Gossip From The Queen City.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17882, 25 June 1926, Page 9

Gossip From The Queen City.

TOPICAL NEWS OF THE DAY FROM AUCKLAND.

(Special to the “Star.”) AUCKLAND, June 25. Perfection in Schools. A number of remits from school committees in the province wiil come before the Primary’ Schools Committees’ Association at its annual meeting on Tuesday’. Morrinsville asks that as pupils attending technical schools receive tuition in book-keeping, shorthand and typewriting the same facilities should be extended to centres where there is a district high, but no technical school. Newton asks that the Board or Department have a telephone installed in each primary school, that education be made absolutely free and that the compulsory learning of swimming be added to the school curricula. Stanley’ Bay suggests that the Department be asked to supply’ paper towels and liquid or powder soap and containers for use in primary schools. Concrete Laying Record. Roads were the dominant note in the early stages of a meeting of the Devenport Council. The contractors for the Calliope Road job reported its competion and claimed a record for concrete layung of 440 square yards a day. Lucky Packets. Harold David Caro, manager of the Great Bargain Stores, was charged at Hamilton with establishing a scheme in which prizes were given as the result of a chance. Another charge was of disposing of an overcoat Valued at £3 to Detective Culloter by allotting it by chance. The cases are the outcome of a “lucky’ packet” scheme by the firm mentioned. The case was adjourned for a fortnight on defendant’s application. Jemmy at Work. The epidemic of burglaries continues, despite the recent successes of the detective staff, who have arrested the culprits in quite a number of cases. Two more shops have been broken into. They are: Mr Wiles, chemist, in Parnell Road and the butchery establishment of Cooper and Parkes in the same road. In each case the doors were forced open with a jemmy. The thieves secured the sum of £2 10s from the till in Mr Wiles’ shop, but did not carry away any* booty* from the butcher’s. There was nothing but meat there. High Tension. An electric storm raged for nearly two hours at the Devonport Borough Council meeting. A short circuit developed between the May r or, Mr T. Lament and Councillor J. Hislop over the signing of an agreement between the Borough and the Waitemata Power Board. Alternating current sparks generated with considerable energy and warmth, other councillors present acting as shock absorbers. After a good

deal of discussion a motion was carried that the matter be held over until a special meeting on Monday evening, the Mayor giving an undertaking to place no obstruction in the way of absolutely finalising the whole question. Ten Men on 64,000 Acres. George Alfred Wynne, who walked off 1054 acres in Waimarino County, obtained under the Discharged Soldiers’ Settlement Act, filed yesterday. He stated to the Official Assignee that he had been farming before going to the war on hilly sheep country. He had a look at the block before going on it. There were 64.000 acres in the whole block. There were only about ten men left on it. Half of those could not have made a “do” of things had they been experienced farmers. The Government sent the Revaluation Commission to see his property and that body had suggested that he should receive compensation and be given another place, but this had not been done. Bankrupt obtained an outside expert’s opinion concering the property and had been advised to get put. Expenses cost him about £2OO a year. He had put approximately £SOO of his own money into the farm. Auckland League Team. (Special to the “ Star.”) AUCKLAND, June 25. The following is the League team to represent Auckland against South Auckland to-morrow: — Full-back, Dufty: three-quarters. Brown, B. Davidson, Delgrosso; fiveeighths, Cole, Wetherall; half-back, Peckham; forwards. O’Brien, Townsend. Singe, Hutt, Clarke, Avery (captain). Reserves—Kirwan, Littlewood, Poison. Gregory; forwards—Payne, Herring, St George. At a meeting of the council of the New Zealand Rugby League, Mr R. J. Stirling, one of the selectors, asked permission to include Carroll and Desmqnd, of Wellington, in the South Auckland team to play Auckland tomorrow. The chairman stated that as time was precious, he had taken upon himself to refuse permission. He did not consider that the team that played against Wellington on Wednesday should be altered, and thought it unfair to dissociate any Waikato players. It was pointed out that the games were trials arranged to pick the best plavers, and the selectors must be of opinion that Carroll and Desmond should be given an opportunity to prove their worth. While the matter was being discussed, the secretary of the South Auckland League telephoned for permission to put another player in tomorrow's South Auckland team. This request was granted. The council endorsed the action of the chairman and refused Mr Stirling’s request.