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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 155, 1 July 1919, Page 4

I Following is the official weather forecast for 2-1 hours from 9 a.m. this day: The indications arc for westerly winds, | strong to gale, and backing by west to j south. The weather appears likely to 1)0 cloudy and unsettled, rain probable, also colder weather. The barometer has a falling tendency, but rising 6oon. Sea rough, tides good. The Auckland portion of the English mnils landed at Wellington by the transport Prinzessin from England, and the I'aloona from San Francisco will arrive here to-morrow morning. An Australian mail which arrived at Timani on Sunday by the Kauri will also arrive here tomorrow morning. It is announced that a soldier who has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal will be paid a gratuity of £20 on promotion to a eommkeion in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force or on discharge without a pension. If discharged with a pension he will "be eligible for an additional .sixpence a day. In cases of deceased soldiers who were awarded the D.C.M. the amount of the gratuity payable will bo credited to their estates. ' At a well attended meeting of the Poverty Bay Labour Representation Committee, held in the Labour Council rooms, Gisborne, the following resolution was unanimously carried, and the delegate was directed to bring the matter before the Labour Conference to be held next week in Wellington:—"That the Keiv Zealand Labour party executive he instructed to advocate to the X.Z. Federation of Labour executive the urgent necessity of forming shop com-1 mittees in industry and soldiers' councils, with the view to joint control in administration of industry and the ultimate object of. communal ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange.' . Two men, named respectively Hugh Richard I'himister and Joseph Peters,' appeared before Messrs. C K. L»aurie' and .T. T" "Stenibridge, J.P.d, at the, Pukekolie Police Court yesterday, charged with wilfully damaging a door, the property of the Railway Depart-, ment, and with being disorderly while drunk in a railway carriage between Tuakau and Pukekohe. Phimieter, who

had a number of previous convictions against him, was also charged with re-j sisting the police. A plea of guilty was j entered by both of the men, who, for, damaging the Government property, were sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour, and convicted on the charge of being drunk and disorderly. Phimister was sentenced to an additional 14 days' bard labour on the charge of resisting the police. j The suggestion to construct a main arterial war memorial highway from Auckland to the Bluff was considered by the annual Conference of the Xew Zealand Automobile Union. Mr. C. M Banks (Wellington) and Mr. W. S. i Wilson (Otago) moved and seconded that the Conference support the proposal. Mr. Wilson thought that the route should be surveyed, and portions of the road carried out from time to time. The construction of the road would cost £G,000,000. Mr. P. S. McLean, of Xapier, chairman of the Conference, was of opinion that the idea could be carried into effect by improving the present main roads. Eventually tha motion was altered to read that the union approve of the construction of the memorial road by converting the present main arterial roads into thoroughly , good roads. | A well-known Dunedin ibusiness firm wrote to the Committee of the Returned. Soldiers' Building Fund stating that whilst they had no desire to indicate what line the people of Dunedin should take in the expression of their thankfulness on the signing of peace, they felt that money spent on city decorations would give only a momentary 6atisfac- j

tion, and in no way assist the men who long stood between u» and the enemy, and without whose services there could, have been no peace. For themselves, therefore, they preferred to make a donation to the Soldiers' Club Building' Fund, which they trusted would provide a lasting monument of help and usefulness and give pleasure and assistance to many long after the festivities of Peace Day were but a passing memory. They enclosed their cheque for £25 as a donation to the fund. The committee greatly, appreciated the sentiments expressed in the letter, and the donation, and the hope was expressed that other firms would follow suit. During the hearing of a "habeas corpus" case in Chambers at Wellington, Sir Robert Stout, the Chief Justice, told a Scottish story. "It seems to mc," said his Honor, "the parties are fighting about nothing. It is like the old tale j of the possession of a white thorn bush, which was not worth sixpence, at the corner of two farms. As the result of litigation both farmers concerned lost their farms, and the white thorn bush went on growing." As an indication of the keen demand for land in Canterbury, especially by discharged soldiers, it is estimated that there will be close upon 500 applications for certain areas in the Cheviot district, which are to be thrown open for selection shortly. A chess club was inaugurated at Takapuna last evening. Mr. E. C. Tucker being appointed secretary, and the election of other officers deferred. It was decided that no tournaments be beld this year, and the play be confined to a club ladder competition. Mr. H. X. ©agnail, a member of Auckland City Council, notifies by advertisement his intention to be a candidate for Auckland Cb'est at next Parliamentary 1 __C_L 0n »-

j At a meeting of the Sports Protection 1 League held, in Christchurch it was i agreed that a conference of athletic bodies be held in Wellington to discuss and come to an agreement regarding tbe definition of an "amateur." Messrs. J. S. Barrett (chairman) and Boyle expressed themselves as not averse to a man receiving wages while away on tour, but not more than his wages. Everybody attending Rev. A. B. Chappell's lecture on "Thoughts and Thinking," in Foresters' Hall, Birkenhead, to- * night, would find the Thinkers' Pictorial! ] ; Notebook handy for taking notes of the | i lecture. Price Id, YVhitcombe and Tombs, Ltd. '' See the special price reductions in black!™ dress fabrics now offering at the J.C.L. X The savings to be effected are worthy. of your consideration. —.John Court, Ltd., Queen Street.—(Ad.) 1 Groats have great body-building power, , and Doctors' Cream o' Groats are the ( best. Make delicious gruel. All grocers. (Ad.)