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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 224, 21 September 1922, Page 4

Attention was drawn at tbe Newmarket Borough CVuiKiil last ovetvinig to an old la.Ttt_ma.rk, a cab.ba.ae tmcie. wfhidli is likely to be dieisrtroyvd with rhe widening of Manukau Hoo.il. As tlhe boumid.iTy fences were to be moved back the tree would probably come is the middle of the tie- foot-path. Mr. M. K. Smerdon. who rntr.jducttd f/he matter, said the tir.ee w--wor-hy of pros-rvati'on. Tt was deoi<'. ! to refer the question to the streeteomnr'.tee, tthe trend of ophnion at th« same .time (however, being tlhot as the tree might be off the f.iotpath and it was ■too old to shift, its fa*c w_s rmminent. A communication read last night at the Hirkenhead Borough Council from Mr. A. G. Jarrett stated that it was proposed to extend the Island Bay wharf at Birkdale to deep water. The settlers had erected the present structure at a cost of £200, and would probably contribute £400 towards the projected extension by the Marine Department. The council, however, decided it could not commit itself to undertake to make the approaches to the wharf and improve the lower part of the road, nor to take land under the Public Works Act for a deviation of Beach Road in order to improvv the grades to the top of the road, notwithstanding the writer's appeal that three settlers required to get the product of 50,000 (strawberry plants to market. The poll in connection with the Birkenhead loan proposals for sewerage, electricity, lire brigade equipment, and water Supply extensions, municipal motor bus service, and street and footpath improvements is to be held on October IS. The special ratepayers' roll in connection with the separate drainage area was last night signed under the seal of the council. In reply to Cr. E. 0. Walton the town clerk stated that the cost of the poll, including advertising, could not be charged to the loan, but required to be paid from revenue. A young married man residing in a suburb of Wangantii. who had. it is alleged, lieing paying undue attention to another woman, posing as a single man, was unmasked 'by an anonymous letter with the result that the two women compared notes. A telephone message brought him to a place appointed by the single lady, and in the hearing of his wife, who was hidden in a cupboard, he admitted that he was married, but asserted that he and his wife had been separated for years. Then the wife, who up till then had bvlieved that she had 1 all his affections, and who had heard all that had passed, st'ppid out of the cupboard an. confronted him. Before he left the house. Mc had received a pretty severe handling. A couple of days later another -nan, like a knight-errant of old, sought to rehabilitate himself in the affections r.f the young woman, and gave Jie mod t.i Don Juan a severe thrashing >n a -treet.

