General News.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20736, 22 December 1932, Page 10

General News.

Tiffi I J RE33 will not be published on Monday Beit, December 2Cth, or ou Monday, January 2nd. The council of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society decided last night to make application to the Department of Internal Affairs to have an open season for godwit and knot from January Ist to M&rch 31st, 1934. Confirmation was administered to 13 candidates Ijy Archbishop Jujius in the Christehurch Cathedral yesterday evening. The candidates, drawn from live parishes, were those whom the clergy rtad not been able to present at the parochial services.

Over oO cases will bo heard by the War Pensions Appeal Board which will commence its next Christehurch sittings on January 9th. The Board consists of Sir Walter Stringer (chairman), Dr. P. Ardagh, and Dr. A. J. Orehard. It is expected that at least a month will be occupied in Christchurch.

A donation of lis Gd lias been received by the Mayor (Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P.) frpm Mr H. Dobb, of Kaikoura, who collected the money for the Mayor's Relief Fund from a number of shearers and station hands in the district. Mr Sullivan stated yesterday that Mr Dobb had assisted the fund on previous occasions by similar actions.

Mr «T. H. Seagor has made a gift of £SO towards the cost of providing cases for the collection of china given to the Canterbury Museum by him recently. When advice of the gift was received at; the meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College yesterday the chairman said that it was a farther example of Mr Seager's groat genorosity. It was decided to thank the donor for the gift.

Having had its men called put frequently to.answer false messages made from long distances away, a Chriytchurch taxi firm has asked the assistance of the Oity Council in endeavouring to catch the culprits. Two firms have been made the victims of such calls, sometimes several times a day, and often at inconvenient hours. The Council officials have promised that if the offenders are caught severe action will ba taften against thepi.

A very definite aversion of the average 'boy to take up farming pursuits is noted in the report on juvenile unemployment of Messrs A. E. Ansell, M.P., apd S. G. Smith, M.P., which has been submitted to Cabinet. The report discusses fully the educational bias which leads boys away from the land. Mr Ansell and Mr Smith note that whereas languages and mathematics in the senior free place examination enable a candidate to receive 400 marks for each subject, the maximum >ma'rks for chemistry, botany, anc} agriculture are only 200, and they suggest that the latter should oarry the same pass-marks as language subjects. _

For a third timo part of tlio programme transmitted from the British Broadcasting Corporation's new station at Daventry was picked up and broadcast last evening from Station 3YA. At 10.10 p.m. two songs, "Cecily" and "Serenade." both by Strauss, sung by Julius Patzak were broadcast, and were followed by "A Talk to an Unnamed Listejier." The rebroadcast compared favourably with the previous ones. The programme for to-day is as follows:—9.3o p.m.: Time signal from Big Ben; "Consider Your Verdict," an imaginary trial, i 10 p.m.: Gramophone records of selections from well-known operas. 10.45 p.m.: "The Week in Westminster," hv Miss 'lJielma Cazalet, M.P. 11 p.m. : Pianoforte recital. 11.15 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.: News bulletin.

According to Mr G. M. Keys, of 'the Y.M.C.A. vocational guidance department, there are at least eight good jobs in the country waiting at the moment for boys between 18 and 18 years of age. Mr Keys states that "while there &ny number of boys seeking work in the town, gome difficulty is being experienced in finding boys who—particularly if they ca n milk a little or do odd fanning jobs—are practically assured of good positions on the land, in good homes, and with quite reasonable pay. Besides the eight jobs definitely known °f at the present, he is sure that there are quite a number of further opportunities to be found in country employment for boys.

It was reported'to last night's meeting of tho council of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society that the Marine Department had decided to issue salmon-netting licenses for the coming season.

Should it be necessary, it is probable that tho Magistrate's Court will sit on Sunday (Christmas Day), unless some legal objection is found in the meantime. Should the Conrt sit, it is said that Mr H. A. Young, S.M., will preside.

Arangements are being made to experiment with the use of oil for laying the dust on the Great South road in the Franklin County, Auckland, whero farmers and other residents complain of damage to pastures and other inconvenience through the clouds of dust raised by fast-moving trafiic.

"I believe wo have struck bottom m the depression," said Mr W. x'. Strand, Mayor of Lower llutt, at a meeting of the Borough Council. "Not," lie said, ''that things are showing any improvement, but because the people are meetinc the difficulties in a better spirit, anil are realising that this is not a man-made depression, but a world-wide calamity, and when that spirit'is abroad an improvement is possible,''

"There is no doubt that the overgrown sections in the Aranui and Now Brighton districts are a menace," declared Mr P. "W. Freeman at the meeting of the: lleathcote County Council yesterday afternoon, when a letter was veceivod from the Aranui Burgesses' Association "again drawing the Council's attention to the fact that tho sections hi the district were overgrown with noxious weeds, as the members of the Association were becoming tired of spending their week-ends in attending fires which conveniently clear absentee owners' sections." It was decided that (he county inspector be asked Ij attend to the matter.

