GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17861, 6 September 1923, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

Copies of the Canterbury Progress League's annual report and balancesheet were circulated at the meeting of tlw Lvttelton Harbour Board yesterday. The Board congratulated the League on the success of the past rear's work. Tho father of twenty-seven children made application for assistance to the Coal and Blanket Fund Committee yesterday. It was stated that he was 85 years old, and that his wife was 50 years younger. His large family ineluded five young children, and th*2 majority of the elder oxies were oirls. Members were of tho opinion that the grown-up people should provide for their destitute father, so it was decided that no help should be givea.

I The trustees in the estate of the late ' Mrs S. A. Staples have forwarded to | the Mayor the sum of £25 as a donation the Coal and Blanket Fund. An application from the hon. secretary of the Diamond Harbour Associa- ! tion for a gi/ant of old decking to as--1 sist them in construe Ding a boat sup a-t Diamond Harbour came before the j Lyttelton Harbour Board yesterday, | and was granted. Mr John James Thomson and another donor havo each given a sum of £SOO i to complete the purchase of the Sugar Loaf Reserve, and it is proposed that all interested shall be asked to assemble on the Sugar Leaf at 3 p.m. on Saturday, to witness the presentation of the deeds to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, on behalf of tho Government for the public. "This is a case where the ethics of the sea have been brought to the land," sad' Mr G. G. Lockwood m ■ pleading for mitigation of sentence 011 an ex-seaman who had pleaded guilty j to theft at the Lyttelton Magistrate's j Court yesterday. Tho Magistrate: Surely you don't call this kind of thing tho ethics of the sea P Counsel: A\ el I, it is common knowledge that seamen have a different- standard of ethics to what we have on land. The Magistrate: You had better describe it as the ethics of some seamen. The fact that every separate church should have its own individuality as a corporate part of the Church itse;f was emphasised by Bishop Averill, in a ser- j mon at Auckland. "Every church has something corresponding to personality in the individual," he said, "and the duty of a church, as well as of an individual, is to develop and strengthen its personality. Every congregation must make its distinct contribution to j the life of tile whole Church, and not j sink into narrow parochial ruts. No ■church liveth unto itself, and the spir- j itual contribution which each makes is needed for tho healthy spiritual life of the diocese." At about 9.3-0 011 Monday morning, says the Nelson "Evening Mail," the Eire Station received the startling news by telephone that tho Mental Hospital was on fire. Tho alarm was sounded, and the lire engine was very promptly rushed to the supposed fire. No smoke or other signs ot the outbreak were visible, and it began to dawn on the members of the Brigade that they had been "taken in." This belief was confirmed when they were told that one of tho inmates had escaped that morning, and it was undoubtedly 110 who had given tho alarm. Tho escaped alarmist was subsequently discovered and taken back 1 into custody. "There is always a temptation to a parish priest to forget the absolute need for study, and sometimes to undervalue the importance of the regular hours spent in reading, and in the preparation of the food for his flock," said Bishop Averill, in a sermon at St. Mark's induction service at AucklanTl on Saturday evening. "If the man who neglects bis visiting is failing in his duty as a faithful pastor, so, surely, is the man who expects his flock to feed on hUßks and moral platitudes. It is also sometimes necessary to remind a congregation that the parish priest cannot ts expected to be at everybody's heck and call during the whole day, and Ehat his study hours arc quite as important as his visiting hours." Before the Prime Minister left New Zealand for the Imperial Conference I the New Zealand Institute of Jou.-ins-ists wrote conveying to him the -i-.'oa wishes of its members for the si:c*t>-ss of liis mission and his personal welfare —wishes which would have been conveyed personally if there had been a suitable opportunity. In acknowledging the letter, Mr Massey wrote: - 'I regret' that the wish of your council to bid me au rovoir personally was not possible, as I should have had very much pleasure in meeting those geuiioimn face to face, and thanking thorn only for the kind good wishes you send me on this occasion, but also lor the many and varied courtesies thown to mo on all occasions by the nembers of tho fourth estate. I .shall look forward to my return to our own hbtlo country with'deep iiiterest and anticipation, and hope then to meet you all well awl hearty," I The librarian of the Canterbury Pubj lie Library reports that the number of ! books issued from the circulating library during tho month of August was 17,000, thi s being slightly less than the number issued during August of last year. In the reference library about 5000 books were consulted, and a very large number of people made use of the periodicals in this room. Owing to structural alterations, the children's library was closed for a portion of the month, so that only 600 books were issued for home reading. Tho supply of new books was up to the usual standard, in spite of the fact that there seems to have been a shortage of new publications, both in England and America, and 221 volumes were added to the circulating, 45 to the reference, and 43 to the children's library. New adult members to the number of 75 en-' rolled during tliq month. A number of important works of biography, history, travels, etc., etc., arrived direct frqm Lond6n, and there lias been a keen demand for these volumes. Several interesting volumes were also added to the collection of New Zealand literature, which is now rapidly growing. Progress 13 being made with the construction of the new wing on the Hereford street frontage. The present children's library has been converted into a spacious and well-lighted central office, this being in readiness for the interior alterations that will be made ■when the new building is completed. Influenza leaves the system exhausted and open to attack from other ills. Strengthen the nerves and enrich the blood by taking McArthurs' "Nerve Tonic and Blood Enricher," which makes rich, red blood. 3s 6d a bottle at McArthurs, Ltd., Chemists, opp. Ballantyne's. —<> when you have to move, give the work to J. M. Heywood and Co., Ltd. They will send you careful and reliable men used to handling Furniture. Telephones 250, 259, 1241. H 5720-6532 FOUR STUDEBAKER "LIGHT SIX" ROADSTERS. WITH CHMSTCHURCH-BCILT BODl£«. AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. —£450. Undoubtedly the most popular roadster model 011 the New Zealand market at present is the Stud-baker • &ix,'' with one of those beautiful, specially-designed and magnificentlyupholstered bodies made in this city. Hitherto the supply has b-cn quite unequal to the demand, for as soon as a Cliristchurch-built. roadster body is put upon a "Light Six" chassis the car 13 sold like a shot. However. Adams Ltd. have just at present four of those cars eti view, and lor sale, in their showrooms. These four "Light Sixes" havo the popular type of locally-made body which provides a rear "dickey" seat—enabling the car, when required, to carry as many as five passengers. One of these cars is finished in buff. ! another in carmine, another in grey, ! and yet anoilier in a delicate shade of light blue. In each case the upholsterv k in real grained leather of a shade- in pleasing harmony with the exterior finish. Each, car has a plated radiator and plated fittings. The price of these roadsters is £4o0 —a wonderfully 10-.v price for a si x-cj"! i ncler, -10 h.p. car by such, world-famous inaiers as Sfcudebnkcrs. Adams Ltd.: N.Z. Agents for Studebaker Motors. Showrooms, 152-154 High street. 6