LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 187, 4 July 1919, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

, All returned soldiers are' requested to parade in uniform at the Drill Shed on.'Sunday afternoon to attend the church parade in Market Square.

With the departure of a number of' vessels from the port, shipping at .Auckland is expected to be quiet for Some time. The falling off is leaving a large number of waterside workers unemployed. ' N .Study economy and save money by buying at J. W. O'Neill's sale. — Advt. •• .■: ~.. .'■-• ' /; ■ A;. ■ The Auckland City Council took

over the electric tramways service this week. The purchase price agreed upon between the Council and the company is £1,143,750, subject to certain small adjustments. The ratepayers have authorised the raising of; a debenture loan of £1,250,000 ••fo meet the cost of acquiring the service. ......

Every article reduced in price at j. W. - O'Neill's sale.—Advt, ; 1 Not a little inconvenience and > loss of time were imposed on a country resident and his wife who left a motor-car alongside the footpath in Market Street North last evening while they visited a restaurant. Returning, they found that the car had disappeared. Some considerable time afterwards the police discovered the car in Alfred Street.

The following will represent the Central A junior football team in their match against Opawa juniors on the Domain on Saturday at 3 o'clock sharp: Hale, Linton, N. Hears, Humphreys, Wolferstan, G. Jackson, Herd, Long, Wareham, Catley, C Sau*r T. Davies, Robb, Garrick, Ward, West, Paynter, and G. McI&oa'c.

A meeting of representatives of commercial and industrial organisa-

tions in Ohristcliurch this morning resolved to send a deputation to Wellington to discuss with the General Manager and the Minister for Rail-

ways matters arising out of the restriction of the railway services beU r-e-n Christchurch and Lvttelton, and in Canterbury generally. The deputation is expected to 'leave on Tuesday.

A Pi\j?s Association telegram from Wellington states that the Appeal Court was engaged this morning in

hearing r.n originating summons to decide the following questions as between the Auditor-General and the Eltham Drainage Board: "Is the dependant Board empowered by section 14 of the Land Drainage Act to act upon the authority conferred on County Councils by' the Counties Act and pay actual travelling expenses or pay a sum in . lieu of travelling expenses to rbi* chairman of the defendant Board?" Judgment was reserved.

A public thanksgiving service will be held in Market Square on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.' The Tenth M.B. Band, returned soldiers, and members of the territorials and senior cadets will parade.

A Sy.dtioy co,ble message states that at the coursing tournament the New Zealand dog Seaplane was runner-up for the Grand .Challenge Purse. No New Zealmd teams were placed in the Champion Cup or other events.

Cable advice received by the Union Company in Dunedin states that the Vancouver labor, strikes were settled on July 3rd, and that the Makura is now definitely fixed to leave Vancouver on July 6th for Auckland.

The Nelson Rugby Union has received, from Mrs (Dr.). Andrew an enlarged, photograph of the combined Nelson and Marlbprough team which played against. Britain in 1908. The photograph, is to be ; hung in the Union room.

The Wellington Anglican Synod has approved of the site of St. Mark's Church for the proposed Anglican Cathedral, subject to the re-port of a geological expert. The Synod passed . a resolution deprecating raffles as a means of raising money for church work.. . ' ■ " ■',•'•'■'■•.■■■;• ■■•-■■■ r■■ ■■

A social and public meeting will be conducted at the Salvation Army Citadel to-night,: to welcome Major Colvin' from Wellington, who has just been appointed as Divisional Commander for this division of the Salvation ' Army's; operations .'■■■••. The major will, commence: an eleven days' special campaign to-night."

The time-table on the poison section of railways is not 'affected by-tne "cut," neither is thefe; any curtfeulineut of -gotidgr traffic, the service »oing on as before. No definite woi'd has yet been received as to .whether there is to to any further restriction of tho Pieton-Blenheini-Ward set-: vie*. ....■;.■'■' ' ■'."■".; ;■•*■ ■■■'■ ■ ' ■ •' •

Some Interesting tests have been carried out in California for the purpose of , ascertaining the tractive effort required for moving a load! on a concrete voad, as compared with that for other methods of construction. The test lwoad was three tons, and it was found that on unsurfaeed concrete roads the tractive effort required to keep ifc inmo'tion after it had been, started was 281b per ton-., as compared with 491b for a bituminous surface and 641b. for water-bound macadam. , ~...-..' ,

A general meeting of tihe Ma>rlborougli Land and Railway League is to be held in the Co:': cil Chamber, Blenheim, on next Monday afternoon. The objects of the meeting are e&b oufc in on advertisement as being the reorganisation of the League, the election of officers, and the arranging of a plan of campaign. The League is being reconstitiuted onlines which are calculated togive a materially stronger basis than it had before the war. A circular has b^en addressed I** , 24^ local bodies and organisations inviting them to appoMiib delegates to the executive, -TCJjiJh; a view to making the League actively represemtarfdve of the province. it is proposed to alter the name of the League to "The South Island Main Trunk Railway League."

.The first meeting of the Pieton Repatriation Committee was held last night, the attendance being as follows: Messrs G. J. Riddell, H. A. McCormick, A. A. Perahd, G. Smith, Dr Watson: Hill, and A, M. Thomson (repatriation officei"). Mr Riddell was elected chairman. .It was notified that Dr Watson HijLl had been appointed to the committee in order to give representation to the returned soldiers. Tito committee considered a numbar of .applications for financial assistance with a view to making: recommendations to the Blenheim committee. The effect of the appointment of a committee in Pieton is that all repatriation business from that district will be dealt with by the local body prior to being forwarded to the Blenheim committee.

Says the. Masterfcon Times: • Why should household coal cost £3 a ton in Christchurch and £2 2s in Hamilton? Why are eggs 3s s|d in Wellington and Is 9d per dozen in Ashburton? Why is the humble onion 4d per lb^ in Napier and 6&d in Waihi? To take a group of manufactured articles: Why should a bottle of Worcester sauce cost 7£d in Waihi and lid.in Whangarei? Why are wax vestas Is a doaen in Oamarii £<nd 9d a dozen in Alexandra ? And why can the Dunedinites buy waterbiscuits for 5d per lb while the inhabitants of Napier have to pay B|d? A 251b bag of flour costs .4s* 6d in Christchurch and 5s s£d in Master,- ---! ton, while a 71b bag of oatmeal costs 2s 4fd in Christchurch and 3s in Waihi. Why? And why should the Taihape citizen pay 9d for a packet of cigarettes which the Ashburton tobaconists dispense for 73d? Answers i to these questions would throw quite I a lot of light on the cost-of-living question.