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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 219, 15 September 1924, Page 4

Several cases of chicken pox are reported in Te Awamutu, and in some of the outlying schools the attendance has been affected in consequence. 1

Aucklanders were again favoured with a fine week end, and as a result our numerous beaches, parks, and reserves were all well patronised yesterday. The warm sunshine induced quite a number of swimming enthusiasts of both sexes to don their costumes and brave the water, although it seems but a few weeks ago since we noted that all but the most venturesome swimmers had- stowed away their gear and resigned themselves to await the next season. The fine weather that has been experienced at Auckland ■since Tuesday last has had the effect of thoroughly drying up the ground. Tennis is quickly gaining popularity, while football will shortly give way to the less I strenuous but more dignified cricket. Once again the chain prayer nuisance has been started in Auckland. It is of j the usual type, containing a threat of j misfortune to those who do not make | nine copies and forward them to friends, j If this is done, the sender is assured "On the tenth day you -will meet with some great joy." The final words are: "Don't break the chain." It is obvious I that if the chain was kept going the I correspondence would grow like a snow- I ball rolling down hill, and" postal , officials would have a lively time. The i real gain would be to the Government ■ inthe shape of the postage stamps used. During the discussion on apprenticeship matters at the Arbitration Court this morning, it was mentioned by Mr. i Bloodworth, acting for the Builders'. Union, that he noticed in some trades!. the Court had made orders fixing the starting pay of apprentices at f 1 a week. His Honor Mr! Justice Frazer, said . that was so, but there was always a special reason for it.' For instance, an apprentice in the painting trade was useful straight off and could slap on the first coat of paint. : The value of the steamers carrying mail agents for letter sorting on the voyage was demonstrated in convincing fashion this morning when the mails which arrived from Vancouver by the Koyal Mail steamer, Makura, were delivered at the "Star" office within forty minutes of the vessel dropping anchor in the stream. Until a few weeks ago, when the custom of having the mails sorted en route was revived, this was impossible, owing to the sorting having to be done ashore after the mails had been landed. The present sittings of the Arbitration Court will conclude to-morrow, and his Honor, Mr. Justice Frazer stated this morning that the next visit of the Court to Auckland would be at Christmas. "Judging by the amount of work we have in hand, and in sight, it is going to be a bit of a scramble at Christmas," added his Honor. "A woman can't get anything in this Court," said a female litigant at the Magistrate's Court this morning. Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M.: "A woman gets justice in thr.s Court, and wins her ease, if she can prove it, but not otherwise." The case was then adjourned to enable the lady to e consult a solicitor. A petition in bankruptcy has been filed James Coombe, farmer, of Pokeno. The estate shows an estimated surplus of £2020 19/8. There is £1700 owing to eecured creditors, the securities being valued at £3940, an estimated surplus of £2240. The liabilities to unsecured creditors total £315 0/4, and the assets stock-in-trade valued at £96. The notifications of diphtheria in the Auckland Health district, though con- j sistent, sho.wa downward tendency, the j' total last week being 10. , Of these seven were reported in \hc city, two in the ' suburbs, and seven in the country. A Palmcrston cyclist, whose lamp had "been stolen, was stopped by a constable as lie was riding home at night without a light. While he was explaining why he was breaking the Tiy-law another man came along with a cycle and an unlighted lamp. The constable stopped him also, and the first cyclist identified the lamp as his property. The second man was charged with the theft of it, which he admitted, and was subsequently sentenced to 14 days' gaol. "My husband is an Englishman, but j I am a native," said a, woman at the , Magistrate's Court this morning. As the j, lady had no appearance of Maori blood, , it was realised that she meant to convey , she was born in New Zealand. , A good deal of banter took place i at the Wanganui County Council rooms i as to what kind of hat the chairman : (Mr. A. D. Mackintosh) should weai i at the Woollen Mills function. Members suggested that they should club together and present him with a hard hat, as these had suddenly come into fashion in Wanganui during the last i few days. "And do you know the price : of them," remarked one member. "Last '• year they could be bought for a bob," he added, '"and now they are from 17/ : upwards for anything like a decent model." The chairman said he had been to many luncheons in his day, and would be quite content to attend the function in his old felt hat. While being driven home in a motor truck from the Home Mnssion Festival at Riwaka on Wednesday night (says the Nelson "Mail") a party of children from the Whakarewa Orphanage, together with the manager, Mr. Stewart, met with an unfortunate accident, with serious consequences to. one of them. The truck was being driven by Mr. H. McLean, and approaching the Motueka Bridge when. a motor car, driven by Mr. S. Jenkins, of Riwaka, and going in the same direction, attempted to pass. The truck was struck on one of the wheels, causing it to slide over the bank, a distance of eight or nine feet. All the occupants were thrown among the gorse which fringes the roadside, and the thixk undergrowth broke their.fall somewhat and also impeded the descent of the , truck. All the children but one, Guy Bourne, aged 14 years, were got out with only bruises and scratches, but it was found that Bourne had met with more serious injuries. The Bishop of Nelson, who was on his way to Nelson from the festival, conveyed the injured lad to Dr. Deck. Later the lad was removed to Nelson Hosptial, where he was found to be suffering from a slight fracture of the base of the skull. Some particulars as to what the Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association has done for blind soldiers were given at the anniversary celebra- < tion" of the club in Wellington last i Friday. Mr. Witt, one of the trustees for the fund, "explained that the Wei- , lington Association had raised £3000/ , and this had been increased by a contribution of £1000 from the Auckland C.T. and W.A. The Canterbury Association had subscribed £921, and the Oddfellows £604. Then they had received a generous donation of £1000 from Mr. Coleman, of Hawke's Bay. This brought the fund up to £7186. Of this sum £500 had been giverf to St. Dunstan's Home for the Blind in England, £4010 to tne New Zealand men who had lost their sight in the war, leaving a balance of £3533 in hand. Two blind soldiers, Messrs. J. McGowan and J. JT. Thompson, were present, and ■ feelingly thanked the members of the association for what they had done for the blind soldiers.

