General News.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18205, 16 October 1924, Page 8

General News.

The annual meeting of the Citizens' Association is to be held in the Jellicoe Hall this evening, when important matters concerning the city will be discussed. A lingo wild boar that for five years has been raiding lambs and causing much loss in the Little Akatarawa Valley, Wellington, was shot recently after many attempts. It measured six feeb ten in length. "The man of smooth speech must get out of the pulpit. Let him go to Parliament, we have no room for him," said the Rev. F. E. Harry in his Union sermon at the concluding service of the Baptist Conference last evening. Numerous letters are being received by the secretary of the Trentham Scholarship Fund in appreciation of the benefits conferred. The fund has a. capital of £38,000, and is for the children of soldiers who served in the waiT ATTiCuckland message says the Education Board decided to support heartily any.* expansion of instruction in forestry in the schools of the district. This decision was reached following an address by ITTr P. M. Page, of the Forestry Department, who detailed the system started in Taranaki three years ago. The three qualities prized in honey by English merchants are colour, grain, and flavour, according to Mr J. Rentoul, who addressed a beekeejers' meeting last night. Mr Rentoul considered that Westland rata honey was ■ the finest produced in New Zealand, j Some of it had a peculiar smell, however, due to the birch honey becoming mixed with it. He had great faith in'the future of Westland as a honeyproducing province. * "I've kept two pots of honey for thirty .years, and it hasn't deteriorated 1 in appearance or taste," declared Mr A. Ireland at a beekeepers' meeting last night, "and I've read of a pot of good | honey, 2000 years old, being dug up from'the ruins of Pompeii." Mr J. Rentoul, tho lecturer, seemed to be rather sceptical about such keeping qualities, saying he found by experience that j honey began to fail in quality and appearance after two years. In view of the public interest in the j question of protecting the city from floods, the Progress League has arranged with Mr J. Wood, Inspecting Engineer, Public W 7 orks Department, and chairman of the Waimakaxiri River Trust, to give an address dealing with the Waimakariri river and the operations of the River Trust. The address will be open to the public and will be ' given at the Y.M.C.A. towards the end i of the month. j Mr R. Stephens, religious Y.M.C.A. : secretary for Australia, addressed a ! group of laymen at the Y.M.C.A. at fundi vesterday. He spoke on ian Unity," urging that men irom all! denominations should combine with one j solid front against common evils. To- I night at 8 o 'clock Mr Stephens will address a mixed audience in the Y.M.C.A. j on his experiences with the fleet in wartime. On Sunday at 8 p.m. Mr Stephens will give an address in the Liberty Theatre on "Proving God." An eel. live feet in length and thirty-nine pounds in weight, is at present wallowing in one of the ponds, usually reserved for goldfish at the Acclimatisation Society's gardens. He was brought in from the country yesterday, and he looked rather seedy, before Mr D. Hope placed him in the water. The "back to Nature" treatment worked wonders, and after his huge head had been gently massaged, he began to wallow round the pond in the approved manner. A plaster cast of the monster, which has an immense girth, will probably be made for the Museum. Business firms in New York and other Eastern cities of America are now- taxing advantage of the air mail service to despatch letters to the Pacific Coast, thereby reducing a transContinental journey of nearly a week's duration to a matter of a few hours. Mr Frank Goldberg. a well-known Wellington businessman, received a letter from New York on Monday which was posted on September 13th. It was endorsed "Air Mail," and bore a 24 cent stamp in payment of the special air fee. The letter had travelled some 3000 miles to San Francisco, where it arrived in time to connect with the outward bound mail steamer, 'thereby arriving at its destination fuljy five days ahead of letters mailed in the ordinary way.

