General News

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22437, 25 June 1938, Page 14

General News

A Friendship Renewed A friendship between- a Christchurch resident and the famous Rothschild family was renewed yesterday by the visit of Mr Edmund de Rothschild to Mr E. F. Stead. Mr de Rothschild, who is visiting Christchurch during a world tour, said that his father. Mi Lionel N. de Rothschild, and Mr Stead had common interests in the study of botany and that Mr Stead had stayed at his father’s house when ip. London. Eire and the Empire The view that the trade agreement between Britain and Eire would prevent “a ridiculous position” in industry in Eire from continuing was expressed in an interview yesterday by Mr N. Purcell-Fitzgerald, of Waterford, Ireland, who is visiting Christchurch. He said that when Eire was unable to send her produce to England she attempted to become selfsupporting, and a number of manufacturing industries sprang up which gained a monopoly from the Government and produced goods of a very inferior type. Mr de Valera was now realising that it was to the advantage of Eire to co-operate with the Empire. Ireland might be very valuable to England as a source of food supply in the event of war. The Eire Government was now in a strong position, and the only opponents of Mr de Valera were the more fanatical of his former supporters, who made the Irish Republican Army still a force to be contended with. Educational Work at the Museum Educational work at the Canterbury Museum is progressing rapidly. The latest development, according to the educational officer, Mr George Guy, is the sending of two students from the Teachers’ Training College to give assistance in showing the parties of school children who pay visits round the museum. Students are now to be sent to the museum in the same way as they are sent out to the schools. This will be of great assistance to Mr Guy, for as many as seven parties of children have come to the museum in one day. Yesterday 136 children and teachers visited the museum, as well as large numbers of others who came unofficially. “All Black” Tie Application was made to the executive of the New Zealand Rugby Union last Wednesday night by A. C. C. Robilliard (Canterbury), former New Zealand Rugby representative, for an “All Black” tie. The chairman (Mr S. S. Dean) said that the application raised an interesting question. The 1935 New Zealand representatives on the tour of the United Kingdom were provided with distinctive ties with a silver fern leaf pattern, these having been manufactured by a firm in the United Kingdom Which had secured the copyright of the ties. He .had noticed on his visits to Great Britain that the former internationals there wore their ties when they attended international matches and he thought it was an excellent idea. It was decided to issue Mr Robilliard with an order on the manufacturers of the tie he wishes to obtain. Agreement for Gardeners The agreement covering the wages and conditions of all workers in market gardens in the Canterbury industrial district will come into force next Monday. The agreement is embodied in the Agricultural Workers Extension Order, No. 3 (1938), which has been gazetted. One of the provisions of the agreement, which covers all employers, is that all workers shall become members of the union within one month of the agreement coming into operation. Golf Ball on Mascot Regulations governing the ornamental and sometimes artistic mascots and projections on motor-cars, restricted because of the harm their sharpness might do in the event of an accident, have been overcome by at least one Christchurch motorist. In the front of his modern car is a sharp chromium-plated spear at the extremity of which is impaled a golf ball painted the same colour as the car and highly polished. The beauty of the ornament is actually enhanced by this safety measure rather than spoilt by iit. Credence is not given to the story that while being driven in the vicinity of a golf course the car was struck by an erratic ball which had remained impaled on the ornament. Warning to Cycles A warning to cyclists that they must observe the same rules of the road as other road-users was issued yesterday in the Magistrate’s Court by Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., when a cyclist was charged with failing to give way on the right. “Cyclists are not observing this rule and it is making trouble all over the place,” said SubInspector W. E. Packer, in introducing the case. “Some of these cyclists seem absolutely irresponsible,” said Mr Levvey, “and I am warning them that the Court will have to deal severely with cases of ignoring the rules of the road.” Railway Work in Canterbury The construction of the new railway bridge over the Rakaia river is proceeding satisfactorily.-' The contractor has driven piles for 76 piers and has finished 66 piers and two abutments. The Railway Department’s engineering branch in Canterbury is busy with a number of jobs. Two more level crossings have been eliminated, a new departmental house erected at Ross, a start made with a similar dwelling at Kaimata, and a contract let for a bunkhouse and additional garage accommodation at Hari Hari, in South Westland. A four-ton travelling hoist has been erected in the locomotive depot at Elmer Lane, near Greymouth. Robes Seen by About 17,000 Persons It is estimated that about 17,000 persons have already seen the exhibition of Coronation robes and regalia, which was opened in Christchurch on Thursday. Of this total, more than 12,000 viewed the display yesterday,, some thousands of school children being included in the number. Mrs M. Murray Fuller, who is in charge of the robes, said last evening that the day had been a very busy one, four police constables and two traffic inspectors being required at one stage to control the crowd inside and outside the Durham Street Art Gallery. It was necessary once to shut the doors to relieve the congestion inside. The busiest time was between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., she said, when the crowd was quite as big as those which attended the display in Auckland and Wellington. The robes will be on view all day to-day and the exhibition will close at 10 o’clock tonight.