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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 40, 16 February 1920, Page 4

Tlic Weather Bureau forecast for 24 hours from 0 a.m. this day is as follows:—The indications are for easterly winds, moderate to stronpr. Expect warm and sultry weather. The weather appears likely to bo cloudy and unsettled: at time.*. Barometer little movement. | Sea moderate; swell on the coast. Tides g-ood. The following message has been received from the Prime Minieter by Mr. Watts, secretary of the Bootmakers' ■Union:—"ln reply to your telegram forwarding the resolutions adopted by the combined meeting of the Leather Trades' Union, protesting against the removal of the present embargo of the export (if hide?, 1 have to inform yon that the resolution will receive the earnest consideration of the Government. You , have my assurance, however, that notliinff will be done to jeopardise the New Zealand tannere securing supplies nf hides." A fine of .010 and costs was imposed on Bha-ma Hura. a Hindu fruit-dealer, by Mr. E. Page. ti.M., at Wellington, for i using a scale that had not been 6 tamped as required by the Act. The [ns[.ec-tc:r of Weights and Measures said the defendant was a licensed fruit-dealer, ami at the time of the offence he had a "stand" opposite the Government Buildings. The scale in question had an adjust or which could be manipulated to the advantage of the dealer if the latter desired to be dishonest. He could start ' off weighing wJth any credit he liked, and ac a lot oif the business pf a streethawker was done towards dusk, an offence would not easily be detected. The Special train which left Auckland on Saturday for the Te Kuiti races was ' well patronised. Good time was made as ■ far as Hanjjatiki, where there was a! hold-up of about twenty minutes, but the , passengers reached the course in plenty of time for the first race. On the return journey, owing to the delay in starting i the last race, it was nearly half-an-hour over the advertised time before a start was made from Te Kami, and despite a good run down it was after midnight ' before the train reached Auckland. The quarterly meeting of the J'ublic ' Service Superannuation Board was held at Wellington last week, Mr. •!. H. Richardson, CMLG., presiding. Fortysix contributors, retired under section 35 of the Act, by reason of age or length ' of service, were granted allowances of a total of £5801 per annum, and eight ' contributors, retired as medically unlit. ; were granted allowances totalling .Clipper annum. A retiring allowance was : refused in the ease of one contributor whom it was sought to retire as mcdi- • eally unfit, as the medical reports were not conclusive. The cases of three contributors, previously retired as medically unfit, were reconsidered, and it wm resolved to continue the allowances already ■ granted, fourteen widows and fourteen children were granted the statutory allowances, amounting to £434 per annum. In consequence of retirements tinder section 3"> of the Act, accrued com- ' pensation to the amount of £0647 be- , came a liability of the Superannuation . Fund, and a corresponding relief to the Consolidated Fund. ( An American expert, who is about to visit Australia for the purpose of investigating the lignite deposits there, is ■ to come on to Sew Zealand subsequently i for a similar purpoee. There are large deposits of lignite throughout the Do- ) minion, and a Waimate (South Canterbury) resident 'has lately made a satis- ' factory teet for electrical generative . purposes of a ton of the substance ob- , tamed from Warhao Forks, near Waimate. A man named Jamee Fcrgarty has been arrested at South Dunedin. He was ' armed, and had 200 rounds of ammuni- > tion in his possession. He had fired two - shots in the street just beiiore arreet. . He was evidently "bent on "painting the town red" until the arrival of a con--3 stable in response to an urgent call cut lawkes impulse.

Little success has so far attended the efforts of the salvaging party at work , on the Selwyn Craig, which still lies on ! 1 the bottom near tho Chelsea wharf. I Although continuous work has been the I order of the eiay since 'Sunday last, the . iKaftuna. has not yet been a-ble to move , the hu r k in the least degree. Tho opcra- !_ tions are continuing, however, and the Union Company officials speak hopefully of a. successful salva-fre*. ' The Ke Kuiti Racing Club's annual 1 meeting was held on Saturday in tine but ,'jvery hot weather, the attendance being , larirc. Tho principal event, the Te Kuiti ,|C*up, was won by the VYaikato sportsman 'jMr. R. Hannon with Tinopai, her victory " I making the fifth occasion on which she f has won the event. Speculation on the . machine was very brisk, tlie sum of ( 1:28.735 being handled by the totalisator i staff, as against £19,;)29 last year. s For about throe weeks past an inter"jesting and unusual spectacle has been I witnessed in the Northcote district, -'many thousands of starlings congregating towards sundown In the clumps of J pines in the Northcote Point Domain 'and in the pohutukawas in the vicinity |of the point. The trees become literally 5: black with the birds, which, like a dark *| cloud, circle about several times over ,1 the trees preparatory to taking flight *] further South across the harbour for t.the night. At sunrise they are astir 'again, anil fly due north, returning to 1 the Northcote district between 4.30 and 1 "1 a.m.. with a noise as of rushing wind, 'land continue their onward Northern I flight of possibly fifty miles, to return ,i again at evening, with unfailing regularity. The mass of birds has attracte-d -the attention of passengers on the ferry il steamers between Auckland and Northrjcote towards sunset, and their nocturnal ! I habitation and daily rendezvous have* r (riven ritee to considerable speculation. .! Frequently, when settled in the trees, fI the noise set up by the thousands of .'throats suggests a very busy convention. 