NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 252, 27 November 1914, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Huiitly Belief Fund has received donations of five shillings each from T. H. Dakewell and M. N. Woodfield.

With the aid of searchlights it is possible to see 30 miles out to sea from a fort. Any ship can be recognised far away by her silhouette, and her name ascertained by consulting a book. Mr S. Hurst Seager is giving an illustrated lecture in aid of the Britain and Belgian Food Fund in the Choral Hall to-morrow evening. Seats may be booked at the Dresden.

The Sydenham unit of the Citizens' Defence Corps will hold a public meeting in the Football Club's Booms on Tuesday evening, at 7.30. New members are invited.

The following additional donations towards the Patriotic Fund have been received:—Christchurch Builders' Association £52, Waiau Ladies' Ball 6/-, Surplus Cash 10/1; total to date, £15,475 17/-.

The Telegraph Department advises that all the rivers in the district were clear at 9 a.m. to-day, with the exception of the Eanigtata, which was. described as being "fishable."

The usual weekly concert in connection with the King George Seamen's Institute, Lyttelton, was held last evening and was largely attended. Items were given by Mrs Palmer, Dr A 'Court, and Mr and Mrs W. Ingle, The Shaw-Savill steamer Tainui, which left New Zealand last week, carried freight free, 40 tons measurement of warm clothing consigned by the Belgium Belief Fund Committee to the High Commissioner, London, for distribution by the Prince of Wales Fund Committee among the poor of Great Britain and BelgiumSurprise had been expressed,-said Mr P. C. Webb at his meeting at Greymouth, that, the electorate should be represented :n Parliament by a miner. Continuing, the speaker said there would have been no surprise if he were a moneyed man and was lending money at 20 per cent., or a merchant who mixed sand with his sugar, or even a respectable undertaker. He was a miner and had no reason to be ashamed of it.

James P. Nolan, a builder, fifty .seven years' of age, and residing in Wilson's Road, Linwood, was injured yesterday ■morning, .while .attempting to stop a runaway horse. He was admitted to the hospital, where a jnedical examina; tion. indicated that Nolan had his right side badly bruised, With the probability of a fractured rib. This morning he was reported to have had a fair night.

A Press. Association message from Dunedin states that the Rev. P. B. Fraser states that while he refused to give the Presbyterian Assembly the name of the student who wrote the thesis to which Reference was made in the .course of the discussion on Wednesday, he offered to hand the original document Containing the name of the student to the committee.of the Assembly. It is very evident that the ladies of Christchureh' read the Social Round page of our paper.. Owen, whose announce-* ment about Golden Wattle Tea, which appeared for the first time on Wednesday, was kept busy all day. yesterday sending out orders and replying to correspondence and telephone replies for samples. We VvU l l Iv •* *.r numerous readers to ring, phone i:ifß ior a sample pound at 1/S or a 51b box of Golden. Wattle Tea-

Auother instance emphasising the long arm of the law is reported.../ About.three years ago a young man was convicted and fined at Temuka for an offence, and was given the customary seven days in which to find the money. "He went in search of the money, apparently to another

; hemisphere,; returning to the Dominion a ! couple of weeks ago to indulge himself, among other luxuries, in the thrills Of Carnival here. At the Cup Meeting he came beneath the friendly eye of Constable Smith, of Temuka. Mutual explanations followed, and the young man enjoyed an extra thrill not anticipated in connection with that particular meeting. The upshot was that he paid the fine rather than undergo imprisonment—rpaid up three years after the fine was imposed. A concert in aid of the Sydenham School Prize Fund was brought to a successful issue last Tuesday evening in the Sydenham Methodist Schoolroom. The concert was organised by Mr F. Caverhill, and the items rendered by the various performers -were very much appreciated and applauded by the large audience present. The following is" the list of performers and the items rendered by them:—lnstrumental trio, Miss D. Simpson and Messrs Simpson and Dan; Violin solo, Miss Kay; vocal items, Misses Dickenson, Cragg (2), Spiller (2), Wrenn, Messrs H. Harrington, Drayton, and party (4), and Master L. Cummins; recitations, Misses H. Ives, Wyle, Manhire, and E. Ranger; and hoop drill, Sydenham United Band of Hope. Miss H. Beardsall was accompanist. The prize fund was augmented by £B. MOTOR CYCLES. We have jnst landed a shipment of King Dick and Singer Motor Cycles, finished in dove grey, with several improvements. There is no need to dwell on the quality of these Motors, as recent results can prove; winning every side car trial except one takes a lot of beating. These victories .speak for themselves. Sole Agents: JONES BBOS., LTD., 122 Manchester 3treet. Inspection invited. Catalogue free. • Note. —We have a few good Secondhand Motors for sale, cheap. 243

Mr F. B. Hughes, Governmfeiit candidate for Christchurch South, will meet the members of the ladies' committee, and friends and supporters at 13 Baretta Street, on Tuesday next, at 2.30 p.m.

Mr H; G, EH haa written to the Minister of Public "Works urging' liim to push on with the preparation ,of'.' plans and calling tenders for the St. Helens Home and the additions and alterations to the Christchurch Post Office, in order to relieve,-.-unemployment in,the building trade. , The telephone has now been connected to the caretaker's #t Kennedy's Bush, from the city.\ During the past five months 1463 names of visitors (90 per centv of wJipni belonged to Christchurch) have -been inscribed in the visitors' ibook at the house..

Of the twelve men selected by the i Labour Department to proceed last I night to Gisborne for work, only ten put in an appearance. Twelve men i are to be sent to Ashley Gorge to-night, II and twelve will be sent to Conway , Gorge on Wednesday, and twelve on Thursday. About thirty will proceed to the Conway-Kaikoura Road some time;' next week> twenty from Christ--1 ■ church and ten from Timaru. At the. conclusion of Carnival Week, IMr Hiram Hunter, secretary" of the 1 Tramwaymeh 's TJniqn, wrote to the subInspector of Police at Christchurch, ex- ! pressing appreciation of the way in . which the police had controlled /the « traffic. The Subrlnspector has replied, . thanking the union for its appreciation of the services of the police; and ' assuring it that its thanks would be [conveyed to the sergeants and con- [ stables concerned. • I Application for discharge was made •j in the' Supretrie Court this morning'on | behalf of a bankrupt who had ''gone r through the Court" in 1912. His Hon- • i bui' Mr Justice Deuniston said that the [■[' bankruptcy' seemed to Have been due |j to recklessness, but the 'bankrupt-'was ' i now in a position where he..could not ' ] very well become involved with credit- - 1! ors. He was serving his .country with the Expeditionary .Force, and under the circumstances there could be no objection to the discharge. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Lyttelton Methodist Church was celebrated on Sunday. The Rev. J. Neale, St. Albans, occupied the pulpit in the morning, and Rev. A. Mitchell, in the evening. The celebrations were contiued last evening, when a public tea, followed by an organ recital and concert, was held. Choruses were given by the choir and also items by Mr and Mrs Joll, Rev. A." Mitchell and family. During the evening, Rev. W. A. Sinclair, chairman of the North Canterbury Methodist district, gave an address on Church work. The financial statement to September 80 showed a deficiency of £2O, which, however, had been paid off as a result of the efforts of the past few days; The church ground had been, cleared up and church painted by voluntary labour. The prospects for the -coming year were reported as! bright. ■■'.-, j