General News.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19259, 14 March 1928, Page 8

General News.

i ^ — A supplementary Gazette issued last night announces that Parliament will meet again on Thursday, June 7th. —Press Association. Eight single men and six married men registered as unemployed at the Government Labour Bureau yesterday. Eighteen men were placed in work for the Public Works Department on the Rangitata road. The Fire and Accident Underwriters' Association of the City has applied for membership of the Canterbury Progress League, appointing the Association's chairman (Mr K. W. Robinson) its representative on the League executive. The alleged neglect of South Island tourist resorts by the Government Tourist Department will be one of the main questions to come before the conference of South Island Progress Leagues, which will be held in May. The Minister for Defence (the Hon-. Mr Rolleston) str.ted to-day that no decision had been arrived at by the Government in connexion with the presentation of Moth aeroplanes to the flying clubs at Auckland and Christchurch. —Press Service. The article contributed to the "Weekly Press" this week by "Six Per Cent.," the noted writer on financial topics, is intended! particularly for women readers. It deals mainly with the practice of thrift by wives, and contains some good advice for girls. At last night's meeting o£ the executive of the Canterbury Rowing Association, it was decided that the Association write the members of Parliament expressing appreciation of the Summer Time Bill, and asking them to use their best efforts to make the Act a permanent measure on the Statute Book. Describing, in the course of his address at the New Zealand Poultry Association Conference, the miles and miles of beautiful streets in Montreal and Ottawa, with lovely gardens and fine homes on both sides of the roadway, but never a fence between the sections, or between the gardens and the pavements, Mr R. W. Hawke, of Papanui (New Zealand representative to the World's Poultry Congress at | Ottawa last year), said that when he got back to this country he felt that we in New Zealand wasted millions of pounds on fences—many of them very ugly ones —in our cities. As a result of the protest of the New Zealand Law Society, it is stated that the Government valuation on all properties concerning which instruments by way of mortgage or conveyance are registered, demanded by regulations recently gazetted under the Census and Statistics Act, is to be waived by the Government. The New Zealand Law Society is still in conference with Cabinet on the general question of the details which the regulations demand concerning all such instruments, and it is possible that as following these conferences the whole of the regulations which aroused great objection among the profession, will be shelved.---Press Service. The physique of the Australians is not as good as it was when he was last there some thirty years ago, says the Rev. G. D. Hutton, a Presbyterian minister from Dunbar, Scotland, who is at present in Auckland. He considers the decline is due to the increasing numbers who now look on at sports and games instead of taking part in them. When he was last in Australia, Mr Hutton was assistant at Scots Church in Melbourne, and on his present trip he took the opportunity of having _ a good look over the country. The Victorians, he considered, were of a good type physically, hut in Queensland he saw far too many C-3 men in the streets. "This state of affairs," he remarked, "cannot altogether be blamed to the influx of immigrants."

A remarkable swim which took place in Kawhia Harbour recently is vouched for by the Rev. C. J. B. King, vicar of Kawhia. Mr R. Aubin, a resident of Kawhia, was returning from Kinohaku when his motor-cycle broke down. As it was necessary for him ,to be home by a certain time he decided to swim the harbour. Tying his coat about his neck, he entered the water. This distance is between six and seven miles. Part way across he landed on a sandbank and astonished some Maoris who were picking pipis. Moki, a Maori who had lived in the district for about sixty years, says that he had never heard of anyone, Maori or pakeha, swimming • across the harbour before. Mr Aubin re-entered the harbour and continued his swim, reaching Kawhia in about two hours and a half. There are some beautiful specimens of pictorial photography in the illustrations of the "Weekly Press" this .week, prominent among them being some charming views from Lake Waikaremoana, where one of the Dominion 3 great hydro-electric undertakings is situated. There is plenty of action in a page of photographs depicting the work of the Ninth. Battery of Artillery in camp at Kaituna, and some remarkable "fish stories" are illustrated in a page of views showing the netting of quinnat salmon, and some fine catches madte with rod and line. As examples of clear and artistic printing, the illustrations in the "Weekly Press," published this morning, challenge comparison with anything produced in the Dominion. Electric Bulbs 2s each; Electric Toaster 27s 6d; Safety Aluminium Electric Kettle, boils in 6 minutes, 40s; Radiators from 30s. Maßon, Struthers and Co., Ltd. —6 Being considerably over-stocked in china, dinner, and teasets, we are making a special bargain offer to reduce our stocks, and are offering dinner sets from 30s and teasets from 555. View our special window display. Ashby, Bergh and Co., Ltd., High street. —6 Though the majority of Radio Sets today give very pleasing reproduction, for absolute refinement of tonal qualities and the natural re-creation of music and speech, we understand the combination of the Bremer Tully Counterphase Receiver with the new Brelner Tully Speaker is supreme. —6" North Canterbury farmers arc invited to inspect the latest MasseyHarris Stiff Tine Cultivator, on view at J. Johnston and Son, Rangiora. P.O. Box 1. 'Phone i. —2 Testimonial to our latest improved tractor plough, signed by Mr Whisker, Mr Allison, and the other successlu) ploughmen at 1927 ploughing matches. "We have used the P. and D. Duncan tractor plough at the matches in 1927, and found the plough and the lift O.K in every particular, thoroughly reliable in action, convenient to operate, perfect control of depth, the double steerago a great improvement, the back wheel lever a great saving of time and trouble. No doubt this is the perfect tractor plough." P. and D. Duncan, Ltd., Tuam' street, Christchurch. —6 The Claw Harrow has made dry weather cultivation a practicable proposition! No need to wait for rain to get your land ready if you have a Claw Harrow. It will bite through the toughest surface, deep enough to let the plough get to work—in the hardest conditions. You can then use it as an ordinary cultivator or harrow — for top work. It is equally good for scarifying old pastures prior to topdressing. Last, but not least, you buy it for about half the price of cultivators of equal width. Illustrated pamphlet, post free. Booth. Macdonald, and Co., Ltd. . ' ■- ' —O6