GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17154, 25 May 1921, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

The auction announcements of Harris Bros., H. B. Sorensen, Wright, Stenhenson, and Co., Ltd., National Mortgage and Agency Company of N.Z., Ltd., Charles Clark, H. G. Livingstone and Co., New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Wj E. Simes and Co., Farmers' Saleyards, Tonks, Norton, and Co., Ltd., and Rotorua Auctioneering Co. will be found on page j3 of this issue.

At yesterday's meeting of the Hospital ijoard letters were read from Mrs J. H. Wilson, and Messrs 11. J. Otlevand F. G. Norton thanking the Board for its .their services whilst members of thelßoard.

The annual concert and social in connexion with tho Durham street Methodist Church anniversary will bo held to-night hf the School Hall at 7.-15. A lirst-class programme of vocal, instrumental, and elocutionary items will ')•-> given by tho leading vocalists and performers of the city. The Rev. T. A. Brady will sing,- and the Rev. Frank Gorman is expected to take part. The St. Patrick's Athletic Sports Association decided last night to ajiply to tho Lancaster Park Board of Control for permission to use Lancaster Park on March 18th. 1922, on the occasion of the Association's annua] sports. Vote 3 of thanks were passed to Messrs G. Ryan and J. Close for having acted as guarantors in connexion with the recent sports meeting.

Tho attention of the Minister of Justice was directed yesterday to the article in "The Press" suggesting >-that the time of the Magistrate on the North Canterbury country circuit could be saved considerably 'if he were allowed to make his own Court appointments for the towns. The Minister said enquiries would be made into the matter. The Government was always glad to hear suggestions which were for the improvement of the Civil Service.

The Canterbury Woollen Mills Employees' Union have appointed Messrs H. C. Revell and C. Bennett delegates to attend a conference with the New Zealand Woollen Mill Owners' Association, to be held in Dunediii on May 26th, to discuss the question of a new log and _ conditions of work. At the meeting indication was expressed with the Arbitration Court's recent pronouncement with regard to the stabilisation of wages, as the woollen mills employees generally are considerably behind the ruling.basic wage.

The work of the forty men placed this week on the Sumner side ofjthe Lyttel-ton-Sumner _ road will be to ease the grade and improve the curves ori the road to make it more suitable for motor and other wheeled traffic. . In consequence of" these operations the road will be blocked for a period, and the Mount Pleasant road will have to be used in the meantime. The Labour Department nre prepared to place more men on the work should they be offering. The pay will be 12s a day for married men or single men with dependants, and 10s a' day for single men without dependants, returned soldiers to have preference 6£i» employment. '

, At yesterday's meeting of the Lancaster' Park Board of Control, a. letter was received from tho Town Clerk to tho effect that the City Council -could not see its way clear to remit the rates on Lancaster Park. It was decided not to do anything further at present. A little later in the meeting stated that the Crown Law Office had expressed tho opinion that the Board was liable to pay land tax and rates on the Park. Mr F. Wilding said that, in spite of what the authorities had stated 1 , he was of opinion that the ground would be found to be clear of rates and taxes if tho case was contested. On the motion of Dr. it was decided to get legal opinion in the matter from a Wellington solicitor.

Considerable interest was caused in the boys' division of the Auckland Y.M.C.A. during the Governor-Gen-eral's visit by a game of ping-pong between Lord Jellicoe and one of the boys. When passing a table on which a game was in progress his Excellency expressed his enthusiasm for the popular pastime. One of the boys finally overcame his shyneßS sufficiently to allow the visitor to have an opportunity of displaying his skill, nnd a game was commenced, being watched with interest bV the large gathering of boys who crowded round the table. A keen contest ensued, hh Excellency finally defeating his youthful opponent, amid keen excitement. His victory was greeted with hearty cheerß. The valuable library, of legal work* owned by the late Mr J. A. Tole, K.C., was offered for sale by auction at Auckland last week. There was a' large attendance of members of the legal profession. Bidding was keen, and many high prices were realised. The following were the highest prices obtained: Balsbury's Laws of 'England alftl Supplements, £62; Chancery Appeals and Equity, £5 ss; Chancery Division (13 vols.), £4; American and E|glidh Encyclopaedia, £5; News. Digest, £2 10s; Empire Digest, £3 10s; Law Journal Reports and Statutes, £l4; Revised ports (149 vols.), £37 10s; Law Times Reports, £22; New Zealand Law Reports (vols.'l to 34, new .series), £7B; Gazette Law Reports (20 vols.V £42; <l*ew Zealand Jurist and Appeal Cases, £2, .#./■'.;

