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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 270, 12 November 1923, Page 4

The R.M.s. Niagara, which arrived from Sydney early this morning, had rather a "light" passenger list, due to her time of departure being too early to permit of New Zealaandcrs who were in Melbourne for the "Cup" to book by her. The Niagara brought 26!) passengers, 135 in the first saloon. 77 second saloon, and 57 third class. Of this number 102 first, 42 second, and 31 third class disembarked at Auckland. The steamer Marama, leaving Sydney for Auckland, and Ulimaroa, leaving for Wellington shortly after the Niagara. will be freighted with "Cup trippers." and should both be booked fully. The Niagara had a remarkably fine passage, and made such good time across the Tasman that she came down from the Three Kings under easy steam, and dropped anchor about 5 a.m. Dr. Sharman made the usual medical inspection at 7 a.m. There -were two accident cases admitted to the Auckland Hospital during the week-end, but neither were of a serious nature. A girl of three years ot" age, Edith Hanson, residing at 40, Ponsonby Road,was knocked down by a motor car in that road on Saturday afternoon and sustained a fracture to her left leg. She fvaa admitted to the hospital yesterday ifternoon and is reported to" be prorressmg favourably. The other ease was ;hat of a young married iwomUn, Mrs. [vy Josephine Fischer, who was adnitted last night. Mrs. Fischer is sufering from an overdose of a drug, but ier condition is not regarded as serious. | Although there was practically no rain yesterday afternoon, the weather ! ! or the week-end proved the most un-. i ilea_B-i fc that has been experienced in.' ;his city for some days. Only five hours >f bright sunshine wrro registered for Saturday and .-inula-, mi.l the total i ■ii.ifi.ll .'•■• I■' : •.. I ....in.

I Th_ fire at Ne—market school lael ! evening created much excitement, axu people rushed to the scene from _U | parts of the city. The traims were _o_i j crowded. Motor cars made an astonish ing display at all points in the vicijutj of the conflagration, which not only lil up the city but threw a strong glare across the harbour and caused a gooc deal of temporary wonderment amongsi residents of the marine suburb-. Are markaible feature at the burning schoo was the gathering of .people on the flat and on the hill at the back, where at: enormous crowd sat still and silent fascinated by the fury of flames and j volumes of smoke carried away by th« breeze which prevailed. Most of this crowd wajs comfortably seated. They en joyed a commanding view of the fire and helped to form what looked like a human fence —a most striking and unusual night study in the changing lights of tho scene. When a wife remarked this morning at the Magistrate's Court in a maintenance case: "I can', live on the -mount named," Mr. F. K. Hunt S.M. replied: "I can't help it, your husband nas to live as well." The evidence showed that the wife had four children mder 16 years, that her husband, a yorker in the bush, paid a pound per

' :i_ acres in which the wife lived, also - that he had offered her 30/ per week. • -Ir. Hunt remarked lie found that if i a wife wanted all her husband's earnings he usually threw up his job. Among tho through passengers from Sydney is Father Terrien, who is re- ' turning to Suva after a brief health trip .to take up mission work in Taviuni. Father Terrien was ordained thirty years ago by Archbishop Redwood, at Napier, and left the Marists' College there fifteen years later. He went from Auckland to Fiji in 1893 to take up mission work, and he has been there ever since. During his short stay in Auckland Father Terrien was pleased to be able to meet many former friends. The old saying, ''You never can tell till tlie numbe.B are up," was once more demonstrated at Devonport on Saturday in the Grafton-North Shore ericltat

