General News.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20087, 17 November 1930, Page 10

General News.

Ti'.o >i.;y -i .speech, at the: reeeptioa given last, iVilay evening by the Returned Soldiers' Association to his hxccl'cncy the Governor-trenerai, wji.s delivered alter hi/ Excellency had left the mooting, Vlio toast list was a long

one, and bet'oie -Mr Archer's turn came to speak, in reply to the toast "Ihc City Fathers," his Excellency, Bishop West-Watson, and Brigadier (.rard'ner had retired. Thero i-> u pusiiLiiitv. .t ivported. that legal firms in Christchurch will Hot observe so many holidays daring Carnival Week next year. The proposal is to restrict the holidays to Sew Zealand Cup Day and People's Day at the Metropolitan Show. In the twent.v-firit annual report oi tho Christchurch Social Service Association, just published, it is stated that Mr Robert Malcolm, who died in Sojvtember of last year, had provided in his will for the maintenance of several children at the hotnes of t:ie Association. The amount of the legacy is not stated, but the report adds that it wiii Le a very generous sum. '•] wonder "hat we shall get (or supper,'' sail.: the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr J. K. Archer) us lie introduced Lord and Lad - " Bludisloo at the Canterbury West of England Society's reception on Saturday evening. "1 don't know ■what it will be,'' he added, "but I am hoping tor pasties from Cornv.nl), ( team from Devonshire, cider from Somersetshire, and cheese from GSo u-:es iersh i re." "Your president's idea of writing to | the Council thanking them for providj ing the; new nesting accommodation is a "good one," said tho Mayor (Mr J. ! K. Archer) at the opening of tho j Sydenham Amateur Swimming Club's season on Saturday. "A sensation is | caused in the Council when a letter of j thanks for nnythine arrives. So often | people do not bother, and thanks fir© conveyed by word of ' in continued. Recently tho Dannevirke Borough Council was advised that Councillor L. Stein, one of its representative's on the Dannevirke Hospital Hoard and chairman of the Board. had been disqualified for trading with the institution for an amount in excess of that stipulated l/v yw Act. On Friday evening Cr. Stein Informed the Council that ho had interviewed the Audit Department and that the disqualification, which was found to be due to a mistake, had been removed. —Press Association. CJood progress is being mad-.j by the contractors, British Pavements, Jjtd., with the reconstruction of the secondary highway between Woodend and Rangiora. Preparatory work was done prior to last winter and the highway was maintained throughout tho winter and allowed to consolidate. Towards the end of October a start was made with the reconstruction in 2jin bituminous concrete with a sealing coat, and to date one mile and a half of the total of four miles has been completed. It .is expected that the whole distance will be finished by the end of the year. A proposal by tho Electricity Committee of the City Council to make a grant to the unemployment relief depots in the City was discussed by a deputation, representing the Council, with the Hon. P. A. de la Perrelle. Minister for Internal Affairs, and the Hon. A. J. Murdoch, Minister for Agriculture, on Friday morning. The chief point discussed was the question of the necessary legislation to validate the erant, and it is understood that the Ministers undertook to see that this legislation would bo introduced next session. In view of this, and of the immediate necessity for assisting tho depots, it is likely that tho grant will be made available as toon as possible. A Hint' in Somersetshire whan liis father. Archbishop Julius, faced an empty, church was recalled by Dean Julius during his speech at tho Canterbury West of England Society's reception to I<ord and Lndy Bledisloo on Saturday evening. "Mv father, as you mav know, is rather an authority on clocks," said the Dean. "Once, in Somerset, a woman brought a clock to him to be mended. She thought it ruined beyond repair, but there was only a slight fault, and he mended it in "a moment while her back happened to be turned. Next Sunday his church was empty. He went out to find the reason and met a man who assured him that no one would go. 'Mrs So-and-so said vou mended her clock by squinting at it.' the mar explained. 'You're a wizard ! ' "

The Christ's College four-oared crew, | which is to take port in the inter- , ,11,™ r"ce en the W anganui River this week!'leaves for Wellington by to- I night's ferry steamer. : \ c .„r : o'i« case of the cribbing of an I invention "«as mentioned to a reporter ; bv Mr Clutba Mackenzie at a dinner given to blind people at Invercargill on Fridav night.. He said tnat the typewriter vas originally invented tor tlie Mind, but lilted people had cribbed the invention. '•On :»v last trip to England one othe- mc.s-'t "beautiful things I licard wa< ' the butchers and bakers coming: into i t'ie hotels of the West of England, anu | speaking to the chambermaids. The cadences of their speech were most beau- I t ;fuV yj r . J, }'. Whotter, at the Car.- j terbury West o: England Society'*- inception on , Saturday evening. The Christ*. iiurch-Dur.cdin air >.?-! vice nerf-pln i"'. piloted ! y .SquadronLeader M. • '. McGregor, took two passengers c 1 I) 1 s r1) n yesterday, two ;i)so Making return trip to Christehuroh? AKatii'V conditions wore fair, stnd the dewu flight o-cupicd two raid a quarto- A contrary wind l»-r.ati»'«vd tlie tin: taken on the return journov. "I hope ti.? orchards of N- v.- Zealand will not only thrive, but will (/row some bitter sweet apples.'' said his Excellency the <fovurnor - <rpn crnl (Lord ■ Uledisloo), while liaising the cider of tiie Western Counties at the reception given in his honour by the Canterbury West of England Society on Saturday evening. "Then, when you have a .surplus, you will be able to blend the two, and make Mine <•*' the finest eider in tiie world.''

