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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 248, 19 October 1922, Page 4

The question of filling up the Stanley Bay lark an-u with the UarLour Hoard dredge was brought under the notice of the. chairman of the Harbour Board, "Mr. }[. R. Mackenzie, n an informal way during the inspection of the n n w Prince's wharf by a party of visitor?. <r \Ve will soon have a dredge available, and if you people of Devonporf will only £<v busy, and bring tiie matter before the board in a. forma! way, we may be able to help you," said Mr. Mackenzie. '»nd we could fill in the area at about half The cost that it could be done any other way.'' On referring the nmttor to th<- engineer, Mr. 7lainc-r said that, tho copt would he about 2 per cubic yard. Mr. Henderson, the local representative on the hoard, was urged to move in the matter.

"I am oldfashioneu" enougTi to recognise that anything which transpires in a solicitor's office is confidential." said Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M.. at the Magistrate's Court. New Plymouth, on Saturday, apropos of the contention of counsel that evidence concerning a conversation which had taken place at his office should have been admitted during the hearing of the action (reports the "Taranaki News'M . "My t raininpr." his Worship continued, -"was that nothing should be divulged, no matter how unimportant it may seem to the solicitor, and the rejection of that evidence was an attempt on the part of the Court to uphold the honour of the profession,"

A small dog met a cruel fate in Princes Street, Dunedin, recently (says the "Times" i. being kicked to death by a shopkeeper, who stnted that it bit hini. The first kick spread the animal upon the footpath, and its assailant then proceeded to apply the boot until the dog was kicked into the gutter, where it. expire.l to the accompaniment of pitiful moans. The incident was witnessed by a number of people, and it was soon evident that among them were many who were decidedly hostile to the shopman. A crowd, composed largely of women, gathered about him. and at least three men shook fists in his face and vowed that he would "go up foT it.' . One pulled the perpetrator of the deed out of the crowd and wanted to fight him there and then. There was a good deal of relief noticeable when a policeman arrived and proceeded to deal with the matter in the proper way.

An effective appeal for the men and women behind our prison bars wasmadp last evening by Miss B. E. Baughan, the well-known Christ church writer, when speaking before the members of the Civic League on "Prisoners and Their After Care.' , The speaker said that she had found the department very interested, but, there was no force of public opinion behind them. Xo M.P. would do anything —there were, no votee behind prison bars, and therefore there was no money available. Yet, on the lowest ground of more self jntfrest it should ho done as the delinquent made tiimsclf such a nuisance, to the community. In the case, of thievee and false pretences they were a conKt.tnj. drain on the public. Many prisoners were, sent bark again and again- One -woman in Auckland had three hundred convictions against her and two offenders in Christclmrch had a hundred each. What was the sense, the speaker asked, in a system that failed like this.

The. City Council has nnf. civic dignity on its own. Last evening the N,nvmarket Council had its attention drawn to the. matter of adopting a suitable coat of arms for the district, to be erected in piaster design over the stasrc in the borough hall. The Mayor (Mr. P. Donaldson ). mentioned that the architect had said a suitable coat of arms ■would enhance the attractiveness of the hall. He suggested that members of the council should put on their "thinking caps'' and evolve a worthy design, which could be considered at next meeting. The use made of the. word "chemist." ■was the subjeit of some comment by Mr. Justice Chapman at the Supreme Court in Wellington. -It is a most unfortunate term," said his Honor. " 'Druggist' is the right term, but chemist' has been used for so long that it is considered appropriate now. I remember a chemist I knew very well, and when I asked him what he knew about chemistry he replied: 'Nothing at all.""

"That's the day of the trots, and There are five of us who will he there," wa? a whimsical statement made last evening when, the Mayor of Newmarket intimated that tenders for the removal of a hall would be d=alt with at a special meeting at 2.30 p.m. -'Make it in the morning," said another member. -'If races are going to interfere with the council business, you had better drop the council,"' added Mr. Donaldson, who eventually agreed to fix the meeting for the morning of the next day.

An outbreak of fire in a stack at a timber yard at Newmarket on Friday evening, produced an alarm and the volunteer fire brigade in the junction suburb turned out epic and span for duty within two-and-a-half minutes and Vm incipient, fire was soon quelled. 1 "he Borough Council last evening recorded its appreciation of the brigade'? prompt response. '■Where was the fire?"' inquired a member, who, on being informed eaid, "what, next to my place!" whereat the Council naturally had a good laugh.

An a&sumption. suggesting another possible way of "putting the cart before tho. horsp,' : was contained in a final question put hy a member of the N"?\vmarket Council last pveninsr. when the matter of purchase of a suitable dray for the Borough work had been discussed and settled. "Have we got a horse to put in it." was the quaint interrogation which gained zeaoonse in laughter.

