General News.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20315, 14 August 1931, Page 10

General News.

- TUo teynod of the Diocese m (jhrifetchurch is to open in the Provincial Council Chamber on Tuesday, October 20th. The customary Synod service will be hold in the Cathedral on Monday, October 191, h. Captain White left llokitika by aeroplane for Duiiedin, via Timuni, at 12.45 p.m. yesterday," but owing lo olouds enveloping the mountains, lie returned to llokitika at 2.130 p.m.— Prosy Association. The level of Take Coleridge showed a slight decrease vesterday, when it was reported to be at ]UG7..l2ft, as compared with ]GG7.!soft a week ago. The level is much higher than it vas at this time last year, but is still about 4-J ft below overflow level (1672 ft). At the next .meeting of the Christchurch Firebligbt Committeo it is expected that, final arrangements for the employmont of assistant inspectors, under the No. 5 Scheme, will be reported upon. For the purposes of the Unemployment" Board, the Department of Agriculture will be considered a.s a local bod.v. Following the thaw in the mountains caused by the nor'-wester on Wednesday, and the heavy rain which accompanied it, there was a slight flood in tiie Waimakarin, and during Wednesday the river rose to 6ft ()in above normal at White's Hridge, near the construction camp. This was tho maximum rise, and rarl.v yesterday the level began to fall rapidly, until last evening it was very near normal. "I am convinced that if lime "were dearer our Southland laml would be better," was an arresting statement made by Mr J. McK. Miller in an address at w recent luncheon meeting of the Gore Rotary Club. Mr Miller amplified his statement by explaining that lime was a wonderful releaser of the plant-feeding properties of the soil. This quality had tempted fanners to an overabundant use of lime, which, while it brought to the crop following its application a richness not otherwise obtainable, took from the soil a corresponding strength. Limo, he said, was the bestknown agency SB & soil sweetener, but it demanded that the soil be fed it iai-

