LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1789, 7 November 1919, Page 11

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Paparoa's Canterbury draft is expected to arrive at the main platform of the Christehurch Railway Station at 9 a.m. The secretary of the Canterbury Automobile Association requires 33 cars for the conveyance of the Christehurch men to their homes. The appeal of Hope Whitfield Home again his inclusion on the Military Defaulters' List came up for hearing at the Magistrate's Court this afternoon, before Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M. Owing to non-appearance of the appellant, the' case was struck out. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon an application for rehearing of the case, Quirk's Air Gas Co., Ltd. (Mr E. W. "White) v. W. T. P. Lock (Mr A. S. Nicholls), a judgment which had been delivered by default on June 3 was granted. The application for rehearing was made on Ihe grounds that a mistake had occurred. The case is now set down for November 30.

In reply to a telegram from Dr H. T. J. Thacker, M.P. for Christehurch East, the Leader of- the Opposition (Sir Joseph Ward) has replied, stating that he will be willing to address a public meeting in Christehurch on Monday •evening. The necessary arrangements have therefore been made, and the address will be given in the Choral Hall. Seats will be reserved for ladies and their escorts. At the Magistrate's Court, Little River, yesterday before Messrs Jj Chapman and J. Jones, J.P.'s, William Paurina, a Maori, was charged with being found drunk and disorderly on the Main Road at Little River on the sth inst., also with using obscene language in a public place within the hearing of women and children. He was convicted and discharged on the first charge and fined £2 and costs 9/- on the second. In view of the allegations made last winter as to the unsatisfactory heating arrangements in some of the city's pub'ic schools the following extract from. the report of the Buildings Committee of the Canterbury Education Board presented at the meeting of the board this morning is of interest: —"A letter was received from the department agreeing to the installation of hot water heating systems in larger schools when being built, but refusing to make grants for existing schools." The board did not discuss this paragraph of the report, which was adopted.

When the Government announced its intention of building a new mental hospital out at Hornby there was a storm of protest from the residents, because the proposed site adjoined the Hornby School ground. At the meeting of the Canterbury Education Board this morning the Buildings Committee reported that its architect had submitted a plan, of a piece of land which .it was proposod to ask the Mental Hospitals Department to give to the board to separate the school site from the mental hospital to be erected. The board decided that application be made to the Mental Hospitals Department for the piece of land shown on the plan. At the ' Christchurch City Council Chambers yesterday afternoon a public meeting was held to consider what steps should be taken to recognise the services rendered during the war period by Colonel R. A. Chaffey, C.8.E., V;D., late Officer Commanding the Canterbury Military District, and Mrs Chaffey. The Mayor of Christchurch (Dr H. T. J, Thaeker, M.P.) presided over a representative gathering. Tho Mayor said it was the city's duty to show some mark of its appreciation of the services of Colonel ami Mrs Chaffey. The following committee, with po,sver to add to its numbers, was appointed to deal with the matter: —Tho Mayor, {ho Mayoress, Mrs Helpno Cross, Cr J. W. Beanlaird, the Hon. IT. F. Wigram, M.L.C., Colonel C. J. Cooper, Major Norton Francis, JMessrs W. Recce, 11. B. Sorenseu, R. C. Bishop, F. I. Cowlishnw, A. Boyle, J. Anderson, 11. J. Beswick, R. M. Macdonald, and 11. R. Smith. The monthly meeting of the St. Albans School Committee was held yesterday, there being present: Messrs J. Macfarlane (chairman), F. Cole, T. I'. Moore, G. E. Franklin, D, Arnott, E. H. Andrews, C. E. Green and P. C. Lucas. A vote of sympathy, on the death of her father, was passed to Miss Lawrence, and to 'Mr D. G. Wilson, a member of the staff, who had been granted leave of absence on account of sickness. The Visiting Committee reported the school and grounds to be in good order. Mr Franklin was appointed to the Works Committee for the ensuing month. The headmaster's report, stating that the attendance was good, in spite of a prevalence of measles, was adopted. The annual picnic was discussed, and, if arrangements can be made with tho Railway Department, it was decided to hold the picnic at Kaiapoi on December 6. The delegates to the School Committees' Association were instructed to bring up the matter of moving pictures at the schools at the next meeting of the association.