NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 964, 14 March 1917, Page 5

NEWS IN BRIEF.

All the rivers of Canterbury wore reported clear this morning. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that advice ha 3 been received by the Minister of Defence that all transports with New Zealand 'troops on board are safe. At the court martial held at Wellington yesterday, when five members of the 23rd Reinforcement were tried on charges of insubordination, in that they refuse! to work unless they received more food, the court round the men not guilty. The monthly meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury Agricultural College was held yesterday nt Lincoln, Mr If. Knight presiding. The board was occupied for a considerable time in considering applications for vacancies on the staff, and after a decision had been arrived at, it was left in the hands of the director to arrange matters. The monthly meeting of the Sydenham United Band of Hope was held in St. Saviour's Schoolroom on Monday evening, Mr W. Bartlett prcsiiting over a large attendance. An enjoyable programme of recitations and vocal and instrumental items were contributed by members and friends during the evening. Two pledges were taken, and 14 members were enrolled. The thirty-seventh animal exhibition of ttie Art Society' will be open for members' private view to-night, and open to the public to-morrow at 10 a.m. In the afternoon Lady Denniston and Mrs IT. Cotterill will provide afternoon tea which will be sold for the Lady Liverpool Trench Comfort Fund. A concert will also be given under the direction of Mrs Russell. The hearing was continued before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon of the case in which Archibald Scott (Mr Geo. Harper) proceeded against Eveleen Laura Bradbury (Mr Dougall) and Matthew Henry Elam (Mr Salter) for a declaration determining the defendants' liability in respect to the renovation of a dividing fence on a property at Sumner. After a partial hearing the case was adjourned in order that the Magistrate might inspect the property. A Dunedin telegram states that the Firo Brigades Conference at. Balclutha approved of the principle of striking a levy to cover the expenses of future conferences and demonstrations, and decided that the grant of £l5O to the prize fund be discontinued in the meantime. The executive was empowered to strike a levy, not exceeding £2, to cover travelling expenses in connection with next year's conference. An invitation to held next year's conference at Tauranga was accepted. Captain Hean was elected president. The scale of contributions for the Aecideut Society was revised by the addition of 1/- per member to the rates in cities of over 30,000 inhabitants. A matter of great importance to people in the Blmwood School District lias just been completed by the Canterbury Education Boai'd. For a very long time the School Committee and people of the district have been very much concerned about the necessity for enlarging the very limited playground', and this morning Mr C. H. Opie, chairman of the board, informed a representative of the, Sun that after prolonged negotiations a satisfactory arrangement had been made and an additional site secured. This purchase of one acre three perches in area will enable the grounds to be enlarged to suit the requirements of this very important school, the site of which will now approximate three acres in area. At the conclusion of the meeting of the Board of Governors of Lincoln Coljlege yesterday, the director (Mr E. E. Alexander) brought up the question of the possibility of standardising the stud books of the Dominion. At the present time breed societies for particular breeds of sheep, cattle, and horses were established in both North and South Islands, and were more or less antagonistic to each other, often refusing registration to each others' flocks. The trouble arose from the different standards laid down by the various societies. The state of affairs had an adverse influence on our stud stock exports, as outside buyers coming to the Dominion and finding various standards of one breed in vogue might very reasonably decide not to purchase at all, and thus an enormous loss would result, to New Zealand. It was the opinion of the meeting that if the Board of Agriculture could get the societies to confer and arrive at some uniformity the present anomalous position would be put right, and much unnecessary expense saved. At last week's parade of No. 1 Field Co., N.Z. Engineers, the company was met by Major Jones and a number of the members of the C.D.C. Engineers. Major Jones said that the C.D.C. Engineers had decided to make a presentation to the company in return for the use of the company's rooms and equipment. He stated that, at the outbreak of war, the company had 160 men on the rolls, and up to the present, they had sent 150 men to the front. He then presented Capt. Midgley with a flag for his company. Capt.. Midgley returned thanks for the gift. The Rev. Canon Bean, chaplain to the company, and the oldest member of the corps, having served twenty-five years continuously as chaplain, also spoke. The flag is a blue ensign measuring 7ft Gin by sft. The crest of the company is'let into the blue field near the fly in yellow bunting shaded to complete the detail of the design. The company's motto shows prominently in red letters on the yellow field. Underneath the jack a two-coloured ribbon is let into the blue field, and carries the designation "No'. 1 Field Co., N.Z. Engineers." A small silver medallion is attached to the head of the flag bearing a suitable inscription. 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