General News.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18185, 23 September 1924, Page 8

General News.

For the cleaning of the new munir cipal offices, tho City Council has increased the amount allowed to the contractor to £H » week. The Citv Council last night, on the motion of "the Mayor, endorsed the resolutions passed at the recent conference held to consider the Motor Vehicles Bill, The concluding addresses in connexion with the Education Conference inaugurated bv the W.E.A. in conjunction with the North Canterbury Centro of the N.Z.E.I. will be delivered this evening in the W.E.A. rooms, beginning at eight o'clock. Miss P., Baster, of the Training College, and Professor J. B. Condliffe will speak on "Subjects Taught in Primary Schools." On Sunday afternoon three motorr cars, close together, were approaching the bridge over the main avenuo of traffic to New Brighton, when the first car turned, with a sweep, to the right. The second car also turned sharply to avoid the first, and landed on the foot* path, finally crashing through a fence. Tho occupants received nothing raoro than a shake-up and a bad scare. Infectious and other notifiable diseases reported in the Canterbury and West Coast Health District for the week ended noon yesterday totalled 35 as follows.—North Canterbury; Scarlet fevor, 6; 6; tuberculosis, 5; pneumonia, -3; pneumonic influenza, 1; erysipelas, 1; puerperal septicemia, 3; eclampsia, 1. Ashburton: Scarlet fever, 1. South Canter* bury: Scarlet fever, 3; diphtheria, 1; pneumonia, lj pneumonic influenza, 1; erysipelas, 1. Westland: Pneumoma, 1. Buller: Diphtheria, 1. ,

The ill-luck which has attended the Badelev family on the football iieM was in evidence on Saturday (telegraphs our Auckland correspondent) when Sidney Badejey received ft knock in tho Grammar Old Boys arid Ponsonby match, which rendered him unconscious. He was taken to tno Public Hospital and was reprted yesterday to be making good progress. «Vio" Badeley, his brother who was serioiislv injured m the All Black trial on Mav 10th, has inmate at the hospital since partial paralysis followed a bump on the hetwl whien he received, and an operation was performed yesterday. A tn»rd brother is touring with the All Blades in Iceland.

Yesterday, Dominion Day, was not observed as a general holiday. Some of the Government ofiiees were closed and the banks and stock firms ceased business for the day. A particularly dusty nor'-wester held sway all day, and practically everybody in town wore a Bcrewed-up expression on his iace in an endeavour to avoid the clouds of dust which swept the streets. _ Flags wore flown on most of the principal buildings; including the Press Company's Office. By Order-w-Counal of September 9th, 1007, and by Proclamation, the designation of the Colony of New Zealand was changed to that ot Dominion of New Zealand on and from September- 26th, 1907. It has been customary in the past for Government oiiices, at least, -to observe the holiday, but it was decided, this year, not to observe it in future.

It has now been arrcngod that, as from October Ist, tho City Council offices ivi?l be kept open continuously between the hours of 8.30 a.m. and -I p.m. Hitherto all the offices were closed from 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. Entries for tho Canterbury Horticultural Society's Spring Show, which is to be held on Thursday and Friday next, closed last evening. A large, number has been received and the Show, generally, 'promises to bo very successful.

A question was put at tho meeting of the City Council last night as to when the streets were to bo watered. Cr. A. Williams, chairman of the Water Supply Committee, said that if tho water supply loan polls were carried, next month, there would bo plenty o? water to lay tho dust.

Tho Christchurch Tramway Board has intimated to tho City Council that it proposed to run a motor bus servico between Cathedral squaro and Brymhvr and asked that tho standing place for tho bus in tho Square bo opposite Woodward's tobacconist 6hop. The Council agreed subject to the bus beitie licensed under tho Heavy Traffic By-law.

The passenger traffic on the Monday train to and from the West Coast has not shown much increase since the service was started. It was anticipated that Monday's trains would find support from those who visited Christchurch or the West Coast for tho week-end, and it is expected that during the summer months tho anticipations of tho railway authorities will bo realised. The Finance Committee reported to tho City Council last night that a letter had been received from the Workers' Educational Association asking that the Council's decision not to make a grant towards tho funds of the Association for the current year bo reconsidered. Tho committee had replied that it regretted it could not aeo its way to recommend the Council to make a further grant this year. Cr. F. R. Cooke moved tlui.t a grant of £2o should be made. Tho Counoil disagreed, and adopted tho report.

The Canterbury Justices of the Peace Association has just distributed among Government offices, banks, and places of business a members' list. If; is nieely printed, and is quito up-to-dato, containing the names and addresses of membors, with date of appointment and telephone numbers. Tho list contains 250 names, but this does not represent all the names of Justices in Canterbury who comprise tho Commission of the Peace, some not yet having joinod up. If a salesman were to visit the Hauraki Plains for the purpose of soiling barometers he would probably do very Jittle business (says the Auckland "Star"), for a great many farmers have artesian bores, and these have in many cases been found to bo very reliable weather forecasters. It is the variation in the weight of tho atmosphere that actuates a barometer, and apparently this also affects artesian bores, for it lias been found that the flow of water is greatest when rain is approaching, and vice versa. At a meeting held in Wellington on Sunday night, presided over by Mr T, Brindlo, president of the New Zealand Labour Party, tho following resolution was carried:—"That this meeting of citizens of Wellington sends it 3 fraternal greetings to similar meetings now being held throughout the world to express abhorrence of war and militarism, and joins with them in declaring it to bo the duty of all peoples and Governments- to strike for universal disarmament, and calls upon the New Zealand Government to pursue a policy of international co-operation, and to support a strengthened and enlarged League of Nations, to urge the settlement of international disputes by arbitration and to" support the convocation of an International Conference to achieve these purposes." A public meeting was hold in the Grand theatre, Kaiapoi, last evening to discuss matters in connexion with the Wainwkariri Harbour Boundaries Commission's report, and tho proposed Amending Bjjl, which ia to bo, submitted to Parliament. The Mayor (Air H. Macintosh) presided. After discussion, it'was decided that the meeting instruct the Kaiopoi representative on tho Board to port the proposals contained in the Waimakariri Harbour Ain&hding Bill, which provides, that the harbour be the Borough of Kaiapoi; that the Board consist of seven members—two Government nominees and five elected by tho Borough. Provision is, made lor payma-nt by the local bodies in th<? present harbour district of t>hs Joan poll expenses, expenses of the commiesion and cost of resulting legislation in proportion to their capital values; also money spent on the Harbour Board buildings, as required by the Health Department, and an adjustment or' the Board's present loan indebtedness o,n the dredge. Tho Bill provides for borrowing power up to £30,000.

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