GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17544, 28 August 1922, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

As one result of the conflict of evidence regarding the circumstances leading tit» to the derailment last Monday night of the 6.41 o'clock tram from Coronation street, near the Antigua street railway crossing, it is understood that a joint enquiry by the railway and tramway authorities is under consideration.

"People in this country eat far too much,'' said Dr. E. H. Wilkins, chier schools medical officer to the Hawkes Bay Education Board. Travelling from "Wellington in the train, ho said, he had noticed that the people at Paekakariki, after being deprived of food for nearly two hours, rushed the refreshment rooms to consume tea and sandwiches. They repeated the performance at Palmersxon North, Woodville, and Waipukurau. he looked at them "guzzling" these .things, and he could not help thinking how wrong and contemptible it was. It is possible for the speed limits for motorists to be too high in the opinion of Mr P. S. Nicholls of this city, who has just returned from a six months' holiday tour, most of his time having been spent in Honolulu—a city which is about as large as Christchurch. The Honolulu speed limits range from twelve miles an hour in the inner town to twenty-five miles in the out-er town; the limit in the country is thirtyfive miles. With Oriental drivers there are sometimes three people killed in one day. Petrol costs one shilling a gallon as against two shillings and sixpence in New Zealand. Of ten thousand automobiles in Honolulu only one is of English make. At a sitting of the Juvenile Court on Saturday morning, when Mr H. Y. Widdowson presided, a girl aged 15 years was charged with being out of proper care and control. A constablo stated that she had frequented the streets, and that she rarely attended school. The case was adjourned for a month, and the girl was left under the care of the matron of the receiving home. Another girl 15 years of age, appeared on a similar charge. The grandmother stated that the girl behaved herself well at home, but she could not be trusted when she went outside. When sent on a message she often stayed away for three or four days, and had once been away for seTen. The Magistrate committed her to the Christchurch Receiving Home, to be brought up in the Anglican faith. At the dinner to Mr P. S. Nicholls on Saturday night, one of the speakers told an amusing story of a certain County Councillor who went on a world's tour. Before leaving these shores, he was earnestly requested by his fellow-councillors to keep his eyes open for any facilities in other places that might be introduced with advantage to their district. Reporting to the Council on his return, the tourist said he had been greatly impressed with Venice—especially with the gondolas. He waxed eloquent on the subject of the great advantages that would ensue to the neighbourhood if a dozen gondolas were purchased and placed on the local lake, bpecial railway excursions could be run on holidays, and visitors would come from far and wide. A bewhiskered Scottish councillor who had attended the meeting of the Acclimatisation Society that afternoon, and who was more canny that learned, caused much mirth by remarking: "'That's all very well, but why a doz«n; there s no hurry; why not get a pair aud let Nature do th'o rest?"

The general roil of electors for the EUsmero electorate has been issued. I; contains 5507 names, as *£*™ st mimes oia the genera! roll in lyl»- « « expected that the suppfenwntary roll will be larger than usual. "Somo people love and admire any other country but their own: they have .-. -twist-' " said the Hon. C. J- P arr ' .•..ddresaiiß the pupils of the Mirimor school. Wellington. He himself had been three times round the world, but ho still thought there was no other country as good as New Zealand. "Misrepresentation in reference to land is not known in the South, said Dlaintiff in a civil action in the *»s»\eme Court a'> Auckland last week. Inis is the onlv place I have experienced it, Mr Justice Herdman remarked, i think the habit is pretty common, and the onlv place where I think it is not known V Dunedin." His Honour s remark caused some amusement. On his way back from attending the annual meeting of the south Island Motor Union at Nelson, Mr A. Dudley Dobson, C.E., of this city, broke his iournev at Blenheim at the request ot the Mavor of that place, m order to visit the locality on the Waihopairiver, whence it is proposed to develop hydroelectricity to supply Blenheim and tne surrounding districts. A picnic to the .locality was organised, and Mr Dobson Eave an address to those present on hydro-electricity matters. The fact that the law does not now take in-.o consideration the hardship inflicted on tenants who are served with a notice to quit was emphasised in a tenancy case heard before Mr J. w • Poyntoii. S.M., in the Auckland Magistrate's Court last week. The possession of a house was sought by a married couple from the defendant, who was living in the house with his wife and their four children. Also in the house were defendant's brother-in-law, witn his four children. Defendant said he had tri(Kl to get a house, but had failed in every instance, as people would not have children in their houses. The Magistrate 6aid he could deal only with the" legal aspects, as the question of hardship was not now considered. An order far possession was made, but in view ot: the special circumstances defendant was allowed three weeks' grace. The Christchurch tramway authorities question the absolute correctness of the legai'opinion. quoted by Mr A. E. Ford, acting-manager of the Auckland tramways, as given in the message from the Auckland special correspondent of "The Press," published in Fridtjy's »ssue < as to a regulation giving preference to adults in respect of seating accommodation on tram-cars.- Mr Ford stated that such a regulation had been seriously considered, but that legal opinion was that it would be "ultra vires." The view tf.kcn by the Christchurch tramwav authorities (who are contemplating such a i-egulation) is that while it would be, undoubtedly, "ultra vires" in respect of school boys *'h° P?' d casn f " res ' preference to adults couid be made a condition of the contrcfc entered into by tho tramway authorities and the purchasers of schoolboys' concession tickets.