In reply to a question whether the new Government policy of subsidies and refresher eourtes \Mll enable existing aviation companies to oarry on, Mr. H. F. VVigr.'im, chairman of directors of the Canterbury Aviation Company, .-aid:

"As far a ? my company is concerned we shall carry on till March 31 at any rate, and by that time I hope, we may .-cc

more daylight. All three companies showed l"?*es in la.-f year's operations. I am nr.t sanguine enough to think small Government subsidies will enable us to m;'ke ends meet during the current year. I understand the necessity for strict p-onomy, hut to my mind neglect of an.ition is tampering with public 6.1 fe t y." The majority of the people in our gaol?. ,-;ii<l Mi.-? BiUiglian la*t evening (•peikinp .if her work amongst prisoner.-, were adult in physique, hut not in mind. They were like little children, \- ii>. pors-k-tei] in doing what they wanted to do with no one to direct their inslinetß into right channels. They win- :i!i: i-.-'.vinl The argument she used to the?e people u;>.-. Does it- pay." When *h? riegan this work one of the first, men i-he wrote to was very grateful, and he tent, her a little card that he had drawn. She showed it to an arti?t. friend who said. "Why don't you pet him taught signwriling." She took the hint- The man was now away from Xew ■Zealand, and had been carninjr his living for th" last two years. Mifcs Baughan laughingly said he was not a ?aint by any mean?, but he was earning an honest living and he had kept out of gaol, and she was proud of his *uc~e= = .

"On the whole I think this has been a very useful and a very pleasant session," said Bishop Aver ill last evening in the course of his remark; at the close of the Anglican Synod. He reminded those present that a good number of them would br at the next Synod and he hoped that those appointed would attend. They did not only want the clergy but the Synodsmen as well. He thought that they should regard the Synod a little more seriously. It was the most important council of the Church —the legijlativc body of the Church. Anyone who came out from England and had attended conferences there must realise, that the Synod was a very real legislative body, and. therefore, he thought all the members of the Synod, both clergy and laity, should do their very best to attend a? closely as possible to the work. He heard it said sometimes that a few did all the work and all the talking, but if a few other members would, attend a little more carefully they inisht take a rather bigger part than they otherwise did. ''We want every member of the Synod to take a real and intelligent part in the Synod and make it as real as possible," added his Lordship.

The educational difficulties of a girl who had the handicap of being the child of a lighthousekecper came up in correspondence before the Auckland Education Board yesterday, when it appeared that, despitp slender opportunities for self-improvement, she had got through primary school course by taking advantage of the nearest approach to facilities in her direction, and now wished to have State help in tackling a secondary school syllabu?. The Education Department intimated that it had not progressed to the stage of providing boarding allowance at a secondary school, or of supplying tutition by correspondence beyond the primary school eeope. Members of the ißoard were not able to suggest any definite mode of meeting the lightkeeper's daughter's difficulty, but showed their sympathy with her by a strong expression of opinion to the Department in favour of provision being made to meet such cases.

In speaking on "Prisoners and Their After Onre"' last evening, beforo the Civic League, Miss B. E. Baughan divided the people in our gaols into the subnormal and the abnormal. In Addington, where she was a visitor, quite 25 per cent of the women she came in contact -with could not run straight. They had not the brain to do it. They were not insane, but unsane; they were not normal in brain power. One woman she knew there, -who was 40 years of age, could not learn to crotchet or sew, yet was very anxious to do so. It was a fact that it was impossible for , her to learn such a pimple thing. ?he had been to see this woman's mother, who told her that the girl's brain had never been normal. Pile roidd not earn her living. What was this wnman going to do when she went out ? She was going in and out of gaol fo t - the rest other life, and was a costly failure to the' community.

"The Taupo district," said Sir Maui Pomare. in the course of the Parliamentary debate yesterday on the second reading of the Tongariro National Park Bill, is filled with romance, and if intimately connected with the history of my people. Away back it was supposed that when Maui fished up the North Island it was here that he did it, and he asked his brothers not tn divide it until he had consulted the tohunga and performed the necessary rites. Aβ soon as Maui had gone, however, his 'brothers were in such a hurry to divide the fish, which was not quite dead, that it wriggled tremendously, and its giant wriggles are responsible for the mountains and valleys of this country." Sir Maui added that round the shores of Lake Taupo many similar legends were still told to tourists by the natives, who added local colour, and were very interested sometimes in nulling the tourist's leg. (Latighter. )

Eeportins to the Newmarket Borough Coiinoil la.?t, evening, the sanitary inspector mentioned that them were now some +4 factories in the borough, employing r>oo hand? on different branches of industrial work. This was an increase of 15 factories in the year.

Mr?. Mary Hawkins, wife of John Hawkins, a resident of Seddon Avenue, Waihi, was found lying dead on the floor of her bedroom late yesterday afternoon by a neighbour. Deceased, who was r>4 years of age. intended leaving by the 4.30 train for Hamilton, where she was to spend a holiday. Other than an attack of rheumatism deceased appeared to be in her usual state of health.

A well-known Auckland business man had a pleasant'Ftirprise recently. About 20 years Bgo he lent a man £.3, and he had' forgotten all about it. but by a recent mail lip received a letter from Africa, in which the man thanked him for his kindness, regretted delay in repayment, and returned the amount borrowed with 5 prr cent added, which was nearly double the loan. "Human nature is not so bad after all," commented the lender.

There appears to ha.ye 'heen quite a ■boom in football boots in England this year. According to the ''British Trade Review.'' during the first fiw months South Africa bought 41 .'2Ol dozen pair?. Australia 4707 dozen. New Zealand ln.OG.i do'en. »ancp dozen, Belgium 7SOI dozen and Netherlands 23,665 dozen pairs

A Paris manufacturer i.- Imiiding a j mill in the L'pper Loire for the purpose of i treating the gvinet nettle plant) for mtnpiadiiie ol