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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 154, 29 June 1907, Page 4

The following is Captain Edwin's weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:—"Moderate to strong westerly winds; glass rise slowly; probably very cold night." The advisability of ladies learning to be able to render first aid was proved last evening, when a waiter who had been attending the tables at a wedding breakfast at" Northcote had the misfortune to cut his hand very severely. The wound bled profusely, and had it not been for the prompt work of a lady present very much more bleeding and suffering would have occurred. The lady, in spite of her delicate bridesmaid's attire, attended to the wounded hand, and bound it so well that the flow of blood ceased almost immediately, much to the relief of the sufferer. • At the meeting of the Educational Institute yesterday afternoon, Mr. Ohlson mentioned that he had received information that a cricket team of New South Wales teachers would visit New Zealand in the Christmas holidays. The matter of arranging for matches with teams of Auckland teachers was left.in his hands, and all teachers interested will communicate with him. The appeal council cf the New Zealand Rugby Union has upheld the appeal of the Auckland Referees' Association made , by them through the New Zealand j Referees' Association; that .is to the effect that a player throwing in from •touch cannot play the ball himself until it has been played by another player. This decision will be strictly carried out in future. Music tea*:her3 and intending candidates for the forthcoming practical examinations held annually by the Associated Board of the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music are reminded that entries close with the local secretary, Mr. H. J. Edmiston, 139, Queen-street, on Monday next, July Ist. Mr. A. White, of Birkenhead, had a nkrrow escape from drowning last night. He was walking to the Northcote ferry tee, but took the wrong turning, going to the right instead of to the left, and fell over the side of the wharf. Mr. Grant, of the Customs Department, who was coming down the wharf, heard his cries for help and threw- a lifebuoy to Mr. White, who got hold of it and was hauled out of the water by or three young men. Wfien Mr. T. Ronayne, General Manager of Railways, was last in Auckland | he was by a deputation of Ellerslie resr*rfl3»f who brought under his notice a series of resolutions passed at "a public meeting asking for an adjustment of the time-table, giving a more frequent and rapid service, a general reduction of fares, both daily and season in all classes, the removal of all restrictions as to the limit of time in which 12 and 50-trip tickets may be 'used, and that workmen's weekly tickets be available by any ordinary tram. The reply received to-day deals mainly with the time limit for 12 and 50-trip tickets. Mr. Ronayne states thaf when these were originally introduced the 12-trip were available for one week, the 50-trip single for a month, and the 50-trip family for two months. Since then the time of the availability of the 12-trip tickets had been extended, but the fares had not been increased. There must necessarily be a time limit in respect to all tickets, and he was of opinion that the period during which the tickets were available was already a liberal one, and he regretted that in view of the low fares charged he could not see his way to grant a further extension of time. Yesterday afternoon the pupils of St. Stephen's native school, Parnell, accompanied with the principals, Messrs. A. Wilson, and W. L. Weiss, panl a visit of inspection to the Colonial Sugar Refinery at Chelsea. They were courteously shown over the works by Mr. Jas. Harris, who explained the different processes through which the raw sugar is passed before it is refined.

In order to direct attention to the extent and quality of his stock, Mr A. G. Bartlett, jeweller and optician, of Queen-street, will bold an accumulating discount sale. By this method a number of articles of value will be offered at a reduction of 10 per cent, and will be further reduced 10 per cent each week until disposed of. During this sale every article will be subject to a reduction of ten per cent.

The general manager of the ,Nortle tß L Steamship Company (Mr. C. RaS has forwarded to Messrs. P C rZ*J£P., Eetemeyer, Malcolm Wfflison Bros., of Kawhia, thanks and commendation for the tion they took in assisting the shitwrecked crew of the.ULfated steamt Kia Ora. Mr. Retemeyer, remarkable feat in travelling over rouft. country between Marakopa and Kawlda ■With intelligence -of the wreck. He left Marakopa at 4.45 p,m., and despite M trackless bush country, and a nitch cUrk night, he succeeded in reachmKawhia by 8 pjn. The journey -wit never performed in the same^timi' beiore under such conditions and the settlers round about state that it was nothing short"'of" marvellous The passengers and erectile Kia Ora have already «xnre_._i their gratitude, in the Press towards the Kawhia settlers for the , they extended to them. ". • Speaking at the capping ceremoriv at Victoria College, Wellington, the Hon <j Fowlds, Minister for "Education, said in future it was intended to grant scholarships for original investigations into mat ters pertaining to the industries -of :JW Zealand. There was great seope'ur__ sphere of study for the". colony's y6S« men. ■ , :■ .

