NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1641, 19 May 1919, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

In Queenstown, where the chill of evening comes early in winter, as the sun dips below the snow-tipped ranges, the Borough Council has decided to continue extinguishing the street lights at 9.30 p.m. A southern newspaper sarcastically remarks that the next step should be the curfew.

The Christchurch Returned Soldiers' Association has communicated with the Mayor (Dr H. T. J;, Thacker, M.P.), asking him to approach the ladies concerned in connection with the Violet Day Appeal with the request that they should donate the proceeds towards the building fund of the association. . A Press Association message from Masterton states that at the inquest yesterday on the body of David Falconer, a leturned soldier, which was found on Saturday morning with a gunshot wound in the left breast, a verdict was returned that deceased met his death'by a gunshot wound self-inflicted while mentally depressed. Deceased returned from the front some months ago, after being severely wounded in the head.

Advice has been received in Wellington that, in connection with the flight from Newfoundland across the Atlantic to Britain, the proprietors of State Express cigarettes (the Ardath Tobacco Co., Ltd.) have, decided to encourage competitors by offering an additional prize of 2000gs under the competition rules of the Royal Aero Club. This prize, added to those already offered, will mean a small fortune to the successful airman.

At a.meeting of the Board of Management of the Canterbury Typographical Association, held on Saturday evening, a letter was received from the Labour Representation Committee, asking for nominations of persons suitable for selection as candidates in Labour's interest for , Parliamentary seats in Christchurch. It was decided to nominate the following:—For Avon, Mr D. G. Sullivan; for Christchurch North, Mr C. Renn; for Lyttelton, Mr J. MeCombs; for Christchurch East, Mill. Hunter.

At Eangiora this morning Messrs 11. Boyd and W. McGruer, J.P. 's, presided over a sitting of the Magistrate's Court. Arthur Greeks, who appeared in a battered condition (his explanation was that he had been run into by a motor car), pleaded guilty of trespassing on a farm at Flaxton and refusing to leave -when .ordered to do so. Accused had been I found in the bed of the married couple on the farm, fully clothed and under the influence of liquor. He was fined £l, in default seven days' imprisonment, and a prohibition order was issued against him.

General Sir Andrew Russell, who was entertained at dinner by the Government on Saturday, in replying to the toast of his health, made special reference to the work of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company in Erance, and the treatment most likely to be appreciated by soldiers returning to New Zealand. Many people, he said, could write a cheque for £SO or so, but it was personal service that was wanted. It was better to give a "pound or two, and ensure by personal service and sympathy that it was being well spent for the benefit of the soldier, than ! simply to write a cheque for £SO and do [nothing more. "The men don't want charity, they want love, and the real helping hand which all can give." In a Press Association message in Saturday's Susr it was stated that the authorities cannot understand the failure of the brakes, which resulted in the train smash near Ohakune. A Christchurch resident states that he was in an accident near Pietermaritzburg, Natal, a few years ago, when a train ran away on a fairly steep incline. It was afterwards proved that when coupling up the train a railway employee had aceidently allowed a piece of waste he was carrying to get into the flexible brake piping, with the result that, although the indicator on the engine showed that there was ample brake power, this only extended to one or two carriages, and when the incline was reached it was found to be insufficient to stop the train.

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