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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 26, 31 January 1921, Page 4

1 I The Wcathor Bureau forecast lor 21 hours from i> a.m. this day its as follows: "The indications are for southeasterly winds, moderate to strong, and ba-oking by oust to north. The weather 1 will probably prove squally with heavy : showers. The night will probably be very <oUI. Barometer rising. Sea rong'h. I Tide-s good." 1 Two caaes of influenza-pneumonia weve reported to the Auckland med'u-al officer i cif health from Awaken, Bay of Plenty,; last week. I The primary schools resume to- ' morrow. As usunl there have been a ; number of changes in teaching staffs recommended, and they will come before the Board of Education for approval. Meanwhile some of the teachers have been notified temporarily to take up their new positions. I Through indisposition of one of 'he assessors for the employers, a second adjournment of the conciliation proceedings relative to the application of dairy employees (roundsmen) for a new award was made necessary to-day. The new date has been fiifcd for February 15. I On Sunday har\'cst festival services ; were held at St. Peter's Church, Takai pupa. Large quantities of fruit and vegetables were presented at the different services, and these were afterwards sent to the Children's Home in Rich- ] mond Road, after providing for the ' needs of the parish. The collections were devoted to the church 'building fund. Mr. P. E. Cheal has received the following letter in appreciation of the wirrk of the Auckland Railways I>«igue from the West Coast Railway league, iWa-ingaro, near Raglan: —"1 have to ! thank you for tho Jubilee Annual. It is by far the best statement on pu'olio I matters that I have seen published. The time and ability you have given to the same I hope will be returned to the league in a gTeater membership.' . Sea Sled, a competitor in the Speed Championship race at the Auckland Regatta on Saturday, did not start owing to a water pipe breaking and flooding the magneto. She got going again when the other two competitors had completed their first round and were over .'U minutes on their second time round. Sea Sled overhauled the two boats just ! after rounding the top mark, three knots from the starting line, but being out of the race, she slowed down and ran level with them, finishing ahead of them on the other side of the flagship Ito avoid any interference. To catt-h the I other two boats on one length of the course. Sea Sled must have easily exceeded a speed of 30 knots. Robert I*. Semple, aged 21, son of Mr. R, Scrapie, ex-M.P. for Wellington South, | sustained a compound fractiiTe of his i right leg on Saturday through the overturning of a rock-laden truck at Oronyoronjro waterworks. He is progressing favourably.— (Press Association.) I At the close of his farewell sermon at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church last night the Rev. I. Jolly said that it had been a matter of sincere regret to him that he had not been able to continue his charge till the end of his seventieth year. He was disappointed that he was not able to stay with them for two years I longer, but on the advice of his medical I man he had been compelled to give up 'now. Mc hoped the church would not remain long vacant, and that they would rally round and be loyal to their new minister. Mr. Jolly's closing sermon was a powerful one, full of the deepest thought suitable for present-day conditions of life. Many old friends of the reverend gentleman were present to listen to the closing words of a preacher who has for many years been a leader in the church courts of this country and a man whose opinions on church government and doctrine are h*eld in the highest esteem throughout the length and breadth of the Dominion. At the time of the Parihaka raid in 1882, when the late Hon. John Bryce (who was Native Minister) rode on his white charger at the head of his troops ', into the pa to arrest Te Whiti and Tohu, the late Rev. J. A. Luxford was in the | midst of a very successful ministry in the Hawera district. It is said that it was at this time that the military spirit caught him, and he went on from stage to stage till he reached the rank of lieut.-colonel, when he was appointed senior Methodist chaplain at the Waltham military .hospital. So exasperated : had the settlers become at the arrogance iof Titokowaru and his followers during a long period of yeare in' ploughing up ' their land and in many other high- ' handed actions, that when the Te Whiti I coup came about many of the people I were .in a very angry mood, and Mr. ! Luxford did much by his conciliatory methods to bring about a feeling of ' moderation at a time when it was much needed. The Rev. C. H. Laws, 8.A., preaching at the funeral service at Pitt Street Methodist Church yesterday afternoon, said that early in his ministerial career Mr. Luxford was marked out for military distinction of a very high order, this being brought about by the keen grasp he Bad of all matters which attracted his attention and for his broad / outlook on euch a big question. The remains of the departed clergyman were' accorded a military funeral at Waikai raka Cemetery yesterday, this being his j expressed wisi.

