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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 218, 13 September 1924, Page 6

I The Treasury _ acknowledges in the I i "Gazette" the receipt of "conscience I i money" as follows:—£lS 15/ forwarded] to the Land and Income Tax "Depart- ' ment. Wellington, and .**/6 I to the Railway Department, Dulrodin. 1J

Owing to the brakes failing to act, a - heavy motor lorry owned by Mr. W. J : Moody, carrier, of Manurcwa, dashetl ) across the footpath in Victoria Street 1 East yesterday afternoon and craslietl : into the side of a one-storey building ,' known as "The Little Tailor Shop." The c driver had intended backing the lorry c into a cart entrance just above the shop '■ but the lorry sleweel round and struck i the front wall of the building, staving [ it partly in. The truck itself escaped damage. . Fishing licenses for the wiiole of New , Zealand of Jul for men and youths over 1(1 years eif age are now on sale at the General Post Office, Auckland, and all ; post offices through the Auckland ; Acclimatisation District, anel from the -, lion, secretaries of all affiliated societies. Ladies, anel also girls and boys under l(i can obtain a full-season license for ' all New Zealand for 5/. These licenses entitle the holder to lish for trout in , every river or lake in New Zealand. satisfactory reports are coming to liand from all parts of the Auckland Acclima- \ tisntion Society's elistrict showing trout arc numerous in many of the rivers anel i of very fair size and condition, and by October 1 some really gooel sport shoulel be available. Last year half a million rainbow trout fry were liberated in rivers in the soe'ety's elistrict, anil the same quantity will be liberated this year. The Mangatawhiri and Mungatangi Rivers, near Auckland, anel also the Southern Wairoa River above the falls have licen well stocked for two or three years, anel should iiroviele gooel sport within easy motor run of Auckland. An unprecedented lieiiiour lias (been awarded to Miss Betsy limes, of the Nelson School of Music. This young student entered last year for the examinations of the Associated Board R.A.M., R.C.M., as a violinist, and the examiner's report upem lie-r abilities so impressetl the authorities in London that the Royal College of Music offered her free tuition for a term of two or three years. This is quite apari from the exhibitions offered annually by the Associated Board, Piping a direct award from the Royal College, such as has never before been made to a New Zealand student. Miss Innt's will probably leave for London next March. It is, perhaps, not generally known that several students wlio have taken up exhibitions offered by the Associated Iloartl have not only received free tuition for three or four years in London, ibul have also been given generous allowances ttiwards their living expenses. This goes to show that young musioians sent from New Zealand are held to be worth retaining even by the National Institutions of England, and is a sound testimonial to the teaching they receive here. North Auckland Farmers' Co-operative Ltd., last year showed the operations J had resulted in a loss of £2327 15/7, although the last six months' working, !in spito of heavy appropriations, showed ' a small profit. The chairman said that for the third year in succession the I company's operations had shown a loss. ! Although it was not serious this year, i the accummtilated losses, together with I unpaid dividends due to holders of preference shares, amounted to f0i,852 8/10. I Generally conditions were improving ! and, though money was scarce, the posi- ; tion was getting sounder all the time. j The question of reconstruction had been considered by the directors, and various schemes were being considered by the company's solicitors. Mr. Marshall moved: "That a commission be appointeel to report to a future meeting," this being an amendment to the motion that the report be adopted. The amendment was lost and the motion carried. Votes of thanks were passed to the returning directors and to' the staff. j The gramophone which was won by j the Northcote School team at the recent Music Memory Contest, was prescnteel to the school by Mr. R. H. Marryatt, yesterday. The chairman anel committee, children anel parents, were present for the function. In making the presentation, Mr. Marryatt saiel that he hoped that the occasion would lie the forerunner of efficient musical equipment for all the schools in Aucklanel, thus giving the children ample opportunities to prepare for any future competitions. Items wore given by the school choir, and a number of recorels played on the new machine. The ConcMiation Council was engaged at Wellington on Friday bearing the Tramways Union dispute, and after lengthy consideration an agreement was reached, which amountcel to an advance of Jd per hour in wages, as well as the adjustment of certain conditions of nvnor importance. The agreement was reached after considerable discussion, anel the rise iv wages will affect a large majority of the workers. The hours of work remain as before. 'The recommendations were forwarded to the Arbitration Court, in order that the new award may bo formulated. It »m agreed that the award should run fur a year, and that it should operate from the 3rd inst. The two or three Soccer officials who endeavoured last week to conquer with a collecting box the pocket-buttoning proclivities of the hundreds who clustered on Dunedin's Heights of Abraham—the hill above Carisbrook Park—and from there obtained a cheap view of the Chinese matches, had a dispiriting experience (says the Dunedin "Star"). It was reported to the O.F.A. that on both Wednesday and Saturday of last week two or three officials, arincel with boxes, endeavoured to conquer the thrifty instinct of the big crowds on the hill. The gross result of the manoeuvre is set down at £1 18/. There would seem to be some basis for the idea that Dunedin is the most thrifty town in New Zealand. The old custom of savin? grace before meals is not so often practised to-day, especially in public, but a gentleman who does 60, as a rule, had a rather amusing experience in connection with same a little while ago. He was in a public dining room, and, as usual, bent his head and said grace. He had hardly raised it again -when the lady proprietor, not understanding what the gentleman was doing, sided quietly up to him and said: "Is there anything wrong with your meat, sir?" Tn a country billiard saloon down the King Country the other day there hung an announcement concerning a coming football match. It contained the names of the local team, also as the match was being played away from home, the time the train left, and at the bottom. underl' * 1. was the following: "It is no use trying to catch this train —it goes too quick—please be on the station a few minules before above time." . A new coal bunker wharf is to be erectetl on the foreshore at Dargaville for the Kaipara Slapping Co. The bunkers will be of a modern type, anel will have cost when completed in the vicinity of £7000. Mr. B. V. Rope is the successful tenderer.

