General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18367, 28 April 1925, Page 8

General News.

At a Maori hui held at Tikitiki in the Poverty Bay District, on Anzac Day £2IOO "was contributed to the cost of a memorial church. Donald L. Gebbio. farmer. Nayland street, Sumner, ha* filed a petition in bankruptcy. A meeting of creditors will be held in the Official Assignee's Office at 2.30 p.m. on May sth. A motion was passed m last night's meeting of Rnngiora householders, expressing the householders' gratitude at the manner in which the Health authorities had handled the infantile paralysis epidemic, and especially thanking Dr. Telford for his sen-ices' in this connexion.

We haive received tho following additional subscription to the St. Paul's Cathedral Renovation Fund :■—G.B.. £2 0s '6d: A.0.. £2 0s (3d : A.R.C , •2s Od: Mr and Mrs Ijancelot Lewin, £2. The total of "The Press" fund now stands at £lßl Ds. Cases of infectious ;;ud other notifiable disease reported in ..the Canterbury and West Const Health Districts during the week ended noon yesterday totalled 18, as follows : —Canterbury : sea: let fever,' 4: diphtheria, 1 : tuberculosis, 4: infantile paralysis. 7. (Vest Coast: Diphtheria, l": infantile paralysis, 1.

According to local coa! merchants there will lie no shortage of coal in Christchureh this winter. It is reported that large stocks are on hand in the various coal-vards in the city, an;] the present reversion to summer weather has prevented their depletion, with the result that there will be plenty of accumulated stocks for The increased us? of petroi-driven vehicles in the South Methron district has created a need for a dump for discarded tins and rubber tyres (writes our correspondent). As/hug as the residents show no civic pride these relics will continue to adorn the water-race and the main roads. One particularly unsightly dump is at the Selwyn Bridge, where it revels in a length of some four or live chains, and is visible for a lull quarter mile from either side of the bridge. The shooting season for swans has not vet started, but that did not prevent a man at Allandale from getting such a bird on Sunday. A big black swan was seen waddling across the mud Hats shortly after mid-day, and a little way behind a mau followed with a gun. The unsuspecting bird let the man get close to it before it commenced to take flight, but it was then too late, for a charge of shot laid it low, and a few moments later the man brought his bag to terra firma. The Superintendent of the Selwyn Plantation Board reported yesterday that lady-birds (rhizobius ventralis), imported to deal with tho scale insect pest, had appeared in greatly increased numbers in diseased plantations this yoar. He thought that a few colonies of lady-birds might bo distributed to scaleinfected districts without causing any ill-effects to the breeding reserves. The Board decided that the Superintendent should distribute some of the insects and * make a charge for the cost of collecting them. The manufacturing trade in regard to jewellery was represented by a witness in the Arbitration Court at Auckland to be in a parlous state in New Zealand. Within the last few years, he stated, two or three manufacturing jewellers in the Dominion, each employing about 20 persons, had been obliged to give up business. The principal reason was that the trade in New Zealand was unable to compete with English manufacturers, who had the world for their mart aud turned out articles in thousands, where New Zealand jewellers made only single items.

In answer to a question put to him at his meeting last evening, Mr J. W. Beanland, one of tho Mayoral candidates, strongly supported tho attitude of "The Press" regarding the placing of the War Memorial Column, in Cathedral square. The candidate stated that on even' occasion when the matterhad been before the Council he had voted for the Cathedral square site. (Applause.) He believed that this was the proper place for the memorial, and if elected would use his best endeavours to have finality reached on the matter and the work of erecting the column proceeded with.

There has been much discussion recently over a tunnel being pierced through the hill near Karori for tramway purposes (states a Wellington telegram). Cracks had appeared, and doubts as to its safety were expressed. The City Council's officers minimised them, and generally contended that there was no cause for alarm. Mr R. Semple, in view of his oxpericnee-dn tunnel work, was asked to report, and States that three 14-feet sections are badly cracked and unsafe. There is a possibility and almost a probability that this portion will some day collapse.

Thousands of wooden crosses from the f raves of New Zealand soldiers in ranee and Flanders are being removed and replaced by hoadstonos. At tho Anzac Day service in the Auckland Town HalJ, Archbishop Averill suggested that some of these crosses might be sent out to the Dominion and preserved. "They would be a help and an inspiration to us and to our children," ho said. "Wo have death-dealing weapons all over the couutry. These would be emblems of sacrifice. I submit the idea to the Returned Soldiers' Association. Perhaps by the help of our Governor-General we might be able to got a few of these symbols." A long felt want is" being attended to at Coalgate at present. The- Waireka water-race is being entirely covered in where it crosses the road at Charles's Corner. Tho work is being done in concrete with a runaway of sufficient height and width to carry the regular supply. The work, when completed, will be a boon to the largo volume of traffic to and from Hororata, Gler.roy, Rakaia Gorge, and Lake Coleridge, which, on account of tho bad condition of the other roads, is diverted in this direction. This crossing will also benefit the large number of motorists who make the trip along the footr hills during tho week ends. Woman'e. entry into the political arena is not* so far back that its piquancy has been dulled. Whoever heard of a male candidate leaving the notes of a projected election speech in a ballot-box? That was the absent state of mind into which, a certain lady candidate for local body honours lapsed while registering her vote at a school committee election last evening, and frankly confessed to the audience for whose benefit the notes were intended. But her extempore speech substituted for the prepared address was so interesting that even if the favoured returning officer of the school committee is able to decipher the lady's notes, it is doubtful if he will be better informed: than the audience. In view of the restrictions tbst were imposed by the Health Department in consequence of the epidemic of infantile paralysis, it is interesting to note that in the report of tho High Schools and Hostels''Gbmmittee, whoso report was before tho Board of Governors of Canterbury College at its meeting yesterday, the committee stated that it had decided to notify the parents of boarding pupils that the hostel fees for the remainder of the year from the time the schools reopen would be increased to a sum equal to the usual rate per week for the time the schools are opened, plus half the fees for the period during which the schools have been closed. The report was adopted, and on the motion of Mr W. A. Banks, it was decided to approach the Government, with a request that'it reimburse the Board for the fees lost.

