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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 122, 25 May 1922, Page 4

The crowded condition or t!ii> lending branch of the Leys Institute at Poneonby, both with respect to shelf-room and space for will shortly be relieved by an addition now being carried out by the trustees, which will double the size of the existing room.

The proposal of the Devonport Borough Council to acquire this undertaking of the Electricity Supply Corporation (X.Z.), Ltd., was further considered by the council last night. The report of the consulting electrical engineer, Mr. A. .1. Walker, dealing with the cost mid installation of the proposed additional plant, • and the electrification of the pumping station at Lake Takapuila is expected to be ready for the council within the next few days. Upon receipt of this steps will be immediately taken to arrange for the necessary loan poll; prior to which full details of the proposal will be circulated amongst the ratepayers and public meetings convened.

Tho manner in which playere and i refereee are relieved of cash left in their I pockets while engatred in games was dis- I cussed by the management committee of the Auckland Rugby League last evening, The Kefcrees' Association wrote atatmg that their members on outside grounds were being relieved of their personal property by Home unkind individuals. Last Saturday one referee placed his clothes in a cupboard in the pavilion on the Domain, and lost ,t;i odd. The chairman, Mr. J. Carlaw, said that this mutter had come before the Reserves Committee of the City Council, and it had instructed the superintendent of parks to take action, lie (the chairman) would bring the matter under the notice of the police.

A communication from the Gore Borough Council wan received by the Devonport Borough Council hist evening asking that the Ooverninent should be Urged t<i hand over to the local authority's the amount of amusement tax collected in the respective districts. Councillor K. T. Michaels said that lh L - tax should be abolished altogether, claiming that, at the time it woa imposed it was understood that'the levy was for the war period only. The council decided to take no action, tiie council being of opinion that thn matter waa outside the scope of municipal administration.

Commenting on the exclusion of representatives of t'itiiM and boroughs from the conference convened by the Minister of Public Works to discuss the proposed provisions of the new Highways Bill, the Mayor of Devonport, Mr. IT. S. W. King, at the meeting of the Uorough Council Inst evening, paid that it was rather ludicrous that municipal authorities were ignored. He pointed out that Devonport was at the present, time undertaking the work of laying a permanent concrete surface on the road, and if the Highways Bill dealt with the weight of londri anil with regulations for motor trallic it was important that municipal authorities should take part in the discussion of legislation affecting the same. In regard to the Heude collection of pictures for many ,yc:irs deposited in the Art fiallery. these pictures have not been otlered to the council and no negotiations have been carried on for their acquisition. The previous report was somewhat misleading in this connection. Mrs. Kende desires to again take charge of the pictures, and accordingly they are Ix'ing delivered to her. There are no reeonU at all as to the terms nnd conditions upon which the pieUlreu were originally deposited with the council, but it has nlwnv.s been known that t-liov have been a valuable collection of pictures on loan to the corporation.

The suggestion »vns put forth Inst evening at the annual meeting of the 1-i-Vrt Institute by Dr. T. W. Leys that (lie City Council should do Bomethinsj in tlie way of inducing hoys to come off the streets at night and spend their eveningo in congenial eurronndings at recreation rooms similar to the one established at IV.liHonhv liv the Institute, which had proved so successful. He sli'ifreßted that three rooms should be established in various part* of the city, with books and fiainw, nudnr expert control, for the instruction and amusement of boys. The plan had met with nmoh success in America. "For years past we have worked on the plan generally followed by the Boy*' Club Federation in America." said I>r. I.pys. "\Yr have kept an open door, showed no discrimination, and have had rionieonc in authority. This is a tine climate, and it is natural that the boys should want tn go out. 1 think that the Council muM )ierform n very useful service in this direction."' Mr. M. .1. favape, M.P., who heartily mipported Dr. Leys' remarks, eaid somethins , t-houlil be done for the boys who would k" the future administrators of the coufitrv.

Tin- meetinj! ..f the Auckland District, Women's Christian Toinpenincp I'nion n-ns held yestorda- afternoon, Mrs. Npiil presiding. fJoneral liliFiinrsti was disciifleed. Mi-s F.arnshaw i-pporling hnving formed branches of (lie union in lleleusvilln an.! Maunfrnturoto. It u W decided to support the resolution of the National <niin.il of Women that women nwrrying men of other natinrvalily should lie allowed Hip right to choose their own nntlnnnilty. The aims of the Young Citiwus' Ijpnpup were heartily supported by (lip meeting, am] it was decidp.| to forward to the officers of t.lir Ipiifitip a leaflet for their consideration, entitled "Tlio Child's iVulr ,>f Morals." II was decided to liol.l the annual pay-up Mirinl on June 2S.

hi connection witii tlie nrliclp that uppcare.l in Saturday's pappr on the snl>J jr-t-t of the dimVuliip-i of spliniil committees. Mr. \V. V. Rtlsson, chairman nf tliP »w I.Mm Committee, writes tlml lie was ' eranp'vhflt misrepresented in being made i<l say Iliat n dpeisimi to resign at tlio end of the pre-enl quarter hnil hepn reached liv the committal , . The actual position whs Mint the position had Wn discussed in committee by individual members, who agreed that unless the lioard eanie to their as-Mstam'e by a <rranl the host thing was to roigli. On the committee's actual (inaneial position the figures given by him. lie explains, wore that the grant' was £124. and the caretaker's wages £SO. -which with a water rnte due of £21. lefl very little. f,, r maintonanpo, fuel, light ami Incidentals.

