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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 172, 21 July 1921, Page 4

The Manuka, which left Sydney for ' j Wellington yesterday, is bringinc 03 bags j of mail matter for Auckland. The j steamer should arrive at Wellin_ton next Sunday, in which event the mail will arrive here Monday afternoon and be delivered the following morning. An auctioneer was charged at the Palmerston North Magistrate's Court ■with having committed breaches of the Arms Act by failing to register three guns within one month of their comin" into his possession. "The guns are not worth twopence," he said, and immediately offered to put them to tbe test. Addressing the magistrate, he said: — "Look here, your Worship, I'll give you an hour in which to try and shoot mc, : and I'll stand only five yards away." j

The Government scheme of relief work is likely to be extended to the Mangonui district, in which case vacancies for about 25 suitable men will become available. In the meantime the activities of the officer in charge of this department at the ("Government Labour Bureau are practically confined to dealing with fresh applications, 15 of whichi were made yesterday. One man was placed in private employment yesterday. The aggregate amount distributed bj the administrators of the estate of th< late Mr. Thomas G. Macarthy, of Wei i lington, for charitable and educational purposes in Wellington district, ii | — 47.007. The management of the estate i which is in the hands of the Public Trus i toe, includes the big brewcrj- in Welling i ton. The value of the estate on August : 22, 1012, was £370,000. Grants made 'last year totalled £5685. ! The presence of two smartly-attired young womeji is the procession of unemployed in the city yesterday caused some little surprise amongst the spectators. The diversion was wholly unexpected, and not a few of the public on the sidewalks were curious as to whether the women were serious and really seeking work, for as they marched their countenances never lost illuminating smiles. Inquiries made, elicited the information that the youug women arc seeking employment as tailoresses, having lost their positions in the trade in the retrenchment that took place in certain factories whereby large numbers of girls are idle to-day. " Several phases of the unemployment problem in the city were reviewed this morning by Mr. (!." H. Lightfoot. officer in charge of the Auckland branch of the Labour Department. Regarding the number of people out of work, he said he was quite certain that there was a larger number unemployed than people were aware of. In the leather trade the employees were on short time. There had been a decided improvement in the iron trades, however, brightening them up considerably. As an indication of this improvement be mentioned the fact that the bureau was recently seeking the services of a motor mechanic for a job that was offering at Cambridge. After great difficulty one was secured and sent off to the country district. Thfcrc was applause not only before but behind the curtain at Ilis Majesty's Theatre last night. At the interval there came a sound of clapping from the stage which made the audience wonder what was being enacted beyond their eves It was Miss Vera St. John and Mr. Tom Campbell receiving felicitations. Miss Si. John, who plays Jessica, Shylook's daughter, in "The Merchant of Venice," had just run away to be married to Lorenzo, the curtain dropping on the rage and grief of the deserted father. As a matter of fact, Miss St. John had already that day been quietly married in reality to Mr. Campbell." the chief mechanic of the Allan Wilkie Company. The. pair were warmly congratulated, arid were handed a handsome present on behalf of other members of the company. Then the play proceeded. Although the West End Estate in the City was opened about five years ago, and the 89 allotments comprising the area are occupied, the residents arc still awaiting facilities in the form of better roads, footpaths, electric lighting and telephone facilities. To press those requirements a meeting or those interested was held on Tuesday evening last, and deputations •ivero. appointed to wait upon the City Council at its next meeting and upon the chief postmaster. It was stated that there was uo footpath between th..tram terminus and the estate, a distance of about half a mile, and the residents were forced to walk along the West End Road, which was unlightod at night; also, that the nearest, public telephone box was near Ponsonby tram barn, about one and a-half miles away. A deputation, comprised of Messrs. S. Turkington and A. Dixon, waited on the City Engineer (Mr. W. E. Bush) yesterday, with a request that the Council clear and repair the footpaths. Mr. Bush promised to attend to the matter immediately. Speaking of the present-day self-import-ance of firemen on vessels, in comparison with their standing in bygone days, a j master of an overseas vessel, who" was appearing as a witness in an assault case in the Lyttelton Magistrate's Court, remarked that a few days previously a fireman, who had an alleged grievance to ventilate, busted into his cabin and demanded a "man to man" hearing. "The time was,'' continued the 1 should have bundled him out quick j and lively: but now, alas! captains arc. obliged to use a lot of tact and discretion in such instances, to ensure anything like a peaceable life at sen." With reference to the rating on unimproved values, which was brought, before, the One-tree Hill Road Board at a recent meeting, a letter was written to the Hon. A. M. Myers, chairman of the Cornw3li Park trustees, acquainting him with the fact that if the proposal was carried it would result in increasing the rates on the park from £1195 in 1920-21 to £2054 —a difference of £859. Mr. Myers replied in a letter received by the Board last, evening stating that as the Trust paid away nearly half of its revenue in rates last year a further increase in the amount to over £2000 would make it j impossible to continue adding to the ] attractions of the park in accordance j with the wish of the donor. At Hastings yesterday two applicants for old-age pensions were charged with' attempting to obtain a pension certificate by means of a wilfully false statement by filling in wrong incomes on forms. The magistrate, addressed a severe reprimand to the accused, savin!; I he could line them up to £50 or three | months' bard labour. Tiie accused were ' old lr.en, and he would not be hard this ' time, but he wanted those concerned to 1 know that if they made false statements ] and were convicted he would have to con- j sider sending them to gaol without the j option of a fine. ! The gift of £1000 has been made by ! Mr. H. F. Smith to the Ashburton Primary School Committee for the purpose of establishing two scholarships of £25 per annum each for competition in alternate years and tenable for four years at a secondary school. The donor's object ' is to enable pupils at his old school to obtain secondary education who other- '■ wise would be unable to afford it. The Tauranga Borough Council has received word that the generator and other machinery for the electricity department has left New York, and is expected to reach Auckland early next month. Preparations lor Installing the additional electricity plant are well forward. To date the number of electricity customers within the borough amounts to 631, and outside the borough to 84. Thfe . Council has decided to increase the salary of the electricity engineer to £550 per annum, as from August 1. The executive oi the Taupo Railway League has decided to send a petition to the House of Representatives signed by local bodies and landowners asking for the immediate construction of the railway in terras of the recommendations of the Petitions Committee of the House and the recent commission. .

