General News.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19726, 17 September 1929, Page 10

General News.

A slight earth tremor was felt in Christchurch at 4.14 a.m. yesterday. Top-dressing has been commenced on North Hagley Park football grounds. The building of the foundation work for the new brick /conveniences, to be erected, in both North and South Hagley Parka, has been started. Owing to the death of Mrs A. E. Herbert, the depot of the Social Welfare Guild will not be open to-day, but will be open as usual next Tuesday. The tender of T. Jones, of £162 6s (3d. for removal of the Victoria square band rotunda, waa accepted at last night's meeting of the City Council. The new building for the Canterbury College Students' Union—a splendid structure built on the corner of Hereford and Montreal streets—will probably be opened during the first week in October. The election of the eight members of the Academic Board of the New Zealand Universities will take plaee on October 16th. These members are elected by the professors of the four Universities in the Dominion. Twenty-two men were registered at the Government Labour Bureau yesterday, of whom nine were married and thirteen single. Ten men were sent to State Forestry work at Eyrewell. An additional 13,500 pinus radiata, 12.000 pinus laricio, 2000 poplars, and 100 cupressus lawsoniana have been planted out at the Bottle Lake plantation. The work of limbing ana thinning in the older plantations is also being proceeded with. With a view to allowing the gas oompany to re-lay a main, the work of paving the north side of Moorhouse avenue between Walthnm road and Fitzgerald avenue has been delayod. The pipes for the job are expected to be available shortly, after which the work will be completed, probably in a little over a month. Or. E. Parlane asked Or. Cooke (chairman of the Works Committee) at last night's meeting of the City Council, if he would do something to mitigate the dust nuisance at the Halswell Quarry, and to improve the conditions in the kitchen. Cr. Cooke stated that an inspection would be made this morning. The motions passed at the last meeting of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society that restrictions in regard to bait fishing in the Selwvn from the Ellesmere bridge upwards, and in the Avon, with the exception of the protected area in the town, be lifted, will come into force on October Ist. Several acta of vandalism have been oommitted in the reference department of the Christchurch Public Library recently One book and two magazines hove been stolen, while another has been so mutilated that it is of no further use for reference. The result of this has been that most of the more expensive books must now be obtained >rnm the assistants. The By-laws Committee reported to the City Council last night that the New Zealand Athletic and Cycling Union had asked that a portion of Lineoln road, from Lytteltjn street to Whiteleisn avenue be dosed to traffic for two hours on Saturday October sth. the occasion of the annual Timaru to Christchurch road race. The Committee had granted the request. For the week ended at noon yesterday. 29 cases of infectious disease were notified to the Medical Officer' of Health (Dr. T. Fletcher Telford) for the Canterbury and West Coast district. They were as follows: West Toast: Diphtheria, three. Canterbury: Scarlet fever, twelve: diphtheria, two, enteric fever, one; tuberculosis, eight ; pneumonia, two; erysipelas, one. In Canterbury there was one death from tuberculosa. The sold challenge cup presented by daffodil-raisers in Britain for the best collection of British bulbs grown in New Zealand arrived in Christchurcb to-day It is to be competed for at the combined daffodil show, to be held by the National Daffodil Society and the Canterbury Horticultural Society next week. Ike trophy, which is a particularly striking piece of work, is valued at £IOO Entries for the show are ooming in very freely. Moat of them are from within the provinoe, but nethusiasta ia Taranaki and Otago have also lent their supports

Last week the gooda traffic through the Otira tunnel totalled 12,014 tons, as compared with 11,246 tona in the corresponding week last year. The City Council at its meeting last approved of the recommendation of "the Electricity Committee that departmental salaries should be increased in various instances to the amount of £S34 103.

The new timetables on the Midland and West Coast lines came into operation yesterday. To-day the express trains will be affected by the change, and the mail train for Greymouth will leave at 10 a.m. instead of at 10.20 a.m., which was the time of departure under the old timetable.

Representatives of the Waimairi County Council conferred yesterday with the county's engineer, Mr F. W. Freeman, on the plans of the Fendalton road reconstruction. As soon as the sanction of the Main Highways Board is obtained, tenders for the work will be called for. The plans have already been forwarded to Wellington, and it is expected that tenders will be. called for in three or four weeks' time.

