General News.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18101, 17 June 1924, Page 6

General News.

The Mental Defectives Commission is expected to open its sittings in Christchurch about the end of th.3 month. At a meeting of the Tongariro National Park Board during the weekend, it was decided to draw up plans and specifications for a hostel at the site known as the Haunted "Whare about nine miles from "Waimarino. Cr. J. W. Beanland reported to the Oitv Council last night that 6000 bicycle rear reflectors had been distributed'amongst the cycle dealers, and the police had been instructed to enforce the by-law. One committee of the City Council combines the duties of Beautifying Committee and Abattoir Committee, and Cr. E. J. Howard, M.P., aptly named it at last night's meeting of the Council the "Beauty and the Beast" Committee. The City Council has adopted a new system of paying its outdoor staff. Instead of the men coming into the central yard on pay-day, they will be paid "on the job" by a paymaster, who will travel by means of a car specially fitted to carry large sums of money in safety. Last night the Council approved of a tender of £97 10s for converting a Ford car for this special purpose. An allegation .that the Railway Department was using the policy of "the lazyman's load" on the LytteltonUmstchurch line was made at yesterday's meeting of the Railway Oommitcti. i •? r ?S resa League. Mr H. Holland said he had noticed trains of 80 waggons on the line, and he wondered if trucks were detained to make up big trains. If short trains were run. at frequent intervals it would perhaps be better. Mr H. Chapman, district traffic inspector, explained that the Department was getting more goods than it could take through promptly. When ships were loading, 150 waggons might come in at once, and long trains had to be run. They could not be run too frequently aa they had to go between the passenger trains.

"There is almost a clean sheet." said Mr P. R. Climie at the meeting of tho Railway Committee of the Progress League yesterday. "We have received no comphiints, and the credit for the smooth working of the railways may he taken by Mr Chapman (district traffic manag#r)." Those interested in the protection and development of the rivers Avon and Heathcote, and the Estuary, are invited to attend a meeting in the City Council Chamber to-morrow evening. Lantern views will be shown and the question of setting up a River Conservancy Hoard will beconsidered. The Linwood School Committee has decided to proceed with tho erection of an open-air school building on the. lines suggested by Dt. R. B. Phillipps, Schools Medical Officer. The committee, which has a. sum of £oso in hand, will defray the cost of erection. It is anticipated that the Government will grant a siiljsidy of £3Ol towards the cost of erection, making the total £B5l. The sub-committee set up to consider the question of subdividing the present municipal building into suites of rooms for leasing submitted plans of the proposed sub-division to the City Council last night. Fresh tenders have been invited for the lease of the building either as a whole or in part. Tenders will be received up to July loth. i'he legal status of those comprising the Woolston School Committee is to be discussed at a meeting of householders to be held in the Woolston school this evening. Mr C. E. Baldwin, who presided at the annual meeting of householders, informed a reporter yesterday that the trouble is not over. A deputation will probably wait on the Education Board at its meeting on Friday to place its views on the subject before the members of the Board. The City Council and the Riccarton Borough Council agreed to apply to tiie Main Highways • Board to have Riccarton road, from the Hospital corner to Clyde road, declared a main highway .'ISlt has been also suggested by the representatives of the two bodies, that the cycle path should be included in the road on the south side, and the Paparua and Waimairi County Councils are to be approached with a view to sharing in the cost of the work. i The special committee set up by the | City Council to consider the question of milk supply, esx>ecially in its relation to tuberculosis of the bone and joints, met recently and considered the report of the Hospital Board's conference, and also the findings of the Special Committee set up by the conference. After considerable discussion it was decided to hold another meeting to hear the evidence of certain experts on tho matter before presenting a report to the Council. infectious and other notifiable diseases reported in the Canterbury and West Coast Health District for the week ended noon yesterday totalled 36, as follows:—Westland: Diphtheriaj 1; tuberculosis, 1. Buller: Diphtheria, 1. Grey: Diphtheria, 1; tuberculosis, 1. North Canterbury: Scarlet fever, 6; diphtheria, 6; enteric, 1; pneumonia, 1; tuberculosis, 3; erysipelas, 2. Ashburton: Scarlet fever, 9. South Canterbury: Scarlet fever, 1; diphtheria, 1; tuberculosis, 1. Yesterday's "Otago Daily Times" has the following:—One wonders where we <ire drifting! Rabbits or sheep ? That is the question. Strolling through one of the local storerooms, one sees three classers hard at woit sorting rnibhitskins in preparation for the fortnightly sale in Bunedin. Lying on the floor in heaps are upwards of 100 bales of rabbitskin3, or, say, about half a million skins, equivalent to 100,000 sheep. There are several other agents handling skins fortnightly, tho rabbit season, which closes about {September, being at present. at its height. Master-at-Arms Hutchings, who is in the Sduth Island recruiting youths for the New Zealand;? section of *the Royal Navy, in a letter to Mr C. J. Treleaven, secretary of the Canterbury branch of the Navy League, states that he has aroused considerable interest in Navy matters in Invercargill and vicinity. He has brought the needs of the New Zealand section prominently before the cadets at their parade 6, and has also addressed the boys in the higher standards at the public schools. Finding that little was know r n of the Navy League amongst some of the prominent citizens he has meti Master-slt-Arms Hutchings has asked Mr Treleaven to communicate with some of those who desired to learn something of the "aims and objects of the League.

