GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17451, 11 May 1922, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

At a meeting of the Invercargill Ministers' Association, a resolution was adopted "protesting against any official increase of facilities for gambling." Our Dunedin correspondent telegraphs that the Rev. E. A. Axelsen, tho social worker wlho was before the Cotnt recently on a serious charge, has been admitted as a patient to the Dunsdin Hospital. It is understood that it is not intended that the Taxation Committee, set up to take evidence on <?xi'sting anomalies, shall visit the different centres of the Dominion. It will hnlii its sittings and take evidence in Wellington.

A public meeting of the Australasian Institute of Cost Accountants will bo held at Banks Commercial College this evening. The speakers will be wellknown commercial men. The Department of Industries and Commerce will be represented not only by' the local officer, but by the two advisory accountants of the Department. The Canterbury College carnival procession is timed to leave Canterbury College at £.30 to-morrow morning. The procession will reach Warner's Hotel about an hcur later, and, after the customary ceremony, will , continue through the city, ending at the ''Bcresford,'' where morning tea will be served.

The annual district conference of the Canterbury Provincial Returned Soldiers' Association will be opened in the Jellieoe Hall to-morrow at 2 p.m. The president of the Canterbury district, the Rev. W. Walker, will preside. Delegates will be in attendance from Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Reet'ton, Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Ashburton, Tiniaru, Temuka, Geraldine, Fairlie and Waiinate, and the following sublowing subjects are on the order paper lor discussion: Repatriation, Pensions, Land Settlement, Unemployment, Medical Treatment, Immigration, Canteen Fund, etc. It is anticipated that the Conference will close to-morrow evening.

Two correspondents have protested to Wellington newspaper against tinVictoria College students' choice of " 'Struth" ae a title for their extravaganza. The correspondents refer io the derivation of the expression, . and consider that it is not one which 3liould lie revived by 'university students. It is objected to on the ground that it is blasphemous in origin, ami-should not be introduced in the vocabulary it the next generation. The author ol tha extravaganza was not incliriecTto take the objection seriously. He regarded it as so far-fetched that ho could not understand reasonable people raising it. The play dealt with soldiers, awl " 'struth wae an expression which gained such currency with the soldwrs that it was now used commonly by persons who had no thought or augges tion of being blasphemous.

Prompt action was taken by the committee of the Otago Rugby Union on Monday evening in the case of a spectator who had made himself a nuisance and becom& offensive towards one of.the line-umpires in the PiratesAlhambra match, played last Saturday week. The line-umpire waited upon the committee and personally reported what had taken place. Very offensive language had teen used by the spectator to him, and he felt it his duty to report the matter to the Rugby Union as well as to the police. The line-umpire was thanked for his action (says the "Star") and the meeting decided tliat the offender was in future to be warned; off all grounds where games • were played under the jurisdiction of the union. _ Members were unanimous in their opinion that such "nuisances" should be severely dealt with.

A splendid collection of BVench books presented by the French Government to New Zealand lias just arrived in this Dominion (snya th© Wellington "Post' )• The gift was made through, iihe Frencn Minister of Foreign Affairs at the suggestion, it is understood, of the late French Consul, M. Hippeau, supported by the recommendation of M. de -Beauregard, the present Consul for Franco. The books arrived in Auckland last week in seven large cpsea, three of which were destined far tlio _ three French Clubs of Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin, respectively, while the remaining four wero sent to the four University Colleges, Auckland, Wellington, Christchureh, and Dunedin. The value of the entire consignment cannot have been far short of £IOOO (states the "New Zealand Herald"). At the inaugural meeting of the. Auckland French. Club for the present Eeaaon, held last week, the- books assigned to that Society wero formally presented by M. de Beam-egard, and were gratefully acknowledged on behalf of the club by the president, Mr VV. T. Foster. Thi collection includes not only a large number of novels by the best authors, but also valuable works of reference, dictionaries, cycloptedias, and treatises on art. as well as extensive literature of the war. There ore several by French generals 611 the conduct of the various campaigns. One, entitled "Verdun," should prove of thrilling interest. The French Government hopes that thewe works will prove serviceable to New Zealand culture, and will tend to strengthen the intellectual bonds whidh. unite the ttvo countries.

Digging into Maori lore, an investigator claims to have discovered how the foreshore at Port Chalmers came to be called by its native name of Koputai Bay (says tho "Otago Daily Times")- It seems that in the course of the years before whalers and immigrant ships steered for Taiaroa Heads the Maoris living at the Heads used to regularly pay visits to the head waters of the harbour long ere Dunedin city smiled invitingly from the surrounding hillsides. In making their trips up and down the harboureide the Maoris'made a resting place, in some caves alleged to exist in the vicinity of Boiler Point between Koputai Bay and Carey Bay. During a, tribal upheaval amongst the Natives a number of fighting men one evening beached their cahoes in those caves, and, pulling them above high water mark, lay down to sleep. When they awoke in the morning the tide had floated the canoes out into the bay and the warriors had to swim some distance to regain possession. Hence the inlet was named Koputai Bay, signifying the very high tide winch was over the odds.' Tungaroa, the god of the ocean, was supposed to have been expressing 6ome interest in the tribal dispute, by sending along the exceptionally high tide. Henceforth portion of Koputai Bay was tapu. This elemental deity is reputed to have had other interests in Otago Harbour, one of which is said to be indiuated by tho term Rangiriri—the Native name for Goat Island, Quarantine Island, ' adjacent to Goat Island, was known as Mamoe Taurua, meaning the place of the net, but legend does not eeem to state, that the implied casting of the net had any other significance than that.the island in question was the favourite fishing resort it still is "when fish is scarce in other parts of the harbour.

