GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15335, 20 July 1915, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

Returns wero asked for by Messrs T. H. Davey and H. Pcarce at the Tramway Board's meeting yesterday relative to the traffic to the Cashmere Mills, and on the St. Martin's line, and the Board decided that thc returns should be prepared. "Is it not a fact- that the profit on confectionery is 50 per. cent. ■"' asked counsel of a witness in the Magistrate's Court at Wellington yesterday. ■•No," surld tbo witness; "there are some lines on which there is a profit of 100 per cent., but on some there is a profit vi only 2} per cent."

The local bureau of the Department of Labour is sending ten men t 0 Blenheim to-day, to employment there. Tho Diamond Harbour Empowering Bill, giving the Lyttelton Borough Council certain powers in the matter of making tho new (settlement a garden suburb, was approved at last night's meeting. A conference of representatives of local bodie, in Canterbury will b 0 held at tho City Council Chambers on Friday at 2-.-H) P-m. to consider the best mean., of strengthening tho Canterbuiy Patriotic Fund, also to consider the' proposed federation of th 0 funds throughout New Zealand. Th.-* New Zealand Tourist Department has decided to dispose of the collection of birds and animals at Rotorua, comprising keas, parrots, pukekos, peacocks," and other birds, and monkeys. This collection, which was formerly sotrething of an attraction at tho Sanatorium, has been offered to the Wellington and the City Council has accepted the giftTho Warrington street extension of the Cashmere Hills-Edgeware read tramway wa-s opened for traffic yesterday morning. Notwithstanding tho fact that it was advertised in the newspapers, and in the cars, that thero would bo slight alterations in the time-tablo on the line, somo people missed their ordinary cars yesterday. A booklet giving tho new time-table is obtainable at the tramway shelter in Cathedral square. That there are women living in Wellington who have a distinct leaning towards the Kaiser wa s brought home lo tw 0 young women recently (telegraphs our correspondent). While journeying in a tram-car, two young ladies were discussing the Kaisei* m un-complimen-tary terms. A middle-aged woman was sitting opposite them, and heard ! thc conversation. On alighting, tiie woman passed the younger pair some distance from tho tram terminus, and turning louiij suddenly, slapped both girls 111 the face, remarking at the wine tune: "Take that from the Kaiser."' The business on the order paper at yesterday's meeting of the Tramway Board was nui.-.hed about 4.20 p.m.. a fact which was drawn attention to by Mr H. Poarce. who remarked that the Board, sitting on the Works and Traffic Committee, had sat till about seven o'clock one day last week. Was it not possible, Mr Pcarcc asked, for more of tiie business to be done in open Board? Mr C. M. Gray did not think it was possible to do so. Practically all the business that ciimo before tho Board required to be digested by tho Works and Traffic Committee. A letter received iv Christchurch from Papeete slates that, tho .San Ftanciiico mail steamer Mamma had a somewhat stormy passage from Wellington to Rarotouga. Between thc latter port and Tahiti a concert heid on hoard realised over £3L for tho funds in aid of the New Zealand "A oundoj Soldiers and the Rod Cross. Mr E. Nordon. secretary of the Canterbury Licensed Victuallers' Association, who was a passenger in the Marama for San Francisco, helped the promoters of the concert, considerably by conducting two auction sales in the inteival. It was hoped to increase the amount to £50 during thc voyage. Amongst recent acquisitions at the Canterbury Museum is a copy of 'Tho Vindicator," a Belfast (Ireland) newspaper, containing tho report of a speech by the great Daniel O'C.-faoll. The newspaper was presented by Mr C. A. C. Cuiiingham, of Christchurch, in whoso possession it has been for several years. Another interesting- acquisition is that presented by Mr Frederick Bull, consisting of a piece of the last tree felled in the Papanui bush. Tho tree was sold by auction in 18.59, and purchased by Mr James Jackson. Harewrv d road, and cut into firewood by Mr Wm. McAdam. The timber was bought at 6 S per'cord, it yielded 20 cords, which wero sold at 355. Mr Jackson paid £10 10s fo r the tree*. Captain F. J. W. Stewart has presented" several Turkish weapons from Jsmailia, Egypt. They consist of a bayonet, cartridges, water bottle, cartridge case, and trenching spade. A Siamese dagger ar.d sheath havo been recently acquired. With rcferunco to the remarkable achievement* of the young Maori cripple who has been tho means of recovering several stones at Bell i1.0.k which are valuable in the eyes of i-iio Natives. Mr J. H. Walker, thc interpreter, relates a further instance of tho mysterious power possessed thc seventeen-year-old boy (says tlio 'Taranaki Herald"). A wahine living near Bell Block, who was inclined to bo somewhat .sceptical of his buna tides, challenged him to find a ring she .'