This is the time of year to keep "Stop-it"'handy. At the first indication of cough or cold take it. A few doses instantly relieves—so quickly does "Stop-it" get to work. One bottle generally suffices to cure even a bad cold. Sold by all chemists and stores at'ls 9d and 3s bottle, or McArthur's, Ltd., Chemists, opp. Ballantyne's. 2 Mr A. W. Martin, Eupture Specialist, and Sole Controller of Dr. J. A. Sherman's method of curing rupture without operation, is now on his nineteenth annual visit to the chief centres of New Zealand. ..He will bo in Christchurch from Monday,' the 16th, to the 25th, and may be consulted free at the White Hart Hotel, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Fruit trees of pedigree strains, including apricots, certificated ' by Teviot Bud Selection Committee. Early bookings necessary. Ivory's Nurseries, Rangiora, or 21 Manchester street, Christchurch. T4141-51V4 Don't hesitate a moment when considering moving your furniture. J. M. Heywood and Co., Ltd., are the people to do it for you. —6

THE NEW MODEL STUDEBAKERS. HANDSOMER AND BETTER EQUIPPED THAN EVER.

Studebaker cars are so well-known in New Zealand (there are 50C0 of them in use in this country) that the arrival of the new models is quite an event of the motoring year. Adams, Ltd. harve now received delivery of a large shipment of the latest models, all of which are finished in a distinctive shade of carmine known as Parisian red. A reporter who ivisited the showrooms yesterday was Impressed with the beauty of the new Studebaker dress, which includes plated radiator, windscreen frames, and other fittings. Destined to be especially, popular, on account of its very low price (£420) the new "Light Six" shows several important improvements. The car is more cleanly in wet weather, owing to equipment with extra wide fenders and running boards. The upholsterv is of real leather, the cushions being deeper than ever, and the new instrument board is exceptionally handsome and well equipped. The new one-man hood is of a double-texture rubberised material leather, finished and lined in grey, and the curtains are beautifully snug-fit-ting, opening with the doors and giving the comfort of an enclosed car at touring car price. Concerning the bigger Stndebakers, the "Special Six" and "Big Six," space does not permit a detailed description, but they also embodv many important refinements. All Stndebakers, whether the price be £420 or £975, are of the same mechanical quality, and all have the same care bestowed upon mechanical details. All have crank shafts, machined all over and balanced to a hair, ensuring absolutely smooth running. Studebakers have alreadv built 180.0 CO of the "Light Siyes," the babv of the tamily, and with its improved appearance and equipment the new model should be sure of a tremendous demand 41113 l ear * A 2661-3464