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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 247, 18 October 1922, Page 4

The Northcote Borough Council was reminded last night in a letter from the secretary of the Auckland llnrbour Board that the permission of tin , Hoard had not been obtained to discharge lli« otiliirn* fmiu the detention sunk into the harbour. The Board understood that the sewerage scheme to lie -übmitted to the ratepayers for approval at a poll was not the scheme which the Board had approved early in 1014. Mr. AY. H. Barnesisaid tiie Council's drainage engineer. Mr. F. E. Powell. C.1',., l>uil given the Council to understund that the Harbour Board would offer nu objwtiou. It was decided to requcsl Mr. Powell lo furnish tlie necessary information tv the Harbour Hoard.

No progress toward- the abolition of the tn\i-~tand in Qua.\ Street West,, alongside the Kerry riuildiiifjK has heeu iiiMde. A letter from the town clerk o> Aiickliunl informed the Noiihcotc Council last iiiglit thai its communication setting out ilial I lie si ami was a liindriim-c to free hmil safe lu-.-e.-s of the pedestrian Iraflic was before the City Works Couimitt'-e on rhe 12tli inst.. anil it was resolved that the previous decision of the couii.il l.c adhered t...

A ratlirr unusual application came before I lie Hospital Board last evening in the form of a letter written liy ; , \ni\\ of .Mountain Komi. Moiuii Albert. Th,letter was as follow,.: ""We are truly living in a ureal day. and 1 for ourbelieve that Jwmx ( hrist is ilu> flrr-at f Am mot tht'<■'real I Was), and that Mc will heal to-day the same as of old. (liar w if His people will meet IHh conditions. Now there are several people in <!ic Costley Home who would like to lie annointed according to James. Sth chapter. 14th verse. Is there any objection to these people calling their own minister no matter what religion they tor (an the clergyman have the use of ;, screen to place round the sick bed while the prayer ~f fait}, is offered? - ' The letter was received and referred to the chairman of the Costle.v Home Committee.

A very cordial welcome buck to Auckland wa.* given yesterday afternoon b> the Auckland liai'bour Board to -\lr T. B. Clay, who has just returned from a seventeen months' tour of the Oh World. Mr. Clay, in thanking the Board for its consideration, said that, although only a layman, he thought ho had picked up a good deal of information that would be of use. 'Die thing that struck him most, perhaps, was the large machinery at Panama Canal for coaling ship-=, nn integral part being a giant prab that lifted six tons at a time. The phip he was on took in 1,000 tons of coal in remarkably quick time. and at the close of the ioh there was not enough coal du«t to fi'l a man's hands. Mr. Clay referred feelingly to the splendid name earned in the Old Country hy the New Zealand soldiers, who lie said had lrft a memory that could not be more honoured.

Mr. .liilui HmdiT-iiii. a inomVr of Lit , Harbour Board, in 'iiupini.'ii \cs'.pr<l;iy in regard to i lie waTorfront rniluax tv a number of Nurtii Short- res-idem-, who u>re ins|.ptinir !he iwu-k mi tin- new I'lim-!-'" uharf. — iii«l that t.> -peak i-audiitly. he \xii- Mi.-.ii- afraid i>f lh. conjrepti.>n iiki-'j tii arise between tin- I'niiceVuixl '(""iii" Tec: i.f i\aiov«ji bft"i'LMl the !ii:in In- was of the i-ojiaeMinn lik'.'l\ i.i uri-' , I : iri■ 11pii tin , ivaterti'iiit raiKvav interfering with ferry traftio.

The shocking fatality in the Strand Arcade of some few months ago was indirectly mentioned at the meeting of the Hospital Board last night, in the Finance Committee's report. It will he remembered that the deceased young lady. Miss Ina Mary Nalder. who consigned a child to death from the highest storey in the Arcade, and then hurled hereel'f to an instantaneous end. made her wil] out to the Hospital Board. The committee reported last evening that the estate of the. woman was left to the board absolutely, but there was an amount of £100. which rightly belonged to the estate of her daughter, who died juet prior to tho decease of thn mother. The father of the. deceased Ina Xalder ■would not sign authority foregoing hiclaim to the money. Tt was therefore recommended that the board waive its claim in respect of (he £1(10. This (lie hoard agreed to.

Mr. Poynton. S.M.. to-day gave reserved judgment in the case in which S. Tilly (Mr, Terry i was charged with having committed breaches of the City building regulations in having subdivided a building without using brick or concrete for the dividing wall, and having altered a building- without first applying for permission to do so. The magistrate said there had been no infjntion of subdividing, as the defendant had merely replaced a wooden partition with asbestos, which was more lireresisting. However, there was a technical breach, and defendant would be convicted and ordered to pay costs. In respect of "the second charge, defendant had neatly lined a brick covered-in passage with asbestos sheets, and the magistrate could not see how he could be convicted of "altering a building" through this lining any more than bypapering it. ihis charge would be dismissed.

