CHRISTCHURCH NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 January 1927, Page 7

CHRISTCHURCH NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

CHRISTCHURCH, January 20

THE ROYAL VISIT

At a meeting of the Royal Rer-oplu Committee yeslenluy a telegram v. received from (he Department of I tenia I Affairs, .staling that in view the programme already concurred /

a decision with regard to the Royal vis. to tile raees would be decided on upon iho arrival of the visitors in New Zealand.

WIRELESS IN' HOSPITAL. Altboigh the installation ol wireless in the wards of the tTrisiwiiurch Eubiie Hospital is progressing salisafctonly, il will be some days belore the patients w II I).; .-iile t) lisleii-m. It was thought that, the plant would be complete and in working order by Chris' mas time, but mifortuna lely, some n inor udpstments and ail.era l ions had to he m; de il. irdcr to main' the installation a perfect one FIND IN A GARDEN. While digging in the hack yard of a property at the corner of Hath Street and Dm ham Street, to limy .reluse Irom his garden, Mr A. Gregory, storekeeper, Gb-covi rest an old skull last evening. The skull is old, and in a good stale of preservation, blit the loeth are missing. It is believed to be human. and flu probabilities are that it has been buried lor many years since, the ground lias been dug. .Mr Gregory made bis discovery, after digging to a depth of about eighteen inches, and further digging failed to bring to light any other ■remains. It :s possible that tin: skull was owned as a curiosity, or was in the possession ul a medical man, prior to being buried.

BILLION RIDING. Judging from his remarks at the sitting ot tile Uangiora Magistrate’s Court, Air E. D. .Mosley, S.M., views pillion ruling as a most unnecessary evil. lie amplified this .statement by an emphatic prediction that anyone caught at it in a place where the practice was forbidden by by-law would receive a stern lesson at ids hands. His remarks were prompted by the evidence arising out of a case which involved a collision between a motor ear and a motor cycle, with two riders “ J. am Strongly' of opinion” said Mr .Mosley, "that pillion jiding m ibis instance caused the accident. As I have previou , ...I, it is an extremely dangerous practice-, and in any oiicuci ot this nature where there is a prclnbitn o bv-law. the oileii.levs will sailer, if they are brought celore me. It young people don’t value ihoir own uvts, Lie,/ must he taught to value the lives ol ciher.s. Ln Rangior.i, there is no bylaw to prevent pillion riding and tlierelorc the court has no jurisdiction in suppressing it. consequently this form /it outdoor sport is very popular with Ihe younger element, and will continue to be so until some measures are taken by tlie local authorities tu have. it banned.”«

SCHOOLS AND BANKING. Though Dunedin and Auckland have ihoir system of hanking in the public schools! as far as the authorities _l;uuv,, there is no system ot hanking in the .school iof Caul orbury. There is no (,’hri -L'UiircU Savings .lank, suea a> is in existence m Dunedin am! Auckland. Air C it. Kirk, secretary of the Oanterburv Educaiiun Board, s.aied Lint years ago. there \vaa bai’.kn'...’: u.'S.lom in ire :u tlie Canterbury schools Tfio teachers and headmasters coufroiled the systern and the mom v was placed in a'Savings Bank, lmt m latter years the practice' has been dropped