Writing from Rotoma, a correspondent states that one has only to visit the- fino tree nurseries at Whakarewarewa to understand why such a live interest is being taken in afforestation and tree planting generallv throughout the North Island. At the nurseries can he seen m<mv splendid varieties or timber and shelter trees in various stnsres of growth, and it is a surprising thine to the layman to find how rapidly they attain a quite respectable height and Girth. The Auck'and City Council and no fewer than 19 other local bodies are coing in for tree planting on a large scalo, and many private companies, farmers and countrv ''eiidents are tackling this problem of future timber supply in a most practical manner. Tsn<iuiries at the State Forest Service Offre at Botnrua show that the exceptional o>mand for trees has almost depleted this year's stock, while a large number of applications are now being received for tree seeds for spring sowing. Our London correspondent (writing on July 21st) mentions that the Australian Mutual Provident Society is now housed in its solendid ten-floor corner building occupying a large corner site in King "William 6treet and Clements lane. Three floors will suffice for the society's needs, so the remainder of th«» building has been let on long lease to an important banking institution. Sir H. Seymour King welcomed a number of guests there on Wednesday afternoon, and Sir A. Meek declared the premises open. The guests present included Sir Francis Bell. Mrs Rolleston, and Mr H. Beauehamp (deputychairman in New Zealand of the A.M.P.). The London board of directors gave a dinner in the rvening. when Sir Alfred Meek said that The "A.M.P." was known to every man and child in the street in Australia. Founded in 1849, when the population did not exceed 400.000, at the end of the first year thev had onlv 30 life policies insuring rouehlv £10".00 O. Their funds now stood at £47.000.000; they were can-r----ing £1,37,000.000. or £2O per head of the entire population of Australia find New Zealand, and thev had oaid £60,000 000 in claims. Sir F. Dillon Bell and Mr Beauehamp were at the dinner. Our AucKlanci correspondent teiegrapned on Saturday:—me death at mo AUcki.iuu inuayiiui yesu-ruay or james .Uiver, ageu it>, woiuu convey noimug to most people, but to tue St.. oi mo institution it means tiie loss of a lovable and woudeiiuliy eourageoiu little boy known as "i'lie child or tiio hospital." .tie had spent half his liie-l-iuie tnero; it being seven years since he was admitted, lioth his legs had been amputated, but in spite of his sufferings he was the soul ot pluck and ciieernuiiesa. and tue bright little figure, in a wheeled chair, with starched white shirt, coloured tie, and proudly parted hair, ever made an inspiring though patiietic appeal. The love which the nurses had for him was returned by .hmmie, and a week or two ago, when a correspondent wrote to the '"Herald" criticising the nursing at the Princess Mary Hospital, he was quick to send a letter in defence of the staff. At the last meeting of the Hospital Beard, when reference was made to the matter, The little lad was spoken of as "The olfiest inhabitant" of the hospital. Bronchitis was the immediate cause of his death. By the irony of fate it would have .been Jinimie's fourteenth birthday to-day.

Our Akaroa correspondent writes:— Once more the contractors and their men are busy at the Peninsula War Memorial, and now they have reached a stage in its erection where the spectator is able to form, a fairly good notion of what a fine and imposing structure the monument will be when completed, more especially when he has had a look at the plans and is told that the cross at the top will be over 50 feet above the crown of the adjoining mam road. The memorial site, it is worth recalling, is the old school playground—most iutine that it should be so—and as it fronts the harbour in the open space between what were commonly known as the English and the French ends of the little town, its position is such that it stand': out conspicuously trom a., around. Visitors from various parts ot th* Dominion, as well as local citizens who have travelled recently, all agree that, outside the four large cities, it would be impossible to find a war memorial that would excel, from any point of view, the monument that the- wnole peninsula is having put up to the memory of its soldier boys. When tne memorial is completed there will not be a shilling of liability on it and all the preparation has been carried out by tne Strict with a unanimity of purpose and jjpod feeling worthy of the object in view.

