Gossip From The Queen City.,

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17905, 22 July 1926, Page 4

Gossip From The Queen City.,

TOPICAL NEWS OF THE DAY FROM AUCKLAND.

(Special to the “Star.") AUCKLAND, July. 22 Brigade's Busy Day Yesterday was the Auckland Fire , Brigade's busy day. Though there was ■ no serious damage, no fewer than six fires were attended, besides three false alarms. To Relieve Unemployment. The State Advances Office has granted the Devonport Borough £20,000 for expenditure on urgent works for unemployment relief. The programme includes the construction of a sea wall along King Edward Parade and Vauxhal! Beach. A definite policy for the engagement of unemployed was adopted by the Council last evening: Mar-ried-men, resident in the borough, first; single men with dependents next. A Lucky Escape. L. Brierly. a tobacconist, had a miraculous escape from iniury last night in a collision in which Brierley’s ear struck the rear of a standing motor truck with such that the latter was carried forty feet along the road. It then broke away, clearing the path for the car to swerve and hit a telegraph post so heavily that the radiator was crumpled, the engine smashed, and the parts scattered in all directions. Brierly was alone in the car. There was no one on the truck. From Mission Stations. The Southern Cross, after a three months’ trip around the missionary stations of the South west Pacific, is due here, to-morrow, via Norfolk Island. Among the passengers arc the Assistant Bishop of Melanesia (Bishop Molyneux), the Revs. 11. L. Hart, A. Teall and W. Steel. Referee’s Clothes Stolen. The League referee at the Domain on Saturdav had the greater part of his wardrobe stolen. The executive last evening deferred . consideration of a proposal to pay £.3 compensation until Charity Day. There was considerable discussion as to responsibility during the progress of game 1 he chairman reported that the police had made every effort to detect the thieves. Jumped from Train. A bout between two youths on the

j rlatiorm of a moving train last night j near Green - Lane led to one. aged 14, j taking a leap to Mother Earth to side- } step a well-aimed blow by his adverI sary. After coming round the lad * reached home unaided, sorely bruised. Get Rid cf High Pitch. “Get rid of th:.t high pitch, and your music will be so much better," is the advice given to New Zealand singers and instrumentalists by Mr Arthur Jordan, the famous English tenor, who will appear in to-night’s production of "Faust” by the Choral Society. He observed that the New Zealand standard of music was surprisingly high. ' In Australia he had only been able to appear with orchestras and at miscellaneous concerts, but in tl fc Dominion he had ihc advantage of singing with the chief choral societies, both in operatic and oratorial works. They were performing modern masterpieces like Elgar’s as well as the great productions of the past. After a final admonition to get rid of that wretched high pitch, Mr Jordan predicted that ell New Zealand, in a few years, would want to hear the full toned soprano of Miss Whalley, of Palmerston North. Music Standard Higher. The medals won by the leading candidates at Trinity College musical examinations were presented this afternoon. The examiner, Mr Ronald Chamberlain, said that the standard of recognised examinations was constantly getting higher. He leaned towards stiff marking, which he was certain was the corect course in maintaining the value of diplomas. Practical rendering and artistic interpretation were essentials. He was glad to see a substantial increase in the elocutionary section, which showed that this study was coming into its own. Bankrupt Lost £3OO on Racehorse. At the bankruptcy meeting on Tuesday of a boardinghou.se keeper. Arthur Henry Sherwood, he stated that he had lost £3OO on one horse at Te Rapa. He was charged at the Magistrate’s Court this morning with three breaches of the Bankruptcy Act. Accused was committed for trial, bail being allowed in one surety of £IOO.