GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 17017, 14 December 1920, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

The Mocraki, which was due at "Wellington late last night from Sydney, is bringing 38 bags of mail and 10 hampers of parcels for Christchurc'h. A vigorous effort will bo made by the local \.M.C.A. early in li) 21, probably in March, to raise "a sum sufficient to cioar off the existing mortgage, auj_ to provide an adequate cover tor wording expenses. While tho amount has not been definitely fixed, it is expected to be in tho region of £10,000. The City Council last night adjourned for a. furtlier period the consideration of tho special committee's report relative to tne new lay-out of tram tracks in the city. Cγ. J. \\\ lieaiiland said tho Council so far authorised the laying of a new line in Manchester and that was the point still in issue. At the close of tho meeting of tho City Council Inst night, the Mayor extended the greetings of the season to tho councillors and start, and announced that it was intended to have "a picnic in January, at which the councillors and their wives and families would be present.

jf Mr H. P. Hopkins, chairman of th 13 Christchurch Fire Board, has given cheque, for £2 2s towards a Christina 1L trent for the children of members of th jt . Firo Brigade. ■ ' -o The city clocks have been work in. lt unsatisfactorily of late, and it has bee deeid.-cl to request Messrs Littlejoli 10 r.tuLCo.. of Wellington, to examine th i- clocks and furnish an estimate of th ;c j cost of repairs. t _ An Auckland telegram states that l.i Governor-General's yacht Iron Duk ly was launched yesterday, and Lor t ; Jellieoc took her for a trial spin. Th , vc.-se', is in the 14-foot class, and wi compete in local races with Lor •© Jellicoa at the helm. ft Mr P. R. Climie, org.iriscr of th >e Canterbury Progress Leajrnc, receive » a telegram last night from the Hon. J G Coatcs, Minister of Public Works, i: t» answer to a tolegram which, he sen is stating that contract work at the Otir I tunnoL was suspended for want of cc ' r ment supplies. The Minister statei 1- that 300 tons of cement were at pre . 0 sfit hwe loaded at Whangarei for th i Otira tunnel. " ! The following interesting figures re n cord the activities at the local Y.M.C.A id rooms during tho> past sis' months:—At [k tendances at building, 29,996; attend nnces at social functions (seniors only) r " 6620; attendances at religious meeting !r and classo. 1&30; attcndanres_at ijyrh Le nasium, 4497; number of billiard game ~ plaved. 70-10; number of beds occupied 5746 (number of men in dornv'tnrv, 160) le , number of meals supplied, 25,761. g An appropriate scheme of decoratio j is being- applied to the Nativo Affair ' Committee's room in the new "Parlir n mentary Buildings. At one end of th y room pro the carved outlines of th " front of a Maori meeting house. Alon tho other walls .ire further example h of carvings with spaces left for' apprc o priate historical pictures, while in on panel is to be a copy of the Treaty o r > Waitanei. It is expected that it wi' g be -possible to procure from its presen resting place in North Auckland th '' actual table on which the Treaty wa '" signed. The beams of tho ceiling hav n been ornamented with, a design in plas tor of Maori carving. The polico are at present investijrat ing what appears to be an outrage tha >-» .was committed at Arthur's Pass or o Thursday night last, when tho two roomed hut of Constable McKay wa: I damaged by tho detonation of a sticl 3, ' of golignito. Constablo McKay, wh< L t went to Arthur's Pass four, or fiv< months ago, was absent in Christ '" clfurch at the time, havintr just com< d in from a case at Darfield, and as }i + was known that ho was not then ir . , the hut, it is not supposed that am i- attempt was.made on his life. One h wall and a door of the hut were blowr i in,.but otherwise the structure, was nol '" ; greatly damaged. Gelignite is_ at proo ' sent being freely used for blasting pure ■ poses in tho vicinity of Arthur's Pass The'librarian of the Canterbur Public Library states that during