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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 111, 10 May 1919, Page 6

The Weatl'.er Bureau forecast fir 21 hours from !• a.m. this day is a.-- follows: —The indications arc f»r easterly winds, moderate to strong. There is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather with increasing haze and cloudiness. Barometer falling after about 24 hours. Sea moderate, tides moderate. Further legal argument upon the summons f,.r the interpretation of the will and codicil of the hit" Mrs. S.irali Souter, of Parnell. was heard by Mr. .Justice Cooper at the Supreme Court this morning. Decision was reserved. An old resident of Auckland, Mrs. I. M. Turner, of Prospect Terrace, pas-eel away yesterday. Deceased was well known us a nurse, and was one of the early settlers, having arrived here by the ship Andrew .laikson, in the year 151i.3. The quarterly civil sessions of the Supreme Court at Auckland will open on Monday, before Mr. Justice Cooper. No less than 73 civil actions and about 30 undefended divorce cases are set down for hearing. Of the civil actions 44 have been held over from previous sessions. Sixteen cases require a jury of twelve, and five a jury oi" four, the remainder being before the judge alone. The criminal sessions open on Monday week. The official count of the votes in the City Council election by ihe returning officer, Mr. G. R. Hogan," has altered the positions in the list of several candidates. Mr. W. .1. Holdsworth, for instance, ranks as fourth in place of Mr. T. BlooJworth. who drops back to fifth position, and Mr. H. N. Bagnall falls into seventh on the list. Further down, Messrs. G. Baildon and J. Dempsey nowrank among the successful candidates who polled over 4,100 votes. The members of the Young Men's Christian Association will hold a gymkhana to-night at the V.W.C.A., and to-morrow a ."-pecial series of meetings and addresses nil! be held in honour of Mothers' Day. In the afternoon Mr. D. N MacDiarmid, who spent over three years as V.M.C.A. representative on active service with the Imperial Came! Corps, and was for several years prcvionsly a member of the Soudan United Mission, will give an interesting address entitled " Along the Nile to Central Africa."

A meeting of the iPeace Celebration | Committee has been called for Tuesday next to consider the Government's decision in regard to the celebration o: peace on the second Sunday after the signing of the treaty. The committee previously advised that they needed a: least ten days' notice. Coder the latest decision of the Government it is possible that only seven days' notice will be given, and this is considered insufficientMoreover, it is pointed out that the question of holding the celebrations in Auckland concurrently with the rest of the Empire has not been referred to by the Government, and the committee at its ]a~t meeting was very strongly of the opinion that ibis should be done. A meeting has therefore been called by ' the Mayor (Mr. .1. 11. Gunson) for Tuesday next, when the question will be Considered. Dealers do not anticipate any abnormal run upon fuel, which is like.y to be j mostly wood this winter becaiKe of the' . I conl scarcity. The very cold weather isi I tending to make people procrastinatel ■ regarding winter fires, and there is no reason to believe that the weather this' , | winter will be so bad as last, while thej I stocks of lirewood about Auckland are ample for all ordinary necessities. I Inquiries made to-day as to lie ,en- ' l dition of Mr. Louis Taylor, thi young i man who was injured in a collision with • a spring trap in Queen Street, One-: ! hunga, and was removed to the hospital, . I show that lie is making good progress. ; Taylor was admitted to the institution! . i suffering from a wound in the neck, said j .I to have been caused through a shaft I 1 pi-,i mum» the neck, j -I The Defence Depart men t has received \ I word from Mr. A.'.Median,!, of Medium! j Bros., Tryphena, Great Barrier, that n ' . carrier pigeon has arrived there, bearing '' on its leg a ring marked "N.Z.P., 1(1, - , 17K12." , ; Messrs. I". M. Bartram, 11. Kngleton, ' . jT. A. Gtibb, E. S. in wood and G. Steven- , i son have been nominated for the Ward 11 iseat on the Mount Albert Borough Couns j oil. The election will be held next f ! Thursday. ! l The Western Electric Sliiei.i Cjmpeti- - : tion. which is open to all Post and Tele- . j graph Cadets and Territorial-, of the North Island, has been won by t'ne I'Oth Company of the Post and 'Telegraph ' I Senior Cadets, Auckland. 1 j The Wanganui County Council has de- - I cided to apply for permission from the l j Government to erect a toll-gate on the „ imam road from Wellington to Wanganui, lor, as an alternative, that the Govern- - s!ment should grant .CIO.OOO for the rc- | construction of the road. »■ A special express train for Wellington, c, conveying passengers from the Makura, y en route to catch the Manuka for Syde> ney, and other passengers, will leave j, Auckland at 7.40 to-morrow evening.

The "Vicar of Milford Havien, the Rev. Edmund J. Howells, is appealing for subscriptions for a memorial to the late Lieut.-Commandcr Sanders, V.C., whose ship was based at the port. "It is proposed to place in the (Parish Church of Milford Haven a worthy memorial of this fine seaman's noble life, and still more noble death," writes the vicar. "It will take the form of a carved reredos. on which will be inscribed his name and the record of his deeds, as w&il-as the names of the grew who perished with him. It seems fitting that a memorial should he placed in this town, from the port of which Lieut.-Commander Sanders sailed on his last voyage, and particularly in the Church, the foundation stone of which was laid by another great naval hero—Lord Nelson —in 1801, whan on a visit to Milford Haven after the Battle of the Nile."

