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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 205, 30 August 1926, Page 6

George Johnson, a, single man, rc.-iding at Clarke Road, Unehunga, was clnryed before Messrs. 11. J. Davips and J. Liking, J.l'.'s, in the OiK'liUiigu, Court with being drunk tin .Saturday. Sergeant J. A. Cruickbhank said dial Johnson 1 >v' a o did not appear) was picked up in a dazed 'condition at live o'clock on Saturday evening, near Royal Oak. Onehunua. lie had a deep cut on his forehead, which was supposed to have been caused by falling off a tramcar. Dr. \V. (i. IS ott saw him at the police station, and. iinding his condition to lie very seriom. ordered his removal to the Auckland Hospital. At the sergeant's request tho case was remanded for a week.

An unueual happening occurred during the Kugby game at Devonport on Saturday between Grammar Old Boys and North Shore. The Old Boys had scored and Knight converted with a line kick. Up went the umpires' flags, but referee Meredith's whistle remained silent. It was then noticed that a member of the Grammar team was changing his jereey on the ground—in front of Knight. No goal! The ruling made no difference to the result of the match, but, as one of the Grammar supporters remarked, "It might have done."'

While speaking at the annual meeting of the Wellington branch of the Navy League, Sir Joseph Ward referred to the League of Nations. "However perfect the machinery is made for the prevention of war," eaid Sir Joseph, '"we cannot lose sight of the fact that the British Empire is the biggest organisation of countries in the world, and the- most scattered in the world." We could not afford to go to sleep. There were 14,000 miles of water between New Zealand and the ONI Country, and whatever developments there were in the air and under the sea we could not afl'ord to allow the strength of the British Navy to dwindle. It waa thought by many that the next great struggle would centre in the Pacific Ocean. During the laet few day?, however, cable information had been received that Japan had abandoned emigration to Australia and Canada. If the cable advice was correct, then matters were made more hopeful.

Replying to a hearty welcome extended Ito him to "visit the ehed and give members conic advice and instruction" at St. George's Rowing Club's annual reunion on Saturday evening. Captain Lee, iof Ireland, a member of the Limerick

! Rowing Club and Shannon Boating Club j said, '"There isn't a sport going as row- ; ing. It is the real eport of kings and

gentlemen. The welcome extended mc toi night is like a call to an old soldier. It's ' a call no man can resist, and I will come down to theelied and help the club." (Loud applause.) "But," he added, "when I do get there you boys will have to work." ■ (Laughter.) The representative of those great Irish rowing clubs then proceeded to give good advice to young members and told some interesting stories of hie rowing daye at home, as well as incidents which had occurred in the trenches in I France.

A case of interest to farmers and stock dealers was heard by Mr. 11. P. Lawry, S.\l., in the Magistrate's Court at Christchurch on Friday morning, when Henry Thacker, eon of Mr. John Thacker, of Okain's Bay, was proceeded against by David James White, Inspector for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for having committed an unreasonable act. The complaint was that defendant drove a mob of catle from Okain's Bay to the Addington saleyards on July 21, using to assist him a collie bitch. On the night of the arrival at the saleyard.-s the bitch had a litter of pups, which defendant drowned, and took the bitch back with him as far as Motukarara. Melville E. Lyons, journalist (who recently contested the Lyttelton seat), gave evidence in support of the previous witnesses as to the flow of milk and the stoppage by immediately drowning the pups. He would have adopted the same course as Thacker. The magistrate dismissed the charge.

The question of what to do about husbands who go to Australia and "forget , ' their wives in Mew Zealand is sorely agitating the minds of the Social Wel-

fare Committee of the Wellington Hospital Board. The cost of bringing back to New Zealand such an absentee was

..tated to have gone up, like other things, and was now quoted at £45, and the question arose, apart from that of justice, whether it was worth it. The cost of maintaining a certain deserted family mentioned was stated to be £.\S a week, and it was doubtful whether the husband, if brought to book, could pay anything; so was the expenditure of £4.1 justified? Reciprocity with Australia on this queston, it was said, was being aimed at, and Government co-operation \yas wanted, as boards by themselves were not likely to make much progress. ''Of course, we never get the reverse— wives deserting their husbands." added one member with an olive branch look at the lady members of the board. "Xo,"' added another, "women know a good thing when they ha,ve get it. and 3tiek to-it."

