General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18487, 15 September 1925, Page 8

General News.

A meeting of ihe creditors of Josephine Wilson, widow, of Christchurch,' has been fixed for the 32nd inst. It was reported at last night's meeting of the City Council that two raids had (>een made" on stray dogs, 32 being caught. A large number of dogs were still unregistered, and it was, intended to have several raids during the next few weeks. Complaints have been made by Beckenham and Fisherton residents lately about the wet state of Beckenham Park, but the trouble should be remedied within the next few days. Yesterday Mr" J. Young, City Curator, stated that a number of men had commenced putting in a six-inch main right through the Paj"k to carry away the surface water. i The Abattoir and Reserves Committee reported to the City Council at its meeting last night that the present contract for slaughtering stock at the City Abattoir expired on November 30th, and in view of the fact that thev present system had worked well and given satisfaction, recommended the continuation of the present policy and requested authority to call for tenders for a further three years' contract. Authority was given.

Between twenty and thirty stags' heads from Canterbury deer herds have been collected by Mr L. J. Bayfield, officer in charge of the Government Tourist Bureau, and Mr C. W. Hervey, secretary of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, for display in a portion of the Tourist Department's exhibit at tho Dunedin Exhibition. It is expected that between sixty and eighty stags' heads will be shown by the Department. A mixed consignment of animals and hirds for the Auckland Zoological Gardons was brought to Auckland from Calcutta by the steamer Sussex. The animals included 24 rhesus monkeys, one female leopard and one pair of nilgai or Indian antelope, while the birds comprised a pair of monals, three pairs of peacocks, eighty chukors, and three pairs of flamingoes. The monals are a gorgeous type of Himalaya pheasants, and the chukors are the Indian hillpartridge. "I have the authority of the superintendent to tell you that on one bright moonlight night not go many years ago, tho Brigade was called out to extinguish the moon," remarked a speaker during the ceremony of laving the foundation-etone of a new Firo Brigade"' station at Palmereton North. "On another occasion it was called to a glare in the southern sky, only to find on reaching the borough bonadary that it was a brilliant demonstration of the Aurora Australia."

At a'meeting of the Otago Patriotic. Welfare Association it was stated that the commiteee has more work to do now than previously. Men who had cone to the war with the Mam Body, and of whom the committee had heard nothing previously, were now making application for relief, as they had broken down in health and otherwise had been overtaken by misfortune, through no fault of their -own. This condition was dne largely to strain and hardships. Infectious and other notifiable diseases reported in the Canterbury Health District during the week ended noon yesterday totalled 32, as followß: — Scarlet fever, 9; diphtheria, 2; tuberculosis, 10; pneumonia, 4; pneumonic influenza, 1; puerperal septicaemia, 2; erysipelas, 1; lethargic encephalitis, 1; eclampsia, 1; ophthalmia neonatorum, 1. The deaths reported in the" Canterbury district during the same period were 5,. as. follows:—Tuberculosis, 2; pneumonic influenza, 1; puerperal septi«emia, 2. A Southland farmer wrote to the County Council last week complaining of the failuro of the wheat poisoning method for the destruction of birds. He said: "I baited the birds with clean wheat which attracted many birds. On about tho fourth or fifth day I scattered your poisoned wheat, thinking I was going to get a splendid catch. The result (I watched from about four or five chains off) was that the birds came down as usual, looked at tho poisoned grain and flew away again. Never even, lifted one grain. It lies there yet. That's how good it is."

Speaking at the opening of a new post office at Eastbourne, the.Hoa. Sir James Parr, Postmaster-General, announced that a system of credit notes would be introduced at an early date to meet the convenience of people travelling, especially holiday-makers. Depositors would thus be able, before starting on a journey, to provide-them-selves with a form of remittance payable to themselves at any branch of a> post office savings bant in the Dominion. The system would, be hoped, bo operating before the next Christinas holidays.

The response by the public to the appeal for books for the children's section of the Christchurch Public Library has been extremely gratifying. Up to yesterday the total number of books received since the first appeal was made about sis week ago, was 600, 300 of which had oome to band during the past week. Monetary donations totalling £8 have also been received. About 90 per cent, of the books given have been in good condition, but the remaining 10 per cent, are not in quite a fit state for circulation, and will probably be forwarded to the different Chnßtehuroh orphanages. At last night's meeting of the Citv Council Or. F. R. Cooke drew attention to the. poplars and flowering cherries which have been planted along tho banks of the Avon in the vicinity of the Manchester street bridge, and said that he thought it would be better to remove the poplars, which might get in the way of overhead wires, and plant chemes in their place. Cr. W. fi. Leadley, m reply stated that the matter had been considered by the Beautifying • u Ol V nad como te conclusion that there was no danger of any interference irith wires such as Cr. Cooke seemed t<s be afraid of-

The life and works of Lucretius were discussed by the Kev. E. C. Crosse at laßt night's meeting of the Classical Association, held at Canterbury College.

Citizens of Wellington have subscribed £1163 to the Massev Memorial Fund, and subscriptions are still being received (telegraphs our Wellington correspondent'. Fire on Saturday evening destroyed a store and post office vrith dwelling attached at Te Pohue, on the NapierTaupo road, ov.-ncd by Grant and How-ell. Il Ls under stood that the buildin;; was by insurance.