The anpual meeting; of tlie Auckland 'Provincial Lieeived \'ietimllers and Hotel Owners" Association was hel<l last night, when Mr. P. Hrodio, the president, was in the chair. Matters in connection with the forthcoming licensing poll were discussed, and a commiitep was appointed to arrange for the complete organisation throughout tlie Auckland province. Offirpre were elected as.fol]owr:—lVrsidont, Mr. P. Hrodin; viceMessrs. .1. Molliiv and .7. (' Griffin; secretary. Hr. M. ,1. Walsh; excputivfi, Mrs. M. TwohillfMesers. .t. Mitchell, K. ]>rvan. J. Mahonpy, A. Adams, •I. Waters, and E. .Morrison; represent'itives to Auckland Provincial Council, ifeeSM. Rrodie, Molloy. and Pickett /Ohaupo).

The Minister of Public Works ha< lelecrraphed to Mr. W. T. Jennings. M.P.: —"With reference to placing i\n' employed on Hip Ohura so-tion of the railway. I have now considered thp requests made, und desire to inform .yon that as soon .as arrangements can' be made a party consisting of thosr- desiring employment at relief rates will he given an opportunity of takin" no work." " "

The first of a series of winter lectures to he delivered under the anspicpg of the Auckland Service Aero Club will be ffiven in the Concert Chamber of the. Town Hall to-morrow evening. Captain •T. Peabrook. A.F.C., will deliver an illustrated lecture on ••Aircraft," and Captain C. E. Blaney. M.C., will speak on the recent flight by the D.H.O from Inverear. frill t« Auckland, which was accomplished in S hours "i.'i minutes.

The executive of the National Progressive Liberal Labour party has approved of Mr. William Begg. ex-Mayor of Dunediii. as a candidate for Dunedin North, says a Press Association telegram.

Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., last evening opened an inquiry into the death of the man Fred Williams, whose body was found lloating in the harbour yesterday morning. Kvidence of identification having been given, the inquest waa adjourned until 2.30 to-morrow afternoon.

The Birknnliead Borough Council last night, by four votes to three, rescinded the resolution of the previous meeting to prosecute the person or persons responsible for holding an entertainment in the Foresters' Hall. Birkenhead, on Anzae Day, April 25, without the permission of the Council. The Council also agreed to accept the proceeds of the sacred concert collection for tho War Memorial Fund, the balance available being £10 2/2. When ncaring her home in Albert Street, Waihi, on her return from Waihi Plains School on Monday afternoon, Miris Myrtle Carnahan, a member of tho teaching etulf, was thrown from a honse she was riding. The animal rolled on her, rendering her unconscious and breaking her shoulder. Miss Carnahan was conveyed to her home, where she received medical attention. Part of the large area of Mangere station acquired by the Otahuhu Trotting Club is being used for football grounds by the Kugby Union, the Rugby League, and the Association clubs. Four grounds have been marked out for Rugby play, and these nre being used also by the. King's College teams for practice purposes while the new college grounds at Mangere are being made ready for use. Three grounds will be used for the Association game and one for League. Up to the close of the financial year (March 31st), the Government hns expended or authorised advances to soldiers under the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act. 11l 17. to the amount of £20,428,881; £19,759,000" has been actually paid over. The repayments, on the whole, have been of an extremely satisfactory character, as, on March 31 last, £1.477,15] had been repaid out of total advances actually paid over amounting to £10,750,001;.

The Te Arojia-Piako War Memorial Committee not having been able to obtain a satisfactory tender for erecting the local memorial, which was to closely resemble the cenotaph in London, a replica of the memorial recently unveiled at Kaiapoi i« finding favour. This ie a life-size statue, in white Italian marble, of a Xew Zealand soldier standing on s. base of Oaniaru clone. The Kaiapoi memorial cost about .tlioO. The To Aroha district fund ia about €1500.

A shocking accident is reported from Kaitoke, a nearby suburb of Wanganui. as the result of which a little girl 11 yai'-s of age named Iris Davidson died at the hospital. It appears that the child's mother, who had left the house about, five minutes before, was engaged in milking. She heard loud screams and found Imr daughter rushing about the yard with her clothes and liair a mass of flames. Mrs. Davidson quickly smothered tiie flames with a sack, but by this time the little girl was tprribly burned about the hody, iteok and arms. She was at once taken in a very serious condition to the hospital, and her injuries took a fatal turn. The child's clothes were burned praeticallv t" shred*, while the boy's hands were also burnt lv trying to save his eister.

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