GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16851, 3 June 1920, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

A "Wellington Press Association telegram states that Parliament will open | on June 24th. The Arawa, winch left London on May 6th, and should arrive at Auckj land on the 17th inst., ]ms | a large English, mail on hoard, of which. no particulars are yet availj able. Another case of influenza was removed from tho Canopus at Lyttelton yesterdav. The patient, a seaman, was convoyed to the Christchurch Hospital. The men's quarters on the Cationus aro being thoroughly fumigated. Sir Godfrey Thomas, personal secretary to the Prince of has written as follows to Mr H. f M. Donaldson, of Christchurch: "I am desired by the Prince of "Wales to thank you for the copy of your, verses, 'Rail to tho Prince," which he was pleased to accept." The copy presented to tho Prince was specially printed on satin. 'The accommodation js often better in fifth and sixth-class places in the Dominion than in Christchurch," remarked Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., at yesterday's meeting of the Christchurch Licensing Bench. . This stntement was challenged hv Mr "W. Ho Kan, who silted that he had just eome back from Sydney, r/here the accommodation ■was far worse than here. Mr McCarthy: Places like Dannevirke are very much better for accommodation than'Christchurch. A point of interest to scientists was mentioned at the Canterbury Parliamentary Committee meeting yesterday morning. When discussing; oil-boring operations _at Chertsey, Sir Hcatoii Rhodes snid that it was believed that the shingle deposits . on Canterbury [ Plain ranged in depth from a hundred to a thousand feet. As it was all river shingle from the mountains, the question occurred to one's mind what ages it took before Nature had l formed tho great Canterbury Plain. It is not generally known that the Mayor's chair in the City Council meeting room is a thing sacredly reserved for use only by the Chief Magistrate ot thfc city. Mr L. M. Isitt, chairman of the Canterbury Parliamentary Committee, yesterday morning took the chair, with a remark that its wide back walled the heat of tho fire from him, but he was hardly seated before the custodian informed him that the chair, 'according to instructions issued, must be useid only by his "Worship. The member for Christchurch North "abdicated" with a remark about a man being "born a baby, anyway." and took another ch- 1 ir inst before bis political colleague. I>r. Thacker, M.P., arrived. With reference to the Mayor's suggestion that the Riccarton tram trade to Oxford terrace should ba taken on some ctb'ei- street than Worcester street, as at present, it is pointed out that the Tramway Hoard, after considering the using of Cnshel and Hereford streets for the Riccarton track, decided in favour of taking the lino along Jjichfie.cl street, and such. a, route is provided for in tho Order-in-Oouncil which the Board is now seeking from the Government. Under such an arrangement the cars will come into tho Square via Lichfield street and uo Colombo street, running on the proper sule of the road through the Bank of New Zealand corner into the Square. It is provided that there will be a min.imum of interference with, vehicular hrafric. There will nob be anv shunting; done m the Square. At a special meeting of the Council ot tho Automobile Association, held yesterday afternoon, to formulate a scheme to be placed before members in connexion with the financial arrangements regarding the purchase of tho Caledonian Hall, the following motion, proposed by Mr A. S. Ch.rkson and seconded by Mr F. W. Johnston, was passed unanimously: "That it he a recommendation to the General Committee that the finance of the purchase be arranged by the issue of a thousand debentures of £5 each, bearing interest at 1, Vi ei i Cent V to repayable bv annual Si '/ n ° fc 0S ? t,lfm •" f2s ° tn paid off per year; in the event of insnffinent debentures being taken up, the Council to have power to raise a -II 1 case debentfireho'deis will rank as second mortgagees. It is the intention of the As- - 7to « 1C hall as a permanent headquarters. A question put to Mr K. E. Elliott, secretary of the Central Executive of the New Zealand. Homo Service League at the meeting of local home serv r ico men last night was whether members of the Ji.N Z.A were entitled to membership of the League. Mr Elliott's reply was decidedly in the affirmative. Jho men of the R.N.Z.A., he said, were, ot course., soldiers, the same as anybody else. Some of them, fortunately, were sent oversea, and some of them, unfortunately, had never come oacK. As to those who were forced to remain in New Zealand, the Government must have had somo very good reason for keeping men in thq Dominion. What that reason was concemed nobody but the Government, but tho fact remained that there was some necessity for tho Government's action m cach ease. • R.N.Z.A*. men were certainly entitled to membership of the League, and all tho benefits that tho Leagno could secure for its members. An K.N.Z.A. man stated later in the evening that the Officer. Commanding tho Artillery. Colonel Standish, had sanctioned the joining of the League bv members of the Artillery. Commenting on the resignation of Mr C. E. Bevan-Brown. headmaster of the Boys' High School, tho "Bovs' Hi ah School Magazine" for May. remarks-— "In a year or two the old school buildings will be abandoned, and v>e feel sure that Mr Bevan-Brown could not reconcile himself to taking up work in any new edifice, however magnificent. The present school is quite over-crowded Classes are regularly being held in the laboratories, the gymnasium has been adapted to hold two classes, another is held in tho armoury, the two modern class rooms outside are furnaces in summer, «md not much better than cold storerooms in winter. Meanwhile, we hear little of the advance of the plan for tho now buildings. It is understood that it "has been before the Education Department which, has suggested certain alterations and economies, and has again been returned to Wellington with certain modifications. However sorry we may be to leave our old grey stone school", wa shail be very glad to hear that the foundation stone of the new building is laid." It is also stated that tho school opened this year with 464 bovs, much tho largest number that has been on the roll.

