General News.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19151, 7 November 1927, Page 8

General News.

The Tramway Employees' Union have ! served new demands on the Tramway Board for increases in wages, and alterations in conditions. "The Mt. Pleasant Syndicate has offered the parish of Sumner a site for ft Church, 39-perches in area," states the "Church News." "It is well up the hill, and in a suitable position.'' "The idea of retaining the Font, to mark the place where the old St. Mary's Church, Merivale. stood, has been abandoned," states the "Church News." "A sundial with inscription will stand as a memorial of the old church. The Font has been given to Sydenham." The following cable from the B.S.A. world tourists has been received by Adams,. Ltd.. dated Valparaiso, November 3rd:—"Leaving to-morrow on Andes crossing; both happy and well, confident of success." It is expected that within a few days another cable will be received from Messrs Cntberiek

and Castley advising that thev have accomplished the difficult task of crossing the Ancles. ■ At 11.30 a.m. on Saturday a motorlorry collided with a tramcar at the corner of Hanson's lane and Riccarton road. The lorry and tram were proceeding in the same direction, and in attempting to avoid a motor-car coming out of Hanson's lane ,the lorry had collided with tho tram. The lorry suffered little damage, but the front of

the tramcar was bent in and the glass brdken. No one was injured.

The late Sir Wintkrop Haekett left the Diocese of Perth, £125,000 for the erection of a Church College within the West Australian University, states the "Church News." It isbehj built now, in brick, Tudor style, with a dominating central tower and /memorial chapel. Cloisters, designed to give sleeping-out opportunities to students, on two floors on the inner side of tho quadrangle, will be provided- Accommodation for 40 men is made in "houses" of 8 to 10 denizens, each man having a study and a bedroom, with a common dining hall. Why can't some one rise up and do the same for College House? "Is there any reason why the Auckland Supreme Court should not have a frame on which plans may be displayed to the jury?" asked Mr Justice Reed in the Supreme Court at Auckt land. Plans bearing on a motor npcident giving rise to a civil claim had been distributed among the jurymen, who experienced some difficulty in spreading them out. "In every other Court in New Zealand," continued his Honour, "there is a proper frame in front of the jurv on which plans may be displayed. I'have asked for this to be done half a dozen times." Members of the Law Society, too, he said, had been reminded of the necessity, and had replied that action would be taken.

Better weather and the fact that the Tramway Board's workmen are more expert in the work have resulted in an appreciable decrease in the cost of track renewal work on Papanui road as compared with the same class of work done a year or two ago on Victoria street. The Victoria street renewal work cost £193 per chain, and the work on the east side of ,the Papanui road, from Leinster road to Bealey avenue, has worked out at £152 per chain. The condition of tho ground met with in Barbadoes street and Bealey avenue prevented costs being as low as on Papanui road, as a great deal of peaty ground was encountered, in addition to which the. levels were altered. On Barbadoes street the reconstruction work reached. £2OB per chain, and on Bealey avenue £173 per chain.

The direct mail for London, which is to close at Christchureh to-morrow, will be an exceptionally important one, for it 'will be delivered in Great Britain and Ireland, and on the Continent just before Christmas. People who wish to send little gifts to friends at Home should make sure of catching this mail, and the easiest and best gift to send is a copy of "Life in New Zealand," the Christmas Number of the "Weekly Press." Every page of its beautiful illustrations depicts some aspect of the conditions of life in the Dominion; it will actually carry abroad the atmosphere of New Zealand and convey to the recipient a personal impression of the sender. As a link between distant friends, and a striking advertisement of the country it represents, "Life in New Zealand" is the best of the Christmas publications.

Only one registration, that of a married man, had been received at the Employment Branch of the Labour Department on Saturday. Fourteen men were dispatched to relief works at Parnassus, Six men were sent to forestry work at Hanmer Springs, and one to , private work. There was a big rush for supplies at the relief depot on Saturday morning, prior to the depot being closed down permanently at 1-o'clock. About forty applicants had been dealt with up to ten o'clock, and there was a fairly large number waiting. Mrs A. E. Her- S bert, who has been in charge of the depot, told a reporter that as many as 90 applicants were dealt with in one day recently. On Saturday, applicants received supplies of tea, sugar, butter, flour, potatoes, baking powder, soup, matches, fish, bread, rice, and sago.

Since the middle of July, Messrs Jas. Muir, on behalf of the Ashburton Acclimatisation Society, and J. W. Mclennan, on behalf of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, have been engaged culling the deer in the Rakaia deer forest, 'and have just completed their work. Prior to August they secured 322 skins, since then 1414 skins were secured. This last mentioned number i 8 being disposed of, 735 to the Ashburton Society, r.ud 679 to the North Canterbury Society. Excepting last month, when it rained almost continuously, Mr McLennan told a reporter on Saturday, good weather was experienced. Some of the work was done On high, snow country, fairly large mobs of deer pushing right to the heads of the valleys. The snows melting on the ranges and swelling the volume of water in the rivers has necessitated operations being stopped.

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Ar. opportunity was recently given a "Press" man to learn the number of ''listeners-in" using crystal sets and J.I.S. 2 stage amplifiers and so get Ipud-speaker strength. This information proved that the large majority of Amplifiers in use have been supplied by J. I. Smail, pioneer radio firm. —6

Threshing Machine Owners and Farmers are invited to inspect at our works our Improved Dunn Elevator Feeder and Band Cutter with jib crane and winch-raising gear. This attachment saves the New Zealand grain grower more labour than any single discovery made in the last fortv vears. P. And D. Duncan, Ltd., Tuam street. Christchurch. D 3322

Christchurch Show —Important notice to users of Holland's Chain Harrow 1 Make a point of calling at our stand. We have a development of interest, which makes the Chain Harrow better .than ever. Booth, Maodonald and Co., Ltd. —6