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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 147, 22 June 1923, Page 4

A case of pilfering cargo was shown to a "Star" representative this morning. Canned crabs are worth about 3/ per tin just now. and a Queen Street merchant, upon opening a case this morning that had just been delivered, found that 18 tins were missing. The thief had taken the care to put, in a wooden frame to fill the vacancy, tnus preventing the rattling of the tins. The frame-work was nailed from the outside of the case. The wood used was not New Zealand grown. Some time ago the same firm received a case Jof caviarre from which 5A dozen were missing. In that instance, the vacancy in the case was filled with bits of wood and chips. The Parish Hall, Xortheote, was crowded last evening, when a social j gathering, tendered as a birthday party to Mr. George Henny Graham, was held. Mr. Graham, a former Civil servant in i the Auckland Lands Department, has I been laid aside hy illness for upwards of ■ seven years. Mr. C. G. Hodgson pre- • sented Mrs. Graham with a handbag con- ! taining a sum of mon*y, running over J three figures, for her husband, this having I been voluntarily subscribed by the resii dents as a birthday gift. Little Miss i Joan Hodgson also handed Mrs. Graham 1 a handsome bouquet. The Bey. J. L. Greer returned thanks on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Graham. I Among tile settlers about Waihi who arc making good is a little band of i Danes at Mataura, the pioneer of the party being Otto Bjerring, who, after farming in other parts first, took up land in the Waihi district just on three years ago. Mr. Bjerring has a large block, some hundreds of acres of which have already been put down in grass. His fellow-countrymen are pushing on : with cultivation of their holdings, and that they are. more than satisfied with the land is evidenced by the fact that they are arranging with other people in Denmark to come out and take up , holdings. The first of a series of popular lectures arranged by the Auckland Wireless* Society, an amateur body, was delivered last nisht in the . Club -Rooms, ■Swanson Street, by Mr. H. S. Hartle. *An account of elementary electricity, detailing the qualities of permanent and ; I electro magnets, was dealt with by Mr. I Hartle in a lucid and interesting raan[ner. After explaining the construction <anrt erection of the wireless aerial, the i lecturer emphasised the importance ot ■ J good insulation, and the necessity for pood ground connection. He stated that the recent accident had demonstrated that it was absolutely neceefary to provide a path for the escape of lightning collected on the aerial. All those amateurs who had installed Wireless receiving sets should comply in tt)i3 respect- with the requirements of the Underwriters' Association.

A Trade-watchmakers' Association was formed last night at. a meeting over which Mr. Saunders presided and Mr. J. , Murrell acted as secretary. The association embraces practically the whole of ;thoee watchmaking for the trade. Its, objects are to further the science of I watchmaking, to hold lectures and arrange examinations fos the younger members of the trade, to protect the public against inferior watches, and to-issue; to the public lists of the brands of watches that could be recommended. The association will also promote good fellowship in the trade, and improve and protect the trade generally.

I As illustrating the differences be- ' iwcen Australian and New Zealand farming. Mr. \V. J. MeCullough, manager of the Central Delevelopment Farm, explained to a Levin "Chronicle representative that on the Werribee experimental farm in Victoria, half a hundredweight of phosphate manure is the maximum put in with crops. This is solely for the purpose of giving the seed a quick start, and a larger amount is considered detrimental rather than beneficial, as in dry weather tending to ' burn the young plant. Speaking generI .illy, Mr. McCullough said that 30 bushI els' was considered a good crop In the wheat areas and 15 bushels a payable one. the reason being that the ground is so easily worked that one man can put in 500' acres by himself, and by the use of the stripper, which cuts only I the heads of the wheat off, and in the i latest models even thrashes it, whilst I continuing the process of stripping, the ,-ost of harvesting is reduced to a minimum.

Father Gondringer. who recently returned from a. tour abroad, has writ'sn to the general manager of the Tourist and Health Resorts Department (Mr. B. M. Wilson), returning lantern slides ■which were provided him for his trip some 18 months ago. Father Gondrinser in his letter states that he lectured with the slides in every country through which he travelled, and in four different languages. On one occasion they were shown in a public square in Europe to a crowd of between SOOO to 10.000 people, and the slides proved very interesting to everyone who saw them. Father Gondringer concludes:^ "If I have been able to render my adoptive country some service by helping to make her known. I owe it, to a great extent, tS your kind help."'

"Personally I have never had a 'hop , ' in my life, but I cannot, see the slightest objection to our nurses having an annual dance." So said the Rev. T. W. Potts at last meeting of the South Canterbury Hospital Board when Mr. W. Geddes was voicing a strong plea, on behalf of the nurses at the Waimate Hospital, for the rij'nt. to hold a dance. Mr. Oeddos was very emphatic in his expression of the opinion that the Waimate nurses must not be at any disadvantage, as compared with the Tiruaru nurses, in this matter of an annual dance (says the "Timaru Herald.'') With this opinion all menibers agreed. It w.i.< stated that the cost of a dance for the nurses at Timaru Hospital I would be about £20, and a question ;aroso as to whether the board vould , legally spend money on a dance. The : chairman said they had an unrom •aouly ; fine, lot of nurses, and an annual dance went a long way towards keeping them contended and cheerful. It was unanimously agreed that permission should be given the nurses, both at Waimate and Titnani, to hold an annual dance. i Permission was granted at a meeting of the Njraruawahia Council to the Whatawhata Coal Company to use ' streets for the construction of a railway ! siding to connect its line with the wharf j on the Waipa Rivrr near the Point. This will greatly facilitate the handling of goods hornr by the river, and should j lead to a considerable development of 'navigation.