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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 215, 11 September 1925, Page 6

J White outlining his case in the Magistrate's Court this morning, counsel was asked by Mr. E. C. Cutten. S.M., what the man's business was. Counsel raised a laugh when he replied: He was a policeman, sir, if that can be called a business.

■ There are 16 men at tho T.B. huts situated in the Auckland Domain and there are no vacant shelters- at present. The Auckland Patriotic and War Relief Association has replenished the library at the huts and has also given the returned men there some gramophone j records' and stationery. It was stated ; iat the meeting of the committee of the j War Relief Association that the Evelyn : J Firth Home is also full, with 27 inmates, and it is understood there are a few names on the waiting list. The Christchurch Rotary Club has decided to institute a campaign to raise £>00 for the purpose of placing the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movement in the city on a sounder financial footing. It was decided that each member of the club should canvass ten firms or individuals in the city and collect at least £1 from each. A report was made to the Wellington Rugby Union that the takings at the Ranfurly Shield match, Hawke's Bay v. Wellington, at Athletic Park last Saturday, amounted to £1083. Season-ticket holders were admitted on i production of their tickets, and boys up |to 15 years of age were admitted free. llt was estimated, therefore, that 25,000 people witnessed the match. During the past quarter, the Claims Board of the Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association has considered 420 applications for assistance. A sum of £1320 was granted to 209 applicants and 211 were declined. The total number of applications considered for the June quarter was 314, so that the total for the quarter under review has shown an increase of 10(>, equal to 33£ per cent. The assistance granted was chiefly to soldiers suffering from recurring war disabilities. These cases appear to be more prevalent in winter than in summer. If an old soldier's pension is insufficient to keep him, there are more ways than one of solving the difficulty.' Speaking at the South African Veterans'' Conference in Wellington, a Christchurch delegate said his association was faced with a case in Christchurch re--cently, where an old soldier lived in a dilapidated cottage next door to an old maid. "They used to nurse one another." said the delegate. "Well, we married them, and their combined pensions kept the pair. They were aged 82 and 84. The husband has since died, j and now we are keeping his widow." j Repeated applications from returned : soldiers for loans in connection with farms and businesses or for securing! furniture are being received by the Claims Board of the Auckland War Relief Association. In conformity with j the policy laid down by the executive many years ago each application has been declined. From its experience the board states it has no reason to recommend any change in that connection. The bankruptcy meeting, which was to have taken place to-day, in the estate of Charlotte Elizabeth Blake, married woman, of Ewington Avenue, Mt. Eden, was adjourned until Tuesday, September 22, through the absence of the bankrupt. Only one creditor, a mortgagee, who held a third mortgage over a house property that he had sold to bankrupt, was present. There were two other creditors in the estate, secured •by first and second mortgages, and there were no unsecured creditors. The property was estimated at £1450. No explanation of her non-appearance at the meeting was given by the bankrupt. Many new varieties of daffodils were shown in the "seedling" classes at the Auckland Spring Flower Show, which i opened yesterday and is being continued to-day. Commenting on this, the judge, Mr. A. Gibson, of Marton, said that New Zealand was beginning to raise a spierdid selection of daffodils of her own that compared more than favourably with the imported varieties. He added that he had rover seen such a remarkable display, Ji in quality and variety of blooms; and this entitled Auckland to claim a position of leadership in horticulture in the Dominion. All the latest varieties and seedling classes were represented on tbe tables; and, in i the Kirker Memorial, the blooms were a particularly fine lot for so large a class. The by-law which holds that a person must cross on the right-hand side of Grp.fton Bridge is adhered to with as, much enthusiasm as the by-law which i rules that pedestrians must keep to the j left in the streets. In that respect it is difficult for some people to recognise the by-law on the bridge, and yesterday, I two men indulged in a heated argu- I ment as they stood their ground, both holding that he was on his right side, j Matters had reached an interesting ■ stage, and it appeared that an, exchange I of blows was not far off when a friend I of the man who, according to the by-law, was on his wrong side, came- on the scene and cleared things up. The inspector of war graves, Miss Edith M. Statham, has still in hand a number of photographs of the graves of soldiers from the Auckland district who fell overseas, and whose relatives have been notified from Wellington that the photographs can be procured at her office in Customs Street. In each case there are two large photos of the cemetery and one of the grave itself, and among the photographs in Miss Statham's possession for delivery to relatives are those of graves in Bagneux, Bertrancourt, Boulogne Eastern and Brookwood, Codford, Doullens Com. Cemetery, Kensal Green, La Plus Douve, Lijisenthoch, Louvencourt, Motor Car Corner, Nine Elms, Oxford Road, The Huts Military Cemetery, Tidworth, Underbill Farm and Wimereux. The inspector .is desirous of delivering those on hand before receiving any more, and will therefore be glad if relations who have applied for photographs and have been duly notified of their arrival will call for them. Reporting to the quarterly meeting of the Auckland Provincial Patriotic and ; War Relief Association, the Veterans'' Home Committee stated that the home j and grounds were found to be in good condition with the exception of the front steps and pillars, which needed attention. The paths also required to be attended to. It was decided to en- j dorse the committee's action to call i tenders for the work. "There is a roan on the Foxton line with one arm and one leg who is quite a good shunter," stated Mr. J. J. O'Shea, j stationmaster, at the shunting inquiry ' at Palmerston North. "I don't want that to be recorded in the evidence, though," lie added, smilingly. Several of the residents of the Teterants' Home are in receipt of the Old Age Pension. Last session Parliament granted an increase of 2/6 per week to those receiving the pension, but pensioners who were resident in such institutions were not paid the increase. The Veteran."' Home Committee of the Auckland War Relief Association communicated with the Government on the matter and the matter has been attended to by special legislation being passed this session. ,