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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 183, 4 August 1919, Page 4

The Weather Bureau forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day is as follows: The indications are for -westerly winds, moderate to strong, and backing toy •west to south. Weather probably cold and changeable with scattered showers. Barometer rising. Tides and sea moderate.

On Saturday evening! one of the Wellington municipal milk department's ■large •motor-lorries, loaded -with empty cans, was proceeding down the Paekakariki Hill Road, when it got out of control, and went over the bank. Three men were aboard, and it seemed to them that they must be dashed to pieces. The vehicles descent was stopped, however, by a stout telegraph, pole, which stood the strain. The next pole, however, snapped under the shock, thus cutting off direct telegraphic communeation with the West Ooast. Messages had to be diverted through Wairarapa unlil the wires were readjusted to-day by a special gang of linesmen, who were rushed to the job. The men on the lorry were unhurst, and the vehicle was not much damaged.

The following story appears in the July number of the "S.P.C.A. Gazette": "In 2*orth Melbourne a kitten fell down the new main flood drain in Errol Street, and for several days children, fed it. At length a boy aged IX years named Norman Knowles went to the surface opening of the underground drain, crawled under 'the flag-stone at its entrance, squeezed down the drain-pipe, and made his way in the dark-a distance of 27 yards, dropped five feet down thi shaft, and rescued the kitten, returning the way he had got in."

A dignified ceTemony took place in the grounds of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Khyber Pass, on Saturday after-' noon, when a peace memorial cedar tree was planted and dedicated. The ceremony took place in the comer of the ground fronting Khyber Pass. The Rev. W. A. Kcay, the vicar of the parish, conducted the service, and the planting of the memorial tree was made by Hts. T. Charter, on her husband's behalf. Mr. Charter, "who has been employed in Palestine in connection with the Anglican Church Army, has been connected with the parish for many years. A number of trees and flowering shrubs were planted later in the afternoon.

Construction of the railway line from Oakleigh to Waiotera is being considerably hampered by heavy slips. The -worst are between Tauraroa and Waiotera, where the track has suffered severely. Ballasting has been suspended, the whole of the gangs being at present engaged in clearing the line. These slips will probably prevent the carriage of goods by the Public Works train to Waiotera for at least three months.

Captains W. .Manning and F. Black have been appointed nautical assessors in connection with the inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Kowhai, which went ashore five miles east of Farewell Spit, during a fog on June 9, on a voyage from Onehunga to Westport.

The fifth anniversary of Great Britain's entry into thcnrar is being observed by the children's department of the Auckland Public Library Iby nn exhibition of prints depicting the great men of Britain who have been prominent in the war.

Ihe Durie Hill elevator at Wanganui was officially opened by the Mayor on Saturday afternoon. This work, the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, was begun shortly after the outbreak of the war, and has been carried on steadily ever since. The tunnel is 700 ft long, and commences just across the road from the Town Bridge, and an electric elevator then carries passengers 216 ft, when they emerge at the flagstaff, a point known to tourists the world over, and generally recognised as affording one' of the .finest sighte in the world. The elevator is the result of the enterprise of Brigadier-General A. E. Wilson and Mr. W. J. Poison, who are also establishing a garden suburb on the hill a few yards from the elevator station.

The seventh city school to fee supplied with classroom libraries under the system of public library and public school co-operation, is the Ponsonby School, where operations commence to-day. Books, suitably graded, to the nuniber of 347, have been provided for classes 3 to 6. The system is proving highly satisfactory in the schools already provided with these libraries, and the children of oPnsonby school are manifesting keen interest in their new library..

Tie R.'ALe. Niagara, which, is due t<> 1 arrive here early to-morrow, brings from Vancouver an overseas mail, consisting probably of English and American letters. The contents, however, -will not be definitely known till the steamer arrives. The HVanaka left Newcastle on Friday for Wellington with a emaU Australian mail, the Auckland. portion of which, consisting of 24 bags, ehonld " arrive here about Saturday next. The Kaituna is not yet able to leave Kewcastle. The iloana arrived at Welling, ton from San Francisco on Saturday afternoon with an American mail, consisting of some few letters and a large number of parcels. The Auckland portion is due by the Pateena on Wed,, nesday next.

