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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 191, 14 August 1922, Page 4

Only minor damage wa* sustained as I a result of a collision 'between two ! tramcurs nt the intersection of Queen j and Wellesley Streets at !) o'clock last j night. On its' way down Queen Street a ' Urcy Lynn tramcar struck an Epsom car a- it was turning into the main street out of Welle-ley Street. Roth cars bad lli-ir windscreens and front woodwork damaged slight ly. .one- of the cars being fortcd oil" the rails. However it was jacked and replaced on the lines again in n lew minutes. No one was injured. This morning three jurymen were excused by Ilia Honour Mr. Justice Stringer, from serving on the common juries to tit and h,-ar eases at the "Mipretr.e Court this week. Fifty-seven men were therefore retained for scr- j Two young fellows got the surprise of their lives last evening in an Auckland -irburb. A Salvation Army officer l started to preach at a street corner, ! which wtic also ,n tram terminus. lie j had then no audience, but two young j men lame icong. and, after some words, i started to handle the preacher roughly. I The tramcar was just starting, when a j Jack Tar aboard requested the motor- j man to delay a moment. This request ! being complied with, the man of the sea "aiked straight over to the young fellows, landed first one and then the other a skilful blow on the jaw, sending them sprawling in the roadway. He then ' briskly regained the tramcar. calmly j took his seat, lighted a cigarette, and | proceeded on his way to the city as | unconcernedly as thougn nothing had eventuated to disturb his placid and serene composure. The empanelling of the first common jury to hear a cafe at the Supreme i (. ourt was not without its humorous side. The accused in the box and his I ci tinsel rigorously exercised the right of j i challenge, so that tin- jurors being! called towards the completion of the j panel were obviously nervous. One man I I stopped short before entering th« j i benches mid looked up quvrulously at I members of the bar and then at the I accused until thw Court crier urged him along with '-Come on." The twelfth .juror reached his seat, but stood as i though expecting a challenge, his fears J being banished by the order to sit down. j The Fire Brigade received a call to : •;", Alexander Street'on Saturday evening, when it was found that an eight- , roomed house, owned by Mrs. Irvine j and occupied by Mrs. R. Oliver, hid j been in danger. Curtains had caught ■ alight through being blown on to the light of a candle and some ibedding had also beon burned, whilst the ceiling was scorched. The contents were uninsured, and there are no parti' ulars regarding the insurance on the house. The much-discussed question of altering the present rule of '-keep to the right'" on footpaths to "keep to the left" was raised at the last meeting of | the Wellington City Council by Council- ! lor \V. .). Thompson, who asked whether I anything had yet been done in regard to the framing of a by-law to bring J i about the change. Councillor M. V. i l.iirkie replied that the council had not | i authorised the by-law. Councillor ! Thompson said that lie understood that ; the decision was that if other cities and I towns decided to adopt the "keep to [the left" proposal, the Wellington City 'Council would also consider the matter, j Councillor l.uckic said that it was possible that the council would again I>e called on to consider it. as other centres had adopted the propo-wl. Councillor | Fraser: -What other towns have adopted it?" Councillor Luckie: "Weil, | Wanganui is one." A plaintiff in the Supreme Court todnv was being cross-examined as to the | coiidili.in of certain cattle. He denied using ihc expression "poddy" calves and smilingly n-kod what it meant. His j Honor: What is ii?— Counsel (Mr. I Ostlerl : Weil. Your Honor, it is a known ' term "poddy or "potty," with or withI out the "t's" as you like. (Laughter.) Continuing, counsel explained that thej term ref.-rr d to the calves and to the! '.fact that their stomachs were extended, j j He understood that sometimes calves; I were fd on unnatural foods, which' tended to stretch their stomachs. It is j therefore concluded thai "poddy" or I "potty," though having a like meaning. po.-..-'ilily have a different effect. j A farewoil service was held at lhe i Methodist school hall, Three Kings, on ; Saturday afternoon, in connection with ! the transfer of the work from Wesley i College to the new buildings at Paerata. I Mr. I. \. Knight, chairman of '.he collego board, presided over a large gathering, iimong-t those present being the | Minor of Auckland, Mr. .1. H. Ounson. j The Rev. -1. 11. Simmonds stated the new j college would be open to Maori and I European students. The now college is I i lo be opened in Xovemlwr. Afternoon i tea was supplied to the visitors. Musical j items were given by the college choir. i A lady resident of River'.ea eneonn- | tered a very distressing experience on a I recent return from the city. The launch ! had left her on the Riverlea wharf to' I be met by her hu-band, who had to j i <-onic two miles. In the darkness, bus- | i band and wife failed to meet, and the j 1 former returned home in the belief that | I his wife had stayed overnight in the j i city. They are recent arrivals from j overseas. The lady quickly lost herself, and took cover in some ti-tree t° await; the dawn in a wet night. Twelve hour-.- . elapsed when she espied smoke from a farm house near by. She called for j directions and then hurried off loaded with her parrels, but assisted by Mr. Hill, sen. The plucky lady would not even stay for a cup of tea. Such is life within eleven miles of the Queen City. A young man named George Edward Barker, aged • nineteen years, who came from Auckland, accidentally fell into the ; harlKHir at Wellington on Thursday evening in the vicinity of dcrvois Quay. As lie was found to be bleeding from a wound in his leg, he was removed to the hospital, where he is making satisfactory progress. i

