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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 195, 16 August 1907, Page 4

The following is Captain Edwin's weather forecast at 12.23 p.m. to-day: — "Moderate to strong southerly winds: ela?s rise slowly; probably very cold night." A nuraW of prosecutions took place at the Police Court this morning against persons for boarding tramcars while they ■were in moliou. S-üb-lnspector Gordon Plated that in the interests of public i safety, and in view that people who waited for the cars at the recognised , stopping-places often crowded out | now by those who boarded the trams be- i ifiT Ihcy pulled up. it had been decided I ■>> enforce Ibe tramway by-law relating ;u boarding cars. His 'Worship | marked that Ihe bylaw was there, and ponspqupnliy it must, if necessary, be ' enf(.n.'d. H* lined each of The defend! an:.- 10 and costs 7 . expressing the) hnfif : fiat Mich a fine would be sufficient ! warn.na lo ; I'P public not to jump cars i nhili- in motion. The next offenders! would l>e more heavily dealt with. j I"arent> who send their children to private schools would do well to discover ; whether or not the. school is exempt under the -School Attendance Act,"' : otherwise they may find themselves before a magistrate charged with fail- I ing to send their children to a school j within the meaning of the Act. One idcicndant in a case this morning, charged with having kept his children away from school for the past 21 weeks. , .was somewhat bewildered to find that although during the whole of that period the children had lieen attending a private ■, school, jn the eyes of the law they had not boen to school at all, as the estab- i lishnient was not exempted, and the par- j ents were therefore liable. An explanation followed, in the course of which it transpired that the school in question had obtained exemption subsequent to | the prosecution. It is understood that I a number of private schools in and around the city are still unexempted. thus making the parents of children at- , tending them liable to prosecution. The inspector of Factories. Mr. E. A. IyCren. proceeded at the Police Court this morning against Robert Barber. ; carrying on business in Karangahaperoad as a baker, for failing to keep a ' substantially correct record of the weekly wages paid to each of his employees. The charges were laid under the Factories Act. lf>ol. and its subse- ' quent amendments. Mr. LeCren stated that the defendant had received several i warnings prior to action being decided upon in the Court against him. but he did not appear to have profited by them. a.= no satisfactory record whatever could be shown as to the earnings of his employees. He did not. press the major ! charge, nor for a heavy penally, but ; merely desired to have employers im- ! pressed with the necessity of keeping proper account of the earnings of their j employe,es. The magistrate decided to i fine the defendant £2 for each of five days. amounting to £10 and costs. j

The following tenders have been reppjved by Mr P. W. Croker. archjtwt. ; for a cottage. Alison's-avenue. DevonIport:— J. Smith. £442: Gravson Bros.. £438: E. Morris. £3P7: j'as. Morris, J £396 10 ; F. W. Eaton. £395; Brookes j and Lnger. £393: T. Percy. £359 10/: J. I Donald. £355: T. Moor. £367: Postles , and Hemus. £365: Millar and McKav j £3-30: H-. J. Oliver, £334. ) In connection with the inquest held j recently into the death of Mr. vT. S. i Heares. at Mount Eden Quarry, in -which i the jury brought forward the question lof an Ashford litter and first aid applii ances being kept at the. quarry the j Town Clerk (Mr. H. W. Wilson") re- ! ported that, telephones were already I close at hand in case of medical assisti anee being quickly required, -rc-hile he understood steps bad been taken by the j City Engineer to have first aid appli-1 : ances provided. The matter was referred jto the Streets Comittee.

Thin. pale, bloodless tromen need Steams" 'Wine to make new blood apd restore streagth. Does as much good as eodliver oil and iron and "tastes like tte -£aes£ fild Eoij,—AS?t,__