"With regard to a proposal to obtain sufficient water to keen the wickets in good order' at the Park during the cricket season, the secretary, Mr H. B. Gould, reported to the meeting of the Lancaster Park Board of Control last night ilhnt two tenders had been received for sinking wells. Dt. Thacker suggested that tanks should be used for _ storajje purposes,:' or electricity availed of to pumo the water up from the Heathcote river. "Mr F. Wilding expressed the opinion that such water would be preferable to artesian in its effect on the grass. This view was endorsed by Dr. Thacker, who .said that, because it was not oxygenated, artesian water was considered to be responsible for mudh. of the goitre about Christchurch. It was decided to hold over the mattej in the meantime, pending further enquiries being made. It is related that there, was just onebrief moment at Putney when even the great 'Varsity boat race'itself was forgotten (writes out London "correspondent). It was when the Prince of Wales was first seen in front of the London Rowing Club's boathouse, which Oxford made their headquarters. The huge crowd would have had an even more interesting moment if they had.seen Ihe trince, 15 minutes earlier,, with 'his equerry, sidling quietly down an alley and smuggling himself into the boathouse via a back gate, observed only by a few women and children gazing over the wall. "In here?' he asked, as somebody indicated the back gate; '•right." And with his hat ala Beatty he turned into the yard. But, after a cup of tea, out he came into the full glare of the public light. He wore his Guards Brigade tie, a brown overcoat, and, to the delight of thousands, a pair of Cambridge coloured socks. He made his way into the Leander's boathouse, next door, where Cambridge were noosed, and spent a jovial five minutes with the Light Bines.

The Mavor -will officially open the St. \lbnn<s* Public Library, Colombo street north," on Saturday, at 7.30 p.m. In connexion with the forthcoming visit of H.M.B. Chatham to Lyttelton, a public meeting of citizens to make nriWements for the reception of Commodore Hotham, and the officers and cro ,v of the vessel, will be held in the City Council Chambers to-morrow at -1 p.m. The Minister of Justice, the Hon. E. P Lee, declined yesterday to say anytliiii" in connexion with the petition praving that-the youth Walter Middleton' who was sentenced to one month's imprisonment on a charge of having struck a waitress, should be released and the case reheard. Owiinr to work of construction being now in "progress, the Lyttelton-Sumner ro"d "iweon Evans's Pass and Sumner, will be closed from to-morrow until" fiu-tlicr notice. It is notified that vehrular traffic may nowMisc the new road from Evans's Pass; via Mount Pleasant, to the mam road near the H'eathcote bridge.

The Mavor h.is received the following additional contributions to the .Coal and Blanket Fund:—J. Ballantyne and Co £5 ss; In as Much, £1 Is; Miss E. Jones £1: Stewart Robinson, £i Is; 7 P '£l ; Miss Cooper (AVnikuku),' el; V E G. Rhodes, £10; J. J. Thomson, V-5: Mrs E. Coe, £3 3s; Misses Noavc, £-1; Mrs J. McCombs, 10s. The Otngo Soldiers' Memorial Club, a substantial and attractive looking building, costing about £IO,OOO, was officially opened yesterday. It has been handed over to the Returned Soldiers' Association free of debt (telegraphs our correspondent). A sum of money _i'3 still required for the furnishing, of it, but no "difficulty is anticipated ifl this, respect, many promises having been given.

