GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17224, 15 August 1921, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

' 4 Commercial Items will be found on page 8. The Eotorua Rugby Union at its meeting last week considered the case of a player who struck a union official during a match, on Saturday week, and it was decided that he be disqualified for life, and debarred from attending union matches. It was aW decided to prosecute him for the alleged use of obscene language and disorderly behaviour. A Napier taxi-driver had a serious accident under simple but unusual conditions on Thursday eyeninjj. He was driving along in a high wind which suddenly lifted a rug that was hung over the rail at the back of the front seat, and a coat that waa laid across the back of the seat. These settled over the driver, and before he could clear his head his car had crashed into a telegraph post. About £IOO worth of damage was done to the machine, the front near wheel being torn off. the body badly damaged, and the chassis bent; The driver escaped without sera- j ous injury, |

At 11.35 o'clock on Saturday night, the Fire Brigade turned out in response to a false alarm given frorn the corner of Fitzgerald avenue and Wind-, sor terrace. 4 peculiarly humorous incident occurred during the Wairarapa v. Marlborough junior "rep." match on Thursday afternoon' at the bhow Ground (savs the Blenheim "Express"). The game was at an exciting pitch, a forward struggle being m progress near the touch line. The referee's whistle sounded, and as the players fell apart the Wairarapa linesman, one of their emergencies, was revealed in their midst, flag and all. What he was doing there' it would be hazardous to speculate. Speaking of the standard of living in an address at Auckland last week, Major-General Sir Andrew Russell said the only standard of living that a country deserved and what it got was what it" dug out of the ground. "I do not believe in the bogey," he'said, "that the Eastern nations will lower the Western standard of living, becausa they can work 'on the 6mell cf an oily rag.' We are not going to be submerged by the East^ because we are superior in those qualifications which go toward the building up of a nation." Speaking at a meeting of musicians in Bathurst last week, Mr O'Brien, secretary of the Musicians' Union, sa id that it "was not generally known that tho band of H.M.S. Renown refused to play at some of the functions arranged" in honour of tho Prince because" of that band recognised that by doing so they would have been robbing Australian musicians of engagements to which tVy were entitled. The members of tho. Prince's band were unionists and while in Australia were. affiliated' with tho Musicians' Union ■there. Therefore they objected-to play at functions outside their ordinary duties'with tho result that Australian bands were emuloyod. The Prince, he added, was aware of thoir attitude, and did not ask them to violate thoir principles. Our Dunedin correspondent telegraphed last night: The party from tho Christchurch Savage Club which came to visit the Dunedin Orphans' Club has had a happy time here. Social gatherings and motor trips filled m the intervals left after the test match and Korero had lwen provided for. Saturday nisrht's Korero was a great success, some 200 Orphans assembling to greet their Savase brothers from Christchurch. The opening chorus, "Bloodthirsty Savages are we," aroused enthusiasm rather" Uhan terror in the breasts of the Orphans, who thoroughly enjoyed the programme which the visitors then provided, tho items ranging from lovelyrirs to legerdemain, and including stories short and stories tall. Expressions of warm regard wore exchanged by tlhe Great Chief of the Christchurch Savage Club '(the Rev. John Paterson) and thft Chief of tho Dunedin Orphans' Club (Mr Mcintosh) on behalf of the respective clubs. The Rev. Mr Paterson was duly created an Orphan and invested with tho club's badge. The splendid achievements of New Zealanders in the mission field in China: Persia, and India, were referred to by Mr C. E. G. Tisdnll. in the course of nn address at a Church Missionary Society meeting at Auckland on Thursday night. The whole translation of the English Prayer-book and pf- the< controversial literature of Persia had been done by New Zealanders, he said, and the first missionary tracts issued , there had been printed by a New Zealander on a small hand-printing press. Speaking of the perils of missionary work in a Mahommedan country, Mr Tisdall said that when he first visited Persia in- 1898, the people would willingly have burned at the stake every missionary in. the country. The- first Mahommedan convert to Christianity had been forced to take refuse in a missionary's house in Ispahan, which was surrounded by a wild mob for several days, while other converts had been tied to the stake, and burned alive, for renouncing the Mahommedan faith. , • "The tradespeople of these parts must be very confiding to allow this nian to get in their deht to the extent of £1000," said Mr A. M. Mowlem, S.M., in