GENERAL NEWS

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17208, 27 July 1921, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS

The auction announcements of Chafes Clark. H. C. Smith, George Anderson and Co., W. E. Simes and Co., Tonks, Norton, and Co., Ltd'., P. S. Nicholls and Co., H. B. Sorensen, H. G. Livingstone and Co., N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ktd., and Farmers' Saleyarda will be found on page 13 of this issue. The number of candidates for ordination for the Church of England-is more than 2000 short of requirements (says a cable' message to the Australian papers). The paucity of salaries, coupled With the •high oost of living, is blamed. The Bishop of Southwark advocates a permanent diaconate composed of laymen.

A laugh was raised at the meeting of the Canterbury Industrial Association last night, when a letter was presented from the Town Clerk, addressed to the President, Industrial Association,' Trades Hall, Chrrstchurch. "That is what we want to have," declared one member, who appeared to have in mind a vision of an Industrial Hall. /

"I wish you would correct the extraordinary rumour.that has gained currency, that the Springboks would not play against the Maoris," said ork> of the South African team a day or two ago. "Whv,wehavo practically adopted the little son of Mr Parata, and the reception we got from the Taranaki Maoris was one of the best, if not the best, experience we have had in the tour."

A deputation from the New Zealand Educational Institute yesteraay waited on the Minister of Education, with a request that there should be an amendment of the law to allow teachers under the Department of External Affairs in Samoa, or under the Native Department ifi the Cook Islands, to become members of the Institute. The Minister promised to look into the matter to aee what could be done. For some years the Napier Harbour Board has belt endeavouring;, with more or less diligence, to check the erosion of the sen at Westshore, and more particularly at the rear,of the freezing works. These efforts, apparently, have not had a very beneficial effect judging by a letter received by the Hnwko's Bay County Council. It states that three sections, Harbour Board loaneholdA, hav<» been practically washed a way, and tho houses thereon are threatened. The writer points out that outhouses have already disappeared, and that it is hicrh time sufficient protecion, was afforded the owners of property there. A Pohnerston North contractor, nho recently advertised for a carpenter, was confronted by seven applicants for the job when he arrived down to work in the morning. In conversation with a "Mannwntu Tunes'' reporter. tk> same contractor mentioned that the cost of labour for buildinu was going down very ;onsidernhly. This wns not because the individual wa<?es had decreased, bnt because anxiety to retain their jobs was urtnatinpc th<» men to put forward their jest efforts, with the result that jrveatpi efficiency was achieved and the work nore speedily carried out. A few nonths a<*o the employee h-ld the \\pkt hand, and if dissatisfied with one oh, would immediately push on to nn>ther. Now the contractor can afford o pick and choose his men. Interest has been aroused in scientific ilreles in regard to the acid water of

White Island (statea the Auckland "Herald"). The water evidently contains some properties not contained in any other water in New Zealand, as a request has come from Wellington for some of it for research work. A'Communication lhas been receive'd by a local resident/ from the director of the Waihi School of Mines, stating: "I have been asked to try to secure a sample of the acid water on White Island for Professor -Robertson, of Victoria College, Wellington. He wants to do some research, work, and is malting a start with chlorine. The idea is that the atomic weight of dhlonne in the hydro-chloric acid of White Island water may be slightly different from that of chlorine in salt." The.letter also requests that a fairly large sample be taken by the next party which visita White Island. In exemplification of the interdependence of pure and applied science, Professor T. H. Easteriieid, in his address to the Philosophical institute of Canterbury last night, amongst other ex-, amples, referred to hr* own researches in respect of Taranaki petroleum. He found that the kerosene content would not burn in ordinary kerosene lamps, and conveyed this fact to those on whose behalf he had made the investigation. When placed on the market the kerosene was rejected, because it would not. burn in ordinary kerosene lamps. He was asked to investigate the cause, and did so, and also indicated how the matter could be remedied: the remedy, however, was not commercially practicable. He daeovered, however, that Taranaki kerosene, unlike Pensylvannia kerosene, contained a very large quantity of those substances which are peculiarly characteristic of coal tar. From this he deduced that Taranaki petroleum was the result of thermo-decompoaition. He knew, however, that there was controversy regarding the origin of petroleum, and he did not anticipate that geologists would agree with Bis deduction. •

The Very Rer. Dean Hylnnd will give a leturfi the. Catholic Schoolroom, Addington, to-morrow evening, on Ireland as I saw it. ' Business people along Hereford street nllot nark-in* places for standing .cars Son- 1 the street between Colombo s£et and the terrace. The petition ■sm be referred to the By-laws Committee of the Council. A Press Association telegram states that fifteen members of the papier Harbour Board have been surcharged with £331 amount of illegal.expenditure The money was used in distrihntino- nrooagrnda matter in connexion Ki V !oan g proposal. The members concerned intend to oppose the payment.

The annual meeting o/ the local brnnch of the New Zealand Church M.ssionarv Society will be held at the YM C V to-morrow, at 7.dp p.m. Archdeacon Haggitt will preside and wnn- the speakers will be the Rev F Prn«r-Rowe, the recently-appointed clerical secretary .to tho Soroty Mr Prin<r-Howe, who is vicar of All Saint s. Nelson, was for some ycirs intimately connected with the parent Society in England.