There is one characteristic of Lady Jellicoe that will be lost to the people of the Dominion on her departure and that is a pronounced spirit of optimism. Her happy faculty of accommodating , herself to immediate environment and atmosphere has won her champions in every social sphere. An apt illustration of this was given some months ago, when the Vice-Regal party visited the Franz Josef glacier. A beautiful Sunday afternoon induced Her Excellency to ride further south in the bush. Eventually a lonely roadman's hut was reached. Its occupier readily recognised his guest and boiled the billy. Later in.the day Lady Jellicoe returned, and coaxingly inquired if she might boil the billy explaining the while that it j would be late when tea time at the 'hotel arrived. "Yep!"- grunted Her • Excellency's host, "and you'll be lucky if you get it then, missus!" This crude observation all but convulsed Ijady- Jellicoe, who by way of appreciating the hospitality extended, advised her host to interest himself in her horse, which was racing at Trentham the following week. lie did —with , interest. J The pluck of a "Wanganui lady has been to our notice, says the "Wanganui Herald." The lady, whose infant child had been hovering between life and death, had promised to peri form at a local concert, and rather ! than inconvenience the committee, de-, ! cided to keep her appointment, although she had been suffering from a severe strain for several days previously. On arriving at the hall the lady was alighting from a motor car when her hand became caught in a slamming door, with the result that the top of a finger was almost severed. In a swooning condition the plucky woman entered the building and contributed her item whilst suffering itense agony.- Her item I was well received by the audience, who little thought of the painful conditions under which the lady was performingA license has been granted by proclamation in the New Zealand Government Gazette to Harold Stanley Anderson, to use and occupy a part of the foreshore below low-water mark at Dargaville, on the Wairoa river, Kaipara, as a site for j a timber boom."