The extra charge against John Wes- , ton, committed to the (Supreme Court (on a charge of conducting the illegal business of a bookmaker, of having con--1 ducted a common gaming house, was ■ withdrawn by the chief detective at . the Police Court this morning. An interested spectator of Saturday's regatta from his son-in-law's residence, Mr. F. Hutchinson, of St. Helier'a Bay,, was Mr. William Wilkinson, late of North Shore and Thames. Coming to Auckland in 18(13, and joining the staff of "The New Zcalunder" as shipping rei porter, Mr. Wilkinson served on the ■ Regatta Committee from 1804 to 18C8. This was the year when the Duke of ; Edinburgh visited New Zealand, and ail the committee had special blue uniforms ■ for this occasion*!. The style of racing , has changed conTOerably from those early days, when the principal attrat , tions were the Maori canoe races, rowing races for the crews of Her Majesty's and other ships in port, while the contests in watermen's -bouts was a great attraction. Times have indeed changed since then, and no port in the Southern Hemisphere could boast of a fleet of yachts and speedy launches such as competed on the Waitemata on Saturday. Suffering from a deep gash which he had inflicted on his left wrikt, Edward .lames Paterson (23) was admitted to the Hospital on Saturday evening in a serious condition. He resides at 34, Wellington Street, and at about 0.30 o'clock he is said to have entered the dining-room, carrying in his hand a tumbler which he declared contained poison. This being struck from his hand, he rushed to his room, followed by another boarder, who found him iii the condition stated. First aid wa3 rendered by Constables O'O.orman and Watkins before he was takon to the Hospital. He is reported to be progressing favourably. As the field raced past the stand in Die Takapuna Jockey Club Handicap at the North Shore on Saturday there was some interference as the result of which. Downing, the rider of Mangamahoe, was thrown. The boy was picked up unconscious, but after being conveyed to the casualty room soon recovered, luckily escaping with a severe shaking. That building is proceeding apace in some parts of Auckland, despite the abnormal circumstances, is typically . illustrated in the borough of Takapuna, where the value of the building permits issued during the past six months constitute a record for any similar period during the past six years. The permits for new structures totalled 00. the estimated value being £52,386, or L 5437 in excels of the best whole year yet recorded. In 1914 the ratable vfalue of the district was £1,013,947, and now it is estimated, after allowing for an area near Narrow Neck which was transferred to Devonport, at £1,147,756. A reassessment of the borough is at present being made by the Valuation Department, and upon this the incoming council will base the rates for the year. "Christianity is not so much simple morality, nor theology, nor philanthropy," said the Anglican Bishop of Auckland (Dr. A. W. Avcrill) preaching last night in the Princess Theatre, on the occasion of his first episcopal visit to the City Mission, "it is devotion to a personal Christ resulting in much practical goodness." A sure and certain road to Christianity was the road of sacrifice. "When the world realises the individual responsibility of every Christian." said the Bishop, ''we will get more of the spirit of Christ and consequently more of the spirit of brotherhood." Dr. | Averill spoke of the League of Nations as a splendid thing institutionally, but he emphasised the necessity of backing it up individually throughout the world as the only certain way to secure peace. Rev. Jasper Calder, of the City Mission, conducted the service; Mr. D. V. Lillicrap sang the solo, and Mr. F. C. Burnand conducted the orchestra. The Wellington Soldiers' Carnival Committee recently wrote to Mr. P. Fraser, Labour member for Wellington Central, asking h'm for support for the project which is to 'be launched shortly to obtain funds for the establishment of a community club for t*enior Cadets and Terrkorials. Mr. Eraser has replied to the effect that it is quite impossible for him. to render any assistance to the Nafijonal Defence League, with whose views he is not in agreement. The steamer Maori had a stormy passage from Wellinjrton, and did not arrive at Lyttelton until 1.55 p.m. on Sunday. A strong southerly galo was experienced right from Wellington wharf, and heavy seas I were shipped at times. The Flora, bound from Wellington to Lyttelton, sheltered in Worser Bay all Sunday. Special interest will attach to the Rev. Joseph W. Kemp's lecture at tho Bap- i tisl. Tabernacle this evening, on C. H. Spurgeon, from the fact that the build- ' ing where the lecture takes place was put up through the efforts of Pastor Thos. Spurgeon, son of the great preacher. The lecturer will refer fully to the unique and powerful ministry of C. H. Spurgeon. who for forty years kept , together in London the largest congre- j gations yet known. j Have you ever heard of a farmer, or rather of a farmeress, who thought more of a fine Jersey cow with a splendid butterfat record than of a human being? ■ Perhaps in this country where butter I and cheese account for a huge percentage of the year's exports, and milktesting classes are a feature of every country technical school this is possible, but the experience that befel an electrician in a residential suburb of . Auckland is not at all a common one. He went into a house to repair a damaged wire, or switch, or battery or something of that nature, and was anxiously asked to keep quiet by his temporary hostess. He is a gentleman ~in speech and manners, so he walked carefully on tiptoe. Solicitous ques- .' tions revealed the cause of the trouble. Somebody in the house was ill of a fever. He sympathetically inquired after his work was done whether he had disturbed the sufferer. His hostess said no, and she told him her favourite Jersey cow was in the shed down below, and was very ill indeed. This story has every stamp of authority, but the "Star" does not personally vouch for its truth. Mr. H. Miller, of Mas-terton, who has returned from a trip to Australia, is t.y no means enthusiastic regarding present conditions in the Commonwealtn He found business extremely slack in Melbourne, where -unemployment was r.tmpant, and living very expensive. Conditons : were somewhat improved in Sydney, but the shops in both cities were stocked with high-priced goods, which the merchants would not unload at a rereduction, and which the people refused to buy, 'believing that a fall must come in time. He had heaTd the opinion expressed in Australia that conditions were not satisfactory in New Zealand, but in his opinion the Dominion was a / paradise to "the Commonwealth just dow from the -worlker's point of view. Mr. ' Miller found transportation in Victoria and New South Wales much disorganised as a Tesurt of the recent waterside disputes.