During their short stay m Christ-, tfinrch, the os-Service members of the South African football town expressed a wish to see the returned soldiers settlement at Avonhead. .They were acnordin<dv taken out there, and inspected with much inteivst the operations being carried on.to qualify the men for farm work, and the work the men were doing on their own sections. Visits wcro' also made to Outts's stables at Riccarton. the Riccarton racecourse, and ii'ie Metropolitan Trotting Cub s grounds. A party was also taken up the Hackthorne road to see the Cashmere settlement, and the members thereof expressed astonishment on witnessing such a splendid settlement of attractive homes. They said they had never imagined there was anything like it in New Zealand. In connexion with tho cabled report that German scientists wvto working on the problem of applying carbonic acid gas directly into glasshouses and sown fields from blast furnaces for fertilisation purposes, it was stated' at Auckland on Friday by Mr A. achinitt, who for a long time'has been engaged in experimental work in the making and mixing of manuivs, that Germany was not the first country to discover the value of coke for manure purposes. This discovery was made in Auckland three years aio, and the product of the process was already being marketed in considerable quantities. Tho Auckland process produced a product of coke and other ingredients containing small quantities of carbonic acid gas hermetically sealed in the coke fires.

The courageous manner in which blind soldiers are facing life, some particulars of which were telegraphed from Wellington, is well instanced by an Auckland case (states the "Herald ). This soldier "having been trained in a handicraft at St. Dunstan's Hospital, arrived in New Zealand with his wilo in March of last year. Ho decided to reside in Auckland, and the district repatriation officials were communicated with. They first arranged for accommodation for tHio couple, and arranged witii the Patriotic Association for an advance to purchase a house. On behalr of the soldier an officer of a Department inspected various and within six weeks the soldier was installed in a comfortable house. Tho Commercial Travellers' Fund made a grant for furnishing. In his home the soldier is now working at liis craft, the Repatriation Department arranging for the manufacture of certain parts and placing the goods on the market. Tho soldier himself dug and planted a flower and vegetable garden, and is busy and cheery.

The possibilities of securing timber in New Zealand from which newsprint could be made were referred to by Sir Whiter Buchanan at tJho annual meeting of the Forestry League held in Wellington. • He spoke of the enormous quantify of paper imported, injo the Dominion year after year from other countries at high prices. During the war, and even at the present time, there was difficulty in obtaining paper in New Zealand for newspapers, books, and general printing purposes. He expressed a desire to know what, were ■til© most suitable of timber that would grow in New Zealand and tfliat could be used for the manufacture of paper. Captain Macintosh Ellis, Director of the State Forest Service, replied that six samples of Now Zealand trees had been sent to the Imperial Institute for investigation. . At present reports were to hand as to trees suitable for the manufacture of' wrapping paper. He thought the. report on newsprint possibilities would be to hand in a few months.

At the conclusion of the presentation of the Hector and Mueller medala. at the special meeting of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury last night, Professor T. H. Easterfield, president of the New Zealand Institute., and Director of .the Cawthron Institute (who made the presentations), delivered an interesting address on "The _ Interrelation of Pure and Applied Science." The war, he said, had left behind a most intense desire on the part of all classes of the community to quarrel with one another, and he found amongst scientific men—who ought to | know better—that there was a kind of nagging going on. One class said that the only science that was of any use was applied science; the other contended that scientific men were prostituting acienoe when they placed it at the service of industry. It seemed to him that the one was the complement of tlje other, just as woman was the complement or man: they could not do without either of them. In justifying this view, Professor fia'sterfield drew largely upon the history of research in chemistry, and showed how problems that arose in the factory and referred to the laboratory had proved of benefit to both pure science and applied science. The addreas was followed with close attention, and, at'-its conclusion, upon the motion of Mr Geo. and by acclamation, Professor TSasterfield was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

Lord Clifford of Chudleigb. tells me that he is probably going to Australia via America shortly, with the object cf lecturing in those countries upon scientific subjects (writes the London correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus").. He is an authority on "sun spots," politics, creeds', and the world's history and mystery generally. Evolution is his pet subject, however, and he is always busy expounding or perfecting the text of his biggest publication, i.e., "The Portal of Evolution." This work has recently been printed and translated into German by the Huns. Lord Clifford's youngest son, Captain the Hon. Bede Clifford, was on Lord Novar's staff in Australia. «nd is now with H.R..H. the Duke of Connaught. He was born in the Antipodes, as were his two elder brothers, for the present Lord Clifford left ii/ngland when he was 18 years of age, to seek health overseas, as he was an exceedingly delicate twin, and it was not a strong probability jn those days tlwt he would succeed to the title, which belongs to one of the oldest Konnan Catholic families in IJngland. jiowevcr. the elder brother, died childless, and the heir returned from Tasmania a few years ago to take ut> his unexpected inheritance. Lord Clifford is at heart an antipodean, and hfe bouse is a centre for Australians, New ZealanderSj and Tasmanisns, for he has lived in all these places and has innumerable friends from each country. "Personally the happiest time of my life w as in Australia when I was earning £2 a week." ' He said tills when speaking on social subjects at a drawing-room meeting held at Mrs Norman Shelley's bouse in Cadogan square recently. Undoubtedly he was sincere, for he remains a man of exceedingly simple tastes, and prefers a small and cosy residence in a London" suburb to the glories of the old home in Devonshire, where the estates are now managed by iiis eldest son* , ]

