General News.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19785, 25 November 1929, Page 10

General News.

When the Matron liner Malolo visits Auckland next month she will bring 170 American tourists. 'Church-going to-day is to most people, not a matter of duty, but one of inclination. - ' said the Rev. Dr. fiibb when speaking at the annual meeting of the I'resbvtcrian Orphanage A&sociation at Wellington. Prospect* of another record season for the Maori* ore bright (says the "Southland News") as the mutton birds are in large numbers in Fovcaux Straits earlier than usual this year, due to the ocean being literally alive with small fish. The grant of £i»3o for the payment of wild pigs' snouts in the district of

which Palmerston North is the centre, ha» almost been exhausted. Since the first pavinent in the third week of October" no fewer than 17,000 snouts have been certified to by field officers of the Forestry and Agricultural Department*, this number at one shilling a snout representing £B,IO of the total Erant.

I,ast vear eggs of the cinnabar moth were distributed on several ragwortinfested farms in Taranaki in the hope that the insect would ultimately destroy the weed. Indications point to tho "moth having become well established, states the "Evening Post."' An examination reveals millions of eggs on ragwort plants, not only where the moth was first liberated, but over a much wider area, so that it is hoped to see beneficial results this season. The novel plea tint a laii earning •2~» a w«.-f-k was ilxolutely indispensable was advanced by an employer m an application for exemption from camp, heard in the Magistrate's Court on Saturdav. It wa.s stated that the vouth had been specially trained tor bis work and could not be replaced while in camp. Sergeant-Major Emerson, for the Defence Department, was

sceptical. "Twenty-live shillings a week isn't going to upset tlio business of one of the largest Jirms in Christchurch," be protested. Tho youth was will ng to attend night parades and a compromise was effected. Notification that a scheme for instrarting children in traffic dangers would be given a trial up to the end of the present school year was received by the Auckland Education Board at it« last meeting, from the City Council. The chairman, Mr A. Burns, said the idea was a step in the right direction, lie understood traffic officers • .nM x-;>i» •j.hr.nla in tho Citv Onri <rivc

would visit schools in the <Jity ana give instruction to the children. A member raised the question of cost, and Mr Borni said the Board had been requested to make white-wash models of a road on the asphalt in the children's playground. There was no reason why the Board should not agree to do this. In the coiirMj of discussion by the Devon port Borough Council on the question of Sunday play, reference was made by the Mayor to tlio rigid rules which governed Sunday behaviour in tho days of his youth. "To read a newspaper was questionable, and to whistle was downright wrong." he said. When Mr C'assels-Brown rose, to support tho Mayor In: add<<d his personal testimony to changed conditions by admitting that "one© upon a time

he was nut .allowed to whistle, but now he played the piano." Ho further thought that tt" the Council attempted to abolish all Sunday games, thr people would so<>n abolish thr Council. It was not. however, any fear of possible consequences which inducer) him to support a poli-y of toleration which his judgment awnred him was reasonable, right, and proper. Exhaustive experiments extending over a number of years have resulted in the. evolution of a new type of strawWrry < states a New York cablegram to the I/mdon papers). Y\w experiments were made t.y tho United States Department of Agriculture. In evolving the new hern - , a great number of varieties from different parts of the United States and other countries have been assembled, studied, and crosses made. As a result of these cross**;;, there are at present 30.000 seedlings being developed at one station, and no two seedlings are the same. The new berry, which is called the Blakemore variety, is the result of a erosa made in 1923." It is firmer than the ordinary strawberry" and is, brighter in colour It i<» to be used for fresh Iruit consumption, and is also to be preserved. The berrv wa.s named after Mr Marcus Blaltemore. the first president of the National Preservers' Association.

„\ hi;; ' M>ark .IT in !etii::ii waw.ished on to the v.rifh oiit-ido the Now Plynniii'li n.l'ii'ip,i! baths <"! Monday. It i- thought that the shark, which »a> hrm-ed. had l->. n hurt <:>'■'■ the roof an<l ttranded as riie tide went out. The freezing works usualiy commence operations before Christmas. This year they will do to. but it is not yet certain whether they will open for one week's or a fortnight's operations before that date. A <=mail building next t» the ea.-tern side of the New Zealand Broad a-tinu

