GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17786, 11 June 1923, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

"Newspaper advertising is the finest medium we have. No other form of advertising has done so much for the advertisers as the newspapers. —Air Percy Cogger, lecturing on "Advertising" at the Wellington Y.M.C.A. The correspondent of iho London "Daily Mail" at Paris states that the lost secret of the Cremona varnish used by Stradivarius and G-uarneriu s has been revealed by the discovery of an Italian manuscript dated 1716 in a library. At the monthly meeting of the directors of the Canterbury Caledonian Society, held on Thursday, the sum of £ls 15s was voted to the Flood Kolief Funds at Kaiapoi from the Society's Benevolent Fund. The secretary of the Society (Mr W. Geo. Brass) is arranging for a concert to be held at Kaiapoi this week to further assist m augmenting the funds. At a sitting of the Juvenile Court on Saturday morning a fourteen-year-old boy came up for sentence on a charge of having stolen sums amounting to £ll from his employers. After hearing the report of the Juvenile Probation Officer, Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M., decided to give the boy another chance. The case was adjourned for twelve months. A sixteen-year-old boy, who had been before the Court tweLveJ months ago for assaulting another boy, also came up. The charge was dismissed, as his behaviour in the meantime had been good.

Poppy Day in Dunedin realised £398, against" £S34 last year.

The Council of Conciliation will meet on July 10th, to deal with the paper bag, carton, and box-workers' dispute.

"Every clergyman in Wellington, I am told,' lives about «00 feet up a hill, and only the young and active can get up to him," remarked, amid laughter, Mr F. K. Hunt. S.M., at the annual meeting of the Wellington Presbyterian Orphanage. A number of birds were found loose in the Barracks at the Christchurch Poultry, Pigeon, Canary, Cat Club's Annual Show on Thursday, as there was more than the average number straying round a sharp look-out was kept and a mischievous youth was caught in the act of letting a canary out of a cage. In future the club intends to take drastic action with offences of this kind.

Last night, under the auspices of the Christchurch Jewish congregation, Mr Laszto Schwartz, the Hungarian now touring New Zealand, gaive an interesting lecture on "The Jew in Art." The Rev. D. Schloss presided over a. very large attendance. During the evening Miss Etta Field sang some of Mr Bchwarts' compositions, the accompaniments being played by Mr Ernest Empson. Signor Umberto Bidone, CdnsulGeneral at Wellington for the Argentine, is moving to have the Spanish language taught in New Zealand. "French is (very fine," he says, "it is the language o*f diplomacy in Europe, but how many of us are diplomats? Spanish is almost an essential language in trade, as it is spoken by 120 millions of civilised people—in Spain and America. Half those in the great American continent speak Spanish. I could go anywhere in South America and be understood—not so an Englishman or a Frenchman.'

The "Eat' More Beef" campaign recently instituted by the Meat Producers' Board, is stated by leading Auckland butchers to be making steady headway. As the result of the effective propaganda employed by the Board, the local consumption of beef is said to have increased during the last fortnight by 15 or. 20 per cent, (telegraphs our correspondent). The fact that the admonition to eat inore beef was accompanied by an all-round lowers ing- in price of from id. to Id per lb, has doubtless helped to achieve this satisfactory result, but the large notices displayed in butchers '■ shops have had a good deal to do with it also.