tin a month of November the total uumbei i- of books issued, from the circulatinj library was 15,039, compared witl 1»i3,335 that were issued during the %imo month last year. In tho reference •- library 4202 works were consulted, tin: c being 655 more than the number con ' suited during November, 1919. In the 1! juvenile library 1280 books were takci 0 I out for homo reading, this being slight lv less than tho number issued during d November, 1919. During the last few t months there has been a slight fallinga off in tho juvenile issues, due, probably, to tho largo amount of illness thai 0 has' 'taken placo amongst the school r children. Tho membership of the * library is steadily growing, 91 new subseribers having enrolled during the pas! * month. > Tho pilgrimage of Maoris to Ratana, B the "miracle man," still continues. Recently, according to the "Taraitaki " Herald," about 40 Natives arrived from 1 Whakatane and other places in the 1 Auckland Province. Their sicknesses , and troubles are many and various, but 1 Ratana is confident that after two or 3 three days they go away rejoicing with . a stronger faith in the true God. Ho admits that somo of hie previous cases 1 • have had relapses, but says that it was > due to lack of fa,ith. They had. a f "korero" with the unbelieving pakeha, and began to doubt the power of God. ' They doubted and went back to tho ■ old "Maori beliefs in tohungaism and 1 makutu. When Maoris did that there ' was no hope. "1 am trying," ho said, ' "to make them believe in God and. tho i Holy Ghost." Tho new church which is [ Tbeing built will be ready for opening at Christmas time. It is to be an undenominational church, "open," said * Tahu, "to every church which believes , in the true God." . I Nathaniel and Charles Louis Cope- ' land, in other words, ''Argtis," tho boy 1 who appeared at a local theatre during [ the past two weeks, and his father, j will appear at thu Magistrate's Court this morning on a charge involving " fortune-telling. Tho charge is laid ■ under Section 224 r>f the "Justices of tho Poaco Act, 1908,". which reads as 1 follows: —"Where any person is charged ■ before Justices with pretending to exer- ,' ciso or use any kind of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment, or conjuration, or undertaking to tell fortunes, or pretending from his skill or knowledge in any occult or crafty sr-ierco to discover whore or in what manner any goods or chattels supposed to have- been stolen o:- lost may be found, and tho Justices think tho offence may bo sufficiently punished in a summary manner, instead of committing tho accused_ for trial, they may deal with tho said offender summarily, and on conviction may oidor him to be imprisoned with or without j hard labour for ono month, and mny ' imposo a fine not exceeding five I pounds." i 'In presenting the annual report a year ago, your directors stated that tho Association was faced with bright prospouts for the future," stated the annual report presented at last night's meeting of the Y.M.C.A. "We are ' pleased to record that tho prediction lias been fully justified by a year of great activity and useful service, also by an increase of 546 in the membership of the i Senior and Junior Departments. Tho j present membership, alter purging tho j roll of 150 unfinandal members, is 1163, nnd we intend aiming steadily at tho 20C0 mark, li" members rally round tho : Association, as at present, we should reach this goal, arid so extend our spher* of usefulness. The success of the Asso- i ciation is not measured by fipuro.s, but by the influence wfiieli i.sbrouja*'o bear on tho men and boys of the community. , W r c recognise, with Harry Emerson Fosdick, that "The great need of tho world is for spiritual quality in men, for depth and altitude of soul, for ; wealth of inward life, out of which special deeds shall come like a brook j from the mountains with power." Theso j are the fruits by which we would havo our Association known." A leading article entitled "An Example from America," which appeared in Saturday's "Press," dealt with a huge water supply scheme at Los