The dead body of Joseph Mathers, farmer, of Te Rapa, who was drowned three weeks ago, was recovered from the Waipa River yesterday afternoon. At the last meeting of the Remuera. Schools Committee (Mr. C. H. Furnees presiding) it was reported tha.t the newly-completed infants' school would be for occupation as soon as the furniture was installed. The memorial gates | were being constructed, and would shortly be erected, to furnish an imposing entrance to Remuera school. Owing to lack of accommodation it was announced that the scheme for providing hot. cocoa at the school had very reluctantly been abandoned. A ; deputation is to confer with the Dilwortli 'Trust Roard in reference to acquiring an | additional plot of ground at the rear of i the present school ground, and the EdueaI tion Board is to be urged to hasten the I work of improving the rough ground at j Cornwall Park school. | At the meeting of the Mount Roskill j Road Board held on Tuesday night j Messrs. Lockie Gannon and Worlcy, consulting engineers to the Board, reported I that good progress was being made by i the contractor in laying down tho new concrete carriageway in Manukau Road. The amount of the contract, which was let sonic months ago, is in the vicinity of £9000. rShortage of cement held the work up for some time, and the actual concreting was commenced on the 4th inst. An average of 108 square yards is ! being laid down daily, and the engineers reported a thoroughly good job was being done. The present contract is for tinportion of Manukau Road from Royal i Oak corner to the tramway workshops, a distance of 45 chains on the western side and 35 chains on the eastern side. This is in reality the commencement of the comprehensive scheme for a concrete road from Auckland to Onehunga, promoted some time ago. The above portion of road was that allotted to the Mount Roskill Road Board, who are thus the first to commence this progressive work. A grand organ recital will be given on the new organ in St. Peter's Church, Takapuna, to-morrow (Friday) evening, beginning at S p.m., by Mr. Edgar Randal. Miss Laura Stone will sing "Abide With Me.'' "Nature's Song."' and "He YV_s Despised." While driving a heading in the Piako County Council's quarry at Waiorongomai at a depth of about UK) feet, a body of quartz about two feet wide was inter cepted. The foreman (Mr. J. Cochrane), states that the reef is well defined, and that a small ordinary sample when tested showed that it carries gold. A man named Williams, who had walked a. long distance in a vain search for work, jumped into the Wanganui ; Kiver from the Matapuna bridge. He, I was rescued by a man who was in the ] neighbourhood, and is now in the Tau- j marunui Hospital. j A Chinese storekeeper at Raetihi lias been declared bankrupt. His unsecured debts amount to £2113. At the Wellington Pigeon, Poultry and I Canary Show, held last week, Mr. J. I'earce, of Auckland, was winner of two championships, six special and seven lirst. and four second prizes, scoring most points in the canary section of the show. Mr. A. W. Martin, rupture specialist, from J>uncdin. is now on his sixteenth visit to Auckland, and may be consulted daily from 10 a-in. to 12 and 2 p.m. to 5, ! free" until Friday, the 2!) th. a' the Koyal I Hotel, Victoria Street.— (Ad.) Because there is treble security with [ exceptionally good interest in one of rlie : most flourishing concerns in Xew Zen- '. iand. wise investors prefer Macky, Logan, j Caldwell, Ltd., 7._ per cent debentures j before any other investment on the mar- j ket to-day. Record subscriptions to ! date. Get the prospectus from the Bank of New Zealand (all branches),! members of the Stock Exchange, or the i company's warehouses.— (Ad.) j When you go to the theatre, inhale Nazol occasionally—it will protect rou | against colds, sore throats, and influenza j germs.— (Ad.) : If you are looking for a safe investment for your savings, with the high ] current rate of interest for a definite I period, you cannot do better than invest in Macky, Logan, Caldwell, Ltd.. ~i per cent debentures. Hot the . prospectus from the Bank of New Zealand (all branches), members of the Stock Exchange, or the company's warehouses. (Ad.) A saving sale! You make up what we lose when we sell boys" all-wool sports suits, usually 47/6, now 34/6. —Geo. Fowds, Ltd.—(Ad.) Create an atmosphere of Nazol about you, so that you constantly inhale it— about 10 drops on the chest of the j pyjama jacket at night or on the singlet in the morning protects you against, infectious germ?. Tt is undoubtedly good for roughs, colds, sore throats, etc (Ad.) A few shillings spent in the free use of Nazol to protect the mucous mem- i brane of tbe mouth, nose, and throat 1 from coughs, colds, and sore throats, etc., i is b»ttor than hours cf su f_-.nj»— (Ad.) I Substantial reductions in ever.,- line of ' men's wear and footwear. Tno best ! English and American Hoots and shoes, '■ at cut prices.—Fowlds' Sale—(Ad.) J I