At a well-attended meeting of the Dunedin branch of the New Zealand Post and Tolegraph Officers' Association, held on Friday night, the following resolution was unanimously carried:—"That this branch desires ■to bring before the notice of the Post-master-General our protest at the continuance' in office of officers who have completed 40 years' service, and are now debarring younger men in the service from a just right to promotion. We would respectfully point out that many of the past avenues to promotion were closed during the retrenchment period by the cutting out of certain executive positions, and that hundreds of qualified officers in class seven, who are now held up, 'have no reasonable chance of advancement, and are becoming discontented with their prospects.?' Strong disapproval of the practice of certain hotels encouraging drinking by women was expressed by the Auckland City Licensing! Committee at the annual meeting. Reference to the subject was made in the report (submitted by Sub-Inspector Till. "There has been a considerable amount of drinking in hotels by women,'' stated the report. t "This is confined chiefly to a few hotels. The law does not prohibit this and nothing of an unusual nature m this connexion has come under notice. The ohairman, Mr E. 0." Cutten-, S.M., in referring to the report that some hotels laid themselves out for trade with women, said that on previous occasions the committee had expressed strong disapproval of the encouragement of this class of trade, and it took great exception to certain hotels encouraging women to drink on the premises. The Committee had no power to stop the practice, but would act on the first opportunity. "Having read that a resident in Wellington is in possession of a copy of the London 'Times' of the yeas of tho Battle of Waterloo. 1815," writes a correspondent to the Wellington "Post," "I thought your readers might be interested to know that there is a still earlier copy in New Zealand —namely, that of. November 7th, 1805, containing a despatch from Vice-Ad-miral Collingwood, Oornmahdor-in-Chief of his liiajesty's'ships, and vessels off Cadiz, October 22nd, 1805. It gives the order of the British squadron that attacked the combined French' and Spanish fleets on October 21st,. and also a f uU, account (of the Battle of Trafalgar. Another interesting, item appears under tho heading 'Law Ee- • ports,' an application by a Mr Erskine for leave to file a criminal information against a person for sending a letter to Thomas Dickens, Esq., barrister, with an intent to provoke him to fight , a duel." Thursday was the sixth anniversary of the Battle of Messmee—a name which will always hold a proud place in the annals of the New Zealand Division. The battle was a triumph for British arms and for British generalship. The attack to olear the enemy from the ridge flanking the main road from Ypres to the south, with the village of Wytschaete and the Grand Bois at its northern end, and the village of Messines at its southern end, was commenced at daylight on June 7th,-1917. The actual assault was preceded by th© explosion of 19 land mines, which, through an immense tunnelling effort, had 'been laid beneath part of the German position. So successful was the advance that within three hours the infantry had tafoin the etrtire crest. Messines Village itself, and wtyn. it many prisoners, fell to the New Zealanders. This success deprived the Germans of the power of observation which had been theirs for so long, and made it possible for Sir Douglas Haig to prosecute his plan for an •offensive east of Ypres with the knowledge that his right was secured. The battle brought out into a conspicuous light the courage, endurance, and sacrinc© of the New Zealand soldier. It meant loss to hundreds of New Zealand homes.

Singing, as it is at present practised in some of the schools under the jurisdiction of the Wellington Education Board, is not quite as birdlike as it might be; in fact, at Thursday night's Meeting of the Community Singing Committee, Mr E. Paliiser described the singing taught in some of. the schools fs a calamity the «;i?ort»). Mr PaDiser said the Competitions Sorietv found that the schools had not entered the choral contests as freely as ft was expected they would. On enoui?y?it had been found that while some of the denominational schools had X advice of a musician teaching the children to sing, the public schools had not Like the Competitions Society he thought the Community Singing Committee might commit itself to an of £25 per year for ttree Telrs towards obtaining the services of a professional instructor for school singing. Mr Paliiser said the teachew F%bß? b X-cutivrt ty th°e f ™ as a subsidy towards the salary of a Singing mas-r to organise and take complete control of singing m the school Tmder the junsdicfaon of the Board; conditional on the Board of. Education Department making a grant for the same object, and the CpmmMnity Singing Committee resolved to cooperate in- the matter.

Show at the lung Dune din Suded ° «-l« » f I"™ ,vm ™ rS - A Knwnkawa solicitor, Mr P. A. Hotels not been heard of for-thijee weeks (states the Auckland "Star s correspondent). At a meeting of creditors the Police Department having asked for guarantees for extradition expenses! it was resolved to communicate with the Auckland Law Soeiety, Ld request them to mm representations to the Government with the objet of the Government paying expenses. The sum of £SO was guaranteed by those present under strong protest, the meeting considering that, as the alleged Lbezzlement of trust moneys wfs involved, the Government should bear the extradition expenses. ,

A suggestion to popularise Botorna still further was made by Mr T 11. Kelly, an Australian visitor to Wellington. "When I was in the Grand Canyon, in tho United States,"-he stud, I could not help being struck by th© effective display given by the Indiana. They are established there, m their national costume, mooassins, beads and ■all. There is a complete Indian village, and the old customs are religiously preserved, while lihe Indians go about their tasks, supplying hand-made articles' to tho visitors. It seems to me that if a Maori village were erected at Rotorua, and tho customs and habits of the tribes were maintained, visitors would get a good deal more pleasure and interest from their visit. The Maori is boino- allowed to slip into a kind of slipshodTWestern civilisation." .On the return to Kohuratahi by th© Public" Works train,' the Minjster was introduced to a little instance of "redtape," which visibly and audibly affected him, states the "Taranaki News," in dealing with the visit of the Minister Of Public Works to the backblocks. The section of the railway between Tahora and Kohuratahi is still under the control of the Public Works Department, which may not run a special train on the Railway Department's section below Kohuratahi without special permission from the Wanganui District Office. Although a clear line lay ahead of the weary party the train could not proceed to Whangamomona because jio permission had been obtained. Only one car was available to convey the party of a dozen to Whangamomona, and part of the journey had to be made' on foot.

