LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 24 November 1926, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

v\n outstanding feature of the lone tests which have been held during' (he last two nights at the Empire Theatre lias been the remarkably faithful reproduction by tlie new His Master’s Voice machine. " It is announced that the arrangements made ■ between the representative of His Master’s Voice and the visiting singer hate now been cancelled by mutual consent. Candidates for file Trinity College of Music theoretical examinations are. notified that the local centre examination will be held at Bishop’s School, Nile street at 10 a.m. on Saturday 4th December. The general syllabus for 1927 examinations may now be had from the honorary local secretary (Mr Claughton), The question of the bulk petrol storage tanks, which'the Vacuum Oil Ply., Ltd., proposes to establish at Addington, was again discussed by the Christchurch City Council this week, when a notice of motion by the Mayqj' to rescind the previous, resolution granting the permit was lost. The permit to erect the tanks, against which the residents threaten to take proceedings for an injunction, thus stands.

Comparison between the amount spent on technical education in New Zealand with that spent in Victoria was made by the director of, the Wellington Technical College last evening (says “The Post”). “Tlie annual report on technical education shows that the expenditure on this branch of the service in 1925 was £209,000, an increase of £15,000 as compared with the previous year,” stated Mr Howell. “The greater part of the increased expenditure is due to the natural increase in salaries and allowances caused by the expansion of the work, the expenditure on buildings and equipment being £37,000, as compared with £31,000 in 1924. We hear a good deal about our large expenditure on education; but in the State of Victoria, with a population of only 15 per.cent, greater than that of New Zealand, the expenditure on technical education was £342,000.”

A big blackfish retarded the progress of tlie Maunganui yesterday afternoon when the vessel was off the Three Kings on tlie voyage from Sydney to Auckland. Curiously enough, tlie fish was caught on the stem of the vessel, and though split asunder, it slowed down the speed of the ship by about two knots. In order to rid the vessel of Its burden the engines were stopped for a short space and the fish fell from the bows as way was lost. —Press Association.

Kerbside pumps in Napier have to go, this being the decision finally arrived at by the Napier Borough Council last week. The committee to whom the matter had been 'referred expressed the opinion that it would not be fair ,or equitable to permit the erection of petrol pumps in one area of the town and to refuse permission to applicants in another area, and therefore recommended that the resolution passed by the council on March 15 last be reaffirmed, viz.—“ That all applications for the erection of kerbside petrol pumps be refused.” The committee further recommended that the proprietors of petrol pumps' and air stations already erected on the footpaths be notified that such pumps and air stations must be removed from the footpath before November 30. These recommendations were adopted by the council. / An important milestone in the progress of the Roman Catholic Church in New Zealand will be marked by the celebration this year of the jubilee of the introduction of the teaching order of Marist Brothers. In the education of the boys and girls of the Church the bulk of the burden in teaching the boys is shouldered by the Marist Brothers. Convent schools teach both, boys and girls in some towns, and in Dunedin boys are instructed by a similar, but separate, order known as-the Christian Brothers —who likewise celebrated their jubilee this year. All of these, like the Marist Brothers, are unsalaried. But in New Zealand generally it is the Marist Brothers who are best, known in this educational mission. The brothers are also widely associated with popular sport, which has brought Them into prominence in the Dominion. The celebration of the jubilee will commence in Auckland on Sunday, December 5. Pastor J. C. Macky, who has been supplying in the Baptist pulpit for the past three months, has accepted an invitation to the pastorate' at the church. On Thursday evening a welcome will be given him at a social in the schoolroom, to which members and friends are invited.

A final reminder is given of Dr. J-laigh’s organ recital at the School of Music this evening, which will no doubt attract a large audience as the previous recital a few weeks ago gave such great pleasure to all who were present.' No other chance of hearing such an ..accomplished organist as Dr. ITaigh is likely to present itself for a long time.