.a_ lost about four years ago. A.tor going through some form of prayer, the iau returned and gave an exact description of tho lost ring- "Very well," he said, "it lies on such-and-such a road, but you will have difficulty in finding' it, because it is covered by earth and grass. No one stole it; you dropped it yourself. Co and look for it. The first day you might not find it. the second day you might find 't, but the third I am certain "you will find it." The story goes th..t tlio woman had a fruitless search on. the first day and was very downhearted on the second, but, sure enough, the first thing-she discovered on tho third day was the missing piece of jewellery. A lady resident in Sydney married a few j oars ago a German in a good position, who, belonged to tho naval reserve of his nation. Oh tho outbreak of war he was ordered to join the Cneiseiuui us an executive officer. On tho sinking of H.M.S. Good Hope and Monmouth by the German squad_ ron, of which tlicso cruisers formed oart, he wrote to his wife to this effect:—"This is the first of our naval victories, which will continue until the English nava] power is destroyed. Then we shall Lake possession of Australia, but before this" occurs you mus* leavo it, for Germany, where you will b-> snio. To remain win re you arc wonld bo terrible, for nothin-f will be left undone to bring tho Australian people under control'and ensure passive submission to Gorman rule." The write- went down with his vessel, and so is beyond the retribut'on which he had earned by his treachery to the country which lie sought and dwelt in for his own gain: His wife, thouih showing thc letter t>-> Australian friends of standing, declines to permit verbatim publication. Relative to theoomplaint by Lieut. Tirabrcll, of the Veterans' Association, ■at not being given an opportunity to speak on arrival of the wounded men by the Willoehra on Saturday afternoon, the Mayor, Mr Holland", states that he had had no tiling whatever to do with tho matter. A day or two before Lieut. Timbrell came to him and asked if he might be allowed to speak at tlio reception, and he cheerfully agreed. It "was not correct to say that Lieut. Timbrell had been approached with a request that lie should speak. The position was really the reverse. In consequence of tho total alteration in the arrangements, practically at a moment's notice, ncbody knew exactly what was to happen, aad the reception at Lyttelton was gui to an extempore and informal affair. He and Mr Do n gall had agreed soing down in the train that no speeches would he given. If he had noticed Lieut. Timbrell on the wharf or the ship he would have brought him forward but he did not see him, and doubted whether he would know him again, as he had only met him the once. ' He himself had difficulty in getting on to the ship, and the City Town Clerk, who was to accompany him, was refused altogether. If. therefore. L ; cut. Timbrell had any difficulty in getting to thc jr-eno that was the result of the confused situation caused hv the rearrangement of the whole business. There wa*- absolutely no intention to ignore him.

It has been decided by the City Bylaws Committee to prohibit tnendjtig of motor-cycles over the hospital bridge. The By-laws Committee of tbe City Council has decided to erect traffic "danger" boards in Colombo street, near the Sydenham public school. The By-laws Committee of the City Council has informed tho licensees of the Theatre Royal that if it is desired to give exhibitions of moving pictures in the Theatre a permanent picture cabinet must be nrovided. ihe cabinet will havo to be installed to the satisfaction of the Chief City Inspector and of the Superintendent of tho b ire Brigade. A steward named C. F- Owen. cmplovecl o:i the Shaw. Savill ai.d Albion liner Corinthic which is at present discharging cargo" at Lyttelton, was yestordnv reported to the police as missing. It appears that on Sunday night lie got into one of the ship's boats lying alongside, and the north-west wind drove it across the harbour, lie spent the night on tho hills and rejoined his vessel "yesterday afternoon. The beat was recovered. About 200 persons assembled at Mr C. C. Harrow's orchard, 71 Middleton road. Riccarton, on Saturday aficrroon, when Mr ".V. .1- Courtier. Government Orchard Instructor, gave an address on fruit culture and a dsmon.-.tration k >f pruning and spraying. A large mn*.ber of questions were asked and promptly answered. . Tho instructor applied various spraying mixtures for testing purposes. Single ar.d double furrow ploughs. Titan and Bean spray pump.-, were also shown at work. Tho Orient Company have advised their agents, the Union -steam Ship Co.upe.ny, that a rebate of 10 por cent, off single farts will in future be granted by tho Orient Company in the case of first, second, aud third-class passengers who are proceeding to England at their own expense in the company's steamers to enlist. The full amount of passage money must be paid when securing the passage, and on production of a certificate from th** Commanding Officer •*-* abatement of 10 per cent, will be mado in London. Fo r t'ne week ended Saturday last. 136 men registered as unemployed at tho local bureau of tbo Department of Labour. Of these 92 were married and -11 single, and 19 married, and .11 single ..ere .'Mien employment—39 on Government works and one in private employment. At thc end of the week there were OG still unemployed—-2 carpenters, 1 each surveyor's chainman, station cook, gardener, groom, and fitter, 2 painters and 87 