In the Choral Hall to-night the Rev. R. B. S. Hammond will give an address on "Prohibition is just Commonsense." Mr J. I. Royds will preside. Tramway traffio on the Feudal ton line was slightly disorganised on Saturday night through tho trailer attached to the 7.25 car from town breaking an axle at Broadway's corner. The trailer was manipulated on to tho loop line, and tho car resumed its journey twenty minutes behind j time. " " I Motor-car owners living in.Pupamii road have been somewhat inconvenienced lately by the tramway works proceeding on the road just- past May's road. In the trench made by the workers gaps have been left for the cars to pass through to the private entrances, but in some cases theae gaps are not wide enough. One driver, as a result of his, had the front wheels of his car jammed in the trench, with the back of the car protruding over the tramway rails. A passing driver stopped and helped to naul the car out, thus preventing a block in the trani traffic or something more serious. The August number of the "Wanganui Collegian," the magazine of tho Wanganui Collegiate School, is a brightly written production of interest both to Old Boys, and others. Editorial reference is made to the distinguished career of Dr. P. Marshall, the retiring headmaster, a pupil of the school from 1883 to ISSS. "The doings of the School Parliamentary Union, are chronicled in humorous vein, and the various iictivities of the clubs and societies are recorded iu detail. The death of R. H. Williams, a promising pupil of the school, from injuries received at footfioall, is feelingly referred to. Lieutenant G. C. Harper, an Old Boy, contributes an interesting article on a visit to Guatemala City. Don't dally witlu danger. Get rid of that obstinate cough immediately—take Loasby's "Stop-it"—the proven remedy for coughs, colds, sore throats, bronchitis, and influenza. You can buy "Stop-it" at all chemists and stores at Is 9d and 3s per bottle. Loasby and Co., Chemists (opp Ballantyne's). 2 This will be a good week to visit Armstrong's, as 'many special bargain lines are being offered for tho final days of their End of Season Winter Sale. Their advertisement on Page 5 of this issue contains some of the greatest bargains that have been offered in the drapery trado for years, and all sale oddments are to be cleared during these list days of sale, absolutely regardless of cost. You always buy to great advantage at Armstrong's two shops, Colombo ana High streets. ( j An OiJ Friend Returns! Aspinall's Enamel Paints in all their beautiful tints are now available again at Messrs Hastie. Bull and Pickering's, Cashel street, from one shilling per tin. Also Aspinall's Silver and Gold Paint and Bath Enamel. H 5807—725 Tho sudden climatic changes of spring create epidemics of colds. Guard against these by keeping Kofgo, obtainable from E. Cameron Smith, at the corner of Cathedral square and Worcester street. 6 Christchurch A. and P. Show, 1922. Farmers and pastoralists are notified that we intend .showing machinery this year, and are prepared to make any machine or implement for exhibition with show finish at list price, delivery November 11th. Send for our new leaflet on mangold sowing. P. and D. Duncan, Ltd., Box 124, Christchurch. —7 Spray Now—Lime Sulphur, 4 gallons 9s; Spraying Oil (Califomian), 4 gallons 13s Gd, 1 gallon sa. Quality guaranteed by practical men. lvorys, Ltd., 21 Manchester street. 6 It is positively delightful listening to Climtchurcn Housewives singing "Home Sweet Home," etc., while "No-Rubbing Laundry Help is doing the weekly, washing. Fo77(J Piikingtons motors run twice daily between Christchurch ana Akarua. ti STL'DiiiBAKER "ECONOMY LIGHT SlX'' ENCLOSED ROADSTER. REDUCED IN' PRICE Bi r £2UO. In these days of rain and cold winds the advantages of tne enclosed car appeal to all motoiists. Hitherto price has been too great a handicap. But as an example of the revolution which the reduced price of raw materials, lower freights and improved dollar exchange have .iffected in the price of Studenaker motor-cars, Jet us take the case of the Economy Light Six enclosed 3seater, or "coupe.'' A few months ago the price of ihis handsome ear was £BSO. It was reduced to £750, andi then nytin ic £650, which is the price to-day. Especially suitable for doctor?, lady drivers, and others who require maximum protection against wind and weather, this 1922 "Light Six" coupe is really wonderful value. Its equipment is of the very best, including cord tyres and its quiet smooth-running sixcylinder motor obviates the disagreeable 'drumming" which detracts from the comfort of enclosed cars with fewer than six cylinders. The Studelaker "Light Six" coupe is as quiet and comfortable as nn apartment in one's own home. This lieautiful model is now on exhibition in our show-rooms, and inspection is "ordiallv invited. Adams, Ltd.: Show-rooms, 152-154, High stree-V A 3239—2935