the course of a judgment summons' case heard at the- sitting of, the New Plymouth Court the other day. During the case it was elicited that debtor (a Native) owed debts ta unsecured creditors aggregating £IOOO. He was examined at length as to what he had done with the proceeds from the sale of tome lands, and it appeared that the money had gone in the purchase and upkeep of a motor car and the purchase of food and clothmg. Debtor admitted not having done any work in the last twelve months. Asked it he was prepared to do anything towards a settlement, the Native, t d the amusement of those present, suggested it would be all right if his dnldren worked and looked after him. The Magistrate did not think it was any use making an order for payment..and suggestedthat the proper P«K*££f might bo instituted under the Bankruptcy Act. The Dominion Conference of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association recently requested the Government to pay the freight of gun-carriagesj rifles,, anl equipment required for military funerals m-country districts. It was pointed out that the. expenditure incurred would be only inter-departmental, and that the number of such funerals per year would be so comparatively •small that-.the expenditure.involved would not amount to anything very large. Full military honours, is was. stated, could not be accorded to a, deceased soldier when the body was-car-ried in a hearse. The Minister pf Defence (the Hon. J. G. Ooatad has advised the Association that new regulations have recently .been approved, which limit the military funeral ceremony to that which is carried out at the cemetery. The general adoption of motor-vehicles for funeral had made it impossible to emplov guncarriages and marching escorts without seriou.9 and vexatious inconvenience to all concerned. Further, there were now no permanent troops available for duty on such occasions, and it was quite impossible to supply gun-carriages and teams for use in country districts. In. these circumstances the regulations had been modified in the direction indi-. ■ cate'd. ''The sooner the country wakes up to the fact that it haa got to tighten its belt and go in for a strenuous life the better," said Major-General Sir Andrew Russell in the course of an interview in Auckland. "After looking after the disabled men and dependants of soldiers, the returned soldiers should see what they can do by example andpersonal effort to help the country." ABked to elaborate a previous remark to the effect that men at present were only 70 per cent, efficient, Sir Andrew Russell said his remark was of general application, and not applying only to soldiers. "As a matter of fact," hesaid, "I believe the-'average returned soldier has been improved by his war experience. He learned a few commonsense lessons at the front. From personal knowledge and careful enquiries my opinion is that most returned soldiers are better men now than they were before they went away. I exclude, of course, those suffering from shock and such troubles. The normal soldier sees things as they are.' 1 He did not think that the people of New Zealand realised these things. The soldiers represented the finest elements of the population between the aires of 25 and 50 years. They now had to work for the country as individuals, not as a political body, and they would, because they had learned to develop the sense of public-spiritedness. I am satisfied they are not being carried away by dissension," added Sir Andrew Russell. "The great majority are inarticulate, and are never heard of. They ask for nothing better than a chance to work out their own and the country's salvation. They have got back to work, and in sticking to it, they are helping to this end. ,r

30th, or Wednesday morning, dist. The seventh of a series of popular aid of the; Canterbury Collet War Memorial Fund, will oe Seld in the College Hall on Wednesday, by Mr Edgar Stead isct will be "Bird Life m JNew z,ea- &" Mr M. B. Godby will preside. -V couu which' takes some beating is safd toXe been .enacted by^twc, pjdj, strangers to these parts, on an express train-that stenmedVto Auckland on a recent morning (says the "ate)ihe> were evidently pressed for money and decided upon the novel scheme of one making the journey in sack Camouflaged with this covering ho was hoi-ted on to his mate's shoulder and deposited under a seat in a "smoker" adjoining the postal van. There he remained until the city was. reached, and the jiourney so far having been negotiated withrut interference, he was once again hauled on to his mate's shoulders and in a few moments was released from his hiding place to walk away with his companion. A party who saw the pan said they undoubtedly appeared to have been down in their luck. He judged from their appearance that they were immigrants. The Otag 0 High School Old Boys' Society's annual re-union was held at Dunodin on Thursday evening, Mr W. J. Strong (president of the society) presiding over a large assembly or old boys, who were well represented boys from the "sixties" to quite recent