A further donation from the Hyman Mark's Trust, one of £2o. has been received for the Mayor's Con] and Blanket Fund. An anonymous donor has abo sent £5. The cash takings on tho Wellington city tramways on Saturday amounted to £IO9B 7s lid. This constitutes a Wellington record for a single day's cash, revenue. With regard to the ChristchurchSumner road, Sir Francis Bell has telegraphed as follows to Mr J. McCombs, •MP.:—"Replying to your telegram, if local bodies think £1220 could be of any real use for the purpose of reconstruction of the road 'mentioned, I would ask Cabinet to consider providing £SOO on the basis of £2 for £3, but tho mere patching of part of the road would be useless. -Am'endeavouring to limit expenditure to useful works."

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce has decided to support the Auckland Chamber in its endeavour to have New Zealand standard time altered so as to bo exactly twelve hours ahead of Greenwich time The reasons given are: (a) A reduction in the capacity plant installed in various electric power houses, with a consequent saving in capital expenditure; '(b) all ordinary working time would be within the hum's of daylight at all times of the year; (c) simplification of commercial dealing by cable with England. "Licensees must be careful not to supply boys under 21. It is quite plain to me from what is occurring in the Court that a certain class of licensee is supplying boys with liquor. I wish to tender a warning to such licensees that the extreme rigour of the law will be applied to thorn. If in doubt as to a customer's age, a licensee should refuse to supply him. I wish to emphasise again that a licensee is not bound to supply anyone. Be has the power to choose his own customers." These remarks were made in the Magistrate's Court yesterday by Mr S. E. McCarthy, S M., during the hearing of a case involving a breach of tho licensing laws.

Some months ago the Otago Acclimatisation Society imported From India 24 cnikor, Indian partridges, which are found in the hills and high country. The birds arrived in poor condition, owing, so it was stated at a meeting of the council held on Monday night, to the fact that they were not properly cared for during the voyage, and were kept in unsuitable coops in a cold and exposed part 4£ the vessel. At any rate, the strangers did not live long after their arrival here. The question 'of making a second experiment was Ui&cusged by the council, but it was agreed to ! let the matter stand over until the next arrival of the Waihora from Calcutta, when an endeavour will bo made to arrange for the care of a second lot, if they should be imported by the vessel on her summer trip. If you suffer with Rheumatism you may as well save endless agony and considerable expense by taking Loasby's Rheumatic Pebbles at once. No other medicine clears the blood of urio acid so quickly—always 'successful. 2s 6d a box,-all chemists. Loasby and Co., Chemists (opp. Ballantyne's), 6 The "Lady of the House" who delights in beautiful table appointments has the opportunity at present of securing "hfe-long" silver-plate spoons and forks from Hastie, Bull, and Pickering, Ltd., 113 Cashel street, .They are offered at the latest prices., H 5442-1232 Make sure that your rooms are artistic by securing your pictures from Gibbs' Art Depot, 105 Cashel street, and have ing them framed there. G5426 Kof-Kof-Kof-Kof-Kofjro. Yesl Kofgo makes the Cough go. One does relieves, one bottle cures. Sold by E. Cameron Smith, 96 Worcester street 58897-IC6I Pilkington'a motors run twice daily between Chrmtcburch and Akaroa. 9 It does us good to see housesewives dancing for joy at; 9.30 aim. on.vwash-1 ing days, due to their intelligent use of "No Rubbing" Laiindry Help, that famous abolisher of washboard slavery. N.Z. Farmers' Co-op., agents for 'No •Rubbing." . 6042 Bissell's Carpet Sweepers are the best. Our special price 425. Also O'Cedar Mops 9s 6d, oil la 6d. Drayton's Emporium, Colombo street (North). 1XJ045

J. Johnston and Son, Rangiora, have complete stocks of ''Phillips" ana Edison's Electric Lamps, from 16 to 200 c.p, at City Prices. J5565-6850 The onty exception that lias been taken to the famous British Maudslay Motor Lorry has been its price. The latest Maudslay 3-ton at its new price is the best value.in the world to-day. Latest model on view for a few days at lvorvs Ltd., 21 Manchester street. (N:2f. agents). 15382-2137-1 Unbreakable plough snares:—«"J- w a s ploughing 7in deep and the ground waß very hara and stony, but I never broker one. I have tried aH sorts of cast shares but couldn't get them to stand. I would certainly not use anything else but your unbreakables for stones."—UL V. Walker, Bakataramea, June 10tb, 1921. P. and D. Duncan, Ltd., Tuam street, Ghristchurob, Box 124. 6

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