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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 212, 6 September 1921, Page 4

An Australian mail of 52 baga is on board the Huddart-Parker dteamer Riverina, which left Sydney on Monday at 5 p.m. She should arrive in Auckland on Friday.

The Hon. C. J. Parr has forwarded to the New Lynn Town Board a letter he had received frrni the Acting-Minister of Railways, statbg that the Department is now testing aji improved device for eross-eignallinjr, and if the results are as anticipated it will be adopted as an improvement on the existing bell signals. It is 'hoped that the tests of the new appliance will be known shortly, and as soon ;w a decision is reached the question of installing signals at the Xuw Lynn level erodings will be given favourable consideration.

At the last meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, the Prince of Wales was duly elected a Fellow of tlie Institute. At the same meeting 14 resident, β-l non-resident Fellows and 24 Associates were elected. The following were the Xew Zealanders elected: Messrs. P. Myers and S. H. Myers, of Wellington; lion. Muni Pomare, Lower Hutt; Mr. A. Milne and Mrs. M. 0. Wilson, of Auckland; Mr. W. L. Fitzherbert. of Palmerston North: Messrs. A. J. Barmird«, \V. M. Bayly. F. S. Bowen, J. Chrisp. M. L. Foster, ('. (i. Holdsworth, E. M Huteliin»on, J. Kinder. 8.A., F. B. Palairet, F. W. Nolan. 0. Prince. J. K. Redstone, T. E. Toneycliffe, all of Gisbornn, and Mr. M. H.Wynyard. In accordance with the programme mapped out in regard to the railway "cut" there was no midday exprcfe yesterday. The "cut" has been applied in Wellington since the beginning of the week, the express train which previously left Wellington on Sunday evening and arrived in Auckland on Monday afternoon having; been discontinued. I'nder the new conditions the midday express from Auckland will leave on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and the evening express from Wellington on Monday. Wednesday and Friday. Wellington reports arc to the effect that the reduced service from that city to Auckland is causing great i.iconvenience.

Trafalgar Day will be observed in a more marked manner than in the past ill order to encourage public interest and sympathy in the educational work in which the Auckland branch of the Navy League bus embarked. This decision was endorsed last evening at a meeting of the branch which met to consider matters in connection with the celebration of the day. Tt was pointed out that the fact of New Zealand now having a navy of its own was an additional incentive to getting the people to have a proper appreciation of the meaning of sea power to the Empire. Several committees were appointed last night to make arrangements for celebrating the day fittingly in the city and throughout the Province of Auckland.

Building operations at Papatoctoe- are etill as active as they were twelve months airo, and during the last six months of the year ending August 31 permits were issued for £15,G30, as compared with £ 17.110 for the previous period of September to February (1020----10-21). This is an increase of more than £150(> in six months. If individual months are taken in the two periods contrasted the latter still has the advanta;*?. In April of this year permits amounting to £4250 were issued, and in .January, which falls in the previous halfyearly 'period, the total was C 4040. a difference of £210. The nearest approach recently to the April total was in July of l!>20. when permits for buildings wen- issued to the amount of C 4200. Comparisons between separate months can be made from the followincr figures: March, £2345; April, £4250; May, .tlOOO; .Tune. £2000: July, £3090, containing one amount of £2200; August, £4145.

The New Lynn Town Board's building by-laws hiwo' Uei-n under consideration now for some time, -Mr. S. J. Clarke, timber and building expert, having been engaged to completely revise the same, and bring them up-to-date. At a special meeting of the board Mr. Clarke submitted his proposals, which were unanimously adopted. These include provision for tlhe use of a larger range of timbers which may be i.sed in the erection of dwelling- It was also considered to be in the best interests Of the district if town planning measures were introduced at this st;ige. much as the zone system, whereby the district would be divided up into special areas providing for residential, shop, and factory sites, etc. As a preliminary to adopting this course, the board decided to ascertain its powers, and if it had none, to take the necessary steps to obtain them.