Complin - building u: Gbuu-e-ter street ha- bor-n acq 1 ire.j for tin- combined work of the St. John Ambulance A—<i*--Tnt i'.n and Brigade. Tiie building will be- i-» ■* -' >s i~t r.iMf'l to meet the needs of its new in enpant -. The land to he taken for the purposes of river <•'■ 11-<-1 '■ atii.ii work and to be vested in the W.-iintakariri River Trust is designated in the lntr-t Cazettc. Tho total .iri'.i i- To a. re-. 3 rood* 15 perches, situated in Block 11. of the Christchurch Survey District. The latest Gazette a tiiii'iiiiees that I authority has been given to the < hristI ehureh Tramwav Board to raise a loan

of £6500 for development and improvement, and another of .CiO.fioii, i 0 be known as the cost loan. Both these- lortns are for a lerin of fifteen \o.-ir- at oi per cent. The conference of employers and employees in the freezing industry to

eliminate some of the points it; disv'itn —the Arbitration Court did not feel disposed to deal with them all resulted in both sides making some withdrawals, and now the whole matter will he dealt with completely by the Arbitration Court on November 20th. The Railway Department ran its fourth weekly excursion to Timaru yesterdav. The trip was quite the most successful so far undertaken and the Department reports that nearly a thousand excursionists availed themselves of the opportunity for a day's pleasure in South Canterbury. Nineteen carriages were necessary on the excursion, and even then many people were turned away. The train left Christehurch at five minutes past nine in the morning, and returned at 8.55 p.m. Tlio ■" ork of wi Jening Springfield road, between Jiealey avenue and Derby street, is progressing well. The western corner lias been rounded and

I the brick wall erected on the new line.

As previously recorded some of the beautiful trees are being spared, although on the new lootpatii an endeavour is beinjr made to arrange between the telephone authorities and the M.E.D. for the telephone lino at present on the western side of the road being transferred to the.M.E.D. line on the eastern >ule. If this is done it will obviate the necessity for cutting back the trees which arc interfering with the telephone wires. An alteration so that relief workers at Addinsrton miiv l)e paid weekly, instead of' fortnightly as previously, has ltocn made temporarily. This information was contained in a letter to Mr H. I*. Armstrong, M.P , from the Minister for Railways It stated: "I have to inform -on that in order to meet the immediate needs of men at Addington, arrangements have been

made in the meantime for payment ot time worked up to and including Saturday of each week to be made as earlv as possible the following week. It is not' desirable that the practice should continue for a longer period than is absolutely neeessarv, and the matter will be reviewed again after the Christmas and New Year holidays." There was a sudden ned to gunnery practice from Fort Cautlcv on Thursday morning (states the "New Zealand Herald"). Twelve rounds were fired bv the two guns in action, but the sighting was a little too accurate and the last of the-e shots struck the , target, a four-foot oil drum moored in Rangitoto Channel, and left the gunners with no mark at which to fire. A rrrvmn nt fiv.> rnimils was fired from

group ot nve rounus was mv<i nu." onp Run. and adjustments marie on it while the second gun was firing. Two moro shots from the first gnu saw the practice brought to an early close. It i- the object of the gunners to get ns close as possible to a small target, but a -Irert hit is inf.st mr.'.sunl. Mr C. Carr, M.P., forwarded a letter Wheat Harvesting—ln Australia manv factors contributed to make the production and export of wheat a profitable business. Not the least of these was the combined harvester or reaper-

thresher, the use of which cuts down harvesting costs by at least Od per bushel when compared with the older method of cutting, binding, stacking, and threshing. The first of these machines was invented by 11. V. McKay in 1884, and its latest expression is the Sunshine Engine-functioned HeaderHarvester. Pulled through the crop by three or four horses or a small tractor, this machine cuts off the heads, threshes, winnows, cleans, and bags the grain in one continuous operation. One hundred bags per day is an easy task for this machine, and records reach more fban double that quantity. Bee these machines

at the Christ church Show. N.Z. distributors Sunshine Harvesters: Andrews and Beaven, Ltd., Christchurch. —0 The Gold Band Taxis can now be found in their new premises in Tuam street between Colombo street and Durham street. Petrol and Oils can be purchased at any hour of the day or night as we run a continuous service; ample room for garaging cars. 'Phone 34-075 or 33-572. —4 Popular with business people and Shoppers —Hot Luncheons from I'2 to '2 at Trie Tudor Tea Rooms and Cooke's Tea Koorns, High street. —6 Popular with business people and shoppers—Hot Luncheons from 12 to .- at The Tudor "Tea Eooms and Cooke's Tea Eooms, High street. —0 If you want the best Tractor Plough in the world, there is only one place to get it, viz., -P. and D. Duncan's Tuam street, Christchurch. A farmer purchasing one of these will not have to sell it for nalf-priee in three, six, or twelve months, as has been (lone in many cases. The following fittings are to be found, in combination, only on our plough: Murray Lift; U. and P. skciths and buelcles; double storage and rear lever: tailplates: oil-well wheels; best hammered scrap beams and legs throughout. Any size and i weight to suit the roughest country j

that is ploughable. —6