GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17814, 13 July 1923, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

Owing to tho outbreak of influenza, no Territorial or Senior Cadet parades will be held from July loth to July 21st. Parades resume on.Monday, July 23rd'.' We have received a copy of the booklet issued by the Vacuum Oil Company Pty., Ltd., entitled "The Care of Your Orchard." The booklet is attractively written, and deals with the treatment of plants and trees for the destruction of the many orchard pests which assail them. Representatives of the Ohristchurch City Council, the New Brighton Borough Council, and the Heathcote County Council met on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the allocation ot the cost of maintaining Page's road. The proceedings were in committee and' the representatives will report to their respective Councils the result of the conference. California i 3 not the only land of big trees. One of the biggest red pine trees ever handled on the Coast is lying on the logging bank at Messrs "Warren and Feteney's Miil at Hari Hari (writes our Greymouth correspondent). The measurements are as follow: Length, 36ft, diameter at the butt 7ft, diameter at the top 6ft. It contains approximately 9000£fc of timber, log measurement. In order to get tho monster out of the bush, it was found necessary to cut it into 12ft lengths. It is estimated that the tree will yield about 7000 ft of timber, and the major part of this will be ciean heart. Although tl»te!}mill is equipped with twin saws on fne breaking-down bench, difficulty will lie experienced in the break-up-do wa jjro^eßa.

A Dunedin message snys the annual procession of University students in connexion with the capping celebrations aroused keen public interest. The weather in the forenoon was fine, though cold, but a drizzle set in in the afternoon. The procession was not carried out on such boisterous lines as usual. At the Rotary Club luncheon at Wellington this week. Dr. W. E. Herbert, chairman for the day, in introducing Dr. Arnold Izard, related that amongst his many appointments was that ot physician to the King of Tonga. At a picture show on the island, the announcement of the appointment was made on a screen, and immediately afterwards the orchestra struck up, "God Save the King"! The tenth edition of Stewart's "Handbook of the Pacific Islands," which came to hand by the last mail from Sydney, is a comprehensive volume, giving the interested reader r» reliable guide to all the inhabited islands in the Pacific Ocean. The compiler of the vast amount of information, statistical and descriptive, is Mr Percy S. Allen, of the "Sydney Morning Herald" staff, and a former member of the "New Zealand Herald" staff, Auckland. Though there are other bookß in circulation dealing with parts of the Pacific, there is no other dealing, as Stewart's Handbook does, with the whole of the groups and detached islands. The publishers, in a special note to the preface of the book, specially acknowledge the valuable services of the compiler, Mr Allen, who is recognised as an authority on island matters. "There is no one," state the publishers, "more competent to write of the wide Pacific as a whole than Mr Allen. We commend his work to the readers as the most authoritative to date." Those who two years ago permitted themselves speculation a3 to the possibly disastrous effects of the wrangles then taking place between sections of the theosophists, when "Bishop" Leadboater was under crisp discussion, must be surprised at the evidence available to-day (writes the Sydney correspondent, of the Melbourne "Argus"). There are now two lodges of theosophists, both strong financially, and apparently determined to go forward. One- continues to occupy the King's Hall building in Hunter street —very excellent and valuable headquarters,- the other, the Leadbeater section, is temporarily in Phillip street, pending the building of fine premises, with Indian decoration, in Bligh street. The Leadbeater section, which is most closely associated with Mrs Besant, had a day in the open on the north side of the Harbour at the turning of the first sod of that "Star of the West" Amphitheatre, which is one of the seven being built round the globe in anticipation of the second coming of Jesus. It wa9 a quaint ceremonv. Similar ceremonies will follow when the Amphitheatre is ready for dedication, and it will not remain idle awaiting the great event. Even pictures may be seen there. An unusual subject was chosen by a woman speaker in Vancouver, Mrs R. F. McWilliams, who advised her hearers to read the newspapera, especially the commercial and sporting pages. She urged that the papers be read with regularity, discrimination, and discration. Regularity, she thought was more important than the time spent each day in scanning the paper, because only by regular attention to the world s news as it develops each day can it be thoroughly understood. Coming to her second head of discretion, she advised that the accounts oi divorces, crimes, and scandals be overlooked, as "they won't add to the joy of living." But she strongly recommended- the sporting and commercial pages, because by an understanding of some of the branches of sport a common meeting place might be established with the younger folks of the household, and between the lines of the articles on the commercial pages might be found stories of high adventure just as fascinating ns those contained between the covers of a book. ' In further recommendation of the .Commercial page, she said: "It is said that we women spend 90 roer cent, of our husbands' incomes. And yet many of us manage our households without knowing when to buy, and when not to buy. A glance at the financial page would often resuio in our discovering which would help us considerably in our household management. If. you take an interest in the events of the day as recorded in the newspapers," she said, "you will find thie age full of wonders, and if you keep on listening you will ifmd unmistakable signs that a new and finer acre is on the horizon, despite the gloomy predictions of some people that we are on the down .grade." A remedy that is proving most successful in treating influenza is "StopIt," the tvell-known cough and cold medicine. Taken according to directions, "Stop-It" is the safest and best remedy you can get for influenza. Sold by all chemists and stores. McArthurs, Ltd., Chemists, opp. Ballantyne's. , \ 6 The wonderful popularity of the Gigantic Fire Sale of the Wellington Woollen Company's fire stocks is evidenced by the big crowds of keen shop>pers who daily throng Armstrong's two shops, Colombo and High streets. For this week outstanding price attractions are offering in all departments, and many end-of-season job purchase lines are to be cleared at exceptional bargain prices. The items listed in Armstrong's advertisement -to-day are sinking examples of value-givirig, and are certain to attract the attention of all thrifty shoppers. ~ 5 Pilkingtoh's motors run twice daily between Christchurch and Akaroa. —6 Mr A. W. Martin, Rupture Specialist and Sole Controller of the Dr. J. A. Sherman method of _ curing rupture without operation, iB now on his eighteenth visit to Christchurch. He can be consulted free up to Friday, the 20th, at the White Hart Hotel. "No-Eubbing" Laundry Help is a further triumph for New Zealand made goods, which we hereby confirm. Christchurch Grocers. 14 TO-DAY (FRIDAY), AT. 7.30 P.M. FIRST SHOWING OF U.S. GOVERNMENT'S FILM OF SfUDEBAKEE FACTORY. To-day, Friday, at 7.30 p.m., Messrs Adams, Ltd., will exnibit, at their High street Showrooms, the splendid industrial film taken officially by the operators of the United States Government illustrating the processes employed in the huge new factory of the Studebaker Corporation in which "Light Sixes" are manufactured. This great picture, which is purely a Governmental production, was made in order to demonstrate to overseas buyers generally the wonderful manufacturing facilities cf the American automobile maker. The Studebaker "Light Six" factory was selected because it is the latest, largest, and best-equipped factory in the world for turning out highgrade automobiles. Adams, Ltd., cordially invite all motorists, their friends and famines, and all others interested in the latest developments in engineering science to see this extremely interesting picture, which helps to show how it has been possible to reduce the price of the Studebaker "Economv Light Six" from £675 to £420 in less than two years. Ample seating accommodation is provided, and the picture is shown on full-size scale by the latest and best of biograph projectors. The screening occupies about an hour and a half. Adams, Ltd., New Zealand Agents for Studebaker Motors. . Showrooin3,