Professor Leacoek. of Canada, in the course of a lecture on -TEe British Em-I Pire of the Twentieth Century," criticised the -insignificant contributions" made by the colonies to the upkeep of the Navy. Speaking on the question of a united navy or separate fleets, he expressed the opinion that the first line of defence must be an Imperial navy owned by all the partners, ready to act at any point in the common interest. It appeared that progress would have to be made slowly towards an Ultimate goal of Imperial Federation. The institution of colonial conferences was an important step in this direction, but this scheme had its defects, because it was based on party government, and the united voices of "the countries were not represented. The Opposition parties in the Old Country and the colonies should be represented. A force against which true Imperialists should guard was the colonial nationalism which tended "to scorn things British merely because they were British." The estimated population of the colony of New Zealand on June 30 last was 974.663. including Maoris. 47.731: Cook Islands. 12.340. During June 1878 persons arrived in the colony and 2201 departed. The arrivals in the same month of 1906 were 2370 and departures 2212. At a meeting of the Westport Chamber of Commerce the following motion was carried: "In view of the recently expressed wish of the Lords of the Admiralty to establish a properly-equipped naval coaling station in the South Pacific, this Chamber urges upon the Government- the necessity for a report by a-n up-to-date marine engineer on the possibility of the further improvement of the harbour of \-estport, the present plans now completed, being designed by an eminent engineer 30 years ago. being practically out of date owing to the enormous improvement of mechanical appliances for dealing with alluvial deposits in rivers and bar harbours.*' Arthur WeUesley Nelson, the voumj man who left a. letter on the Sumner pirns a- few days ago stating that he intended to commit suicide, but of whom no trace has since been found by the police, -was called before the Supreme Court at Christchurch yesterday to answer an indictment that he "had sold lrugs tor an illegal purpose. He did not ippear. and the recognisances, two of £50 =>acn, were estreated. At its last meeting the Auckland City -ouncil decided to communicate with the ire Insurance Companies, asking them to tender for insurance on buildine-s ro this the National Union replied that hey were not prepared to tender, the lerinV tK_ v y We e for tenl«mg. the National that the South Bri~h if S T ai r r ° m P an *" **-onld quote on whalf of the insurance companies, and he London. Liverpool and Globe that hoy were not prepared to quote, as hey were a party i n the South British VTf U ° n <: The in --'--abie property otalled £64.539. Two tenders, one rom the South British Insurance Co be other from the New Zealand Co' rere received, and were referred to the! -inance Committee.

Despite the recent increase in the price 01 meat there was a very considerable increase in consumption during. last momh. according to the returns "of the municipal abattoirs, which show that the number of animals slaughtered was 640 bullocks. 2756 sheep. 190 calves, and pigs. The increase was 84 cattle 53S sheep, and 78 calres. pigs showing a' decline of 26. Five sheep, nine calves, and two pip were consigned to the boiling down factory.

j At last nighfs meeting of the City Council a letter was received from the I Town Clerk. Newmarket, stating that a I large pool of water had formed at Parkroad, at the entrance to the Domain I gate, and asking the Council to take j the necessary steps to remove the waiter. The engineer reported that the j road referred to was in the Newmarket j Borough Council's district, and. as such, . was repairable by them. At last night's meeting of the City | Council, a letter was read from the Town : Clerk. Newmarket, stating that a large pool of water had formed on Park-road at the entrance to the Domain gate, and ■ asking rhat steps be taken to remove it. The City Engineer reported that the j road in question was within the boundaries of the Newmarket borough. The Mayor said that this was a rather unusual application, seeing that the pool referred to was in the Newmarket borough. He assumed that someone had made a slight error in referring to this as being within the boundaries of the , City, and moved that a respectful letter be written to the Newmarket Council, calling attention to the fact that the | pool existed, and expressing the hope that as they had called the attention of j the City to the matter, that immediate steps w-ould be taken to have the pool removed. This was agreed to. In the course of the nautical inquiry j yesterday afternoon concerning the loss j of the scow Surprise, the Court obtained I a little insight into the amount of detail work devolving upon the officers of the Marine Department in surveying the' class of vessel under the heading of sailing home-trade cargo vessels. The I register was produced by Cant-in Attwood (assistant-superintendent of Mer-1 cantile Marine), and handed up by Mr. 1 Mays for the Court's inspection, and ! showed the careful supervision exercised by the superintendent (Captain Fleming) and his assistant. A peculiarity of the Auckland district, is that it can nearly always get up a battle of routes whenever the question of railway construction is raised. Years j ago there was a long battle between the Central and the Stratford routes for the j Main Trunk railway. More reeentlv there has been an agitation to run the j East Coast railway against the line north j of Auckland, and even with regard to the latter, there are those who would vary ! the original route. At a meeting of the ! council of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon, a letter was read suggesting that the railway to the Ohura should be brought from fe Kuiti via Pio Pio and Area to Keaeaea. and thence by I the Waitewhenus Valley to Mangaroa, instead of from Ongarue. Thi s matter was referred to the railways committee to report. The Americans have an expression ""Earning to beat the band." which was aptly illustrated last night at a concertThe roof of the har_ is of corrugated iron, and when an Auckland rain storm gets to work the noise is pretty considerable. A well-known 'cello play«r had a double forte rain storm acc&mpanime.nt to his solo, which was "both striking and effective, although a little more atention to light and shade would have pleased both tbe performer and the audience better. Tbe player struggled manfully, but the rain-storm won. ~Later on. a tenor soloist had to face a second attack, but found it difficult, to make the hearers understand 'Marrwelbon's "Brae's are bonny." when there was a continual fusilade of rain drops on the roof.

A letter was read at the meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon from Mr Chambers, pointing out that mails from Hawkes Bay. Taranaki. Wanganui, and Auckland, arrived in Wellington by the express at 7.15, and as the steamer left there at 6 p.m.. the mails were, delayed for 24 hours. He asked why could not the steamers sail at S pjrL, and ta.ke the mails on? The President (Mr. X. A. Nathan) said they did not entirely rely upon the Suez line, because they had the monthly service in Vancouver. Mr Gunson said the point of the letter was tnat the alteration suggested would save a day in Auckland. The proper course was to bring the matter under the notice of the Postmaster-General. It was decided to do so.