The following additional subscriptions ; have been received for the Coal and P.hnket Fund: AC. £10, A .Y. J. Barker £'3, Anonymous £5. I

A meeting of the War Memorial Executive Committee will be held in the City Council Chamber to-morrow afternoon.

The express from invercargill ivas forty-fivo minutes late in leaving Ashburton Inst evening. She picked _np 15 minutes on the run to Christeh:irth, and arrived at Lvttelton half-nn-hotir late, the ferry steamer being dclaved in consequence. | General Booth vill visit on Thursday and Friday of week, arriving hv the'"H'ahine from AA rlHniiton oiT Thursday morning. Special sessions will be held at the Salvation Army Citadel in the morning, after-; noon, and evening of each day. j

Tho question of scholarships tor tiic Lincoln Agricultural College was mentioned yesterday at the meeting of .Canterbury members of Parliament, and Dr. Rilgendorf said it would be an advantage to the country if more seho'arships were given in order to encourage suitable and clever students. The Westland Chamber of Commerce resolved to urge the Education Department to turn the attention of gardening instructors at the schools to the necessity of instruction of scholars relative to grasses and grass-growing, and to ask the Agricultural Department to carry out special experiments regarding tho most, suitable grasses to grow in various districts, according to the nature of the different soils. "'The home service man was essentially and necessarily a volunteer," said Mr H. E. Elliott, secretary of the Central Executive of the New Zealand Home Service League, when addressing a meeting of home service men last night. "There was no conscription for home service. Men when they volunteered did not know that they would bo classed C 2. All the home service men did. their work voluntarily, and in nmnv cases at considerable} personal sacrifice." Messrs Spencer, Armitage, and Peverill, members of the Canterbury Education Board, returned on Tuesday night from the West Coast, where they visited a number of the schools undor tho Beard's jurisdiction. Generally, found the school buildings in good repair, and there was a marked improvement in them as compared with their condition on the previous visit of inspection twelve months ago. Several improvements will be recommended to the Board. A fairly well attended public meeting was held in tho Canterbury Collego Hall last night, when several speakers spoke in support of the establishing of a local branch of the Australian Students' Christian Association. The aim of this institution.is to supply the need for spiritual or religious life in the purely secular institutions of learning. Dr. I>. E. Currio. presided, and addresses were given by tho Rev.s. T. 31. Hazlctt, E..P. Blamires, and Canon C. G. Mutter. It was'decided to form a branch of the Association in Christcliurch. A meeting of ■ tho Lancaster Park Board of Control was held yesterday, Mr C. It. Clark presiding. It was decided to grant tho Christchurch Tramway Employees' Sports Club the uso of the Rugby grounds at the Park for practice purposes on Thursdays. Permission was granted Canterbury College to play an inter-'Varsity football match against Otago at tho Park on tho lGth inst. It was decided to ask the Ground Committee to report upon tho possibility of making permament arrangements whereby the spaco for spectators could bo increased on tho occasion of big matches. Yesterday's daily influenza bulletin for Canterbury and West Coast districts disclosed a total of 51 cases, the increased figure being due to a notification of 10 cases from Reefton, the position in North and South Canterbury being stationary. Details arc: North Canterbury 33' mild influenza, and five pneumonic influenza (at Christchurch 14 mild and two pneumonic, Southbridge, Greendale. and Sumner one mild