NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 765, 24 July 1916, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Representatives of the City Council, Tramways Board, and Beautifying Association will meet in the City Council Chambers this evening to discuss the Cathedral Square beautifying scheme. In addition to the designs already discussed, three others have also been sent in. The City Council's representative will be the Mayor and Crs A. S. Taylor and J. R. Hayward. The Mayor (Mr 11. Holland) will preside at the illustrated lecture to be given by Mr W. 11. George, of Wellington, at the Theatre Royal on Wednesday night. Mr J. F. Jones will sing, "Keep the Home Fires Burning" and ' • The Deathless Army,'' and an orchestra.will provide the music. Over 4000 ft of film will be used and about 150 slides, in which many faces can be recognised. The Y.M.C.A. National Council will haye charge of the lecture. "Nearly one-third of the teachers in New Zealand are uncertificated," said Mr J. Caughley, Assistant Director of Education, in Wellington on Friday night. He was speaking on the subject of certificates at the time, and mentioned that his argument against only one certificate being issued to teachers was that it was essential that a series of examinations should be held, so that the best teachers could be found. It would also give the younger teachers some object to work for. The tobacco habit, as the story of Kut has once more shown, has added ter'ribly to the privations of a siege in its last days, however much consolation it may bring at earlier stages (says the "Chronicle''). "The leaves of the trees were all smoked away for want of tobacco," Lady Canning wrote home concerning the siege of Lucknow, ami even bark was smoked there. In Ladysmith the men smoked dried sunflower leavqs and tea leaves for many weeks before the relief. Three, weeks before the end a half-pound cake of black tobacco cost 45/-, and a bos of inferior cigars £6 10/-, and a packet of Id Virginia cigarettes 25/-. The Kut prices appear to have been rather worse. A roll of honour, which forms a noble commentary on the scrupulous impartiality of British police methods and the undoviating fairness of British justice is (says the "Daily Express"), in the proud keeping of the authorities at New Scotland Yard. It is a roll of honour of men who forsook their life of crime and voluntarily offered their lives to their country on the outbreak of war. There are 70 names on the roll—all of them of men wiio were criminals and became clean-living, self-sacrificing soldiers when they realised that their country was in peril. The majority of these 70 men have been killed in action. Some of them were decorated for bravery. One man was awarded the Victoria Cross for a brilliant achievement in the German trenches in Prance; another was decorated by the Tsar with the St. George 's Cross. GREAT EXCITEMENT! So far over 1000 Guesses for the Gift Bicycle AT JONES BROS.' GIGANTIC STOCKTAKING SALE— The Greatest Value-Giving Sale ever held in New Zealand. 50 PER CENT. REDUCTIONS. Everybody, is. talking of our Wonderful Bargains. The Sale has been a record one; and we have no hesitation in saying that every Customer has gone away more than satisfied. LAST TWO WEEKS' Don't fail to share these Bargains—you! will save pounds. Sec Saturday's even iug papers for price list. ASK FOR COUPON Entitling you to a Free Guess in our; 1 Bicyi-le Competition. SUE OCR BARGAIN WINDOWS, j JONES BROS., LTD., Motor Cycle and Cycle Experts 8. Clock Tower, Christen ureh.

Herbert Harris, aged 14, who was reported to be missing from Soekburn' on Fridav, has been found at Bay. * ?<-.-- Dr Jennings has sold his house. No. 83 Gloucester Street West, to- Messrs Hawkes and Co., Ltd., who will -erect a garage on the site. At the Juvenile Court this morning, before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., a male child, two years of age, who was deernr ed to be not under proper control, was committed to the Receiving Home, to be brought up in the Church of England faith. Private W. J. Guy, Canterbury Infantry, who has been reported wounded, is the third son of Mr W. J. Guy,"'of Pertf side. He is 20 years of age, and left New Zealand with the 4th Reinforcement. He served six months on Galb> poli, and then went to France, and this is the first time he has been incapacitated.