TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17199, 20 June 1916, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Tho whole of the City Councils electricity distribution loan debentures of £12,000 have been sold at par. Twenty-seven building permits were issued during May, seven in the Central Ward, two in Linwood, fifteen m St Albans and three in Sydenham. They were for buildings nominally valued at £15,700

The request tramway stop lately removed from opposite Cutts's and the Racecourse gate on tho Riccarton line was restored at yesterday's meeting of the Tramway Board, on the motion of Mr S. A. Staples, and tho present stop abandoned.

At the monthly mooting of the Master Painters' Association lasfc night business in connection with tho Dominion annual general conference of master painters, which will open in Christ-church to-morrow, was considered. After a lengthy discussion a comprehensive programme, to be submitted to tho visiting delegates, was drafted. Yesterday a very heavy sea wa3 rolling in from the east at Sumner. Tho water between" Shag Rock and the pier was very rough and tho trams arriving in Sunnier between six and seven o'clock wore at times well splashed as they crossed the new causeway. At Taylor's Mistake the lagoon at the eastern end of the beach was filled with water from tho high tides.

At yesterday's meeting of the Tramway Board the Beautifying Association wrote, asking the board to appoint <i\ representatives to a conference wiUi the City Council with reference to an improved shelter in Cathedral Square. Tho invitation was accepted, and it was decided that all the members of the board should attend, and also that the board should obtain tho plans and discuss them.

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The Christchureh Cathedral Society of Bellringers has sent the Mayor £1 Is for the Coal and' Blanket Fund At tho meeting of the Upper Riccarton School Committee on Monday. Mr Raxworthy, a" member of the committee, was congratulated on offering his services to fight for King and country. Mention was made of the fact that 31r Raxworthy's four sons had enlisted and their services had been accepted. Some time ago the Lytteltou Borough Council offered a lease, of the Colonist Hall to "the Education Board for the purpose of technical classes, at a rental of £SO per annum. Last night the Board of Education wrote, staling that in view, of. the Department's decision to reduco tho grant below £4O, the board feared that it could not increase the amount to £SO. The letter asked that in tho event of the Dcpartim nt not granting the full grant of £SO tho council should accept a reduction of £lO. After discussion the council decided to adhere to its former decision.

Ploughing is fairly general throughout Southland, and the work is being carried out under the most favourite conditions (reports tho " Daily. News "). A farmer said that lie intended to devote the same area as usual to oats, though values this year had been disappointing, and he knew of others in his district who would also sow a considerable portion of their land' in the cereal, being prompted by a sense of duty rather than with the idea of making : a substantial profit. Farm workers are scarce, but mutual help amongst neighbours will to some extent overcome the difficulty. At the meeting of the Riccarton Borough Council last evening tho question of tho tram servico on the Riccarton line was brought up by the act-ing-Mayor (Councillor A. D. Ford). He said he thought it was quite time that new trailers should be used on the Riccarton lino. Councillor H. Wise said that the stops at the main crossings should bo made compulsory stops. He was sure that many accidents would bo avoided if tho tram was compelled to stop at these crossings. On the motion of Councillor S. J. Stokes the # matter was referred to tho Finance "Committee.

