General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18380, 13 May 1925, Page 8

General News.

* The auction announcements of P. &■ Nioholls and Co., 3,td., George Anderson and Co., and "W. E. Simes and Co. appeal* on Paige 15 of this is site. Advice has been received by the Union Steam Ship Company that quarantine restrictions on passengers from Now Zoalahd have now been lifted at Fiji and Samoa. In view of this, it is considered unlikely that the restrictions will be continued at the Tongan ports. To-night at 8 o'clock at,the Y.M.C.A. Professor J. B. Condliffe will address a meeting of members and friends on "The League of Nations and the Economic Situation." This is the second of a series of talks on the League of Nations, under the auspices of the Y.M.C.A.

The flashing of an electric light inside the Caledonian Hall deluded some public-minded person into the belief that the building was on fire last evening, and he gave the fire-alarm. The Brigade received the call at 5.28 p.m., and. found that it was a false alarm.

Our London correspondent, writing on April 7th, mentions that the Admiraltv are inviting a number of officers from the Royal Navy to volunteer for service in the Diomede when she reeommissions on or about October Ist for service under the New Zealand Government. In all a commander, three lie'ii-tenant-commanders or lieutenants, one lieutenant-commander (6) or lieutenant (G), one lieutenant-commander (T), or lieutenant (T), one lieutenant-comman-der (N) or lieutenant (N), one engin-eer-commander, one engineer-lieutenant or lieutenant (E), one surgeon-comman-der, one paymaster-commander or pay-master-lieutenant-commander, one junior accountant officer, and five commissioned or warrant officers. The period ofjloan to the New Zealand Navy is for three years, if so long required, and officers selected are entitled to free passages for their wives and families. "Dean Inge is a queer mixture," said Mr N. B. Burton at the Church of England Men's Society meeting at Auckland, when he was. relating his impressions of the great churchmen met while on a visit to England recently. "The Dean of St. Paul's is unique in, his way. When he writes of the saints and mystics he is sweet as honey; in theological controversy as bitter as gall. Among the Modernists he is a reckless radical; in the "Morning Post" a reactionary Tory. In private life he is a charming Christian gentleman." This decription, reports the "New Zealand Herald," caused amusement among the clergy and laity present, and Mr .Burton completed the. sketch by saying that while the Dean was great in many ways, he had not proved liimself a great Dean of London's Cathedral. ... Nature would" have constructed him differently had she intended him to be Dean of St. Paul's.

Evidences that publicity literature regarding Canterbury, issued by the Progress League, is finding its way to most Unexpected places were given -by, the number of letters received by yesterday's oversea mail by the. League's organiser. Amongst the batch of letters, were communications from Hilltown, Dundee, Scotland, from Canada, from Brixham, South Devon, England, and from New Jersey, U.S.A. These letters and others contained references to the League's booklets and asked for further information. The Hilltown correspondents stated that copies of some of the League's booklets had been handed to him by a firm of booking agents. Heasked to bo supplied with the price of olean land per acre, terms of payment, housing and so forth. The New Jersey correspondent stated that he had got his information from the International Publicity list. This information had been supplied to the publishers of the list by the League. "The tourist arriving on the hospitable shores of New Zealand," says a writer in the Quaker journal, "Friend" "soon commences his education if he has eyes and ears for the things around him. The sunshine, the landscape, the verdure, the English birds, the ever-present wind —all these and many more rapid impressions drive home the fact of a disr tract and vigorous national life growing up into a peculiarly attractive type of 'Nordic' culture, one as distinct from Australian as from English or American development. And the tourist soon realises that the carpet-bag word 'Australasia,' under winch we io Europe conceal our ignorance of these differences, i 8 not liked in New Zealand, which detects in it a. latent idea of dependence utterly foreign to her ideas and aspirations. How many of us in England realise that the expanse of often stormy seas between Australia and New Zealand is comparable to that between the "United Kingdom and Newfoundland? Or that the Pacific Islands and deoende&cies over which New Zealand rules exceed in importance those of Germany when Bismarck inaugurated that 'KokmialPolitik* whoso results Europe is now cxiwriencina-.'"'

A Waimato land agency £rm has successfully negotiated the sale of no fewer than eight sheep runs within the last few weeks, .ill in the South Canterbury district (telegraphs our Waimato correspondent). Two of the purchasers are well-known "Waikakah! Rattlers, being Mr John Matheson. of Amo, and Messrs 31. and J. Gorman, also of Aruo. The total acreage of tho eight .runs is 37,362 acres. Lui Paewai, the All Black, appeared in the Magistrate's Court at DannoTirke as defendant to a charge of having assaulted W. T. Fagan, an employee in the Hawke's Bay Farmers garage. He admitted the charge. Paewai had taken his car to tho garage to hare something done to it, but complainant was too busy on an urgent job and said he could not attend to Paewai, who thereupon struck Fagan. Paewai later apologised. IMendant's counsel asked the Magistrate to exercise his discretion bystriking out the case so that a conviction should not bo entered against the young man, who bore an excellent character. The Magistrate rogretted ho could not do that. A fine of £2. witn costs, was* imposed. The repeated changes in the weather lately have brought tho usual harvest of coughs and colds. To guard against attack be sure you keep that famous old remedy, Stop-It, by you. A few doses at the first sign of a cold will relievo; a bottle almost invariably cures. Stop-It suits all ages, the kiddies like it. Sold everywhere in a generoussized bottle for 2s 6d, or from McArthur's, Ltd., Chemists, Colombo street, next Cashei street eorncr. —6

High grade Silk Hose specially reduced at Armstrong's Great ForgeAhead Sale. For one week Armstrong's are selling a high grade Art Silk and Pure Silk Hose, spliced heels and toes, seamed back in all the very latest shades, including champagne; beige, niide, light and dark grey, oriental pearl, tanbarlc, polo, black and white. For one week the price will be 6s lid per pair; take advantage of this special offer A 2713

J. Johnston and Son. Merchants, Rangiora. (Estd. 1863) Solicit North Canterbury Farmers' orders for Littles, Cooper's and McDougall's Sheep Dips. P.O. Box 1, 'phone 4. 12

Fifty million rabbits in Canterbury. They should all be poisoned at once. Those laying poison on hill-country will find our new pattern all steel reversible rabbit plough O.K. for making the furrows. Weight 701b. Photos on application. P. and D. Duncan, Ltd., 196 Tuam street, Christchurch. . 6