NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2026, 12 August 1920, Page 7

NEWS IN BRIEF.

At tlie invitation of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce Mr S. B» McCarthy, S.M., will, <m August 27, read a paper on "Crime—lt's Causes and Cure.''

After a hearing extending over foirf flays, Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., reserved, his decision yesterday in the case in which Jean Brown was charged with having kept a house of ill-fame at 124 Bealey Street, St. Albans. A Timaru telegram states that the party from Mount Nessing who went irr search of the rabbiter, Boyd Thomson, who has been missing since August 2, had a bad time on the range. The snow in places was three feet deep, and there were severe frosts at night. No trace was found of the missing man. At the annual meeting of the Can* terbjiry Sheepowners' Union held yesterday, it was decided, on the motion of Mr R. A. Chaffey, that a meeting of all sheepfarmers interested be held. in the Chamber of Commerce to-morrow, at 7.00 p.m., to discuss the meat question. A sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held this morning, Messrs F. H. • Christian, J. W. Baty and W. R. Gaha.' * gan, J .P. 's, presiding. Eight first offenders were each fined 5/-, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Frank Arthur Jeffrey was remanded till August 18 on a charge of stealing a bicycle valuedat £5, the property of some person unknown. Rough plans for new buildings to adjoin St. Luke's Church on the south ' and south-east side have been prepared, by Mr Cecil Wood. The buildings will 1 include a hall, with stage, club-rooms, kindergarten, and school-rooms. A quadrangle, with cloisters adjoining, will separate the new buildings from the church. Apart from the hall, which is to be built last, the cost will be approximately £7500. The bi-monthly meeting of the Presbyterian .Sabbath School Union was held in the Papanui Church on Tuesday evening, the .president (Rev. W. T. Todd) being in the chair. The subject for the evening was an address by the Rev. R. M. Ryburn on "Winning.. the Scholars for Christ," in which he explained the advantages and disadvan-..i tages of decision days. A general dis-' cussion of the subject followed, in which Mr T. W. R. Hitt, Mr W. Gossj •' Miss Hay and others took part. Cr E. E. Langley has given notice to move as follows at next Monday's meeting of the Christchurch City Council:—"That the Town Clerk be authorised to take the necessary steps to take a poll of the ratepayers on a proposal to raise a loan of £60,000 for the purchase of the bloek of land bounded by. ~C Victoria, Kilmore and Colombo Streets/and Cambridge Terrace, as a site for a ' Town Hall; any surplus money remain- . ... ing after paying for the land (and incidental expenses) to be applied towards the cost of the buildings to be erected thereon."

An initial training as motor mechanics has been given to many men by tho Canterbury Repatriation Board. However, it has been found difficult by tho board to place partially-trained men in positions, and the. board has a number of these men on its unemployment register. At last evening’s meeting of the board, Mr A. F. Drayton reported that the . whole question of continuing the further training of mechanics had Been sub- ' mitted to the Canterbury Garage Proprietors’ Association which would fur- , nish a report. It was also circularising members to see if employment couhl not be found for the proteges of the board. At present there was a demand from the North Island for men, but this applied to first-class mechanics only. A resolution was adopted by tho General Labourers’ Union at its meet- ' ing this week, asking the Government to increase the representation of trade unions on the Christchurch Technical College Board of Governors. The board itself has already approached the Minister of Education (Hon. C. J. Parr) on :i the subject, which is now under eon- ’ 1 sideration by the Government. Similar resolutions will be passed by other ' unions at their regular meetings. When the board consisted of 27 members tho unions had, five representatives upon it. Some years ago the membership was reduced by the Government to 19, on the ground that the board was unduly large. The change was not carried out till last year, when a rearrangement was then made, and the unions were allowed . only one representative. The Education ' Board, which had five representatives before, was allotted eight, the contribut-' ing bodies thus having their represent-, ation severely cut down. The union officials hold that, even with 27 members, the board was not an unwieldy body','and that its size was an advantage, if anything, because the members attended regularly and took a great interest in tho work of the college. A GREAT PERFORMANCE. Loud cheers greeted R. L. Kennett at the annual meeting of the Pioneer Sports Club on Saturday night, July 31, when "he was presented with the Bennington Cup and gold medal for most points registered during the season's competitions. He was easily the biggest prize-winner. in every case a Harley-David-son motor-cycle, he won four New Brighton Beach events, securing also fastest time in each case, and he also secured first prize in the Akaroa Reliability Trials, held on December 16, the Big Tree-Cup and special prize for best performance of private owner. It only proves again how a good rider, mounted on a wonderful machine, can become invincible. Call and inspect the Harley-Davidson, JONES BROS., The Clock Tower. ,1$