The Domains Board has decided to move tho present gate and hedge fronting the Museum grounds on Rolleston Avenue, so as to bring tfho oak treo growing between tho Museum and tho Christ's College fence into greater prominence on tho avonuo, and requested the City Council last night to erect two lamps, one on the north and one on the south side of the Museum, for the better lighting or tho porch and recess caused by moving the fence. A similar request for extra lighting was made by the chairman, of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College. The council decided to erect the lamps provided the annual charge of £3 a lamp is paid. Tho anniversary services at tho High Street Methodist Church on Sunday wore conducted by Mr C. W. Barrell in the morning, the Rev P. N. Knight in tho afternoon and tho Rev Nicholas Turner in tho evening, and were very successful, tho attendances being good tbrrdoughout tho day. In the evening a lantern service was held, "Tho Words and Work of Jesus." Tho pictures were by old masters, and supported by photographs of the actual sites, taken by tho Rev N. Turner during his tour of tho Holy Land. The choir sang an anthem, under the conductorship of Mr 11. T. Baily, and solos wero contributed by Misses Christcnson and Lomas, and Messrs E. Dom and N. Turner, jun. At yesterday's meeting of the- Tramway Board, the Works and Traffic Committee reported that from time to time attention had been drawn to revenue lost through passengers on out-bound crowded cars leaving tho car before the conductor had had an opportunity to collect fares. The by-law placed an obligation on such passengers to tender their fares before, or when leaving, the ear. and prosecutions would continue to be instituted. The amount of fares lost was not sufficient to justify the employment of an additional conductor, who would cost more than tho fares saved. To facilitate tho work of the conductor, it is proposed to issue nonpunchable tickets for the first twopenny section out, and the first threepenny section out. A non-punchable ticket for tho first penny section out was already in use. Tho report was adopted. Besides tho various varieties of winter wheat now being sown on the Ashburton experimental area, and the varieties of spring wheat and of oats to bo seeded later on by the Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture, there are a number of selections from standard varieties of wheat and oats also at present being planted and to bo planted in a few weeks' time, states the " Ashburton Guardian." Those selections number 100 of wheat and 145 of oats respectively, and were obtained in February from the best standing crops in Otago and Southland by Mr A. MTaggart, agriculturist of the Department. It is his intention to test these selections carefully, and from this basis to continue the selection from year to year, in the hope that there will ultimately bo obtained strains of tho standard varieties that will surpass in yield particularly the types of cereals commonly sown by the fanner. As time goes on the crossing of outstanding cereal varieties, for producing breeds with special characteristics, may also be undertaken. The increasing of the yields obtainable from the various cereal crops is an important matter for both farmer and State, particularly as regards wheat, and the foundation for this worthy work now being laid by the Department's experts must be of interest to grain farmers generally. Mr J. H. Newlyn, of Christchureh, is in communication with the Hon W. A. Hohnan, Prime Minister of-New South Wales, as to a gauge-changing bogie ho has invented, for facilitating interState communication in Australia, and for "linking up" the®backblocks and military settlements with the normal railway lines and the seaports. Early this year, Mr Hohnan referred the question to the Patents Investigation Board, and on May IS tho secretary of the board wrote to Mr Newlyn, staling that the board's operations at present are confined to inventions submitted by owners or inventors who reside in Now South Wales, and, consequently, is not in a position to give tho New Zealand invention further consideration. Mr Newlyn now has written again to Mr Holman, stating that his invention is intended to give tho whole of Australia unimpeded railway communication, in spite of different gauges, and that tho past four years have shown tho necessity for a change of the present system. Mr Newlyn states that from a military point of view his scheme is intended to do something more than merely run a train from a New South Wales gauge to a gauge favoured by Victoria or Queensland, and he expresses a- hope that, before a final decision is reached, Mr Holman'.s experts will be given ample opportunity to demonstrate the possibility of carry- j ing out the general idea of tho invention.

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At yesterday's meeting of the Trainway Board, tho special order made on May 9 levying a rate of .0427 d in the pound on rateable properties in the Sunnier causeway special rating area was confirmed.'

The tramway accident report for the month of May shows that five cases occurred of women falling through alighting from moving cars. Eight reports were received dealing with motor-car and cycle accidents, five dealing with accidents with horse-drawn vehicles, and two referred to collisions with pedestrians There has boon for some time A rumour that bandages are no longer needed by tho Bed Cross Society. The Ladies' Committee wishes it to be known that this rumour is unfounded, as bandages are needed more than ever, and it is most necessary that evei-y effort should bo made to maintain a continuous supply. Tho Rev R. S. Gray conducted three services on Sunday at the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church. In the morning \v. held a young people's service. The afternoon was devoted to the Bible classes and Sunday schools. A very large congregation gathered for the evening service, when Mr Gray preached a sermon from the text, " For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ." Tho mission services conclude this evening. In the "Gazette" the North Canterbury Acclimatisation district is defined as follows: —" All that area in the Canterbury and Marlborough Land Districts bounded towards the northwest by Westland, Grey and Murchison counties from the north-western corner of Ashburton county to tho Marlborough county; towards the north generally by Marlborough and Awatere counties to the sea at the' mouth of the Clarence River; towards the east generally by the sea to the mouth of the Rakaia River; and towards the south-east bv Ashburton county to Westland county, the place of commencement."

The formation of tho new Summit track road from the Mount Pleasant accommodation house towards Sumner is being pushed forward rapidly. 'With a plentiful supply of good material at hand, the work is of a very solid nature and should become a most popular motor drive when finished. From its terminus at the first stile leading on to the gold links a veiy fine view of Pegasus Bay and a portion of Lyttelton' Harbour will be obtained. In this vicinity, too, the old track to Sumner is being defined by a line of stones some twelve feet from the fence, and another stile has now been erected, so that pedestrians have easy access to that spur leading either to'Clifton Extension or to Monck's Bay.