Heavy rain fell during the niglit in the city and suburbs, but reports from the South seem to indicate that a heavier downpour has been experienced there than in Auckland. Mr. F. A. F. Burnett, the official Government observer, reports that for the 48 hours ending at Va.m. to-day .51 inch of rain fell at Albert Park, this being twice as much as was recorded for the previous twelve days of the month, and bringing the August total up to .76 inch. Yesterday a cold wind was blowing, but in the evening it began to change round by the north, and was this morning in the west, with a milder atmosphere and clear sky. In connection with the narrow escape of the Main Trunk express on Friday night at Drury it was stated that the driver of the engine (whose promptitude was spoken of so highly) had also driven the train in which the Prince of Wales travelled to Rotorua. 'Ibis is a mistake the driver of the Royal train having been .Mr. William. Smyth, a well-known driver in the Auckland section. If you should happen to travel out to l'apatootoo ar Mangere, or, in fact, anywhere on the isthmus just now, you i will have the pleasure of being able to get ahead of that anonymous but persistent seasonal prophet, the Maori, who deducts from the early dowering of the Max plants that we will have a verj early spring. And you will also have your sentiments pleasantly stirred. If of a poetic temperament you will naturally remember your Tennyson and that sad hut rather trying young friend of his v.lvi had regal aspirations for the month of May iiiiil took such an unreasonable l.imo in dying. Should you be of coarser fibre, however, your fancy wlil lightly ! turn to thought- of concomitant mint sauce and green peas. The Tamaki isthmus is looking beautifully green, and gamlioling over the paddocks are hundreds of tiny lambs, the harbinger.-' of the Spring. ' Those frolicsome little I creatures bpjran to maki 1 their appearunco Homo week- earlier than is customary, and ar,- now enjoying the unusually fine weather as :h»u_h there were no ! such things a* frcezin_ works j M the 'distance, and ju-t a- though there was t|iiite as pronounced a slump in mutton |a s in 'beef with a consequent promise |of an elongation of life. I On Saturday morning Dr. Carrick Rob- ] ertson received an urgent summons to j proceed to Hamilton to perform an ; operation and arranged with the New I Zealand Flying School to transport j him with all spovd to the Waikato town. Mr. George Holt I pilot) and the suri goon, left Kohimarama in the Avro aeroj piano at 10.1.i a.m, and landed on the i Kuakura Government farm at 11.15. The I return air journey wan commenced at '2.-111 and after a fast trip against a moderate wind, the Avro alighted on the beach at the flying School at .1.4n p.m. At a public meeting held in Te Kuiti it wart unanimously decided, it, connection with the recent prosecution of the ; Mayor. Mr. Mine, under the Municipal ! Corporations Act, "That this meeting expresses its sincere regret th it Mr. : Hine has been compelled to relinoui-h I the position of Mayor of this town I owing to a technicality of the law, and expresses its appreciation of the work |he has done for the welfare of the bor- ! ough, and hopes that he will be rein- ! stated by the unanimous vote of the ratepayers, This meeting cannot express it-elf too highly of the groat and unI selfish work done by Mr. Mine for the benefit of all concerned." The following tolegTiini has been received from the Viceroy of India by the Governor-lleneral: "tin behalf of the tlovernment and people of India I desire gratefully to acknowledge the cordial reception accorded Ivy the Government nnd people of New Zealand to our representative, the Right Hon. S. Sastri, during his recent vicit to the Dominion, 1 feel assured that the visit will contribute to the satisfactory solution of the few questions that are outstanding between India and New Zealand, and that it will further strengthen the tics which already unite the two countries _s memlers of the same commonwealth of nation.." A sale of salvaged cargo from the Wiltshire will lie held at Shed 3, King's ] wharf, on Wednesday morning to dispose lof about '200 tons of goods, including I whisky, wines, champagne, rum. gin, i tobacco, cigarettes, ship's furniture ami fittings, besides ship's gear and general I items. "Howvver much we may regret the dentil of the other man. if the Crown is able to establish a case of conspiracy, then statements alleged as between the accused and the deceased must be admissible." said Mr. .lust-ice Stringer in the Supreme Court to-day. when counsel for accused objected to tlie frown js< licitors opening- reference to statuments between the two men. one of whom was now charged with conspiracy and fraud. At the meeting of the Auckland Institute to be held in St. Andrew's Hall this evening, Mr. V. E. Powell, C.X.. will deliver a popular lecture on tlie "Cement Industry of New Zealand.'' A description will be giwn of the nature of cement and the materials used in its manufac- ! ture. The testing of cement will b-% j shown by menus of a modern tensilc- | tc-ting machine. A general resume will ,be given of the New Zealand conditions .of the industry, and the whole of the | processes will be illustrated by numerous limelight illustrations. j Encouraged by the success of last sea- , son. both Narrow Neck nnd Stanley Hay residents have decided to have ii;_ger j beach fairs this your, extending in each case to ti full week's carnival.