General News.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19812, 27 December 1929, Page 8

General News.

Playing on a swing in the garden c-f 14 Albemarle street. Sydenham, yesterday aiternoon, Bathine Watson, aged seven years. fell to the ground and fractured her leg. Slie was admitted to the Christc-hurch Hospital at 4.45 p.m., when her condition was stated to be satisfactory. Charged with converting a car to his own use at Masterton on Christmas Eve, a young man named Leslie Hay pleaded guiltv before the Police Court, and was fined £5. The car was taken from a Masterton street, and located two hours later in another street. —Press Association.

The ever-popular Ashley Gorge attracted a large number of holidaymakers yesterday. and the weather being fine many people to the higher reaches of the river, where al fresco luncheons and teas were enjoyed in the most delightful of .surroundings. The water of the river wa» quite warm and there were many bathers. The Hospital authorities have received from Messrs Wing Sing and Company the following letter with a cheque for five guineas enclosed:—"W r e have much pleasure in forwarding you (per Mr K. E. Green) our cheque for £5 5s to help in providing some extra comforts for the patients now in hospital who cannot join their friends in Christmas cheer. Wishing all a merry Christmas. Yours faithfully, S. Wing Sing and Co., 560 Colombo street, Christchurch." The report from Auckland that Mr H. R. Jenkins, M.P., had his arm broken while he was cranking the engine on his launch, is incorrect. He had jumped from the jetty to the deck of a small fishing boat in order to return to his yacht, as the low tide would not allow the dinghy to get alongside the jetty. He slipped on the deck and fell into the water. He was rendered almost unconscious. Two members of his party swam to his assistance. He was hoisted to the jetty with difficulty and removed to hospital. He did not recover consciousness until artificial respiration had been used for over half an hour.—Press Association.

The Central Fire Brigade received a call at a few minutes past nine last evening to the residence of Miss Florence M. Itenwick, situated at 32 Somerset street, Spreydon. When the brigade arrived, the house was filled with smoke, and thte fire was found to be in the washhouse adjoining the house at the back. The blaze was extinguished without difficulty, and the fire was not a serious one, being confined to the washhouse alone. No one was in the house when the outbreak was first noticed by Mr F. J. Coventry, who lives next door, and who subsequently gave the alarm. As far as is known, there are no suspicious circumstances connected with the fire. At a dinner in aid of the funds of the Printers' Pension Corporation held in London recently, the Duke of Gloucester, who presided in the absence through indisposition of Prince George, said: "Our common debt to the men and women engaged in the printing trade is a very deep one. It is almost staggering to think of the enormous output of our newspapers to-day, and still more important to consider the influence these journals have upon public opinion. The future and fortunes of the world are being influenoed to a great measure by them. Those of us who are outside the great work involved in writing, printing, and publishing the daily newspaper marvel at tha diversity and ingenuity of the brains which carry this work through. We marvel at its rapidity, we wonder at its correctness, and, most of all, we are proud of the great public spirit which animates it." Six members of the M.C.C. team visited the Liberty Theatre on Tuesday afternoon at the invitation of Mr Harry Waters, manager of Christchurch Cinemas, Ltd.

Taxi fares to Brighton 5s 6d, Sumner Ss, Governor's Bay 9s, Lyttelton 13s, Mount Pleasant Bs, Kairaki Beach. 14s, Woodend Beach 20s, Waikuku Beach 235, Leithfield Beach 275, Sanatorium ss. Only if you engage a Gold Band Taxi. 'Phones 35-572 or 34-075. Thank You. —1

A good Hot Lunch at Cooke's or the Tudor Tea Booms, High street, will set you up for a hard afternoon's Xmas Shopping. —6