TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18411, 18 May 1920, Page 4

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

An English and Australian mail, by the Westralia, will be received in Christchurch this morning.

A Press Association message from. Wellington announces that a wireless from tho Taluno states that she picked up tho lost schooner Retriever between Raiatea and Papeete, and is towing her to the latter place.

At the Magistrate’s Court at Napier yesterday, James George Tracey, a Customs Clerk, charged with the theft of Government moneys totalling £4631, pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentence to Wellington. Tho Board of Governors of Canterbury College has purchased a property adjoining Rollest'on House, Itolleston Avenue, and will use it as a further addition to tho men’s hostel. This is the fifth residential placo the board is using for tho hostel in one block in that part of the city. In the Arbitration Court at New Ylymouth yesterday Mr Justice Stringer awarded Clara Florence Jamieson £SOO compensation for the death of her husband, Noble Alfred Jamieson, engineer of the small oil vessel Malioe, which foundered at the entrance to the Waitara River, in January, 1919. Tho Council of Churches met Inst night, Dr Erwin presiding over an attendance of about forty members. Nurse Maude, by invitation, gave an address on the work of the District Nurses’ Association, and a vote of thanks was passed to her. A similar vote was passed to Air E. J. Howard, M.P., for an address on indentured labour in Samoa. A telegram from To Kuiti states that a firo occurred at the Alan gape hi Trading Company’s store, which was destroyed. Only the books were saved. Tho building and stock were insured for £2500. It is estimated that the loss to tho company will amount to £ISOO. Tho origin of the fire is unknown. Tho watchman passed shortly before the outbreak and noticed nothing unusual. This is the second firo in a short period.

Tho following passengers made flights in the Aviation Company’s machines yesterday:—Alesdames J. Brake, J. G. Tapper and H. Ford; Alisses AI. Addenbrooke, N. Day and F. Sheater; and Alessrs J. M’Phail, F. Gavin, W. F. Takes, W. F. Farrant, J. Coffey, AY. Doran, W. J. Barnett, L. Barnett, B, Trolovo and H. Ford. Among the passengers who made weekend flights were Mrs R. B. Forsyth and Mi's G. Hanmer.

The Tramway Board met yesterday ; present—Hon J. Barr, M.L.C, (chairman), and Messrs S. A. Staples, T. H. Davoy, D. Sykes, G. T. Booth, 11. Pearce, J. Wood, ,T. W. Walter, and A. S. Taylor. A motion submitted by the chairman and seconded by Mr Staples that a special resolution passed on May 3 providing for superannuation for two employees in the special branch should bo confirmed, was passed. Accounts amounting to £18,399 2s 4d wero passed for payment. Mr Sykes said that on the Lincoln Road line, on Sunday, trailers were brought out from tho powerhouse and left at the terminus, instead of being used to deal with the abnormal traffic caused by tho Prince’s visit. The chairman said that a report on the question would be obtained. The board went into committee to consider several questions. At a meeting of the board of management of tho Christchurch Printing Traded Union, held on Saturday evening, a circular was received from the Labour Representation Council inviting the union to send a letter to the Minister for Defence protesting against the continued imprisonment of military conscientious objectors. The circular also asked the union to consider the advisability of holding stop-work meetings to demand their release. Tho hoard decided to send a letter of protest to the Defence Minister. An appeal for assistance was received from the Victorian (Australia) Typographical Society, the members of which had been on strike for eloven weeks in an endeavour to have the hours of work per week reduced from forty-eight to fortyfour, and tho wages increased to £5 It was mentioned that a jobbing compositor in New Zealand at present worked forty-five hours a week, for which lie received £5. The board decided to make a preliminary donation of £lO to tho Victorian Typographical Society, the donation to bo followed by others if necessary. A stuffy feeling in the head, accompanied by a general depression of the spirits, is generally the first symptoms of a cold. The safest course is to always keep a bottle of Loasby’s “Stop It” in your home, and so check both cold and cough at its onset. Is 6d, 2s 6d and 4s 6d, all chemists and stores. Loasby and Co., Chemists (opp. Ballantyne’s). fl 1

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The Labour Representation Committee, at a meeting on Saturday, decided to hold a ballot on May 20, to select a candidate to contest tho election for the vacant seat on the City Council. Tho City Eire Brigade received a call at 1.24 p.m. yesterday to No- 72, llolleston Avenue, where a tar-pot, engaged in path repair work, was burning. A big volume of smoke caused the outbreak to look formidable, but the only damage was to a fence. A Press Association telegram from Invercargill states that the original cases of mild smallpox in Invercargill are now convalescent, but yesterday another suspect was removed to the hospital. Tho health authorities urge tho public to submit to vaccination, though stating that, there is no cause for alarm.

