Auckland Leter.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42792, 17 October 1905, Page 2

Auckland Leter.

(Own Correspondent.) The last week was one of the wettest we have had for some time and fears were entertained that the Labour Day festivities would have to bo postponed, but to every one’s surpi iso, Wednesday broke beautiful and clear and everything passed off without a hitch. Ihe committee have ' | every reason to feel thoroughly satisfied with the result of their efforts, as the general verdict was that the whole affair was an unprecedented success. Space does not permit of ahy detailed description of the various as, where all were so worthy of praise, it _ would be almost impossible to individualize, yet, among the first appearances was one of the Prohibition Party, consisting of a large picture with a vivid drawing showing the evils attendant pn the drinking of strong liquors. Great laughter w 9 caused by the Darktown Band who - , : were attired in surely the most effective and unearthly costumes ever it fell to the lot of mortal man to see, and played airs from all the operas, ’ J tragic, weird, comic and otherwise -’ (chiefly otherwise) on an assorted col--1 lection of battered instruments.

Tho Electric Tram' Co., . Ltd., a’e placing orders locally for the construction of four new cars to further increase their present rolling stock, and judging from the last addition made by an Auckland firm we are still able to hold our own in this particular line. At the time of writing there are 86 cars lunning in and . around Auckland, beating Wellingt"n’s total by over 50 per cent. The Presbyterian Church proposes holding its General Assembly at Auckland about the 10th of next ■. month. .y v ;S The poor neglected North is about j to have another few miles of railway built, and before another 100 years have passed at. that. ■ Nothing less than a duplicate line from Auckland > j to Penrose. Who says we don’t get our fair share of favours from the Liberal Government? , A representative of the iManchester Ship Canal Co.-, lately addressed the members of Pail'ament with a view of fostering a direct New • Zealandidanchester trade.. During the course of his remarks ho mentioned that the cotton city woult arrange to take about 20,000 carcases a month Why is it tho’ that New Zealand , mutton is »old in the above mentioned town n't 3d and 4d a pound, and here in Auck- / land we have to pay 6d and 7d foi the identical same class of meat ? Nothing further has been hetrLof the result of the meeting between the builders and architects, and great dissatisfaction is expressed in many quarters. Turning from business to sport, it is satisfactory to note that our boys are giving a brilliant account of themselves in the mo’her country. A glance at the latest scores to hand show the handsome balance in hand of 334 points for nine matches, while only seven have been scored against them. We may not he able to build fire floats or admiralty houses or other white elephants, but, as they say in Lancashire, “By gum, we con play footba’.”