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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 66, 18 March 1919, Page 4

The Weather Bureau forecast fnr 24 hours from 0 a.m. this day is as follows: "Tlio indications are for southerly winds, moderate to strong. Weather probably cool and changeable. The night will probably be very cold. Barometer rising slowly. Soa moderate. Tides moderate." The Ohincmuri Jockey Club meeting was concluded at Paeroa yesterday, when the sum of £2G,704 was passed through the machines, making a total of £oI,OGB 10/ for the meeting. The special trains from Auckland were well pat ronised, and rnn well to time-table, on Saturday, and on the outward journey yesterday; but owing to extra pressure on the line owing to the Xgaruawaiha, Regatta, were somewhat late on the return journey, and it was after midnight when Auckland was reached. A big scheme of improvement is one of the immediate objects of the committee of the Xgaruawahia Regatta Association, which is an active body all ! the year round, ana Tias now purchased i additional acres at the junction of the VVaikato and the Waipa rivers. The holdings of the Association now comprise "the Delta Point," and the committee intends to transform It into a public park. Then the scope of the annual regatta shall be greatly widened, and the annual gathering will include tennis. ! bowling, and croquet tournaments, as well as the water races. Messrs. F. Blake and L. Sim, two re- I turned soldiers, arrived by the express this morning, and will speak in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall at eight ; o'clock this pvening. At < hrisbhur.h on Sunday afternoon a particularly severe nortli-west gale played havoc with orchards. I« many cases the trees were stripped of fruit.

The fears for the safety of Mr. Herbert Duke, of Waiwera,' who left for i Auckland in a 20ft mullet boat on Saturj day evening, were allayed by the arrival in Auckland of the boat on Sunday. ' While holiday-making in Waiwera two i Aucklanders came to grief in a 20ft j mullet boat, which was cast up on the beach and damaged. Mr. Duke undertook to bring the boat hack to Auckland, and left Waiwera on Saturday evening. .Miortly after leaving he ran into a. heavy squall, and was compelled to run for shelter. The boat shipped water in huge quantities, and Mr. Duke was compelled to bail out every few minute*. The "jaw"' blew away shortly afterwards, and the boat made little progress, but eventually, after rather a trying time. J!r. Duke made port. He was accompanied by his mother. His arrival in Auckland wes greeted with surprise by the owners of the boat, which had been 60 severely damaged as to make the trip an extremely dangerous one. Mr. Duke is a married man with seven children, residing at Waiwera. At the monthly meeting of the Xe>vmarket- School Committee, held last night, a letter from the Board of Education was received intimating that they had granted permission to close the schools at 2 p.m. on each day of the entertainment given by the C'hautauqun. Subsequently the following resolution was carried unanimously:—"That, in view of the fact that the schools have been closed for a considerable period during the recent epidemic, and also in the absence of information regarding the educational advantages to be derived by the cniidren attending the entertainments provided by the Chaiitauqua, the members of the Newmarket School CoramiHee emphatically protest against the action of the Education Board in closing the school on the occasions in question."

The annual report of the Lyttelton Harbour Bourd for last year states that taking into account the disorganisation of shipping .due to tlio war the board's revenue remained fairly satisfactory. The earnings for the year amounted to £03,502, or £383.5 more than (luring 1917. The wharfage returns showod a decrease of £678, due to a falling off of 42,075 tone in the quantity of goods passing over the board's wharves. The value of exports from Lrttelton was £3,223,428, a decrease of £700,813. There was an increase in the value of imports, which were £3,731,115, an increase of £537,234. The number of vessels that entered the port during 1918 was 1841, a decrease on the previous year of 142. The total tonnage was 1,128.000, a decrease of 204,358 tons compared with the previous year. At the Irish Xntional Concert, held in the Town Hall last night, Mr. M. J. Sheehan moved the following resolution: "That this meeting of Now Zealand citizens, mainly of Irish descent, is of the opinion that a full measure of self-gov-ernment be granted to Ireland in accordance with the ideals expressed by President Wilson." Mr. Sheehan said that in an audience such ns that there was no need to eeek justification for such a resolution. He said Irishmen only wanted a share in the favours being distributed broadcast in Europe. Ireland was being to-day ruled by a Chief Secretary who was in no way responsible to Irish public opinion. He was either an Englishman, a Welshman, or a Scotsman, but never an Irishman. He remained or retired from loffice, not in accordance with the wishes of the Irish people, but at the whime of British political parties. Mr. F. J. G. Tcimn seconded, and. on boing put to the meeting, it was carried unanimously.

There was a good deal going in the way of entertainment on the transport Hororata during the voyage to Xew Zealand. Much of the amusement was the result of V.M.C.A. work, under Lieutenant 0. E. Burton, of Auckland, assisted by Sergeant Farrally, of Hamilton. The boxing tournaments arranged during the trip proved highly popular, while a series of popular concerts arranged by Lieutenant Xieholas were also much appreciated, while debates and a mock court added variety to the amusements provided. The reception at Chrietobal, a coaling station at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal, is en thusiastically epoken of by the men. Included in the hospitality of the Americans were free trips * into the country and a concert provided by American ladies at Gilbert House, under the auspices cf the American Red Cross. As the vessel passed thr.-tugh the canal, fruit, tobacco, and sweets were thrown on board, while the Xrw Zealand soldiers threw all kinds of souvenirs in return. The children of the Canal zone, had prepared hundreds of scrap-books, which were distributed among the soldiers •when they were again at sea.

Freight charges .were considered at a meeting of the Dimcdin Chamber of Commerce last night. The president. -Mr. J. B. Waters, introduced the mattar of the high freights now ruling between the 1/ommion and England. After a discussion, the president was authorised to draft a letter to-the various rhambew throughout New Zealand ur»in- combined action with a view of ascertainhia the poesibihty of obtaining a reduction both of inward and outward freights. On Saturday iicxt in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall }! r S Hurst Seagcr (lion, organising director of the Town Planning Conference) will deliver an illustrated lecture entitled What Town Planning Means for the DominionA meeting held under the auspices of the Ratepayers' Association took place in the Methodist Hall, Stanley Bay, last night to hear an address from Mr. tJT m • illS> ,v,, ° is a candidate for the Mayoralty of Devonport. There was a fair ftttondanee, and Mr E S Wight occupied the chair. The steamer Athenic, with New Zea.and troops, is expected to berth at Wellington on Thursday morning. She will land Wellington and other troops with Vh T C ° me On t0 Auckland with the northern men. The Auckland Total Abstinence Society passed a resolution at its last meet.ng receding with satisfaction! the present opportunity of abolishing j LentTft llqU ° r traffiC ' eVen thouS it ent ai le the payment of compensation thongh not admitting the justice of this The referendum to bo taken on Thure- i d»y April 10, on the liquor question LV the topic of the hour. On J To of the jssue appears an an-' nouncement regarding this question-i Ashley's "clean sweep" sale o f Porter's stock still prodding, corner i karangahapc R on d and Pitt Street "d The Auckland Poultrykeepers' Associa' ticm egg-laying competition for IO IU "0 will be held on the new site at Mount Albert, where all birds will be tested, sing c pens, providing competitors with single-pen and ream records Writ* nl once lor schedule and particular,' " *7dT 813 ' C;,P -°'' Auckliil^