TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIVI, Issue 17700, 29 January 1918, Page 4

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The Defence Minister has received a cable message that the 1 liirty-third Reinforcements have reached a port of call, in excellent health and spirits.

Mr Vi\ F. Parkinson has donated .CIO 10s towards tho Fire Fund of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association.

At! last evening’s meeting of the City Council the town clerk reported that building permits had been issued in December, as follows: —-Central Ward, (inner) 2, val'iio £4150; (outer) 3, £540; St Albans 4, £990; Linwood 2, £1660; Sydenham 1, £459. Total, 12 permits, value £7795.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that owing to seamen being refused permission to r, - ashore on Saturday evening a nurnner of them pelted and abused the nuhtarv guard for over half an hour. Finally tho sentry tired on the vessel and the seamen hastily retreated. The weekly report of tho Labour Department shows that live married and Len single men made application for employment. Of theso two were placed in the Government employ, and four in private employment. Tho total number for whom employment was found was eleven. The Department reports that several good labourers are wanted for tho Avooa coal mines.

At the City Council’s meeting last right the abattoir manager reported that during December last tho following stock was slaughtered, the figures for December. 1916, being given in parentheses:—Cattle, 795 (745); sheep, 7057 (78601; lambs, 3954 (3515); pigs, 675 (775); calves, 285 (390) Stock was condemned as follows: —Cattle 16 (11)-, sheep 10 (22), lambs 1 (0), pigs 10 (<'), calves 2 (2).

Professor Truoblood, who will commence a series of classic lectures at tho Y.M.C.A. to-morrow night, occupies the Chair of Oratory in the University of Michigan- He is a Master of Arts of Richmond, Indiana- Together with Professor I. Fulton he established a School of Oratory in Kansas City as long ago as 1879. Professor Truoblood was one of tho organisers of the National Speeches Arts Association, and was twice elected to the presidency. He is visiting Now Zealand for the purpose of putting before the University Senate the desirability of establishing a Chair of Oratory in New Zealand. To-morrow Professor Tnieblood will lecture on Mark Twain,” on Thursday on “Hamlet,” and on Saturday on “Ingomar.” That successful pill-maker and millionaire, Sir Joseph Beecham, of St 'Helen’s, England, gives newspapers, full credit for their share in building up his big fortune. At Edmonton, Canada, lie spoke thus: “We have expended more than £1,000,000 in newspaper advertising during the last ten years, and it is likely this will be increased largely in tho next ten years. Wo also use magazines and other media. My father, who organised this business, told mo when a youth that there was only one advertising meuium—-the newspaper. During his lifetime lie used no other; in fact-, lie. never saw any reason why lie should. For that reason 98 per cent of our total appropriation goes to the newspapers ; the other 2 per cent is for supplementary work and detail.” A deputation from the Addington Burgesses’ Association waited on Air D. Reese last evening, with regard to tho allocation of a strip of land at tho corner ot Park Road and Lincoln Road, the property of Rer.se Bros. Mr HHolland, the Mayor of Christchurch, was also present. Air Sheldon said that the corner in question was a very dangerous one, and if the land were allocated to the council the danger would he overcome. At times tho stormwater, which swelled considerably at this particular point, made foot traffic well nigh impossible, and the inconvenience of this would also he minimised considerably. Air Reeso said lie fully recognised the dangerous nature of the corner, and had much pleasure in allocating a portion of the land to the City Council, so that matters might he impiovod. The Alayor, on behalf of the .coui.’C'ii, thanked Air Reese for his generous offer, and .Messrs Sheldon and Jackson, for tho Addington Burgesses’ Association, also expressed their thanks.

Furt-her particulars about the bullet which has been used with such success against Zeppelins are given in Melbourne “Table Talk,” as follows: So the secret of tho famous bullet that brought the Zeppelin terror to an end is out. Do you remember I told you months ago that when the secret came to be revealed it would bo discovered Unit it was an Anzac who would reap the honour won by the invention? Then I could not reveal the name, ns the British authorities would not allow it to be whispered, in caso some German sympathiser or spy should make any attempt to send the clever inventor soaring upwards and out of tho world. J employed the term Ansae advisedly, although Mr John Pomeroy is not a soldier, because it included New Zealanders as well as Australians. Ho bails from that canny little city of Invercargill, New Zealand, but his father, Ai r J. H. Pomeroy, now lives -at Hoalesville. Had the War Office only received him and accented his bullet when lui first went to England to offer it, this happy state of affairs would have oon\e about- much sooner. But red tape kept him waiting and tangled up for about six months before he could get a hearing for his idea. Then as long again slipped past while Zeppolinettos were being built upon which to test tho bullets, instead of testing them upon the invading horrors themselves. Trusses—Large shipment just landed. No extra charge for Loasby’s skilful fitting. XI Akaroa, where sea-bathing by electric light, motor trips on its beautiful harbour, brings rest and happiness to tired humanity. Two and a half hours motoring from Christ church. 1989 You can depend upon everything being done promptly and well if you only band your shinning documents to J. M. Heywood and’Co., Ltd. They are recognised as experts at this work. Telephones 250, 1241 and 2174. X Sit for those New Year portraits today. Do not put it off any longer—and be sure thoy are made by Stelfauo Webb, Petersen’s Buildings, High Street. Telephone 1989- 1890

