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The Weather Bureau forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day is as follows: "The indications are for moderate to strong southerly winds- Weather probably cold and changeable, but should improve soon. The barometer has a rising tendency. Seas moderate. Tides wood."

Sir James Allen, the Acting-Prime Minister, has informed Mr AY. T. Jennings, MP., that the objections to the valuation of land in Taumarunui borough would be discussed between the ValuerGeneral and the objectors, and this arrangement will probably render a deputation from Te Kuiti on the question of freeholding the town unnecessary.

General Headquarters of the Defence Department has issued instructions that where considered advisable, and at the request of the officer commanding a hospital, the District Headquarters may authorise the opening of a canteen. There is no proposal to sell liquor at the canteens. All the military hospitals are strictly "dry."

After a meeting of managers of the Auckland picture theatres on Tuesday a joint telegram was dispatched to' the Hon- G. W. Russell at Christchurch:—

"There is widespread public dissatisfaction regarding the restricted hours. Proprietors of Auckland theatres are desirous of knowing if this measure can be suspended during peace week. Such a concession would materially decrease the dissatisfaction." The Minister replied that he could not authorise the opening of the theatres during the hours in which the law required them to be closed.

The fact that practical farmers are not asked, to assist surveyors in the cutting up of Government lands for settlement was commented on at the meeting of the Farmers' Union yesterday afternoon. A remit from the Te Awamutu sub-provincial branch asked the support of the executive in getting the Government to appoint farmers to assist the surveyors in this work. Tho meeting resolved to support the proposal and to forward a copy of the resolution to the Minister of Lands.

Mr. A. H. Patterson, recently returned from active service and for some time of the mail staff of the Auckland Post Office, has been appointed traffic clerk of the G.P.O.

A small Australian mail arrived from Newcastle by the Orari this morning. If; was fumigated and delivered during tho afternoon. The newspaper portion of tho Kigoma's mail arrived by the Rarawa this morning, and is being distributed this afternoon. One day this week one of the men who had returned from active service, prior to which, he had been in the employ of Messrs. John Court, Ltd., for just under two years, interviewed the firm, and stated his intention of going on the land. He was more than pleased to hear that his half-pay account had accumulated for him the nice sum of £ 260. Another of the burglaries which have been sporadically occurring in various parts of the Auckland city and district during the past couple of months is reported from Dominion Road, where the boot shop of Mr. W. H. Nagle was entered overnight on Tuesday. Entrance was obtained by breaking and forcing a back window of the premises, and after, having cleared the till of the few shil- J lings of loose cash it contained, the intruders turned their attention to the stock, from which a selection of boots and other goods was taken. There were well over seventy motor cars belonging to private citizens met the Marama yesterday 'for the purpose of conveying the 6oldiers and their next-of-kin to their homes. The whole business ■of marshalling the cars and transporting- the soldiers was carried out with admirable precision, and was the subject of much favourable comment among those who were on the wharf to meet the transport. The Voluntary Motor Corps has met practically every transport and troop arriving at Auckland, and the services rendered by its members have been greatly -appreciated by the soldiers aud xheir next-of-kin. "National Education," the official organ of the N.Z. Educational Institute, in its July issue, states:—"Once again the Institute has reason to complain of misrepresentation by the protagonists ot denominational education. The offender on this occasion is the Bishop ot Waiapu, who is reported to have stated, at the recent meeting of the Anglican Synod at Xapier, that the prevalence of immorality in Xcw Zealand was due to the secular character of our State schools. A similar remark was made by the Bishop of Auckland a year ago. These ecclesiastical dignitaries might with equal logic have ascribed the prevalence of profiteering to the same appalling cause. Statements of this kind are grossly inaccurate and most unfair. They are at once a libel on the State schools, the teachers in the State schools, and the people who elect to send their children to the State schools. They serve no "useful purpose, they reach nowhere in the absence of direct evidence in support, and they are quite unworthy of an institution concerned ■with the vindication of truth, righteousness, and toleration." The fact that the railway restrictions will preclude most of the children of the country districts from coming in to attend the city central celebrations led Mr. Oliphant to ask the. Waitemata County Council this morning for a grant to assist the Swanson school children to make festival. This aroused some discussion amongst councillors, the gist of their remarks being, "Why help one ridijing and not another?" The chairman. |(Mr. H. Aitkenhead) said the Henderson celebrations bSai""cancelled; and it appeared that the same thing had been 1 done in other district centres. Mr. M. Laing was smitten with the idea that there were many wealthy men over the iage limit, and one or two of them might say. ""Well, they would not take mc, so I will put my hand in my pocket." The : councillors felt that there would be difß-

