General News.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19212, 19 January 1928, Page 6

General News.

Messrs Mcintosh, Simpson, and Wright, all of Wellington, who were tramping from Mount Hector to Mount Holdsworth, have returned safely after a seven days' trip. They had expected to be out only four days.—Press Association.

When walking across Victoria street yesterday, Is. R. Harrison, a married man. residing at 46 Francis avenue, was knocked down by a motor-car add received injuries to the right leg. Ho was admitted to the Christchurch hospital, but his condition is not serious. "It seems an extraordinary thing, as there was just a sporting cliance that there may have been life left in the body," said the foreman of a jury at Napier, when an inquest was held in connexion with a man who was found dead, hanging by the neck. A witness who made the discovery said that he did not cut the body down, as he thought that he had no right to interfere in the absence of the police. He had always understood that it was a citizen's duty 1 in such cases to leave matters as they were, and immediately notify the police. The Council of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society met last evening, Mr C. H. Lawrence presiding. The Secretary of the Marine Department wrote stating that there was no objection to a regulation making it unlawful to fish with set rods unattended. The Swan Egg Committee reported that during the season just closed 138 cases of swan eggs were collected by A. Freeman on behalf of the society, and were all disposed of afc prices ranging from 4s 6d to 5s per dozen. It was decided to collect no more eggs this season. The maximum load at Lake Coleridge power station for the week ended the 15th inst. was 17,140 k.w. (previous week 15,440 k.w.) and was recorded between 11.30 a.m. and noon on the 11th inst.; at the Addington sub-sta-tion the maximum load was 12,196 k.w. (previous week 11,174 k.w.) and was recorded between 11 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. on the 10th inst. The lake level was at 1665.65 ft (previous week 1666.10 ft); and the average flow from the Harper river was 3 cusecs, the same as the previous week. Referring to the conference oh the question of power supply for Canterbury, Mr A. W. Beaven, president of the Manufacturers' Association, speaking at the meeting of the executive last night, said that the Progress League, more than any other body, had kept the question alive and had done exceedingly good work. It was a serious matter to tliose manufacturers who depended on electricity for power, and he urged members, individually and collectively, to impress on members of Parliament the necessity for pushing on with the new scheme on the Waitalri at Kurow.

A letter from the Canterbury Employers' Association suggesting that a conference should be held to discuss the financing .of the Technical College, was discussed at some length by the executive of the Manufacturers' Association last night, the opinions expressed being unfavourable to the idea that the college should not receive financial support from associations and local bodies. It was decided to appoint Mr J. W. Thomas to represent the Association at the conference; also that the Association was strongly in favour of supporting the Technical College.

It was stated at a meeting of the Papanui Progress League last night that when Papanui Ivas under the control of the Waimairi County Council householders were not allowed to drain on to the roadway, but had to dispose of their washing water on their own sections. When the area was included in the City, ratepayers were forced to drain into tne side-channels, and where no • side-channels existed, into the ditches on the roadside. This alteration put one ratepayer to an expense of £35 only a year ago. Within a few weeks they will be_ put to a further expense in connecting up with the sewerage system, which is nearing completion. Officials in India are looking to the Dominions as suitable countries in which to spend their yoars of retirement, according to Mr H. A. Brown, of the Indian Government Railways, who is visiting Auckland. He said there were many Government servants and retired army officers anxious to know about the cost of living and the opportunities for giving their children a good education in New Zealand (reports the "New Zealand Herald"). Owing to excessive taxes in England and the high cost of living, many of these officers could not afford to return to England on fetirement, and were looking to the Dominions for their future homes. "These men would be assets as settlers to any country," Mr Brown said. "They would all come here-with capital, being splendid types of settlers."

"It was no good fighting. The Government had all the guns, and I was only a lone woman," said Mrs H. Eccles, just before she left for New Zealand (says tho Sydney "Sun"). For 18 months Mrs Eccles refused to move from her home in tho bridge resumption area at North Sydney, despite numerous notices from the Government. She was not satisfied with the Government's compensation terms. Finally, whilo she was absent from her home one day in October last, the Sheriff had her furniture removed into the street. When she returned, her house —the last one left in the area—had been partially demolished. "I had to accept the terms then," said Mrs Eccles, who disclaimed fighting out of defiance or malice, but only for what she considered her due, is the wife of a grazier living near Christchurch. She came to Sydney to save her house.

The question of the liability of the Council in the case of fire or accident caused by roadside petrol pumps, was raised at the last meeting of the Petone Council. Cr. Scholefield quoted from a Press cutting to the effect that Mr T. P. Martin, a solicitor for the Municipal Association, had given the, Masterton Borough Council his opinion that the Council was responsible for any damage arising out of accidents to pumps. An agreement with the owners indemnifying the Council against loss did not absolve the Council from responsibility in the event of the owners being unable to meet the claims. Cr. Scholefield said the Council should make sure of its position in this connexion. The Town Clerk (Mr W. P. Sturman) stated that the Council's agreement with the petrol pump owners indemnified the Council against claims for damages, bat a* new point was raised regarding the inability of the owners to meet the claims. It was decided to refer the matter to the Council's officers for report.

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