GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17321, 6 December 1921, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

A witness in the Supreme Court yesterday morning said that while performing in Jinronn iinc! Africa as a music hall artist—a daiucr and trick cyclist —lie earned from £SO to £l*2o a week. Samoa will shortly have its own national postage stamps. A very tasteful design for the new stamps lias been made in London to the order of the Now Zealand Government. The stamp depicts a Sanioan fale with two cocoanut palms in tho background and a representation of tho British Royal Standard in the foreground of the fale. A deputation from the Woolston i ire Joard recently waited on tho l'innnce and Committee of the v.rty Council regarding the Board having representation on the Christchurch i-ire Board. The committee last night recommended the Council to support the Fire Board's request to be represented on the Christchurch Fire Board until the nest election of members ot the latter Board. The fortieth half-yearly meeting of the Canterbury Woollen Mills Jimployeos' Industrial Union of Workers was held at Kaiapoi on Saturday, Mr W. Hart presiding. [Messrs.W. Hart, W. Price, and C. Bennett were appointed delegates to the annual conference of tho New Zealand Federated Woollen Mills Industrial Association, to be held in Christchurch on December 23th. The half-yearly report and balance-aheet were adopted.

Business for the approaching holiday Season promises to be qtiito good as far as can lie judged from the enquiries being made at the Christchurch Bureau of tho Tourist Department. All the Cantor!-.try health and pleasure lesorts are receiving their quota of attention from enquirers. The heaviest bookings in/respect of South Island re-soi-ts fio far recordod are in respect of the Milford Sound and Mount Cook resorts.

"I am not sure whether I am m order in moving, under tho heading of new business, that tfti© Government Analyst be asked to make a test of ai Bftmple of gas now being Bupphed by the Ohristchureh. Gas Company," said Cr It D. Martin at last night s meeting of the City Council. "What we are getting just now is very poor quality. On the aidvice of tho Deputy-Mayor, Cr. Martin agreed to bring down notice or motion on the subject for the next meeting.

A representative meeting of clergy was held at College Houso yesterday afternoon, to discuss the question of recent legislation with regard to divorce. The Rev. Canon Wilford occupied the chair, and the Rev. F. N. Taylor acted as secretary. It was decided to commeneo a campaign against the increased facilities for divorce, and & general exchange of pulpits in the city and suburbs Was arranged for Sunday next, December 11th. The question of a mass meeting Was discussed, and it was arranged to have an open-air meeting in Latimer square on the night of Monday next, immediately before the League of Nations meeting, in the Ohorai Hall, the Bishop to preside. It was also 'arranged that those who intended to participate in the meeting should assemble at the Cathedral, and maroh in procession to Latimer square.

A proposal to provide Spreydon with tf higili-nrt'ssure water supply was brought "before the City Council last night by Cr. F. R. Cooke, who moved: "That this Council decides to take a poll of the Spreydon ratepayers for oower to raise a loan of £32,OiX/ for high-pressure water retdculation, tho borrowing to be spread over the period of six years. The sum of £SOOO to. be borrowed and used to reticulate the most populous parts in each of the first! and second years, 'and £4OOO in each of the next four years, but the Council shall have power to complete the scheme earlier should the growth of population demand it." Cr. Ccoke spolte of the big advantage such a supply would be, while the first £BOOO would involve a rate of only 1-14 d. Cr. A. Manhire suggested that Cr. Cooke should refer the matter to the Waterworks Committee,"to which Cr. Cooka agreed, on the condition that the committee should bring down a report for tho next meeting.

The latent volume of the "Scindian," the magazine of the Napier Boys' High School, is a particularly rood little publication, teeming with the wit and bright style inseparable from the secondary school boy writer. Tho doings* of the school in sports" of all kinds, in which, by the way, the Napier Boys' High School haß been very successful this year, are faithfully chronicled in a cheerful style, while the cadets and various other institutions in connexion with the school all receive their fair share of attention. The school notes' columns _give the contributors every opportunity to show their literary and humorous talent, while some very good original articles are contained in the 90 odd pages of the production. Tho booklet is attractively produced, <>nd contains numerous illustrations of the school's cricket and football teams. It is interestinj to note that the Napier Boys' High School will celebrate its jubilee next Easter. An uninteresting civil case partially heard at the Supreme Court yesterday was occasionally lightened by flashes of repartee, or enlivened by a breeze. Mr 0. T. J. Alpers r who was appearing for a defendant company, employed the use of a blackboard and his knowledge of mathematics. The arithmetic lesson did not proceed smoothly. "Is that rightP" asked Mr Alpers, after doing some multiplication, subtraction, and addition. The witness could not say, and others looked puzzled. Mr Donnelly, counsel for plaintiff, said he would not differ from his learned friend in art or literature, but his mathematics were doubtful. The witness continued to be nonplussed in answering the "sums," and Mr Alpera hotly pressed his cross-examination, when Mr Donnelly interposed that he objected to counsel "coming at witness like a howling sou'-webter." lie appealed to his Honour. Mr Justice Auams said: "It is not such a matter of temperature as temperament." *• .