The wonderful indurance of a nine-year-old iboy, a son of Mr. T- Nisbett, proprietor of the Martoti Hotel, was exemplified a couple of days ago. On KVidnv morning, at about 10.30, he was missed, as was also a six-weeks-old collie puppy. -At first it was thought the boy had been drowned in the Tutaiieui stream, but search proved fruitless in that direction. Search parties went out seeking him everywhere without result, but aibout 5.30 p.ni. fears were set at rest by a telephone message from an uncle of the boy at Hi.nterville, intimating that the yo-unaster bad arrived there safely, he having walked the whole distance of 18 miles, after having accomplished seven 'hours' continuous walking-. His object, he said, was to see his cousin. The puppy was ■]uitc exhaused, and on Saturday was unable to walk, but the boy showed no sijrns of distress at all.

Mr. W. B. Montgomery mentioned some of pile anomalies of the existing tariff at flhr annual smoke conceit of the Customs and Marine Departments and Customihounp agents and importers. He said that 'he hoped the new tariff would not make it necessary to examine feather-stitched braiding to see if it had fancy edges, or to count the number of threads in a piece of doth .by means of a high-power microscope. Then, ajgain he hoped it would not be necessary to cut the heel of a shoe to find if it"had two or three lifts. J.f it had two it was il shoe, but if there were three lifts in the ! heel it was classified as a boot.

Through getting his sleeve caught in a winch at the Grammar School Building now in ,-ourse of erection at Kingsland, a lad named Francis Hunt, who live* with his parents in Walters Road, oIT Dominion Road, had his left arm broken below the elbow yesterday. He was taken to the hospital, where the limb was set.

At a public meeting convened by the Mayor of Timaru, , lU id held last night it was decided (says a l'res-s Association telegram) to open a puhlic subscription for the widow and children of the lafe Constable .lames Dorgan. Much enthusiasm was ffiown, and over a hundred pounds ster.'mg were subscribed in the room.