In the course of a Conciliation Council ' this morning the Commissioner, Mr. T Harle Giles, entered into de&nitions of more or less loosely applied terms used in the industrial world. A living he said, was that rate of remuneratioS' which would provide a family, contain- . ing- three or four children, with reason--: able comfort, occasional luxuries, and a few of the pleasures of life, and stul would enable it to put something aside for a rainy day. A "concession" wai something that gave a tangible variation from the original demand or froij: existing conditions. In the earlier daye of the Arbitration Act the unions were A inclined to ask for, say, half a crown,' co that when they reduced their demand •by 2d, leaving a figure -which might etillriapresent a very substantial increase, they | could say in respect of tb-e twopence which: they never hoped to get, "Look at ths '...-; concession we have made." Nowadays. •. § however, the unions were ready to recog- -.. nise that a real concession was only that A which conferred a genuine advantage ■ upon the oibvc side.

An exciting incident, which might have terminated seriously, occurred on the Blackball steamer Ngatoro recently, I when the vessel was near Onerahi, 92 miles north-west of Auckland. Shortly i after the pilot had been taken aboard , ' the cry of "Man overboard!" -was raised; The engines were immediately reversed, and the gig having been lowered, a res- /■ cue was effected in eight minutes. The • unfortunate man was the pilot, and ijfjjl transpired that as he left the bridge to- S get his overcoat, he was accidentally . ■" precipitated into the sea- He was none ' the worse for his unexpected immersion.;* ■ A "warehouseman, of Auckland, whe was doing "business in Hamilton at thei end of the week, -when the new railway restrictions came into operation, says .■■'■ that there was a good deal of red tap* in connection with the new regulations,' which is very irksome to those who are willing to help the department. After the traveller left Frankton he had 8 r carriage all to himself more than half ' the way. to Auckland, and yet at every .." station people were shut out from travel- ..* ling, because of 6ome technicality. A£ one station a man who wanted to travel : on most urgent business was not allowed ;■ to board the train to go only a score ■ of miles, because he had not applied for 1 his ticket a quarter of an hour before Tithe train started, and had the chagrin of 5 seeing the carriage with one passenger in it creep slowly past nrm as he stood in his wrath on the platform. As the ■■'■? train got nearer the city a few more ■*■ travellers got in, but never at any one time was the carriage more than half full. The question arises why was it puton at all, if people were not allowed I to travel in it? . Great consternation prevailed at sf Wanganui East one day last week, when \ it was discovered that four little children, all under school age, were missing. l 'M The frantic parents enlisted the aid oi the police, while Boy Scouts and resu ' dents joined in the search. After some ■"' time had been spent in searching every' i; conceivable nook and corner, the quar- ".*! tet of young adventurers "Were found .:;■ on the following day about 3$ miles along the River Bank road. They expressed the intention of making for Auckland and one had brought his little wooden horse y) to assist them on their way. When a found one child was footsore and lame, two were crying and wanted something '■■/ to eat, 'while the fourth, although less demonstrative, looked greatly pleased when lifted into a motor-car, at the pros- . Jpect of a ride home. Mr. ,F. W. Blakey, Surveyor, to the . British Corporation for the Survey and v Registry of Shipping, Glasgow, Scotland,, and Registro Navale Italia.no, Genoa, ■'■■ Italy, of this city, has been appointedsurveyor to the American Bureau ofShipping, New York, TLS.A. In the published account of the war record of the students of St. John's Col- • lege, the name of Captain J. D. Dineen was inadvertently omitted. Captain .Dineen was for three years a student at '■•• the College, and a young man of great - promise. He was killed in France. Lieutenant R. A. Stedman, R.A.F., of Christchurch, returned by the Mahia - after four and a-half years' active service, and ie at present staying with his parents at Bayswater. His brother' : (Captain G. L. Stedman, R.A.F.), who' - was also a Main Body man, is still on active service. ..' Mr. Charles H. Edmond, late of t'ae. '~. New Zealand V.M.C.A. staff in France,.. ,v left Auckland to-day for Wellington. : Air. 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