NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 137, 16 July 1914, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The following contributions have been received for the Coal and Blanket Fund: "E.M." £2, W. E. Munday and Sons £2 2/-. At a special meeting of the Spreydon Borough Council, held last evening, Mr Mark Woodfield was appointed actingtown clerk until some definite arrangement. was arrived at. There was only one first offending inebriate at' the Magistrate's Court this morning, and the sitting occupied only the few minutes necessary for Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., to convict and discharge him. Wednesday, Arfyor Day, was celebrated at the Waiau school in a very useful fashion. One hundred trees were provided by the school committee, arid these were planted v in the school grounds. The rest of the day was kept as a holiday. Bishop Julius is to preside at the business men's luncheon to be tendered Mr Crawford on Tuesday. Mr Crawford will amve on Saturday, and will be tendered a reception by the Mayor at 11 o'clock. His first meeting will be Saturday evening at the Choral Hall. The Social-Democratic Party's Conference was continued yesterday at Wellington, Mr H. Hunter (Christfchureh) presiding. The Finance Comiuittee submitted ft report on the rearrangement of the party's financial relations, and it was resolved to reduce the capitation fee of affiliated unions, to one shilling per annum, also to make a special appeal for donations to the party's organising funds. The following programme will be Atlayed by Dr Bradshaw, city organist, at the organ recital to'be given in His Majesty'» Theatre at 8.30 p.m. on Sunday:^—Overture to the oratorio, " Athaliah" (Handel); barcarolle from the pianoforte Concerto No. 4 (Sir W. Sterndale (a), andante cantabile, \b) scherzo, (c), allegro moderato from . the Organ Symphony No. 4 (C. M. Widor); Priere et Berceuse (Prayer and t Cradle- Song) (Guilmant); andantino in B- flat from the Pianoforte Sonata, Op. 12 (Sibelius); the King's Prayer and Grand Finale from the first act of "Lohengrin" (Wagner); scherzo in F, Op. 70, No. 3 (Hofmann); Impromptu JJo. 12,," Marziale " (Henry Hile^). At Tuesday's sitting of the Municipal Conference a lively discussion was started by the simple announcement of the only lady delegate present (Miss J£el\*jye) that she did not object to .Sfnoking (says the Wellington The non-smokers rose up and suggested that separate intervals ___ should be set aside for smokers to in- j &Mge .iu their habit. Mr Townsend (Miramar) said that' aa a smoker he £ad found that more work was done around a council table when smoking v, "was not carried on than when it was. The president (Mr. J. P. Luke) was asked the pertinent question, Did he allow smoking in his council chamber? At this juncture Mr, A. Jjl., Hindmarsh rose to a point of order—no iiotice had been given of any motion on the question of wooingmy Lady Nicotine. Only feeyen voices were in the end opposed to Misai Melville's concession, and the Whole discussion ended in smoke. The mean people who manage to enjoy collective shooting per medium of %>ne permit are to be visited with the indignant and salutary ire of the Acclimatisation Society, should their offences come within the cognisance of that body. It waa reported at last pight 'a meeting of the society that three . / *nen had been discovered shooting, and that only one possessed a permit. Quail »ad' been shot, but the man with the 2>ermit happened also, to be the man who firas carrying the quaily The other two

tad since got permits. It was decided that quite apart from the shooting aspect it was bad business on the part of tiie society to permit this sort of thing to continue. People who are hereafter found with guns and game and no permits are to be treated like the people who try to ride on tramcars "without tickets. Some months ago a man, Thomas Hewitt, while suffering from hallucinations, murdered his wife in the presence of his two children atPatea. Information has just been received of a sad sequel to the tragedy in the death in England of Hewitt's aged mother, who collapsed on hearing the news, and died almost immediately. The shock of the tragedy has also had an effect on Hewitt's eldest daughter, a bright girl 10 years of age, whose hair has gone grey pince the terrible occurrence. pFALL IN R U ETB ER. FALL IN RUBBER. TYRES GREATLY REDUCED. Twelve months ago. -we placed on the toaarket in Christchurch the Best Value in Cyfcle Tyres eve* off erred. To-day we are prepared to improve on that. We axe giving the public the benefit of the reduction we have secured by giving them High-Grado Covers and Tubes at Lower Prices. Covers, High Grade, 5/- 7/6 & 10/-. Tubes „ „ 3/6 5/~ & 3/6. The opposition may tell you these goods are perishad or old stock. Such ia not the case. Wo are prepared to guarantee these tyres to be absolutely new and good. Also Motor Covers; Tubes, and Belts <it big reductions, during stock-taking. See windows for value. jt»NBB BROS., LTD. Clock Tower, 122, Manchester Street. Also agents for the famous "King • Dic&" Motor Cycla.

