LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10169, 26 July 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Members of the Waitaki High School ( Rugby football team passed through , Ashburton by this morning s express on their return home from participation in the annual match against the Christchurch Boys' High School. The hospital authorities report that Mr C Ward and the lad Melville are now out of danger. Melville will be discharged probably within a month s time, but Mr Ward's convalescence will 'be longer than that. A representative meeting of farmers at Hunterville passed a resolution ;n favour of the retention of the land tax rather than the income tax on laud, as recommended by the Taxation Commission.—Press Association. Ashburton County is particularly fortunate as regards the state- or its agricultural lands, states the chairman of the County Council (Mr \\ . Or. Gallagher), after his visit, together with members of the Works Committee, to southern counties. Southward from Timaru the country was exceptionally dry. There was one Ashburton exhibitor at the Christchurch Toy Dog and Cat Club's show held yesterday. Mr Or. Bundy'e "Red Idol" secured first and special in the open class (Irish terriers), and the same award in the colonial - 1 bred dogs. Other exhibits by Mr Bundy obtained second prize in bitches, and first and special in the brace entry.

Advice has been received from Messrs Sir Isaac Pitman's and Sons that at the elementary shorthand examination held at the Ashburton Convent on July 5 all the candidates who entered were successful- The three first-named are in order of merit:—Marie Crowe, Molly Davidson, Brenda Fullen, Winnie Dennehy, and Molly Taylor.

"By the end of the present planting season the State plantations Will cover 60,500 acres (this year the service is planting 8500 acres which is over five times the average of the years before the establishment of the Forest. Service)," said Captain Macintosh Ellis to the Dominion Farmers' Convention. "In five years as large an acreage of plantations has been established as would have taken 14 years under the old regime."

The record frost experienced this morning left a fairly substantial coating of ice on pools and exposed water channels. The Domain ponds are bearing the weights of sheets of ice, while small boys have taken a delight in throwing about the blocks of ice formed in the street channels. The main pipe from the water-wheel to the tanks, in the Domain, burst as a result of the frost, and has drained the tanks dry-

Another series of educational films for school pupils will be screened at His Majesty's Theatre on Monday afternoon. The programme has been compiled in the form of a journal by the Educational Picture Company of New Zealand, with the concurrence of the Department of Education. Included in the programme will be views of the many different kinds of sea birds in their native haunts, pictures of Alaska, Egypt, and Ireland, with special reference to their several histories. " What the Ocean Hides" is the title of another interesting item.

The third League test match played in Australia on July 12 between England and Australia resulted, according to the cable message, in a win .for England by 21 to 11. In a later message referring to disgraceful tactics employed at the match, some doubt was cast on the Englishmen's alleged win, for one clause of the message stated: "England, apparently resenting defeat, indulged in illegal tackling and rough work." An Australian sports journal received yesterday puts the matter beyond doubt, for it states that Australia won by 21 to 11. England at half-time was leading by five points to four.

Fresh-air classes were in full suing at the Technical School yesterday morning, about half of the students being seated at light portable desks in the sunshine. Gravelled paths gave dryness nnder-foot, while the buildings and high fences effectively shut out anything in the nature of searching winds. Needless to say, the students welcomed the change from the rooms on the cold side of the-building to the brightness outside, while both the quantity and quality of tjje wo'Jc improved under the change. Outside classes have been held on all sunny days throughout the winter. •

The Christchurch Presbytery recently forwarded, through Mr George Witty, M.P., to the Minister of Internal Affairs, a resolution passed by the Presbytery protesting against the establishment of a trotting course in close proximity to the Ricearton Presbyterian Church. The Hon. K. F. Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs, has now informed Mr Witty that the. New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting] Club, which up to the present has been racing on a leased property at Addington, purchased three years ago the property referred to, with a view to making a new trotting course, and has since disposed of its interest in the leased ground at Addingtou to the j Canterbury Park Trotting Club. The Minister states that he has no statutory power to prevent the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club from forming a now racecourse on its property at Ricearton.

Special anniversary meetings will be held at the Salvation Army to-morrow, which will be conducted by Major Wallace, who will be accompanied by Major Miles.—Advt.

Somebody unknown has sent ' the Royal Society £IO,OOO for medico! research. Every- man wants a motor car. especially those who live at a disi from a market. The price of motor is now low enough to permit of I universal use. We have reduced price of Chevrolet Cars to £23H equipment. The Chevrolet is pai in the fashionable brown colour, v, withstands the effects of sunshine rain. The Chevrolet is a roomy seater, wtih door opening curtains, petrol tank is at the rear and is lu< for filling. The electric lighting, si ing and ignition system is of tbo fan Remy make. For £ls extra a R< magneto can be fitted if desired.- ■ New Clievrolet Cars leave the facto every working day, for owne>=- hi parts of the world. Chevrolet v-.lv ncs are free for the asking. Pom! (t. H. Carson for .vokt free copy day.—Advt.

A number of Chinese gardeners in Dunedin have taken up 212 shares fully paid up, in the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition Company. In addition (states an exchange) a number of Chinese laundrymen have taken up 52 fully paid up shares.