[culties in the way of making the grant, and Mr. Oliphant asked if the Council; would accept a. donation from the Swan- ' son people and operate on it. He said that in this way alone the Government would pay a subsidy. If this were not j done Swanson would lose £15 the Govern- ; ment was prepared to pay. This too was not accepted, on the ground that it would place the members for all the other ridings in a very awkward position. On his tour of Canadian and United States ports (says the "Post"), Mr. James Maxchbanks, engineer to the Wellington Harbour Board, came to the conclusion that, altogether, the method of handling oil in the United States is most complete, safe, and effective; all the inconvenience and expense of handling in tins, with the possibility of loss and fire risk, are done away with. The shipment of oil in bulk to New Zealand by tank steamers was discussed with various prominent oil men in America, and the opinion expressed generally was that, while it would be of very great advantage if this could be done, there was not at present a sufficient demand to justify sending large tank steamers to the various New Zealand ports, and further, that even if the trade was larger there was no prospect of obtaining back loading from New Zealand or Australia to the United States. Possibly conditions may change in the future, and it would be j advisable to reserve land for oil storage ' reservoirs in a suitable locality. Information regarding the construction of oil tanks has been obtained. Argument in the civil action, James Shaldrick (Mr. Hall Skelton) v. the Trustees of the Auckland District, Ancient Order of Foresters (Mr. H. H. Ostler) was heard at the Supreme Court this morning by Mr. Justice Hosking. The action was to recover a sum of £205, paid by the plaintiff to the defendants in 1916 to cover an alleged shortage in the accounts of Court Pride of Onehunga, of which the plaintiff was then secretary. It was claimed that an examination of the plaintiff's books had shown that no shortage existed, and that he was therefore entitled to a refund. Judgment was reserved. The objections raised by a section of residents of Remuera to the location of a public convenience, proposed to be erected on Remuera Road, hear Victoria Avenue, were voiced to the City Council's Works Committee yesterday afternoon by the Hon. E. Mitchelson and Mr.

F. Earl, K.C., who were supported by a large deputation of residents. Tho matter will be the subject of a report from the committee to the council at its next meeting. As a result of efforts of the Divisional Entertainment Troupe, "The Diggers," which had a" short season at His Majesty's Theatre, the fund for assisting wounded soldiers hag been enhanced to the tune of £170. The arrangement under wliich the troupe is touring (under military direction) is that 60 per cent, of the profitß will be allocated to a fund for assisting wounded soldiers, and the percentage from a four-night season in Auckland was £170. A special order raising an additional loan of £500 under the Public Works Act of 190S for the completion of the Parakai sewerage system was confirmed by a full special meeting of the Waitemata"County Council today. Celebrate the peace time with a new outfit.—The smartest of men's wear at Geo. Fowlds, Ltd.-^Adi

