General News.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18073, 15 May 1924, Page 8

General News.

A cheque for £IOO for the Coal and Blanket ii'und has been received by the Mayor from' the Jiyman Marks' Trust. Advice has been, received by the secretary ot the Canterbury Automobile Association that the punt at the Clarence river will be in operation to-day for the ferrying of cars. "I am very pleased to notice that the Cunstcnurcii police say all they can in favour of the accused.; it is a very fair attitude to take up," said Mr k D. Mosley, S.M,, in the course of a case heard at the Magistrate's Court yesterday.

The slips which occurred on the new deviation on tlie Governor's Bay road during the recent rains have .been cleared away, but the road i s still closed to trattic, the workmen being employed in widening the corner anu improving the grade at the "ii" bend.

There is a movement among the various sports .clubs and societies in Dunedin,. to amalgamate in promoting a common building for club rooms, stadium, concert hall, secretaries' offices, etc. It is proposed to erect a building which would aojommodate aii the. local clubs and societies, besides providing,a hall for dancing or skating,, which would seat 1400 people. The estimated cost of this building is £15,000. ,

The remaining common jurors reported at the Supreme Court at 2.15 p.m. yesterday, but were dismissed again by Mr Justice Adams until 10.15 this morning. The present jury, that ot the All Smoke case, has been on-the jury benches for two days, and in tody each night. The casei should be finished this morning. The next case to be heard is what is now known as the Eulius case. The Mayor has received a communication from St. Catherine's Chamber of Commerce, Ontario, Canada, stating that the Chamber would be glad "to entertain any citizen of Chrietchurch who may be returning by way of Canada from the British Empire Exhibition. "We will," adds the writer, "gladly make arrangements for a tour of the great Welland Ship Canal, which, with the Chippewa Electrical Development, comprise the two greatest engineering feats of our generation." The Auckland "Star" states that the pending demolition of the Anchor Hotel, at the corner of the entrance to the old City Markets, in the development of the Civic square, necessitates the removal of the license, and an application will be made at the meeting of the Auckland Licensing Committee next month for the removal of the. license to Cargen, the well-known private hotel, at th© corner of Eden crescent and Short street. The Anchor is one of the oldest licensed houses in Auckland. In connexion with the Imperial Baby Week, which is to be held at the British Empire Exhibition during the fourtai week in July, the National Baby Ween Council, of which the patron is H.M'. the Qmsm, with the Prime Minister as president, is holding an Empire's Bonniest Baby competition. The competition ia for three classes, entrance being made by. photograph. The secretary, Miss Norah March, has sent a supply of regulations and score sheets to the editor of "The Press," and those who have babies for competition may obtain .these in our public office-

To-morrow, the 7.18 p.m. Christchurch to Lyttelton train mil not run. Passengers for the ferry steamer should travel by the 5.20 p.m. train from Christehureh. Alterations in various services in Canterbury, to operate from Sunday, are announced in fheT&flvertising columns. Early last evening an nctident oocurrod' in Colombo street near the Square, a cyclist, having a, very narrow escape. A" motor-car driven by a Christehureh taxi driver wsls proceeding along the road when it collided with the cyclist, whose machine was badly damaged, and the rider was lucky to escape without injury. The taxi driver was placed under arrest and will appear before the Court to-day.

A devotional service in connexion with the Diamond Jubilee of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, was held last night." The preacher was the Rev. W. A. Hay, of Durham street Methodist Church. Before he began the sermon ho congratulated the church on its record of sixty years service. The Rev. John Paterson, minister of the church, presided. "I think we are in the position of. having the best Highland Pipe Band in the Dominion at the present time," remarked Mr C. S. Thomas at the annual meeting of the Caledonian Society last night. "It is a great honour for the Society to know that in an English community which talks of the bagpipes behind its hands, and considers them a joke, they had a band that had given the second largest number of municipal concerts last season." Councillors had informed' him that the band could be relied on—-if the band was wanted it was there where it was wanted, and it turned out irrespective of weather. It is but natural that the ethics of racing and matters appertaining to both branches of the sport should enter much into evidence at the Supreme Court at present. Counsel for the defence yesterday showed himself possessed of good knowledge of racing and of trainers in particular. His firsC statement was that many trainers of great repute 'had cast off- horses as useless, and later those same horses had won good races. Later in the proceedings trainers again came under review. Counsel suggested that there were trainers who could not tell a horse's age by inspecting the.animal's mouth. "There are trainers and trainers," smilingly replied witness, himself a trainer.

The problem of maintaining the tram service from. Cathedral square-past the Bank of New Zealand confer during the students' procession yesterday was solved very largely by the help of twa mounted constables. The press of people in that particular.locality quite blocked the roadway, and had it riot been for the mounted men the trams would probably hare been prevented from entering or leaving tlw Square. As it was, the two men acted as pilots to the\trnms, and on their approach to the difficult corner, steered a course and cleared a way for them through the vast crush. Consequently very little delay was occasioned the trams, and anything like a hold-up in the Square never happened. There is as a rule; nothing/to excite special attention in • the "slogans" which appear in the defacing machine through which letters are put by post olfices; usually they are merely terse commands to visit the Exhibition or the Carnival or something of the kind. Amongst our mail yesterday, however, was a letter from Washington, issued by the "Women's International League for Peace and Freedom," which had its title and address printed on the envelope, together with the dates of its Congress and International., School, and, in large type, "Stop the Next War." The slogan in.the defacing machine in the Washington post, office that day- happened to be, and was printed very clearly, 'let's, go! /Citizens' Military Training Camp." Our Sydney correspondent writes: The anti 7 Labour forces in this State are naturally jubilant oyer the further ballot-box scandals which were revealed at the recent A.L.P. conference, and at the decision of the Federal Executive to ; hold still another enquiry into, this unwholesome matter. It seems to be a case of the old'fight between the "ins" and the "outs." There hav© been expulsions and counter-expulsions and readmjissions ever since the story of the faked ballot-boxes, first became public, and it looks as though there are going to be a few more before the thing is ended. The impression created in the public rhind is that the whole system ie—or was—corrupt, and that further enquiries will have the_ same effect as the U.S.A. Senate enquiry into the Teapot Dome matter—the deeper they go the worse will be'the revelation.

A-scheme by which the St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association should form part of the Canterbury Caledonian Society, lias.been under consideration by the directors of the Society, and was referred to at the annual meeting of the Society by the president, Mr C. 8. Thomas, who said that the Old Boys' Association, without being hostile to the suggestion, did not consider the time was ripe to give effect to it. The idea was, Mr Thomas explained, to make the Society a centre for athletics and football, and to increase the membership of the Society, especially the membership of young fellows between 18 and 24. with the very fine ideals that animated the lads attending the College. The College Old Boys' Association, however, wanted to feel their before doing anything in the matter. After consultini? with the president of the College Old Bovs' Association the names'of Messrs J. Dbwling and C. Corsbie had been suggested as representatives oh the directorate of the Society. The gentlemen named were elected directors at last night's meeting. ,

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