At tho meeting of tho Ashburton Borough Council last night it was unanimously decided to take the necessary steps at once in regard to taking over from the Ashburton Electric Supply Company the whole of its present plant. It was estimated that the cost of doing so, and making the necessary additions and .extensions to the plant which will be necessary in the near future, would be about £20,000, and the opinion was expressed at tho council that if the ratepayers would sanction the necessary loan there should be no difficulty whatever in raising tiio money at tho present time, and that the taking over of the present works and making the necessary extensions and additions could be done without increasing the rates and would bo a profitable proposition for the council. When replying to.a deputation from tho Otago Fruitgrowers' Association on Saturday, the Hon G. W. Russell (Minister of internal Affairs) made an interesting digression to explain what his Department proposed to do towards developing tho food resources of the country in a new direction, states tho " Otago Daily Times." He is obtaining, ho says, from Mr Moorhouse (the Government curator of inland' fisheries) a report during the coming season on the fishing possibilities of every lake in tho Otago district where there are trout available that can be fished for tho purpose of providing Duncdin with fresh or smoked trout. He Hoped next season to have these supplies coming in to this city. "It we could feed the people on fish and fruit," he said, "it would do them a great deal of good, and' the butchers would find it desirable to lower the price of meat." Although the quota required from Group 10 for the Eighteenth Reinforcements was actually tilled by June 12, it is a singular and anything but gratifying fact that tho boroughs of Balclutha and Miltoif have failed to furnish a single man for the reinforcement, and they are tho only two places in the group area to occupy such an ignoble position, says tho "Free Press.'' Gore, for example, is furnishing eighteen, although its quota is the same as Balclutha's~-viz., six. Milton has in the. past been notoriously behindhand in supplying men. but Balclutha has on occasions supplied a good deal more than its quota. This, of course, only accentuates the falling off on this occasion, and it is a matter, that the local Recruiting Committee might well take cognisance of. It is, of course, a fact that quite a number of men have enlisted locally during tho past few weeks, but they have failed to pass thts medical test, and it is only the fit men who count. Hence it is evident that Balclutha, as well as Milton, needs "stirring up " in this matter, unless we are to have the compulsory clauses of the Military Service Bill in operation hero in the near future. German propaganda- has recently endeavoured to give rise to the belier that tho .Belgian army has become considerably reuueed, and that it nas Deen necessary to withdraw it from the front. This ialseiiood has already been replied to, and on April 24 tho "Pent Parisien" publisiied a statement of M. do Broqueville, Minister of War and chief of the Belgian Government, which is a complete, denial. To the of that paper, who had just paid a visit to the trenches of tiie Belgian army, which extend over a front ol thirty-live kilometres (twenty-two miles), M. do Broqueville declared:—" The Germans affirm that our army is both numerically and morally diminished. But 1, on the contrary, definitely state that it is greater'in numbers and better equipped than it was at the commencement ol the war. i'ou will understand that 1 do not wish to give definite figures, but when I say that it is more numerous and better equipped than it was in the month of August, 1914, these words must be taken literally. They are not merely word's but realities. What is the moral, then, to bo drawn from this? All the officers of the Allied armies, all journalists, whether Allied or neutral, who visit our troops remark upon their excellence, and do not conceal their admiration for them. The King, the army, and the entire nation have all unshakable confidence in the victory of the Allies, and consequently in the Integral ireconstitution of -the Belgian kingdom. We have done our duty. We regret nothing, and' I am confident of being the faithful interpreter of my King, of our army, of the whole of the Government, and of the Belgians who await us in their invaded country." 'Messrs Carey's Ready Money Stores Winter Sale Circular, issued as a supplement to our papor to-day, should come as welcome news to our readers, and will well repay perusal. Exceptional bargains are the order of tho day. 1989 Those boys who have been awaiting tho publication of John R. Procter's advertisement in order to competo in tho Groat Meccano Competition will find the announcement in the advertising pages of this issue. The first electric torch has been awarded to Master Raymond O'Daniells, of 54, Cecil Street, Waltham. • The keenest interest is heing taken in the competition by bntlj

A patriotic hare drive will be held on Thursday at Swannanoa, starting from Mrs A. Burgin's corner at 10 a.m. A Press Association telegram from Greymouth states that the export of coal last week was close on 16,000 tons, about 400 tons short of the record for the port. i The committee of the Navy League remitted by cable to London on Friday a donation of £SOOO for the relief of the dependents of men of tho Royal Navy, who lose their Uvea during the war. The sum forwarded included £IOOO from the "Press" fund.

"It gives the committee much pleasure," ran a paragraph in the Electricity Oommittee's report last night, "to state that the electrical engineer is giving a series of lectures on Saturday evenings to the Workers' Educational Association, and the large attendance proves that they, are greatly appreciated."