Yesterday’s river report stated that all the rivers are clear. A military reservist, who has been drawn in a ballot, was arrested a ->y - teltori last evening, on a charge ° ■_ ' ing failed to submit himself lor medical examination.

During an address in papier Borough Council Chambers on I> imst 'D last, Air J. Craigio, M.P., said that the population of Hawke’s Bay was » occupying 4500 squaro miles. . 1 “y population of South Canterbury "<i-s 20,000, occupying 5000 square nines. Roth districts badly needed a greater population.

Air Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, made an inaugural trolling triton Wednesday (reports the (JamaiU “ Mail ”), and will continue operations for some time. Large groper were caught on, spinning bait at no .‘U'oa-t depth, and other fish caught wore barracouta and the inevitable kahawai. Experience with tho latter has. convinced AJr Ayson that exceptionally strong taeldo is required.

Negotiations are etill proceeding for the disposal of the Teviot Estate to the Government, states tho “Otago Daily Times.’’ Mr J. D. Ritchie (chairman of the Land Purchase Board) returned north by the express on Saturday. 1 lie position is that the property w stil. under firm offer to tho Government at the upset price of £75,000. Mr Ritohie will consult with the Prime Mmist-or, and .subsequently communicate with the selling agents.

The increased cost of transit found an echo at a meeting of Sclwyn Plantation Board yesterday. AVhen the question of disposing of firewood was being discussed, Air Nairn said that some of tho board’s reserves were so far from a. railway station that the cost of carting would swallow up tho entire profits. Another member stated that pine wood, which tho board supplied, did not have such a ready sale as other kinds of wood, and therefore it could not command such a good price.

At Napier last week, when an apparently healthy man presented himself to the -Medical Board for examination, he got a shock on being rejected on account of having a very bpd Heart. Ho was told ho had leaking valves, and was advised to consult an independent doctor at once. This ho did next day, and received another shock on being told that there was absolutely nothing wrong with him. Another man who wont up for the same examination, armed with a sheaf of medical certificates, was ono of tho only two of the married men who were passed for the Expeditionary Force. An interesting memento of the early days of Dannevirko came under the notice of the local paper, being a register of the marriages solemnised in the district during the period from 1882 to 1390, during most of which time there was no church in existence- The weddings were solemnised in all sorts of places, and tho records show that tho jvomen pioneers, at any rate, believed in early uiiions, as of the twenty-three brides in the list eighteen of them averaged nineteen years of ago and the other five thirty-three years of age. The youngest of the women to bo led) to the altar was a girl of sixteen, while iono of the brides nad a very naiV«w. escape from being an old maid, her nuptials taking place at the ago of fifty-seven 1

