General News.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18925, 14 February 1927, Page 8

General News.

The annua! conference of the Nev Zealand Poultry Association "'ill be held at Auckland on March 2nd. 3rd. mi l 4th.

Ihe open season for deer shooting in u.t. liakaia Gorge- deer lorc-at has been i gazetted as !rotn April Ist to May loth, j i i.o:h «a\s inclusive Ti-.- "Gazett'.-" contains a nouc« giving en bCiu to the Heathcote County ! v. o'.iiki] to ini-r- £'JCO') for the oxten>ioi> "t the ciectrx iiirli l a* Mount • Pleasant A vaunt: n.aii '-. - ri* -t r iin Cliri.-'.-i.i;-,ii !n i, : >aiuniax al;,.rnoon on a cllartic ol having »-'d>'ii a motor-cxi.lt-i.-oin Madras stice: no Wednesday last, lie will appear at the Magistral*/.Court this morning. II H . w.ung man, Joseph Robinson, '.xl'u was ,-eri<»iis!y injured when his tisotos-»-x< !«• ','oliide I u :th a c.ir on Fitzget aid a vent.e <m Janaa.y 'Jotli, is f-ti 1 at the ( liri-t-hurdi hospital, but is improx iiiir in condition. Many Atnicr- >'<]>, who «as jnji.ii'i'd through his car 'ii I'l'turniii" at the corner of Colombo street and Mal' ilm avenue on Friday nii/i' I'st. 1- al-n uell on the v.nv to overv. At i!ie cr-it■ -111-11111 ol his sermon at I til" AiiL'li' an Cathedral last nithl . ' A rch I i -11''; i Avi-rill expressed bis pleasure in li-iinirr Christ church, his home City. He w,-I- pleased to see the signs | of progress in both the Church nrd the i citv. The building of the St. Geoicr ''s Hospital xvas a matter of eontiratillation from tlie whole of the province, he said, and it xvns a message to other churches to do likexvi=e. A heavy sivell xvhifli broke over the rock.- washed away Mr A. Saunders, a prominent member of the Stunner Cricket Club, when lie was fishing nt Giant's I've, Taylor's Mistake, on Friday. The roll was coining in from the north-east, and lie had great difficulty in regaining the shore. Roth his hands were c 0 badly cut by the rocks that lie was unable to takn his place in his team on Saturday afternoon. A small outbreak ol fire in the tits i cocks of Scarborough Mill, Sunnier, at, midday on Saturday xxas fanned by a 0 xvesterly wind until a considerable area was ablaze, the lire driving towards Whitewash Head. Later it change in the wind sent th;: Haines perilously near the residence of .Mr H. G. Bailey, but the motor track on tho top of the saddle acted as a fire-break, and the llames died out before any of the : homes were reached.

The claim of .Mr and -Airs I". S. Shepherd, of To .Until, to he tho first, New Zealand-born couple Lo celebrate their 'diamond uaiding is challenged by .Mr H. Nov,ell. ot the Veterans' Home, .Mount H«>l;ill, iilio slates bis sister, .Mrs Klir.nlxstli Lister, who was horn in New Plymouth in 1617. celebrated her diamond wedding on March 30lh, l!)2'i Air Howell says his family was well acquainted with that of Mr and Mrs Shepherd, .Mr Shepherd baring a'so been horn in New Plvmouth.

From time to time, as required, the St. Chad's parish, in which the Bromley Cemetery lies, petitions for a fur-, tlier plot of ground in the cemetery to he consecrated. Yesterday afternoon Bishop West-Watson consecrated a nortion consisting of one rood 19.5 perches. A short .service was held, the Itev. E. E. Maiden, vicar of St. Chad's, assisting. A procession was made round the plot, and the musical part of the service was assisted by the choirs of St. Chad's Church and St. John's Church, Woolston.

Yesterday there was an exodus from the r itv to the beaches and country picnic places in an attempt to find coolness and an escape from tho perfume of hot-tarred streets. Kyttelton, N'ew Brighton, riunincr, Corsair Bay. and tbe various bays round about I»yttelton were full of bathers, and icecream shops did a laree trade. The tQiiipcrntiire reached 77.0 degrees in the shade, some- decrees below llio highest recorded at the Magnetic Ob-.sep-atory this summer. On Ratnrday 83.3 degrees were recorded. The hi'jltext temperaturo so far this season was registered on Sunday, February (ii b, when the mercury rose to 80.2 degrees

llio luundation of a civic centre in Auckland has been revived, and at next Thursday's meeting of the City Council it will be moved:—"That the fichemc recommended by the commissioners be submitted to the ratepayers at a poll to be held on April 27th, 1927 (the date of the municipal election); that, as the only way to secure an expression of opinion from the ratepayers is to ask their sanction to a loan,-they be nsked to vote for a loan sufficient to erect the first portion ot the Art Gallery. and that the portions of the Civic square recommended by the commission for commercial purposes be offered for lease, on such terms and conditions as the council may determine and the dcveloninß of tho remnimlc'- for tl"> me>-o efficient handling of traffic be immediately proceeded with." When witnesses appear in court to give evidence aganisL motorists accused of having broken a hy-laiv, they are frequently asked the number oi Ihe motor-car driven by a defendant. Some witnesses adopt strange methods of (ire-serving the numbe:-. Mostly they jot it down on an envelope. At the Auckland Police Court laat week a tramway conductor was giving evidence concerning the case of a motor driver who had passed a stationary tramcar, when the prosecuting sergeant asked whether he had taken the number' of the ear. "Oh, j-es, here it is!" The witness took a tobacco tin from his inside pocket. Although he had any amount of paper on which to write the number, he had transferred it to the tobacco tin, explaining that he might lose the slip of paper but not the tin. A treasured relic in the possession of the Ngapuhi tribe in the north is an ancient, musket, a gii't from King George IV. It is caretully looked after by the .Maori elders, but on rare occasions, State or ceremonial, it is produced. On the occasion of the first vi-ii of Lord Islington to Whangarei the old musket travelled with a Maori delegation, and was presented for inspection. Liberally coated from end to end with rank pork fat, the musket was handed round. Ag befitting rank, it was first handed to his Excellency, who smiled wanly and endeavoured to look pleased. An old rangitira next thrust it into the lavender glove-clad bands of her Excellency. In turn each of the official party fondled the greasymusket. as was becoming for the occasion. TlTose who shook hands with his Excellency later have memories both of an historic visit and the Ngapuhi musket which is so tenderly cared for.

Owing to the late arrival of shipments we are overstocked with Garden illose. To reduce we are selling oOtt lengths half inch, three-ply hose, complete with hoso union spray and nozsle, at 22s 6d. Make up your mind at once, for at this price we expect to sell out rapidly. Mason. Struthers and Co.. Ltd. _f,

Now that the stubble ploughing is at hand, before buying others, be suro you see our latest pattern tractor plough, with improved Murray lift, front and rear wheel steerage, and rear lever lift. The best of all; guaranteed for fifty years. Any trial given. Murray lifts for any make of existing plough £24 10s cash, railage paid P. and D. Duncan, Ltd.. Tunm street. Christchurch. D 319.5