After having given of its best for 21 year*, a horse iti the employ of the Auckland Hospital Board has luK-n "retrenched and superannuated.'' The lostley Home Committee, in its report to the hoard at last night's meeting, stated that one of the horsos which had been in use in the garden for over 21 years. ha<l attained the ripe o!d hor-e age of In years. His teeth, it unstated, were coining out, and the faithful old steed was unable to derive the full benefit from liis food. "The work lie is asked to perform is too heavy fur him." ran the report, "and your committee recommend thai he be sold, and that a younger horse lie puri'ha.-ed to replace him." "Why not send him to the dental department for a new .-el of teftlr;" asked a member. However two old lovers of horses. Messrs. .Inhn Howe and M. .1. (oyle. both opined tliui as the had'f:iv.>i! nxcvliiMit >■ rvi.-e In' should not be -<> Irl and ;iil.n\c,| to be ill-treated <-r hard worked. The -lii;^ , -

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An <",|«hin.n :oi! ;i- i.< » i.v :;,.■•)<;-< i, hi riot ilic Am-klaml iin MU-ion i !!pv. Jnspor (hlil.ti. .1..<- mi! vii-if 'mfllhk «il- -ll'll 1.-l I'W 1)1fh,.. ; |1l -Ml"] yortenlay. «-Ihmi it, »«~ -Intoil i-i .. nport tliiit .1 mutliM-.Vf ■ -tiiiMtr of tinnnmlicr of iullor* ;ii I ii>> mi—imi ullii— in \i!.pn «W«i »;i- rtimii pi-,-,.,,- |.-.- enniuii. "Ih-i-p the try'nijj jmrt ■"' ..... work iK-.iir-." , --.sit.'.: iin- ivpon. ■[;,■- ---luf.'.i 10 a.m. ~.i.| :i (.in. (in Mt.mlinto Friday ■< Urpc nnniLov- ~( i ;.!<> chip lirro -p.-kii.ii ;i!>i-. l-.-'ji :iml guidance." At tlic nicptiii'j i.i l.i« \:i -kl in I Iloijiiin! P.rmrd Ui's: ••\oni.v. '•'■»' '■:•'"■ 111311. Mr, \\. \'\'.i]*.di.-. If'p'Mll'l liiill l!u' Mini«tpr «.: flr>alr!i hii.i i-n: .1 '■• •;■.. pioction of three -i;,';pr< .it dip . n-tii-y llnmi'. Tlio iMiainnaii -tutc! tli.n t'-m mniiov ni"-os?avy for liiiil.ln■- i-'Mim-t----would lip forilii-nniiii" in <liip .-..tir- . T!,o X... ! .uppi.-n.oiit.iM .;.■.(,..-a 1 ri.il for ilio ppnoral iln-tii.u'-I - tliiatiornooii. A -.■.■uiiil -1111j• l<• ::t■ t"t .t • \ r..l' will l.p ccmi):ieil. ami "ill !>■■ 'iimi:<. .■!,.-■>;! mi tl.p <Irt,v .if iiic I— ii • ..; :'m- :■;.,. ...Ij.Miriii'.l imviii: m • :,• fi..in"n j.-n i!i'»'l X p«.\ev»- A-,,.:,,;". ~ «il: V iiold tn-iiiors'uw !■'■ ■■niiij! ,ii ' !'.r I , : ■■-!' U'liiiii lliili. IJaini'ir.it Kuail. l ii. .n-i----1K"!~ ini'lmlcs fiirti.ir m i !..■ -Mount KJen destnu-tur site.