in J m-iwu-florwi snore cricket match. With only one hour to play 118 and the whole team to bat it was perlit haps excusable that more than one Id Grafton player should suddenly rememis ber he had a call to make on a "friend" about half a mile away. It was unfortunate that those left behind to hold ie the fort should prove unworthy, and ig that scouts should be sent out to bring back to the cricket ground those who had strayed away. During a visit to Queensland, Mr. A. J S. Bankart, who returned to Auckland by the Niagara to-day, naturally took more than ordinary interest in the refer- .. endum on tbe liquor question. "The majority in favour of continuance," he • s informed an inquiring "Star" represen- :- tative, "was about 78,000 in favour of g continuance, due, in a measure, to the fact that the hours of sale had been ' restricted." . The lmemplo) _nent list afc the Labour Department office showed a decrease last y week, 142 names being registered as i. against 153 for the previous week and , 146 for the week preceding. On the list. 104 were classed as fit for heavy work, and 38 for light work only, the 3 former including 59 who gave their c occupation as "labourer." During the 1 ■ week 24 men were placed in employment, 1 18 by private employers, and six by the • I Public Works Department. j Messrs. Francis and Arneil, representing the Ponsonby Boys' Brass Band, 1 visited the Waihi surf-bathing beach and , camping ground yesterday, in company with the Mayor and town clerk, with a view to making preliminary arrange- ! ments for a camp by the band during the Christmas-New Year vacation. A . suitable site was selected, and the visitors were impressed by the exceptionally '■ line beach and surroundings. The band I will be welcomed by the Mayor on Box- , ing Day.—(Waihi corrspondent.) A youthful territorial who wished to | be rid of the necessity of having to attend "beastly drill" applied to the Magistrate at Timaru for exemption, ; having a legal luminary to press the • point. However, one of the conditions • of the exemption was that the lad was • to forego all dances and such "social . flutters." This was too much self-sacri-lice for the popular "young blood," and ' the question of exemption was dropped. The funeral of the late Mrs. J. C. Morrin took place yesterday at Otahuhu ' Cemetery. Tlie ltev. H. Mason conducted the service in the church and also at the graveside. There was a large f attendance of relatives and friends, i Eight sons and daughters were present, s The chief mourners were Messrs. f Laurence, Carsley and Vincent Morrin, < and the followingsons-in-law of the de- t ceased, the Hon. W. J. Geddis, MXC., Messrs. R. S. Ballantyne, G. McDell and

— ..v_.|/_-_. -lcuuug .lie >v_-_U__s forwarded was one from the children attending Horaliora School, Whangarei, of which .Mr. Sheppard is headmaster. The police records tell a grisly story of the people who die and are buried unknown in a big city like Sydney. Every year between 30* and 40 people in Sydney suddenly slip out of life with no one to identify them—the flotsam who float about until death claims them. In a small community identification becomes easy, but in' a city of nearly one million people, and with a large floating population in addition, the problem of identification becomes iiffieult. The police consider themselves fortunate in being able to identify as nany as they do, seeing that for the ast twelve months, for example, COO leatbs were dealt with by the' city :oroner alone. Fingerprints serve to dentify quite a number of hitherto mknown people who have passed out of ife. These grisly records are known imong the police" a_ the Book of the 3ead. In chapters in the various stations ire the stories of life's failures and ragedies. The glory of th_ a_elea. tree*, on* jf the features of tlie Government Garlens, is departing, says the. Rotorua 'Chronicle.' It will be noticed that there is a curiosity among them in ;he form of trees carrying both white md pink flowers, the cause being ibscure. An American trade circular has t{ie ollowing paragraph:—"From this office :ould be plainly heard the cheering as .avid Lloyd George drove up Broadway titer landing in the United States for the irst time. He has since made several ipeeches at public gatherings, and his inique personality, his sense of humour, md words of sound common sense, have .iven him immediate and genuine popuarity." Owing to complaints that mail matter left in some boxes was 'being ' impered with, the Eketaliuna Post- j mster made an investigation with the j -suit that evidence, was obtained liowing that the culprits were starlings. ; '!ie_e birds _«,ve a penchant for rural j ■tier boxes a* nests, and scatter the •tters during the building operations. ii- bird is said to have pulled a weekry -. ;.,>' ;• i ut of a bra. j