I Angeles, which* was'completed within five years at a cost of 23 million dollars. The work involved the construction of a reservoir with a capacitv of ' 20.890,000,000 gallons and oveV 2GO miles of tuur.ois, conduits, pipes, syphons, etc. For'the expediting of tno work hundreds of miles of roads, pipe, electric power, telephone", and telegraph lines were constructed. As much concrete was to bo used in the work, over 4000 acres of suitabio iar.d tvtso purchased, and a cement mill, which turned . out 1000 barrels a day, was erected. Los Ansroles knew wh.vt she wanted, and* hy enterprise and active public spirit g"t it witii the , smallest possible- expenditure of time and money. This srticle is considered by the Canterbury Progress League to 6e bcth'an education and an inspiration for those with ■ whom lies the completion of the Otira ] tunnel, and, with tile object of bringing ' it before members cf Parliament, tho Leaguo is having copies of it printed, and these will be sent to members and j i Cabinet Ministers. J,

:e ' T''e "\fnynr requests citizens to ol a servo Thursday (Anniversary Day) as i-S , painu- Luuai.v. 10 All workers and subscribers in coi noxion with "Save the Children"' a] S ' !H\i] are invited to attend the fin; 11 meeting to be- held-at the Y.M.C.A, 'i at 4 p.m., on Friday. ° Yesterday's river report was as fo ■'■* lows: —Waiinnkariri (both branches clear: AVaitaki, clear (weather fine: Opihi, clear (weather fine); Ranp :c i:rta. diny (weather fine); Rakai: 'd j clear. 'li Thursday next is commemoration Dn . j at Christ's Collcpre. Old Boys are not lied that there will be Holy at 7 30 a.m., fojjowed by the eon ■o memorntion service at 9 a.m. At 10.i d n.ni. the nast v. present boys' cricki r - matches will be commenced. n During November, 33 building pej mit= were issued in the city, represena ing a value of £16,420. kince Apr 1 375 permits were issued, represeni ing a value of £282,<307. For tho coj respnnding period in 1919 the permii 0 totalled 310, representing a huildin value of £273,519. s It was mentioned at the meeting ( L " tl:o AVoolston Borough Council Jnj f night that slow projiress is being mad with the erection by the Govemrtier ' of workers homes in the borough, an ;S the Labour Department is to be nske l " by tho Council to proceed more exp< ■ s ditiously with the work. A pectoral sandpiper, the first record ' ed in New Zealand, has been added t the collection of birds in tho Cantes 11 bury Museum. It is a long-billed rs long-tailed bird, with greyish-brow 1- plumage above nnd greyish-white be 10 low. The? species belongs to Norti l ® America, and migrates to South Amc ," rica. Specimens have been reportoi }S from Europe. Tho bird was taken b, iQ Mr E. F. Stead at Lake Ellesmere. >f When the confirmation of tho nei 11 by-laws came before the City Counc it Inst night, an jnvolvod discussion too e place on tho by-law relating to vehicle is passing a tram'car at rest. The by-la l e as first adopted, was amended to pre i- vide that no vehicle be allowed to pas a tramcar on the left side when th car is at rest setting down or takin 2 up passengers, and that a vehicle b ~ allowed to pass a standing tramcar o: tho right-hand side at a rate of spee 3 not exceeding four miles an hour. s In reply to the City Council's rcsolu 0 tion asking that the Department of In a dustries and Commerce be requested t< - carry out a propaganda enmpaien, urp 9 ing 'people to purchase New Zealand fc made goods, the Minister in dharge o 1 tho Department advised that he ivoul 7. bo pleased to consider the Council 3 representations in connexion with simi i lar proposals now under considers tioi t by tho'Board of Trade. Tho letter - which was read at last night's meetinj - of tihe Council, was received. Cr. C S. White, at the meeting o y tho AVoolston Borough Council las e evening, drew attention to the dange r to public health through meat cart S being insufficiently covered in, espe h cially when a nor'-wester is blowing 5 He moved that tho attention of thi 0 Publio Health authorities be directe< s to the matter. Cr. L. Hart, in second - ing tho