Sir Donglfcs M I -'-oil's exploration ship Discovery, which is now in Hoiinrt. en route t.> the .Siuth Polar regions.' has been fitted with a powerful Austrnlian-tlcsigned and manufactured wireless plant. This will permit of weekly broadcast* from the Ant-su-"tk', giving the public details of the progress or the expedition. Arrangement.--, are being made for the l words of the explorers to be rebroadrnst by tlj.j Australian stations, so that listeners may hear tbein on ordinary radio receivers. A l;K e.-ioil <■-'.-respondent of the "Southland News" writes; —"1 was out deep-sea fishing recently, and observed the ocean literally alive with whale feed and during tho ''J years that I have been in Fovctiu.t Strait I never sa'.v the muttoti birds so numerous before. They were in hundreds of thousand? feeding on the whale-feed. These are some of the sigas by which I judge the mutton-bird season each •'car. .Next season promises to be another very good on-, owing to the abundance of reed. - ' llotari.ui C. li. .Jones had a bit ct mi-fort one on People's Day at the Metropolitan Show. He had his hor.-.e. Nobby, entered in one of the sndd!" horse classes and it «a-s ready, in charge of Jt youth, to be judged, but unfortunately the lad was not informed by any of the Show officials that, ih; class was being judged, and Nobby did not gc-t a chance of competing. |{c>turian .Tones was kept busy at the Rotary Club's tent .vhere baskets were being sold on behalf of tho Jubilee Institule for the Wind, and consequently was unable to give- his personal attention to tiie matter. On the back ot each entry form information is given as to the time of judging of each section. but this information ••vjd-ntly was overlooked Touching oa the general conditions in England Bishop Sadlier remarked to a Nelson "Mail"' interviewer last week, that in spite of the unemployment, things were more than on the turn. Trade was slaeV, but there was no spirit of despondency or pessimism. Or.e thing he had noticed was that between April and the end of June the cost of living had fallen from 67 points to 4o points. Tho general irnpressiqn at Home was that the depression was going to pass away early. The price of New Zealand's primary products was vcrc low, and it did not appear to him that there was any prospect of an early improvement. While in EngJand " the' Bishop arranged for a supply of clergy for the Nelson diocese as wanted. Mr Beaumont, who is not yet ordained, would arrive in Nelson about December Ist. and would be ordained prior to taking up nn appointment in the diocese.

A triiniio ro ilie svc.rk of thi- Rev. I'rank Ki:l<> is included in the annual report of the Christchureh Presbyterian Social Service Association. The Association has now been in existence "21 years and throughout that period he has been its superintendent. When Mr Rule ivas first appointed, the report states, there had been nothing determined ;;s to tho lines and methods of work, hut he had soon reported that there wan rin opening for work amongst orphan and destitute children, and thus the orphanage work of the Association was started. Tho work grew and gradually the three homes at present possessed by the Association were acquired, and through the liberality of supporters of the Association's work and the advocacy of Mr Rule the whole of the property is now absolutely free of debt. Though the early records of the Association are not complete, there have been at least 050 who have been dealt with by the Association, 540 having been in the homes and 110 assisted before the homes wore opened. Replying in an interview to tho recent criticisms of St. Helens Homes, the Minister for Health (Hon. A. J. Stalhvortby) paid that it had never been their function to provide for all maternity cases throughout the Dominion. Tho Hosnitals Act made it perfectly clear that Hospital Boards were responsible for this work, St. Helens Homes having been founded for the training of midwives and the accommodation of the requisite number of midwifery cases at a moderate fee. Tt was hoped that, in future, the homos would he recognised more as model training schools than ns institutions for handling maternity cases generally. The Minister said that the Department was endeavouring to introduce an eight-hour day in the hqrnes as soon ns possible, and an effort was !>oing made to give the trainees. one day off a week. This would take a little time, hut conditions were being improved as finances nermitted.—Press Association. Round the Hays in a (iolU Band Taxi will cost you onlv los for five passengers: this is only 3s ner passenger nnd a lovely _frip. Whv pay more? 'Phone 34-075 or and book ahead Thank von. _7 A bride came all the way from San Francisco to be married here so that she oould ride in New Zealand's best Bridal Car. Surely this speaks for itself. so 'phone 34-"07o or 30-172 for the Gold Band Taxis' Bridal Cars. Thank von. —2 Tho P and U.D. Perfect Potato Planter With our improved Machine and trt-o or three hofses, one man. single-handed, can plant from 3 to 4 acres a day; with fertiliser—up to scw*s per acre, making a better lob than hand planting. Fsing one of these machines. Mr E MeCarthv last year got a remarkable crop at Prehble ton Another fourteen purchasers got excellent results P. nnd D, Duncan. Ltd.. 196 Tnnm street. Christcburch am! at Ashburton. —(;