CHRISTCHURCH NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17945, 2 May 1928, Page 13

CHRISTCHURCH NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)" : May 1. THE BIG STORM. A~®ieJenfe*ttorm , late last night,.,and early this morning caused a good deal of (damage? \ Prchardis;.suffered 'severely*, and" Shipping is'delayed. The rain this thp watersiders froiri ‘starting work till eleven'b’clocli/ It will be to-morrow before the Somerset- can leave for Timaru,. -,The.«si|rlf -.,at. Suniijejj 1 . * and.,.- New 1 ; >. 'very hekyylf and at-- RedcHFs df mimber of pleasure boats were thrown up on the esplanade and,damaged.

DR OVERfISP-HORSE ELEtSTROGUTED' A drover had a narrow escape to-day when uhe horse which:, he was driving stepped on a live wire and was ■ instantly electrocuted .. Dm-ing -thi- severe ifortli-eas't ' gale* that prevailed for some hours in North, Canterbury, a branch stripped from a* tree brought down the electric line at Southbrook. Early this morning Mr 0/ Parsons, a sheep drover of Rnngiora, was driving along the , road in a gig when his horse stepped on the live wire. ' Altho”gh~tbe-line,was .. a low-tensioi. one, the-'animal was e'wiroc'itcd. In attempting to remove the harness from the horse. Parsons qlso received a shock, but probablv owing to his wearing rubber boot&^&gjwa? periotw A jwm to his assistance q,l£a but, it was not sufficient to do him any harm/ « ~.., r ,-, APRIL’S MOODS. . . , April was a month of contrasts' as far as weather was concerned. There were i , ens ones. The rainfall was 35 per cent., below normal, and what rain, there was fell mainly last, might,' when ‘ the biggest fail so far this year was recorded. Coming from the; east, this warm rain will prove of great benefit to dried-up gardens-,

AFFRONTED. . S'jn^o'ng''reSentment is-felt by' niemliers' of the committee of the Oantorbvrv Women’s Club, regarding" 're-: marks made by the Mayor and some of the Councillors at Inst night’s meeting of the City Council, when a lettet from the committee of .the Club, protesting against the Council’s proposals in connection with conveniences in. Cathedral Square, came before' the meeting. .. The Mayor, tl}£.Revy J.*K, Archer, said that the letter-wassa veby extraordinary one, and : he could' hardly , believe that it had been written by a woman -on behalf of women. At .first he thought the' letter had been written,. „who was trying t*o-play a'joke on the women's Club. However, on looking up the original, Jie; v was,;, surprised? to flrt,d; that thfTlftter had not been writtejfC •; by a slny^o^nff'flapper ofr'Sevente.ien / but by a Woman who should have had sufficient experience of life to bring her face to-face with its realities. : . Councillor Carr described the letter as, hysterical. ■; ; : ’ Mrs J. A/Flesher, president of the Club, stated this morning that there was a great deal she would like to sayrswaaedfog the matter.- ‘.‘The : yery leaislr that the Council ‘should Have don,e : ,W£S to, have received the letter, cotfrtbdUslyf instead of hurling'-insuit-at us,” Mrs Flesher said. “T£e Mayor’s remarks were quite uncalled for.” Another member of the Club was less restrained. She said: “Oh, you men! ? ;Fanqy having-a man dike that as Mayor of- the city. The best thing to dp kg the circumstances is to ignore the remarks. I think the Council might at least have shown us a little courtesy. That is the very least that one could expect, .but instead of courtesy we receive insults. The Mayor should know that Christchurch does not belong to the Mayor and Councillors, hut to the citizens as a whole, and: I do not think they,’ have a right to desecrate-the Square in the manner (Hey propose. I dqii’t think-the’Council is representing public opinion in the matter. It is a pity the Cpiyicil does not. tidy. up the,, roads and kio some btismess '-vVorth' * 'while, instead qf..playing the fool in the"Goun'cfl Chambers.” MORE TROUBLE FOR MAYOR: The Mayor is also in trouble 'with Dr. Telford, Health Officer. Dr Telford attended a meeting for the purpose of placing facts in-.regard to of tuberculosis in cattle botfefiro- the Council. After he had finished his remarks, an altercation took place between the Mayor and Dr Telford, in the course of whfch- the Mayor accused Dr Telford of coming to the meeting as a partisan. pr.Tqlford then walked out of the CoMi'cil Chambers. ' Dr Telford said to-day that'he Had merely carried out his duty, and he would have his “comeback” at the proper time.