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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 125, 29 May 1922, Page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, has received os\l>le advice from the head office in London that an interim dividend has been declared at the rate of 2J per cent (less English income tax) on the 5 per cent cumulative preference stock. Notice to New Zealand stockholders regarding payment of the dividend will be found in our advertisement columns. I A young man named Robert James 1 Roberts, aged 2.1. was called upon in the i Wellington Magistrate's Court to answer j eight charges of issuing valueless cheques lat Levin and Foxton. and obtaining ; goods to the value of .€22 2/ and £25 , 8 (i in money thereby. Chief Detective i Kemp stated that the accused was a : returned soldier who had taken up a ; farm at the Manakau eoldier settlement. i Tliis had not proved a financial success. i The accused at nine years of age had been committed to the Weraroa training j farm, and had not seen his parents until ■ recently. After his failure upon the farm i at Manakau he had gone to see his father lin Auckland, bui had not been too well received. This, he stated, had preyed upon his mind and embittered him. He had gone down to Levin, stolen a cheque j book, and issued the cheques in the name 'of "Smith.' The Chief Detective thought 1 the accused would pay about 12/ in the !£. The deficiency was £2(1 0 fi. Mr. J J. I'\ B. Stevenson, who appeared for the j accused, stated that Roberts had pone !to the war at the ago of 17J. He was i like a <mod many more who had gone ! upon the land when prices were at the I peak. The ease was adjourned for in- ■ quiry into accused's character. j Between dosing time on Friday night and opening on Saturday morning an acetylene welding plant was removed from the works of Xiven and Co., in Bryop Street. Hamilton. There was no- ■ tiling to indicate that the premises had j been broken iuto, and the disappearance lof the plan', which is valued at about I £101), is exorcising the minds of the i police. On the occasion of (ho Queen's birthday, the C.overnor-Uenernl sent the following message to the Secretary of i State for the Colonies for communioa--1 ion to Her Majesty: "The fJovornment and people of Now Zealand join with mc !in tendering to your Majesty respectful 1 congratulations and good wishes on the ' occasion of your 'Majesty's birthday." I His Excellency has received a telegraphic j reply as follows: "I am desired by Her ' Majesty the Queen to convey sincere i thanks for and keen appreciation of ! loyfll good wishes."' A sudden death occurred in Western Park yesterday afternoon, when an elderly widow, Mre. Lavina Hall, collapsed and expired almost immediately. Hall, who resided at Hikurangi, had not been well, and had come up to I Auokland for health reasons. Many residents, vlioso knowledge of White. Island is limited to the distant, view of it that they obtain from iWhakatane (says the "Press"), think that the island is a mere speck on the 'ocean's crest. Actually, the portion visible above water is 1000 ft high, almost as high as Whale Island. Soundings taken by the Penguin survey party in 1001-4 showed that beyond the island there was 800 fathoms of water or 4800 ft. So that the White Island that we see ie the point of a huge mountain that rises almost fiOOOft from the ocean •bed. For purposes of comparison the distance from the ocean bed to the to-p of White Island is more than five times the height that Whale Island is above water, and more than twice the height of Mount Edgecumbe. In connection with New Zealand's naval contribution, the Prime Minister states that this cannot be fixed until the next Imperial Conference, the date of which was not yet settled. As far as population and ability are concerned, New Zealand was willing to do her : share. According to his recollection five j more payments are to be made on the j cost of 11.M.5. Now Zealand. j The employees at the Waingawa meatworks, whp struck as a protest against i the bonus reduction, decided- to resume I work on Monday, says a Press AssociaI tion telegram from Masterton. j The Wairoa (Hawke's Bay) police received word on Friday night that a Maori named Peter Rangi, aged 20 years, was accidentally shot yesterday afterI noon with an antoma/tic shotgun at, i(Euhajra, The (proved, fatal.

Passengers often time the ferry boats as they cross the harbour, and on Saturday the Makora pleased her timekeepers by making a record trip. She left Victoria wharf, Devonport, just on the stroke of 3.30, called at Stanley' Bay to take on passengers, arrived at the ferrywharf in Auckland, and had the gangway down in 15A minutes. Captain Smith was at the helm, and although the day was rough the captain said he thought the time was a record for a trip via Stanley Bay. The eteamer Kawatiri. which left Newcastle on Friday last, has five bags of Australian mail for Auckland. A retired sugar planter from Fiji, who has come to Auckland to live, says that ho has boon much struck by the prevalence of leaf curl amongst the peach trees. In Levuka it was a recognised cure for the disease to plant nasturtium right at the foot o? the trees, and let it grow about a foot up the trunk. Very often the result whs a good crop of fruit. He considers it would be worth trying in Now Zealand, for nasturtium has some chemical properties connected with it, that it does not imp-wish .he soil, but on the other hand helps to nourish the plant life at least of peach trees. A letter received from Antung, a province in North China, from a young lady missionary whose parents reside in Auckland, states that on account of a great flood that inundated the whole district for two months, followed by a drought, the whole district is absolutely bare. There are about 3000 Christians who are actually dying of starvation. The young lady who writes is in the midst of this dreadful scene, the only othe? white people being her co-workers of the mission, consisting of three besides herself. If help is not sent immediately hundreds of men. women, and little children will die. An appeal ie made to the Christian community of Auckland to give as speedily as possible what they can. The sum collected will lie sent direct to the missiona"les, and assurance is given that every penny will lie used with the utmost care and nothing will be wasted. A subscription list has been opened at the Y.W.C.A., care of the secretary, Miss Grifi'en. where all donations will be acknowledged. Some idea of the size of the propelling machinery of a big steamer may be gathered from details of the work now being done on the Trcdenham at the Central wharf. Kach of the nine nuts which hold a propeller blade on to the bolts on the boi«e of the shaft has to be cut from ft 301b block of bronze. And bronze is half a crown a pound. The food supplied to waterside workers on steamers at Russell wa=s described by a witness in the Arbitration Court this morning as "rotten." It was served out, he said, in bulk on the deck of one vessel on which there were cheep, dogs, etc., and the men had to make the beet of it. On a timber vessel he was serving out the stew one day and came across a greasy pot rag in it. The captain when appealed to smiled and eaid that it wae enough to put anyone off stew, while the cook, when his attention was called, stated that the pot rag was perfectly clean. "I can assure you I had no stew that day," remarked witness. Charles Wholan, a watersider. who fell down the hold of the lonic on Thursday, died in the Christclmrch Hospital yesterday. The deceased, who was a Norwegian, had no relatives in New Zealand. Parents of the district do not regard with favour the proposal to utilise tho newly-erected Kowhai Street school as a junior high school. They have been looking forward to their children attending a school handily situated and whk-h, it had been declared, was constructed imainly for the training and education of infants. At present the children attend makeshift schools, scattered about—the pavilion at Kdcn Park, the room :ittached to St. Alban's Anglican Church, Dominion' Road, and St. Barnabas' Hall, Mt. F.dcu. Mt. Kilen, Edemlale and Mt. Albert schools have all been greatly overtaxed, and all have hoped for rase ! from the strain on the completion of the jKowhai Street school. Great indignation hifs been expressed by residents concerned. who have formed a committee, with Mr. (■'. A. Jackson as chairman, and who intend to petition the Education Board against any change in the original inten11ion of the school. The petition has already been signed by over 1000 people. The Railway Department draw attention to a special advertisement in connection with the train arrangements for the Wnikatu Winter Show at Hnmilton on the King's Birthday. A sudden chill may give you cold in the head, inflamed throat, or bronchitis. Remember! 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