-detective agreed by saying: ■'Any date that will suit all of these gentlemen who arc appearing as counsel will suit ni"." and bis W'orsiiip demoernticallv settled the matter by declaring that the majority bad better have it. Tiie caseswill therefore commence at 2.15 urn on Tuesday.

An unusual posilit.i was disclosed when tbe felt hatters' dispute cmor be fore a Conciliation Council at Dunedin yesterday. Tlie employers intimated that they did not agree" to any of the claims as they were of tin- opinion that the union was not a bona-tide union, and that the representatives of the union must establish its bona-Odes before the Arbitration Court. If the Court did decide that the union was bona-fide. the employers would meet its representatives in conference. The Conciliation Commissioner said he thought that the employers should give a sound reason for the attitude adopted, but the employers' representative said that the present Court was not the proper place in which to make a statement. Finally it was decided to refer the whole dispute to the Arbitration Court, the Commissioner stating that he would attach an evpljnatiou informing the Court that the employers mentioned flint tbev bud some legal point, that they refused to divulge it. and refused to' discuss the demands of the union.

-Inhn A. Asher. flaxmiller. has furnished the following schedule to the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy-. —l"n----seeured creditors, .£2.820 l-'i/lO: secured creditors. £2.034 2/7: estimated value of the securities given. C 4.400. This leaves a surplus of £2,31.* i IT/f< which is the only asset shown.

A large packing of Christmas gifts for the men on active service took place at the Town Hull this morning, when tbe country delegates to the annual meeting of the Auckland .Women's Patriotic League were present. The parcels contained article, to a eo'-'t of '>/, and numbered 7..)0U. Another packing for the men in Egypt and Palestine will take place at a later dale.

When Ihe Finance Committee's report came up for consideration at tlie meeting of the. Education Board this morning it contained a recommendation thai Mr. D. M. D'tinlop (headmaster of Xortheotc school) be appointed to the position of Advisory Inspector to the Hoard. Tho committee had reduced the applications from _4 to '■'•. Mr. Diiniop being the final nominee. Mr. floddie moved that confirmation of the appointment be deferred for six months, and the matter again be considered. Mr. Bond seconded, and after a lengthy discussion it was put to a vote, seven voting for and four against. Mr. Garland thereupon moved that the report be adopted. This was carried.

The last of the series of six W.E.A. lectures on "Social Reconstruction Alter the War." will be given this evening in St. Andrew's Hall. Lower Symonds Street, by the Hon. G. Fowids. starting at eight o'clock. The subject of to-night's address will be "General Social Conditions.".