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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 221, 17 September 1919, Page 6

Following is the official weather forecast ,foe 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day: "Southerly strong to gale with a westerly tendency. Expect changeable and showery weather. The barometer has a rising tendency. Sea rough. Tides moderate." "Lawyers, liars, and landsharkr " was the expression used ky a judgment debtor at the Magistrate's Court this morning in reply to a question as to what had become of property he to be the owner of. So order wae made as it wae shown the man had no means.

The Education Board decided to-day to authorise the various sohool committees in the province to grant special •holidays during the visit of H.M.e. New Zealand to Auckland, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of next week. The ordinary Michaelmae holidays commence the following Monday. The granting of the special holidays is to be left entirely to the discretion of the school committees concerned.

A claim and counter-claim was disposed of at the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon by Mr. J. W. Povnton, S.M. The plaintiff, Lewis E. Eady and Sons, Ltd. (Mr. Inder), sought to recover from J. M. H. Maries (Mr. Oliphant) £3 10/ for work done. A counter-claim was entered for £9 5/ for out-of-pocket expenses and commission in connection with the sale of a piano. After going into the caee Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M gave judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, coste being allowed.

At a meeting of the Canterbury Land Board a soldier applied for an advance of £670 to purchase & suburban property the pre-war value of which wae stated to be U2o. -No improvements had teen effected. The application was promptly refused. The following- motion wai earned:— In all caseg where an exorbitant price is asked in excess of prewar values, without improvements 'by additions having been made, the Board should decline the application and recommend the applicant to erect a new dwelling."

The public eemce entrance, senior national scholarships, and intermediate examinatmns are to "b e held from November 19 to 28. The junior nat onS scholarship and junior free place exami nations will be held pa /ovember

I When attention was tailed at the meeting of the Auckland Education Board yesterday evening to the fact that the principle of requiring a degree, especially a degree in science, in the ease of 'headmasters of district high schools, was not always adhered to, it was explained by the secretary that when the chief inspector made recommendations for appointments he based his opinion on teaching efficiency. One or two members thought that if a principle had been approved it should be applied, but eventually the recommendation over which, the matter cropped up was endorsed.

"The extremists who are at the head of the present industrial unrest in New Zealand," eaid Mr. Will More at the meeting of the Protestant Political Association last night, "do not represent tht bulk of Labour in the Dominion." Hβ also remarked that it would be a suit, able question -to .put to candidates for political honours during the coining election: "Why (Bolshevik literature wa» allowed to come into New Zealand, while certain iProteetanfc publication! were still prohibited?"

A case was heard by Mr. J. TV. Pcynton, S.M., at the Jlaisgtrate's Court yesterday in which the Auckland Sa> Iburban Local Bodies* Labourei* Union (Mr. A. E. Skelton) sued ■P. Nicholson (Mr. J. J. Sullivan) for £1 1/6, arrears of contribution. Mr, Skelton said fche case had been brought not co much for the recovery of the fees, but as a matter of principle. The defenro was that defendant was not a labourer, but an engineer. Judgment was given for plaintiff with costs.

The inventive power that is within some minds -was amply testified by a little scene on the main Ta.ka.puna Road on Sunday afternoon last. A well-knowa resident was eeen out for an afternoon jaunt on a push-bicycle, not?propelled by his muscular legs, tout drawn by two rather large dogs who form a part of hie menage. The 'bicycle was so arranged that a fairly large weight could be carried, and the contrivance was most effective in turning corners. It •was suggested, by a neighbour that, in view of the depleted car eervice, the inventor meanlt to make a fixture of this contrivance for tr&msport to and from the ferry-wtaarf.

