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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 145, 18 June 1920, Page 4

The Weather Bureau forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day, is se follows: "The indications are for easterly winds, strong to gale, backing by east to north. Expect dull weather, with much rniet and fog in parts. Rain probably. Barometer falling. Seas rough. Tid.« high-" For some .months past rice has been a scarce commodity, with the result that prices advanced. Information to hand from Sydney, dated June 0, ia to the effect that, after being practically unprocurable for some months, a shipment of 7,000 tons of rice arrived at that port from Rangoon by the City of Bristol. It ie also stated that the pteameja Malayan and -Brasilia are due from Burmah with cargoes of rice for Sydney. The Necessity Commodities Commission was approached by the trade, and granted an increase from the former rate of £47 per ton to £60. Thie means that there is little hope of prices easing for rice in the near future.

i The Arawa, from Southampton. - brought home a dozen military details. Now Zealandere who had been eerving with Imperial unite. Four of these are for Auckland. They are Captain W. A. a Oibb, lieutenant Martin (EHerslie), - Sapper H. R. Hawkes (Onf hunga), and f Private T. Woolley (Hamilton). 9 The number of women and girls arriv--3 ing in the city is taxing the capacity of the various hosterriee, and at the la>t meeting of the Board of Directors of the YJW.C.A the question of accommodation wae discussed. It wae decided to engage the. services of an additional secretary to take up more of this particular travellers' aid work, and, co-operating with a ■' committee of women. assi.-t workinggnrle II in the matter of a home. An hostel to v accommodate a. !iun-dre<l inmate? i.= to (, be erected, 'but in the meanwhile the ' adminifitration building will be used for c emergency accommodation, especially in s regard to overseas arrivals. f Captain Ci. H. Wilkins, who recently i abandoned the remainder of the flight to. „ I Australin in the Kangaroo aeroplane , after its breakdown in Crete, in order ' that he might concentrate on hie prepara- '» tions for the Cope Antarctic Expedition, ~ is leaving London for Australia this g month on a short visit, probably not more, than six weeks in duration. lie has been entrusted with the scientific organisation '• for the expedition, and his mission to 0 Australia and New Zealand has for its s object the engagement of seven scientists to carry out work in each branch of natural history, geology, and meteoroe logy. It is believed that the meteorolo- - logical investigation* will prove of special !- importance to Australia,- as wireless sta--1 tions are to be established which will be in si touch with Australin, and the expedition PCi ship will also, on its circumnavigating s! voyage, be for a considerable time in s wireless communication with the Com- ) ! mon wealth. j; There i<3 a narrow and at night time. dangerous spot for vehicles on the 0 Ladies' Mile just before it junctions :1 with the Piemiiera Road. The road at '■ thie point has been built across a depresI fion, and although one side is now filled nj in tho other aide is etil'l in the air, with * a fall of several feet to the bed of the. depression. Last evening thin spot wae •J j the scene of a mishap to a. motor ear. fortunately without any physical conse- ] * j quences to the occupants. The car a | swept into badi-es' Mile from a side " road just beyond the narrow neck, and s apparently either swerved to avoid some 1 barrels on the side of the track or col--1 Ilded with them, disturbing the control. In any ease there was the next moment ? a chorus of affrighted shrieks from eeveral of the occupants as the car shot " over the edge, and brought up in a de- ■ moralised condition at the bottom of the shutc. Some oi those in the car were either thrown out or jumped as tho vehicle plunged for gravity, but happily | no one was injured. This particular thoroughfare is rather a favourite route f for motorists, and heretofore fortune lias i 'been kind to them, but it is a nasty , pinch of road, and until filled in liable to be a menace to the motorist. In persuanee of its declared policy to raise the status of the banking profes- ' eion, the New Zeaiand Bank Officers' si Guild has applied to the University for r I tiiat body to conduct examinations in 'banking and cognate eubjecte, to enable 1 bank officers to obtain the University's ' diploma in banking. In furtherance of - this object a meeting was held on Tuesr day between the Education Committee , of the guild and the eub-eommittee apl pointed by the University, Professor "f. A. Hunter and Mr. 11. F. yon Uaast. * I Very satisfactory progress wae made. In i order to give every encouragement and r | assistance to bank men, and especially j those situated in the country, the guild has decided to institute a correspondence * course of tuition. As time develops it - Is hoped that the guild will enlarge its ■ educational work. Through the practical . I interest taken by Professor Murphy in [ I the educational side of the guild, a claes ' jin economics has been established at Vie- - j toria College, and there are some 70 •"• bank oiticere attending the class. ' Advicee from Vancouver by the last ' mail state that the Laurel Wihalen is [ lying alongside one of the wharves in ' Vancouver Harbour, and that she had " been thoroughly cleaned up, in decks and hold. "To the ordinary observer," ' writes our correspondent, "ihc appears •' to be in good shape, but the Marine Surveyor wae not long in pointing out fche 1 weak spote. All her decks show signs ot ' shrinkage, the seams an , open, antl ■would, in heavy weather, admit lots of ' water. They would all require to be 1 recaulkcd, and 80 per cent- of the planh- | ing would require to be replaced—it is riddled with worms." He goes on to say ! tbat her machinery has been subjected ! Io sucli bad by inexperienced engineers that it is practically use- ' lees. Tile surveyor suggests that the | engines and one mast 'be removed, and that she be converted into a sailer. He ; estimates the repairs to make her ready for sea as costing about £ 20,000. [ 'When the new track running along [at the foot of Shoal Bay Road was , named Patuone Place by tlie Devonport l Borough Council ninety-nine people out , of a hundred wondered why such a name had been choeen. It was soon explained. however, that it was called after the J celebrated ■Xgapuhi erhjef Patuone, who ' lived till he was 108 years old, and who \ is buried in the old Anglif-an cemetery at tho North Shore, among his Knglisji J frimuls. and near to the grave of the late f'apt. WynyarJ, where he was interred in 1572 with military honours. ' Although the old chief tain had taken ' part in many a cannibalistic feast he '■ had ever been a peacemaker amongst his own countrymen, and in later times 1 was a warm friend of the Europeans, 1 and a supporter of the Queen's laws. 1 'Patuone was a great friend of Sir r George Grey's, and when the chief was ; getting old his relations wished him to 1 return to his tribal possessions in Tloki- > I anga and live there in peace and quiotl ness. but. Kir George invited him to - Auckland, and secured for him on the I North Shore an estate of over 100 : acres, on which he lived till hi* death. * The wisdom of Sir George Orev in 1 placimr near Auckland so great a Xgapuhi chief did much to secure the safety of the young city when it was not properly defended by troops. Patuone I a'" ■•Vβ maintained that he had seen ; Ca-'ain Cook when his vessel, the t Endeavour, called at Cape Brett. Ho . said his father went on board the ship j ; and received presents of garments, and . brought with him to the shore a ■ cooked joint of pork. This was the first time the Maoris had seen the flesh of a t, P'Fj A poll taken in the Bay of Islands , County upon proposals: (1) that the . j County Council should immediately pro- . mote a bill in Parliament constituting a j harbour district, to control the Bay of ; Islands 'Harbour and (2) that the , Council apply to be appointed a Harbour , Board, pending the passing of a bill, . TesuKed in both proposals toeing endorsed j by 671 votes to 60. The County Council I haft decided to proceed with both pro--1 posals. t An atmosphere of Xazol is a. great i .protection against influenza. Inhale it yery frequently day and night.—(Ad.)

