AUCKLAND NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1842, 24 August 1906, Page 3

AUCKLAND NEWS.

I I'KKSS ASSOl.'l.moN ! Auckland, Is-t night. During tho four weeks etulod August lltii tho Kr.matn Roofs Gold Mining Com pany treated Jli'JO tons of ore (short tonnage) for bullion valued ut X 3736 Mr George George, director of loohnieil education at Auckland, roported to tho Education Board yeslorday on tho lessons learned by bim during a recout visit to Hyduoy. As regards manual training, including handiwork, Auckland is considerably ahead of New South Wales. La buildings and equipment for this work I there is no comparison, and tho total number of children receiving instruction is consult rably. less than iu Auckland, | although tho populatiou is over eovon times as groat, As regards technical education, there npneuru to he considerably loss intoreet shown by tho public in this work than in Auckland. The work I done hero, even at tho prosoot time, eoirtpnros more th iu favorably with Sycinoy Ouco tho Strldon Technical Coliogo is on accomplished faot, technical education in Auckland will bo equal, if no! superior, to that in any othor town of the seme size iu tbo British Empiro. 1 As a result- cf correspondence between

Mr J. Knem (secretary of tbo Semion's Union) and tho Marino Department, iu com eqnouoo of tho running short of pro* virions of tho La Bella and Mary Moore, the frd owing memorandum was received by Mr K-ieou to-day from the Department in Wellington: “The question os to tho p-ovisiaus with whioh soiling vessels leaving for Australian ports are to be supplied has been under consideration, and it has been decided that they must carry sufficient provisions for not less than ttc following poriods: Vessels leaving for Sydney, 40 days provisions ; for Now-

castle or Port Stephens, 40 days; for Brisbane, 50 days; for Melbourne, 50 days; for Adelaide, 60 days; and for Fremantle or Perth, 90 days. If any vessel is not provisioned in accordance I with this requirement, clearance should be withheld aud a telegram should bo sent to this Department notifying tho circumstance?. This is a definite enforcement of Section 225 of tho Shipping aid Seamen’s Aot, which Mr Kneon brought under (be Minister’s notice, and which provides that no vossol shall bo considered roaworthy unloss it is shown that she is euili jiently provisioned to moot all ordinary contingencies.

A prosecution, tho first of its kind in Auckland, undor section 23, sub-section 1, of too Alcoholic L’quor Sales Control Act, 1695, was brought ugainst a commercial traveller at the Police Court. The section provides that orders fur liquor shall not bo received or solicited within a no-licer.se

district. Tho district iu which the liquor was euppiiod was Grey Lynn. Defendant was charged with having received an order for beer and stout from a resident of Kicgsiand. Mr MeVeagh pleaded guilty on behalf of the defendant. It was a fact that defendant did receive on order for stout and boor. Ho bad gono to tbs house to collect an account due to him. He had

not solicited, and said ho could not ask for

an order. He was given a signed order. Mr Kettle, S.M., said ho would accept the statement of defondant that the order waa

received in ignorance; at tho same time ignorance did not make a complota exeuao.

shoTaw' ”Th o Ilf- g I si & ViS t'd’ if a, a” sii'd iii' n fd fix a £lO maximum penalty for a first

offence, and for tho second a maximum penalty of throe months’ imprisonmenf, which ehowod a strong dd -rmination to

havo the Aot observed, Taking into consideration that this was the first prosecution in Auckland, a fine of £5, and coots £l s>, would be ir-ff'etsd, Iu future oases, however, the fieo would bo heavier.

An incident of the previous case was that the husband of the woman who ordered the beer from defendant was a prohibited person, and in consequence proceedings were taken against her, on tire ground that she procured liquor for her husband, and supplied him with liquor. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. S. Mays, who conducted the prosecution, did not call evidence but said that defendant had allowed four dozen pints of liquor to pass through the hands of her husband. There was nothing to prevent him from taking and drinking any of the liquor. It was the settled law that to incite under similar circumstances meant to tempt, and on the interpretation of the word a conviction had been recorded in the case, Police v. Ilogg. Mr Cotter submitted that there wits nothing for him to answer. He emphasised the point that the Magistrate had already mentioned, as to whether the fact that one member of a family was prohibited debarred the other members of the house from having beer in the homo. The Magistrate reserved his

The Countess of Ranfurly brought from Cook Island exhibits for the New Zealand Exhibition, including a 30ft canoe decorated with pearl shell, also a [line assortment of model canoes, hats, and mats. Miss Thompson, formerly of Wanganui, and latterly a resident of Auckland, died recently. Her will, which has been proved, shows that about £IO,OOO is bequeathed to tho maintenance of a home for incurables in Auckland. It is ascertained now that .Miss Thompson was also tho anonymous donor some time ago oi £SOO to tho Blind Institute. About the same time several other institutions received similar sums as from a lady who wished her name kept private. Newton Gray, a reserve signalman, who fell from the gangway of the warship Pioneer in dock on Tuesday, died in hospital to dav.