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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 65, 18 March 1925, Page 4

After being delayed for some hours owing to the rough sea on the Manukau Bar. tbe Northern Company's steamers Rimu and Aupouri crossed outwards this morning and continued their voyages, the first-named vessel at halpast six to Raglan and Kawhia and the Aupouri half an hour later to Wanganui. Leaving Onehunga wiih full cargoes yesterday afternoon both vessels were compelled, owing to tbe rousih conditions prevailing on tbe bar. to anchor inside the heads. The Rarawa, which put.back to port yesterday morning after being bar-bound since Monday* evening, is timed to sail this afternoon for New* Plymouth and Wellington. After cleaning and painting at AVellington she will resume her ordinary running, and is due to arrive back at Onehunga on Sunday morning. The chairman, members, and officers of the Harbour Board made n tour of inspection of upper harbour wharves on Tuesday. At Whenuapai they were met by tbe committee of the Whoimapai Ratepayers' Association to point out alterations to the wharf asked at a recent meeting of tiie board. As a result, of tbe conference it was decided to extend tho tee of the wharf westward about 15ft to accommodate the present goods shed, which will be also raised about 3ft. The waiting-room will also be shifted to the rear of goods shed on the new portion. This will give an additional cartage space of 30ft by 15ft. and will be a considerable boom to the suburb and farming interests.

The Minister of Education (Sir James Parr) has arranged that Mr. William Bird, M.A. (senior inspector of schools, Wellington), and Mr. T. Crawford (the I well-known director of the Dumb School, Sumner, who has made a special study of the correct production of speech) shall collaborate in producing a suitable text-book for the use of young teachers in the training colleges, and of teachers in the field generally, it will also be of use to the senior pi'pils. "I am anxious above all things," stated the Minister, "to attain and maintain in this country the highest standard possible of correct English speech." The nature of the accommodation for ] students in typographical subjects at the Seddon Memorial Technical College ■ was adversely commented upon by a deputation of representatives of the Typographical Union thai waited upon the college Board of Governors last evening. Mr. H. S. W. King presiding. ' One member of the deputation gave it as his opinion that worse rooms could ] not be found if all Auckland were searched. The rooms to be used were ' in the basement, and were not suitable j for printing. The deputation suggested : that the ventilation was inadequate. : The chairman informed the deputation j that the Health and Labour Departments had approved of the proposed accommodation, having stated that the rooms would he quite suitable if vents I j were provided to carry away the fumes j from the linotype pots. After an inspec- ' tion the board decided that the rooms would be suitable when vents were provided, and when the additional matter of ventilation had been carefully coni sidcred. ! Opportunity was taken of the absence of Iho Mayor of Xorthcote from the , meeting of the Borough Council last evening, to make some very complimentary references to the services Mr. \V. E. Richardson had rendered. Mr. F. 0. Devlin voiced the appreciation of the Council of the? attitude taken up by the Mayor in support of pedestrian safe-1 guards in connection with the waterfront j railway. He had also been energetic in . I connection with the provision of,: electricity, and during his term the pro- j ! motion of a drainage scheme had been • i consummated. Messrs. A. YV. Smith and J. R. Tonar also eulogised the Mayor's i services. The Council unanimously recorded it= deep appreciation of the I services Mr. Richardson had rendered | jthe district, and it was resolved to; obtain an enlarged photograph of the! Mayor, to adorn the walls of the Council ■ i Chamber. ; : The average rates of wages of unskilled I I employees of local bodies are disclosed | 'in the Government statistician's report. for the year 1923-24. In 1010 there were j G453 full-time permanent employees | learning an average wage of £1">1 17/10 j ■ each. Last year the number was 10.072 ! with an average wage of £233 12/7. j Part-time employees numbered 69 in 1015, their average earnings being £40 1 17,8. and in 1923-24. the number was 1 I 17."). their average earnings being £72 j j 1(J, 7. Casual employees on an average j i numbered 5455 in 1913, their earnings j ■ being an average of £129 13/2. In \ ' 1023-24 the number was 5973. and their .' earnings £221 2/4. Taking an average j of all employees, which includes casual | I and part-time hands, the rates were £141 2/7 in 1914-15 and £227 7/ in • i 1023-24 The Acclimatisation (Society's ranger . reports that ducks are very plentiful in , ; the lake district of the lower Waikato. iHe has also received reports that illegal i shooting is going on. This is a most unI fair practice, and every honorary ranger and license holder should use his best endeavours to obtain convictions against offenders. It is the society's intention to appoint special rangers tn protect the 3 legitimate sportsmen. S oung women do not seem to be able] f to stand the work." remarked Mr. W. Wallace at last evening's meeting of the s Auckland Hospital Board, when the I 1 secretary announced that another sjasr-istanl had resigned on the ground of j. I ill-health. Mr. Wallace declared that quite | a number of girls had gone absolutely | D j right under, and the amount of time oil" s jon account of sickness was quite astoni ishing. l.ideed. a special investigation r was being made, with a view to , I ascertaining a remedy. He thought the " I present vacancy should lie filled by a s lad of 17 or IS, who would have an , opportunity to make good. s A request from the Ilowick Town (Board that the Auckland Hospital Board j should appoint a district nurse at I I Ilowick was refused at last evening's " meeting of the board. The chairman, Mr. c \V. Wallace, pointed out that the board ;. was prepared to appoint district nurses in the back blocks, ljut Howick was only .J an hour's distance from the city, and 'there was no occasion to make the » ' appointment suggested. 1 Complaints were received by the Northi I cote Borough Council last night from j -{residents of Seaview Avenue, of the 31 danger and annoyance caused by 'shooting f in Little Shoal Bay reserve. It was sug- ■ 'gested that the reserve should be a :> sanctuary for native and imported birds, j a Mr. Parrish mentioned that the Waitei mata Acclimatisation Society was con- ," ! sidcring the matter of local sanctuaries | l>! for birds. The shooting was of rabbits,, , he understood. The Council resolved to . i prohibit any shooting in the reserve. \ I A mortgage that was all eaten up in ? ! costs was" referred to by a debtor who I appeared before Mr. F. K. Hunt. S.M.. at > the Magistrate's Court to-day. The debtor said that he had no equities at present. The house he was living in was valued at £000. It was encumbered by a first mortgage of £550, and a second ' ! of £.">(!. which was just sufficient to pay ! the expenses of raising it. Counsel said ! that the property was worth £900. and ! at this the debtor offered to sell immc- . ! diately. I ! Some sixty tons of chaff was shipped ' ■ for City Council consumption last fort- j I night from Whenuapai, and about SOO ■ acres of grass was cut this season for j i seed in the district. There is a very > fine crop of tobacco nearly ready for , harvesting, grown by a local settler for ■ the National Tobacco Company. i "It costs the country over £23 in ' damages when the Wcstinghoupe. brake [ is used to stop a train suddenly," said \ the magistrate (Mr. ¥.. D. Mosely) in i the Ashburton Court when impressing "j on a man the seriousness of driving a I vehicle in front of a train. • t The Hon. A. D. McLcod stated in I 1 Oamaru recently (reports the "Xorth ' Ota <ro Times') that unless the Dominion [ had" an export of £40.000,000 and ovetannually it could not fail to be finan- { dally embarrassed. i "It is not generally know," writes the I "Star's" London correspondent, "'that 1 sonic of Dr. Trilby King's publications t have been published in Dutch. The New 1 Zealand doctor's work in infant welfare > is well known, although Holland is a 1 place where, children are healthy and i well fed on milk. We hear that translation into French is desired, and that i Dr. King's consent is being asked for this."