For the community sing at the Opera ' House yesterday (Bays a Wellington message) over 3000 people attended and many were unable to gain admission. |

Yesterday a: street collection was taken up in aid of the Lewish'am General Hospital building fund, the effort resulting in the sum of £230 being added to the amount already m hand.

The show to be held to-day by the "Woolston Horticultural Society lias attracted a fine entry of flowers, fruit and cookery. A novel feature of the exhibition will be a display of local manufactures. The scheme for the erection of the Battle Exploits Memorial at SaJonik.i has now taken definite shapo (.writes our London correspondent). The funds wei-o subscribed by the Army wben in Macedonia, and the sum available i 3 about £4OOO. The memorial is to be erected at Colonial Hill, looking out <>n Lake Doiran, and in close proximity to ono of the largest cemeteries, w'iiero many of those who gave their lives in tho final attack on tne Doiran position in September, 1918. are buried. .This was the attack whicn so greatly assisted in. giving the coup de grace to the Bulrrariiin Army. Tne memorial is to be a maesivo pylon, about 40ft high, built <>t local material. Near the basso on eaci side will be inserted a marble panel with the dedicatoiy inscription on one fiido ill English and on the other side in Greek. At each end. of the memorial will be a panel giving a list of the formations. At the four corners will b9 four piers, into the sides of which are sunk marble pimels giving the names or tho missing. These piers will form the memorial to the missing, and arc being carried out at the expense of tho Imperial War Graves Commission. Mr R. Tapper, senr., of "TapUi," AVairoa, and two of his sons, have just returned ffoni a deer-stalk.'ng trip- at Lake Waikaremoana. They report that though deer were fairly plentiful, good heads were very scarce (states the Napier "Daily Te'egraph"). Their test head was a ten-pomtor, this being nearly perfect. Others of eleven and twelve points were very uneven and poor in They think that if judicious culling 1 was carried out now it would have a very beneficial effect in the future of the herd. Many mil forms and runts with very light timber were seen. Nearly every hind appeared to have a fawn at foot, but it was remarked that both they and the stags were in poor condition compared with last year. This was caused, they think, by tho bush being eaten out, 'and the lake being nigh, very little feed could be obtained outside. They regret to seu that mills criminate shooting must have been carried on by some one, as stags with heads under the limit were 'found lying dead. • One especially, a lovely eightpointer, was noticed. Tiiis would have carried a bontiio head next season.

In the course of a report to the Lyttelton Harbour Board yesterday, concerning the channel at Redclifts, the engineer, Mr Cyrus J. R. Williams, said that the question of erosion of the point of land opposite the Shag Rock and an anticipated' detrimental effect on the low lana occupied by cottages on the west side of Monck's Bay, had been brought under his notice from time to time during the last few years. Surveys of that part of. the estuary/opposite Shag Rock'were made in 11)05 and in 1920, each of which showed the distance from Shag Rock to the high water opEosite to be about 550 ft, so that there ad been no substantial change in 15 years. Such changes as do occur evidently were seasonal or periodic and were so slight as to. have no effect on the intensity of the seas inside the estuary *at Monck's Bay. With regard to alleged damage from the seas at the west side of Monck's Bay, he could see no indication of such damage. But if any had occurred, it would not be surprising, as whenever an extra hi;;h tide coincided with a fresh east wind a considerable sea rolls in now, as it did in the past. In any case, it was the duty of property owners on the sea front to protect their own property against encroachments of the sea. The nights are getting colder, thei« is a dampness in the air, everything is ripe for the contracting of a winter cou&rh that will plague you for months. Don't allow even a slignt cough or cold to make any headway, but nip it in tbe bud by taking "Stop It," the most successful cough and cold cure. Sold by all chemists and stores, Is 9d and 8s a bottle. Loasby and Co., chemists (opp. Ballantyne's). 6 Aspmwall, the Prince of Diggers, is ready to help and save money tor potato growers. Digs at one-tenth the cost of hand labour. Prices reduced. Ivory'e Ltd., 21 Manchester street. —6 Customs clearing, General Carrying and Forwarding are undertaken by J. M. Hey wood and Co., Ltd. You cannot do better than to give them your business. Telephones 250, 259, 1241. H 6720-6632

ADAMS, LTD'S, ANNUAL STOCKTAKING SALE OF USED MOTORS.

Stock-taking time finds Adams, Ltd., with very few used cars on their hands this year, because the firm has met the market' by offering particularly good value. However, there are a few cars left over, and rather than carry them on the stock-sheets into another financial year, they are being offfcred at prices which make, a quick sale a certainty. SMART-LOOKING BRISCOE ROADSTER, REDUCED FROM £275 TO £250.

Particularly "natty and attractive is this 3-seater (clover-leaf) Briscoe Roadster. It is of recent model, has run less than 8000 miles, and is equipped with Electric lights and self-starter. The finish is French grey, and a spare rim and tyre are included in tho equipment. £275 was allowed on this car, but we offer it, to ensure clearance, at £250.' STYLISH "OAKLAND SIX" ROADSTER, REDUCED FROM £325 TO £275. This car. is nicely finished in Oakland green, and is a recent model, equipped with electric lights, self-starter, spare rim and tyre, etc. Especially suitable for commercial traveller. At £275 this handy six-cylinder car is absolutely wonderful value. MODEL 90 OVERLAND TOURING CAR, REDUCED FROM £350 TO £3OO. _ . Finished in dove-grey, and luxuriously equipped, wilh electric lights, selfstarter, spare rim and tyre, side windshields. upholstery covers, etc.. this car. of the most popular type ever turned out by the makers, is a particularly sound investment. It is one of the" most carefully-used cars we have ever offered, and fit £3OO it- is sure to sell quickly. Adams, Ltd.: Showrooms, 152-154 High street; Garage, 219 Tuani street. 6