The Loyal Nelson Lodge, M.T.T., 1.0.0. F., will hold a euchre .tournament on Monday, 29th Nov. Special prizes (two Christmas hams) and usual prizes. In to-day’s issue the Railway Department draws attention to the delaying of Friday night’s train to Belgrove until 10.50 p.m. in connection with the Sunny Spain Carnival. For the Shew, come to Traflien’s for handbags, silk hosiery, gloves, smart, millinery, new scarves, costumes, stylish frocks.*

The Workers’ Coop. Ladies’ Guild avo holding a euchre tournament and dance on Friday night. The first prize for lady or man is a Christmas ham. Kasha coals are lightly priced at Tratlien’s from 69/6.* Alfred Gould will offer by auction at Appleby on Wednesday Ist December, a fine selection of household goods. •Quality comes first Trathen’s reliable i 1 k .hosiery, holeproof. Morley’.s, Harvey all reasonably priced.* All Wool Bathing Costumes for Ladies, Navy, Saxe, Jade, and Bed, in good shape, with skirt attached, 11/6 upwards. —McKay' s. * For ready to wear apparel, Tratlien's. Discount for cash.*

Rubber Bathing Caps for Ladies and Girls. Splendid range of colours and designs 1/- to 3/6 each at McKay’s.* Silk jumpers 16/6, 1956, 29/6 to 45/6, long shapes, Trathen’s.*

One-piece Cotton Bathing Suits with skirts attached, for Maids and Girls, in Navy, tfb'nmcd Red, White, and Saxe, 5/- and 5/6, at McKay’s.*

Dainty voile dresses big variety at Trathen's, 22.6. 29/6, 39/6. 49/6.*

Emms’ Motors are advertising a revised service for the coming season. Their mid-day car and also weekly oryy service will prove a great benefit botn to the local residents and tourists, g;v ing as it does a surer means of transport between these plar.ee *

“It is an extraordinary ' thing'* that the moment a man is divorced lie seems to think that his obligations cease, and that lie can immediately forget about his children and any responsibilities in connection with them,” said Mr J. H. Salmon, S.M., in the .Magislrate’s Court at Wellington, when a defendant who had obtained a divorce horn his wife applied for the rescission of an order for maintenance in respect of his children.

His impressions of his first session in Parliament, together with a review of the work done, were given by Mr 11. G. R. Mason, M'.P. for’Eden, in an address on Monday. “My most outstanding impression is the way in which the remnants of the Liberal Party voted with the Goverliment,” he said. “It' made one realise that the Liberal Party, as we knew it in the past, is dead. One would have expected that, with the Opposition parties so small and the Government Party so large, that those in the Opposition would have clung together and have given mutual support on all possible occasions, but so great is the hatred' of the Liberals toward the Labour Party, or so little difference is there between the. Government and the Liberal policies, whichever way one cares to take it, that the .Liberals always voted with the Government.” 'MiMason said that the session had been .an unsatisfactory one, owing to the nacessi ty for pushing through legislation to allow Mr Coates to get away to the Imperial Conference. Since the new scale of salaries came into force at Home, educational appointments in the overseas Dominions have not been so popular, and the Seddon Technical Memorial College was unable to get a man as art instructor for LbUU a year, though it advertised in .New Zealand, Australia, and England (states (lie “Auckland Star”). In communicating the noil-success of the attempt in London to secure a man, the Education Department said it was informed that a suitable woman might be found. The scale, salary for a woman Would be four-fifths ‘of the salary for , a man. Some of the members wanted to knowwhy a New Zealander could not be found for the post, But the director said no one suitable bad applied. It was deckled to reply that tile board would be willing to consider a suitable woman for the post if she could be obtained.