I A start Ihas been made with till- erection of the memoriail to the Auckila/n- ---; Grammar School old boys who fell in | the. war. The concrete foundation has I ailr-ady beem .land ami wxyrkm-en are now ! buisv pa_bti-g up 'tthe base wthidh is t_e of -tone imu_ribe_ from New Sout.li Wales. The ornamen-a'l part of the memorial is a finely-designed bronze ftgUTe on an octagon-il C-lumii. Tbe aite cfhasien is a good one, in front of the scliodl just inside- the e-trance gates, and the effect 'should be very fine. j There is a. valuable reserve on the ! northern shore between Barry's Point ; and Napier Point in connection with I which the Takapuna Borough Council last evening received a letter on <beli_lf of Bishop Listen and Mr. McDonnell formally consenting to the surrender of riparian rights in respect of property abutting on the reserve, subject to the consent of lessees and sub-tenants. Further, the fullest sympathy witli the scheme for utilisation of this reserve was expressed. The Mayor said both offers were generous and evidence of a good public spirit. It was resolved to carry the warm thanks of the council to the owners. A reduction in tbe price of bread may ■he expected when the costs of production and distribution warrant such re- : duction, was the Ministerial reply g.vcn Ito a question asked -n the 1.1 use of j Representatives yesterday. The present j costs are such as to preclude the poesij bility of bakers being able to sell genI erallv at below the maximum prices u»ed by Ordcr-in-Council, and which are 1 operative until the end of February, j 1923. It is difficult at this time to state I what effect on the price of bread the I removal of the Government guarantee ,for wheat will have, but if the harvest of 192.'! is a bountiful one wheat prices will probably be lower and the consumer- of flour and bread will benefit accordingly. "The Department of Industries and Commerce" (says the annual report of the Board of Trade!, has investigated the prices charged during the year for meat sold in various centres throughout the Dominion. A noticeable decline took place in the wholesale prices for beef and mutton, and in response to various rom ; plaints a comprehensive inquiry was | made to ascertain whether reasonable I correlation existed between the wholesale and retail prices. Kxcept for an almost unavoidable lag in the retail price movements butchers generally I hjive not been making unreasonable proj fits, and in a number of'toMjns the retail prices did not conform to the fall in I wholesale rates." fn feveral cases by negotiation with the butchers concerned the department effected reductions in • prices ranging from Id to .'id per pound chiefly in regard to beef. The decline in the value of by-products, hides, skins, tallow, etc.. has considerably reduced the gross return, and this has been largely responsible for the keeping of retail prices higher than would have been the ca«e had the return, from by-products been somewhere near the level of previous years." A meeting of thie pb'nt brawn of the -irloland A-d_roai-fc9n-ion Sooi-ity was hold vreterday. Mr. F. C Re*, presiding. In,ti,m_.t'iou was received from tlhe Fields Naturalists' Association of New Sou*- Wales. _h«it it was ppeftarfti *0 co-operate with the branch t» ■p-hd-Tlg seeds and plants of native ATlffraliaii j species. The imatber of impon-teid, plants, sped-- and trefis not be-inn intends-' for [ s-a.le being nd-vi'Med' Customs free was i dn«c.u.stfied, and it vnas. decided ! U> request the Minister of Customs to admit them flir- if it wins proposed tlh-t tlttey be used for expcrimerclai'l purposes or for ipatblic nemeifU. A notification from tlh- City | I Council that it was prepared to gran - j j tin-er certain cans! itioras a plot of ground i jin t'be Domrrin for p.!a-.t testing a,-d I pnopai-at ion wn_ received, and a ooffn.- ---! mitte-' was -set up to ooraffir with tlhe aupeT-i.ntend'cTit of parks on the anajbter. Mr. F. Bonnet- was appointed to tihe council of the plant branch to toicej charge of the vegetable section. It j wart stated that samples of tibe famous; Wiim.mera rye grass seed recriived fboTo' AustTaflia won Id be distributed am-iong : nwtrbeTs. A tenort from Mr. H. Wright i I sita-trd tib.oit he had .norrt-grafted em_t,inK_ j ■of the Chiin'-'se _oo>-?borry sent by Mr.' F. Mii.--.on of and they appeared to he thriving. Residents of Terrace End, Pa.lmerston North, in Uie vicinity of the railway station, were roused on Saturday evening at 7 o'clock by the cry of "Murder!" echoing along Main Street. A taxi-ear driver stated that when he was driving a fare the latter put his arms round the driver's throat and told him that if he did not hand his money over he would shoot him. The terrified driver handed over about £7, whereupon the passenger • demanded more, at the same time holding up his hand with some object in it-— | whether it was a liottle, a pipe, or a ! revolver the victim ■could not say. This ; time tlhe driver did not comply with the request, but took to bis heels, and ran j up Main Street and obtained assistance. When a party proceeded to the scene the : alleged thief could not be found. | The following message wis telegraphed to the Prime Minister yester- | ! day on behalf of the Auckland Soldiers I I Mothers' League:—''Soldiers Mothers'! league will stand by }'0U in present j crisis.'' The Rt. Hon. the Prime Mm- I I ister sent the following reply:—"Very I | pleased indeed to receive yuiir telegram j i of yesterday, and to have the assurance j lof loyal support of 'Mothers' League in present crisis." ! It is proposed to make additions to | the Roman Catholic Orphanage at Taka. i i puna at an estimated cost of _B.S(X). The I I Borough Council at its meeting last j I night resolved to inform Messrs. Lee ] and Russell,'who had applied for a per- ' j mit, that a drainage scheme must be '■ submitted before their request could be ', . considered. j | The Birkenhead waterworks engineer,: l Mr. Walter Williams, informed the coun- i ci. last night that cattle were\ grazing near the pumping station at Lake Taka- ! puna, and entered the water 100 yards ! therefrom. On the motion of Mr. E. C. , Walton, it was decided to forward a copy of the report to the Lake Takapuna Roard of Control, with a request that urgent steps should be taken to deal with this raatt-r. Mr. George Troup, president of the Wellington Boys' Institute, and the ! Wellington Young Citizens' League, ■ gave an interesting address in the East Street Boys' Club last evening, on character building and citizenship. The large number of boys present listened to Mr. Troup with interest. The protest entered by the Birkenhead Borough Council against continuance of the taxi stand in front of the Ferry Buildings in Quay Street came before the Takapuna Borough Council last evening. It was agreed to strongly support the objection. The application of the Federated Association of Superannuated Public Servants of New Zealand for a bonus similar to that received by public servants has been referred by "a Parliamentary committee to Government for consideration.

A breach of the award in the milk vending trade came before Mr. E. C. Cuttcn, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court yesterday. C. Rigg, dairyman, of Takapuna, did not appear to answer the plaint of the Inspector of Awards that he had not paid the award rate to a lad. Mr. J. Hollows said defendant admitted the breach. As a _»atter*of fact, the Department might also have taken action for employing a juvenile. The award prohibited the employment of juveniles milk vending. Mr. Cutten imposed a penalty of £_. The Takapuna-Borough Council last night granted building permits for new buildings totalling £0823, two applications l>eing granted aubject to drainage being arranged to the inspector's satisfaction. The Mayor (Mr. A. M. Gould) stated that the expenditure involved in applications for building grants and submitted during the past three weeks amounted to £17,112, a record for the borough, and more than the total represented by building permits in the whole of the year 1918-1919. Members of the Wellington Education Board, says a Press Association telegram, find themselves called on by the Audit Department to refund £1 11/7 each. Tiie board paid a. teacher whose books were destroyed in a school fire £110 to enable her to replace them. The Department condemned the payment aA improper, and demanded a refund. The chairman sarid members had better pay up. One member said he had already done so under strong protest. "I have not the slightest doubt that they are quite safe," said the Premier in the House of Representatives, when Sir John Luke showed some anxiety for the safety of Xew Zealanders. who are at present on the Gallipoli Peninsula in connection with the work on the war graves. He added that he would get a definite assurance by sending a cable, gram of inquiry immediately. A report was presented to the Education Board westordayl afternoon concerning root crop trials undertaken by over thirty -dhook. It was -tsuheid t'h-t -he trials were cond-cted on a fairly extensive range of soils, including tlhe peculiar Auckland soil types known aa voilcanic, pumice, and peat swamp. In some of the 'le_*_i-.g schools an exaiffrlmatiOTi revealed thait excellent correlation had been made with drawing, wrritu ng, arithmetic, weather records, graphs, and composition. A high standard of book records ,?jnera!ly went with a high standard of ptot oii.Htiva.tiim. and refiectrd creditably an tlhe -itii'ne of _he teaching being given. The (mie-whoro School ffai\v.vd\ •Chic highest, number of points. 104. lia.Uita.pu being next with 03.