rlr^''' m wimsmsmmsmsmmmsmsmMmsms^**mmtsssssssssmtmss_m "When I waa carrying out intelligence teste among the women in the prisons of New Zealand I obtained some remarkable results," remarked. Professor Shelley in the course of his lecture to Palmerston North school teachers the other day. "One prisoner I tested," he added, was stated to be the worst woman in New Zealand. She was extremely intelligent, and on some of the tests displayed standards above the normal, but in one test she failed completely. She had no' conception of the principles of behaviour. That is one of the problems of our educational system. What are we going to j do with such people ? The woman to j whom I have referred had the capacity I for earning her own living, and thcr. \ is no reason why she should be a charge i on the State because she is deficient Tn one form of intelligence. She is nor, capable of taking her place in society, and thus it was necessary that she , should be put, somewhere where she j could not harm society or herself." | Joseph Thomas Christie, recently sen- ] tenced at Dunedin to fifteen rears' imprisonment, was safely landed in Mt. Eden gaol yesterday. ' It is stated by the Otago Daily "Times" that Christie made a second attempt to escape from the lockup in Dunedin, but the vigilant eye of one of his keepers fortunately frustrated his efforts. He was seen to be tampering with the lock of a large gate which connects the exercise yard

; with the cells, and on being searched | ■I a wonderfully well-shaped key was : I found in his possession. How lie man- | aged to be come possessed of this imI plement is a mystery, and both he and the -cell he occupied were searched cverv day. "That's giving away trade secrets," remarked a witness in"a Supreme Court • dispute over a confectionery shop (says the Wellington 'Post'). He stated that if chocolates were going bad they were taken from the boxes and replaced with chocolates of an equal grade. It was difficult to replace 60me lines, particu- j larly the many American lines, where there were no bulk supplies. Lines of fancy boxes were often bought and - filled by the retailers from stocks in ' hand. In cross-examination, he stated , that if a box of one make of chocolate _

went bad, and no bulk supplies of th< f same make were available, the box wai ■J | sold containing the chocolates o! __ j another maker. Very few purchaser! _] i asked for a particular maker's chocoj lates. If a man asked, for a box of * ' particular maker, and the chocolates * were not in stock, a statement would V* 1 nude accordingly; but the purchasei ? might _c shown a box with the name 3 of the maker he was interested in, though it contained another maker's . chocolates. The purchaser was genl crally satisfied with this if he got his - weight. When an artesian bore was being sunk ' on a farm at Rangiotu, the contractors 1 came across a rata log 60 feet below the ; surface. At a further depth of twenty feet a black pine tree was encountered. ' Below one hundred feet the bore ran into black sand. A fanner who resides in the locality'expressed the opinion to a, Manawatu "Standard" repreeenta--1 tive that the land between Palmerston North and Rangiotu was once a vast lake and in the process of time was covered up with silt to a huge depth: A most unusual eight was witnessed in Bluff harbour on Tuesday morning, says the Bluff "Press," a_id one that presages a good season for the natives who go after the titi or mutton birds. For hours the harbour was literally swarmed with mutton birds, who were busily occupied devouring the little sardines which they were driving before _hem up the" harbour. It is usually about January before the mutton birds make their appearance about these parts, and it is regarded that their early advent means that the natives will require to go after the coming season's catch about two months earlier thani usual. The Post Office advises that the mails which left Auckland by R.M.S. Makura on October 0 reached London on November 10. The 'work of surveying and charting Lyttelton Harbour, which is being carried out by officers of the war-sloop Laburnum, is being delayed by the prevalence of north-easterly weather, and it is doubtful if the 'work will be completed this trip, as the vessel was due to leave Lyttelton to-day. White survey marks and flags are now a feature of the landscape around the harbour, the nmr_-t liaving been placed in connection with the' survey. An experienced campaigner, giving advice to novices and ladies at a meeting of the Masterton Tramping Club, said: "li you feel like having three br four blankets, do not take more than one, unless you are prepared to carry thiim yourself." *' The inflated level of prices and wages w..i~li lia_-11_ on tli- «_-,'„„ll,„.l

weigh heavily on the agricultural classes, who are, after all, the foundation of any lasting prosperity." This is an extract from John Dunn, Son and Company's circular from New York. est