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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 246, 17 October 1922, Page 4

Direct »nd continuous telephone service , between Auckland and Mapier and Auckland and New Plymouth will soon be possible. Owing to the extent to which the machine-printing telegraphy has relieved the wires, the Postal Department has been able to use the re leased wires as metallic circuite for long-distance telephoning. This extension will be greatly appreciated by the public. New Zealand is behind some of the older countries in the matter of long-distance telephoning, but the Department is making every effort to remedy this defect. The war of course upset a lot of the departmental arrangements, and the officials deserve credit for the manner in which they have carried on in face of much difficulty caused by shortage of material.

According to advice brought to Sydney last week by the Commonweal lh steamer Echuca, the, voyage of the three ex-soldiers from Singapore to Sydney lias ended in failure. The three of them, Captain George. Sergeant Prowae and a young man name;! Dixon, set out from Singapore early in the year in a '12. -ft. open boat, for Sydney. They reached Batavia, but illness and other setbacks intervened. Two of the three boarded the Echuea, but as she had signed on her crew at Sydney no jobs were available. The officers of the Kehuca state that the three men were trying to sell their boat to get their fare back, but could not gnt a bid. Spurred on by the spirit of adventure, two more men left Singapore about a month ago in an open boat in ;m attempt to sail to Australia. They, 100, were unlucky. A few hours after leaving eingapore they encountered a south-west monsoon squall, and were compelled to turn back-

Perhaps the most uncomfortable individual in an important Supreme Court action is not the prisoner at the bar. or the litigant with a thousand or two hanging in the balance, but the unfortunate juryman, fidgeting in his enforced confinement to a back-breaking seat, without room to stretch his crumped limbs. There he Bits with his hat in hand and his overcoat across his knee?, endeavouring with a despairbom courage to manifest some degree of intereet in the proceedings. From time to time juries have b*en hold enough to make a plea for comfort, but the twelve just men and true arc. It <eem«. fated to git forever on hard unyielding benches. The new room in the Supreme Court building, which was used yesterday for the first time, is an attractive one—to all but tho juror. For him there are two wnrxlen seals, cushioned certainly, hut with unrelenting, almost perpendicular backs. Although everyone who has inspected the now room lies expressed satisfaction with its white walls, modern appointment*, eirinesg and excellent acoustical properties, the jury box has been freely condemned. It was obvionelv made for men of meajrre proportions, and it is not difficult (o imagine just how very uncomfortable a tall or these juror will feel after a prolonged sitting, without room i/> stretch his hampered nether limb». and lnckinp any raised support for his feet.

'I he htm. secretary of tl*> Auckland I'nivor'ity students' Asswiatlon in a letter to'trie t'nher*it\ Coun<il yest.-r fifty, raised the question of whether ill" Students'" Association had power tv fine (or small breaches of discipline.

An application for possession of a tenement came before Mr. J. E. Wilson, S.M. to-day, Mr. Herman appearing for the owner, a widow without family. The tenant said he would be only too glad to give up possession, but he could not get the occupant out of a house he had purchased. Mr. Wilson made an order for possession to be given in four weeks' time, the owner consenting to wait that time.

"It ha-, Wn felt for rtine time that if the naiiciation had this power, il would have a beneficial rffpet in maintaining discipline among th,- younger section of lhe student*, ■•continued the letter. ■'The unsocial inn would like an observation as to whether the fouin-il was di>|)o*i\l to grant power ir> liii'\'" The matter "'a? referred to the Professorial FV>;ird t" V dealt with.

"In 1871, jusi 51 yparp ajro, says the Napier ••Tcleprapli." "about £2."i()0 would have purrfaimeu » square mile of land, the ownership of which to-day would mean an immense fortune. In that year the late Mr. Thomas Tanner, who was so intimately connected with the rise and progress nf the town of Hastings for many years, offered for male v block of (MO acres ac a whole for £2,0G0. that is to nay, at £4 per acre. That area extended from the site of what io now the I'nion Bank corner to the Havelock bridge on one side, and on Ihe other nlonjr the Karamn K»nd to the site Biihse<|iientlv utilised liy the lat* Mr. I. A. I'itzroy for residential purposes. The block of land, which includes the tile of Hastings, wan purchased from the natives in Imi-J at .'ill an acre."