A fire at Matiere, early in :the iWeek resulted in considerable damage to-tts house of Mr A. Hammond Hyde, 'a saw" • miller. The family had retired Tvhen'ths fire broke out, but with the assistant • of the .neighbours, the flames were extinguished before the place was destroy, cdi The outbreak is said to have beeV due to a defective--- flue.. The' house'was damaged to the extent of ,£48,.-and fla furniture £28. The insurance oj_ : ths building .is £300, and on ti>S £250, in the Norwich Union XJqmp.any' Referring to the launch .of 'the .£s7. Maori last month, the .'Thanbartoa Herald" says:—"For the last tflirty Dumbarton has been building .sMps-lor the Union Steamship Company .of New Zealand, and these ships. Have'made.'tEa names and fame of Denny* and Dumbarton- well-known in ' Of this great steamship company Sum- . barton, as well as 'New- ZeakWji'has great reason to be proud.' Ott"!our part, it has asked from us a type of;ghip always the best of its ia New Zealand and Austailjan Waters, and in the Pacific Ocean,-,tbese steamers •have maintained seriras, which.have-been of incalculable colonial advantage!•'•" ". The speeches at the ative of, the great wps.Slr!;James Mflls has done, and is doing, 'hVlhls. .dapafcity.of managing director of; M Won7:Com* pany. In this connection-*e'donqt exaggerate when we say that.' Mr! ""Milla •has been one of the men New Zealand, and that-the.-Empire-buili-ing to his credit,.really-Imperialism-•©! the best type, might long ere this have xvorthily been brought to 'the": notice" of His Majesty the King." ~!•:,,-.'■. I Comparisons between musical .cultuTS in New Zealand and Australia■' wets made in the "Lyttelton'Times''"the other day by Mr. Spencer Lorraine, a 'member of the largest musical directorate'in. London, who is on a holiday ; --*risit! , t6'-.thi3 country. He said- that -he'had not been ' so much impressed with the standard! ; bf music in Australia as in* New/Zealand. Australia leaned too much ..oh. Helba's name, and was more concerned •with\r&* membering that*, the country hari [produced this marvellous singer than with educating the general' musical taste. It displayed less interest/in;natii*; ral musical ability and the. cultiyatioa , of music as an art than in recording the performances of a few individual .musicians. Here it was different,7 for he had found in New Zealand, the veiy greatest enthusiasm in the cause',of 'mdsfc!. During his run through New. Zealand, he had heard some very fine singers, bat • in!the majority of cases they, did, .riot \jiow>,a Ettle' bit Sow io ' sing. TheyTiKuTtie .organs,, but they TuuT'nbt" the" proper musical education. ' . .77 In Africa the wattle plantations;-.a* made to yield very profitable' retunji ■from land devoted exclusively to-tiie",3B-dustry. The trees mature early, jftifi yield three tons of -bark, to the : .aare, worth about £5 per ton. In later years the plantation becomes,more productive,for in the first "harvest" "every alternate tree is stripped, a-hd this allbws more nutriment area for the remaining •trees, which a year later give as much as four or five tons to the acre. "Wattlegrowing should "be a successful industry in New Zealand, says a Southern newspaper, especially if carried on where a sale for fencing posts and firewood can be found. It is claimed that .in. the Auckland province wattle plantations yield 1000 posts' to the acre, besides .bark, and a considerable amount of firewood. A learned discussion anent the respective values of those who teach Latin and those who know Greek took place at the last meeting of the Dunedin University Council. Some weighty -and .excellent arguments were advanced pro ajad eon, but, after all had been ... said, ■&-#& peared that while there are, plenty of rhen to be found with a knowledge of at their finger ends, those who, would ,teach Greek' in the higher comparatively ggpeaking, few. ...»

