GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17740, 17 April 1923, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

From November to March, seventeen tramway by-law prosecutions were Hindu —convictions being obtained in ail but two. Thirty public tramway accidents were reported during February last, seventeen of them arising from persontt alighting from, or boarding cars in motion. The Tramway Board subsidises the fund of the Tramway Employees' Sick Benefit Society, and tfyj nociety propose to arrange with the Hospital Board for the reservation of a bed at the Hospital for £35 per/annum. The Board has approved of the suggestion. All graduates of Canterbury College, whether they live in Chnstchurch or not, are reminded that they should send in their names to the Rector of Canterbury College if tuev intend to take part ir\ the jubilee celebrations of the College next month. At a meeting of helpers of St. Saviour's Special Building Fund lield yesterday, Mr H. A. Papprill presided. A. number of districts were allotted, but a lew more helpers are required. Citizens who are able to assist are asked to communicate with Mr H. A. Fapprill, 449 Colombo street. "The school committees or Christchurch have earned out their great work of forwarding education in New Zealand splendidly," said the lion. 0. J. Parr to a deputation yesterday. "Their members are imbued with the best spirit, and they are a hard-work-ing and excellent lot of men. I wish publicly to acknowledge their splendid senviees."

Another instance of the value of thft superannuation fund to the employee has occurred, stated a clause in a report presented, to t-.be- Tramway Board. 'yesterday. The regrettable death of an old employee has been reported. He joined) the fund at its inception in September, 1918. Sinos then the employee has iontributea £7u, »nd the Board has subsidised it to the extent of £194. The widow lias the oiftion of withdrawing both these or of accepting a pension of £lB per annum, plus 7s 6d per week for clmdren under fourteen ydikrs.

With regard to a Press Association telegram from. Dtinedin on Friday, stating that Atlantic salmon of a variety never before taken in New Zealand had been caught in Lake Te Anau, a "Waimate angler, who has 'been a keen fisherman for the last twenty-five years, states that twenty years ago he landed a fish from the Waitaki of a kind he had never 6©en before (writes our Waimate correspondent). A visitor from Germany, who was also fishing in the Waitaki,, described the fish as a 6almon similar to many hundreds he had caught in Norway, where he had spent a good deal of time fishing every year. The annual meeting of the Y.M.C.A, will be held to-morrow evening, when the annual report and balance-sheet will be presented, and four members will be elected to the Board of Directors for the_ ensuing year. A complimentary social will subsequently be tendered to the ladies who assisted the Y.M.C.A. on Red Triangle Day. The gathering will also be made the occasion of expressing appreciation'of the services of the retiring president of the Ladies' Auxiliary, Mrs ' Chilton, after fourteen years'' connexion • therewith. A large attendance is anticipated. The funeral of the late Mr J. I>. Mcijiruer, who died in Clinstchurch last week, took piace at tne Southern Cemetery, Liuneuin, on toaturoay morning. The Rev. George Linctsuy oihciatecl at the graveside. 'I he funeral was private, and attended by relatives and friends of the deceased.. Those present included Messrs William, Ewin, and Alex. McGruer, J. N. Armour, James Barnett, b. VV. Gresham, Alex. Meiiean, Sir Joseph Ward, Mr It. A. Anderson, Hon. A. F. Hawke, Messrs Eustace Russell, Shepherd, Peter G. Dick, J. Penrose, James Dick, and Reid, besides the following, who were associated with the late Mr McGruer in liis various businesses: 51essrs G. Taylor, J. T. Werry, J. W. Peters, L. A. Bone, James Gillespie, C. S. Jeffs, P. F. T'horpe, S. D. Pierce, A. O. Scott,, and E. Budd.

At a meeting of the Council of Christian Congregations held last evening) a motion w&s carried with applause, extending congratulations to the authorities of Canterbury University College on the occasion of the jubilee of the College', and expressing the hope that the College would continue to 6tand' for all that was best in and highest in true education, and that it might be of increasing service to the community. Speaking to tiie motion, the Rev. John P'aterson said that it was unfortunate that the wealthy men of this province did not realise their responsibility with reference to higher education. The Council would be doing a good work if it. tried to awaken a sense of responsibility among men of wealth, an,a induced them to help, supplement and encourage higher education. Unfortunately, Governments the "world over were not as sympathetic to education as they should be. The day might come — in the Millennium —when Governments wight realise that more money should be spent on education than on beer; when more money should bo spent on schools than on railways. Incidentally, Mr Palerson stated that in Ills experience the most carefree students at the University usually settled down in afterlife and', became the staidest citizens. The Rev. Samuel Lawry, a member of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College, supported Mr Paterson's remarks, stating that it should not be imagined that because Canterbury College had large endowments it had no need of funds. As a matter of fact, the College was really no better off on account af some erf its endowments.

The meeting of the Dominion Council of the Boy Scouts' Association is to be opened iil the Provincial Council Chambers at 10 a.m. on the 24th inst.' His Excellency the Governor-General, who is Dominion Chief Scout, will attend the meeting, and will be accompanied by a guard of honour consisting of King's Scouts.

The chairman of the Christclvurcli Tramway Board, Mr D'. Sykes, stated at the meeting of the Board yesterday ihat the New Brighton race traffic on Saturday was slightly heavier than hitherto. Owing to tho insufficient capacity of the power cable, however, tho return trip to town ma<]e in very slow time, nearly an hour. Infectious and other notifiable diseases reportod in the CanterburyWest Coast Health District for the week ended noon yesterday totalled 21, as follows:—lnangahua: Scarlet fever, 1; pneumonia, 1; pneumonic influenza, 1. Grey: Diphtheria, 1. North Canterbury ; Scarlet lever, 8; diphtheria, 1; tuberculosis, 5: erysipolas, 1. Ashburton: Diphtheria, 1. South Canterbury : Diphtheria, 1. Mr J. A. Flesher enquired at the meeting of tlio Tramway hoard ywstei day how many of the Board's employees attended tho engineering lectures at Canterbury College, The General Manager replied that most of tho apprentices attended the lectures, but he would ascertain exactly how many of the employees attended, and would present tho information to the Board.

Tho arrangements for tho procession illustrating tlio developmnt of tho moans of transport in Canterbury from the early days to the present, which is to bo a unique fc:»;ire in connexion with tho Canterbury A. and P. Association's stock drive and Wild West show on the Add'ngton Show Grounds next Saturday, are in a forward condition. A strong committee, which iacludos Mr Frank Thompson, general manager of the tramways, has put a great deal of work into the assembling of the various attractions of tho procession' and it promises to be a unique and interesting foature. It will be headed by representatives of tho "first four ships." There will be an old-time bullock-waggon and all the different kinds of vehicles used in the early days, finishing up with the. latest in electric tramway cars and limousinos.

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New Zoaland is fortunate in having good Grocers, good women, and good ' 'No-Rubbing" Laundry Help. Is packet does 7 washings beautifully. Christchurch Grocers. 19

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