Recently an article appeared in the ".Star" regarding the passing of the " Black Maria," as the old prison van is to be replaced with a vehicle driven by motor power. The origin of the name, Black Maria, goe3 back many years ago to Portsmouth. There was a negress living in that town called Black Maria. She was 6ft 3in in height, and weighed close on 20 stone. When the " runners," as the thief takers were called in those days, wanted to catch a man they engaged Black Maria to assist them, as she was in touch with the underworld of Portsmouth. She was so strong that once she got her hands on a man he had no chance of escape. By and by the vehicles in which her prisoners were carried to gaol were also called " Black Maria," and the name has thus been transported across to various portions of the British Empire.

The inspector of the Socierv for the Prevention of Cruelty to " Animals brought a charge against Herbert W. Brooks, of Avondale, vestirda/, of illtreating some horses and cattle by failing to provide them with sufficient food. He stated that the paddocks in which the horses were kept were absolutely bare. A certificate from a veterinary surgeon was produced to show that the animals had been starved. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and stated that the horses were suffering from the results of the hot fly. He was convicted and ordered to pay costs amounting to 32/.

Passenger traffic from Auckland for the South during the past week has been exceptionally heavy. The 7.10 express last evening comprised 11 carriages, two sleeping cars, postal van, and two luggage vans. There were 450 passengers. The position with regard to traffic is apparently similarly heavy in Wellington. In addition to the ordinary express, which arrived here about 7 a.m. to-day, another train from Wellington brought the Williamson Opera Company members and other passengers. This express reached Auckland at four minutes past eight o'clock.

Now that the shorter winter nights have set in the courses of lectures are starting in the various city libraries. Leys Institute opened the course with a concert on Thursday evening. At Grafton Library next Tuesday "A Night With the Philistines" will be *he opening event of the course, and at Epsom Library on Thursday, May 22, the concert will be arranged by Mr- Maughan Barnett, city organist.

A course of lectures and entertainments has been arranged for the recently opened Epsom Library. The programme is both varied and interesting. The course opens on Thursday, May 22, with a concert arranged by Mr. Maughan Barnett, City Organist. The Grafton Library course of lectures and entertainments commences on Tuesday next.

"A night with the Philistines" will be the opening event. The programme, will consist of a series of humorous, musical, and dramatic sketches, songs, monologues, sleight of hand, and a one-act musical comedr, entitled "A Night Out."

The last of a family of soldiers died the ether day in England in MajorGeneral John EdwaTd Swindley, 08. The general was S3 years of age, and had served at the siege of Sebastopol, in the .Mutiny, the Kaffir Wars of 1832-3, and later in the march to Kandahar. He was the eldest of four brothers, three of whom settled in New Zealand—Major Swindley, of Tauranga, Captain Swindle}", of Coromandel, and Mr. Harry Swindley, of Auckland — all predeceased the eldest brother. Two sons of the late Harry Swindley on service abroad were able to attend their uncle's funti-1

The 55th anniversary of the Sunday School connected with St. James' Presbyterian Church, Wellington Street, is to be celebrated by special services tomorrow, at which the Revs. W, J. Youngson, A. B. Chappell, and R. LWalker will preach. The roll of honour of this Sunday school contains 1.T5 names, and fully 2ii per cent, of these who went on active service laid down their lives for their country. During the year St. James' Hall has been renovated, and the electric light installed.

The director of repatriation, Mr. J, R. Samson, stated yesterday that, although the Department had established a training farm for tubercular soldiers near Fcattierttton, where they could have the benefit of the best medical advice, skilled training, and a healthy outdoor life, and hnd sent circulars to its boards and committees, and had ndvortised in the newspapers, only ono application for admission had been received,

Commercial firms in Christchtireh are urging the removal of tho consarslilp from private cable messages. The censorship was removed from Press messages piuiie time ago, and it is felt tbarthere is now no necessity for it to be applied to private messages. At present me,sr:iges cannot be sent beyond New Zealand by private code, although sevor.tl recognised codes may be used.

Mr. JosepTi StefTany, lato of Apia, has purchased the Tutuila property of the D.II. and P.G, The property was sold by tender, thei purchase price, it is Stated, being £1000, of which £2."0 was paid for the I.cone Station and CC'Hi fur the headquarters buildings In I'ngo Pago. The Remuera Fire Brigade hn« within the past few weeks been mnde the object of a hoax in the form of false alarms. The second such call within three days

v\:i-. received shortly before 11 o'clock; lust night. With the continuance of dry weather the dust nuisance is becoming most unpleasant, and where streets are «anded, us in Fort Street, the sand, blowing in through the doorways is reported to be' very destructive to machinery. The annual conference of the New Zealand Keturned Soldiers' Association is to open in Christchurch on May 20., when delegate* will be present from branches throughout the Dominion. '"Laughing Bill Hyde,"' from the novel by Rex Beach, commences its season nt the Strand Theatre to-day.—(Ad.) —but they are selling scores of better hats for only 8/11 at Melvern's Millinery Department, Karangahape Road.— (Ad.)