General News.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19668, 11 July 1929, Page 8

General News.

We have received the following further contributions to the Kennedy Fund:—l). Foley £1 Is, A.M. 10s, L. 10s. Four en-33 of scarlet fever were reported yesterday. There were two from Kaiapoi. and one each from Waimnte and Timaru boroughs. The record number of men were employed yesterday by the City Council on " unemployment relief works, . the total beins 144. The total of outdoor workers employed by the municipality was 257. This total included 67 employed on roading loan works. Good progress is made with the reconstruction of the northern side of Moorhouse avenue, from Colombo street westward. The section on the south side, in front of the railivav station, nas been opened for traffic. At the Woolston Park the surface is being levelled, soil from the back section" being used to fill in holes and hollows. The trees have been trimmed and the stumps in the back section are being blasted. The drain running throuVh the park is being redecked. The Cathedral Chapter, the boay controlling the Cathedral and grounds, has no jurisdiction over any part of the Square, but, by courtesy of the Mayor (Mr J. K. Archer), Bishop West-Watson and Dean Julius have conferred with him about the new plan of reconstruction there. Spoil from the road works in hand m different parts of the City is being used to build up a number of the pathways in Hagley Park, north and south The path in the South Park from the Saleyards to Hiagley 1 avenue has been almost unusable, but the work of building it up is nearing completion. The dogs belonging to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition were brought from Quail Island yesterday morning, loaded on motor lorries, and were taken direct to Mount Cook. They will remain in that region probably till December in order to become accustomed to snow conditions before joining the expedition in the Antarctic. As a result of being knocked down by a motor-car whilst crossing High street at the Triangle, a young woman, Mabel Hannah, who resides at 2GI Cashel street, was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from severe abrasions and shock. Good progress is being made with the alterations at the City Buffet building in Colombo street to make it suitable as a licensed house. It is being thoroughly renovated, a commodious lounge is to be provided, and a new entrance and vestibule are being built into the Lichfield street front. The Licensing Committee is being asked to agree to the transfer of the license of the Al. Hotel to the City Buffet. The maximum load at the Lake Coieridge power house, during the week ended the 7th inst., was ikj.COU k.w. (previous week, 25,620 k.w.), and was recorded between 5 p.m and 5.30 p.m. on the Ist inst. The maximum at the Addington sub-station ivas 19,080 k.w. (previous week. 19,440 k.w.), and was recorded during the same half hour as the power-house maximum. The lake level was at 1606.15 ft, previous Week 166(5.25ft, and the average inflow from the Harper river was 430 cusees, previous week 463 cusees. The Canterbury Society of Arts is arranging an exhibition, to be opened on October Bth, of the works of two well-known artists, the late Messrs A. W. Walsh and W 7 . K Sprott. The exhibition, which will be free to the public, will be with the object of keeping fresh the memory of two men who made many notable contributions to New Zealand art. Anyone with pictures by either of these artists, a art who is willing to lend I hem for the exhibition, is requested to communicate with the Arts Society. The tonnage coming through the Otira Tunnel from the West Coast continues to be heavy. On Monday 1000 tons was carried, on Tuesday 2000, and yesterday 1950, about 85 per cent, of which was coal, and the balance timber. An average tonnage of '2OOO tons is expected to be transported through the tunnel for some time, until the supplies of coal interrupted by the earthquake have been caught up. Lest it might be thought that al! the freight is for Christrhurch, it should be stated that a good proportion of it is for destinations south of the City. At last night's meeting of the Waimairi County Council Cr. Chapman raised the question of rates on the Northcote Settlement. He said the county had no money to keep the roads of the Settlement in order as they did not receive any rates from it. The Papanui Progress League had put proposals before the State Advances Department which, if they had been carried out, would have put the Settlement on a good footing. If the Settlement had been owned irivately the owners would have been compelled to pay rates, and why should not the Government do so? It was decided to forward rate notices for all the empty houses to the Government. After a trip to "the winterless north," Cr. J. Parlane has returned to Christchurch very much impressed with what he saw of dairying in and around Whangarei and further north. So good are the prospects from the dairying poirt of view that he told a reporter yesterday that if he were a young man with some capital he would go north and take up dairying. He found that in some districts it had been found profitable to apply fertilisers twice a year; in some instances they were applied oftener. Even gum land, when it had been cleared and sun and air were allowed to get at it. had proved suitable for dairying. Mostly Jersevs constituted the herds in the north, with a few Ayrshires here and there. He say only one herd of Friesians. On Saturdays, too, you can have several hot luncheon specials or a joint and vegetables at the Tudor and Cooke's Tea and Luncheon Rooms ; High street. —6