Mr. Francis Holmes reported as follows to tho Wellington Central Chamber of Commerce on the subject of the shipping of fruit to South American ports:— "I find that, at any rate for some time to come, there is not the slightest hope of any regular communication being established with South America. As a matter of fact the shipping companies do not want to go there, as it has been found that, in addition to shortening the journey, bunker coal can be procured by the Panama route much more cheaply than in South America. The seasons in South America correspond to ours, so that there is not much chance of back loading if a subsidised vessel even were put on the berth. New Zealand is also in a good position for purchasing manures, etc., and this Is about the only line from the west coast of South America of use to us." The letter was received. Recent mails received from Sydney state that four of the theatres are to be shut. One paper states: —"There is little use in keeping theatres open when one-half of the theatre-going population is down with the epidemic, and the other half is nursing them. There simply isn't enough audience to go round. And there is little inducement to keep theatricaTcompanies in this 'flu-infested .city when more profitable theatrical fields beckon. For the productions are I being hit both ways; the audiences are perforce rapidly dwindling, and the ranks jof the performers are being as rapidly | depleted- ISd stage manager knows till j the curtain goes up who is understudying | the understudy's understudy, and the printed programme nightly speaks anything but the truth about the names in the cast. The Auckland 'branch e'f the Kew Zealand Federated Boot Trade Union held a special meeting last night, which was attended by over 200 operatives, at which the following resolution ■was unanimously agreed to:—"That this meeting of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand (Federated Boot Trade Union, 'having learned with deep regret that Mr. George George has resigned 'his position as chairman of the Industrial Committee of the Auckland Repatriation Board, Strongly urges that board, in the interests of returned soldiers, to use its best efforts with the Ministers of the Repatriation Department to retain Mr. George's services, especially in connection with the scheme for training soldiers in the boot-making trade, as it feels that the success of that scheme, which owes its existence to Mr. George's persistent advocacy is likely to be jeopardised without ihis assistance." The resolution has been forwarded to the Repatriation Board. Mary Catherine EBierre, confectioner of Ohura, has filed a petition, to be adjudged a -bankrupt. The schedule showed unsecured creditors totalling £324 8/11. | The assets are, stock in trade Ohura' £130, book debts £12 16/4, cash 11/, furni* turc £100, total £253 7/4, leaving & deficiency of £71 1/7. (Bankrupt stated she started .business at Ohura in 1917 with £80. She attributed her bankruptcy to sickness in the family, added to which she lost £40 in. a. legal action which was abandoned by plaintiff, and £30 by a second case. In October, 1018, she had enough stock to cover all liabilities, but when the epidemic broke out, (business was at a standstill, and had. not since J Sjhe-.wjas charged as] ihigfr as off'/ a "case for, oranges during the] epidemic, and was compelled by the Health Department to seR at not more than 2/6 per dozen. This also occurred I in connection with lemons. The Health ■Department also ordered her tea room to be closed. Bankrupt also alleged loss through pillage of goods. Mr. A. H. Court, one of the three direc-

tors of the firm, of John Court, Ltd.; who have been on active service, and who is arriving next week by the Makura, is still suffering from the effects of the severe gassing he experienced almost at the end of the fighting on the Western front. He was blind for nearly a week, and lost his voice for a considerably longer period. The staff of the. J.C.L. store are preparing a special reception for him and their fellow-employees who have recently returned. The patients in the Rotorua !slilitary Hospital have been granted leave to enable them to visit their homes for peace celebrations, provided that there is no medical objection to such leave being granted. Free railway passes are being, granted to North Island soldiers, and the concession is being largely availed of. It is probable that threequarters of the patients will proceed on leave. Mr. Clement Wragge's tropical gardens at Birkenhead are announced among the attractions for holiday visitors. The average Hun has a distorted sense of humour, and yon Luckner, the titled pirate who surrendered to an unused revolver, while his own party was armed to the teet/h, saw no joke in it. A quite remarkably account of the pirate's cunning iv planning his escape from Motuihi is told in the "Observer" of this week, a greatly increased issue of the paper being necessary to meet the demand for the narrative, which has been running for several weeks. The story is told with perfect plainness from an authentic narrative of the pirate given to a New Zealand soldier. It is a true tale that will be fresh and piquant at any time during the coming years, and is worth reading for the insight it gives into the psychology of the German. The revelations yet to be made in successive issues of the "Observer" are even more bizarre and extraordinary than those ■which have already been printed.—(Ad.) "Cold is terrible," says Maiti.— "A <nrl came into my room and spied Baxter's Lung Preserver on the table. She said, 'Goodness, you're just like Dad. He's always got a bottle of Baxter's oa his table.' The cold is terrible—but I always have Baxter's.—M.M. Hospital, Dunedin." Baxter's Lung Preserver.—(Ad.) See our window displays for a combination of patriotic dressing and a showing of good goods.—Geo. Fowlds — (Ad.)

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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 170, 18 July 1919, Page 4

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Untitled Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 170, 18 July 1919, Page 4

Untitled Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 170, 18 July 1919, Page 4

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