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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 228, 24 September 1918, Page 4

The Weather Bureau forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day is ac follows: "The indications are for variable.' hnd ' moderate breezes, but strong easterly winds to gale prevailing. There is a I prospect of tine weafher, days bright and I night* col<l. The barometer has a ris-1 ing tendency. Seas moderate; tides good." There is evidently some demand for properties in Mount Eden district, for, according to a return furnished to the Mount Eden Bormigh Council last night by the town cleV there were 172 trans- . fere of properties within the borough in the laet sev< n Weeks. Of course, these figures do not indicate the circumstances surrounding the sale. It may b< , that the calling up of Second Division reservists for war service has induced a considerable number of bread-winners to realise on their equities on their homes and properties at sonic sacrifice in order that their families may have a bank balance bandy in case of later even, i tualitieß. While it is comforting to feel that the properties are salable, even at a sacrifice, there is a lurking suspicion that tfie breakingup in tliiH fashion of homes, which can only be re-established ! after the war at much enhanced prices, is eoing to mean a national loss that will complicate the repatriation problem. Mr. A. K. Olover. M.P., recently made representations to the Acting-Prime Minister, Sir Jamre Allen, on behalf of the Auckland painters, urging that *>ne or more of the troopships should be painted on their arrival at Auckland by one of the local firma, instead of all the contracts being lvt to Wellington firm*. The member pointed oivt that in some ctxseß the contracts were obtained in Wellington and men sent up to Auckland to paint the vessels while they were at-"f>siß port. The following letter has been received by Mr. (Hover from Sir Jamee Allen in answer to his request: — "With reference to your letter of the 14th met. regarding the painting of a troopship in Auckland. I have to advise you that no troopships are now under the control of the New Zealand Government, *11 troope being dispatched now on a per capita basis under arrange-; ments with the Imperial Ministry of Shipping. Consequently any work Wing I carried out in rrapect to troopships is an expense of the shipowner concerned. and a matter over which the Defence Department has no control." The Rangotaua branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, at its last meeting, passed a resolution ex-' pressing the opinion: "That the tim cis : long overdue for an increase in wages of j 4/- per day to all members of the Second Division, as the, present war bonus has j been more than overtaken uy the ever- ] increasing cost of living,"' and urgently calling upon the executive to petition Parliament at once with the object of getting some relief of the heavy burdens caused by the increased cost of living. The following resolution was also carried: "That this branch strongly prote.-its against the action of Mr. Mack, general secretary of the A.S.R.S.. in contesting the Wellington Central seat at the forthcoming by-election against Mr. P. Fraser. i the selected official Labour candidate." \ The steady rise in the cost of livin" owing to war conditions is emphasised* by the report of Sister Constance to be submitted at the annual meeting , of the Presbyterian Social Service this evening. '•"During the cold weather there wae a: constant demand for clothing. This year has been exceptionally hard, for the cost of living h:ts been so high. So many people have had difficulty in making ends meet in regard to food, and often necessary clothing has simply been out of the question." A Mim of .t:2.-> received by the Land ami Income Tax Department, from a person unknown, is acknowledged by the Minister of Finance iv tin- "New Zealand Gazette.' , [

"As a Presbyterian minister," writes the Rev. Isaac Jolly, M.A., in his foreword to the annual report of the Auckland Presbyterian Social Service Association, "I have often felt ashamed, as I thought that Christian social service work was left chiefly to the Koman Catholic Church and the Salvation Army. Now, through the work of the P.S.S.A., this reproach is being lifted from our ;hureh. Work of this kind should make ite appeal to everyone who is concerned about the future of our country, and the advancement of the Kingdom of j-od." The Acting-Prime Minister has sont the Allowing message to New Zealand eoliiers on the West front and in Palestine: | Though you cannot be with us on Domilion Day, we art- thinking of you and of ill the brave men and women who have ived and died for Now Zealand. The learta in the homeland beat quicker as ye read of your doings, and there is universal rejoicing in the great part you are aking with the Army advancing to victory. Dominion Day has now a deeper significance because you have added, and .vill add, still further lustre to the. iame." A claim for damages arising out of an iseault in a cow-byre at Penrose on \ugust 5 came before Mr. E. D. Mosley, 3.M., to-day, the plaintiff being George H. Redman (Mr. McCormiek), and the defendant Reginald Marie, freezing works employee, Ellerslie (Mr. Mossnan). The plaintiff said he had refused to give defendant a cow for two calves, md defendant seemed to tshow feeling igainst him. Plaintiff was assaulted iml knocked about. Defendant said plaintifl* had tried to pet, him to accept i cow, which ultimately was found to !>e .1 poOT one. lie denied attacking plaintiff, but aeserted that lie had been lßsaulted first, and had struck out strongly as the best means of defence, l'he magistrate Baid defendant "was a much }"ounger man, and could have retreated. Judgment was for plaintiff r or 4/2, special damages claimed, and £5 general damages, and costs £2 8/2. In the course of conversation with a Dunedin reporter, Lieutenant-Colonel ■ileeman said that the raw material for the army in New Zealand-had advantages over the raw material in the Old Country, hi that our recruits here were setter educated, and of higher physique, md more accustomed to self-dependence. Flic <lisadvantages of the New Zealand recruits were, firstly, that they came from homes in which the parental discipline is not so etifT as in the Homeland. rbt-refore it was the harder to bring them to the military standard of discipine; and. secondly, the colonial recruit's time of training, reduced to hours, was inly one-third of the time in England. Hie aim of the recruits here should be to so use their advantages as to compensate for the shorter period; in other words, the} , ought to do their best to learn a soldier's duty in a third of the time allowed at Home. A meeting of householders in the Remuera district last evening gave its ■support to a proposal to beautify the Remuera school grounds, and a substantial sum of money was collected in the room for this purpose. The residents of

