General News.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18241, 27 November 1924, Page 8

General News.

Tho maximum load at the Lake Coleridge power station during tho week ended the 23rd inst.. was 10,040 k.w., as compared with 10,390 k.w. the previous week. The Addington sub-station maximum load was 8480 k.w., which was tho same as the previous week. The lake level was at 1670.1 ft, as compared with 1670.20 ft the previous week; and the average inflow from the Harper was 24.2 cusecs, compared with 18.6 cusecs tho previous week. A story that slipped out at tho meeting of the Aid Society raised laughter (says the Wellington "Post '). Mr Justice Hosking siiid lie had tasted the food at Mount Iklen Gaol, and hod been very pleased with it. He had later had brought before him a man whom he sentenced to two years. Having some recollection of the prisoner's face, he asked the gaoler who he was. "Don't you remember him?" was the reply. "Ho is our cook, find we fl-re very pleased yen have sent him back for*a long period with us.'' '•'ltecently one of the Italian fishing launches caught a frost fish on one of their deep-sea set-lines" (writes Mr A. Hansen, 41 years .alighthotiee keeper, to a Wellington paper). "Tho depth ot water wiis rtbout 100 fat hems, and the hook a large Lapuka hook. The fish was 581 inches long and weighed olb exactly. I am writing you because 1 have never heard of a frost fish being caught on a line before, and I hnvb fished off .met on for fifty years en the New Zealand coast, both east and west and north and south of both islands." Mr S. Boreham, vice-president of the New Zealand Workers' Union, ha 3 received word from Mr A. Cook (general secretary) that the Minister of Public Works has agreed to an amendment of the current public works agreement between the Public Works Department and the Union, whereby the Public Works employees will receive an increase of wages of 8d per day, making llic basic wage 14s per day. This will take offect as from November Ist last in all cases where tho men are paid monthly. Tho Finance Committee stated in its report to the Hospital Board yesterday that a request had been received from the Resident Engineer, Public Works Deportment, for assistance towards the establishment of a district nurse for Lcike Coleridge, where about 200 men were likely to be employed for the " next eighteen mcnths or two years. Tne men were being called upen to contribute, nnd the Public Works Department would, in all probability, provide a building to be used as a casualty station, and the committee recommended that the Board should contribute the cost of the equipment up tc £IOO.

A conference is being held in "Westport lor the purpose of £xing up new working agreements in the mines. The jubilee cf Wellington College Trill probably be celebrated in Christehurch bv a dinner and a church parade. The Railway Department advertises the running on Saturday of an excursion from Christehurch to Timara at cheap fares. The trip will allow a stay of 6-j hours at Timaru. and vrill give Christehurch people an opportunity of visiting this famous seaside resort. A total of 33 men registered -with the Labour Department as unemployed last week as compared with the previous week's total of 39. Last week's registrations consisted of 2o labourers, 4 "clerks, and 1 each carpenter, fitter and turner, gardener, and motor driver. In the Press Association message sent out from Westport on Tuesday, the impression wa3 conveyed that screened Westport coal was used on the Westport lines, whereas it is unscreened c-oal that is always used. A load on this section consists of 6o full waggons, one van. and a W.B. engine, the total weight being over SOO tons. Already a considerable amount of activity in the matter of booking Christmas and New Year tours is reported by the officer in charge of the lourisb Bureau. Quite a number of people are making the round tour. East Coast to West Coast. The bookings for the Milford track aro heavier than has been the ease for some time.

Work in connexion with the extension of the drainage system is. in the case of the majority of the contracts, going on satisfactorily. Although the workmen at Woodhani road have not yet pot out of the bad ground, there are indications that- better progress will bo made soon as more clay is being encountered. Messrs B. Moore and Son have almost completed the St. Andrews square contract and are making a start on tlie No. 7 rising main and No. 8 sewer. All that has to be done on the No. 10 rising main is to link up through the City Council reserve from Rudd's road to Kearney's road. The work in Randolph street is expected to be finished about, tlie end of the yeMr. The last three days have been days of rest in the Supreme Court. Civil enses were »et down for hearing on each day, but the cases. to use the popular expression. have each in turn "blown oat." On two oceasiens tlie blame, if any. for the ''off day" must be laid upon the legal profession. Monday's r-ape would hare taken place had not a lawyer closely concerned forgotten the dav of hearing. Yesterday's ca.se was allowed to stand down owing to a misunderstanding. The two lawyers in the case, one of whom arrived late, were summoned tc the Judge's room to explain tho misunderstanding. To-dav. it is hoped, the cavil business will swing along merrily—or dully, ris the case mav bo.

In its report to yesterday's meeting of the Hospital Board, the HospitalCommittee stated that the Medical Superintendent had felt it necessary to call attention to the large number of recommendations being received for tho admission of cases suffering from tho ordinary ailments connected witK old age. Tho General Hospital was not an institution tor dealing with such cases, ancl it was daily becoming more necessary that persons should recognise responsibility by caring for their aged relatives. A large number of cases being recommended were those thkt might be suitable for an Old Persons' Home, but certainly not for a General Hospital. Mr H. H. Holland drew attention to the report and stated that tho time had come for the Board to consider the establishment of an infirmary. The clause was adopted. "Interior Decorator," printed"on a visiting card would seem a comparatively banal calling to a Xew Zealander, but it has a decidedly inner significance to the citizen of San Francisco. Mr Claude Haigli, who has just returned from America, guaranteed that the card belongecl to a ''bootlegger," who called on him promptly after arrival in San. Francisco. He says that there is far more whisky imported into California now than ever before, and that "boatlegging" is carried on bv big financial men in the cities. "It's not so long ago that California was known as the 'wild and woolly west' where excitement reigned supreme," he said, "and the average Californian still desiring a 'kick' out of life, finds alcohol the easiest means of getting it." I have not been an advocate for the retention of our liquor traffic as at present, but after seeing the results of Prohibition in California, I must choose it as the leaser of two evils." If you feel tired at the end of the day, try taking "Maltona" Tonic "Wine. Taken regularly, it works wonders in restoring vitality and strengthening the nerves. "Maltona" Tonic Wine is sold by chemists only—price 5s and 8s (3d a bottle. —6

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