NEWS OF THE DAY

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLIII, Issue 2568, 22 April 1922, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

Efforts arc to be made to raise the British cruisers Thetis, Iphigenia, and Intrepid, which were sunk to block the channel at Zeebrugge. A penknife with a blade made from Taranaki steel was an interesting souvenir displayed at a luncheon at iNTew Plymouth. . •

To-morrow harvest thanksgiving services will be held in the Leeston parochial district. Football, cycling and horse riding are said to be possible to the Avearers of a new artificial leg which contains only two springs, With a view- to wiping out the stray dog nuisance, Napier -Borough Council has appointed a dog-catcher, who is to be paid (>/- a head for every dog delivered . A London dealer at the Ferrari stamp auction in Paris purchased a one-cent British Guiana stamp, supposed to be the rarest in the world, for 300,000 francs. ' Decayed teeth, a sign of toothache, have been found in a scull thousands of years old, thus proving that this ailment is not a modern one due to civilisation.

On Anzac Day there will be a celebration of Holy Communion, at St John's Church, Leeston, at CS.oO a.m., and a special memorial service at 11 a.m. Tho Rev Dr. Holloway will be the preacher. To-morrow afternoon, at 2.30, the lion. Sir IMiton Rhodes, Minister of Defence, will unveil the memorial to fallen soldiers at Dunsandel. All residents of the district are invited to be present".

All train services will be suspended on. Tuesday next, Anzac Day, and no live stock or perishable goods will be accepted for conveyance on Monday which cannot reach its destination that day.

An cror appears in the programme of the Ellesmere County Trotting. Club's ineeting, Avhich takes place to-day. " Logan . Pointer Gelding," nominated by E. Berry, should be "Waiter Logan ."

The Springs-Ellesmere Electric Power Board meets at Lccston on Monday. A deputation from the Paparua County Council in reference to the question of including part or the whole of Paparua county in the board's district', and another deputation representing the Canterbury Progress League and the counties of Malvern, Selwyn and Tawera will wait upon the board to discuss the proposal that the four counties mentioned should be joined to the Springs-El-lesmere Board's district.

The manufacturer of a well knowj^ ! high-class cigarette told a London \D;t! ■ Mail reporter that he enjoyed a fan■ , good sale for his product so long as he advertised it prominently. "Immediately the advertising is shut down," he said, "the sales drop, and the smokers !go to the lower priced brands."

Rubber Tar Soap, a powerful cleanser, purifier and disinfectant, is just the tiling you want. It will clean anything on the face of the earth. A splendid thing to put on your hands when you are about fo dd a dirty job. Price only 2/6 for a large tin.—F. P. Sivertsen, Sonthbridge. 47

"I am satisfied that it is the best thing that lias been done in my time," said Hon C. J.,Parr at Napier, in referring to the scheme for the dental treatment of school children by specially trained young women. At the end of this year, he declared, 30 fine young women would have completed their two years' course, and would be fit to look after the teeth of children.

The reduction in the number of ordination candidates has brought the Church' of England into a position of great peril (said the Bishop of Durham, preaching in his Cathedral). It w.13 stated that there were 4000 fewer i'lergy than in .1914 and the question arose whether the inherited resources of the Church arc being used to the fullest advantage. The outstanding requirement w;is to make ""the ministry as open to do .sons of'the1 artisan as to any other.