GENERAL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16082, 23 April 1924, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

A Wanganui Herald reporter was informed at Patea that a very big effort is being made to raise the necessary money to keep the local freezing works in operation and there was every indica tiou of success. Farmers and business men alike were realising that it would mean a big sacrifice to allow £250.000 worth of buildings and plant to lie idle. It has also been suggested that a railway siding should be put into the works and save expense in cartage to the railway and boats.

A Los Angeles travel service, which expects to conduct tours iron) Los Angeles next November to Japan. China, India, Australia. New Zealand. South Sea Islands, and the Hawaiian islands, lias written to the Mayor of Wellington for information. in the course of the letter it was said: ••’We feel there is a good market for work ing these tours, and they are a little from the beaten path of the ordinary tour which the public demands. We are having lots of inquiries for such trips, and under these conditions have decided to go ahead and organise several commencing next November."

‘‘l think the children now-a-davs have much too easy a time of it," said Mrs Will at the Te Kuiti meeting, seconding a motion that compulsory attendance at night classes be re-in-stated. She contended that there was not many children who worked at night, especially in the town s. They spent the evenings hanging about the streets, and went to the pictures every other night. In England the large majority of the boys went to night schools, and no one thought it any hardship. She thought New Zealand children should do the same, so that they would he fitted for the places in the world which they would have to take.

Ten years ago if anyone had said that people in New Zealand could bear the Sydney G.R.O. clock strike the statement would have been regarded as incredible. Wireless telephony, however has made much strides that it is now possible to hear the clockstrike in Sydney. On Tuesday at 9.2 d o'clock New Zealand time, which is one and a-half hours ahead of Sydney time, Air R. F. Haycock, of Hamilton, heard the announcer for Sydney Lroad-casters sav, “In two minutes’ time the G.R.O. clock will strike 8 o’clock." After two minutes had elapsed the clock was heard to chime and then to strike eight, both chimes and striking being clear as if the clock was in the room.