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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 216, 12 September 1925, Page 8

Reporting on his recent visit to Duncdin to inspect Auckland's Court at the Xew Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, * ' 7' G ' Price - hon - architect to the Auckland executive, said that very fewpeople in Auckland realised the ma<niitude of the work being undertaken. Ihere would be an area of over 5600 sq ft in the Auckland section. This would be subdivided among North Auckland Auckland. Waikato, King Country and the Bay of Plenty. Mr. Page stated he estimated the cost of the work would be between £1300 and £140.0. It was decided to adopt the hon. architect's plan and to call tenders for the work. The annual report of the superintendent oi the Wellington City Fire Brigade up to. March 31, 1925. stated that"the estimated loss of property not covered by insurance was £1985; "the estimated PJ°P ert 5" covered by insurance £55..030, the estimated value of property on which fires occurred £1 196 023 Of the total fire loss for the year' the fires which occurred at Messrs". Harold •r r< \ Wn TT S - ,° n Lambton Quay, and Messr* T. A. Wells, of Taranaki Street, were the most extensive, and responsible for th» loss of approximately £25,353. There is plenty of firewood going to waste in the vicinity of the sawmills situated along the Main Trunk line During the winter months it would b» very welcome to poor families in the City of Auckland and elsewhere for that I matter. Freight is the stumbling block : and on account of the charges involved it would not pay to send it here Whilst the "Star's" special representative was in the King Country recently it was noticed that long trains" of emptY trucks were proceeding north and soutL and the opinion was expressed by sawmillers that it was a pity some of the empties were not loaded with the waste timber and taken to the city. It was stated at yesterday's meeting of the executive of the Auckland Pro°vmeial Court a t the forthcoming X ew Zealand and South Seas Exhibition that Rotonia had decided to sent valuable Maori curios and other trophies to be placed in the Auckland Court at Dunedin. A proviso was made, however, tha* the exhibit should be insured a«rain«t loss by fire and also that reasonable care should be taken of it. The executive ceaded to give effect to the requests. A paper prepared by Mr. R. W Firth -M.A., on "The Maori Carver." will be wf.f 1 c me - etiDg ° f - the Anthropoogieal section oi the Auckland Institute by Dr. Buck on Monday night. The ecture, which will be illustrated with antern slides, takes place in the biological theatre of the University College and is open to the general public. ' In some of the King Countrr sawmill townships there are most up-to-date telephone facilities. Lines extend in all directions out in the bush and alongside all tram tracks. The modern mill maimger is constantly in touch with every: part of the plant during all hours of the cay and night and knows at once if! anything untoward happens. Agricultural operations in the Wai kato have been considerably hampered by freqlent rains durin? the last few weeks '' and cultivation is practically at a standstill owing to the wetness of the soil \\ inter root crops are practically finished and. due to a late spring, many farmers are short of feed. In a case against a man in the Police Court yesterday for pillaging cargo from ships in Auckland, one of the charges was in respect of one hundred , pounds of butter. This should have ■ been ten pounds.

