General News.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18880, 21 December 1926, Page 10

General News.

In reply to the Fire Board, tho City Council, has advised that it will take possession of the Sydenham Fire Btation as from January Ist, 1027.

Twenty senior members of the Y.M.C.A. wtll entrain on Friday momma for tho West Coast, where they will commence their annual walking tour, which will last for ten days. Anglers did not return home with big baas from the Selwyn River over the week-end. Messrs Howie, Hardie. Watson, and Battie had the best catch, i their nub varying in weight from six pounds to four pounds.

There was a cut-off of electric current at 8.48 p.m. yesterday, which lasted for several minutes, during which the picture theatres and shops were plunged in gloom: It is thought that tho cause of it wag lightning at Hororata.

On its rising last evening the Oity Council adjourned until January 31st, 1927. The Mayor, on behalf of the Mayoress and himself, wished councillors and the staff a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and thanked them for the support they had given him during the year. An application was recently received by the Town Clerk for permission to sell hot water, sweets, and soft drinks in the rest room which is being erected in St. Albans Park in connexion with the Children's playground. The City Council last evening refused the application.

Mr S. B. Forscntt sought an audience from the City Council last evening, with a view to submitting objections to ,one of the actions of the Electricity Department. It was decided to" advise Mr Forscutt, if he thought his grievance should be carried further, to make an appeal to the Public WorksJDepartment, Last evening the Oity Council granted permission to the Anchor Lodge, TJ.A.O.D., to hold a fete in Woolston Park on March sth for the purpose of raising funds towards the improvement of its Lodge room. The Woolston Horticultural Society was also given permission to erect a marquee in the Park on January 15th in connexion with its annual flower show.

In future North Avon road will go under two names, the City Council having adopted last evening the recommendation of the By-laws and Finance Committee that the portion lying to the north of Fitzgerald avenue be called Whitmore street, and that running east and west and connecting with Fowke street, also Fowke street itself, be known as Avalon street.

At yesterday'b meeting of the Canterbury College Board of Governors it was reported by the Museum and Library Committee that the committee had instructed the Librarian to cancel membership of the two persons recently detected in removing books from the Public Library, and that it had instructed him that any future case of the illegal removal of books from the library is to be placed in the hands of the-college solicitor, to take action on behalf of the Board.

A letter received by the City Council last evening from the Department of Industries and Commerce enclosed a photograph showing the manner in which the exhibit provided by the City was displayed in the New Zealand Section of the Canadian National Exhibition. • It stated that the photograph of the Memorial Bridge created a great deal of interest, and architects and other experts pronounced it ( as being particularly fine from an artistic point of view. They commended the idea as one of tho best to commemorate the deeds of our soldiers in the Great War.

A total of 8088 tons of freight was carried through the Otira tunnel from west to east last week.

At a meeting at Dunedin yesterday of representatives of bodies interested, it was decided to form a Railway Advisory Board. —PftES-j Service. During the month of November, 21 ordinary and 21 extraordinary connexions were made to the City water supply. In addition, 33 connexions were made for builders and contractors.

Authority has heen given by the City Council for the purchase of about 300 water meters at an estimated cost of £llOO. An order was placed with Messrs A. and T. Burt, Ltd., who are the New Zealand agents for Tylors, and the Canterbury agents for Davies and Shepherds.

Registrations for the Y.M.O.A. s boys' camp at Kairaki total 120 so far. This number is a record, and indications are that more boys will enrol. It is to this camp that the Christchurch Rotary Club is sending 20 boy- who would not, without the club's generous assistance, be able to enjoy the outing. When the City Council was considering remits for the annual conference of the Municipal Association last evening, another in the direction of compelling the Drainage Board to make sewer connexions up to the building line was favoured by the Mayor and Cr. E. H. Andrews, and the framing of the remit was referred to the Works Committee.

