GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16218, 22 May 1918, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

Tho Minister of Defence has received advico that the 36th • .Reinforcements, the 37th Mounted Reinforcements, and the "Wireless Troop have arrived at a port - of call, and reported "all well."

Tho auction announcements of Charles Clark, Tonks, Norton and Co., and H. B. Sorensen will be found on page 11 of this issuo.

The quarterly meeting of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce will be held on Wednesday next, at 3 p.m.

In view of tho approaching Tramway Board elections, a number of Linwood ratepayers waited on Mr Herbert Pearce, who has represented the Linwood sub-district on the Board since its inception, and is the only member of the original Board, and secured his consent to re-nomination.

"They think it's the gas man," remarked Inspector D. J. White, of tho S.P.C.A., at the meeting of the Societv last night, when requesting authority to incur the expenditure nocessarv to provide the word "Inspector" in metal letters to place on his cap. -The remark evoked some laughter, but tho Inspector assured the members that he found that there was widespread ignorance as to' tho meaning of the letters "S.PC.A." The small amount.involved in the inspector's request waa duly authorised.

i Mr L. M. Isitt, M.P., will deliver ai address at tho Addington yards to-day at 11.15 a.m., in support of th< Prisoners of War Fund. » A temporary block occurred on thi . Cashmere, St. Martin's, and Opawi lines, last evening, between 6.35 anc 1 6.55. Tho cause was a fault in th« electrical gear. Official advice'has been received fron ! tho Imperial Government that marriec , men up to Class B of the Second Divi I sion may be accepted for training a: military candidates in the Aviatioi ; Schools in New Zealand. Mr W. J. Jenkin, who lias beon ap pro.iched from several quarters, anc '• asked to contest the vacancy on th< C City Council, has decided, on accoun: of tho circumstances which occasionec ' tho vacancy, not to be a candidate. Tho Rev. Allen Job. Hon. secretary to the Christehurch Ministers' Associ i ation, writes to us as follows:—"At i • meeting of the Christehurch Ministers . Association this afternoon, a resolutioi was unanimously passed, expressing th< i thanks of the Association to you fo your sympathy and assistance in con . nexion with the day of united inter . cession in the Cathedral on the Btl . inst." The statement was made by Mr TV ' G. K. Kenrick, S.M.. at tfio Magis ' trato's Court, Napier, last week, tha • at present there wore five Magistrate ; on leave for various roasons, and con ; soquently the remaining Magistrate were overworkod. 'He himself ha< ! como to Napier at a few hours' notice He considered that in these times o trouble, peoplo should try to settl< ; their differences out of Court. H< was sure that if some people could bo what was at present going on at th 1 front, they would think less of tliei ■ own petty troubles. ! A small frog has caused a little sti ' among a few of Wellington's Bcientifi ' men recently. It was found under : : rock on Stephen's Island, in Cool . Strait, and was sent to the Dominioi Museum in tho belief that it was of i species not proviouslv identified. Th i first impression in Wellington was tha 1 the frog might be an Australinn immi l grant introduced mysteriously, am • the specimen was _ sent to Sydney i whore it was examined by an expert wliose opinion, given without disscc tion, is that it is not of any knowi ' Australian species. Therefore, on pre ' sent evidence, New Zealand seems t ■ have another native frog. Tho onl; other New Zealand native frog know] to science is a rare inhabitant of tin mess above the mist-lino of Moehai Mountain, about 3000 ft h'igh, at th< ' northern end of Coromandel Peninsula ' An appellant, named Edwin Elson ' (Christehurch), who described himsel as a religious objector, treated tli< ' Second Canterbury Military Sorvic* ; Board to a lengtliy harangue yesterda; [ morning, until the chairman (Mr H W. Bishop) urged him not to preacl a sermon. Tho man was stated to b; ! a section 34 man, that is, ono who hac 1 failed to make application for enrol l merit in tho Expeditionary Force Re I serve. As an illustration of his re • ligioim beliefs, appoilant stated thai lie had beon severely injured in a motoi [ accident. As a business man he eoulc ! have sued the party causing tho damago to him for a thousand or two thousand pounds