LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11509, 4 October 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

3 At a -sitting of the Juvenile Court, f before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., this i morning, two children were brought up ■ on charges of having inadequate means ( of support. They~had been boarded out, and' their father had failed to pay for them. The Magistrate committed tho children to the Receiving Homo. A service for men in connection with the O.E.M.S. movement, was hold in, St Michael's yesterday afternoon, when, the Rev Canon Burton preached to a very largo congregation from the open' ing portions of the Sermon ori the Mount. The monthly meeting of th© Christchurch Fruitgrowers' Association was lield on Saturday night. Tho petition necessary before tho acreage levy on orchards can be raised by the new Zealand Federation of Fruitgrowers was put bo lore the members, Mr Long;tou announcing it had already boon largely signed. The remainder of the evening was devoted to listening to an interesting address by Mr W. J. Courtier on " Summer Spraying,' 5 tho speaker receiving a hearty vote of thanks for his address. '■' l think wo should pay more attention to speed and less to obtaining perfection in form/' said Mr J. S. Tennant, M.A., in the course of a paper on the teaching of handwriting I read at a meeting of the Wellington District Institute, X.Z.E.1.. held on I Friday ui«ht. Speed was by far tho most important—first, because when a child left school he found it almost essential to write quickly, particularly if he entered some, commercial pursuit; secondly, a fast writer had a- better chance or .keeping pace with his thoughts, and his writings were usually richer in ideas and more fluent in expression. Fountain pen makers m their advertisements, had often stressed the latter point, and psychologically the point was quite sound. Mrs R. K. Joughiii, of Rodney J Street, New Brighton, has received a j letter, dated July *2O, from her brother, Trooper Horace \Y. Yaxley., of the Mani Expeditionary Force, in which ho I am quite well. .It. is wry hoi, and makes us very tired. We have just conic out of the. trenches for a bit of a spell, after being there for fourteen days, and I. never had nrv bouts or clothes oil the whole time, arid only on« wash. Water is very scareo hero; all the water for drinking corner from Liverpool. It k like hell let 100.-e hen- ai times, what w.th sheik and bombs. \Yo have to bo very careful where w<« p.-j now . The Turks don't, do a, terrible amount/ of damage, with (.heir shells. • 'i hey tired about- 2(10 at us and didn't hit a man. It is verv trying on our nerve.,. Wo ' have not had a whole day',-, nun sine." 1 ' I left Kaikoura twelve months ago. 1 A shell lauded iifwen y ;! rds an ay irotn where i am i-it tin- writ : n« this let- « ter. The ladies are doing splend d ' work for it* bo>s at the front, but- 1 : ' mn sure ilni v' \hc\ c -nit! oo us in ' ! the trenches tb?-y von!d like, to drip more for u*, am! thai ue R.-od a kind 1 thought, now and sixain. W*> arc not J getting ted extra well, though wo c,:ii manage it r-ght- enough. W.- g,->i plenty of bully bi ; ef. biseuiis, rwe 1 and onions mnv and again." Since } writ ing the lot t<>r Private Ynxb'.v Ims been lvonndcd ■!!■<• x-eood jinn-,', and c Wil S admit t»'d In ll'.- Pom do Ktmbbrb ; I!I'I-,-■]' MI ifi >■ i::i»T ! and , ScVdC!)ib.v I. /

telegraph office advises that th# fojimving rivers were <>! car at .9 a.m. - \\ aiiiiiilt.'ii'ii'i North and South, Ooihi and \\ aitalu : diriy, Rakaia.; fish able, Rjmgitata.. Three lads from Otago have-entered for the annua! si;trance examination For tho "-Military Col'ege at Duntroon. 'IV. o are trn>n the Otago Boys' High ; School finri on-.j from the In | li gh School. ; .1 he Raiigiora I'ire Brigade lias re-j | feived ji. donation of '£>> ~2s from Mr I -^i' r k Scott in recognition <;f good work; ' «'«»« i>i preventing the recent. tiro nM i the cycle work 4 spreading to his, piei nines adjoining. On Dooenikr 10 and the following ; dt '.y <;xaminai:ohs will he held in the i pi'irciyai towns- or the dominion for tho purpose registration under tho l\inn bers*_ U<«g istralion Act. No application will be accepted after Novembet- 12. The River Bank Ro.se Carnival Committee will hotel a Button Day on Friday next, in aid of the. Canterbury Patriotic Fund. Tho button is to commemorate the landing of tho New Zealand soldiers at trie Dardanelles., ladies wishing to help are requested to .scud their names to Mrs W. J* Jenkin, 07, 31; io Road. Lin wood. , Probate was granted in the estates of' tho following deceased arsons by his Honor Mr Justice Demrstou ra chambers at the Supreme Court at Wellington. October I:—Bridget 'MDonough, Tinntru (Mr Fitch), Joint O'Neil, Rokitika (Mr Park) and' Margaret Nelson. Christ church (Mr Lane). Letters of administration were granted in the estate of Leonard St-ackliouso (Mr Beswick). Dunedin Gaol, states the Dnuedin correspondent of the "Star,"' is to be closed, owing to there i being no long-sentence prisoners. The i building in the main will be used for departmental offices for the police, and portion will probably be set apart for prcv s'on for mere accommodation for the Supreme Court library. The building wiil be handed over immediately after the close of the Parliaj mentary session. J Some time ago Mr J. T. Martin, j Christchurch