Although the establishment of a seismograph at Auckland has been urged in scientific circles, it is an enthusiasm that is not shared by some of the citizens who have taken a prominent part in supporting bodies like the New Zea-. land Institute and kindred organisations (states the “Auckland Star”). “It is the last thing that I want to see in Auckland,” said one prominent citizen in Auckland, and he went on to say that information ip regard to earthquakes and seismic matters generally was .the worst kind of advertising that the Dominion could possibly have. He said that when in Australia lie had noted in (lie newspapers a paucity of Dominion news, which was frequently commented upon by the New Zealand residents there, but anything in connection with earthquakes was given great prominence, and an entirely wrong impression was being created in regard to New Zealand. Similarly when in London some time ago' he found in insurance circles an impression that earthquakes were an everyday experience in the Dominion. He had had tiie greatest difficulty in assuring the people lie met that quite ihe reverse was (he case.

The Dunedin “Star,” in an editorial on the cricket team managership, says: “Had Mr D. Reese been available, no better manager could have been iound for the New Zealand team io tour England. He was one of the best players of the game in his day, and, wliat is more, was one of the - best respected men to be found connected with the pastime. It is understood that in declining to consider the managership of the team, Mr Reese has indicated the man who, in his opinion, should be offered the position. This is our old friend Mr C. G. 'Wilson. He has been identified with cricket for very- many years, first in Melbourne, then in Dunedin, and k'terly in Wellington. Not merely because of. his playing abilities and. experience, but for his character, Mr Wilson has almost invariably captained the teams with which he has played. Mr Wilson lias also had a long business expedience, carrying with fit much responsibility', and it seems to us that New Zealand cricket is fortunate to have such a man available for life po-sit-ion of manager of the touring team. One would imagine that- there could be no hesitation over the selection. .... It is rumoured that from Christchurch will bo urged the claims of another gentleman for the managership, one who has been, ‘prominently identified with another branch of sport in New Zealand rather than with cricket. Of one tiling there can he little ’doubt, and that 1 is, that if the selection _ rested with the various cricket associations of the Dominion, the teani Avould leave under Mr Wilson’s management. That a member of the governing body of the game in Christ church is understood to have aspirations for the • managership puts those making the choice in a somewhat delicate position, hut personal considerations should weigh lightly as compared with the feeling of Cricketers throughout both islands.”

The need for more game bird sanctuaries in the ■TJoih'jnion is stressed in, a bulletin lately issued by the Ncyv Zealand Native" Bird Protection Society. “Sanctuaries, as they are called in England, or in America and Canada bird refuges, are the foundation of bird protection, gajpe or otherwise. Insufficient attention is paid in New Zealand to the establishment of game bird sanctuaries, which should be inviolate,” says the bulletin. “Finding national laws insufficient to protect migratory birds; including ducks and the like, treaties have been signed between Great Britain, America, and Canada, with, a view of international co-operation in protecting migratory birds. An Act is now before the American Congress, supported by many bird-protection societies and game commissions, to provide adequate funds for purchasing a- chain of sanctuaries, including lakes, swamps, etc., along the routes of certain birds. The modern gun is so deadly that it. is found even game birds, with all their cunning, become exterminated unless efficient sanctuaries are prodded.”

Show sunshades, best variety Tra then’s 3/6 to 30/-."

A lady doctor in England has just declared that smoking is a wonderful preservative of the teeth, and that although the teeth c.f some smokers may he discoloured they are generally sounder than those of the non-smokers. So manv hard things have been said about tobacco that it is refreshing to find a lad\ r —and a lady medico at that—putting in a good word for the weed. Of course every smoker knows that smoking prevents or arrests dental decay. What every smoker does not' know, or at all events ignores, is that an excess of nicotine in tobacco is highly injurious. And that’s where our New Zealand tobaccos come in. Being comparatively free from nicotine they may he smoked almost incessantly without affecting tiie nerves or heart. Moreover, they are all toastcr]_ jicnce their fine flavour ami delightful aroma. Made hi several strengths they appeal to all tastes—Riverhead Gold, mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Gul (Bulldog) is a fragrant medium ; and Cut Plug No. 10' (Bull’s Head) a fine full flavoured tobacco. They are on sale everywhere.*

In a divorce caSe set doivn for decision at Auckland to-morrow, both parties are well over the allotted span of three score years and ten, states a Press Association telegram.