At Oamaru last January a magistrate •dismissed: an information laid by..- the Collector of Customs at Dunedin against the master of the dredge Timaru ~i or proceeding to sea without a full creWi holding that she was not:a ship engaged in the Home or the, intercolonial trade. On appeal Mr. Justice Williams held that the dredge came within the-defini-tion of a Home trade ship. The ,ye?sel was employed at the time to which the information applied on the voyage between Timaru and Oamaru. His Honor said the whole scope of the Act showed that the character of a ship must be determined not by what it was gener? ally used for, but with reference to a. particular voyage actually undertaken or proposed to be undertaken. The cast must go back to the magistrate, with the instruction that the dredge mart carry the complement required by section -54 for a ship with regard to her tonnage and horse-power. The Mayor of Auckland, Mr. A. itMyers, has received the following reply from Sir Joseph Ward to the "welcoinfl home" message sent to the Premier ;bn his return:—"l thank yourself and the citizens of Auckland most sincerely for Che kind welcome, which is much appreciated by Lady Ward and myself.-It-is most gratifying to mc to receive■sueb evidence of the approval of my efforts as are contained in your telegram. Such warm expressions will nerve mc on .to. further efforts to do what is in the best interests of the colony. With you, J regret that the opportunity was not afforded mc of meeting the people of Auckland. However, I trust the pleasure is only deferred. Bond regards., It is worth a great deal to be sure that you need not be tortured by head; ache. You will know this if you hav.e * box of Steams' Headache Curt at ha*ld for it cores all headaches quidd***-" >d*rt.

Boating Ctab- held annual ball in the Royal e ™=- .? c haU was ■Salty decorated for the occasion, features of the decoration SSgigs suspended, crossed oars, of the various Auckland Amongst those present were Mr. j_-fe%Sr (Commodore), Mr. W. G. | &nith (Vice-commodore), with Mr. s-riihand the representatives of the S ffi other local clubs and the Auck-1 Showing Association. The guests about 300, and the fjmction highly suceessrul one, reflecting credit on the executive rZnJttee, which comprises Mesdames £_ft_r and Endeaiu and the Misses J^___ re Richards, Kirkby, Green, Kirkwood and D. Roberts; Messrs.HuddleZ.. ne Anderson, Westray, Robins, Short Metcalfe, and T. Richards, who, Surthe hon. secretary (Mr. W. Scale). are to be congratulated on the success gchievedj. small tramcar, No. 48, which left •Queen-street just before 5 p.m. yesterday blocked the traffic for nearly twenty niautes on Parnell rise. The rails were •wry greasy, and the car, although not voided, came to a standstill when half-a-v up the hill. Of the three other cars behind, the first finally advanced to the assistance of the car in distress, ,__ failed to make matters any better, __th cars slipping backward down the y_ for some distance. Many of the alarmed passengers disembarked, preferring to make the rest of the journey on fort. Both cars subsequently returned to the foot of the hill, and, on the next esay.tbe incline was successfully negotiated.

jjjorrnation has been received by the jolice at Thames of the sudden death iTsea-vesville of a man named John Biaiond, aged about 60. Deceased ap"wared to be in good health when last sa__ on Thursday, but he was taken ill 'fonng'the right, and although he re"ceived every possible attention from neighbours, died about nine o'clock yes-terday-morning.