At the annual meeting of householder*, held at Riccarton last evening, several speakers referred to the large attendance, the chairman (Sir Goorgo Witty, M.P.) stating that it was the largest annual meeting of householders ho°had attended in the district. The trustees of the Deans Estate, it was reported at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Governors of _ Canterbury College, have notied their intention to proceed with the formation of the road on the southern boundary of School grounds (about 13 chains'), for half the cost, of which thfi Board, is j-esponsible under the conditions of purchase. Entries closed last evening for the Canterbury Horticultural Society's Chrysanthemum and Fruit Show, to be held" on Thursday and Friday. Judging bv the lai-fe number of entries received. the show promises to be the most successful of the year, several growers reporting their large chrysanthemums as the best they have ever grown. The i'ruit and vegetable classes are exceptionally well filled.

Arrangements for rural mail delivery systems are still going forward. The Chief Postmaster, Mr J. E. Broadfoot, told a reporter yesterday that tenders for the Greenpark and Sefton routes had already been received, and that tenders for the Hororata-Glenroy contract would be invited in a few days. Tenders for an Oxford extension delivery of nine miles closed yesterday. The Public Service Apijeal Board, which commenced its Christchureh sitting on Wednesday last, concluded yesterday, and will go on to Greymouth to-dav. Tho Board comprises Messrs P. Barr (chairman), F. W. Flanagan, C De R. Andrews, H. C. Hulme and T. J. Sherrard (secretary). With the Board are Messrs B. L. Dullard (Public Service Inspector) and A. C. Turnbull (Public Service Commissioner's Secretary). Either because the pilgrims are unduly modest, or because they have Vail'e-i to realise the full significance and 'value of the appeal the response to tho suggestion by the Canterbury Pilgrims' Association that a collection of historical records of the early days of the Canterbury Province should be built up has been most disappointing. Tho Historical Committee, under tho direction of Dn Hight, ha# found that the enquiry forms, of which one was for warded to every member, has met with an indifferent reception. Dr. Hight, who was questioned about the matter yesterday, stated that the response liad been no better since reference was last made to tho matter. Ho is considering the advisability of issuing a further appeal. • Slapping a fellow-member on the face, a committeeman who appeared to be suffering from deafness caused a good deal of commotion at a meeting of householders last ovening. "Can't you hear?" was the curt reply of the fellow-member to a question. "No, d you, I'm deaf. I'm as deaf as a post. I've been taking eucalyptus all day to try and cure a cold, and I tell you I can't hear." "My ears feel as though they aro stuffed up with cot-ton-wool," he said, digging his fingers deep into them, "and if you don't shut up I -will take you outside and smack your face." He did not wait to get outside, but with a good backhand blow he landod his fist on the fellow-member's face. He was immediately checked from making a further attackj and, the ;.<joramotion having subsided, the meeting was continued.

The Ehnwood School Committee reported to the meeting of householders last night that it had placed on the gatos on Elmwood Park a tablet with the inscription: "Memorial Gates, erected by tho pupils of Elmwood School, 1924." It stated that the tablet indicated the purpose of tho gift, and that it was removed by instructions not given by the committee. It regretted that action, The larger gates were not purchased by the funds raised, and ■stone for the pillars was donated by the Balswell Quarries, but the wording on the,tablet showed that the children had done something in collecting for the erection of the pillars and 'the purchase of the smaller gates. Mr W. Jones said that he had been told that the contractor had been informed that if he did not take the inscribed stone out ho would not bo paid by tho City Council for his work. The action was autocratic. The childron had collooted £BO for tho fund, and had been told that it was a matter of civic pride. Mr E. H. Andrews, chairman of the Reserves Committee, said that that committee unanimously was of opinion that the ■words on tho tablet were not true. They were not memorial gates, and were in no way associated with the War, although the words suggested that they were. The Quarries Company had given about £IOO worth of material. The total cost was about £3OO. The childron had contributed only a part. Tho Reserves Committee had written, stating that it did not intend to have any inscription on tho gates. The contractor took it off and scut an account to the City Council for taking it off. The Council had gone out of its way to help Elmwood Park.

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