Tho importance of widening the. range of tho Dominion's exportable products is emphasised in tho report on juvenile unemployment, presented to Cabinet, by Mr A. E. Ansell, AI.P., and Air 8. G. tSmith, ALP. "Tho sehetno suggested is now in practice at llaugiiira High School," says tho report. "Successful farming lies along iiiu lines of intensive cultivation by far mors possessed of a scientific knowledge and interested in their work, pit-pared to accept and adopt now and progressive ideas and methods based on scientific disepveries.

A pleasant surprise awaited tho Registrar of Pensions (Mr A. 11. Parfitt) yesterday morning when he arrived at the Navy League Hall to superintend the payment of pensions. An old-age pensioner made a brief speech in the presence of over 150 recipients of pensions, and thanked Air Parfitt and his staff for the consideration and courtesy they had always shown those with whom they came in contact, particularly those in receipt of old ago and military pensions. Tin; speaker added that thoso on whoso behalf he was speaking wished Air I'arfltt and his staff the compliments of the season.

With its title pago depicting Dodo tho Venerable dictating his translation of tho Scriptures on his deathbed, and with many interesting photographs of school activities scattered throughout its one hundred odd pages, tho 1932 "Uedean," the magaaino ot St. Jlede's College, is a publication that deals very thoroughly the educative and sporting side of the school life. The magazine also contains literary compositions, and a number of illustrations by members of the school. A special article on "Christianity and Education," by the I?ev. Father Burger, ALA., rector ot the College, and a well-filled old boys' section, are some of the other contents of this attractively got up journal.

''What is the us& of making a man pay money to the Government when he is hard up and even had to borrow 2s Gd to enable liim to come to this Court?" asked his Worship, Air •T. G. L. Hewitt. S.AL, in the Napier Magistrate's Court. His remarks referred to a defendant who was convicted on a charge of making a false statement to a representative of the Unemployment Board. "X quit© appreciate your Worship's remarks," replied Air E. A. Wood, the informant, "but leniency in these cases makes it very hard to keep intact the provisions of tho Unemployment Act. I .' His Worship said he did not think the caso warranted imprisonment, and, as the defendant appeared to have no money, bo ordered him to ooino .up for sentence when called upon.

The question of the auditing ot public appeals was mentioned at the last meeting of the Wellington City Council. Mr W. Appleton said he was very pleased to see that Happiness Week had been so great a success, but he would like to ask whether that and similar appeals to the public were the subject of properly -audited reports to the town clerk. The public had been very generous, hut he thought that they would be even moro generous u they knew that all appeals were subject to audit and report. Tho accountants of the city would willingly assist. The Alayor, Mr T. C. A. Hislop, said that an audit of the Happiness Week accounts was being prepared. Street-day collections were subject to audit, and ho agreed that all appeals should be so treated.

A suggestion that a special committee should be set up to consider tho necessity for keeping open a number of country hospitals was made at yesterday's meeting of the North Canterbury Hospital Board by Mrs J. A. Bean, but, failed to find any support. Mrs Bean pointed out that (luring the month of November only one patient had been in the Lyttclton Alaternity Hospital, while at tho e.vd of the month none was in residence. The chairman, Mr If. J. Otley, stated that the Board could not control births in a community, and that hospitals had been established in country districts because tliey were wanted there. Atrs Bean said 'that her object in moving as she was doing was to assist the finances of tho Dominion. Mr H. H: Holland stated that the question had been discussed somo time ago by a conference, which had unanimously decided that the hospitals were required.

Kaspberry jam making is now in full swing and ladies will welcome the news that freshly-picked local-grown raspberries may now be had at 7s per doz. lb —6d 'extra delivered in City and suburbs. These raspberries are fully guaranteed and are unequalled in quality and flavour. They are sold just as they arc picked and are suitable for dessert or jam making. A. Sisson, 34 Middleton road, Biccarton. 'Phone 41-683. Sec advertisement, page 2 of this issue. —1

ATotorists and cyclists travelling hy trains can park their cars Is and cycles 3d at tho Gold Band Taxis garage opposite the station, and if you run out of petrol at any time, 'phone for a Gold Band Taxi to bring you a supply j wo are open continuously. Thank vou. v —l

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