General News.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19733, 25 September 1929, Page 10

General News.

The Beckenham Pavilion Committee has decided that the work of erecting the pavilion is to start on Saturday. About the end of next month it fe expected that tenders will be called for the additions and improvements to the municipal abattoirs. 4fc the Citv Council's reserve at Bottle Lake/50,000 trees have been nlanted this season, chiefly pmus radiata, p. laricio, and p. ponderosa. The Heathcote County Council extv'cts to start unemployment relief works on the riverbank at Bexley in a d-tv or +wo. Unemployed returned soldiers will be given jobs on this work. \ number of the City parks are being top-dressed in readiness for the approaching cricket season. The preparation of a sports ground at Buxton's Corner has been finished. Regarding the resumption of the conference on the proposed new layout of Cathedral square, the Mayor hopes to be able to arrange a date on his return from Wellington to-morrow. The copper sheathing for the dome of the new band rotunda on the north riverbank between Colombo and Manchester streets has come to hand, and it is anticipated that all the work will be completed about the end of next month. Two aeroplanes from the Canterbury Aero Club, piloted by Captains J. C. Mercer and N. H. Barlow, will probably visit Culverden during the weekend, for the purpose of enrolling new members and giving them their free flights. According to the City Engineer (Mr A. R. Galbraith), it will cost about £fio.ooo to build an overhead bridge at the Colombo street railway crossing. The Railway Department has advised Mr Galbraith that it intends to repair the road surface at the crossing. On Tuesday, Brigadier M. M. Gard'ner O.C. Southern Command, inspected the artillery officers and n.c.o.'s in camp at Burnham, and expressed gratification with the work done. Classes of n.c.o.'s of the Ist Battalion. Canterbury Regiment, will be held next month. The offices of Christchurch shipping companies and of tourist agencies have been visited by many enquirers seeking information regarding a statement in circulation that some shippn<? company is offering a return fare of £315 for the Glasgow Exhibition next year. No information on the subject is possessed by the shipping or tourist offices. At the meeting of the executive of the Health Week Committee last night there was on view the "Live clean" poster for display during the campaign. Said Dr. Thacker: "I'll have one put on the back of my car, and if I am prosecuted it will be a good advertisement." His friends also are to be invited to follow suit. "I should like to have a week to spare to go through those hillsides at Sir Heaton Rhodes's estate, where the daffodils have completely naturalised themselves. They have hybridised there without human assistance, and I recognised many old favourites that have been produced by natural means during my cursory inspection to-day." —Mr Guy Wilson, in an address to the Canterbury Horticultural Society last evening. The taxi war is now a thing of the past, as it has been won by the Gold Band Taxis with their lovely Cabs and reasonable fares, and everyone is 'phoning 35-572 or 34-075 for one. —3 Talk it over, over a cup of tea at Cooke's Business men's mornitg teas. 6d. at the Tudor and Cooke's Tea Rooms. High street. —6 Johnston's N.C. Motor Co., Ltd., authorised Ford dealers. Travelling representatives: W. C. Wilson and F. Meyer; manager, A. G. Prestney. Rangiora. 'Phones 87-88. —2 '•The potato planter has given us every satisfaction. The planting is 100 per cent, efficient. Planting can be done at any depth, and the ridging device makes a finished job. One man and two horses can plant three acres per day. —S and J. Prosser, Leeston, No vemher 6th, 1928." The machines sold last year gave the users every satis faction. Order early: the planting season will soon be here. P. and D. Duncan, Ltd., 196 Tuam street, and Ashburton. —6 Vega Separators, 1929-30 model; nothing better, more durable, or efficient anywhere made. Now, look at the prices—ls gal., £6 10s; 30 gal , £9 10s; 45 gal., £l2 10s; 60 gal., £l6 10s; 90ga1., £2O. W.arn's Automatic Drive for above—or for any other make of separator—No. I, for mnchines up to 45 gal., £3 10s; No. 2, for machines over 45 gal., £4 10s. Electric model up to 75 gal., £4 10s. Over 75 gah. £5 109 Universal mode! for any make or style, £6 10s—all less 2J per cpnt. for cash. Terms if required. Booth, Macdonald, and Co., Ltd. —1