The question cf the utilisation of New Zealand coal in larger quantities for the manufacturer! gas was discussed by the Under-Secretary of Mines (Mr A. 11. Kirnb’ell) while on a visit to the West Coast (says “The Post”) Mr Kimbell said that during the past few weeks lie had personally visited all the gas works in the Manawatn and Wairarapa districts, the works at Auckland. Miramar, and Timarn, in order to obtain as much knowledge as possible of the troubles experienced in the carbonisation of coal. The results obtained indicated that a greater quantity of New Zealand coal would be used by some of the gas works in the future. One of the troubles experienced by some of the gas works which bad been recently installed was due to the fact that the New Zealand ,coal swelled in the retorts mpre than Australian coal. It was. pleasing to note, added the Under-Secretary, that practically all gas works managers were in sympathy with using greater quantities of New Zealand coal provided that it was kept free of stones and other impurities. “Competition in the coal business is more acute to-day than it has been for a very long time,” Mr Kimbell remarked, “and, as is the case in other commodities, quality is the factor that very often determines the measure;# of business obtained. This cannot be loo,strongly emphasised.”

There has been in New Zealand a widespread fight between the live trees that bear leaves and the dead trees that blossom forth in insulators. In Hawkes Ray, lovers of the beautiful are putting up a fight, for the Napier “Daily Telegraph” writes: “For some days past now a rumour lias been gathering strength that the. Hawkes Bay Electric Power Board, in the course of its operations, would presently be laying axe to the poplars that form the beautiful avenue at the Pakowhai Bridge. In order to ascertain if there was any truth in the rumour, a “Telegraph” reporter approached Mr If. H. AVylie, the secretary of the board. ‘Stuff and nonsense,’ was Air Wylie’s caustic comment. ‘The board has no intention of touching any of the trees in the avenue. Anyone with the slightest grain of commonsense would realise that such a beautiful setting of trees would have to -remain intact, at any price. ‘I may sav,‘however, he continued, ‘that the board has gone to no little expense in deviating its lines somewhat so as leave these trees as they are.’ ”

Although votes were made by Parliament last session.for the installation at Pencarrow Head and God ley Head of radio direction-finding stations similar to that at Cape Maria van Diemen, which is to operate as from Ist December, it may be some time before the plant is bought and the stations are put into working order. The Marine Department is anxious to see to what extent vessels make use of the Northern station before it proceeds with the other’ installations. The value to navigation of radio beacons is widely acknowledged, but in order that vessels at sea may benefit by the transmitting apparatus ashore it is necessary for' them to be equipped with a complementary instrument, and the completion of the beacon programme at Wellington and Lyttelton will probably depend upon the number of steamers which are so equipped. A diapnone fogsignal apparatus for use in thick weather is now being erected at Pencarrow, in the vicinity of the lighthouse. Excavation work is also in progress on the cliffs at Godlev Head with a view to the installation of a similar warning device there. Air J. Morris, representing the Canterbury Shoe Coy., of Timaru, arrived in Nelson last evening from Reefton, being the first motorist to bring his car through from the Coast since the big flood of three weeks ago. Mr Morris, driving a Dodge Bros.’ car, states that lie had no great difficulty in getting through, even though, the mud was two feet deep in places, and he had to traverse about one and a half miles ot fern and log country crossing Long Ri-' ver Plain into Murchison.

, There will be a. good display of flowers at the Y.M.C.A. Hall to-night, arranged by the Nelson Horticultural Society to take the place of the rose and sweet pea show. Good entries have been received for the rose classes, and iir addition there will he exhibits of sweet peas and other flowers. No Charge will' he made for admission buta collection will be made .towards expenses.

On Friday 3rd December a farewell evening for Miss Lorimer, retiring Principal of (he Girls’ College, is to be held in the gymnasium at 8 p.m. All old girls are invited.