motion, said it was a disgrae* 3 tho way" meat was carted about tin ; i streets, and in no way protected fron - tho dust and germs blowing about. Th< 1 motion was carried. r The remains of the lato Mr W. Fen- " ton wore interred at the Bromley Cemel tcry with full military honours yesterI! day, the deceasod being a returned sol- , dier. He was also well known in band " circles, being tho son of Mr W. Fenton I (conductor of the Sumner Bi'ass Band). The decoased was a membor of the Ist Canterbury "Regimental Band, which 1 was in attendance at the funeral. The service at tho graveside .was taken by the Rev. Mr Young, and there was a large gathering of returned soljdiere. The "Last Post" was sounded by Bands- ' man Hall. Recentlv tho Mayor made representations to Dalgety and Co. that a por- ] tion of their frontage on Cathedral square mighti be improved to bring_ it into harmony with the handsome buildings in tho locality. In reply, the company advised tihat, in view of the high cost of building and tho Government's desire to utilise materials in more necessary works, the company had decided , in the meantime not to procoed with alterations to the present premises. No, doubt wheft tho position was easier the matter would probably bo taken in Qmnd. Tho letter came before tho City-Council last night and was received. In tho hospital grounds on Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, tho Royal Musical Society will give an open-air performance of Handel's "Messiah." The orchestra and chorus will number 200. The recital has as its object the raising of funds for destitiito patients of the Hospital, and Christinas cheer for children in the Hospital. A charge will bo made to the public for admission to tho Hospital grounds, nnd there will bo a gift table at which presents for tho children will bo received. Donations of enemies or cash for the objects of thn performance may "be sent during tho week to Mr It. B. '(Vwen, hon. secretory of tho Musical Society, P.O. Box 688. A letter was received nt last night's meeting-of'tho.Waimairi County Council from tho secretary of tho Returned : Soldiers' Association," stating that 4000 I soldiers wished to obtain land, and that ; tho rate of settlement by tho Govcrn- ! ment was too slow. Enquiry was made j if tho county had any holdings suit- : aide for the "purpose. " Tho chairman, ' Mr W. P. Spencer, stated that tho time I was not opportune "to go into tho matter, as, in his opinion, the Drice of land was coming down before long. Othov members expressed similar views. It was do?ided to receive the letter, lenv- ■ inu members themselves to bring nndor i notice of the Association any suitable land they might learn of in the county. During the discussion on the motion oi the Mayor (Mr J. P. Luke) to increase tho number of councillors to twenty-one, I at the meeting of the Wellington City i Council on Thursday, tho Mayor monI tioned that whilst he thought an aceesj sion of members would be beneficial, ho j would not be immediately concerned. "I won't be here," said Mr Luke, "so I am not kcpnly concerned, but many of tho councillors now belong to four or five committees, and my personal j opinion is that it would caso f no work J ! generally. On the broad, hint Mr Luke j had given a "Dominion" reporter asked his whether it could be taken that ho was not going to rontest the Mavornltv next April. "That is so." said Mr Luke, "I'm not going to stand." ' I Cr. F. R. Cooko suggested at the I meeting of tho City Council last night : that an area of eleven acres adjoining the Sydenham Cemetery should be acquired by tho Council to extend the cemetery. , Cr. McKellar said the bett.T plan would be to acquire a I area beyond the city which would last for hundreds of years. Cr. A. "Williams : AVg have 800 acres at Bottle Lake already. Cr. J. O. Jameson said he would like to see the commitic • consider the question nf>a crematorium before recommending the purchase of extra cem.-tei-y land. Cr. C. S. Harper said it would be nn unbusinesslike thing tr. establish an expensive crematorium it people did not want to be cremntod. Cr. Cooke's suggestion, was referred to the Reserves Committee for a report. A record range of high-grade perfumery is now being shown by Loasby nnd Co., chepiists (opp. Ballantyne'sf. Notwithstanding the extreme scarcity of many of the rarer perfumes, Loasby and Co. carry stocks anything of the pre-war days, aim by iin:>ortin|: direct they are able to undersell all competitors. Exclusive English brushtvare is also a feature of their business. 6 All those in favour of using GOLDEN Soap as a lever for lifting tho world into thrift and harmonv are requested to confer with local storekeepers. 18