The charge of assault against a young Filipino sailor, Juan Palustre, who was alleged to have used a knife in an affray at the junction of Wakefleld and Queen Streets on Saturday evening was concluded before Mr. J. E. 'Wilson, S;M., yesterday afternoon. Evidence was given by participants in the mix-up in support of the contention that Palustre had had no provocation to interfere in the affair, which had been begun by Ensor taking exception to a sailor molesting a email boy Dr. F. T. Rayner stated that he witnessed tk« affray from a distance and was of the opinion that the accused had not drawn a knife until he had been pummelled and "knocked down. ' On counsel's request the Magistrate agreed to dccl with the case summarily and reduce the charge to one of common assault. Hβ remarked that accused, a eailor, wai probably infused "by a spirit of protection of a fellow seafarer in distress and •had decided to assist him in, hie own particular fashion. Palustre was eon* victed on each of the three charges and ordered to pay the costs, aggregating £10.

A youth, aged 1C years, "Rlho had •mitten to the Defence Office saying he had made up his mind not *o drill any more owing to the inconvenience, was charged in the Hamilton Court yesterday, beilore Mr. H. A. Young, S.M., with failing to "render personal service. He said that he "did not always feel like it" ''that it was a good way to walk," and "that he did not think it necessary, as drilling had not done any good." In reply to the magistrate, 'he said he did not intend to drill, and was at present paying off a. fine of £5, imposed for failing to attend drill. The magistrate imposed a fine of £5 and 7/ costs, and ordered that if the amount was not paid forthwith defendant was to be detained in the military detention barrack* fox 28 days.

The condition of the Great South Road between Auckland and Papakurt, a distance of about 20 miles, has been exercising the Manukau County Council, and in order to see if something cannot be done to put this busy highway into a proper state of repair a conference of the local bodies affected will be held at the Hall of Commerce, Auckland, on (Friday next. It is hoped to evolve ft scheme by which the road could be regraded, metalled, and tarred. If that were done it would make the finest motor run in the province of Auckland. A plea on bfehalf of the rather carelees youth- who afterwards settles down to decent citizenship, only to find soma ill record from the past thrown up in hie face, was made 'by ■Mγ. W. T. Jennings (Taumarunui), when that member was speaking in the House of Representatives to the motion to introduce the Crimea Amendment Bill. Mr. Jenningf contended that there should be some revising judges who ehould have power to exDunge from the court records all mention of earlier offences like petty thefts, if it could be shown that the person concerned was making amends in ihif after life for the earlier wildness.

•A Teport presented to the Education Board at its meeting to-day stated that for the quarter ending June 30, 1919, the number of schools under tße .Board's jurisdiction (including 132 halt-time schools) was 633. The number of boy* on the roll was 27,903, an increase of 440 over the previous quarter, and of girls 25,630, an increase af 359. The total number of both sexes was 53,531 The average attendance of boys vu 25,031, and of girls 32J80H.

To improve a number of streets in Grey Lynn and a!so carry out some neceseary drainage work in the eamt area, the Auckland City Council pro , poses to raise a loan of "£90,000, and poll of the ratepayers to vote on the question will take place on October 8. The amount set apart for road improvements is £35,000.

A large number of residents assembled in the Public Hall, Port Albert, on Saturday night, to bid farewell to Mr. L. P. Beecroft and family. Mr. G. G Nicholson presided, and on 'behalf of those present handed Mr. Beecroft on artistically illuminated address. Kindly reference was made by the chairman, also Messre. J. A. Shepherd, G. B. Reid, and iB. M. thittb to Mr. Beecroft's sterling qualities as a friend and comrade, also appreciation of his public services.

The Auckland Society of Arts will •hold ite annual meeting this evening, when, 'besides the usual routine business prescribed by ite rules, there -will be discussion as to possible new departures in t!he -way of popularising the Society's work and increasing its activities. T&e meeting will give its views and take any necessary steps in these directions, and therefore it b 'hoped that there will be 3. large attendance.

The Soldiers Mothers* League dratr the attention of widowed mothers to the advertisement in to-night'e "Star" Iβ feae gratuity eervice grant