GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17700, 28 February 1923, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

The auction (announcements of Craddock's Agency Co., Ltd., Kalgety and Co., Ltd.-, H. Matson and Co., Joseph Hamlet and Co., Tonks, Norton and Co., Ltd., H. B. Sorensen, Harmanand Stevens, Ltd., W. E. Simes and Co., P. S. Nicholls and Co,', George Anderson and Co., Charles Clark, Murray, Mosley; Sheppard, Ltd., and Claridge Saleyards, 'Ltd. will be found on page 15 of this issue.

Advice has been received from the Registrar of the Supreme Court at Wellington that the Court of Appeal (Second Division) will be adjourned from March 19th to April 9th. The Stewart Island oyster season opens to-morrow. The fleet has been thoroughly overhauled in readiness tor trawling, and it is anticitiated that the season will be a prosperous one. • A moderate number of visitors, mostly Lyttelton people, visited H.M.c*. Laburnum yesterday afternoon, when the ship was thrown open to visitors* To-day the soldiers from the* Hannerdale Home will be conveyed to Lyttelton by car and will be entertained on board. The Laburnum will'be open to visitors from 1.30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. tomorrow.

The Rev. P. C. Nail, who is in charge, of the Baptist Mission work amongst the Garo tribe in Eastern Bengal, preached in the, Oxford terrace Baptist Church on Sunday evening. He then gave a vivid picture of the religious life of these demon-worship-pers. To-night hp will lecture in the same place, touching upon the political, economic and educational problems with which the missionaries are faced. A Press Association message states that at Tetnuka, yesterday, the South Canterbury , Acclimatisation Society prosecuted two farmers—L. J. Grunt and C. Hcwson- —on charges of stroke hauling. The .charge against HJevvsoti was dismissed through lack of corroborative evidence, wliile Grant was convicted and fined £5 on one information, and'ordered to pay costs on another. The evidence showed that Grant was detected by Ranger Main, but he had no fish in his possession.

The Southern Military Command's second annual army rifle meeting will be,held on the Sumner rifle range, Redcifrs, on March 31st and April 2nd, entries closing on March 24th. The matches are divided into three series, A series being open to all members of the Territorials, Senior Ciidets, and Reservists, and 13 series to all Senior Cadets under 17 years, C series being confined to teams' mate-lies. The matches will include application, snapshooting, rapid shooting, individual tile competition, judging distance competition, shooting at moving targets, and Lewis, Vickers, and Hotchkiss gun matches.

On Saturday evening the last train pulled into the old railway station at Springfield, which has been is use for the past 42 years. When the train for Christchurch backed into the new station on Monday she heralded her approval with 'the explosion of detonators and triumphant whistling. Quite an informal ceremony was enacted on the platform when Mr R. Gillauders, J.P., very aptly wished the members ot the railway staff every success and happiness in their new quarters. Mr Wallace, stationmaster, on behalf of the railway staff, thanked Mr Gillanders for his good wishes and hoped that the pood fellowship that existed between the staff and residents -would continue. Sunday was a busy day for many of the staff, as the husiness of shifting' the property from the old station to the new had to be accomplished on thats day. The old part of the main line superseded by th e deviation'to lessen the grade had to be dislocated, and signals, points and telegraph wires connected up. The chimney stacks of the big new engine sheds were seen smoking for the first time on Sundaj evening.

A poll on a proposal that parts of' j the Riccarton and Middleton Ridings j of the County of Waimairi be excluded j from the county and included in the i borough of Riccarton will be held i to-day. !

Shannon Borough ratepayers carried a proposal by a seven to one majority to borrow £II,OOO for water installation. The supply will come from tho Mangahco hydro-electric plant after the water has passed through the turbines.

'-' Children are an awful nuisance.'' said Mr E. E. Nightingale, at tho annual meeting of the Caledonian Society last night, in regard to the new buiiding in course of erection in Kilmer? street: "they go racing round the scaffolding twenty feet high. They are girls and boys of 12 years old, and the practice is very dangerous. Besides that, I have lately missed some property to the value of £2 or £3 from the building. I have put the matter in thg hands of the police." The trams in Auckland are to be fitted, at a cost of £2o per car, with a safety device for minimising the risk of accident to passengers. Several accidents have occurred in which passengers on falling from the front step when trying to board a car had arms and legs injured by their limbs going beneath the back wheels of the car. It is proposed to fit the cars with a shutter device at the side whioji is calculated to prevent persons at the front step from rolling beneath the cars.

