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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 137, 11 June 1926, Page 6

As a murk of appreciation of the services of Mr. .1. Carlaw, formerly waterworks engineer of the City Coiinei!. the council decided Inst night to appoint him tii the position of honorary adviser to the Waterworks Committee. A letter from Mr. Carlaw Inst night stated that liis relations with the council had always been of so cordial a nature that he would he »lad to do anything in his power in any I'liitTgoiic-y. The council, at a previous meeting, decided to express its appreciation of Mr. Carlaw's work at the time of the breaks in the pipe lines last month. A remit from the Tlikurangi Dairy Company, urging thai when export htttter was being graded the brands should be extinguished from view, came Up for discussion at the North Auckland Dairy Conference yesterday. One of the delegates said that the suggestion was useless. Mc added that im one occasion a μ-nidcr had boasted that he could pick the butter from any North Auckland factory by tasting it. A test was arranged, and the grader successfully named nine of ten samples, the unidentified sample being a pat of homemade butter which was added in order to make the test more diilienlt. It was a statement that led another delegate to remark that he knew a factory manager who claimed that by smelling'I ho cream he could tell which farm it came from. An important contract from the Ministry of Public Works for Egypt for the supply of pumping machinery for use in connection with the main drainage of Cairo, has been secured by a British lir.n in competition with the whole world. The machinery is to be installed in the new Amiria Station at Cairo. and will consist of three main pumping unit- each of .Viii hor*e-power and one smaller unit of .X.'ill horsepower. The pumps. of centrifugal type, will be driven through bevel gears hv Diesel engines. The contract includes' also the supply of three .111 kw. electric generating sets, automatic measuring apparatus, and fuel storage and distribution system*. The whole of this important work, which will be representative of the best modern practice, mid will be one of the most up-to-date stations in the world. has been entrusted to Messrs. W. If. Allen. Sons, and ( r>.. Ltd., of Bedford. This contract represents a sum of £5:5.000. Sear.-li has begun in Ensiani for traces of old Kin.' Harold, nicknamed "Harold Harefoot." who died in 1040. In Toiiley Street, near London Bridge, workmen have started digginar in the o!d graveyard of S , . Olave's Ch'irch, near by. to remove the caskets which have rested there hundreds of years. Authorities say it is <|iii:e likely that what n mains of one of Knsland s early kings may be buried there. The original of St. Olave's war- built more than 000 years ago. Harold, whom tradition links with the old cemetery of St. Olave's, was the younger of C.imite. the Danish king of Kngland. On Wednesday evening a most enjoyable social was t.ndered to Mr. W. K. Parry. M.P.. Auckland Central, by a large number of his constituents. Mr. (ieorge Lylej'at presided. The evening was devoted to musical items and dancing. During t!:e supper adjournment Me>dames Mcf.'regor and Doonin. on behalf of those assembled, presented to Mr. Parry a handsome t ravelling companion as a token of appreciation for his services to the electorate. The guest of the e\ei'ing suitably replied. Messrs. Savage. Lee. .lurdon «"d Biirtrain also addressed the gathering. The Hokkaido, the scene of tin , latest disastrous volcanic outbreak in Japan, is the name given to a group of islands to the north, and the ltvnlity is interesting in many ways. This is the home of the Ainu race, descended through the dark mists of antiquity from the original people of Japan. Henry Savage-Laudor relates that in Tokachi district I where the outbreak occurred) he expected to find i lie purest types of the hairy race. Instead of encountering cannibals, he found the natives to beggood-n t nred and gentle, showing Aryan characteristics. Bobbed-haired women will be almost unknown within five years. Archibald (!. Smith, of Buffalo, predicted in a speech before the delegates to the convention of the Southern Whole-ale Drygoods Association at New Orleans. "All fashions go in cycles of about seven ye-i's. although some la-t longer." 'asserted Mr. Smith. "Five years neo bobbed hair was a rarity. Only in the pa-t two or three years has it become almost universal. We manufacturer* of hairpins, though the fashion has undeniably struck a blow to our business, mc confident from authentic information thai live year* frnmto-day a bobbed - hnired woman will be almost unknown in the United States.'' At last night's smoke concert tendered to dairy factory representatives and others 'by the Auckland Winter Kxhibition authorities, the singing of "find Save the King."' was a feature. The proceedings opened with the National Anthem and 'lie men stood and sang as if they meant every word they said. Visitors, who were in no way connected with the industry and who were the guests of the association, remarked upon the manner in which that large body of men put their heart into that singing. Xine Auckland bands are to visit Onehunga to-night,, to render a programme of music in order to raise funds to assist the Onehunga Town Band to pay off the balance due on their new instruments. A burglary was committed at Paerata a couple of nights ago. when the store and post office of Mr. T. A. ('order was broken into and about £3 worth of goods stolen. The mail matter, it is stated, was not tampered with. An Auckland Grammar School boy has won distinction at thjs year's Winter Kxhibition. His name is S. ]). Beckett, of Onehunga. and he secured first prize in the open class for lettering in black and white in the art -competitions.