At five o'clock last evening an elderly man riding a bicycle along Montreal Street was knocked down by a taxi cab wliich turned sharply round from Oxford Terrace on its wrong side. The man was knocked into the ditch, and was considerably dazed and shaken. Chief Detective Bishop witnessed the accident, and after taking particulars he assisted the injured man into a neighbouring chemist's shop. A spring cart belonging to Win, Goss, Ltd., timber merchants, and loaded with timber, met with a mishap at the corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace this morning. Some other traffic at the corner prevented the driver of the cart from crossing the tram-rails at right angles. The result was that one of the wheels of the cart caught in a tram rail, and the spokes of the wheel | were wrenched out, the cart collapsing on one side. Consequently another cart had to be obtained and the timber transhipped. Reference to the shockingly bad state of the teeth of children in the colonies was made by Dr Hardwick Smith, Medical Superintendent of the Wellington Hospital, in the course of his address upon "How to Live" on Tuesday evening. He attributed the marked difference in the teeth of children at Home to the fact that they did not have the same luxuries the people had out here, and he specially condemned the eating of too many sweets, particularly after meals and before going to bed. He urged the eating of raw apples, stating that he-» believed that if, after each meal, every child ate a good piece of raw apple it would not be necessary to have oven tooth brushes. The teeth, he said, were the gates of the body, and once they became broken down its defences were gone. Periodically there is an outcry against the howling or barking dog which makes sad breaches in the peaceful Sleep of citizens, but the nuisance continues because there is no punishment of the owners, except an occasional poisoning of a yelper. In Chicago the people are less patient. A dog which misuses its voice comes under a by-law, thus:—"Any dog. which may in any manner disturb the quiet of any person or neighbourhood is declared a nuisance, and is to be impounded in the manner provided in the city ordinances.'' Other salutary regulations are: —"All persons who shall assist in making any improper noise or disturbance shall be deemed guilty of disorderly conduct. Fine, 1 dollar to 200 dollars." "Zones of quiet have been established in all territory embraced within a distance of 250 ft of every hospital in the city, and the making of any unnecessary noise or .the playing of itinerant musicians within these zones, which disturbs the inmates of the hospitals, is prohibited. Pine, 2 dollars to 50 dollars."

Among the measures promised in the Premier's speech at the opening of the New South Wales Parliament this session was a Bill for the creation of Government Labour / Agencies right throughout the State. The promised Bill is the outcome of complaints by the Labour Unions, particularly the Hotel Workers' Union, as .to the exorbitant charges made by the private registryoffices in the State. A start lias .already been made in the direction. Just over a month ago the TSTew South Wales Government started a women's employment exchange, and the report of the first month's operations has just come to hand. The following extract is of general interest: "It is stated that the registration fee has now been abolished by private registry offices. This,: if true, has no doubt been brought about by the better terms offered to women workers by our Government Women's .Employment Agency, and to that extent the agency can reasonably claim to have already'conferred a benefit on that section of the community who .find it necessary to ' use such offices."

The Loan Art Exhibition, which was stated to be in train by the Templeton ' Girls' Guild, is being organised by the Fendalton Guild. Recently the City Council went to some expense in sowing Beckenhain Park in grass. Apparently eager to get the first feed, a straying horse has managed to get into the park and leave well-defined! traces of his presence there. The terrace by the river has suffered particularly from his hoofs, deep holes being left. The terrace should be rolled down while it is still soft: The Canterbury National Schools' Defence League is organising a big meet-! ing of protest against the Religious Referendum Bill, will come down for its second reading on Tuesday next. Dr Chilton will preside, and the ers will be the Hon. J. Barr, Rev. T. A. Williams (Dominion Organiser), and Mr J. Caughey. The meeting will be held in the Victoria Squ'are on Sunday afternoon next, at 3 o'clock. Included in the list of signatures published in yesterday's SUN, to the petition from Christchurch, which has been presented to the House, in opposition to the Bible-in-Schools referendum, was the name of Mr J. C. Adams. Mr Adams states that he did not sign the petition; indeed, he is in favour of the referendum. He thinks it probable that the signature of another gentleman with a similar surname has been misread for his. Mrs Mary Daniel, an artist who comes originally from St. Petersburg, but who has been living for the past three years injChristchurch, has secured permission t6 hold an art union of twelve pictures by herself, and as she has been a regular exhibitor at the Art Society her work will be known to many. Mrs Daniel has recently been very ill, and it is on this account fhat her friends have advised her to hold an art union. There are twelve prizes in all, the first a very striking picture of Captain Cook. Others are panels of bprries and autumn leaves, river scenes along the Avon, two Italian scenes, and one very effective picture of early spring in Russia. The paintings are at present on view at the studio of Dr Mic.kle, Worcester Street, and the art union is to be drawn on August 17.