American files reveal a cresoendo of anxiety about the enormous toll of life taken in the country by the motor. Statistics have been prepared to show that one person in ~10,000 is killed) each year, or, put differently, that one ol every thousand motorists is a homicide every twelve months. In Britain, motoring is infinitely safer than in the United States. This is undoubtedly due to the combined effect of simple regulations sanely administered, and of the consistent propaganda, by the Automobile Association. It is not-due to any wonderful system of competency examinations for drivers, for no suoh tests have ever been required.- Ihe British driver applies for and gets a license, which ranks as merely an identification- ticket. For the rest he must behave himself or go ott tii<roads. In America, on the other hand, official examinations are compulsory, and, moreover, the roads swam with special police andi other "direct action" instruments of the law. Ihe police, for all their pugnacity, fail to maintain safety on the highways.

The steady increase, in the sales of "Stop-It" shows that the success oi this, remedy for coughs and colds is becoming more and more recogniseu every day. "Stop-It" is one of .the few medicines that may be given to children without harm. Is 9d and. as a bottle at all Chemists and Stores. McArthur's, Ltd., Chemists '(opp. Balc A huge quantity of lyaluaßle _ stock was damaged by fire and water in the Wellington Woollen Company's big fire in Wellington some few weeks ago. It ,is interesting to note that these goods Were bought by an enterprising Christchureb. firm, and will be offered for sale on Wednesday netrt at astounding bargain prices. This will be a unique opportunity for local shoppers to secure wonderful lines ,of drapery and olothing at practically gift, prices, and the huge sale bill which is being published for T. Armstrong and Co., and is to appear in next Wednesday's "Press" and "Times," will be looked for with more than usual interest. 9

Special Offerings this week at Messrs Hastie,- Bull, and Pickering's, Cashel street shop. .Reliable Stainless , Gutlery, Latest Electric Torches, Luminous Alarm Clocks, and North British Hotwater Bags. Quality goods are the cheapest. H6ISWII Gibbs' Art Depot, 105 Cashel street, specialists in Picture Framing. Pictures of every description, Artists' Colours, Brushes, Drawing Paper, and all 'Drawing and Painting Materials. 5 Very cold riding into business these frosty mornings, and one appreciates the usefulness of warm clothing. The Overcoats now being offered at the New Zealand Clothing Factory's Sample Sale are particularly attractive for warmth, value, style. Winter underwear, gloves,' and scarves, all at Sample Sale prices. 6 Match ploughs on special terms to good men. Compound Lever fitted to any make of plough, £3 10s. Undercut skeithE, front lifts, notched quadrants, special boards, high cut or bottom cut shares and other accessories. New implements free on farm by lorry up to ten miles from city. P. aiid D. Duncan, Ltd., Tuam street, Ohi#tehurch. _$ Mttliofts of packets of "No-Eub-bi»j" Laundry Help sold to Grocers last year. Truly nothing succeeds | like success. 12 I Pilkington's motors run twice daily between Christchurch and Akaroa. 6 ADAMS, LTD., -LEAD THE WAT WITH PBICE SEDUCTIONS OP USED OAKS. In keeping with recent substantial reductions in the prices of new Studobakers, Adams, Ltd., have reduced the prices of thoir entire stock of secondhand cars of various makes, and are now able to offer better value for money than has ever been offered" in Christchurch before. Here are a few selections from the stock list:- _ Neat-looking Ford 5-seater, finished an grey, £75. Smart Hupp 2-seater (Model 20) jUBt re-painted, £BO. Attractive Ford, 5-seater, just repainted, electric lights, £lO5. Latest model Ford, 5-seater, nearly new, electric lights and self-starter, sido wind-screens, etc., £162 10s Popular light model Overland,' 5seater, electric lights and self-starters, new hood and upholstery covers, newly finished in champagne shade, £175 Six-cylinder Oakland, 2-3-seater, electrie lights and self-starter, spotlight and side wind-screens, nicely finished in green, £175. ■ ■ Dodge 5-seater, just re-painted, electric lights and self-starter, £195 Late model Dodge, s rßeater,8 eater, attracNearly new Scripps-Book, 5-seater B Ur e terT h S s ! leCtriC "#* ■ «* . Studebaker "Economy Light Six" 5-seater, electric lights and self-starter finished in putty shade; same guara£ tee given as with new car, £3OO I ADAMS, LTD Showrooms, 152-154 High stront 1 Garage, 219 Tuam street • 6