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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 27, 1 February 1921, Page 4

Te Awamutu Borough Council last night filed Saturday as the day for the weekly half-holiday, in accordance with a largely-signed petition, says a Press Association telegram. Hitherto Wednesday ha<s boen observed. Slight opposition was shown to tho change, the question being unusually complicated owing to the fact that Saturday is the day of holding the weekly stock Bales. j The steamer Koromiko, due at Port Chalmers, brings from Sydney a thou- ' saud tons of sugar for isew Zealand. Its distribution is to be carefully supervised by an officer of the Board of i Trade, who will visit Dunedin for the . purpose. This consignment will materially relieve the position and ' enable fuller supplies to be available I lor the season's jam manufacture. I "There has been criticism of so much money going to Auckland," remarked the Hon. W. Nosworthy, at a smoke concert in Napier. "In the early days of Canterbury and Otago they sold their land and built, to some extent, their railways and made their roads. Those ' energies acted to some extent in Ha«vke's i Bay. Auckland had no roads and no bridges, and it had no provincial money jto develop the resources of a gTeat province; and it is the duty of the Government to develop those latent resources, so as to produce every ounce of wealth that can be produced. Those are the lines on which we are actuated, and 1 am speaking for Parliament and the big majority of members constituting that Parliament." I The mysterious movements of aqua fauna around the New Zealand coast was the subject of some interesting , remarks by the Hon. G. M. Thomson at Palmerston North a few days ago. He referred to the fact that huge colonies of crabs made their appearance in southern waters and then completely disappeared, and that a certain specimen of prawn located in the vicinity of Whangarci one season was found assembled in countless numbers in eouthern waters a year or two afterwards. Millions of Atlantic salmon liberated from local hatcheries into rivers leading"to our seae had gone without leaving a trace. Thia led Mr. Hodder to ask if the indigenous fish in these waters were especially voracious. Mr. Thomson said "No." For instance, the eouthern seas were "stiff" with brown trout, a much less active fi=h than the salmon. Thia led to another questioner to ask whether the prohibition of the catching of cannibal brown trout at the. mouths of tidal waters was not rather bad policy. Mr. Thomson said that opened debatable ground. Anglers were conservative in these matters, but personally he thought that the regulations in this matter were unreasonable. Hβ had occasionally seen sea-run brown trout caught by the trawlers, and. had thought it wise to confiscate them "in the interest of science." (Laughter.) Speaking on the life and work of Spurgeon, the twenty-ninth anniversary of whoso death was commemorated m the Baptist Tabernacle last night, Rev. Joseph W. Kemp pointed • out how the great evangelist had never had a theological training nor attended a theological college, yet was a man of wide learning. He was for years a schoolmaster by day and a preacher by nightHe attracted such congregations that •< was found necessary to build the Metrni politan Tabernacle in London to accon. modate six thousand people. For thirty years he drew crowded congregations to this edifice, and he became admitted'y/ one of the foremost personalities of th e century. His sermons and addresses, up to the second year of the war, were being continually reprinted, and th«ir , circulation w«£ world-wide.

