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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 142, 17 June 1926, Page 6

"You don't know what magistrates have to put up with sometimes from sporting lawyers," remarked Mr. Poynton when addressing the justices at the Courthouse last night. "If there is a big footbai' match on and a case is rot finished there is usually an application for an adjournment, and the most adroit arguments used to get the case put off till next day. It is only when the unsuspecting S.M. takes up his paper and sees the result of the match that he realises what has happened." A small boy named Raymond Henson, aged about 13 years,, of Oxton Road Edendale, was knocked off his bicycle in Dominion Road yesterday afternoon, and sustained severe cuts and bruising to his leg, which unfortunately was already only just making a good recovery after many years treatment for infantile paralysis. It appears that the boy was riding on Dominion Road about 5 o'clock when a motor lorry collided with him and the boy, falling underneath the lorry, was dragged along. He was attended by Dr. Coker and then taken home in a motor ear. The British system of appointing justices is an example for the world, was a remark made during Mr. G. P. Finlay's address in the Courthouse last night. America, he said, will never be the country she ought to be while she has elected justices, and till she realises that all her courts of justice must be as free from bias as it is possible to be. That state of affairs could never exist while sections of the community, by popular vote, could appoint the judges of the land. The British appointments led to that self-possession, spiritual contemplation and self-reliance so needful for the judicial mind. The method of apportioning seats in Education Board districts does not meet with the approval of the Wellington Board, which considers it inequitable and unfavourable to the rural areas. A motion to this effect was passed at yesterday's meeting of the Wellington Education Board, and the attention of the Government will be called to the subject, urging the necessity for amendment of the law so as to ensure just representation to the country districts. The American schooner, Margaret F. Sterling, which was recently "arrested" at New Plymouth, has new commenced to discharge her cargo, -which, it transpires, was wrongly attached, as the whole of the freight had been prepaid. ■Negotiations are now going on with regard to-the payment of the crew's wages, and an*early settlement is honr- f or . -

A meeting of the One Tree Hill Road Board was held last evening. Mr. R. G. Clark, the chairman, presided. A plan to relieve the overflow of sewage from properties in the vicinity of Wapiti Avenue and on Market Road, at a cost of £574, was submitted by the engineer and adopted, the engineer being instructed to proceed with the work. It was reported by the building inspector that the building permits issued last month represented £14,378. Sixteen were four-roomed houses valued at £13,685. The Legal and Finance Committee recommended that the board's architects be instructed to prepare plans for the remodelling of the offices. Thi9 was approved.

On Saturday a young man entered the Wanganui-Museum, and, while the custodian's back -was turned, unscrewed a show case containing a collection of coins and banknotes of various countries, of which there is a very fine collection. Whether the young man took good time to pick and choose, or whether he just grabbed a number and left, lias not been ascertained, but at any rate he certainly departed with a good selection. Although the notes are only officially valued at present by the police at 35/, for the purposes of prosecution, they may to a museum or a collector of curios be worth hundreds of pounds. They include notes of U.S.A. bearing the photographs of Presidents Lincoln and Garfield, and at the present time would be almost impossible to replace. The custodian of the museum and trustees were naturally very much concerned about the theft, and placed the matter in the hands of the police, the result being the arrest the same evening of a young man, a stranger to the town, who was brought before the magistrate and remanded for a week.

According to an item in the 41st annual report of the Auckland Sailors' Home, the shipwrecked crews of forty vessels have been received at the institution since 1804, during which year the steamer Wairarapa was wrecked on the Great Barrier under exceptionally tragic circumstances. During recent years the crews of the following ill-fated vessels have found accommodation at the home: Wimmera, Inverness, Cecilia Sudden, Helen B. StSerling, Wiltshire, Mesna, Karu, and Manaia, members of the crew of the last-named steamer being taken in last Sunday. Speaking at the annual meeting last evening, the president (Rev. E. C. Budd) said that it was a proud boast of the home that the management wae always willing to accommodate shipwrecked mariners reaching Auckland. On the arrival of the relief steamer from the Manaia wreck en Sunday last, motor cars had been waiting on the wharf to take members of the shipwrecked crew to the home.

It has for a long time been recognised that the city of Auckland, with regard to its present considerable size and its prospects of expansion, has not been sufficiently well equipped for dealing with the care and well being of its animals in the modern way. The newly formed Animal Welfare League, consisting or a large number of representative people, expect shortly to be taking over all the work in connection with animals which is now being done by the present S.P.C.A., together with that society's title. The Society for the Protection of Women and Children, of course, remains as a separate organisation. The league ie most anxious that funds should promptly come to hand from all animal sympathisers, as well as from those who wish to see this most esential work carried out in a manner befitting a city of the size and dignity of Auckland.

Decided opposition was expressed by the Birkenhead Borough Council last evening to small bodies being encouraged to borrow extensively, on the plea of unemployment relief, without reference to ratepayers. The Mayor, Mr. E. G. Skeates, said he had not given the suggestion a moment's consideration, nor did he intend to. He strongly held the belief that it was altogether wrong to saddle ratepayers with liabilities for loans without first obtaining their sanction. The Government, unfortunately, had induced a lot of people to come out to New Zealand for whom there was now no work, and was now looking to the local bodies to accept the responsibility of giving them employment. The Mayor's attitude was endorsed by the council, and it was made clear that no attempt would be made at Birkenhead to raise a loan in this manner.

For this time of the year the pastures in the Morrinsville district are looking particularly green and contain a fair amount of feed. The winter so far (our correspondent writes) has been mild, and although there have been a few heavy frosts, there have been few biting winds, so hard on pastures and stock. So favourable have been this winter's conditions that farmers have not had to draw heavily upon their supplementary supplies and the stock, generally speaking, is in good condition. Newmarket's contribution to the relief of unemployment will include the development of a reserve in Park Road that was recently given to the borough by the Outhwaite family. Mr. S. Donaldson (Mayor of Newmarket) suggested to the borough council last evening that plans be prepared for laying out two acres of the reserve as a park and children's playground. The members agreed that a playground was needed, and the Mayor's suggestion was adopted, on condition that the work be undertaken without delay. The funeral of Mr. ,C E. BevanBrown, formerly headmaster of the Boys' High School at Christchurch, took place this morning, including service in the Cathedral, says a Press Association telegram. The funeral was attended by thousands, including hundreds of old boys. The route along Worcester Street was lined by present scholars" in double rows. Wreaths were sent from all over the country.