Registrations of men out of wots - i the Labour Department Ihm | „ C ok totalled IS. two more than in the | pro\ioiiN week. The registrations last! week comprised :'0 labourers. .'3 eaeh I clerk-, motor driver.-, and gardener.-, i' caeli engineers, and woo] weavers. i and 1 eaeh cook, eyrie mechanic, motor i me< hanie, porter, and ttccl worker. ' An interesting illustrated Wuire on •'Fore-try" was delivered by Mr C. L. Koweraker to a g<::>d audience at the V.M.C'.A. concert- l::dl last evening. Mr I'V.veraker graphically de.-'rihec] various points pertaining to the >tudy of his suh.ieet. and also caused to be thrown on the screen a number of excellent nietures of forestry work in Canterbury and Wcstland. The maximum load at the Lake Coleridge power station during the week ei.ded the 3 2th inst. was well under the nominal generating capacity: it was 10.320 k.w.. and occurred between 6.30 and 7 p.m. last Friday. The maximum demand at the Addington sub-station for the same week was 8340 k.w. The lake level was at norma! liiTOft; and the average inflow from the Harper river was 320 cusecs. The hot weather is extra frying to the feet—especially to corn sufferers. A quick and certain remedy lies in MeArthur '-• New Extra Strong Corn Cure, which quickly removes tho most obstinate and agonising corns without pain. Is (id a bottle, from Me Arthurs, Ltd., Chemists—same building McArl.hurs' Corner—but- the entrance is in Colombo street only. 0 Your money will have double its buying power 'to-morrow at Armstrong's, where everything is marked down for Spot Cash. Eaeh department is offering enormous reductions on all lines. Mantles, Millinery, Manchester, Clothing, Furnishings, etc.—call earlv and get the pick of the selection. 6 Good news for Bowlers! "\Vc arc pleased indeed to report that once more we are able to offer "Special HeavyWeight" Bowls. For some years this dense timber has not been available, but Thomas Taylor has sent our new season's stock quite up.to the old standard of years ago, and every keen Bowler will rejoice at the news. Come and look them over at our Sports Department at High street. Ashby, Bergh and Co., Ltd., Sports Dealers and Ironmongers. C J. M. Hcywood and Co., Ltd., are general carriers, they will move your luggage, furniture, or anything that you require moving. Why not give your next job to them? —6 Fruit trees of pedigree strains, including apricots, certificated by Tt'viot Bud Selection Committee. Early bookings necessary. Ivory's Nurseries. Rangiora, or 21 Manchester street, Christchurch. T-4141-5174 GOOD USED GARS AT LOW PRICES ON EASY TERMS. ADAMS LTD.'S SPECIAL OFFERS. Tn order to clear, out our second-hand stock to make room for heavy shipments of new Studebakers, Messrs Adams Ltd. have cut prices to the bone, and in addition offer exceptionally easy terms to purchasers desiring same. £35 deposit secures a Studebaker, 5seater, side and rear wind-screens, electric lights and starter. Price £125. £65 deposit secures a Studebaker, 3seatcr, colonial body, electric lights and starter, finished in light shade. Price £125. £65 deposit secures a Uelage, 5scater, electric lights. A special opportunity. Price £125. £OS deposit secures an "A.C." English car, very economical, Sankoy wheels, electric lights, etc. Newly finished in buff. Price £125. £75 secures a Studebaker 3-seater, sturdr ntodel, electric lights and starter, finished in grey. Price £145. £IOO secures a Cleveland Six, 5seater, eTl.and s.s.. wire wheels, sidescreens; newly finished. Will take Chevrolet or Ford in part payment. Price £225. £IOO secures a Hupp 3-seater, Christ-churcli-built body, electric lights and starter. Newly finished. Will take Chevrolet or Ford in part payment. Price £265. £IOO secures a Dodge, 5-seater, newly finished in cream, e.l. and s.s. Will take Chevrolet or Ford in part payment. Price £275. £IOO secures a Studebaker Light Bix, electric lights and starter. Newly finished in kingfisher blue. Same guarantee as new. Will take Chevrolet or Ford in part payment. Price £3OO. Adams Ltd. Showrooms: 152-154 High street. Garage: 219 Tuam street. A2601-31G5,