Oregon shipments from tho Pacific Coa.st are becoming hard to secure, states the “ Otago Daily Times.” The well-known Oregon exporters, Messrs J. J. Moore and Co., of Sail Francesco 1 , advise that tho United States Shipping Board is now exercising supervision over sailers as well as motor-ships and steamers. The Pacific Coast shipowners and charterers have accordingly to send all copies of charters for vessels which have not yet completed loading for Government approval. A further restriction on the export of lumber js the appointment of a commissioner whose duty it is to check all export specifications and eliminate therefrom such sizes the export of which wiy interfere with the shipbuilding programme. Tho above restrictions make lmsiiipss practically impossible. Further shipment to New Zealand and Australia is tinlikely 'until such times as the United States Government policy in relation to past charters, fixation of freight rates, and approval of export specifications is further defined. A member of the Royal Flying Corps, a resident of Sydney, in the course of a letter to his brother, provides an outline of new British aircraft. “The aircraft of to-day,” the writer states, “is improving wonderfully. Machines that were England’s hopo and glory a few months ago are to-day heaps of ridicule, and look as clumsy beside a modern machine as a camel does beside a wagtail. The tendency is to Build very small craft, with every device handy, and mechanically operated by the pilot. Try to imagine a machine built very much on the "lines of a canary. The pilot operates (besides all his flying controls, switch, mixture, throttle, etc.), two fiuo .303 Lewis ma-chine-guns, goared and timed to fire accurately between tho two blades of his propeller; and a bomb-dropping apparatus, capable of carrying ten largo torpedoes. Instead of the. pilot sitting right up near tho nose of his machine, thus endangering his life in a crash, he sits well back near tho tail pUinetf, and has a much more ‘cushy’ chance of escape in caso either of fire or nose diving.” Referring to a cablo message published a few days ago in regard to the discovery of the secrets of the German method of making aniline dyes, Mr Moore Sykes, the Australian manager for British Dyes Limited, has explained to tho Melbourne “ Argus ” that he would bo inclined to accept with considerable reserve the statements made in this and a previous cable message on tho same subject. Mr Sykes stated that, laboratory experiments would not enable the manufacture of dyes on a commercial scale to be undertaken, for a formula was only part of the business, and without a knowledge of the trade- secrets connected with the process of manufacture a formula itself would be of but little value. To guard these secrets the greatest care was taken, not only in German, but in British dye works also. The “intermediate*” we ro made up by a number of chemists working independently, and each one was compelled to coniine himself strictly to his particular part of the work. For instance, it would be impossible for him to visit tho various laboratories and make himself acquainted with tho manufacture of a particular dye. There has been a scarcity of synthetic dyes since the outbreak of the war, but Mr Sykes says that this is due solely to the difficulty of obtaining tho raw’material for commercial purposes, for these being required for high explosives were now to a large extent commandeered for war purposes. One result of tho difficulty of obtaining synthetic! dyes has bean a reversion ’to tho old vegetable dyes which for many years had gone out of use. Not only has there been a reversion to the old dyes, but also to the old dyers. Many men who had long retired from tho vegetable dye trade, Mr Sykes states, have returned to active life, and their services have been of the greatest value, for they possess a knowledge of the practicable application of vegetable dyes which is not shared by the younger generation, whose experience has been gained mainly with synthetic dvrs. Armstrong’s Annual Stocktaking Sale commences this morning at nine o’clock. 1 The first step towards securing a clear complexion is to purify tho blood. This can best bo done by taking a few Primrose Tablets, aptly described as Nature’s remedy for removing skin blotches, pimples and blackheads; safo for adult or child. Effective and economical, Is a box, from Cook and Ross, Ltd., Victoria Square, Christchurch. 2 A grateful user writes: “I take Baxter s Lung Preserver occasionally, and it does me good. 1 had a cold for 22 years and Baxter’s was the only thing that relieved me.” Is lOd buys largo bottle, 7

The Bromley Red Cross and Lady Liverpool Committee met on Saturday evening, Mr .1. Briggs presiding. Instead of holding a carnival' the committee lias this year made a straightout canvass for money, and tho response has been most gratifying. Some goods have also boon given. At last evening’s mooting of tho City Council the Mayor made reference to the fatal accident which occurred at the Styx railway crossing on Saturday, and suggested that the Railway Department '-moivl/l he urged to put a cvowiing;keeper on duty at the spot. After ai short, dismission it was decided to make representations to the Railway Department on the lines suggested by the Mayor.

At a meeting of the Sehvyn Plantation Board yesterday, the overseer reported that the total rainfall at Darfiehl during 1917 was 31,.42in, or a monthly average of 2.618 in. The rainfall for 1916 was 28.fi.5in, and for 1915 19-7,‘iin. The heaviest fall for a month was ~- n September, when 0.43 in fell, while next in order wero December, with 4.48 in, and May, 4.23 in. Tho lowest monthly rainfall was in June, when I.oßin fell. In spite of tho shortage and high price of coal, it would seem that firewood is not in great demand in tho country. At a meeting of tho Sehvyn Plantation Board yesterday, one member stating that along certain country roads several miles of trees bad been cut down in order to room for the wires lately installed in connection with the Lake Coleridge scheme. These trees would make excellent firewood, but they were just being allowed to rot. The farmers did not consider it worth while to go to the expense of cutting and carting the wood.

At last evening’s meeting of the City Council the By-laws, Finance and Departmental Committee reported tho following cases of duplicate street names which it considerfd should bo corrected, and made the Pillowing recommendations:—Hanover Street, Sydenham (Burke Street); Harper Street, Sydenham (no alteration), Harper Street, North Richmond (Julius Terrace); Leith Street, Sydenham (no alteration); Leith Street, St Albans (Petrie Street); Victoria Street, .Central (no alteration); Victoria Avenue, Opnwa (Oholniondelev Avenue); York Street, Central (Weka Place); York Street, Onawa (no alteration). Tho report was adopted.

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FOR SALE. 15cwt WOLSELEY EXPRESS VAN, 200. We have for sale a 12-16 h.p. Strong, Economical, Roomy Express Van (brand now body, nicely painted), complete with wind shield, .spare wheel, etc. Now on view at our garage. Price for quick sale, £2OO. Adams Ltd., 219, Tuam Street. 1959