Throe United .States sailors, who were left behind when tho Fleet sailed. are still having a quiet, time in the city. It has not been definitely decided ye: when they art* going, away. They are staying at tho Y.M.C.A.

Trie Riccarton Borough Council decided last night tc make an unconditional grajit tcnvnrd.s the Canterbury* Court at the T>unedin Exhibition. A resolution passed at a previous me-e-t----ing. that the grant should iie made, conditional on other local ladies contributing, war. rescinded Two aeroplanes will Iks sent from the Wigram Aerodrome to the Dnnedin Exhibition. One will 'be flown down, and the other will be sent by train and suspended in one of the courts. Two new Bristol Fighters, which were ordered for the aerodrome, hare been shipped from England. The City Council last night decided on the recommendation of tho By-laws and Finance Committee, that a poll of the ratepayers Ik? taken for authority to raise a loan of £'12,000 for enlarging and improving the City Abattoir at Sockburn, tho period of the loan to be 30 years, and the rate of interest not to exceed .3:1 per cent., with a sinking fund of 1} per cent.

"As your term of office synchronised with the rainy season, what are yon going to do about it?" asked Cr. O. W. B. Anderson of tho. Mayor (Mr J. K. Archer) p.t last night's meeting of the. City Council. Amidst the laughter that followed the question, Cr. I>. G. Sullivan,. M.P.. remarked that the Mayor was a "dry" him, the adjective hairing reference to tho Mayor's views on tho drink question. At the examination on the 11th instant, for the licensing of first and second grade electrical fitters, the following were successful in obtaining a pass:—First grade : Henry Edward Beckett, Frank Burnet, .Raymond Geering, Walter Henry Jackson, Thomas Morrow, Robert Stead ; second grade: Graeme Aitken, Andrew George Bloom, Walter Gray Butterfield, Alexander Georgo Campbell, John Bruce Davidson, Cyril Edwin, Wm. Pegg, Arthur Charles Priest, James Proyan, Norman Robertson, Alexander William Rowan, Thomas Stobart. With the object of settling the dispute which occurred at the Tokomaru Bay freezing works towards tho end of last season before the works again open for- killing (telegraphs our Gisborno correspondent), Mr Glover, a member of the Alliance of Labour, whose aid has been invoked, and Mr Bennett, representing , tho .employers, are now visiting Giaborne, and conferring with the local representatives of both partios. It is hoped that some agreement will be reached and that there will be no delay in opening tho works in the forthcoming season. The By-laws and Finance Committee reported to the City Council at last night's meeting that it had received tho following communication from tho ofneer-ajv-charge of the N.Z. Government Railways Advertising Office: —"1 wish to advise that it is our intention to build shortly one or more boardinga facing Carlyle street. I would have liked to build them across the corner* similarly to the hoarding recently erected at the corner of Moorhcmse avenue and Colombo street, but unfortunately the lavatories .preieent this being done." The committee advised that the opinion of the City Solicitor was being obtained as to whether the actual individual at whose direction the advertising matter was displayed will be prosecuted for not complying with the -by-law. At the close of tho Wellington Competitions, one of the judges, Mr Roland Foster, said ho had received a letter of protect, which indicated that some competitors did not seem to take their defeats in a very good spirit. The writer said: "I don't think it is right that Australian girls should be allowed to compete in Wellington competitions." That was rather hard, wasn't it? Tiev would next say that Australian judges should not be allowed to come over. The letter also objected to those competitors taking part in a certain section. "I don't know that nationality is a condition of entry," added Mr Foster. "I have not gathered so much from the syllabus. I thought whether they came from New Zealand, Australia, China, or Timbuctoo they were all eligible provided that they eonld sing." Authority to engage bands tc give concerts in the various band rotundas of Christchurch was given to the City Council last night to the Bands and Entertainments Committee. The fee for each concert was fixed as follows: — Brass or reed bands, £6 6s; pipe bands, £3 10s. 'Jlie amount available will allow for 42 concerts being given (including six by pipe bands). Permission was granted the bands concerned to take up collections at such concerts. Cr. O. W. B. Anderson expressed the opinion that a certain amount of what was collected should be devoted to the purchase of seats for those who listened to the music. Cr. Carr said that in view of the small amonnts granted in respect of each coneert to carry out Cr. Anderson's proposal would be tantamount to an insult. Cr. E. H. Andrews expresed the opinion that the committee was a "hit Scotch" in granting the pipe bands such a small amount for oach of their concerts.

Regarding tho statement made bv the Marquis of Graham, as set out by the London correspondent of "The Press" -in a dispatch which appeared in Saturday's issue, to the effect that those m charge of "Flock House," where sons of sailors are being trained, hoped to bring out to the Dominion the sisters of the boys and so enablethem to set up comfortable homes of their own holdings, Dr. E. G. Levinge told a reporter yesterday, that some two or three months ago he suggested to the Victoria League in this city a scheme for the establishment of a hostel ip the South Island, for sailors' daughters, something on the same lines as is evidently contemplated by those in charge of the "Flock House" scheme. Tho Victoria League representatives were interested in the proposal and promised to bring it up for discussion at the Dominion conference of the League to be held in Dunedin in November. In the meantime, Dr. Levinge remarked, it appeared' that action had beeiv taken by the "Flock House" authorities which might prevent the scheme he suggested from being carried out.

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