years being present, and when the members • of each deoade were asked, to come j forward they were received ™\™™- .ing cheers. Dr. Marshall Macdonald proposed the toast of the "Sports of the School," and Messrs G. S. Thomson and D. M. Spedding replied. In the course of Mr G. »• Thomson's remarks, he stated that.thjs was the jubilee of luigby Football in the school, and that the first game of Rugby played in Dunedin was played between the High School and a team from tho Otago University on September 9th, 1871-the High School being captained by the Hon G. M. Thomson; and the University team by Professor Sale. Mr J. A Park, proposed the toast of the visitors, which was replied to by Mr Hunt., on behalf of tho Christchurch Boys' High School and Mr E. C. Clowes,- on behalf pf the Waitaki High School. , _ _ The biggest value cough medicine m the Dominion to-day is the large 3s bottle of "Stop-It"—the most efficient couHi and cbld cure, and also the greatest quantity for your , money. "Stop-It" is sold by all chemists and leading stores—ask for 3s bottle LOASBY AND CO. (opp. Ballantyne s) 6 Spring cleaning time is with us again, and every (housewife knows, what tins moans: a pair of new Curtains for this room, new Linoleums for another room, perhaps a Carpet-runner for the hall. Well, most of us have a reason to be economical, so advice as to where you can best spend your money will be welcome. Armstrong's certainly are first for both value and selection in all kind of furnishings, and those wtho buy at Armstrong's during the next four clays • will make an extra saving, because they have their CJean Sweep Bargain Sale running for four more days, which means a lot less to pay for everything . you need. _ 9 A "cheap" Knife is a poor investment, for the reason that it will never hold an edge. Select knives with welltempered steel blades, suclh as the stainless outlery being sold by Hastie, Bull, and'Pickering, 113 Cashel street. 0 Half of your beauty and charm, ladies, consists in using the right facepowder or soap, the right perfume. Morny Freres' specialties at E. Cameron Smith's, 96 Worcester street, must interest you. '6 Dainty frocks are never injured when washed with "No-Rubbing"—the positive labour-saving Laundry Help. 6 Recent trade returns show that the British Motor Lorries dominate the New Zealand market in spite of being higher priced. The new price of the British 3-ton Maudslay makes it the best value in New Zealand to-day. Call and inspect. Ivorys Ltd., 21 Manchester street, Christchurch. 15382-2137-2. Unbreakable plough shares:—"l was ploughing Tin deep and the ground was very hard and stony, but I never broke one. I have tried all sorts of cast shares but couldn't get them to stand. I would certainly not use anything else but your unbreak'ables for stones." —ti. V Walker, Hakataramea, June 10th, 1921. P. and D. Duncan, Ltd., Tuam street, Christchurch, Box 124. 5 Kincaid's for Golden Rule Soap, Keep ■Smiling'Pumice Soap, and the famous "No Rubbing" Laundry Help. Always Kincaid's. 5(M2 Big reductions in Wringers, wood or iron frame, guaranteed one year, prices from 42s 6d. Drayton's Emporium, Colombo street (North). D 3040 Buy one of our splendid assorted boxes of paints for the children. Gibbs Art Depot, 105 Cashel street, the place . for artists' materials. G5426-3907 Pilkington's motors run twice daily between Christchurch and Akaroa. . fl CORDIAL INVITATION TO INSPECT THE VERY LATEST STYLES IN MOTOR-CARS. Adams, Ltd.'e, motor-car showrooms on High street are admittedly the finest in the Southern Hemisphere. Visitors are always cordially welcome, and this week there are special attractions. In the window may be seen a Studeba-ker Light Six in the new turquoise finish—the colour of a jewel applied to a jewel of mechanical ingenuity, a six-cylinder, 40 h.p. car, running 25 miles to the gallon and 10,000 miles to the tyre, and costing only £676. Another beautiful finish to be seen in the window is that applied to a Special Six touring Studebaker, an extra-deep rich carmine which suggests the clarity of old wine. The Special Six, which sells at £775, is also shown with the new Club Roadster, 4-seater, body in cream, and with the very latest Roadster, body, quite the most handsome yet devised, m silver-grey. Then there is a Light Six Studebaker touring car in light buff, and a beautiful Special Six Sedan, the ideal ladies' car, with "allweather" top, in dove-grey. A stripped chassis of the Studebaker Light Six will interest those who love mechanical cleverness, and the exhibit is rounded off by a superb Studebaker Bix Six —a 60 (h.p. 5-7-seater touring car, which runs 20 miles to the gallon. The finish is cream. We cordially invite all to see these splendid cars, and to acquaint themselves with the latest automobile fashions. Adams, Ltd. Showrooms, 152-154 High street. 6 25 2-SPEED DOUGLAS £4O. Douglas motor bicycle—with lamp and horn £4O. Latest models—2J and 4 h.p. Douglas motor cycles, 3-speed-kiek itarter and clutch now available at reduced prices.—Saville's, near Theatre Rojal, Douglas agents.—Sßß3B-