representative of Messrs i Wright, Stepheiison and Co., went to j Java i<> inquire into the position of ; the Vv isniar, a German vessel which was on its vny to the Bluff with caiga for New Zealand when war broke out, and wh.ch immediately altered her course and reached Java. Negotiations have been in hand ever since in regard to her cargo, and arrangements now have been made to allow it to com© oil to New Zealand on the same basis a-s existed before the war broke out. The cargo is for different parts of New Zealand. There are many ideas regarding a mere man's usefulness, particularly among members of the fairer sex. Recently, says the " Post, - *' Miss P. Myers, a member of the Wellington District Institute, N.Z.E.1., circularised bodies in tho various school districts as to the national work done by the schools in the matter of equipping soldiers and other like service. A series of questions was asked, including the following: "Are the men assisting?" One reply read: "They are contributing money, and that seems to be about all they can do." Another reply, rather indignant, was: 41 Of course." It is suggested tha.t the latter reply was probably written by a "mere m^\." A Pres3 Association telegram stated that the annual exhibition of the New Zealand Academy of Arts was opened at Wellington on Saturday by tho Hon G. W. Russell, Minister for Internal Affairs, who in the course of a brief address congratulated the society on tho fine standard of the works shown. Mr Russell said that on a* former occasion ho had plans for a new museum prepared on the top floor of which was to be a national gallery of art for the Dominion. He saw* a vote on the Estimates this year for tho museum and he hoped they would; j-et see a National Gallery and School of Art established that would bo iv or thy of tho city and New Zealand. He proposed shortly to convene a meeting of the National Board of Science ;o go fully into the whole matter, and ie hoped to see a system established! eventually whereby children from small jentros could go to the four chiei? lentres to get art training. The celebrations in connection with the six.ty-second anniversary of tho Durham Street Methodist Sunday 5 School were commenced yesterday,, ) when crowded congregations attended! : each service. Special hymns were sung [ by the scholars morning and evening,t ' under tho directorship of Sir Ernest [ Firth, F.R.C.O. Tho Rev # J. J.' "North preached at the morning service, his subject being drawn from, 1 Kings, 14, while at the even- ' ing service the Rev P. N. Knight,, ' 8.~A., took for his subject "A, ' Kaiser aiicl his Court Chap-, lains." Both sermons were powerful and eloquent and were listened to very attentively. Perhaps the most ' attractive feature of the day was tho singing at the afternoon service of the cantata " UndeT the Palms'' by the scholars, assisted by the choir. Tha solos r,nd quartets were taken by Mrs ,Ernest Firth, Miss Twose, Mr H. Hlakeley and Mr E. J. Johnson. The celebrations will be concluded on Wednesday evening next when the annual tea and scholars' concert will tako place. j The Wesiinghouso petrol electric car,, imported by the Railway Department at the close of the preceding year, has, been placed in commission and utilised in running an experimental motor set-, vice between Wellington and John&onville, where it has proved a public convenience. The c&r is not sufficiently powerful to haul a trailer on the heavy gradient of 1 in 40, and for that ren son steam traction has to be resorted to whenever the passenger, traffic exceeds one-car capacity. A new oar of a more powerful type already on order will shortly arrive, and be nlaced on the Wellington-, Johnsonvillo run, liberating the Westinghouse ear for service in a locality whore easier grades predominate. , Owing to the highly technical clmractcr of the work undertaken in the Railway Signalling Department, and the necessity for obtaining in the first instance an officer who has had a wide and varied experience, the appointment of Assistant Signal and Interlocking Engineer has not yet been made, says the General Manager olj Railways in his annual report. Inquiries have been made throughout; Australasia-, and the replies indicate ike improbability of obtaining a suitable man in any of the Slates. Applications have been invited in the Tinted Kingdom, and the result is now: awaited. Information already received points to the fact that the prospects ahead of qualiJied men in their present spheres are so good that they ar« di-inclined to accept otters abroad, while the attention thai is being devoted to signalling improvements on many important railway systems has created a demand which is in excess, of the surmly of qualiiicd iucu avail-, able at the. moment. In t lie so times of economy, interest attaches i<-> tue advertisement of '■ Kohbi-ii: " in this issue. " Klohlade " is ;; preparation for conserving and inU'i;:Uyieg the heat of coal tires, and it i-> claimed' that a ton of coals, treated with a. half crown packet of Koluade* . wiil last, as long as two to Us and giva the same heat. 170-5 With a good Vacuum Cleaner in use ail tho time, ".Spring Cleaning" v, .11 become a thing of the past. Wo have iho 'lash word'' in Vacuum I/tenners, a .strong-suction * machine, or'ilv worked, having both ii'wzlo ami !.*rur.|!, p:-ic\ !os. tiia ('honors *»': bir«*. !-|-i<ric. Bull and Pickering, { : S>in-el. X