A 400-acre grazing farm on the foreshore of the Manukau in connection with the city abattoirs at Westh'eld, was projected liv the ~nd ( it.v Council. 'mil ..-i,,;.';,, afternoon the Auckland itHi-liinir li...i"r.i ...;- approached by tin-Loum-il'lor |icniii.-.-iou to be allowed l>: negotiate with the land owner- npp»»ilr the ahutloirs regarding the riparian rights. The chairman of the I'oaril (Mr. H. R. Mackcn/.i." said H..;ii \ could not a.-civic t.» 1 lie riupn , -! . whii h was declined. The .-uildoii dvaili of a nine-year-old boy mimed Philip Marston occurred at Durgavillp yesterday. The lad. with hi? father, on Monday, attended the funeral of another lad named Ronnie Brown. After the funeral lie went in a motor ear with his father in a tlaxmill soino few mile.- away. The car became htiick in the mud. Hiid the boy went for n spade t<. a house near by. He was given s< drink of milk, l>oll arriving home at night he complained of feeling I unwell, and died at Ten o'clock next morning. He appeared quite well at the ! other lad's funeral on Monday. 1 The following Idler ha* been reiceived by Mr. ■). N. Boddie, chairman of the To Kuiti Chamber of Commerce. from the I'riuie Minister: "With ! reference to the ■.übdivi-wn nf Maori leasehold* 1 desire to inform you that I am now advi-eil by the Native Minister rlrnt this nmtter was considered by a conference of Native Land Court .Tudgc-. and thai legislation on the line- Mlffni-led by Miem "ill be .-11Hmilted for consideration in the Xative Land Law- Amendment Dill." Much satisfaction 'k expressed in Te Kuiti with the contents of the letter. A letter was rend at the meeting of the Hospital Hoard last uighl from two Chinese, Messrs. Wong l>oo and Shark Horn, on behalf of the recently-formed (■•lUneon < tub. enclosing a cheque for e")f). Tho chairman -*aiu that from lime to time the Chinese had made donations towards the funds of the Auckland Hospital, and only recently the Chinese residents in Puk'ckolie forwarded a liberal donation as a mark of appreciation of what was done for their countrymen during the influenza epidemic of lfllS. It was surprising. Mr. Wallace stated, how much the Chinese appreciated anything that was done for them. "It is a pity that some of our own people are not so appreciative," he added. Mr. Wallace mentioned that this evening the Chinese »ere staging a pU'y in the Scots Hall, when the net proceeds would be devoted to the hospital funds. Discussing the future development ol liydro-electrkity, the .Minister ot- i*ublic Works oaya:—"A programme v set on* in my last annual statement covering a total expenditure of £12,902,000 spread over a period of ten years, providing 260,000-h.p., and reachI ing a maximum rate of expenditure ot i £2,023,000 in 1025. The financial position has rendered it necessary to revise this programme in order to keep the annual expenditure per year, in the meanwhile, down to about £1,000,000. jTo do this it has been necessary to 1 po-ipone for a couple of years the commencement of the main works at Lake WaikaTemoana, and to hold over a number of the smaller developments in the South Island until the Power Boards are constituted to deal with the reticulation. At the same time, the transmission lines from the schemes to be proceeded with will be pushed on. in i order to make the supply as general a< 1 possible. The. mains from Lake Coleridge will be extended into Ota.eo and North Canterbury, and from Majigahao to Wanganui and Xapier, in addition to the line- already under construction. The revised programme herewith provide? for r slightly less total expenditure 1£11.355.0041 spread over a longer period and keeps for the first few years within the limit of £1.000.000 per annum." Mr. 11. R. Mackenzie, chairman of the Harbour Board, is a warm advocate of a combined North Shore. Spoakinpr yesterday tn a party of visitors, including a number of Devonport people, vhn wore inspeftinjz the works of the board. he said "he was convinced that the Xorth Khore boroughs would he administered much liotter in every way if. instead of four heads and four administrative staffs, there was one united borough with one executive head and one administrative staff. From his own point of view." he said, amidst laughter, "'it would be a decided advantage, for h • hud tn meet the .>hjpctions of half a dozen boroughs, who were all tneklinc him from a different angle. If he had only to meet one Mayor and one boroiia'h council, how much easier it would be for him, "specially as his handa «ere nrettv full now. ,, Tt is estimated there are at the present time approximately so.oon miles of formed roads and bridle-tracks in the Dominion, of which 27.000 miles are metalled, ft is further estimated that an additional 20.000 miles require to lie formed before the roading of the Dominion can ho considered complete, even to an elementary standard., says the Minister of Public Works in his annual statement. The desirability, and indeed the necessity cf roads of a sufficiently high standard In carry all classes of traffic become more apparent each year. and it is now generally recognised that this standard can only he attained Inproper organisation and modern equipment. The Sim "tv te.-t= applied to road stirrers by swiftly-moving an.! of ten heavy motor trunic liavo induced -raw local bodies to adopt n hum- modern an,! permanent method of surfacing than mere ini.fßlling. The result ~f (heir P\jierirncn,! Ims demonstrated that it •- m<. tc c.-miomicnl in n<l,.n< llii- .-astern ti'iiii incur the e\pens,. ..i' costly repair* incidental in i!,e previuu.ly exi-iin-.-.-v.-tc,,i- ~f eon-!ruction H ,,d maim,.,,. '■nee. There ha- been a I rememlous demand il,iv.i..jli,.iii the <• m for Hi,. |.uttin« in ],n.:d ..{ I( .ad and bridge but Ii 11 nin-ia 1 considerations liaTc dictated the i.f the selection of »" !l - of .-pecial ini-rii for authorisation, ""her than yi-nenil amiiori-ation fur " «...!... and al.'.onsrh this !,a, ..leant defer-!.," mam umlcri a kinjr.s ~f ~,„. m«.i.irit\ ~1 1,..-,,] i,,,,|i,.- ;.,:,.,-,. rt J.,,,7,.,]".' !i!-!|.liil iiHilinlr i>ll.l !. :i vi- inaterti-lh it.,. .U-nartineu; liiriiimli : , ,;itli i-i»lI period . 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