Nome of th«- memoers of tin , Anglican Synod have v pleasant n en~e tit humour. The Rev. VV. Keattv (St. Mark's i was sponkinp to a cemetery hill. u)ien lie tiilrt of n certain clergyman who objected greatly u> Sunday I i.aiiprlitor.) "A pnrUhioner «<» will cull liini Thompson (laughter) — dml an<] n> to lie buried on a Sumln;. Hi- »"m« it Freemason, an O.ldfellow. M i\ Orangeman and a Kmliabiti-. so the clergyman called on the secretaries of each of tho-e institutions ami said he hoped they would pive iJr. a niiv M-rvw-.«. (Ijan^htpr.) At thp «nut>»i<le the <'1.-rjn-man lield tiic ordinary and th<'ii the Freemasons, tlic (>r«iig.-ineii. the Rechabitf* and Hie 0,lilfc!lo>v B f.dioueii. e>&ch with theire. After tli<-><' had Wn concluded the clergyman grave an imMivhs. wbifth laetc<l for three-quarter* of nn hour. (Lauphter.l Xn Sunday funerals after that." d'proarious lan^iitrr.l It w-ill be of interest to relatives of deceased soldiers to know that, as ihe result of the exhumation work on the GallipoH Peninsula by the War Graves Commission, a large number of unidentified graves have l)een found <stut<~ the Chrietchureh •'Press"), and that in those eases where the authorities arc unable to ascertain the name of tiia eoldier but are satisfied that he wns a New Zealand soldier, headstones arc bein(f erected bearing the folk>ning inscription: "In memory of a New Zealanl soldier known unto Ood." ThU information was contained in a letter received on Saturday from the War Orave* C'ommißsion by the seoretarv of the (.'•hristchLrch R.P.A.

In the dispute in the Supreme Court yesterday concerning nn agreement to purchase a dwellinghouse and property at. Xnrtheotc. in «lii<h Mr-. L. K. Martin, of Palmerston Xorth (Mr. McVeagh) proceeded against George Finch (Mr. Inder) to have the agreement rescinded and to retain the deposit money, decision was reserved. When the Breeze was between ten and twenty miles off Wanganui last Tuesday, on her way from Wellington, a fish of the same epecies as the famous Pelorus Jack was seen (states an exchange). The visitor, which was exactly the size and

shape of Jack, though a trifle lighter in colour, sported around the steamer for tome time. Members of the ship's company who were well acquainted with Pelorus Jack are satisfied that their visitor in of the same species. Circulars have been sent out to light-house-keepers informing them that in the future they will be required to be qualified by the St. John Ambulance Society to administer first aid to the injured, and appointments will not be made unless keepers are so qualified.