The opposition of the executive of the" Auckland Patriotic Association to assist in the purchase of houses for permanently disabled soldiers was outlined in the annual report of that body. The report states that the executive would have, preferred to advance the money to enable the applicant to erect a new building, but it was found that the Government, oilers of assistance to acquire properties was being taken full advantage of. and the committee was unable to insist upon the erection of new buildings. Tlk , Association was inquiring into the question of erecting homes of earth, which was, apparently, states the report, being carried out in England with some measure of success. The Association was actuated in this move by reason of the fact that it recognised the difficulties attaching to the procuring of timber and other materials to erect new houses.

Tlio waste in consignments of oranges that come to this quarter would not ha believable if it were not for the fa to that tlie process of dumping can be actually witnes-sed from time to time. By the last trip of the Talune a particularly large consignment arrived. Of this no lew than 200 tons were disposed of by casting a portion to the sea. and the balance sent out to the suburbs, where it was buried. Jt is understood in tliis connection with this particular lot that an inspector issued instructions for the fruit to be destroyed, and an effort was made to have it dealt with at the destructor, but thin failed, the responsible parties refusing to handle it.

High prices were attained at a salt , ot rare Xew Zealand 'books at Douglas' auction rooms yesterday. A number ot them brought prices higher than those catalogued, notahly Buller'g "Birds ot New Zealand," in two volumes, which sold for £17. "CookY Voyages,"' in eight volumes—the. first two published in 1777, three the following year, and three in 1784 —with atlas attached, brought £24 10/. Other good prices attained were: —Polaek"s "Manners and Customs of New Zealand," published in 1840, brought £3 12/; Hochstetter's "Now Zealand,"' £2 8/: "Manners and Customs in New Zealand."' in two volumes, at £1 l(l/<i apiece; ''Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand," £2; Nicholas' "Voyage to New Zealand," £1 11/; and Foster's " Voyage Round the World in the Resolution" (lYr2-1775), £12/.