A proposal to increase tram lares has been adopted by tho Auckland City Council and contiguous local bodies, with tho exception of Newmarket, which asks for a modification of tho new scale. The penny section is to be abolished altogether, tho minimum fare now being twopence, with corresponding increases. Concessions have been reduced. One penny above cash rates will ho added to all Sunday fares. At the meeting of the Woolston Borough Council last evening a letter was read from the Canterbury Progress League, requesting the appointment of two of the council’s representatives to a conference to discuss tho proposed Lyttelton harbour improvements. Councillor Hart moved that the league should be informed that as Woolston was a working-class borough, the council could not send representatives unless the meetings wore held in the evening. Tho Woolston councillors, ho said, were mostly working men, and could not afford to lose the time to attend meetings in tho afternoon. An amendment that representatives should be sent, with a, recommendation that such meetings should bo held in the evening, was eventually carried. A Press Association telegram states that a deputation from the standing sub-committee of tho New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association’s Executive waited upon tho Minister of Lands at Wellington yesterday regarding tho closing down of advances under section 2 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act. The aim of the deputation was to obtain sonio assurance that applications would he received upon production of documentary evidence that genuino contracts for tho purchase of properties had been entered into prior to the sudden notification of the suspension of advances. The Minister was unable to give this assurance, stating that ho could nob commit the Government, and that the matter would he considered by Parliament ns soon as possible after the opening of the coming session. The •New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association intends circularising local branches throughout, tho Dominion for particulars of cases where genuine contracts have been entered into prior to or within, say, a week of the Minister’s statement notifying tho suspension or “slackening” of advances. These oases when in hand will be presented before the Minister at tho earliest opportunity. The Christchurch Council of Churches lias sent a letter to the Prime Minister urging that bookmaking should bo made illegal, and that post and telegraph offices should he closed to betting business. The letter states that the Canterbury Jockey Club has written to the council stating that it will support any action that will make the law effective, and the letter to Air Alassoy says:—“You can, therefore, count on Racing Club support for our request.” It adds that the renlics of candidates at the last general election show a practically unanimous decision to support legislation that will make bookmaking illegal and will ban the bookmaker. The letter continues: 1 1 Wo wish to emphasise the widespread operations of tho bookmakers. In each of the largo towns there are at least eight' firms, very well known and very financial, engaged in the business, to say nothing of the smaller fry, whose name is legion. In a case in which one of these men was involved, he confessed to annual profits of from £3OOO to £4OOO. The amount of money that parses through the hands of the bookmakers of the Dominion must he immense and must enormously increase the amount reported as invested on the totalisator.” The system of double betting is condemned, and it is suggested that nothing will serve but an Act amending the Canning Acts of 1908 nnd 1910. There should he a very careful and comprehensive definition of tho bookmaker. The calling should be made definitely illegal, nnd those suspected of engaging in it should be dealt with summarily by a. Alagistrntc, and the penalty should ho imprisonment without a fine. The remedy suggested bv the Racing Clubs was futile. Thoy had suggested that the licensing of the double totalisator would destroy bookmaking. Its restitution would not trouble the bookmaker. Nobody could invest on the machine except those who visited the course; the bookmaker would have all the rest of the Dominion to do business with. The only effective way of grappling with a very urgent posiion ivas bv direct legislation banning the bookmaker. Becoming glasses must bo perfectly fitted and accurately adjusted, as well as carefully ground and mounted. Special attention is paid to these im~ Eortant features by Walter J. Watson, ►.8.0.A., London, Expert Optician, 695, Colombo Street. 16 No one likes moving, but the work can be made much lighter if competent men are employed. J. AI. Hoywood and Co-, Ltd., have them, and three up-to-date par ieclinicons. Telephones 250. 1241 and 2174. XI Pilkington’s Alotors are now running Christchurch-Akaroa at 20s return. 7442 School of Art Students’ requisites, Artists’ colours, canvas, brushes, drawing papers and drawing material at Gibb’s Art Depot, 105 Cashel Street. X

VISITORS CORDIALLY INVITED TO INSPECT THE 1920 SIUDEBAKERS.

Visitors to Christchurch during the visit of 11.R.H. tho Prince of Wales are cordially invited to pay a call at Mossrs Adams, Limited’s, Showrooms, where tho magnificent new 1920 Studobaker cars are on view. This, is the finest showroom and the finest display of cars in Australasia. We should like to direct special attention to some of the leading features of the 1920 Studobaker. In the first place, is tho very high standard of equipment. Ignition, for instance, is catered for by the quick-starting Dixio Aero Magneto, which costs £25 extra to fit, but which is standard equipment for Studebakers. Then there is the fact that Cord Tyres, costing £llO for the Special Six and £l2B 10s for the Big Six, are standard equipment. They are specified because they obviate all danger of bursting, are free from punctures and are absolutely safe in every way. Being wire-beaded and straightsided they cannot crack or tear away at the bead. Instead of fabrio they are built of a whip-cord wound casing. The new St-udebakors, too, are fitted with the new cushion drive, which minimises starting strains and saves wear and tear on chassis and tyres. The motors have detachable cylinder heads, which any owner can remove, making it easy to clean out carbon deposits. Other features are the electrically welded body panels,, which cannot squeak or rattlo. the now and splendidly efficient Studebaker carburetter which gets the last ounce of power out of the motor, the real leather upholstering, the lowset English-style seats and the new gear box, separate from the engine, easily accessible, and a great improvement over gear boxes attached to engine or back axle. Our special system of mirror display makes inspection of all. these features possible. Everyone interested is invited to inspect. No one pressed fo buy. Adams, Limited, Showrooms, 152-151,, High Street. X