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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 27, 26 October 1907, Page 8

NOTES FROM OTHER CENTRES.

(FROM' OUH OWK .CORRESPONDENT.) AUCKLAND. October 25. . In connection with the finding- of the unidentified remains of a man at Cheltenham beach, tho "Star" says: In the finding of this body there is every probability that we have a distant echo of, the terrible KapanniClaymoro .Collision of Decomber, 1905.. The clothing- eonrcsponds with that said to have been worn by Lulco Langton,' who is supposed to .have lost his life in that disaster. He-is known .to have, ridden in from Matin l gatureto, and . just' succeeded in catching the • Kapanui at: Warkworth; leaving, his horse there. .His build is, given as nearly identical with' the description that was formed of ' the remains at yesterday's , inquest.'; The clothing "js ■ identical.' These circumstances, 'coupled with the fact..that there, is no' reported loss of anyone' .that could in any way ho connccted with- the discovery, point' to the probability of the remains being thoso of Luke Langton! late of 1 Mangaturoto,. the unfortunate victim of the Kapanui-Claymoro collision. The police aro.engaged in investigation, 'and will' doubtless, beforo longi securo: definite information from thoso'interested.- '

Speaking to-a. " Herald -representative Mr; Ernest Aves, British industrial commissioner, said lie. regarded New Zealand, as a country of great;'achievements.-,,What had impressed him very much,, indeed, : was ,what, a great deal had, been achieved in New, Zealand in a period which hardly covered that of an elderly mail's span of life.; One of the great interests of such a community as this was that it was an industrial .community in tho making. "I do not "find," ho remarked, " that yours is a community free from the elomonts of industrial controversy, -.but -1 do find that it is one in which tho pressure of-industrial, life'is, speaking generally, far less keenly felt < than. in tho Old Country, and' in which the line of poverty, when it can be traced. at all, is hold, and rightly held, to Start at a' considerably higher point than in England, or probably ,in. any European country. You have no congested, poverty as. it exists at home." .Asked whether ho would consider that the ganger of congestion arising was increased by.the'arrival in the Dominion of immigrants, Air. Aves replied: "I.do not see why you should fear an accentuation of poverty for ■that reason. Given fair seasons and the continuation of opportunities of .expansion that seem to be opening hero in every direction, the point at which there need be fear I should liavo thduglit Was -very far from being readied." Mr. Avcs that the climate here'had not treated _hini kindly, but the country had. '" There is no doubt about it," ho said, "New Zealand-exorcises a- peculiar - charm and, attraction for anyone coming -from Ertglandj not only from tho fact that it is" a veritable Britain beyond tho seas, and thus a community with- many likenesses to tho Old Country, but also from the fact that, physically, it- presents, so many rarities and almost startling differences and novelties." -

- Tlio virtuous indignation of Mayor, and Councillors of tno Borough of . Newmarket lias boon aroused by tho article in the "Herald' describing the insanitary . condition of 1 their district. The matter came- up at. a-meeting of tho Council. "I hardly know,how to express myself in regard ,to this exaggerated report," -said the Mayor (Mr.' Bennett), who looked iipon-the charges made'asa reflection on .every member of the Council, and'particularly on his adriinis'tratibn since ho liad assuhiod office. He proceeded' to 'deal ! with tho : most important features of the, article in question. ' The Council had' never'received oho' Health Department's, reports; with "smiling lassitude." 'They had always felt too much annoyed to smile, At the same timo'■'■he : would like to' know what men could do more to carry but tho requirements of 'tho Health Officer than they haddone. , The borough was admittedly not- free from nuisances, nor were other boroughs. Th'o drainage ; was' not defective',' bad in recent tijnes been carried out to the cast of £2000, andSthcre was only a small area not served at present with tho scheme. .Mr. Motcalfej 'the'engineer, had 'given an' assurance that tho scheme was capable of efficiently deing the work for which it was intonded. Some of the neglected parts referred to were not in the borough. -.1 He regarded tho agitation as a-deliberate, but illadvised, attempt to coerce the borough into joining the city. Instead of promoting that, object, however, the reports would have tho effect ctf alienating. tho ■ sympathies, of, the people. The Council, had done the best "it could, and a comparison between the .con-, ditions existing 10 years, ago and 'now ivould. prove that they had succeeded to some extent.. Mr. Kinder moved,' "That tho reports which have appeared in .the press of late emanating from the Health Department aro grossly, exaggerated, uncalled for,_ and unreliable.' 1 - Messrs. Teed and Leok criticised the method? adopted by the Health Office, ' the latter stating that if the Council did not move anyone could have.his seat.' Ho was not going to work for .tho borough awl be held up to ridicule. Mr. Davis said there was a lot of truth in the article, but it: should'''have beoiv couched -in proper .'and respectful' language. It was : 110 use putting it' l forth that the things described • did not exist, but :an exaggerated . statement : had- been'"made. Good, honest, and industriouswork<had been performed- by the Council-, and the' Mayor had, since he had-held-the-'position; carried' out .his onerous duties most .effectively. Another. Councillor was prepared i. to .resign"if .the:ratepayers decided the Council had failed in its duty. Tho motion was carried. " ..What one-may do and what "one may not in connection with-trams is'jtist. ; nowra burning . question', in Auckland.. ,|The 1 strap-hang-ing by-law came' into forco yesterday, and the public' fondly, imagined /that' that meant they could- overcrowd. They, .find,, however, that-,they can only Jiang on the straps in'. seme of the cars, and; that' in-others they ■may not intrude when/tho. seats, 1 aro full; Apropos of tho tram troubles., a' man was charged; at tho Police -Court''with, boarding .one, whilst .it' was, "in' motion. Ho pleaded that 110 had just ,arrived, from Scotland and.did .not knW.'be was breaking thoJaw. "Are'y'ou allowed to jump on and off ;wh.en the cars are running '.in Scotland?" ashed,-Mr. Kettle, SiMV-i ''Oh yes," replied the;'defendant. - ; ."Well," said Mt\ - Kettle - a . progressive 'icountry,"and. wo .don't' .allow, people. to: -break- their' necks;" . "You can't,get.on at all.-now Your' Worship " interjpeted Mr. Lundon! "I was at the penny section at Parnoll; this morning when a car came along with'only one - passenger in it but the. car did,,not .stop. -There's a new ,by-law now that cars must, not loiter."