Eeporting to the City Council last evening, the Works Committee advised that the Deputy Chief Inspector of Explosives, on his recent visit to the quarries, condemned the powder magazine in use on the grounds thsft it was inadequate for the storage of the quantity of explosives it contained. He had forwarded plans, etc., covering a new building which would comply with the regulations, at an estimated cost of £59 2s. Tho committee requested authority for this work. The roport was adopted.

Commencing on December 27th, and concluding on January 3rd, Scout camps will be held at the Waimakariri river and at Cass. The Waimakariri camp will contain 130 Wolf Cubs and eight officers, under the command of District Cubmaster W. Desmond, and ,the Cass camp will be a'ttended by 120 Scouts and 10 officers, under the command of Mr F. E. Hutchinson, Assistant Commissioner of the Christchurch district. Examinations, open-air training, sports, and a competition for the Camping Cup, given by the Officers' Club, will be held at the Cass camp, and at the Waimakariri general train-, ing work will be carried out. The By-laws and Finance Committee of the City Council reported last evening: "A Christchurch firm of printers proposes to issue a • booklet in which information will be given with regard to the work of the present City Council, the Tramway Board, Harbour Board, DrainagO Board, and Hospital Board. The company intends to print about 15,000 copies of the booklet ».o be distributed free of charge s arid has asked that the Council furnish the information required regarding its activities. The committee recommends that the request be granted, subject to all matter to be published being Submitted to and approved by the Town Clerk before publication." The report was adopted. Mr George Scott lias offered to dedicate to the City Council sufficient land for widening Opawa road at its junction' with Ford road, and to pro-! vide an open space for beautification purposes. It Will bo necessary to remove and re-erect the fence at present on the property, and also to con' struct a kerb and footway on the new alignment, at* an estimated' cost of £l9B. The Works Committee recommended last evening that Mr Scott's offer be accepted, and that the question of carrying out the,nocessary work be held over ponding consideration of the estimates for the next financial year. The plan was laid on the table. The report was adopted. "tn view of the laudable objects for which the money is being'raised, and taking into consideration the splendid efforts of the members of U*e Association in the past in connexion with many charitable and deserving objects', the committee recommends that the request be granted." In, these terms, the By-laws and Finance Committee reported to the City Council' fast evening on an application received from the Canterbury Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association for permission to sell art union tickets in the streets on Friday. January 28th. Half the proceeds of the art union were to be devoted to the Blind Soldiers' Fund and the other half to the Association's Building Fund. The report was adopted. As the result of complaints received concerning noise made by- children using the playground equipment In St. Albans Park, the City Council Reserves Committee some time ago decided to prohibit the use of the equipment on Sundays, and the appliances were therefore locked. Numerous letters were received by the Town Clerk regarding the committee's action in this respect, pointing out that the noise made by the children was by no means objectionable, and that despite the fact that the equipment had been locked, children continued to use it as far as possible, and the. appliances were liable to be broken. The committee therefore recommended to the Council last even- | ing that the practice of locking up the equipment be discontinued. The report was adopted.

During the week ended at noon yesterday eleven, cases of food poisoning were notified to the Medical Officer of Health. The total number of notifications of all infectious disease cases ' was 42, compared with 39 in the previous week. Details for the two weeks are as follows, the figures for last week being given in parentheses:—West Coast: Pneumonia 1 (0), scarlet fever 0 (2), diphtheria 0 (1), puerperal septicaemia 0 (1). Canterbury: Scarlet fever 2 (6), diphtheria 2 (2), 'tuberculosis 22 (16), pneumonia 3 (8), oere-bro-spinal meningitis 1 (0), food poisoning 11 (0), puerperal"septitt»mia 0 (2), eclampsia 0 (1); totals 42 (39). There were two deaths from tuberculosis, one in the Canterbury district and one in the West Coast. The cases of food poisoning arose at a party, and were caused by some food which had been partaken of by all present. All the cases were mild, and none of the patients was sent to the Hospital. No one ran get better service than that given by J. Heywood and Co., Ltd.. either ns furniture removers. Custom House Agentß, or General Car tiers. " —8

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