he district arc to be further appealed 0 for £75, so that the whole scheme irovided by in a report of the Parks* ■Superintendent (Mr. T. E. Pearson) can s> tarried out." The ground ia to be .brown open to residents and children jf the district as a recreation ground. A public meeting is advertised to be icld in the Town Hall concert chamber •n the evening of October 8, at which he Mayor has consented to preside. The lathering is under the auspices of the 'ity Schools' Committee, which has been noving in the direction of securing a uitable building on a better sit* to reilace the Napier Street and Nelson Street ines. Mr. Thomas G. Price, architect, 3 to deliver a lecture on the influence of rood homes and school buildings on child ife. His remarks will be illustrated by antern slides. , Following the adoption of a five-day sveek by clothiery manufacturers, similar action is being taken in other industries. Messrs. Tattersfield, Ltd., bedSing and quilt manufacturers, have de?idi'd to adopt the live-day week throughout their factory at Grey Lynn. Male and female employees will be Dlaced on the came basis, and share the idvantagos of the shortened week. In the Magistrate's Court to-day, before Mr. E. 1). Moisley. 6.M-, Augusta C. Woods, of Napier Street, widow (Mr. ■Miiger), sued Albert Orange, saddler (Mr. Moody), for £1!) 4/6, money lent, the sum of £7 for wages, ajid £4 10/ "or board and lodgings. The defendant rountcr-claimed foT the return of certain goods or their equivalent value, £45. Judgment, with costs, was given for defendant on the claim, and for plaintiff in the counter claim. The question of the employment ot Hindu labour wae brought up for dis•ussion at the last meeting of the Canterbury Trades and Labour Council by 1 letter from a country worker, who itated that, the ]»üblhr Works Departnent was employing 12 Hindus on the Parnassus road, it being pointed out .hat at the same time in the city re.urned soldiers and others were without iuitable employment. The Council decided to communicate with the Returned 'oldiers' Association, with a view of irranging a conference to study this md other questions. An historic cannon, which belonged to he. ship Endeavour, commanded by Cook, has been offered to the Poverty Bay Institute. In 1770, while >n the Australian coast, the Endeavour itruck the Barrier Keef. and in lighterng her, six cannons were thrown over>oard. This cannon was the only one recovered from the reef. During the sitting of the Second Miliary Appeal Board at Waibi it was stated n evidence that the Waihi G.M. Co. was producing somo SOOOoz of fine gold per nonth. The production of fine gold was stated to be of considerable importance ;o the Imperial authorities. In committee this morning the Waitenata County Council decided to take an>ther poll on the proposal to borrow £2.000 for improvement work in the ritirangi Riding. The proposal was reec.ted at a poll taken recently 'by two 'otes. Tt is proposed to erect wool storage at he Taihape Freezing Works, the captal :o be raised 'by the issue of £5 preference shares. Try Doctors' Cream o" Groats. I'nlike mported foods, it is always reliable, pure aid fresh.— (Ad.) tor 53 Years Baxter's Lung Preserver las been remedying coughs, colds, sore :liroats, chest and bronchial troubles, iig bcttles 2/.—(Ad.) Ladies! You are invited to inspect the new spring millinery at the J.C.L. Oar selection embracee the very latest in trimmed, untrimmed, an;l readv-to-vvear shapes.—John Court. Ltd.. Queen Street.—(Ad.) Ask for Wolfe'? sennapps—Ti w the only genuine article beAring that