T | *' Unless \\ o get Port C hrislchurcii there will be the greatest difficulty to iijid employment for our boys and girls," siiid Air 11. I!. Owen at last night's meeting of' the executive of tho Port Christchnrch League. "This ought, to be u great City, and will be," he added, ''but we must g:*t .Port CliristI church first." i A meeting to raise funds .t'or tbo dependents of men imprisoned for "demonstrations" at Christ-church and ou tho West Coast was hold by the Labour Defence League at Wellington. A halfycarly statement presented showed an i'i"ome of £SB. 'J'ho disbursement included S-J'> .15s 8d to "class war prisoner*?," and £o3 35s to their dependents. No decision wa.s made by the: Cathedral ClnipLer at its meeting on 'Wednesday ill Lcrnoon on a letter from Mr George Gould on the proposal that the War Memorial should bo erected in the Cathedral grounds ou tho site now occupied by tho God ley statue, Dean Julius said yesterday that the Chapter had mado no decision, as there were a (front manv things that had to bo taken into consideration. Tho foreman of works reported to the Onelmnga Borough Council at its meeting lhat owing to the weekly allocation for Scheme No. o having been reduced, no was unable to employ tho full amount of labour offering. lie considered that the single inon wore not interested in their work, and tho results were not worth the expense to the Council of transport and supervision. 110 was instructed not to reengage under Scheme No. 5 any A class men whom bo considered were not doing their best, or who wero interfering with tin good workers. An emphatic rebuff to the Communistic element among the unemployed of Auckland was given by tho Hamilton reemployed Committee. Tho men decided to have nothing to do with the radical section there, and destroyed literature forwarded for distribution. This action was the outcome of the receipt by an Auckland service ear of a bundle ol bulletins issued by tho Auckland Unemployed j Committee calling upon workers to prepare for extreme measures. Press ; Association. | The centenary of the di>co\iT\ of electro-magnetic induction by Michael ■ Faradav was celebrated at, Wellington by a dinner, attended by representatives of scientific and industrial interests. A letter was read front the Governor-General stating: "As a humble worshipper at tho shrine of Michael Kara day. and as an intense admirer of the work of the Itoyal Institution, 1 shall be with you in spirit and sympathy at tbo memorial dinner. The one great dominant force | in the world to-dnv is science. To its i manifold revelations no progressive j nation can afford to be indifferent. ' i Press Association The Christehureli Trunin ay Bouru has completed arrangements for the contractor who is conducting the bus .services on tho Avonside and Templeton routes to take over the services at present run by the Hoard on the jirviidwr, Springfield road find J'apantii extension routes. Tho contractor will start to operate iheso routes «>n Monduv next. The services will remain under the Hoard's control, and in the meantime the time-tables and fares at present in force will be continued, and there will be no alteration in the routes travelled. By the new arrangement, tho Hoard hopes to make some savings in operating costs. Australian firms do not like to be paid in Australian notes—at any rate when the money is sent from New Zealand. In the past few days a Ghrisiciiurch retailer had an experience illustrating the point. A friend, having £lO in Australian notes, suggested that he might send them to Melbourne in payment of an account, instead of forwarding New Zealand money, lie did so —more to see what might happen than for anv other reason — and received them back by the next mail troin Australia. Willi them wa'j a letter, asking for payment hy cheque as had been customary, and pointing out that special rates wero charged for goods sunnlied to tho Dominion, He has returned the rejected notes to his friend, hut lias decided that the Australian firm, having rejected the CIO. may wait for :i cheque until the money has earned him some interest in New Zealand. A Farmers' "Union conference was held at Dunedin this weok to consider tho costs of threshing and harvesting, suggestions being made regarding the matter of getting the cost, reduced. The conference decided that until some pronouncement was made as to what tlia "on trucks'' price of wheat to farmers was to be that nothing definite could be done, although it. wag felt that all parts of Canterbury, Otago, and Southland should work together to get. the award rates reduced. After a full discussion it was resolved that, .Mc.'.-rs 3\ T^il] (Christehurch). A. S. Cookson (Dunedin), A. Cruig (Greenfield), and 3). Dickie (Gore) be appointed a «uh-coin-mittee to go further into the matter and report, and lhat, if necessary, Otago delegates be sent- to Christehureli in support of any action taken. During a recent tiro at Tuupo there were two bowsers on tho kerb, with tho corresponding tanks just within the section. From these tanks an air vent led to above the roof of the store. A beautiful bine flame, several inches in length, issued from the pipes, and speculation was rife as to whether the flame would travel down the pipo to tho tanks below. Each of tho tanks lias n capacity of 500 gallons. The crowd kept nt a respectful distance, but nothing happened and the flame shot - Llv d isappearod. When. Auckland was included as a port of call in the cruise of the Chilean naval training ship Genera] Buquedano it was not expected that the company was destined to sample the hospitality of a city with a population exceeding 200,000. As the voyage was pictured on tho chart, a call was to be made at Auckland Island, 250 miles south of the Bluff. .However, the error was later detected, and the Chileans fortunately find their present lot cast in a place many miles nearer the equator than they had originally anticipated. The necessity for the strictest economy has resulted in a decision by the and Telegraph Department to discontinue the service which it has extended to telephone subscribers of supplying them with the correct time. The new directories which arc to be issued shortly will not: contain the j entry relating to this service, which will ! lie discontinued as soon as they are distributed. The Department regrets that such a decision should be necessary, but it is stated that hundreds of calls for time are received between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m., as well as during the day. occupying the whole of a toll operator's time, and it is considered lhat the employee's services can be, inoru economically used in handling toll traffic. Railway passengers beware—you are not compelled to tako the taxis outside tho station, so be wise and come across the road to our garage and get a Gold Band Taxi. Lowest fare is only Is. We are not allowed to pick you up within 200 yards of the station. " 2 Ti"j neiv by-law debarring the Gold Baud Taxis from pieking up passengers within 200 yards means that they are I compelling railway passengers to take a taxi from outside the station, so don't be foolish! Just come across to tho Gold Band Taxis Garage opposite, you wjH save money by doing so. Do 1 "to paz &> §& 5-la <