General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18526, 30 October 1925, Page 10

General News.

• The lvaikoura correspondent of "The Press" telegraphs that a car, driven bv Mr Henderson, of Chnstchureh, went over a tank at Hundalce. 'ho tur "was smashed, hut Mr Henderson ivas unhurt, and ho resumed his journey on a service car. "Wellington local bodies we're expecting to receive £23,(XX) subsidy from, the Main Highways Board for paving roads near "Wellington, but the Crown Solicitor has raised doubts as to whether, on account of technicalities, the subsidy can be claimed', and has suggested that the parties had better go to Court for a declaratory judgment. Already Wellington has built seven, miles of the Hutt road -without a subsidy, although a similar road out of Auckland received one. Representatives of the "Waimaiii, Heathcote, Halswell. and Paparua County Councils met at the Heatlicoto County Council's offices yesterday to discuss the question of granting County employees the increase in rates suggested by the Arbitration ©ourt in respect of the basic wage. Mr C. Flavell, chairman of tho Heathcoto County Council, presided. It was decided to recotnmend each County Council represented) to increase the wages of labourers to Is XOd per hour.

Listeners-in in Scotland have shown a good deal of interest in the Empire concerts broadcast from Glasgow (writes our London correspondent on September 25th). On October sth, the fifth of the series, dealing with New Zealand, will be broadcast, with a foreword by Sir James Allen. Tho "flight*' wiii consist of six phases as follows:—Old New Zealand, New Zealand of to-dav—-the landing of an immigrant ; the great Thermal Region, Rotorua-; the pilot dolphin of the French Pass; tho Maori; the Caledonia of South Island. A description of some of the scenery of the Dominion will be given, n.nd this will be interspersed with eight Maori songs. "Water snails in his tap water were discovered by a Takapuua resident. "While a.quantity of water was being drawn off a collection of twenty or thirty minute shells settled in" the bottom ot ! the container. Obviously they had come through the mains from the intake in tho lake. In appearance tho shells were liko miniature periwinkles, and, when examined under the microscope, were found to be quite empty. Though this was the first complaint from Takapuna, an inspector of the Health Department reports that Bhells had been found in tap water in of;her parts of New Zealand. Consumers did not welcome their appearance, but there was absolutely no danger in using such water. The opinion was expressed at the Djocesan Synod at Auckland by tho Rev. G. P. Morris that not only the laity but also the clergy were unable to understand rnuch of tho Common Prayer Book. "What they wanted was something intelligible to the present generation. Tho Church of SoutS Africa was progressing wonderfullv, because it had adapted its services to tho modern congregation, and had secured some of the finest brains to concern themselves with its advance. On the other hand', the Dutch Reform Church Was losing ground, for the simple reason that none of the educated people would have anything to do with .it. Its services Were practically medieval. It was the duty of the 'Church in New Zealand to have the revised Prayer Book in order to give the people some- : thing they could comprehend. ■ I

No fewer than 7i applications havo been received for the position of chief clerk to the Christchurcli C'Uy Council. The inquest on the victims of the Lake Coleridge tunnel disaster will he resumed at Lake Coleridge on Tuesday morning.

On the run across from Sydney to Auckland a baboon, attached to a circus troup on the Malieno, got loose. The escapee caused some fun. but fortunately did not manage to get into the rigging. Its libertv was short-lived, as it was captured within a few minutes. In order to provide for the fertilisation of red clover, the Victorian Department of Agriculture approached the New Zealand Department of Agriculture to supply a number of humble bees. Mr (J. H. Sergeant. Government Apiary Instructor in Canterbury, has just finished collecting 90 queens. 60 of which he got in the Botanical Gardens, which are to be sent to Victoria.

The new postal regulations agreed to at tlie last Convention contain stringent rules in regard to letters unpaid or containing dutiable articles. Tho Wellington Chamber of Commerce is urging the Postal Department to endeavour to obtain some modification, as it considers that tho rules are too drastic, and that they should bo relaxed, particularly as between England and the Dominions.

Tho failure of the electric light in Cathedral square shortly after !) p.m. on "Wednesday, -was due to a break in an underground City feeder cable from the Addington sub-station. The break involved a certain wastage, and also a considerable drop in the voltage, outside the City area. Until power was restored in the voltage brought the operation of the trams to a standstill. In order to locate the defect, it was necessary to switch power oft the other two cables. Eventually the full loud was taken by these two cables. The reduction cf Lours worked in shops to forty-four was advocated by Mr A. Croskery, secretary of the New Zealand Shop Assistants' Federation (Wellington) during the hearing of the operative butchers' dispute before the Conciliation Council yesterday. Mr W. Cecil Prime, employers' advocate, said that the consensus of opinion 'among employers in the shopping trades was that it was essentia! to retain the present number of weekly hours. Air C'roskcry suid that the time had arrived when the employers should say: "Well, we Trill have to cut down to the hours worked in other trades." .

Stabbing pains in the joints—dull acnes in the muscles—these are the first warnings cf rheumatism. Avoid cofuplicatiotti and obtain relief by taking MeArthurs' Rheumatic Pebbles, a most successful preparation for ridding the systein of uric acid (the cause of rheumatism). 2s (3d a box, post free. MeArthurs, Ltd., Chemists, "McArtburs' Corner," Colombo street. —6

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