The Waitemata County Council recently applied to the Auckland City Council for a grant in aid of maintenance of roads in Waitakerei and Waikumete ridings. The loss of rates by purchase of lands for waterworks purposes was estimated at £91 3/7, in addition to which settlement had been retarded, The Streets Committee recommended that in view of the quantity of land acquired by the council for waterworks purposes, which was non-ratable, a grant be made, without prejudice, of metal to the value of £100. delivered at Mount Eden Railway Station for two years for the maintenance of the roads leading from the City to the waterworks. The Committee pointed nut that the City paid rates on the Xihotupu and "Waitakerei Park lands, and on the lands not vet used for waterworks purposes, amounting last year to £37 6/3.

As tenderers for the only steel design for the Grafton bridge. Messrs. John McLean and Sons, expressed the belief to the City Council, last night, that they were entitled to the premium of £ 100 offered, and asked for a cheque for the amount. The City Engineer reported : fc The condition imposed by the Council re the awarding of the premium states: "'" Provided such design comes up to a standard approved by the City Engineer, and that the plans become the property of the Council.' The Tesign submitted by the American Bridge Co.. through Messrs. McLean and Sons, was for an ordinary type of inverted Warren truss steel bridge of stock design, and was not accompanied by full stress diagrams of the calculated stresses or by a sufficiency of details to warrant mc in recommending an award of the full amount of £ 100 mentioned, especially as being the only one received for that class of material. Xo opportunity was afforded of judging as to its being the best or most economical." The report was adopted and the request declined.

'"Your Worship, gire mc a show," pleaded William Hamilton this morning., with the odd? looking heavy against him. "Give you -a chance;" replied the magistrate, "you are only just out of gaol, and you nre up again for drunkenness end breaking vout order." "Yes, your Worship, but I don't wish to go back to gaol. I a.m not on speaking terms ■with the gaoler, your Worship." The appeal, although it aroused the risibilities of the court-room, failed to divert inexorable justice, and back he went.

The Gisborne Harbour Board, at a meeting yesterday afternoon, increased the salaries of three officials by £25 and one by £50. the remark being made that the Boarc? could afford better payment to its servants, in view of the fact that a revenue of £13,500 -was being reaped from the ratepayers.

At the instance of the borough authorities, Joseph Frear was charged at the Magistrate's Court, at Hamilton, with having taken down a fence on Garden Place and removed the material. It was Etated that the defendant received a notice from the inspector of noxious weeds, which he interpreted into permission to pull down the fence. The magistrate (Mr Xortheroft) decided to look up the law on the qtfestion, in order to determine whether Frear was criminally liable. In a case against

Albert Rowell. charged with allowing pool to be played in his licensed billiardroom at Hamilton, the magistrate said that though a game in itself may be absolutely innocent, playing it for money was illegal. A fine of 40/ and 35/ costs was inflicted.

A fall of 25ft from a tree resulted in Kobert Scott, a middle-aged man living at Grahamtown. being admitted to the Wnangarei Hospital, sufferinf from an injured back and several broken ribs (says our correspondent). It appears that, he was sawing off a limb Of the tree, standing with one foot on the branch, which snapped suddenly, precipitating him to the ground.

The members of the committee who undertook the task of providing an organ Jor the Auckland Mental Hospital, wish to thank those who subscribed to the fiinda. The Eev. Z. C. Budd will endeavour to have the organ dedicated by the Bishop as soon as possible. The instrument, which cost £33. is now paid for and delivered. Mrs. Hamley has undertaken to provide an engraved plate.

Messrs. Wildman and Arey. Shortlandstreet. have received a large consignment of pictufe postcards of the celebrated pianist Madame Carreno. The retail trade may obtain supplies by applying at the firm's picture postcard shop, inside the Arcade.—(Ad.)

Upper shop open thi? evening till 9 pjn.. and to-morrow till 1 pjn. Lower shop open to-morrow till 9 p.m.. Sale closes Saturday. L-ast opportunity for 10 per cent special discount off sale prices, at John Court's. Ltd.. drapers and clothiers. Queen-street. —(Ad.)

Sale prices, less 10 per cent - special discount, to-day and to-morrow. The last days of John Court's. Ltd., most successful sale of drapery -and clothing (two shops), Queen-street. —(Ad.)

The last two days oi sale prices, less 10 per cent special discount. Upper shop open this evening till 9 p.m.. and to-morrow till 1 p.m. Lower shop (opp. 8.5. Z.) open t-o-mnrrow till 9 p.m. John Court. Ltd.. draper and clothier, Queen-street. —(Ad.)