GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16325, 24 September 1918, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

— « From a row of five houses in one street in Rakaia no fewer than fourteen soldiers havo gone forth to fieht. Three have givon their lives, ana several others have been wounded. The residents of Mount Somers have decided to build a new hall as a memorial to the soldiers, and a committee is now at work collecting the necessary funds. The building will be erected in the Domain. The Sydenham Football Club's memorial to the late Mr W. M. Allardyce, for many years president of the club, will be unveiled at the club's hall, Lawson street, Sydenham, on Sunday, at 3 p.m., by Colonel G. J. Smith, patron of the club. At the Canterbury Aviatipn School yesterday morning four pupils took their "tickets," The weather conditions while the tests were being made were excellent, and all four pupils secured good passes. The successful pupils were: J. J. Loffey (Dunedin),. T. P. Wooding (Woodbury), H. I. N. Melville (Wanganui). J. R. Richardson (Wanganui). The observing officers were Colonel R. A. Chaffey and Maior W. 0. Morrison. As the subject of forming "grips" in the roods to chock the speed of motorists _is now engaging some attention in Christchurch. it is interesting to note that tho Rakaia bridge once possessed some very decidod "grips" (writes our correspondent). These very effectually checked the speed of motorists, out that was not tho purpose for which they were made, they being intended for use by the railway men in bridge repairing operations. On the representations of the Canterbury Automobile Association that these obstacles wore too pevere, the grades v. ere considerably reduced, but even now they act aa very effectual checks on excessive epoeds.

An instance of the acute stage which » the shortage of coal supplies has reachI ed was to be seen at Ashburton yesterday, when several trucks of coal ' from Mataura, Benhar, pnd as far back > into the very heart of Central Otago as Cromwell, passed through consigned to Christcnurch and Rangiora. 1 Cromwell was famous in the early mining days for its output of gold, "but it ; is about one of the last places in the Dominion from whence one would expect to see a supply of coal coming for outside markets. Some of the coal had evidently been in the trucks for a considerable time, and the exposure to the air had reduced that on the top_ to the appoarance of freshlyslaked lime, except, of course, in colour. As the outcome of information having been received to the effect that advertisements had appeared in Australian newspapers, particularly in Sydney. inviting applications for situations in New Zealand in the printing trade, the Board of Management of the Canterbury Typographical Association, at a meeting held on Saturday evening, passed a resolution condemning the notion of the Master Printers' Association, and strongly, protesting against the step taken by them, on the ground that sticn action was unfair to con-! sorrnted New Zealand printers. It was decided to forward the protest to the New Zetland Federated Typographical Association with a vien- to making reni-esentations to the Minister on the subject. lestorday afternoon the members of the i}ini.u>Lt>rs' Association wojo entertained lor tucir montai.y meeting by me Rev. Mr White and iHis U hue, caik'ion avenue, liicscarion. The lie v. P. K night presided. A letter was received from Mr A. Uoy.o, piesident of the Aavy League, mat sermons be preached on October i!Oth on behaif oi the Royal i\avy. It was decided that "the Association recommends that, where practicable, the ministers should fall in lino with the request." The Rev. H. Allen Job, having resigned the position of secretary and treasurer on taking up duties in connexion with the Council of Churches, the llev. George E. McOro was appointed to the position vacated. The Rev. George E. Moore gave an instructive address on "Materialism and Christianity," and a discussion followed. The report to be submitted at the annual meeting of the Cliristchurch branch of the Overseas Club status that the symposia held during the year did not receive that support from the ! members which the high quality of the entertainments merited. Thanks are | recorded to the following for their ad- | dresses: Rev. Percy Knight, Rev. J. : Paterson, Rev. S. Lawry, Colonel G. J ! Smith, Colonel R. A. Chaffey, Messrs L. M. Isitt, M.P., Goo. T. Booth, G. M. Hall, C. G. Whitaker, Dr. C. Coleridge Farr, and Professor J. Macmillan Brown. There has not been any big work done by the club during the year • many of its operations have been overlapped by the more necessary war work, which has been well supported bv the ladies' section, individual members. and by the active members of the executive. A scheme for presenting war planes to the British Government was projected, but owing to the action of the Government and want of support. it was* not proceeded with. The membership is satisfactory—the total being (559 (gentlemen 372. ladies 317). It is the executive's intention that the ' clnb shall take an active and official ' part in all "help win the war" movements till a glorious and honourable peace is secured. The statement of accounts as on July 31st shows a bnlance to credit of £6 6s 6d, and an ex- j cess of assets over liabilities of £47 I 6s 6d.

Last oreninp the Fire Brigade turned out to 20 Fairfield avenue, Sydenham, a five-roomed house owned and occupied by Mr W. J. Burford. The damage was confined to some bedding. The hou«o and its contents are insured in the State office. . Yesterday was one of the busiest days on the Lyttelton waterfront for sevoral months past, thcro being seventeen vessels at the wharves, each with cargo to discharge or load. This unusual volume of shipping created a shortage of labour, which, it is hoped, will be somewhat relieved to-day. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., two male first offenders wore each fined ss, in default 2-1 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness. George Kelby. McKenzie and James Thorp© were each charged with _ behaving in a disorderly manner while drunk, and Thome wn9 also chargcd with using obsccne Inngiiace. A prohibition order was issued against each, and they were ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. With reference to a suggestion by a correspondent, "E.H.," whose letter appeared in yesterday's issue, that ttaffic in the centre of the city should be regulated by the police, as, the writer said, was done in Wellington, and, further, that Superintendent Dwyer should arrange for the exchange from Wellington of two or three men experienced in controlling street traffic, a police official pointed out to a representative of "The Press" yesterday that there was no scarcity here of men quit® capable of regulating traffic, but until the City Council moved in the matter by following the oxamnle of tho Councils in Auckland and Wellington, i.e., paying to have constables employed specially in regulating traffic, by arrangement with the "Department, the police here could do no more than they wero doing at present. The illustrations in this week's "Weekly Press" deal largely with tho Americans at the front, ana the celebration of America's Day in France and Italy, where groat enthusiasm was shown, and the pictures depict some of the many functions that were carried out in honour of the event. Reading botwoon the lines of the cable news, America's entry into Germany looks highly promising, and the map tho ""Weekly Press" includes in itß pnges of the region about Metz, Germany's groat fortress just over the frontier, on the southern end of the battle front, is most irteresting at this stage. Another cablo message said that the Allied propaganda was making headway among the German soldiers. One specimen, reproduced on a large-scale, is very suggestive of "the place in the sun" the Germans may evontually obtain There are a good many enrravinigs dealing with New Zealand soldiers, and an instructive set is of a camp for permanently unfit men taken during a visit of Sir Thos. Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand. Local matters that have attracted.much interest were "Daffodil Day and the performance of tho children of the Christchurch Creche and Kindergarten Apsocintion, for which the day was held, and tho patriotic football Trentham v. Canterbury, both subjects being well illustrated in cur contemporary. All coughs, recent or chronic, in young or oid, yield to Loasby's Stop It. Grocers and chemists. 1 Think of your soldier now in camp; buy him a present—a suitable one that lie will appreciate. Watson's Jewellers, Ltd., will help you with suggestions. A fine stock of pipes, razors, wallets, money-belts, wristlet watcneß, etc., affords ample scope for satisfactory choosing. Watson's, Jewellers, Ltd., Colombo street, Christchurch. 8 You can depend upon everything being done promptly and well if you only hand your snipping documents to J. M. Heywood and Co., Ltd, They are recognised as experts at this work. Telephones 250; 1241, and 2174. 6

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