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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 162, 11 July 1925, Page 8

A burglar was last ni_rht busy at the new premises of Mr. W. B. Garland, leather suitcase maker, Alexandra Street. When the staff arrived this morning they found the lock of the front door had been forced, and the premises entered. The burglar had helped himself, and got away with several pounds' worth of goods. An adjudication in bankruptcy has been filed in the estate of Leslie Osborne East, of 12, Buckland Road, Epsom. The first meeting of creditors will be held at the office of the Official Assignee at .11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21,

Advice received by the Chief Postmaster states that the steamer Moeraki, which left Sydney for Wellington yesterday morning, has on board an Australian and Eastern mail numbering 109 bags for delivery at Auckland. The Moeraki is due at Wellington on Tuesday, and, provided she arrives to time, the mails should reach thiß city on Wednesday. The chairman, Sir James Cfunson, reported to the meeting of the council of the Auckland Institute and Museum yesterday that the foundation gtone of the War Memorial Museum would be laid on July 23. His Excellency, the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, would perform the ceremony. The matter of invitations was in the hands of the citizens' committee. An Auckland sportsman who returned from Wellington this morning remarked that the Wellington Racing Club had experienced very bad luck on Tuesday and Thursday, the first two days of the winter meeting. Throughout each day heavy rain fell continuously in the city, but at Trentham, where the racing was decided, there was a total absence of rain. The attendance each day was considerably affected because the -public could not anticipate a fine afternoon at Trentham when it was raining so consistently in the city. An unfortunate mistake was made by a little tot named Dew, whose parents reside in High Street, Dannevirke. She gave a brother, aged five years, what she thought was a lolly, but it turned out to be a mercury tabloid, used for the cows. The consequences to the child were speedily manifest and he is now an inmate of the public hospital in a serious condition. The mother herself is a patient of a private hospital and the father was absent in the country, where he is working, at the time of the occurrence. A boy of about 13 years of age came before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Juvenile Court this morning on a charge of using obscene language. Mr. Hunt told the father that in reporting on the youthful accused, the probation officer stated that he had a habit of using filthy language. "Now, which would you rather do, pay a fine of 40/, or give this son of yours a good thrashing?" asked the magistrate of the boy's father. "Oh, I will give him a good hiding I think," replied the parent. Mr. Hunt: "Very well. I will adjourn the case for two weeks, and then if the probation officer reports that the boy has had a good soj. d hiding, nothing more will be heard of the matter." Another youth, whß came up for sentence on several charges of theft of money from bis employer, was ordered to receive twelve strokes of the birch. Arrangements had been made by the Rev. Father Bradley for the boy to go on a dairy farm. "I have no sympathy with men in these circumstances," said Mr. Justice Reed in the Supreme Court yesterday, in referring to the case of Joseph Alexander Salvin (Mr. Singer), a divorced man who had remarried and failed to keep up alimony payments to his first wife, Louisa Jane Salvin (Mr. Inder). The last-named asked for a writ of attachment, Mr. Inder stating that she had received only £2 in all, yet the order was for 35/ per week. Salvin was earning £5 3/ per week, and his second wife had property. His Honor said he would make an order for imprisonment for contempt of Court. This would lie in the Court so long as 30/ per week was paid in respect of arrears and current maintenance. "The first wife must be maintained," said the judge, adding that there was no limit to the term of imprisonment for contempt of Court. .It is announced by the Registrar of Electors. Mr. Frank Evans, that provisional electoral rolls are now on exhibition at the various post offices within the following electoral districts:—Auckland East, Auckland Central, Auckland West, Grey Lynn, Roskill, Parneil, Eden, Waitemata and Manukau. In connection with the form to be used for the notification of change of address, the Registrar points out that on them are two words "permanent" and "temporary"—. one of which should be struck out. Many people who notify their new places of abode fail to strike out either of the words, with the result that the Department is put to the trouble of writing to them. "If the sky be clear, a very interesting sight may be observed shortly after sunset during the next few evenings," writes Mr. W. H. Marsh, of Wharehine, North Auckland. "It is a congress of the planets Venus, Mercury and Mars. At present Venus is in the centre, Mercury a little below her and Mars a short distance above. Their positions are changing, and each evening the apparent distance between them is rapidly diminishing. Another interesting feature is that Jupiter and Saturn are then also above the horizon; thus all the planets that can be seen without the of a telescope are visible at the sane time, a most uncommon occurrence. Jupiter is a very conspicuous object a little above the horizon, and Saturn is in the same position of the heavens, as the sun is at about 11 a.m. in the summertime. Of a slightly reddish colour itself. Saturn forms a triangle with the two red stars, Arcturus and Antares, the longest line of the triangle being between the two fixed stars." When the Great South Road is concreted between the Harp of Erin and Otahuhu several characteristic stretches of this old thoroughfare will be quite altered. Through Otahuhu. where half the road has been concreted, there will not be much change, as this stretch was always fairly level. On the town side of Otahuhu. however, that is, between the borough and Ann's Bridge, a good deal of building up is being done opposite the city abattoirs, and in one place a stone retaining wall several feet high is necessary. Nearer Auckland, again, between the junction of Mount Smart Road and the Penrose railway station, there used to be a prominent bluff of basalt just near Bailey's gates. This is being blasted away, and the spoil is being mccl to fill places where the road is low, and especially near the Mount Smart Road jpnetion, where several large hollows exist. Salvage operations in connection with the raising of the launch Iris Eileen wore continued yesterday, when the sunken vessel was shifted from a position off the Parneil wharf to within the western breakwater. This morning she lay in about Sft of water, and the movements of the diver engaged in the work could be clearly seen.' This afternoon the steam launch will be moved further inshore, and should be left on the hard by the outgoing tide. When this is done, a complete survey of the vessel will be carried out. The curator reported to the council meeting of the Auckland Institute and Museum yesterday afternoon that the average attendances for the last five Sundays had been 321 adults and 158 children. The highest number were in attendance on June 7, when 556 adults and 242 children visited the institution.