General News

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21534, 25 July 1935, Page 12

General News

A Queen Visits Dominion j A constitutional monarch of 30,000 | persons. Queen Saloie Tuboe, of j Tonga, arrived by the Monowai at! Wellington yesterday, and will re- ; main three days before going toSydney. She was given a tumultu- j ous farewell at Nukualofa. Thou-; sands of her subjects were on the: wharf, singing, dancing, and cheering. She will spend two months in j Australia and will attend the cen- j tenary celebrations of the Methodist; Church of Victoria at Melbourne.; Hoc visit to New Zealand is unofficial.—Press Association. ; Green Face Powders Proving that the modern girl with her cosmetics was not as modern as she sometimes thought, the Rev. J. F. Feron said at a lantern lecture last evening at New Brighton, that green face powders had been discovered in the graves of early Egyptians. Knives, tablets, and other beloruiir.ms were usually buried with the dead in shallow _pits. no snowed films of the tetroies of ;vifu which were still practically complete, and Karnac. which too;-: more tnan 2000 years to build and which was larger than the throe largest cathedrals in the world, and the sacred enclosure which could hold six more iarge cathedrals. Rail Motor-Cars An early announcement as to the introduction by the Railways Board of rail motor-cars for use :n particular districts ;s to oo made oy <.nc ger.enil manager of railways. Mr G. H. Mackley. The question was ciscussed by the board mosithiy meeting in Auckland. The deniiis'-chsirman (Sir Jam/a- Gunson) pividcd. The gonei*Sl manager i to say, on b r, nai; o. the beard, that an announcement would be made in a few days aoout : the use of rail motors in the passenger business in particular areas.— Press Association. New Zealand and America "I am afraid the majority o£ people in tne United States are not "just sure where New Zealand is," said Mr W. 11. Pickering, a research 'worker at the California Institute of .Techr.ologv, Pasadena, on his arrival ■ in ChrLtchurch to visit his parents veftcrday. ''They are very much inclined to think of the Dominion as a small island off the coast of Australia, something like Tasmania,' He added that there was reaiiv . about the same degree of ignorance 'in New Zealand about the United .States. Few New Zealanders knew anything more than the names o£ some of the American states, 32 oi I which each had a larger peculation I than New Zealand.

Chambers of Commerce Praised A tribute to the work of the i chamber- of commerce in Nov.* Zeaj land was paid by Sir Jamec Grose, ; general manager of the National ; Bank of New Zealand, speaking at I the annua! meeting of the Dunedin Chamber cf Commerce. "I have always been improved with the vitality of the chambers of commerce." said Sir James, 'and with the interest and enthusiasm of members. 'Problem** of trade and industry have : been probably more numerous and more difficult dur'ng the last six years than at any previous stage of our country's history, but there is |no doubt that the Dominion'" as a : whole has reaped great benefits from the careful study of current prob* lems by the chambers of commerce and from the* constructive and helpful policies they have adopted in dealing with those problems.'' Sold Three Times The sale of a fat wether for the Metropolitan Queen Carnival funds brought in £5 18s at the Add ins-ton stock sa'e yesterday. It was sold for 435, which was well above its market value. The buyer put it up for auction ayain, and another 40s was real.seel. On the third occasion the sheep brought 355, and was then claimed by a butcher. Activity in Buildin? Trade A demand that exceeds the supply is that of boys for the building industry, said the director of the Wellington Technical College (Mr R. G. Ridding) in his report to a meeting of the Board of Governors this week. "The position has now arisen," he said, "where almost all the students from the senior building classes have been placed in industry. Although during the last two years at least I have urged on parents the desirability of enrolling students in the building section of oui day school, there has been ashortage of st'-lents in the latter part of the year, but never before sa early as this have I had to make a complete reorganisation of the classes in the day school because of shortages in the senior section. Throughout this month we have been unable to meet, the requirements of industry because the younger students are not yet ready to take up positions, and on this account, it would be unwise of us to accede to the demands." America's Position "In spite of the Government, normal times are corning back to America," said a San Francisco banker, Mr A. Andrews, who arrived at Wellington this week by the Makura to make a tour of the North Island. People were getting work again and spending more money; there was more business, and most companies were showing a profit and paying better dividends, he said. The improvement was a general recovery, which he could not attribute to any one factor. Construction of new buildings in the United States had virtually stopped during the worst of the depression, but now a considerable amount' of building was going on. This had a widespread effect, and the position of the lumber industry and many other subsidiary trades was being greatly improved.

TAXI FARES HALF-PRICE. Every person who rides in Taxis should 'Phone 33-477, and get a quote from the Gold Eland Taxis Cilice in Tuam street or from their office in The Recent Theatre Buildings, as our fares are as low as 4d PER MILE, which is only one-third of others, so why pay more. Watch our next move. —1 All over Canterbury, farmers hive found their usual work routine upset by the recent rain and snow. Power farming is the only satisfactory ray "to catch up" on back work. McCormick Deering models range from the little F 12 Farrnall to the large Diesel TracTractor, and are available v/ith steel wheels and spade lugs, pneumatic and solid tyres; and track-laying trdcks. International Harvester Company of New Zealand, Limited, —2