Rangiora borough ratepayers are reminded that all rates and accounts must be paid on or before the loth dny of January, 1921. After that date leeal pro codings will be taken to recover all i outstanding. 4630 In the same way that a prompt visit to the dentist vrifl save your teeth, so a prompt- visit to the Chnstchurch Battery Co. irill save your battery. ihe Company's repair service is n most complete and efficient organisation. It can repair or replace defective battery parts in the shortest time." Address: SO Tvilmore street (three doors east of Victoria street). . C 2952-:: < iu Qu.-nch your thirst theso hot. muggy days with SharpeV famous Gold Seal Jkvprnges. A bottle of Slwrpc's Suitor Cordial in the house will be a constant friend indeed. There is nothinc moro refreshing, nothing more delicious. Shnrpo Bros."'cordials can bo secured I in Lemm, Orange. Limejuice, and Raspberry, tho prices beins: 2s and 3s. Order from Sharpe Bros., 276 Armagh street. 'Phnne 17G1. imm -diately, if you wish to secure delivery before Christmas, e Father Christmas will pnrade tho city to-dav, leaving the D.I.C. (Cnshol street entrance) at 1.1 n p.m.. returning at 2.30 p.m. H> wfll call at the Sydenham Kindergarten at 2.10 p.m. G The Manuka is bringing from Sydney a large shipment of "Lixal" for Goo. W. Wilton and Co., Ltd. This liquidKoan disinfectant enjoys tho distinction of being the only fluid to possess tho combination of the highest qualities of a germicide and a thorough cloansor. ! It 'has a beautiful red lustre, with a very pleasant pine odour, and is a dis- '. tinct fluid, different from the ordinary j coal-tar product. WBB7B Our men understand the necessity for care, and "safety first" is our rule in regard to your property. For moving, storage, or' distribution, come to us first. J. M. Heywood and Co. Ltd. H4943 Graes is already commencing to turn brown in somo of the drier parts of Christohurcli. but, fortunately, one firm has substantially reduced prices on lawn hose. Best quality rubber hose, 4-ply $in 10d per foot, 4-ply Jin Is Id per foot. Net cash prices. Ivorys, Ltd u 21 Manchester street. o A CAR FOR THE CHRISTMAS . HOLIDAYS. No more enjoyable holiday can be imI agined than a motor tour, independent of trains and steamers, and with perfect liberty of movement. Adams, Ltd., have in stock a number of good, reliable motor-cars by first-class makers, all calculated to mnke the Christmas holidays of 1920.a matter for long and pleasurable remembrance. STUDEBAKER LIGHT FOUR, NEARLY NEW—£SOO. Wo offer tho latest Studebaker "Four" model —tho Light Four —newly repainted in. stone grey; e.l. and s.s. Full road equipment, extra rim and tyre, tyres in good order, and condition warranted, at £500. Adams, Ltd., Garage, 219 Tuam street. STUDEBAKER—IDEAL FOR CAMP- . ING OUT—£3SO. This late model Studebaker, with removable front seats, is the ideal car for camping. It can be UEcd as a tent, Full equipment;, e.l. and s.s. Sparc rim and tyre. Finished in cream. Splen*. did order. Price £350. Adams, Ltd., Garage, 219 Tuam street. ENGLISH HUMBER FOR £225. This is a strong, sturdy English car by a first-clnss maker. Wire- wheels, vritJh extra wheel and tyre. Torpedo body. Price only £225, Adams, Ltd., Garage, 219 Tuam street. OTHER CARS FROM £125 TO £225. Our stock is large, and it includes other excellent bargains, including aa English Rover (5-senter) at £125; a Ford (de luxo model), 5 wire wheels and 5 tyres, at £225, and a late model Maxwell, at £2UO. Adams, Ltd.. Garage, 219 Tuam street, X '