General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18460, 14 August 1925, Page 8

General News.

The annual meeting of tlic* Canterbury Employers' Association lias been fixed lor tho 25th inst. The Railway Department advertise in this i.ssuo tram arrangements in ■connexion with tlio trotting races at [ Christ-church 011 Monday next. Tickets at holiday excursion fares will be issued to Christchurch. The "Sleeping Beauty" pantdhiime by Charities Unlimited, which recently ran for a week in tho Theatro ltoyaJ, produced a profit oJ: approximately which will bo shared by the Nurse Maudo District Nursing .Fund and tho Plunket Society. Helen Anderson, Caroline Karl Ivippenbergcr, and Jane Bates, of Christchurch, haiv-e petitioned Parliament, asking recognition of an early term of service in tno teaching pioleesion. for superannuation purposes. All left and rejoined tho (Service. —Parliamentary Correspondent. A minor collision occurred at Frankton 011 Wednesday night, when an engine drawing six loaded eattto trucks ran into a locomotive standing on the main line. Three trucks were derailed and badly smashed and throe bullocks killed. The wreckage caused 110 hold up of the train service. The clouds were too dense and low yesterday to enablo the pilots of tho Wigram Aerodromes who are undergoing a refresher course, to do much formation flying. In tho afternoon cross-country work was carried out. Tho present course is an extra one and will go 011 until about August 22nd. An inquest on the body of Doreen Frances Robertson, tho infant daughter .of Mr and Mrs Robertson, Mou, place, City, who died early on Wednesday morning, was opened at tho Hospital yesterday. After hearing evidence of identification the Coroner (Air Wyvern Wilson) adjourned the proceedings to enablo a, post-mortem, examination to be- made of tho body. Tho total, area comprised in the National endowment on March 31st, 1925, was approximately 8.995,000 acres. Of this <«n area of 6,84/ ,755 acres was held on lease or license subdivided into 4497 holdings, the annual rental payable being £188,254, while 1,693,897 acres have been set aside as provisional State forest. The total revenue derived from this endowment during the past year was £146,900. A request for a grant of £2OOO per annum towards the cost of the Cawthron Institute, at Nelson, was made to the Prime Minister yesterday ,bv a large deputation, representative of the whole Dominion. Mr Coates declined to crivo any definite promise, but stated that he would make enquiries as to the return which the Government and the country as a whole might expect from the work of the Institute. The sight of a tram-car pulling a motor-car out of difficulties is seldom seen. But at 7.30 last night bystanders 111 Victoria street watched with ■ interest a l'apanui car hauling a motor- I car out of the excavations which are being carried on near Bealey avenue. New tracks aro being laid, and a< motorist apparently forgot this or was not aware of it. He ran 011 to the new track and became stuck fast between the sleepers. He tried to get out of the declivity on his engine power, but failed. After several attempts he gave it up as a bad job, and a tram-car coupled up a rope and hauled the motor out of the hole. Little time was lost iu the service and no material damage was done to the motor-car. Along with the crowds of people who aro here for tho races, have come several undesirables. Early in the week the premises of Misses It. and M. Beattie, Colombo street, were entered by a thief, who had to take to his heels, to avoid capture. A noise was heard by the occupants of the adjoining shop, and on opening a rear door they saw a man, who had been trying to force ; a window, make for the street. Examination showed that both a door and a window had been tried, as tho marks of a jemmy were found bitten decptv ' into the wood. Tho door was secured with strong bolts and tho evident intention was to break the window for tho purpose of getting at tho bolts. Tho burglar left a file liehind him, but had not had time to make awav with anything. Don't wait for rheumatism to become firmly entrenched in your joints. ' A course of McArthur's * Rheumatic ; l'obbles will remove the uric acid and gradually clear the rheumatism ritrht ) out. 2s (id per box. To keep tho functions in good order take at the : same time Dr. Fellow's A.C. (Anti--1 Constipation) Tabs, 2s 6d per box. , Mc Arthurs, Ltd., Chemists, (375 ' Colombo street. ' —4 ' Ladies are taking an unusual inter- ' est in Armstrongs' special display of ' early spring millinery. The very latest styles from Paris, London, and Now York aro being shown. These beautiful ; hat* were carefully selected by our i Homo buyers and embody the latest , st vie ideas. Exclusive models—and fcniart readj-to-wcars—all a t Arm--1 strongs' famous low pnees. We would c adviw an early inspection of t i losp , beautiful hats, as they a*r© selling ver y t rapidly. G