each, Oxford, Sheffield, and Rangiora three mild each, Loburn five mild, New Brighton two mild and one pneumonic, Lyttelton and Hororata one pneumonic each). Jnangahua, 10 (all at Reefton). South Canterbury 3 (Kimbell, Aibury, and Timaru one mild each). In the matter of the request recently put forward by the Canterbury Progress League for improved Seating facilities on the Arthur's Pass train, tho Mayor has received a Teplv from tho_ Railway Department, stating the subject matter of the representations was already engaging the attention of the Deparfmcnt. It was not at present practicable to equip the carriages with steam heating, but as soon as material was available it was intended to equip the train with steam-heating appliances. ■ In the meantime arrangements were made to provide twice the usual number of footwarmers, as the best temporary measure possible at the present moment. A_ stuffy feeling in the bead, accompanied by a general depression or tho spirits, is gcnerr.llv the first symptoms of a cold. TiiC safest course is to always keep a bottle of Lc„ >y's "Stop It" in your homeland so check both cold and couch at. its onset. Is 9d, 3s, and 5s 6d, all chemists and stores. Loasby and Co.. Chemists (opp. Rallantyne's). <5 A land sale of more than ordinary interest will bo conducted by Messrs IT. Matson and Co., in conjunction with Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., in Messrs Matson's sale rooms on Wednesday next at 1.30 p.m. The propertv to be offered bv auction is the well-known "Parle View' farm, situated^within two miles and. a half of the Waikari township. The land is admittedly of very fine quality indeed, and is wortli an exceptionally large sum per acre. It will be offered in nine subdivisions, and tho terms are most reasonable, being 10 ner cent, on the fall of the hammer! 10 per rent, on possession, and the balance m live yenrs at &\ por cent. It is antici. patcd that much interest wTI be taken in the sale, and that such, a valuable property -will be much sought after.* 6 Playing the violin while "No Rubbing" Laundry Help and "Goklen Rule" Soap do the weekly washing is wifie's favourite hobby now, and so say all of us.—Christchurch husbands. 6 You can depend upon everything being done promptly and well if you only hand your shipping documents* to J. M Heywood and Co.. Ltd. The% are recognised as experts at this work. Telephones 250, 1211, and 2174. b THE WONDERFUL NEW 1920 "BIG SIX" BTUDEBAXER. This wonderful car is beating all the world's records for petrol consumption. Owners are getting up to 20 miles to the gallon, carrying as many ss seven passengers, from an engine 'developing tio-65 h.p. These fine performances aro due to the new hot-spot fuel econcmiser, which complete.'v vaporises even? drop of petrol. The new Dixie "Aero" magneto also helps to reduce pytrol consumption, as it gives an extremelv hot spark, ensuring complete combustion of petrol gas. This magneto is fitted at an extra cost to the manufacturer of £2 0, and as all motorists know, is absolutely essential in modern cars. Tho new cushion drive on tho Studebaker Big Six is another help to economical running. It saves wear and tear on tyres and gears, and protects tho whoJo of the mechanism against excessive starting an'd braking strains. The ne.v cord tyres fitted to the Studebaker Big Six cost £128,10s per set, but they in"' volve no extra charge to the purc-h'aser. i They are fitted becauso they prevent punctures and blow-outs, and give a, much greater mi:eage than fabric tyres. Wo have just_ received a shipment <f Studebaker Big S'ix and Snciial Six cars ex Kumara, and can give immediate delivery. We cordially invite the general public to inspect tliese splendid cars in our showroom. All working parts are displayed over a mirror. Adams, Ltd. Showrooms, 152-154 High street. 6