General News

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21319, 12 November 1934, Page 10

General News

i _—s. No Rise in Waimakariri Though hot north-west weather was experienced in the city yesterday, with a strong wind blowing later in the afternoon, there was no sign of a fresh in the Waimakariri -river last night. The hot days during carnival week left very little snow on the lower peaks, and the storm which is usually present in the mountains with the wind in the west did not come over to the Canterbury side of the divide. There is no reason to fear that there will be any sort of a rise unless the wind increases and backs round to the south-west, bringing rain with it.

H.M.S. Diomcde Due To-day The harbourmaster at Lyttelton, Captain J. F. Crawford, has been advised by radio that H.M.S. Diomede will arrive at Lyttelton at 11.30 a.m. to-day from Melbourne. The vessel will berth at No. 4 west and will remain in port until Saturday. Woolston Band's Return The Woolston Band is expected to return from Melbourne either to-morrow or on Wednesday. It will have missed the Centenary band contest, which was to have begun on November 9, after a postponement from November 4 and 5. The illness of the first cornet player, A. Partridge, has made it necessary for the band to leave him behind. He is expected to arrive some days later.

Making Beaches Safe A hope that in the near future the value of surf life-saving will be recognised by the Government is expressed in the eighteenth annual report of the Canterbury Surf LifeSaving Association. The report states that the association has the greatest difficulty every year in obtaining support from the general public, yet, in conjunction with the clubs it has managed to safeguard the beaches efficiently and regularly. "We feel that this work is worth while in every way," the report says, "and we trust that in the near future its value will be recognised by the Government." The association heartily congratulates North Beach, Sumner, and New Brighton clubs on their efforts to raise funds, and says it hopes the public will realise soon the work that the surf clubs in Canterbury are doing.

The Other Cheek The difficulty of applying literally the Christian principle of forbearance in international disputes was illustrated by the Very Rev. Dean Julius, in a sermon at the Armistice Day service at the Cathedral yesterday morning. Dean Julius said that while it was right for a man to turn the other cheek when he was smitten, it could not be called right for him to point to his wife and say, "Smite her." This was analogous to the action of a nation in refusing to resist violence, when the refusal meant the sacrifice of the welfare of many people. If there should be a nation, which, as a whole, would turn the other cheek and sacrifice itself for peace, the greatest work for peace would have been done; but that was an impossibility at this stage.

When Politicians Stayed at Home A contrast between political attitudes to-day and 300 or 400 years ago was commented on by Professor J. Shelley in his address on "Culture and Community" last evening. There was once a petition, he said, forwarded to the King by a borough in England, asking that the inhabitants should be released from the obligation of sending a member to Parliament. "Travelling was inconvenient in those days," said Professor Shelley, "and it meant that a man would lose a great deal of time from the work on his farm. The petition, which was actually granted, reveals a very different state of affairs from that existing to-day, when portions' will not only travel to Parliament but will seek any excuse to get away to London or some other part of the world."

Surf Boats for Life-Saving The Canterbury Surf Life-Saving Association hopes that very soon surf boats will appear on the beaches about Christchurch, say;; the association's eighteenth annual report. Finance appears to be the chief obstacle, it is stated, but it is hoped that this will soon be arranged. The report says that improved canoes and catamarans were seen on the beach last season. They represented an advance in the work of the clubs.

Runaway Motor-Car A mild sensation was caused in Papanui road on Saturday morning when a large car, owned and driven by Sir Charles Clifford, careered across the street, without anyone at the wheel, and crashed into a gate in a macrocarpa fence. The car had been filled with petrol at a station at the corner of Bealey avenue and Papanui road, and had then refused to start. The car was pushed to disengage the starter and, suddenly taking charge, rushed across the traffic-crowded road with attendants clutching vainly at the mudguards. The owner at the moment was handling the controls and was entangled with the car. and he said afterwards that he was doing better than 12 seconds to the furlong when he hit the fence at the other side of the road. The front of the car was damaged, and the gate in the fence was knocked over.

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