The takings at the Municipal Baths for the month of October were £205 9s Bd, which is £l(3 2s 10d less than the amount taken in October Inst year. The falling off is accounted for owing to October having been a very wet and cold month.

Mr J. W. Irwin, secretary of the War Memorial Executive, -wrote to last night's meeting of the City Counril that the executive was desirous of postponing the deputation to the Council requesting permission to erect the Memorial Column in the Square from last night until next Monday night. The request was agreed to. The vital statistics for tho Christchurch metropolitan area for the month of November, together with the totals for the vear to the end of November, are:—Births: Month of November, 20S; from January to November, 2231. Marriage notices. 79 and 408 ; marriages in registrar's office, 16 and 85. Deaths, 109 ami 1069.

It is understood that the three petitions asking that Papanui, and the Avonside and Bromley Ridings of the Heathcote County Council be amalgamated with the citv of Cliristchurch, i.re practicillv ready to be forwarded to the Minister. A proposal that the Pondnlton Riding of the Waimairi County be also amalgamated is to bo discussed this week.

During tho week ended noon yesterday. 37 cases of infectious and _ other notifiable diseases were reported in the Caiitei-bury-V,"e?t Coast district, as follows: Tnangahim: Diphtherial- Grey. Diphtheria 2, enteric 1. varicella 1. North Canterbury: Scarlet fever 3, tuberculosis 11. pneumonia 4, pneumonic influenza 2. erysipelas 1, varicella 3. South Canterbury: Scarlet fever 5. Mr 1\ R. Climie, of the Canterbury Progress League, visited the Arthur's Pass tunnel works lnf>t week, and the lesult of his visit will be the subject of a report to be submitted to a meeting of the executive of the League tomorrow evening. Mr Climie will visit Lake Coleridge and tho Harper River diversion works to-day.

At tho Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday Clarence Pnynter appeared to answer charges of killing deer without a license, giving a faise name and address to tho ranger, illegally having imported game in his possession, and also assaulting the ranger. He was found guilty on each count and fined £2O on each of two charges. For giving ft false name he wasi fined £5, and for assault 40s and costs. It is not eiveryono who knows that there arc two kauri trees growing in the Christ-church gardens. Th e trees, which are now sixty years of ago, have not yst attained any substantial height, being scarcelv higher than that of some shrubs. One is planted not far from ;he Rolleston street entrance to the rose gardens and tho other is in the native shrubbery section.

A telegram has been received from Auckland that the cocker spaniels recently purchased by Dr. McKiUop. of Dunedin, from Dr. Maitland, Dundrennan Kennels, Christchurch, secured 22 first prizes, 17 seconds, two challenges, four specials, the cup. for the best sporting dog of any variety, and the cup for the best adult cocker in the show. This probably constitutes a record for New Zealand, if not of Australasia, for any Bix dogs hailing from one kennel.

Cr. A. "Williams, nt Inst night's meeting of the City Council, moved-.t-"Tbat, for the convenience of ratepayers, tho By-laws Committee consider' and report to the next meeting the advisability or otherwise of keeping tho offices open continuously from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the first five days in each, week." Tho offices are at present closed from J p.m. to 2 p.m. in dis*cussing tho motion, Cr. F. B. Conket said that the employees should havo representation on all the Council's committees, in particular the By-lawa Committee. In reply to Cr. C. W. Hervey, tho Town Clerk (Mr H. R. Smith) sarti that during the five cjt six years the. present system had been in vogue there, had never been a complaint against it. The motion was carried.

At about 6.20 p.m. on Saturday when a motor lorry containing about 40 officers, n.c.o's. and men was turning a sharp corner on Dyer's road, towards New Brighton, the body of the waggon flict off tlio chassis, with the result that the occupants were capsized on to the road and the waggon body pinned about half of them beneath it. The following received injuries: Private B. W. J. Walker, Spreydon, a broken wrist; Private B- H. Watt, Barbadoes street, severe shock; Private L. Newman, Strickland street, severe shock; Private Israelson, New Brighton, a broken shoulder; ex-Corporal Walter Beckwith, Windsor hotel, a broken oollar bone; Lobert Church, Eiccarton, injuries to knee. The lorry was pulled up within seven yaids of the scene of tho accident. The cause of which has been ascertained to be the wearing away of the bolts fastening the body of the waggoft to the chassis. All concerned m the accident are stated to have displayed great coolness, this being the mor,j remarkable in the case of the younger territorials.

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