General News

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20984, 12 October 1933, Page 8

General News

Society of Artists. The Christchurch headquarters of the ■newly-formed New Zealand Society of Artists, consisting of clubrooms and studio at 115 Gloucester street, will be opened on the evening of October 18 by Professor T. Shelley, the president of the society. The first exhibition of the work of members will be opened on October 26 at the Durham street Art Gallery, and will include work from all parts of the Dominion. The society has already a large membership, both of artists and subscribers, and branches are being formed almost immediately in Wellington and Dunedin. One activity of the society will be a series of lectures, beginning"with an address by Mr F. A. Shurrock on the opening night, while further facilities for members will be provided in the establishment of a library. Task for the Church. "The Church has a tremendous task of evangelisation before it in China," said the Rev. W. Mawson, secretary for foreign missions at a meeting of the Christchurch Presbytery yesterday. "It is the same lin India. "We cannot afford to let the missionary spirit decline. China will remember what has been done for her." What is a Vitamin? "What is a vitamin?" asked Professor Murphy of Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf at yesterday's sitting of the Tariff! Commission. "I tried to find out in the North Island, but nobody could tell me. What is a vitamin exactly? Is it anything more than a mere figure of speech?" Dr. Hilgendorf explained that it was a property in foodstuff's, undetectable by analytical methods, but recognisable through feeding trials. "It is an actual physical thing, then?" said the professor, and he received the assurance theft it was. "A Miracle." "It is a miracle that Archbishop Julius is here at all to-day," said Bishop West-Watson, speaking at the opening of St. George's market yesterday afternoon. "Yesterday I saw him sitting on a cricket ground, when there was a keen east wind blowing, wearing an alpaca coat, and w;his hat off, while some sports prizes were presented. I could not stand it myself, and retired before the end, but the Archbishop saw it through. It shows that the men of old are made of stuff that is not turned out now." A Godly Place. A distinctly favourable report in the Kaiapoi charge was given by the Rev. R. Yv'arnock at the Christchurch Presbytery's meeting yesterday. Kaiapoi, he said, was a town of about 2000 persons, and it had six churches. If any place should j be godly it was Kaiapoi. • Watering Golf Links. A special sub-station for the Christchurch Golf Club, which is installing a large pumping plant, is being erected by the Waimairi County Council. The pump will be used for watering the fairways during the night and will operate | throughout the summer. "It will be a profitable load as we are concerned, as it will be run when | nearly all the other load is switched ! off," stated the electrical engineer's j report, presented to a meeting of the Waimairi Qounty Council last j night. A 27 horse-power motor j would run the plant between & p.m. j and 7 a.m. at a special rate of Ad ! a unit, the report added. " j

Community Singing. Wellington's final mid-day community "sing" of the season was held in the Town Hall yesterday. The singing, whlsh was broadcast each week by Station 2YA, has been extremely popular, and the collections during the season total £469 19s 3d. —"The Press" Special Service. Boaters in Trouble. I The Avon is a placid enough river, and boaters in difficulties are rare, yet two young women who set out from the boatsheds i± Antigua street about 9 o'clock last night to go downstream, found themselves in trouble, and drew a large crowd of onlookers. A short distance below the boatsheds is a weir, but this was negotiated before the women realised it was there, and trouble was not met until the skiff reached the island between the Montreal street bridge and the Bridge of Remembrance. Here it grounded, and both women removed shoes and stockings to step into' the water and drag the boat free. But one let the boat go too soon, and the other was left in the stern while the boat drifted erratically, taking in water until it was almost awash. In the crowd which i followed the progress of the boat, ; one boy had the presence of mind to give instructions to the woman, and at the Bridge of Remembrance she managed to reach one of the oars and extend it to the boy, who with some companions pulled the boat to the bank. Through the mishap each woman lost a pair of stockings and a shoe.

Where the Sun Shines. Blenheim was well in the running for the New Zealand sunshine record for September, the total recorded being 212 hours three minutes, an average of seven hours four minutes a day, although there was one day in which the sun did not shine at all. Nelson's record—usually a high one—was 206 hours 40 minutes, a daily average of six hours 53 minutes. Napier, one of New Zealand's sunniest spots, had rather less sunshine than usual during the month, although most places in the Dominion had more than usual. The amount of bright sunshine recorded at Lake Tekapo, in the South Island, was 227.5 hours, which beats Blenheim's record. A False Alarm. Seeing the flicker of flames through an upstairs window of a house in High street, Lower Hutt, on a recent night a passer-by telephoned for the fire brigade, while another gave an alarm through the fire alarm system. Simultaneously with the arrival of the brigade, which answered the call promptly, the superintendent of the tire brigade, who happened to be returning home from the opposite direction, came upon the scene. He, too, saw the flicker and was about to give orders for the turning on of the water when he was hailed from the wirirlnw through which the liq'l hop" CCPH vihot pH fronM" l wnc T'l-ioop w)" n —rjnifo p i-mf if- xvn? ■safely confined to tii'j firq;?:.ce.

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