damages', but instead ol that, as he lay on his bed of pain, unable to move, he prayed for the peonU who run him down. "Appeal dismissed," curtly announced tho chairman, Tho Church of England Men's Society is holding its annual Dominion Conference in Christehurch this year. The sossions will be held in tho Diocesan Board Room at Christ's College, to-day and to-morrow, and will ho presided over by the Bishop of Christehurch. This evening at 7.30, a special service for men will bo held in the Cathedral, at which tho Bishop will preach. It is a service not only for C.E.M.S. members, but for "all sorts and conditions of men." After the presidential address this morning, the rest of the day will bo taken up with business, whilo to-morrow various member's will read papers or speak on subjects of interest to all, such as "The Duty of the C.E.M.S. Towards Social and Economic Problems," "Tho Church's Work at the Front," "A Five Days' Working Week." Men other than C.E.M.S. members will be ndmit-t-otd to this session. Bad roads as a ground of complaint of cruelty to unimals was advanced in tho report submitted nt last night's meeting of the Society for the Prevention oif Cruelty to Animals by the Inspector, Mr D. J. Whito. He referred to a portion of Hill's, road near the Glenmore brick works, and stated that it was in such a condition that it caused cruelty to tho horses. Some of the owners of these horses, who pay a heavy traffic tax to tho Heathcote County Council, had brought tho mat-; ter under the Inspector's notice, and ho had seen the county clerk on the subject, and had been informed that the road was to bo metalled, but so far nothing had been dono. A member referred to a previous occasion when tho County Council's attention had beon drawn to certain bad portions of road with the result that improvements had been effected. On Mr J. Sailor's motion, it was decidcd to_ write te tho Heathcote County Council, drawing attention to the bad piece of road referred to in the Inspector's report. Tho concluding offort on behalf of the Sailprs' Day Appeal has been' enthusiastically taken in hand by a large band of helpers, and ono novel foaturo of the day (Friday noxt) will bo tho teams of collectors provided by tho leading business linns, and as tho results from these will, bo shown separately, a spirit of friondly rivalry will bo engendered. Another interesting feature will bo a large model of Nelson's flag ship, which will bo on view in the city oil a lorry throughout the day. In addition to the street collection. thero will be a cako stall in charge of tho Opawa Ladies' Guild, a flower stall under the management of tho Sumner Ladios' Guild, whilo at the south ond of the Tramway shelter shed there will be a largo marqueo, wherein the Christehurch Ladies' Guild will offer for sale cakes and produce of all descriptions. In this connexion an appeal is mado for gifts of produce of all kinds, which may be left at the tent. The Cashmere Ladios' Guild is providing refreshments for nearly 300 helpers in tho Chamber of Commerce all day. A rather surprising admission coming from the United States of America, came under, the notice of the First Auckland Military Service Board on Friday, when the adjourned appeal of Harry Lewis. ship's Reward (Mr Singer) was mentioned. Lewis had pleaded that he was not a reservist of New Zealand, but was an American subject. The appeal had been adjourned to allow a communication with appellant's birthplace, in order that some evidence or proof might be obtained. Counsel said ho had just received a letter, dated March 29th, from the local registrar or city commissioner of tho city of Jacksonville, Florida, which read as follows: "In reply to yours of January Ist, I regret to advise that I am unable to furnish you with a copy of certificate of birth of Harry Lewis, said to have been born in Jacksonville 23 or 29 years ago, owing to tho fact that we have no record of births prior to and are rather incomplete from that year to May 3rd, 1901, on which date firo destroyed most of our records.' : The Board was somewhat nonplussed on hearing the letter, and said that the only channel of information seemed to have been exhausted. Mr Singer said ho could perhaps obtain some proof. from relatives of appellant in America. Major Conlan said that the matter might bo referred to the American Consul, now that America was in the war. The Board adjourned tlio matter for consideration.

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