LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 857, 8 November 1916, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

e A Christchurch citizen, .Mr .1. Barlow,! of Fairfield Avenue, has invented a now j fruit anil vegetable paeking-case. wlii <• ii j was exhibited ;it tin* lost n.eering of the! < 'lmstehur'-h fruitgrowers ' A -serial ion. ■ .Mr Barlow stated that the rasp would carry fruit 1300 miles without tierri- ! incur. The following programme will lie play- | cd by I Jerry’s I'rlvaie Baud at its con-; cert in M.arkit Square to morrow night: | —overture. “Zampa” (llerold ; valso. “.leunessc Dorce” < Waldteufel i : pot - pound, “.Melodious Memories'' iFim-k; piccolo solo, “The Wren’’ ((J Jauiare), soloist A. Hutton; intermezzo. “l.iebe-j strauiu “ ( Bioii): overrule, “ Kuy Bias’’j (Martholdy:: serenade, “A Reverie - ' (Hume); and “Coronation March "i (Meyerbeer i. Air ,(. McCombs, M.H.. has seat tie ! following telegram to the Hon. W. I). S. Mac Donald, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, and President of the Board of Trade; —Flour has gone up another lb/- per ton, making a total advance of 50 per cent, on the juices ruling in 1012 and I!H3. Further advances are probable unless the Government temporarily suspends the duty on Australian Hour. Such action would have a steadying effect on prices without endangering local industry. The annual Christchurch Metropolitan Show will open to-morrow (Thursday), when sheep, cattle, draught horses, pigs, implements, produce, etc., will be judged. ]u addition, there will be hunters’ events, pony jumping, and shearing competitions. Friday will be People's Day, and the light horses, military horses, and tradesmen’s turn-outs will then be judged. The grand parade of live stock, and a number of interesting jumping events are the principal attractions. Excellent entries have been received in all sections, while the side-shows will lie as plentiful and as varied as ever. The profits of the Show go to the Belgian Agricultural Restoration Fund.