At the request of the Health Week Committee, it has been decided to remove free of charge during Health Week refuse from household properties. The Water Supply and Works Committee of the City Council has. however, decided that it cannot undertake to enter upon the properties for the purpose of gathering up the refuse as was done last year, it having been found that the expenditure involved in carrying out this practice is too high. A horse attached to an Indian hawker's oart was responsible for an amusing interlude with expensive consequences at the intersection of Knrangahape road and Pitt street, Auckland, early yesterday afternoon. The horse baulked at the white line painted across the street for traffic control purposes. The incident, which was observed by a large crowd, ended with the horse oackino: the cart on to the pavement and smashing two of th»» large plate-glass show windows, value?! at £2O each, in the premises of George (Vtirt Ltd.- P«bss Service.

Would the Workß Committee give consideration to a proposal to have Colombo street watered nightly, between Armagh and Lichfield streets? was a question asked by Cr. M. E. Lyons at last night'B meeting of the City Council. Cr. F. R. Cooke replied that the matter would requir ■ consideration before be could answer the question- When a nor'-wester was blowing in the daytime, arrangements were made for the Tramway Board to water certain streets. It would be an expensive matter if the footpaths had to be watered as suggested.

"The aew regulation regarding the time motor-cars may be allowed to stand in certain streets in the centre of the City came into force on the 12th inst., but motorists generally do not appear to be aware of the alteration in time, as complaints have been received regarding the length of time some cars are left standing," said the Mayor (Mr J. K. Archer) at last night's meeting of the Citv Council. "In Worcester street on Saturday morning oars were left for a longer period than that allowed by the rtgulations. 1 desire to remind motorists that breaches of the regulation will lead to further proceedings being taken by the Traffic Inspectors or the polio©."

With a view to ensuring greater safety for vehicular traffic at railway crossings at night, the By-laws Committee recommended to last night's meeting of the Citv Council that the Minister for Railways be approached regarding the erectiou of illuminated signs at crossings where crossingkeepers are usually on duty; such signs to be lighted when the crossing-keepers are away. It had been pointed out to fche Committee that at these crossings a motor driver was usually in the habit of waiting for a signal to the effect that the line was not to be crossed and that in the absence of any such signal, an accident was likely to occur. The recommendation wa* adopted. So keen was one objector in the Assessment Court yesterday to substantiate his claims for a reduction for depreciation that he brought with him a quantity of powdery wood, afflicted with the borer, as exhibit A in his case. Some unpleasant possibilities occurred to one or two of those present, for the Court was sitting in the Provincial Council Chamber, which suffers enough already from the hand of time without the assistance of this timber scourge. The clerk of the Court mildly suggested to the objector that, in addition to removing his bits of porous timber, he should also sweep away the borer dust that he had left on the table. The objector did this, remarking that nobody respected the Provincial building more than he did.

The annual inspection of the. Styx river by the Wafaiairi County Council was made yesterday by Messrs W. P. Spencer, W. G. Chapman, C. W. Moore (members of the Raver btyx Committee), and Mr Moody, acting county clerk. The inspection was carried out over 11 miles from the railway bridge to the mouth of the river, and it was found to be in first-class order, with the level well be row that required by the cleaning contract. In the afternoon a deputation of ratepayers was met, the main subject of discussion being the demand of the Council that ratepayers keep the willows from encroaching on the stream. After discussion, the ratepayers gave the assurance that this would be done. They expressed appreciation also of the excellent condition of the river but urged that more frequent inspections be made. This Mr Spencer assured would be attended to.

Slot telephones are needed at the corner of Stourbridge and Lyttelton street! and of Selwyn and Harman streets, Spreydon, according to Mr E. J. Howard, M.P., who waited on the Hon. Mr Donald, Postmaster-General, yesterday morning with a request for their provision. Mr Howard said the second one was bound to pay, although Mr Donald might have a doubt about the other. The average income of the slot machines was £56 each per annum, and the outside cabinets should be carried by those in constant use in the centre of the City. Mr Donald said he would not give an answer until he had visited the district. He did this during the afternoon in company with Mr Howard, and in addition to tho two localities mentioned, paid an unannounced call at the Lyttelton street School, where he was shown through the buildings by the schoolmaster and staff. An application for extensions to the school is to be made shortly. four child is growing out of recollection. Preserve the memory ot dimpled cheeks and saucy, lauehine eyes by having Steffano Webb make a portrait now Studio. 252 High street. g

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