It is an offence under the Hamilton by-laws to pedal without having at least one hand firmly grasping the handle-bars, and publicity was given the matter at the court when a youth appeared to show reason why lie did not have full control over his machine. As the charge was the first of its Kind heard, defendant was merely convicted and discharged.

"I think a certain amount of wholesome neglect of the ordinary boy in school is not a bad thing," declared Prtofessor John Adams in the. course of an informative lecture in Auckland before a record attendance of representatives of education (states the "Herald"). "As for really stupid people I do not know why we do not i allow them to be stupid in their own I way."

The annual sale of trees to farmers, settlers and local bodies by the service has increased eight times since lSia from 300,000 to 2,500,000 this year, sad Captain Macintosh Ellis Director of Forestry, to the New Zealand _Farniers' Union conference, "and the cost of trees has been reduced by nearly one half during the same period. Each year's sayings and economies in production are passed on to the customers of the service."

During a dinner at Balliol College, Oxford, when Dr. Jowett was master, his guests were discussing the careers of two Balliol men—one of whom had just been made a judge and the other a bishop. "Oh," said someone, I think the bishop is the greater man. A judge at the worst can only say ' You be hanged,' but a bisho- can say 'You be d— —d.' " "Yes" twit-, te'red Jowett, " but if the judge says 'you be hanged,' you are hanged.

The East Ashburton School library fund should benefit very considerably by the concert given in its aid last night. The entertainment was under the direction of Mrs H. J. Chapman, and proved a success in every way. The attendance of the public was good. Items were given as follow:—Songs, Misses C. Watson, Kerr, R. Down, and Koura Chapman, Messrs E. Coker, Mowat, and H. J. Chapman; duet, Koura Chapman and Emma Weston; solos—violin, Mervyn Thompson; piano, Emma Weston; mandolin, Mr Wilson; banjo, Miss Hosken; xylophone, Mr A. J. ' Nicoll; xylophone" duet, Koura Chapman and Mr Nicoll; monologues, Mr A. Todd; dance, Mercy Cooper; hornpipe, Mascotfce Chapman. The overture was played by a banjo and mandolin trio consisting of Mrs Chapman, Miss Hosken, and Mr Wilson.

Although, of course, "getting out of the bed on the wrong side" cannot possibly affect one's health or temper, there is a wise thought underlying the words, q&from a physical point of view it is a Bad way of beginning the day to tumble out of bed the moment you wake up. During the night the vital organs have been more or less at rest, so that vitality is low and the circulation feeble. A sudden leap up on awakening may give . a considerable shock to the whole system, and especially to the heart (states an exchange). Those who find that they feel tired and heavy for some time after they have risen may often be able to attribute their discomfort to the fact that they have got up too suddenly. The remedy is very simple, it is to be found in the stretching of every muscle in the body—arms, legs, neck—and trying to extend the length of the whole body by several inches. This exercise should be continued while still in bed for two or three minutes. The stretching will induce the big organs of the body to resume their work without shock.

Inspections of bridges and roadmg machinery have been carried out during the last few days by members of the County Council. The Works Committee has inspected the roadmg implements, especially stone crushers, used by the Waimate, Geraldine, and Levels counties. A report upon the plants, with recommendations, will be submitted to the next meeting of the council. Now that some of the county bridges will come within the scope of the Main Highways Act, an inspection was made yesterday by the Government Engineer (Mr F. Langbein) and members of the council. The Black Bridge at Pudding Hill is 600 feet long, and the council inspected it with a view to having 200 feet of the length done away with, thereby decreasing the ccst of upkeep. The Rakaia Gorge bridge also came under survey, and a report upon these will be given the council by Mr Langbein. Members travelled to the site of the proposed bridge over the junction of Taylor's and Bowyer's streams, on the Alford Estate, near Valetta. Such a bridge would give settlers residing in the fork of the two streams access to Ashburton.

c To those who are seeking to establish a better understanding between the British and American nations, Miss Gertrude Lawrence, who during the last five months has made a conspicuous hit on the New York stage, offers some amusing suggestions on the subject of " Slangauge." Her plight (writes the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail") resembles that well-known English traveller who, in reply to a reportorial inquisition, confessed that America was the only country whose language he could not understand. Miss Lawrence plaintively asks Americans why they call a police officer a "cop." a man "a bird," a girl "a skirt," a farmer "hick," an electric tramway-car "a rattler," an overcoat "a benny," shoes "kicks," a foot "a dog," an umbrella "a mush," a face ."a mug," money "dough," a, pass to a theatre "a ducat," a horse "a skate,"

an eye "a lamp," and a bath "a splash." She inquires, "How can Americans expect-a girl, brought up by staid English parents, fairly familiar with the English language, coming to a country where people are supposed to speak the same tongue, to know, when she hears one man say to another, ' Beat it or I'll bean you,' that what he means is, 'Unless the gentleman goes about his business the speaker will strike him on the head with possible dire results ' ?" Miss Lawrence describes some of her personal experiences. She says : "I went into the theatre a few afternoons ago ! to see if there were any letters for me, and I overheard one of the stage workmen say to the stage doorman, 'What's the dirt ?' Such a question to a dear, i kind old man who lets me in and mT+ of the stage door worried me. I asked him what was the possible meaning of the expression. He told me it was the j synonym for scandal."