The Wellington Hospital Board is considering a proposal to erect a new block, at a cost of £IIB,OOO for a building alone as part of a larger scheme for remodelling the whole establishment. Accommodation is short, and it is now stated that the old building was constructed on the wrong plan, and that the wards are mostly turned from the sun instead of towards it. As the cost would be too great to abandon it, the only course is to remodel the old part as far as possible, and to erect additions on a more modern plan. The Mayor has given notice of motion for the next meeting of the City Council that the by-law limiting the width of a load carried in any vehicle along the city streets should apply also to the length of the load. It was stated by the Mayor at the last meeting of the Council that the practice of carrying loads of long timber or iron in vehicles caused danger to other road users, especially at street corners, and he instanced a case where two cyclists were nearly swished off their machines by the sweeping round at a street corner of a vehicle so loaded.

Mothers who live in the neighbourhood of the site of the new Caledonian Hall in Kilmore street mav. have been perplexed by the short life of their sons' trousers. An explanation was offered last night by Mr C. S. Thomas, president of the Caledonian Society. "I paid a visit to the building the other evening," he said, "and saw a number of boys with an oruinary rough mortar board. They were sliding down it and having a great time!" ".They will be wearing out the board if we don't stop them," said another member, amid laughter. The Eedfern Band, which won the A Grade championship at Dunedin last week, played a most enjoyable programme of music at the Victoria square rotunda last evening in the presence of a large attendance of the public. The band in the afternoon was present at the Canterbury-Wellington cricket match for the Plunket Shield at Lancaster Park, and during the tea adjournment played some selections, to the great enjoyment of those i present. The secretary of the band subsequently took the opportunity of thanking the Canterbury Cricket Association for the invitation to attend the match. Corns —little rebellions of the feet against past shoe indiscretions—sometimes quiet—sometimes very active in disturbing one's peace of mind—but there's no need to suffer —Loasby and Co.'s new extra strong Corn Cure will quickly and painlessly remove them. Is 6d a bottle at Loasby's, Chemists, opposite Ballantyne's. . , 6 The balance of many special job purchases, and all end of Beason sale oddments have been specially reduced for this week's at Armstrong's two shops, Colombo and High streets. Big savings can be made by buying now, while these end of sale bargains last, and every department has a host of, most attractively priced specials that must be cleared to make room for the big shipments of new season's goods now arriving. 9 Pilkington's motors run twice daily between Christchurch and Akaroa. 6 Should you have any sort of machine New Zealand made or imported, for which extras or replacements are unprocurable or too high in price, apply to us. We can make extras for, and repair every variety of machine, agricultural or otherwise. P. and D. Duncan, Ltd., box 124, Christchurch. 5 School of Art Requisites, Drawing Papers, Artists' Colours, Brushes, Canvas, etc., the leading depot for these goods is Gibb's, 105 Cashel street, opp. Ballantyne's. 0 Economy in fruit preserving. To ensure certain success in bottling good jars and heavy rings are essential. The extra heavy rings offered by Messrs Hastie. Bull and Pickering are well worth the few pence extra jper doaen. Their jars are right. 88130—1014 Johnston's N.C. Motor Co., Ltd., Rangiora. Sole Agents for Ford Cars and Trucks. Reduced Prices: 5-seater, complete, with self-starter, £'2oß; 2-seatef, complete, with selfstarter, £191; 1 ton Track Chassis, £lB4. All Ford genuine parts in stock. 'Phone 87. A. Prestney, Manager. 3 It is daddy's great delight listening to mum singing "Home, Sweet Home," while "No-Rubbing" Laundry Help washes the clothes. Nancy. 5 A SPORTSMAN'S CAR. THE STUDEBAKER SPECIAL SIX "SPEEDSTER." Adams, Ltd., announce' that they have now in their showrooms, readyfor immediate delivery, a Studebaker "Special Six" Car, of a type not usually imported to this market. It is called the "Speedster Model," and it is all that the name implies. While the body gives comfortable seating accommodation to foui 1 persons, it is lighter and smaller than the standard touring body, and has a streamline back. There is a 6-cylinder 50 h.p. engine under the bonnet, and the car can do something better than a mile a minute on the road, and can climb most hills on top gear. This car will appeal to men of a sporting turn of mind, who are not afraid to drive a high-powered car with a capacity for very high speed. The equipment of this car is especially luxurious —finish, cream with gold lines; side wind screens, parking lights, etc. The price is very low, £ 585. A few months ago Special Six Studebakers less luxuriously equipped sold at £775. We have only one "Speedster" in stock, a sample car, and the opportunity of acquiring a Studebaker Car of this type may not soon recur, as the American and Canadian demand is simply enormous. Adams, Ltd. N.Z. Importers of Studebaker Motors. Showrooms, 152-154 High street. 6