When the Limited express arrived at Auckland this morning she wag a fall train. It was anticipated that the 7.10 a,m. Frankton-Auckland ordinary train, • Which arrived here on time, at 11 a.m., ■would be full also. Aa a matter of fact such was not the case and it appears that the Waikato people were not keenly interested in the two big football matches in Auckland to-day. A leaking case of benzine on a lorry j was carried into the store of Messrs. I Sutherland and Pearson, forwarding j agents, Fort Street, at about 12.30 p.m. to-day, and placed near a drain in a corner of the building. The spirit suddenly burst into flame. The City Fire I Brigade was summoned and extinguished j the fire with chemical?. It is thought i that- a cigarette -butt was the cause of i the ignition. In the Magistrate's Court at Manaia ! a constable said he had not seen the i number of the cycle, but had reeog- | nised a speeding motor cyclist. "1 ; suppose, constable," , said Mr. A. VV. j Mowlem, S.M., "that it was owing to ! the wretched green and white number--1 plate atrocities which the authorities I have plastered over our cars. It is absolutely and totally impossible for the police io identify an offender who ji≤ breaking the by-laws, and the best ! police officer in New Zealand could not identify the offender if he was a hundred yards away. The plates are absolutely atrocious, and if the plates on j cars are bad, those on motor cycles are j infinitely worse. It is certainly beyond ! question that they are abominably obscure.' . In the hope that it will "interest some of our Xew Zealand road makers." a correspondent forwards to the WelI lington "Post" the following extract describing one of England's roads: The finest road in England, and proof against the necessity of repairs, even under the heaviest traffic, for fifty years —that is the description of the new Great West Road. It will have taken four and a half years of intensive and scientific work to make, at a total, cost of £I,ooo,ooo—an average of £125,000 a mile, or over £70 a yard. It is 120 feet wide, and is constructed as follows: A foundation of twelve inches of broken pieces of concrete, brick, and stone; above that nine inches of reinforced concrete; and above that two inches of compressed natural rock asphalt. All sewers, water mains, and cables are at the side of the Toad, so that there is no danger of any sinking or damage or unevenness, owing to over-great pressure. The existing method of grading dairy sheds was strongly censured by Mr. W. G. Short, when speaking at a meeting of the provincial executive of the Dairy Farmers* Union at Palmerston North. At present, he stated, there were only three classes —good, fair and bad —and that did not allow sufficient 6cope for the inspectors, especially when they were instructed to grade ac good only particularly well-appointed and kept shops. The result was that vary few were graded good, although the inspectors could not say in what possible manner some other sheds might be improved to lift them out of the "fair" grade. It was decided to request the Department to increase the classification in order that the existing unfairness of the system might be removed. That the ventures .of some of the private bus-owners, who started services in the suburbs in opposition to the tramways, have not proved successes, has been shown on more than one occasion I recently. Further evidence is given in this evening's issue of the "Star." Mr. C. J. Mahon. who has been running buses lin Remuera. informs the residents of that i suburb that, from Monday, his service I will be discontinued. { A collision occurred in front of the Waikato Hotel, Hamilton, yesterday j between a lorry driven by Tony i Lovrich and a herd tester named I Horace Pearson, on a motor cycle. ' j Pearson wae rendered semi-conscious, I his injuries being chiefly to the muscles '• and knee?. The cycle was badly knocked I about. The damage to the car was of a j i minor nature. . i Xon-observance of the regulations' regarding the affixing of a label showing I the weight of coal in sacks delivered by ' him led to &. carrier named J. Mcc being : convicted and ordered to pay costs, at the Hamilton Court yesterday. Defendant pleaded ignorance of the regula- I : tions. I At a meting of the Commercial I Travellers' Association, held at Wellington to celebrate the 34th anniversary of ' the founding of llie association, the Prime Minister, who attended, reviewed the formation of the association in the Dominion, and commended its work. He paid a tribute to the magnificent work i undertaken by the association during the war period. Taking fright at an object on the road, ! a horse attached to a gig, in which Mr. and Mrs. J. Enwright were driving at Newstead (Hamilton) yeeterday. bolted. The gig was overturned, and both occuI pants thrown out. One of the wheels passed over Mrs. EnwTight's body, and she sustained injuries which will'necesj sitate her being confined to bed for Several weeks. Mr. Enwright escaped : with a shaking. The Wellington City Council confirmed the by-laws relating to the control of motor-bus traffic, and these will ■become operative on October 1. There was considerable discussion over the question of sight-seeing buses in midcity streets, but it was the opinion of the council that no distinctions could be made. At the Unitarian Church to-morrow night at seven o'clock the Rev. A. Thornhill. M.A.. lectures on the earliest "life" of Christ in the light of recent critical research, with special emphasis upon the way in which the miraculous element first entered into Gospel story. In order to cope with the large increase m railway traffic at Auckland the officials had to make arrangements for 3800 odd special trains to be run last year.