A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that among tho passengers by the steamer Talune, which arrived from the Pacific Islands yesterday, was Dr Zeisschank, a German doctor from Samoa. It is understood that he will be returned to Germany under the system of exchanging British and German doctors who have been made prisoners of war. Dr Ziesschank left Auckland for Wellington by last night's express train.

Some idea of the extra cost of eases in Groat Britain as a result of the war may bo gathered from the fact that aa Auckland boot importer showed, a representative of the Auckland "Star"' ,iast week ttvo cases, the combined cubio measurement of which totalled 35 cubto feet. These came from Edinburgh, and the cost there was 25s for one case and! 26s for the other. The lineal measurement of each case was only 2ft 6in by 3ft Sin by 2ft, and they sold at 2s 6d each in Auckland when the boots had been removed.

Some months ago, says the Ashburton " Guardian," several ladies of Fairfield sent a case of goods to Mr Will Crooks, M.P., England, for the use of Belgian refugees in his district. An acknowledgment of the' gift has been received from Mr Crooks's secretary, who mentioned that the goods in question were most acceptable and had been dispatched to Belgium. The writer also added that the refugees in England wero for tho most part well cared for, but that was not so with those who remained in their devastated country, under the control of the Germans.

Scarlet. fever continues to keep its hold on the Christchureh district. Ten cases were admitted yesterday to tho fever hospital at Bottle Lake, which now has 135 cases. Many,of the patients, however, are convalescents, and a fair proportion of them will be discharged from the hospital during thia week. There are a few vacant beds at present. It is believed that many cases of scarlet fever of a mild character, are not reported to the Health Officer, and it is pointed out that this negligence may bo severely punished under the provisions of the Public .Health Act, as it is a source of danger to the community. Cases in which merely nominal finea were imposed by magistrates on persons convicted of shooting game without a license were cited by members of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society at a meeting of the council last week. > It was pointed out that while there is a minimum fine of £2 for persons convicted of fishing without a license, there was no minimum for persons guilty of peaching game, and some flagrant casea had been "disposed of by the imposing of a paltry amount by way of a fine. It was decided to communicate with the Minister of -Justice, asking that the law Should he amended in this respect, and is was also resolved to make the matter the subject of a remit to the next conference of acclimatisation societies.

A lecture on "The Care of the Teeth" will be delivered by Professor Pickerlll at 8 o'clock this evening, in tho Lecture Halt at' the Technical College. Moorhouse Avenue. Professor I'ickcrill it Dean of tho Dvntal Faculty, at the Otago University, and is also assistant director, with, the rank of major, of the New Zealand Army Dental Corps, 'which he was mainly instrumental in organising. 'He has spent a large amount of time on research work connected with diseases of the teeth, and in 1910 was awarded the Cartwrighb prize bv the Royal College of Surgeons tor the* best research work extended over a period of five years on the "Prevention of Dental Caries." The lecture which, will be strictly non-technical, will be illustrated by 'means .of lantern glides. Admission is free.

The annual meeting of the Christchurch Sunday School Council was held k?i evening "at the Wesley Church Schoolroom, the Rev J. Paterson presiding over a good attendance. The seeretarv (.Mr J. Hitt) said that there was no annual report to present, but the work of tho council had progressed satisfactorily. No big question had arisen for adjustment during tho year. The council was not moribund', and any fault to find with its inactivity lay with the Various Sunday school associations. The council was. worth while, if only for tho bringing together of Sunday school teachers. There, would shortly be held at St Paul's Church a great rally for children, and it.was in organising such demonstrations that < the council proved its. worth'. A satisfactory balance-sheet was submitted ami adopted. Brief addresses were given by the chairman,- and the Rev E. Palgrave Daw, the latter speakings of h» visits to the district Sunday schools. A plea for a motet ambulance for the city was made at the City Council last night by Councillor H. F. Herbert, who said that on a recent Saturday night a man had lost his leg in a tramway accident and had waited a long time on tho road before a conveyance arrived, and then it was not the ambulance. In another case a woman had had an accident in Victoria Street and had had an arm and a leg broken, besides being cut on the face, yet she waited an hour in a- chemist's shop before a conveyance arrived. The St John Ambulance Association had a horse ambulance, which was very benevolently housed by the Rink Taxis, who supplied a man and a horse, and charged a nominal fee for every trip. But the city should have an up-to-date motor ambulance, and the cost might he borne by the City Council, Tramway Board, Hospital Board, and St John Ambulance Association. Councillor J. R. Hayward said that on the occasions referred to the ambulance had not been telephoned for. The Mayor promised to call a public meeting to discuss the matter.

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