CHRISTCHURCH NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15033, 5 January 1911, Page 4

CHRISTCHURCH NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

CHRISTCHURCH, January 4.

Banks Peninsula eeems to possess strong attractions lor able-bodied young men during the gra&s-seeding season. At the local office of tin Labour Department today there was quite a email crowd of young' followe oliering their services for tho work, and bent on obtaining the necessary passes to take them to the scene of operations. The applicants included a number of new arrivals in New Zealand, but the majority was made up of young men from the country who have had previous experience of grass-seeding. The officer in charge states that there is a demand on the Peninsula for men who are experts at grass-threshing. A passenger by tho train from the Cass on Tuesday night alleges that on one portion of tho route tho train was driven at an excessive and dangerous speed. He was not able to definitely indicate the part of the line, but said thafc it was a part where there are many curves and cuttings. So severe was the oscillation that ladies were thrown off the seats and articles in the rack fell on the floor. The oscillation was felt more in the carriages at the rear than on those in front. His impression was that on some occasions the train was running solely on the wheels on one side. He estimates the speed at between 50 and 60 miles an hour,