labourers. Since July oth. 16 mimed and 7 single men failed to renew their registration. Of thoso found work, 9 vent to Public Works at Chatter Croc., and 25 to Public Works in Nelson, and 5 on the Dyer's Pass road. Two ploughmen can be placed in Canterbury. Replying to the Hon. J. Ban*, at yesterday's meeting of the Tramway Board, the general manager (Mr Frank Thompson) said that ho hoped to have his report on tho summer time-table ready for tho next meeting of tho "Works and Traffic Committee. Mr D. Sykes said ho understood that tho Sumner "expresses" took longer than the ordinaly trams to do the journey. Th.3 chairman (Mr J. A. Flesher) said that tho doubling of tbo lino from Fitzgerald avenue to Woolston wouid enable tiie journey to be done quicker by tho non-stop trams to and from Sumnor. He mentioned that the general manager was also preparing a report on tho New Brighton time-table. ltio Lyttelton Borough Council received a' letter at last night's nie_ting from Mr J. McCombs, M.1"., enciosiag an assurance Irom the Hon. W. Eraser, Minister of Public Woiks, that tno Lyiteiton-iSumner road deviation would be completed, provided that the local bodies concerned paid into tho Public Works account the sum of £2000, including £6-50 contributed last year. The Department wished it ui.deistood, however, that it should not be called upon to provide anything in future, ior tho maintenance of the road. The Council decided to pay over tiie fust contribution of £."---0 towards the completion of tho road, and to contribute a further sum of £3-30, provided other local bodies contributed their quota. Tho financial position of tho municipal organ rocita.s formed the subj.ct of a strong complaint by Cr. Peek at tho meeting of "the City Council last night. Cr. Peek instanced the poor attendance at tho last recital, and urged that tho recitals should bo discontinued. Cr. Williams, chairman of tho committee, said that before the war the recitals were a paying proposition, but lately the receipts would not cover the expenses apart from the organist's salary. Tho agreement with thc organist expired this vcar, but in the meantime the Council was bound to pay the fee, whether tho organist played or not. Other members of the Council supported the recital:., and expressed tho hopo that they would be giver, free of charge. Rather a peculiar position has cropped up in connexion with tho granting of licenses for Ikamatura and Big River (snj-s our Greymouth correspondent). It a pilars that according to the Act licensor, for new districts can only be in-anted at tlio annual meeting of tho Licensing Bench. This was done at the last annual meeting of tho Groy Bench, but th-> committee failed to fix the fees to bo charged for such licenses. As tin--wis not done, the rcrsons to whom tno liceurcs wore .-ranted cannot receive them until tho fee is fixed, and as the Act says this has to bo done at the annual'meeting, things evidently are "as you were." The Magistrate is also chairman of tho Licensing Bench, and along with Mr Steer, was against the granting" of thero licenses, but it is stated that a Supremo. Court action is pending to settle the question. Wo have received a letter from a correspondent protesting against the use of German street name., in Chnstchiircli. An examination of the directory, however, reveals the interesting fact tnat Christchiir-'ii is singularly free from this civic blight. There is a street in Sydenham called Goethe, after the famous German poet, but many Sydenham street-; arc named after poets. Linwood has a lianst -■trt-et out of compliment to tho late Sir Julius Yon Haast. an eminent scientist who lived here for many years and who adorned Christchurch by his presence. Ricli.r.o'id has a \ oge! street, ro named after a prominent New Zealand statesman. There is a Spour street in Sv.ienh.im. but Spohr. the famous compter, flourished many years ago Levdon street. Linwood. may _c looked at, T-.'J-ane-*, but if this street was nam.ed after' the we'd-known jar. there need be no fear, for the jar took its name- irom tho iow n of Ley.-1.-n. wherf* it was discovered, and Lcv:!.*n is in Holland. There are no indications as yet tnat the thoroughfares of Christchurch are being unduly Gemiaiv.sed. A bottle of "Stop It" kept in the house will keep the doctor away. It cures the severest cold when other remedies have failed. GO4l-3 Stewart Robin..on. of Cashel street, wishes us to note that word has come to hand by telegram from B.uff that his offer for G. B. Edgington s Salvage Boot Stock has been accepted. 2 A Stoffano Webb nho-cgraph is always a work of art. Have yours taken now. Someone will treasure it. Stcffano Webb, 252 High street. 'I el. IL'eU. 4 Young Engineers—Now is the time to get your Meccano Sets !or tho Great Meccano Competition. See our windows. Turnbull and Jones. Ltd. -J The new "Toric," or curved, lenses greatly enlarge the field of vision. They have many other advantages which Walter J. "Watson, D.8.0.A., London, expert optician. Colombo street (near Kincaid's) will be pk-a.sed to explain. 6 Prompt- ~l_a-cie:it~'-fr' onom i''al-—This is the kind ot borvice yon get in Customs, Shii.i.mg, ? l v fi *''■••warding Work by making use oi ... M. 1 ley wood and Co.'. Ltd., street, near Clock T'ov.-or. i

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