NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1628, 3 May 1919, Page 9 (Supplement)

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The bankruptcy returns. for Dcoedrn for last month, show. the number to he as many as fo*r the whole of Lwt year, namely, three. - . The installation of the Mayor and '■ councillors «of New Brighton "will take . place in the Borough Council Chambers . nest Wednesday evening. . A sitting of the Conciliation (odbcA in the Gisborne soft goods employees' dispute was held at Gisborne yesterday, iNo sett lenient was arrived at and the <•**« " I was adjourned pending the settlement of • the Christcburch dispute. Mr B. D. Mar" " tin, of Cbristchureb, represented the -

"I should like to take a prohibition order out against myself," said an old ' man named Edward Croneh when charged « at the Magistrate's Court before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M., to-day with drunkenness. The Magistrate made the order . and convicted and discharged ffco defendant.

At a parishioners' meeting at St. Matthews', St Albans, a resolution expressing the desirability of erecting a memorial to fallen soldiers in the church or chares. graundft was carried unanimously. ' X stained glass east window was suggested. The vestry was appointed a committee to take the matter in hand.

At Dunedin yesterday Sir James Allen was questioned as to the likelihood of '. there being any break in the stream of \ soldiers returning to New Zealand. He . answered:—"Only as to the men in .: Egypt They have been delayed a bit " probably owing to the trouble that "* General Allenby baa been dealing with, but the.rest of tbem in that country win. I think, be not very long kept there." One of the many tasks performed by Base Becorde, Wellington, is the cheek- - ing of all accounts in connection with - the four weeks' free railway traveltmg • and free meals at the railway refreshment rooms, which comprise one of the returned soldier's privileges. The payments under this heading to the Railway Department during a receutmonth ' amounted to £-11,000. '*,

I The results of the fourth night's play in the Christehureh United Friendly ' Societies' Card Association's tournament I were:—Mistletoe (3) beat Pioneer (3), : 20—17; City of Christehureh (2) beat Tvy of Linwood (1), 22—16; Star of Sydenham (1) beat Anchor (3) 21—16; Lily of Richmond (2) beat Star of St' Albans (2) 23—17; Star of Linwood ' (4) l>eat Arlington (0),21—18; QoreVl »j Own (2) beat Washington (1), 26—14."

The claim which has been made that * a record for service in one pari'h ia, '* New Zealand has been established by' the Bev. E. Eliot Chambers, of Lyttel- 9 ton, who lias just completed his 34th. year as viear of that parish, is chal- * lenged. A correspondent points otit Mr Chambers's fine record is even less th&a that of the late Bev. Charles Jordan, ■BJL,_vicar of Tauranga and canon in the diocese of Waiapu, who had almost completed 40 years' service— from De- "" cember 31, 1872, to October 5, ISI2 in the parish of Tauranga at the time of his death.

The retiring director of the Christehurch Technical College (Mr J. BL ' Howell), in the course of a report to tie meeting of the Board of Governor* ktt night, Elated that the entries of individual students for the first term of tie year showed that the Technieal High School had enrolled 616 students as against 542 ' last year. The evening whool and special ~ classes had enrolled 862 as against »sfl - last year, or a total of 1578 as against 14.Q2 last year. The number of elas* entries in the evening school and stpwidl classes was 2000, as against .2152 last year. This showed that the average umber of classes taken per student .must 1* somewhat less than last year. To-morrow will be observed in most churches throughout New Zealand as Bible Sunday. The idea of this movement is to impress upon churchgoer* afcd ' others the great debt that the Christian Church is under to the world-wide organ- ' isation known as the Bible Society. It may not be generally recognised that the Bible Society is tbebackbone of all missionary enterprise, for there is hardly any missionary effort in the world which -does not'depend upon the British and Foreign Bible Society to supply its workers with the bible, or portions of it, in the language of the peoples among whom tbeywork. The Bible Society works upon entirely interdenominational lines anfl depends for its support upon the Tolan-, tary subscriptions of Christians of all. denominations, so that it is hoped that lie : setting apart of the first Sunday in May", as Bible Sunday will have the*eff*ct of jg creating a wider interest in the more general support for the work of thii world-wide missionary organisation. The inquest touching the death of. David Henderson Brown, a carpenter, of, Parnassus, who died at tie public bos-. pita) early yesterday morning, as a Tesult* of injuries received tiroagh being ' knocked down by a motor ear on Ike North Road, Pananui, on Thursday even- - ing, was ppened before Mr S. E. McCarthy, district coroner, at the vesterday afternoon. Evidence was fjfWfS by 'C. M. B&rnetf, nurseryman, of mond, who was driving the car. ant Ijfcgjfi Hugh Douglas, labourer, of William George Mephan, labourer, whe were in the car with Barnett TLif. dence was to tie effect that tie '* r J*sijSf travelling towards Christcburch at timm - 12 to 15 miles per hour on the left-heat** l side of the road. Brown, who wa* <-.rea»s , ing the road from the right to the. left-,' ■ hand side, was not seen by the «*upiaj|i§<T<. of the ear until they were alroo*,t ufMt, .' him. When first seen he had his V*ek towards tlie ear. The brakes were im- ■■ mediately applied and tlie r-ar jwcrtaeC" i, still further towards the left, but tie ri<;ht hand lamp struck Brawn who OH backwards on to the lumnel of the ear ant then rolled on lo tho road. The ear was pulled np within half a chain. Tho coroner adjourned tie inquest until Mvs- ■ day afternoon next, in order to allow of ' a post-mortem examination l>eiitg made. BIG KEDUCTION IN TY&JSB. Our annual tyre sale has commrncetL We aTe offering exceptional valoe. Khaki Covers, 6 months' guarantee IM Good Quality Covers B,"* .■ Ehaki Tubes, 6 months' guarantee 4/8 - Goo) Quality Tabes 3,"8 JONES BEOS., LTD-, KHAKI CXCLE DEPOT, Manchester and Lichfield Street*. LTTE-LTKE ENLABGEMENTS » In Sepia Tint and Black and Wui'« . are a specialty at our Studio. Standi* and Preece, 244 High Street. Jl ABTIST PBOOFS BY CLAUDE* KING. The study of children is emeainl in '■* producing expression o* natural grace. Studio: Stewart Dawson's BeiWiß*!. Telephone 30531 .7 The Empire Express Co. arc ei-pen* in forwarding ami removal by nieon. The company bare a ttafi of experts, and careful hamifing. c<rj»bire<l with qui<»k delivery, ii< assured to jtfiirojis. Packing is a lyyiality, sat satisfaction io customers will be jt'iea. B.'iik stcjjit*- 'Phone fiM. J