Information wan given to the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce at its last meeting that the passenger steamer Manuwai, recently purchased by the Waikato Shipping Company, was now safely in the Waikato River. Mr. G. Parr (chairman) stated that the steamer was soundly built by the Yarrow Co., England, and was capable of carrying 450 passengers and would travel on 15 inches of water. The superstructure would have to be cut down at least 12 feet in order to pass 'beneath certain of the bridges, proving that little attention had been pttid to the navigable possibilities of tho river in the past. Mr. A, V. •Stcphenson expressed the opinion that the Waikato River would become one of the finest and most important waterways in the southern hemisphere. General gratification was expressed by members at the signs of the rapid river development.

At a recent meeting of parishioners of Holy Trinity, Devonport, it wae decided to take immediate steps towards erecting a suitable memorial in the church to commemorate the great sacrifice made by fioldier parishioners who fell during the great war. One or two propoeals were submitted to the meeting. It was finally decided that the memorial should take the form of an altar In English oak. with the necessary communion vessels in silver. The estimated coet would amount to about X2OO. Captain Chapman was appointed lion, treasurer.

In a preliminary search necessary for the investigation of the estate of a Christehureh lady, who died recently, a sum of about £30 in threepenny pieces (something like 3000 coins) was tliscovered wrapped up in cloth. A sum of nearly £200 wa< also found iv the house, in notes and gold, together with a considerable quantity of jewellery. The whole property ie estimated to be worth over £2000, and thp ■beneikiariee are understood to be cousins living in Dunedin, in Kngland, and in America.

Constable Murphy arrested at Onehunga a man called Thomas Reynolds, alias Clegfr, an accountant, on a warrant, charged that he stole £40 2/7 from the Fcilding R.S.A. He wae remanded to appear at Feilding.

An aeroplane flight was made yesterday from Gisbornc to Tokomaru Bay by Pilot Russell in a Walsh Bros.' machine. The journey (about fifty miles) occupied an hour, and was made in beautiful weather. The aeroplane carried a sma.ll mail.

Don't hesitate to use Xazol very freely, especially by constant inhalation. H protects the mouth, noee, and throat against infectious influenza germs.—Ad.

Olive Thomas, the prettiest girl in America, according to Harrison Kisher, at the Strand, in "Prudence on Broadway," commencing to-morrow.— (Ad.)

Meeting at V.M.C.A. to-night 7.30, of delegates from Bible classess. to discuss co-operation.— (Ad.)

Create an atmosphere of Xazol about you, 6o that, you constantly inhale it. About ton drops on tlie of pyjania jacket at night, or on the singlet "in the morning, protects you against infectious germs.— (Ad.)

We are glad to tell you aliout "Keep Smiling Floor and Lino Polish," because it will bring you gladness in its use! Xo more backaches. It is wonderful.—Ad.

Ten drops of Nazol on a -imall piece of line or flannel and placed between the shirt and singlet is a good way to get the benefit of constant inhalation— which protects the air passages against influenza infection. — (Ad.)

JiloL'ution classes at V.M.C.A. next Monday night. Tutor, Mr. T. Harris. 'Particulars at V.M.C.A.—(Ad.)

Haven't, you always admired a complexion that is clear and unblemished? If your own is marred by superfluous hair. let. "Kiismn' , (reg.) remove it permanently and painlessly. Enjoy the satisfaction of knowing your complexion is a source of admiration. Write Mrs. llullen, Dept. S.. 3a. Courtenav Place. Wollintrton.—(Ad.)

It is better to u≤o Xazol too freely than too carefully for inhalation. Its effect i s more pronounced and reduces the danger of infection from influenza germs.—(Ad.)

Messrs. Baldwin and Rayward, of 8, SmeetorTs Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland, report that recently they acted an agents in filmpr the following applications for letters patent: 11. Dimond, Auckland, milkinpr machine?; Grant and Grant, Auckland, bedstead; E. Roe, Bursledon, aeroplanes: A. 'EJiomas, Auckland, aeroplanes; A. Thomas. Auckland, concrete walls; Nitrogen Corporation, New York, ammonia manufacture; Electrostatic Co., Sydney, separation of materials; Societe. Tournus. Loire, saucepans; AY. Bauert, Sydney, tyre rims; C. Robertson. Gippsland, gates; W. Donovan, Wellington, obtaining mercury. Send for •'lnventors' Guide/ post free.—(Ad. J