a | A butcher witness in the Supreme r. ! Court at Talmerston North was endeavd ouring to explain to the opposing ,t counsel that in the trade the small , ; beast was considered more profitable than the large one, on account of the S big animal carrying a lot of bone (say» c the "Times"). "Do you not sell the y j bone with the meat in the butchery , i business?" queried counsel. "Oh, yes we ' do," replied the witness, "and put in k some that is not there, too." Counsel ? sat down satisfied. At a metropolitan public hospital recently a discharged fireman off one ' of the Homo boats expressed his r gratitude to the nurses and said he ° would not forget them. In next morning's paper they read he ha<» 1 kicked off with 24 hours' for drunken--2 ness. At 10.30 a.m. on the succeeding ' day a gorgeous bunch of arum lilies r was pushed through the ward window, 1 and on inquiry from the patients, the 5 nurses were informed that the fireman 1 had been as crood as his word. Half an : I hour later the infuriated head-gardener 1i of the hospital was searchiner high and " jlow for the miscreant who had devastated the arum lilies bed! ' | "Are there any fresh developments in I cancer research at Home?" was a quesi tion askeel of Dr. Miller, of Palmerston 1 North, who recently returned from a , '12 months' visit to Great Britain, by a 3 "Standard" reporter. "Well, they seem - to be getting on the right track of r solving the problem," replied the doctor, i "They have introduced a new ray treatl ment, known as the Erlanghen ray, which I has great penetrative power. While • ; this ray is not curative it lias been fountl to be very beneficial, and the best I results have been obtained from this 1 treatment in conjunction with surgery. 2 There aro possibilities for the future ' that a cure might be found, not necessarily by the use of the ray, but it ' might lcael to something else." The j doctor added that, with regard to tuber--1 culosis, patients were now being treated by electricity and the sun's rays. They 1 liaet a special electric bath and with ' regard to the sun ray treatment patients ! ' were exposed to the direct rays of the • sun. This method had proved bencI ficial. II i j A story of family funds pooled was i told in the Palmerston North Supreme - Court by a young man aged 27, the son i of a plaintiff in a civil action, who : stated that he was assisting his father — [ the manager of a butchery business— i and was receiving no wage 3 for his • I efforts. All his father's money went r j into the bank and witness had charge of ;' the cheque book, so that when his . j father wanted money, he had to ask for >! it. The opposing counsel asked: "What I ' about your mother?" "Well," grinned ;; the young witness in return, "mother jis a bit—well she looks after her own ] money." The father of the, witness rose in his seat and endeavoured to prevent this revelation of his intimate ' financial affairs, but a wave of the hand by counsel silenced him and he sat down. New legislation is planned by the I I Labour Government in Victoria to I prohibit the use of slot machines. All coin-operated machines will come under ! the ban, whether they are designeel for j j the sale of tobacco, matches, j or chocolate. The chief objection to | them seems to be that they continue , to supply goods to the public long after jthe ordinary, shops that sell these : Roods have closed. Opinion is divided as I to the legality of the cigarette machines, but it is generally held that they do not infringe either the Early Closing of Shops Act or the Police , Offences Act. The other machines, •according to a ruling of the Crown Law I authorities, are not "shops" within the j meaning of the Act. But, if Labour plans mature, they will go. It is argued I that an hotelkeeper could just as : i readily take advantage of the existing laws and place machines for the automatic sale of whisky and beer . outside his shop, as a convenience for j those who wanted an after-hours' ! drink. There are over 1500 slot machines in Melbourne, including the "try your weight" devices at stations.