General News.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18917, 4 February 1927, Page 10

General News.

Members of the Canterbury Education Board's staff proceeded by motor to yesterday for their annual csf\y:r.im.

Practically every seat was taken on the south express yesterday morning. th< passengers including two Cabinet Ministers nii 1 a number •<( doctors who ia. ill attend the medical congress at Dunedin.

,\ ease set d.wii tor hearuiji in the Wellington «u p 'i-',n; Cou.t y.'strrOj. in which Victnr ('aniline claimed .tSoO l'rnni tli.' New Zealand Times Cmnpanv, Ltd.. for alleged litiel, was settled out of Court.—Phess Service. Fifteen carriage- vcie loquired lor tho ucconimodation of those travelling to Ashhurton yesterday tor the annual picnic of the "Waltham School. The pupils of the Heathcoto School, numbering about WO, bold their annual excursion in Christchurcli.

(tn Tue.-d.T' e\iMiing a yoing woman ccrctvi"! a shock ic I nledoniaii road, when a man jumped out from a feme and snatched her bap. She screamed, and the man made off on a bicycle. The purso contained a few shillings, and the key to her room. ~

At i'v'iG o'clock yesterday morning tho Fire Brinlo iVceh-d a <"' Mto Ballin Bros, cordial factory, Sydenham, where there was a small outbreak oi fire at the l..a<k of the building. Slight damage was done '• ■(' nc :!ie blavx was suppressed by ! -he bo;:au.. Tardy ratepayers have exactly une mouth'from luda.v in which to |ay their rates and avoid !lio 10 per tent. penalty which is imposed on al, amounts uncollected by March 4ili. H i s expected thai there will be a rush to ti le Citv Council offices during (lie month as u largo sum remains mpaid. "I have been Mayor of this City for two rears and this unemployment question" is the greatest worry I have over had I onlv wish I eoufci tell you all to come along to start work to-morrow morning."-Mr J. K. Archer, speaking to a deputation ol unemployed nic.i vesterdoy morning.

"We all have our own political opinions and wo havo every right to thorn, said the Mayor (Mr J. K. Archer) speaking to a deputation of unemployed men vesterday. "I have mine and, as vou know, they are pretty advanced. !somo people call mo a revolutionary. Anticipating a busy time with tho grain season and largo htock sale:: now commencing, the Railway Department has issued special instructions to ensureexpeditious loading and handling of trucks. At country stations, whore there is no stationmastcr, inspector-; will watch the loading. In a letter to the "Dominion," "Hegretful" writes: "It strikes a visitor to vour country as most rcmarkablo that the poems of your own poet, Thomas Bracken, should bo so nttlo appreciate:!. They havo the tender pathos of Burns, with the delicacy of Shelley, yet it is impossible to obtain a copy of them in your bookshops, and Me can find no specimen of thcin in your school journal. In Australia, lesser poets have met with hearty appreciation; how unfortunate that NewZealand should show herself locking. It may not be true that his dear ones were allowed to suffer penury, but tho abovo is a sufficient indictment."

A further instance of the rising values of land in the Te Aro Flat district, says the "Post," is afforded by the prices realised in the salo of two blocks in Tory street, consisting of Garrett's Buildings, SKI Tory street, occupied by the Todd Motor Company, and a group of shops and factories at tho corner of Tory and Ebor streets. Both properties were owned bv Mr T. K Garrett, of Lower Hutt. They have been sold to Mr James Stellin, of "Wellington. It is. understood that the price paid for the two blocks is about £30,000. The Todd Company building is of three storevs, and has a frontage of 41ft and a depth of 84ft. The corner property has 57ft frontage to Tory street and is 120 ft deep. Is the spirit of tho early pioneers dying out? The question was answered in tho negative by the Governor-Gen-eral (Sir James Fergusson) when he returned from a visit to the North (states tho "New Zealand Herald"). His Excellency explained that bo had studied the pcoplo met on tho tour, and had found living examples- of tho old pioneers. "Pcoplo talk as if tho race of old pioneers lias diet! out. That is not so. Wo saw, in going through tho country, men and women exhibiting exactly the same qualities of resource, endurance, and courage as those possessed by their grandparents. It hat; been a perfect eye-opener." He added that through meeting the peoplo ho had realised tho great work they were doing in building up tho country. Tho Itov. E. W, Beaver, 8.D., E.G., Episcopal Commissioner in Ireland for New Zealand) writes to "The Northern Whig" (Belfast), that ho listened with interest to the New Zealand Prime Minister in the City Hall, although his own personal concern lias been chiefly with tho Church there. "The Bishop of Wellington (lie sayg) is an old University friend, aud to his diocese I have occasionally passed a clergyman who left Ireland for health reasons, or owing to its troubled condition. By Bishop Sprott's desire I asked them if they could ride, and also, if possibly they could do without a ser-vant-maid! Here wc havo briefly the conditions of clerical work generally in this colony, which offers desirable openings for younger clergymen who may be fed-up with the. unprogrcssiveness of tho Irish Church."

A plea that Mr Coates should not be asked to mako too many speeches on his rtrturo from the Imperial Conference was made at the Auckland Rotary Club luncheon on Monday by Mr S. M. Bruce, Prime Minister of Australia. "During my five months away I have made an average of between two and two a-half speeches a day," Mr Bruce said amid laughter. "I spentmostof my time speech-making in England, and on behalf of your Prime Minister 1 ask that he be not subjected to what every Prime Minister is after returning from the Imperial Conference. To attend an Imperial Conference is to realise you work harder than ever before in your life; but your friends meet you when you return, say how pleased they are to see you and then say you have had a topping holiday. I know it. would be useless to make such a plea to my people, but you may lie more civilised here." (Laughter.)

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