The Mount Eden Borough Council last | evening considered a protest from the Kaiapoi Council against the proposals I of the Minister of Public Works in regard to boroughs maintaining roads in their districts. The Mayor (Mr J. W. Shackelford) explained that under the Minister's proposals boroughs and road boards would be treated differently A borough," he said, "might not be in a, good V position as an adjo.mng road board but because it was a borough Uwoild be charged and the road board would not." The council deeded to support a resolution expressing the opinion that boroughs and road boards should l>e treated alike. Tenders were received last evening by the New Lynn Town Board for the | supply of water pipes, valves, etK., >n , connection with the loan of f ls *?°\ recently carried by ratepayers for the . I reticulation of the district. Four , tenders covering Che whole of the j board's requirements were received as . follows —Messrs. A. and T. Burt, | £12538 17/9: Briscoe and Co., £ 11,440; j Richardson, McCabe and Co., £10,80.,, 16/3; John Burns and Co., .€10,300 1/. The board decided to ask its engineer to ; report on these to a special meeting of bhe boa.rd on Monday evening next, when a decision will be reachedMr. R. 1 , . Ward, who has Tocen appointed Registrar at the Supreme Court ! in Auckland, entered the Justice Departjnient at Wellington in 1884, then went Ito Wanjjanui- In 1892 he was assistant I clerk at Oamaru, and from 1908 to 1014 ! was-chief clerk at Di.nedin. Mr. Ward I was transferred to Wellington during I the war, and was next appointed ; Registrar at Dunedin. He comes to Auckland with the reputation of being an efficient and courteous officer. For three years Mr. Ward was a member of the Public Appeal Board, and last year was appointed to inspect all the Courts in Xew Zealand. He is a ! iprominent golf player, being captain of I the Otago Club. Last Saturday he won j the medal at the competitions held in Dunedin. "Bowling, it seems, Is becoming a pasI time for women." writes our London correspondent. 'It is, too, becoming a game for Royalty, for King George has had a green laid out at Windsor andj does not disdain the 'wood' himself. So one can imagine that when the New Kealand team arrives home with its laurele it will find its womenkind eager to share the Dominion's lovely greens. A graceful woman, we are told, ie a pleasant eight when playing bowls. As she stands delicately poised with one foot on the mat, known as the 'footer,' to bowl her wood, ehe looks her beet. Moreover, the gentle exerci-se is good for the figure. That one supposes is a reason why our city fathers take to* the game when they begin to acquire more avoirdupois than ie pleasant for them to carry!" With reference to tsie numbering ot players in the Rugby representative I matches referred to in last night's "Star." Mr. J. A. Munro, who holds the programme rights, explains that the numbers did not follow in regular sequence, and were intermixed with letters not for the purpose of mystify- j ing the public, but in order to prevent bhe issue of unauthorised programmes.: He states that even when the particular designation of each playeT is kept secret until the sale of programmes begins, "piTated"' programmes, misleading to the public arc issued, and he is therefore compelled to adopt special methods to i ensure the accuracy of his own compila-, tion, and that no other programme can be correct. A striking lesson to a spectator who 'chose to ventuTc over the line was given lat fche Brown Shield Association football match, played at Wellington, on ; Saturday. He was aibout two feet j across the side line, on the field of play, pvhen the game swung suddenly round to his quarter, and a "hefty" forward, by jni;adventUTe, kicked 'him squarely on the forehead. He went down like a I nine-pin, to the heartless laughter of the crowd, and remained motionless. He was carried away in an unconscious conjdition by a policeman and one of the jonloakers; and it was a quarter of an | hour 'before he had further interest in I the proceedings. | Interest in the Local Bodies Officers' Guild is being stimulated 'by a tour ot the general secretary, Mr. F. A. Lloyd, who will address a conference of Auckland numbers at the Chamber of Commerce to-morrow evening. The Guild embraces the staffs of city, country, and I borough councils, hospital and "chariI table aid boards, and harbour boards. I Among its aims is the promotion of i legislation to entitle members to superj animation, also to a local government board, and an appeal board, and to provide fiir t.he employment in executive positions of thoroughly qualified persons only. Professor J. Macmillan Brown, who has returned to Christchurch from a J visit to the Pacific Islands, intends to make his annual ethnological trip next year to Easter Island, unless he is detained in Xew Zealand by his duties as Vice-Chancellor of the University. The vessel that trades to the island will leave Xew Zealand in October. He considers that a visit to Kaster Island is necessary for the completion of the work on ' which lie has been engaged for some ' years. | A cheque for £700 was sent to the ! town clerk by the general manager of ■ the Christchurch tramways, the sum I being approximately the amount of the ! board's liability for rates on its city; properties. The rate demand has not been received, but the cheque has been sent in response, to the council's suggestion that ratepayers would assist" the city's finances if they did not wait for their notices before payment. 'Saturday was a bad day for football accidents at Wanganuf, as, in addition j , to two Patrick's College boys having a leg each broken at Palmerston Xortlf ! Sylvan O. Muller I:ad his leg broken at | Wellington, and J. Delves had his collar- I bone broken at Wanganui, where X. I Reid was also incapacitated for several j' days by a severe kick over one eye. the l latter wound necessitating stitchimr. ' T'lic Wit. Humour and Re-partee of Child Ireland" is the title of the lecture I to be delivered at the Epsom Library Hall this evening by Dean H&ckett in connection with the Epsom Library winter course. It has been reported n> the Christ elimvh Domains Hoard that dogs have worried many sheep recently 'in the park*. More than a hundred sheep were,' kilted by dogs in one week. The curator I stated that lie intended to have every ' dog fot.nd in the .board's domains shot. ' The Xorthcote School Committee last i night accepted an ofTer from Mr J \V I Court to don»<« a llagstaff for ' the Birkcnhead siH« school. The plan prepared by Mr. F. E. Powell ioi laving out this school's grounds was approved i and ways and means are to be discussed at a meeting of householders shortly. j The gate receipts at Saturday's Test! match between Xew .South Wales and Xew Zealand, played at Christchurch 1 were £1258.