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All cricket matches will be played to-day. The • pavilions have all been disinfected. Players are requested to dress in their flannels at home, as they will not be allowed to congregate in the pavilions. By order of the Health Officer, the Inspector of Factories has advised all proprietors of factories that all the doors and windows in their premises must be kept wide open. Any failure to observe this regulation will entail the total closing of any factory. In a St Albans household, the husband, wife, daughter, son and the cook are down, and the household is being managed by a little maid. A suggestion has been made that every employer, as soon as an employee shows the ieast sign of indisposition, should send him or her" home. It is reported that many employees in public places obviously are suffering from the first stages of the trouble, and are allowed to remain at their workAnother suggestion is that inspectors should 1 visit public places and order home anybody likely to spread the disease. „ Chemists' shops were very busy an day yesterday, and attendants have been' rushed almost off their feet. One of the leading chemists said that stocks of drugs were holding well, but that there was a shortage of formalin, and he feared that'the wholesalers would raise the price. An inhalation chamber has been installed in the "Lyttelton Times" Office for the use of the staff. The same course is being followed by a number of business firms in the oity and subxirbs. Colonel Jennings left Wellington for Christchurch yesterday, for the p,urposo bf collaborating with Dr Chesson in dealing with the influenza epidemio in Christchurch. Colonel Jennings has been closely.in touch with the system adopted at Auckland to combat the disease.

On account of influenza the Fortyeighth Reinforcement draft, on its arrival in camp, was sent home. For the same reason no men are being sent to camp for home service duty at present.

Mr A. C. Maxwell., head master of the Beckenham School, has been attached temporarily to Dr Chesson's headquarters staff as a volunteer. All proficiency and other school examinations have been postponed indefinitely. Mr A. W> Jamieson, assistant manager of the Farmers' Co-operative Association, who is amongst the sufferers, yesterday sent, the Mayor a cheque for £2O, and asked hinv to divide the money amongst necessitous sufferers. The spring meeting of tie South

Canterbury Jockey dub which was to have been - held next week has been postponed in consequence of the influx enza epidemic. • The Government offices in the Provincial Council Buildings and 1 Government offices in all other buildings havo been fumigated with formalin. The C.D.C. has received information from the commandant ? Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer, stating that owing to the depletion or the staff, caused by, the influenza epidemic, it will be, impossible to receive birds, presented by, the members of the Utility Poultry; Club, before November 26. Arrangements which were made for forwairdinjg the fowls on NoVember 18 have accord? ingly been postponed. The Oity Council's waterearts wate*ed the streets with disinfectants yesterday. The disinfectant is mixed witii water, and the solution is given a wide distribution over the streets.*

The Waimairi County Council in tha same way is watering Papanui Road and Riccarton Road, and Mr S. A.. ; Staples (chairman) has instructed men cleaning side channels to carry supplies of disinfectant and distribute it wherever germs are likely to have a hold. Mr J. M'lntosh, municipal traffic in-t specter, has fumigated all the taxicabs in the city. ../, > Dr A. C. Sandston was indisposed osv Thursday, but was well again yesterday. Dr M. G. Loxiisson was recovering. Dr H. Simpson's influenaa haa developed into pneumonia, but he was reported yesterday to be improving. The assistant commissioner of tha St John Ambulance Brigade requests all business men and others employing members and ex-members of the Ambulance Brigade to allow such members leave of .absence while the epidemic; rages. The hospital 6taff is considerably depleted and all persons who have had any nursing training are urgently required.

There was a good attendance at a meeting held in the Riccarton Borough Council Chambers last evening to consider measures to combat the epidemic. Mr J. Brown, the. Mayor, presided. Arrangements were to assist all those in need of help. /The Borough,, Council, it was reported, had establish-' ed an inhalation room adjacent to thai council buildings, and the council em-1 ployees had been busy at work disin-l fecting_ the channels in the district. Special precautions are being taken 1 , at the Lyttelton Gaol, where each'pri-j soner has to go through an inhalation j chamber twice a day. So far only two j mild case 3 haVe been reported in tho j gaol. As a precautionary measure the J prison chapel has been turned into a? hospital. j An anomaly in connection with tha/ closing of billiard saloons which is caus- ! ine* considerable heart-burning in Lyttelton is that, while billiard saloons' pure and simple are closed, no such re-r striction applies to billiard tables in hotels. ■■■•■'. ' !

A meeting of the Sumner Helpers* Committee was'held last night outside: the Town Hall, the Mayor (the Hon! J. Barr) presiding. The work of assisting those in n&ea of help was reported to be going on satisfactorily. Tho Mayor reported that over 600 people had passed through the inhalation car that day. A meeting of Redcliffs ladies will be held this afternoon on the Redcliffs tennis court.

A well attended mseting of Woolston residents was held outside the Woolston' Borough Council Chamber'-- ■-•->, night* the Mayor (Mr M'Grr;: \vright] presiding. The borough wiis divided into eleven blocks and arrangements were made for men to make a house-to-house visitation. After the publia meeting the Council met and authorised any expenditure necessars to fight the epidemic. Ladiefl willing to assist are invited to attend a meeting to be held at tha Council Chambers at three o'clock todav.

Meetings in furtherance of the cam-' paign against the epidemic will be held as follows: —In front of Convalescent Home, Cashmere, 8 p.m. to-day; Papanui Sundav School grounds, 7.30 p.ma to-day; Rugby Street School, 4.15 p.m.? to-morrow; Dickens,Street Hall, Ad~ dingtoiii 7.30 p.m. to-day. £ j Past and present kindergarten teach- j era able if called upon to assist th« Plunket nurses or at the Baby Hospital i are asked to communicate at once with Mrs T- E. Taylor, 'phone 2805. Mr H. J. Beswick, 91, Carlton chairman of Knox Church district, makes an urgent appeal for women '■ workers.