1 _ac '•New Zealand Times" says thai tlera was sold by private treaty last flax property at Kereru at a gum -ffhich gives a fair idea of tie great jisealUi in the native product The pro-. aerty comprises 430 acres, 100 acres of pbich is waste, and the purchasing price jras i 32 10/ per acre. About nine years ago it changed hands at £ 7 an acre. It is staled that for a run of eight or _&__ -mouths during the past season the miller leasing the property paid in rent and royally £ 1750. The rent was £"32, gad the "balance was mere royalty. But w ii£'BßkßS this return from the property lanaikable is that the royalty -was only j& .eighty acres. Thus the owners lecorcd a loyalty of £22 an acre for a • native'piodnet growing in a swamp and uerer calibrated. Of course, the flax can only he iarvested every three years, but even then, it is a wonderful revenue irom a product'upon the production of which nothing' has been expended. The purchasers, of the property were a PalmerBtan and Rangitikei syndicate. Erere has been an outbreak of sneakfiiieving lately, says the Star" ((Bnnedin), and some particularly mean thefts have been recorded. But the palm for contemptibleness goes to a Newtown person. An individual whose cheekiness was second to only to his meanness actually appropriated the globes from the electric reading lamps that are placed tipon the library tables. The petty must have pocketed the globes durdaytime. Mr. "H. Baillie, chief Bnricipal librarian, can show a couple 2 valuable books that have been greatfymutilated in the .reference department, ifcout a dozen pages have been abstracted from each volume, probably by persons desiring to use them as "cribs" in'esaniinauions. Mr. Baillie states that Jwoks on technical education, especially engineering, are particularly liable to be pillaged, by sneak-thieves. These persons are very cunning, but now the library has been altered to give' the officials good Eiations for taking observations.

When the Minister for Marine vis,.&d Tauranga-in April, a deputation of , line "fishermen waited oh him, requesting that no trawling .be permitted within three miles of the shore. Mr. Millar 'saw the'justice of'their request, and a notice giving effect to it appears in this Week's -Gazette" as follows: — "No person shall haul or use a trawl-net for ; the purpose of taking fish in that por,/tion of the Bay of Plenty which is with.in three miles of the high water mark ■nf. ordinary spring tides of that portion <if the mainland lying between the northern head of the Whangamata River entrance and Koronohina Point, as the Said portion of the Bay of Plenty is de/■lineated.pn the plan marked MD 3063 deposited in the office of the Marine 7Department at Wellington." Any person committing a breach of this regulation is liable to a penalty of not less Ipljj ■'■£.!, and not exceeding £20.

The delegates of local bodies interestMm the Arch TTill Gnlly drainage ques- : fa'on 2ne_ night, and decided not to ,:»iicidii£e a bill this session re the contraction of-a: sewer. The reason was /that this matter- will probably be included in the comprehensive drainage scheme of Auckland city and suburbs, several delegates expressed satisfaction "at the great improvement effected last ! summer when the gully was cleaned, and .a was practically decided that, pending the construction of a sewer, the local bodies with drains into the gully should combine to see that it is kept in such a, state as-to allow of the free flow of the sewage, by removing any slips that may occur or any obstruction. _-While going home from the Marist Brothers' School, Parramatia, near Syd~v?' tW ° lada ' Joim Grcwes an(i Samuel flaher, each twelve years, were skylarkm S> a nd by some means the blade of a - ?^ et knife aecide n% entered Maher's and punctured the- lung. The injured boy was taken back to the school, and attended by Drs. Waugh and Kearny'""h* 3 found him to be bleeding in*?nally, and in a critical state. Later hrs condition grew worse. Telegraphic advice has been received «y Inspector Cullen from Taumaranui to mc effect that a man named Thomas Janghan has been fined £50 and costs «r keeping liquor lor sale there, and jSIO and costs for introducing liquor ttto a Maori kainga. /.At a meeting of the Onehunga Congregational Church, held last night, the (Rev. J. __ Stoops, BA.)' redded his hearers that .the term of years for which he had been engaged as their pastor, would expire next v|® I ? t > and would terminate his minis«y m that church. If, however, the Hn 4- to ° k immedi a*e and vigorous teps to secure another minister, he (Mr. S*l WouU continue as their pastoc total the end of September. ■W^U ba:T<lue "WooDahra arrived at yesterday afternoon from reported .to be ashore recen %. and subeequeirtiy - W&W&P**, denied.