The evening service at the Gipsy Smith mission last evening was broadmasted by IYA, and the experiment was reported from all parts of the district to have been a distinct success. In many of the suburban churches the congregations remained after the ordinary service, and enjoyed the Town Hall meetin 0 , . o _ i 't trite i p' — -

A motor bus, while proceeding down Symonds Street at half-past nine last even.ng, caught fire as the result of ihe exhaust pipe becoming overheated. Tin , passengers made a speedy exit. The City i'ire Brigade was summoned and the outbreak suppressed before any serious damage was done. The bus was able to proceed on its way.

Coal dust is not injurious to the lungs, breathed in in ordinary quantities, declared the Hon. W. 11. Mclntyre in tiio Legislative Council, in urgirrg the Government to require tu»o ventilating shafts to be installed in metal mines, as well as in coal mines. Jn he said, coal dust was a preventive of miners' phthisis, but in 99 cases out of IUU in which it was breathed in in quantities for a considerable time it led to a lingering and horrible death. lie said he had been breathing in coal dust for 34 years. It was highly desirable that the Mining Act should be brought into line with the Cnal Mines Act in respect to the use of fans.

The bush near Kaon in the Wlmnparou County, which the Kauri Timber C'oinuaiiy is arranging to cut, contains some 25 to ."JO million fort of kauri. Revival of the industry will mean a great deal to the Kai'o district. Tlio bush to be ilc'itlt with is about Ir> miles from Kaeo, and tlie Whan.iravoa County Council lias met th<3 coiijpany with mutual satisfaction in arrangements for laying a tramline to thp bu-h, a part of which line will travel over i lie county road. Whether the. timber will be willed at W'iiaiiirarna is nut yot detonnkicl. It is possible tluit (he fops may b< , raft'-d direct to Auckland. The period it will take to cut out the kauri ; s estimated fit ahnut live yours, and if a mill i=; ?et up there should tie work for something , like over a hundrpd men.

Disquieting reports regarding the health of Archbishop Julius, which have reached (.'lirislcliureli, are not borne out by a letter just received by Mr. (liarv'H Bean from his son. tin; Rev. A. Selwyii I'enn, vicar of Weasle, Manchester (suss

11 ie Christcliurcli "Press").. The. Rrv. Mr. Be:ui writes that on July -t Arch-lii.-hop |.lulius preached for him at St. Luke's, Weaste, celebrating Holy Communion lit S a.m., preaching at the morning service, giving a short address at the service, and procession in the afternoon in connection with the Sunday school anniversary, and preaching ag;.in in the evening. At all the services there were crowded congregations, and An , !.bishop Julius was described as in "wonderful form, and in splendid health."

The simple twist of a dial or two of a receiving set far down in the depths of one of the world-famous Jenohin Caves in the Ulue Mountains, and there rang out in the stilly silence of jjiant caverns the voice of a lady vocalist away in Brisbane. She had been broadcasted from station 4QG. The music, after travelling 600 miles over the ether, hud found its way through the great masses nf rock from which Nature lias fashioned these wonderful caves. This was not all. The words and the music were transmitted from the depth of the caves to one of the biir broadcasting stations in the city, and there rebroadra-t for listeners-in all over Australia. Xew Zealand, and the Pacific.

Superintendent Williams. of the Wanganui Kire Brigade, states tliat lie had a unique experience on Thursday afternoon. lie h;id just taken a visitor to the top of the Memorial Tower on Durie Hill when the earthquake commenced to rock the structure violently. "My word, it did sway." said the superintendent. ''I am used to climbing and rocking about on ladders." he added, '"but that is the best swing I ever had."

A Dunedin ironmaster of lengthy experience says that in all his career he has never known to "'black trade" to be so disgustingly slack as it is this year. Asked as to .the causes, he mentioned several important factors, laying emphasis on the statement that public bodies and the Coveriimcnt as well were too easily persuaded to import what they want rather than have it made here.