'i Returned soldiers liokiinpr four weeks' ■ j privilege tickets on the. railways issued 'j subsequent to May 2, 11*11), may use • their warrant*] at any time bofore June - 1 next, tiie term having been extended. I "You certainly want to hear both sides," drily remarked Mr. Justice I Cooper at the Supreme Court this raornr ;ing. When one of a batch of more or •less de-af jurymen asking to be excused, 'Isaiel lie could hear pretty well with one "car, but was ej vi to deaf in the other. An unusual position nrose when the 'second jury was empanelled. After the 'IshorifT's usual "Choose your fort-man. ■jgentlemen," there was the customary ''whispered consultation, the customary • 1 pointing at a likely looking individual, I I anil the- customary'shaking of the bead. 'Rut there wasn't the customary finale l.to the little comedy—no one pot up 1 •',to take the end seat in the front row, >!and admit in a more or less conscious ;i manner that his name was so > and so and he was the foreman. His Honor explained the perfectly innocuous nature of the position, but even this assurance failed to bring forth a will--1 ing victim, and the matter was got over by the sheriff picking out a man. The Government announces that 10.1.080 acres of Crown land will be - thrown open for selection this month, " and 7,604 next month. I A public meeting convened by Messrs. i ('. E. Flower and K. Maber was held '!in the Glenficld school on Saturday 'I evening to consider the advisability of erecting a public hall in the district. J Mr. J. Ross presided. There was a larpe . and enthusiastic attendance. At tlie -conclusion of the meeting the sum of £54 IS/ was subscribed in the room ,'as the nucleus of a bulldinir fund. ' A cablegram has been received by the p Prime Minister from the Australian ''Government stating that it is impossible; rat prevent to remove the prohbition of j • the export of superphosphates from the; /Commonwealth. The message, says a| -'Press Assoiation telegram from Wellin.™-1 •ton, mentions that Australia can supply! t'some sulphate of ammonia, which is required by the freezing factories of the Dominion. I The following telegram has been re-j ! cciveel by the Governor-General from thej I Governor of Fiji, Sir Cecil Kodwell: "<h*| behalf of Government and people of] ■Fiji, 1 beg to extend hearty welcome to! [New Zealand Parliamentary party. Allpossible facilities will be 'arranged for '.them on arrival in colony. Am com-1 municating wth Tongan authorities." I II A sitting of the Native Appellate .' Court was held on Saturday, before Chief ;' Judge Jones and Mr. Justice Holland. ' ; Several appeals were iistoel, and j"dg-; !| ment was reserved in the following ['cases:—Te Oro Tuwhenna (Mr. J. ,]. Sullivan), 'Matamata North and other . I blocks (Mr. T. Morsely) ior respondents/ application re probate: Kura Patehau '! (Mr. J. J. Sullivan), also in connection! i with probate, and Kio Wirihana. inves'i tijration of title I.Mr. Morely and Mr.] [;E. S. Withers). j 7 In the Waihi Police Court to-day a I'young man named Thomas Barraclough, 1 of Katikati, was charged with the theft, of CSS, the property of R. Busby, senior.! Sergeant O'Grady applied for a remand ':to the 2oth inst., which -was granted. ' ■ Bail was allowed in two sureties of £100. [each, and accused C.".0. I 'l Defence Headquarters, Wellington.' ! invite fenders for purchase of 15.000; ' blankets, from hospitals,' Salvation Army '! homes, and other institutions. 'j The result of the weight estimating 1 ' competition at the Clevedon A. and P. ' Show is ns follows: Cow, actual weight ' 47!), J. V. Paton anel H. Walsh tie. 480:1 ; bulloe-.k, actual weight 335, A. Murray j ' and S. MeCullough tie, 535; sheep, actual! J weight 183 J, C. K. C-rispe, IS3_, 1: pig, 1 actual weight 67, H. A. Mullins and M.j ' Strange, equal iir-t, (>7: aggregate, Mrs. j ! Fred. Stephens. 30} out. 1. ! ,! Busy times at the Economic (opp. | . Town 'Hall). The great clearing sale I . now on at this well-known drapery is 1 .drawing crowds of buyers. They are . wise! Never again will such low prices .rule for such attractive goods! lawn ; striped cotton blanket--. 72 x -i.nn.. 8/11 j . cream net blouses (latest). 1.3/11 for 12/(1. Bik. cashmere finish hose, guaranteed dye. 3/11.—(Ad.) "Nazol" owes its wonelerful success as la preventive against influenza infecj tion to the fact that it possesoes powerI ful germicidal properties of a very high " I degree. 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