General News.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18918, 5 February 1927, Page 14

General News.

The auction announcements of P. S. Nicbolls and Co., Ltd., H. to Irvingstone and Co.. Tonks Norton and Co., Ltd., Dalgetv and Co., Ltd., Lolircr and Co.. Ltd., LP. Devlin H M'atson and Co., MeKcnzie ami Willis, and National Mortgage anrt Agency Co., Ltd., appear on page 2-1 -' this issue.

Those who are in the habit of playinc with matches would do well to take warning from an accident which beleii a young man in an Auckland City office this week. He was opening ana shutting n bos of "safeties," when the action caused the matches to ignite, and he was badly burned on the palm of his left hand.

The position in connexion with tiie licensing of ...e local motor bus services has led the Birkenhead Borough Council to forward a remit dealing with the matter for uisidcratton this month at tho conferenco of delegates to the Municipal Association nt Palmerston North. This reads: "That steps be taken by this conference to have the Motor Omnibus Traffic Act, 1020. repealed nt the first sitting of Parliament ; oi made to apply only to buses or other mode of transit of passengers interfering, with municipally owned concerns.''

lteferring to the cable message from Australia, published in The Phes* yesterday morning to the effect that other claimants to the TaWey millions have been discovered, there, it was stated vesterday, on behalf of the Christchurch claimants, that there are nine known claimants to the estates. Of theso there are four in Clinistchurch, two sisters of theirs in Melbourne, and three cousins also living in Melbourne. The New Zealand Tablevs and their Melbourne sisters claim that their succession from tho original owner is moro direct than that of the cousins.

YVhilo the present dry weather continues, there is a shortage of water at Mnngahao, but by nest summer it » anticipated that the third dam now under construction will be sr> far advanced us to make it unnecessary to call on the Wellington City power station to come to the aid of the Government scheme in times like the present unless some unforeseen emergency arises. The foundations of the new dam are now complete, and everything is "raetically ready to enablo the concrete work to be started. It will probably take tho greater part of this year to finish the new dnm, but the authorities hope that the concreting will be sufficiently-advanced in nnother six to nine months to allow the dam to .be partially filled so that a fair quantity of water yill he available to replenish the other dams in the event of their TOBpUwbefflbminglo.lv

It was decided at a meeting of the Christchurch llegatta Club, on Thursday to hold a motor-boat race ut' tlie regatta._ The course suggested was from Knir.iki landing to tho

piles and back, twice round. At the nest civil sitting of the Supreme Court in Christchurch, a einini for £IOOO. on the ground of alleged libel. "ill be heard. William Victor is plaintiff, and W. n. McJ'venev, C-.iinini.-sioiicr of Police, is defendant. The alleged libel was in a notice in the "Police Gazette."

Reports regarding yields in different parts of Canterbury indicate that the harvest will be a bumper one. Mr \Y. ll'. P. Sowden. sprinnston. is reported to have harvested °7 bushels to the acre of Algerian oats, Uarlev crops in the F.lle.smero district are said to be averaging between GO and 70 bushels to the acre. Mr John Gemincll, Hawarden. is stated to have harvested 00 bushels of wheat and 75 bushels of barley to the acre. Conscience money is from time to time received bv business bouses, but rarely does an association have money sent to it after producing- a public entertainment. Such however, was the pleasant experience of the Auckland Military Sports Association, which received from one signing himself ' "Vhisk" the sum of 'Js as conscience money. The donor explained that he had "viewed the show from the ton of the Wallace Ward" of the Auckland Hospital. Commencing on Monday. February Uth. the morning train from Ashburton will leave at 8.15 a.m., arriving in Christchurch at 10.17 a.m., and the evening train from Christcliureh will leave at 4.57 p.m.. arriving in Ashburton at 6.58. The morning train from Methven will leave at 7.40 a.m. Excursion fares arc being issued for the races at Duncdin on February 10th and 12th. and at Christchurch on the latter date. A special train will leave Christchurch for Lyttelton on Saturday, February 12th. at 1.30 p.m.. in connexion with the Sanders Cup races.

The large marked stono known as "Burt's Stone," which for so long has lain on the roadside about three miles on the western side of Matnta. and which, presumably, was used by Ma- ris or some race of the Stone Age as » sharpening stone for their instrument* is at present being packed to be sent to the Auckland Museum (wr'tes a Tailranga correspondent). The top of the stone has been hewn off. and tlic markings arc generally intact, er.ccpt for some chipping that has been done in the past hv souvenir hunters. In a paper which ho rend before the Otagn Institute in 1f)?n. Dr. F. I-niton, rf Duiiedin. said the stone was ofhard, volcanic-lookintr rock, or possibly n meteorite. As far ns he could nidge, there was no sign of anv similar stone in the neighbourhood. He was informed that the Maoris asserted that they knew nothing about it. and that the grooves.*in tlm surface were the worK of nre-Maori davs. , About 400 people patronised the Waimairi School excursion to Glentunnel yesterday. The Railway Department has *had a busy time arranging to-day s picnics,. which aro very numerous. They comprise the following, the estimated number of peoplo to travel with each being given in parentheses:— Plumbers and Tinsmiths (500), Oxford West; Duckworth, Turner and Co (750), Otira; Lane, Walker, and Rutlkin (200), Lvttelton; Christchurch Millinery Co. (50),Rakaia; AVeeton Bros. (100), Rakaia; Weeks, Ltd. (150), Rakaia; Woolston School (1250), Littlo River; "Lyttelton Times" Co., Ltd. (150), Stewart's Gullv; Canterbury Byproducts Co. (250). Dunsandel; Coulls, Somerville and Wilkie (100), Amberlev; Messrs W. Goss and Co., Ltd. (100), Lyttelton. To-morrow the Christchurch tramway employees will hold their excursion to Otira. for which lfiOO tickets have been sold, and on Monday tho pupils- of tho Belfast School will have their annual outing at Littlo River.

Information was" recently sought by the Associated Chambers of Commerceof New Zealand on the comparatively new organisation known as the Industrial Peace Union. A reply has beeu received by the secretary of the Association (Mr C. M. Bowden) in which it is stated that the Industrial Peace Union was organised because millions of money were being lost- in Great Britain in wages, payment of doles, and poor relief, and that the loss was seriously affecting the people as a whole, but "the workers most of all." The main object of the Industrial Peace Union, ns outlined by Mr Havelock Wilson, who is its director of publicity, is to give British industry a chance to revive and to give "every man a chance to work and earn decent wages." The National Union of Seamen undertook to subscribe £IOOO per annum to the Union. The aim is to eliminate "the pernicious doctrine of class war" and promote better relations on economic as well as other grounds between employer and employed. The correspondence on the Industrial Peace Pnion will be considered br the Association of New Zealand Chambers of Commerce.

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Oliver Tractor Disc Harrows, 7ft, 28 blade, for Fordson. Other sizes stocked. Prices from £37 10s. E. W. Dnnn, Distributing Agent for T. and S. Morrin and Fenwick, Ltd. —6

Johnston's N.C. Motor Co., Ltd., Central Garage, Rangiora. Complete plant and staff for repairs in motor-cars and tractors. Tyres, Petrol and all accessorica in stock. Garage 'Phone 87:— G. Ecroyd, Travelling rep.; W. C. Wilson, Travelling rep.; A. Prestney, Manager: Private 'Phone " J. M. Heywood and Co., Ltd., are general carriers; they will .move your luggage, furniture, or anything that you require moving. Why not give your next |oh to them 8 —6

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