The Manukau County Council, which j met to-day, was advieed by the Internal Affairs Department that a commission,: comprising Mr. J. K. Wilson. S.M. (chairman), Mr. R. P. Grevilie (Commissioner ; of Crown Lands), and Mr. H. J. *~ . Coutts. of the Valuation Department,, ha* been appointed to inquire into tne , claims of the ratepayers of Papatoetoe concerning the constitution <»t that town i as a borough. The Council will be n"' l ' ; fied of the date of sitting later. I At a meeting of the Auckland Bee Club | Mr T. E. Clark, who presided, spoke ot the enthusiasm which prevailed at a recent conference of apiarists, and made , reference to their determination to secure j improved conditions for the beekeepers, j It was decided that the next conference . should be held at Palmerston Xorth. i After a discusi-ion it was resolved that j an opening demonstration should be heblj at Cornwall Park on October 21, when j arrangements will be made to hold a field ' day at the chairman's apiary, at Hobson- j ville. on Saturday. October 28. The j thanks of the club were conveyed to Mr. i flooding for having cared for the bees j at Cornwall Park during thp winter. | The Taranaki bakers' dispute I praeticallv settled in the Conciliation ] Council, over which Mr. P. Hally pro- j sided, at New Plymouth last week. 1 lie agreement i.« on the line* of the Welling- j ton award, the only point that per- j mitted of argument being the annual ! j week's holiday. It was decided to re- j I commend the Arbitration Court to j amend that clause a* to allow it to be mutually arraneed between an employer and a worker that the latter could ivccppt an extra week'- pay in lieu I !of the holiday, owing to the difficulty in j country district* of' finding a suitable ; substitute for the short period an em- ! ! plovee is having his annual leave. If there is any dispute concerning j tpr, it i< suggested that this should be | ■titled by the local Inspector of Fac- I tones. j Colonel Hawkin«, of the Mersey Dock; i Authority, j s leaving shortly for New j I Ze.-ilsnd.' writes our London porreeponjdent, willi a view to laying before the [producers of the Dominion the facilities: I which the ports of that river provide for! [enlarging their trade. The High Com-j i missioner expresses himself aa highly, I plea-ed at the new spirit which this J visit ili*pla\« on the part of Knglisli |enterpri-e. whereby the mm engaged in' lit may get to grips in per.-nn with the 1 I prim plica terl problems which hinder their I development of over-pa* trade. Colour' I Hawkins is to se<- Mr. .Tos-pp. the reprpsentative of the meat pool, before leaving for the Dominion. j The follnv.inir illunrinnMng paragraph is culied fnim an American trade circiil.ir: ■■The Senate has at last parsed the Soldier* - Bonus Bill. It i< generally expected that the President will veto the measure, in fact, it i< likely that i" was pa-?pd with thu expectation, mid; that many votes wore ca*l for it from. J political reasons, and net from a de-i |«ire to see it -nai-U-d." Mr. Harding did veto the bill. \ motion was passed by the Diocesan Synod yesterday expressing to Almighty (■'od thankfulness for the life and work ! of the late Rev. Robert H. Codrington, j D.D.. IVHow of Wadham College. I Oxford, for many years a member of j the Melaiiesian Mission, who in his I great, learning and literary work ,-on- ! trilnited to the honoured name enjoyed! by the mission, in which he never ceased j to interest himself. Rev. .1. l>. Cowfe ' proposed the motion. which wae ! seconded by Mr. 0. Palmer. j Mr. .lu-iice Frawr stated in the I-Arbitration Court ih.ii hp did nut Mt! more than one substantial meal a day, and did not ■ think it wa.-, ne<<e-sary!| •"Ha'f of what we eat goes to nourislij the b.>dy: the other half pops to nourish} the doctor." At the same time he! agreed that heavy manual labour did require substantial food. It was stated at to-day"- meeting of (he Manukau County Co'uih-il that the Public Truft Oltir-,. ha- r«-<-.-ived (he fir-t instalment. CKMIO. of the Moumotikai Hill Ro.u! loan mid had remitted and placed that amount to the Council's credit at the bank. A ucekV carnival in Halting.* opened I yesterday. T)ie main attraction i< the I llawke's Bay A. and. I. Show on Wed-! ne>day and Thins,lay. Inn ;, r.mtiuui.us j round of eniert.iinment i, being pro- | vided on each da\ and ni K !ii. The town I wu-. crowded ye-ien!ny with j and at night decorated car- .vein in! pvoc-pssion through the slieety. ! The nine-year-old sou of Mr. Aivhiei Krown. of Dargaville. died on Suiid.'iy! after three day-' imn,,inmi,ii,w from | glandular fever, said by [l,e doctors ( v I he n very rare di>pa>p. I Mr. -I. W. Shrtckelford. Mayor of Mt. I Kden. i- to speak to-nijrht at the Kmpire Theatre. Dominion i?oad. with reference' to the proposed district desiructor. j Two notilicatioiis of diphthpri-i «p r i.; received at i he Public Health OHiee Uiis morning, on,- U-iug at Mount. Albert and the other at i> Ar«»». i Building pp.rmiN amount to f.iT'.i.", ' were issued by the . Matitiktiu County! Council during September. ' J