General News

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21904, 3 October 1936, Page 14

General News

Wage Payments on Tuesdays The adoption of Tuesday as the day for the payment of wages to its employees is announced by.the Petdne Borough Council in a. letter to the Canterbury Trades, and Labour Council. In asking the Canterbury council to take steps towards securing adoption of the practice in Christchurch, the writer of the letter, the town clerk of Petone, states that thechange is aimed at so reducing the volume Saturday shopping that it will become virtually non-existent, thus paving the way for the-Dominion-wide adoption of the five-day week. Fewer Relief Workers' Tickets. A claim that the figures of the board indicated the increasing prosperity of the working class was made yesterday by the manager of the Christchurch Tramways Board, Mr H. E. Jarman. At this time last year, Mr Jarman said, the board was issuing relief workers’ tickets to as many as 4000 men. To-day this number was to 2000." The tickets provide a return trip from any one point to any other on the tramways system for 3d. New Sign ! !n S< piale . The School of Art is to be given an Opportunity to display a sample of its work in a, prominent place in Cathedral square. The Christchurch Domains Board at its meeting yesterday adopted a suggestion that a sign should be placed in the Square, showing the way to the Botanic Gardens, the Museum, and the McDougall Art Gallery. The proposal was approved by the Mayor (Mr J. W. Beanland), who suggested that the sign should be placed on a telegraph pole in the west section of the Square opposite the Post Office. Dr. J. Guthrie proposed that art students should be asked to prepare the design, and at his suggestion it . was decided to approach the School of Art. Sunday Tennis Sunday play is to be permitted on the courts of the Canterbury College Tennis Club iii Hagley Park, according to a decision reached at a meeting of the Christchurch Domains Board yesterday. The board adopted the recommendation of its sports committee that play should" be allowed on Sundays from 2 p.tn. to 6 p.m. Conditions are to be the same as those laid down when the United Club was given similar permission some time ago. 0 New Buses in Service The new Diesel buses of the Christchurch Tramways Board will go into service on November 2, and they will be the first of the board’s transport vehicles to bear, the new colour scheme. There are 10 of the buses, but six will be ready on November 2, when they will start the service between the Christchurch railway station, Linwood, Dallington, and Wainoni. Electric Welding Classes Although .classes in electric welding have not been in progress very long at the Christchurch Technical College, the principal, Dr. D. E. Hansen, reported to the monthly meeting of the Board of Governors last evening that about 60 intending students had given in their names to start. Up to the present only journeymen engaged in trades to which welding had a direct application had been accepted, and the authorities had not been able, to consider applications from apprentices. The plant was being increased and three instructors had been engaged. Dr. Hansen said that it was proposed to intro* * duce*short instruction in chemistry, metallurgy, and drawing into the course! Mr T. W. West, the chairman, said that welding had become seventh in importance among trades in the .United States, Whisky Consignment’s Long Voyage A valuable consignment of whisky which is being transported round the world to accelerate maturity will, reach Auckland from Melbourne* by the Union Steam Ship Company’s steamer Kairanga to-day. The whisky is contained in 61 butts and 74 hogsheads, and its value in Britain is £55,000. The liquid quantity is 10,732 gallons. The cargo was carried from England to Melbourne, via the Cape of Good Hope, in the steamer Royal Star, and at Melbourne it was transferred to the Kairanga. At Auckland the whisky will be loaded on the Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Tamarpa, which is to sail for London, via Panama, next Friday. When the Tamaroa reaches London about November 11 the whisky will have travelled about 26,000 miles from London. It is to be returned to Glasgow, where it was made; and it will then be stored for a further period until it is fully matured.—Press Association. Citrus Fruit for Dominion The desire of New South Wales fruit growers to supply New Zealand with oranges and mandarins at a price approximately half that at present paid here was expressed by Messrs Heane and Herirod, president an»l secretary respectively of the Fruit Growers’ Federation of New South Wales, and Mr MacDermott, general secretary of the New South Wales Chamber of the Fruit and Vegetable Industries, and the chairman of the fruit section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce. They have been giving evidence at the enquiry into the marketing of New Zealand and imported fruit and, vegetables, and in an interview at Wellington yesterday/ they emphasised the benefits that would accrue both to New .South Wales and New Zealand if some relaxation could be secured of the present restrictions on the importation of fruit from New South Wales.—Press Association. Motor-cycle Scout Platoons As part of the scheme for modernising the present territorial force, the Government has authorised the recruiting of a motor-cycle scout platoon in each territorial battalion. The men will be armed with Lewis guns, and will wear berets with the appropriate regimental badge. The Wellington Regiment is at present recruiting men.—Press Association. . Sheep-shearing Instruction The sheep-shearing classes conducted by the Christchurch Technical College at the Addington Show Grounds have proved very successful, and several farming organisations wrote to the meeting of the Board of Governors of the college last evening, expressing satisfaction at the quality of the instruction given. Provided the weather is satisfactory and a supply of sheep is available, the classes this year will begin on October 12. The wool is classed free by the expert in charge, and it is then baled and branded ready for the sales. Only the cost of cartage and baling, etc., is charged to the farmers supplying the sheep. Altogether about 35 persons have already applied? some of the applications coming from the North Island. Totallsator or Bookmakers? “I am glad we have not the bookmakers on our racecourses,” said Mr J. H. Grigg yesterday on his return from a visit to Australia. “New Zealand is much better with thfe totalisator. With this system the money spent by the public goes back into racing and improvements to the appointments of racecourses.” Why Jones Does Not Go to Church In his address at the annual meeting of the Mosgiel Presbyterian Church, Dunedin, the moderator (the Rev. Hugh Graham), referring to church attendance, quoted the following under the caption “Why Jones Does Not Go to Church”:—“The sermons are too long—or too short. The music is too classical—or too simple. The church is too hot—or too cold. The weather is too stormy—or too beautiful. The garden needs attention. He can worship God at home (but he doesn’t). He has a radio now (and greatly enjoys the jazz orchestra). Anyway/it’s his own business, and he got enough religion when he was a boy, and he’s as good as any church-member.” War Not Expected “While the European situation has been most delicate and very involved, we in England do not feel that there is going to be war,” said Mr R. J. Fetherston, an English business man who has been visiting Napier. “There has been much talk of war, which is to be regretted, as I am convinced that it would be better for all if we talked 1 ' more of peace and less of war,” he said, “I am very glad to see that an agreement has been entered into by America, Britain, and France to stabilise the exchanges, as this can only mean that trading will become less difficult. I , think that it is a real step in the direction of improving international relations generally.”