Early last month in the Auckland district a dairy farmer was fined for beating a lad boarded out with l>imDuring the hearing it was alleged that the lad was got out of bed at 4 a.m. to help to milk the cows. The Minister for Education announced at the time tuat he would investigate the case. Asked yesterday if he had come to any decision, the Minister stated that the evidence showed while it was true tne boy had beon severely thrashed, 'he wa* nevertheless well fed and clothed by tot--farmer, and the neighbours considered that on tho whole ho was well treated. It was true the lad had given some I trouble. "I recognise," said the Mini' I tor, "my responsibility as the head o ■ Uiis Department, and have taken steps I which will prevent for the future, I hope, I the possibility of a child being boarded I out on an isolated farm and ill-treated. ! That sort of thing under the new condiI tions is not likely to occur ajrain." There I were, ho added, 2000 children under the ! care of the special school branch of the I Department, and 900 were boarded out. The recent numerous changes and pro ■ motions anions the commissioned officers 'in the police service have left a number 'of vacancies in various pl.ices to be filled by the rank and file. Included among these arc three one-man stations on the West Coast of the South Island —| 'Liranity, Seddjinvllle and Millerton— J which have faTlen to tho lot of three 'Auckland constables. The rno»t important of them, Granity, will be ta-ken ovf hy Constable D. Wilson, who has been in Auckland for the past nine years, and hiis ctftabli.-Jied a local reputation l"r eliiciency and courtesy in the course of tiie past three vcara' service a.s orderly in the. Police Court. Countable W. A. j fowler, of Dcvonport, goes to Mi'lerton, and Constable A. Cainpajrnola, also of | Uevonport, will take charge at Seddonvilli-. I Pending occupation of their new pre ! mi.c> in London Dalpoty and Co., J,td.. ' "ill move in March, IKI, to temporary , premises which they have secured m : No. Hi, Finr hury Circus, fc'.C. 2. The cam ; j;;uy will riccupy the v> hole of the fif:h ilnor of thi.-. new building, whicii ie one j of the lini-st, in the City of London, and : in elewe proximity to the London Wool ' K.M-han?e. Tiiree important railway i statii.ns are within two miuuLes' wailc or ; b'ineburj Circud. j The ••Dune.lin St-.r" reports a sharp j earthquake α-s having occurred in the ••it v and adjacent distrirt.-, early on Fri- ' day morning. It last. 1 ,) ci.x or .seven secniis, and a minor ipiiver followed. . , Tha direction was from north! Jto south. Buildings were smsibly ; awaken. !iid crockery dnived on shelves, I but so far ns can be learned no damage i vvas d n nc, an<l the tftl**j*raph < re- ' port that tleir npparaUis and lines were only momentarily nfferted. Port Chal-. ! mer-: :ind T«'aTid felt the shock nuite as severely, if not more so, than Dunedin. and at Wruhola the =hor-k was. accompanied by p. heavy detonation. Therp were 28 fewer births in Auck- ! 'and during last month than in Jan'arv, I ' lft-20, tho ligureg being 276" as against j 304. The number of marriages _also ' j showed a drop from 203 to 102." In i .January of last year 36 marriage* werf j performed by the registrar, and th-re wpro three less during the first month] this year. The number of deaths during the montli just closed was 117, an incroaso of 1C on the number daring the previous January. It is stated that a company has been formed to enter the firewood-cutting: business on a large wale for the purpose of supplying the Wellington market. A bock of country has been secured in the Reikiorangi district, and operations are to be commenced at an early date. A younjf man named Diddams, lately residing in Te Arohu, who has been wanted on alleged changes of uttcrirrg cheques, has been arrested at Te Pu'<e by Constable Garvey. The charges are numerous, and the amounts involved total about £100. At the S.M. Court, Te Aroha, three 1 owners of orchards were fined £2 and | costs for failing to deetroy fruit trees that had been attacked by fire blight. The officers of the horticultural division of the Department of Agriculture at Christchurch are embarking on a crusade against neglected orchards, in which they hope to obtain the co-opera-tion of all fniitirrowers, states theChristehurch 'Trese.' ,

A sliirht outbreak of fire was caused yesterday afternoon by an electric wire fusing at the Auckland'Farroers , Freezing ] Company's freezing chambers on the King's wharf. The flamcri were extinguished before much damuge was caused. Hundreds of men's fashionable tips, J o/0 for 1/11. Bifr Rale at Keonomic opp. Town Hall.— (Ad.) I Onr great summer clearance fair now ' in full swing. Doors open 9 a.m. sharp, j \ preat money-saving opportunity. i and Cii.ghe-y, Ltd.—(Ad.) " | Men's hard -wear singlets, really cheap ' at 5/11. Big Sale at Economic, opp.' Town Hall.—(Ad.) j Our great summer clearance fair r.ow\ in full swing. Doors open 9 a.m. sharp. V great money-sa-ving opportunity, -mit.h and Canghey, Ltd.—(Ad.) " ' Cheap and good sheetings, unbleached herringbone, 80in., 5/11 for 4/11 yard, i Sale, Economic, opp, Town Hall.— (Ad.) Our great summer clearance fair now in full swing. Doors open 9 a.m. sharp. V great money-saving opportunity, and Oanghey, Ltd. —(Ad.) Travellers who will require sensible trunks, bags or suit cases can save 4/ j in tho £ on these goods by purchasing now at Milne and Choyce's sale.—(Ad.) Srtiped crash suiting, 27in., 2/3 for 1/11 yard. Big Sale at Economic, opp Town Hall.—(Ad.) Our great summer clearance fair now in lull swing. Doors open 9 a.m. sharp. \ .preat money-sa-ving opportunity. Smith and Caughey, Ltd.-r-(Ad.) Ideal weather for demonstrating the wonderful labour-saving and perfect cleansing qualities of "No Rubbing" Laundry Help for washing cummer clothes. Demand is enormous.— (Ad.) Travellers who will require sensible j trunks, bags or 6uit case 3 can save 4/ I in the £ on these goods by purchasing ' low at Milne and Choyce's sale.—(Ad.) j Create an atmosphere of Nazol about ou, so that you constantly inhale it— about ten drops on tho pyjama jacket ■it night or on the chest of the sing'.et •n the morning protects you against inr ectious germs. It is undoubtedly gooi for coughs, colds, sore throats, etc., (Ad.)

A wardrobe trunk soon repays for itself by laundry expenses saved when travelling—and by purchasing now there is a price saving of 4/ in the f.—Milne md Choyce's Sale. —(Ad.) Housewives, kindly phone us your orders early for "No Rubbing" Laundry Help, "Keep Smiling" Boot Polish, "Keep Smiling" Floor Polish, "Keep Smiling" Pumice Soap, and "Golden Rule" Soap, and oblige Auckland grocers.— (Ad.) i A wardrobe trunk soon repays for itself by laundry expenses saved when travelling—and by purchasing now there ■ is a price saving of 4/ in the £. —Milne and Choyce's Sale.—(Ad.)