Many New Zoalanders who served in the Navy during the war have not yet received their shares of prize-money, although the distribution in Britain seems to havo been completed some time ago. The New Zealand Naval Officers' _ Association has been interesting itself in Ihe matter. On March 31st the president of the Association, Eng.-Commander E;irnshaw, addressed a letter to Commodore Hotham, enquiring when payment miglrj be expected. Commodoro Hotham replied the following day, stating that a cablegram had been dispatched to the Admiralty that day asking for information as. to the position, and on April lotlh the .Naval Secretary advised the Association that an Admiralty telegram had been received replying that all claims received from New Zeajand for prize-money had been, dealt with, and that tho latest "authority for payment was being sent.to the Navy Office. As soon as these authorities are received payment will bo made to' all concernfid. Don't run the risk of a ''cold-all-tbe-wint'er" this year. Keep a bottle of Stop-It handy, and take,a dose as soon as the first symptom appears. "Stop-It" —-the most successful remedy for Coughs' and Colds. Is 9d, 3s, and 5s 6d .at all chemists and stores, or from Loasby and. Co., chemistß (opp. Ballantyne's). 6 Great reductions in Tillage Implements and fittings. # Best crucible steel mouldboards, .Sedafs and. other patterns, 26s each. Skeith blades lis 6d, standard pattern. -IXF. Ploughs £33. Three-furrow riding plough £SB ss. The best and cheapest ploughs in the world. P, and D. I>unoan, Ltd., Tuain street, Christchurch. P.O. Box 124. .£? . 7 Never before has such a wide and lovely range of Millinery been seen at Armstrong's, as that which now decorates this big drapers' two Millinery Salons. Tho special features of ,thi9 beautiful showing are the high-class Velours from 21s, and the dainty Beaver Hats from 12s 6d. Sale, prices are now ruling throughout ' Armstrong's. All departments have their quota of Big Bargains. Pay an early visit befjoro stocks become depleted. 6 Pilkingtori's motors run twice daily between Christchurch and Akaroa. & Children's reliable paint boxes sold cheap at Gibbß' Art Depot, 105 Cashel street; Also boxes Of artists' and students' colours. New shipment artists' canyasses at low prices. C 5426-6816 Great China and Hardware Sale now on. Big i eductions for stocktaking. Everything marked down. Watch our windows. Drayton's, Colombo street (north). / The Aspinwall Potato Digger can save sufficient wages to pay its cost in 10 acres of good crop. To-day's cash prices ar e:—No. 2 (with rear elevator), £67 10s; No. 4 (with special rear extension), £72 10s. Two seasons' terms can be arranged. Call and inspect. Ivory'sj* Ltd., 21 Manchester street. 15382 j

HoV unpleasant it is to wring clothes with your hands in the winter and then the things never dry. Far better to secure a reliable wringer from Hastie, Bull, and Pickering, 113 Cashel street. Shipment just arrived. " 861 Get rid of that cold. Take Kofgo, the great cough cure. One dose relieves, one bottle cures. Prices Is 6d and 3s, from E. Cameron Smith, 96 "Worcester street. 58897-774 To North Canterbury 'Farmers: J. Johnston and Son, ltangiora, carry heavy stocks of all' classes of Farm Requisites, including Plough-shares, Oils, Clark's Wheat Protector, Bluestone, Formalin, ( etc., at lowest possible prices. Inspection invited. J5565-6850 Washboard slavery will never be tolerated ip Christchurch again, thanks to "No Rubbing" Laundry Help. Is packet does seven weekly washings perfectly. 5042 CHANGE FOR MOTOR MECHANIC . OR HANQY MAN. We hav.e in stock a Rudge (multigear) Motor-cycle, 4§ h.p., single cylinder, which we took in part-payment for another motor-cycle, allowing £35. As this machine requires some work to be. done to it, wo are prepared to sell it at the very, low price of £2O. This is a bargain which should prove attractive, to any man who can .use engineering tools. ■ Adams, Ltd. Showrooms, 152154 High street.

BRITISH TWIN REDUCED FROM ' £65 TO £4O. This powerful, beautifully-finished 5-6 h.p. .Matchtess is recommended as suitable for those motorcyclists who take a pride in getting maximum efficiency and economy out of a good machine. The J.A.P. engine of the Matchless in intelligent hands givts wonderful rosult's, and in reducing the price from £65 to £4O we offer a bargain • which experienced motorists will appreciate at its full value. Adams, Ltd. Showrooms, 152-154 High street. ZENITH TWIN REDUCED FROM £62 TO £55. "Wo advertised this fine 4-5 h.p. Zenith twin-cylinder Motor-dycb (gradua gear) at £62, but to-day the sale price "is £55. The Zenith is a British machine of very good reputation, and at the price this is a real oargain. Adams, Ltd. Showrooms, 152154 Hig'h street. G DEPENDABLE BICYCLE TYRES. Sarille and Co., direct importers of highest quality bicycle tyres—British manufacture. 12 months' guarantee, 17« 6d. Michelin and Dunlop tyres also obtainable at Saville's* near Theatre Ronal. SBB3B-483