LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11716, 5 June 1916, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■The tender of Messrs Carey for the supply of blankets has been accepted by the Mayor's Coal and Blanket Fund Committee. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that the Patriotic Society yesterday held a special church parade at the Town Hall, in which soldiers from Trentham and Featherston, Territorials, National Reservists and others, participated. Many hundreds who wcro unable to gain admission were addressed by Mr Massey in the open air. In the present circumstances, with the cost of living growing higher almost daily, the kitchen garden, beloved of the suburbanite, is becoming less of a hobby than a valuable money-saver. Lecturing before the Workers' Educational Association on Saturday evening, Mr W. Wickens, the city gardener, gave his hearers a great deal of practical advice on the best methods of cultivating vegetables, and the lecture was listened to very attentively. At the meeting of the Canterbury Fruitgrowers' Association on Saturday night, Mr J. Longton drew attention to the enlistment of Mr W. J. Courtier. Government Orchard Expert. He said thai there were many single men in the service who had not yet gone, and ho thought that they should go before Mr Courtier, as at present he could be ill spared. The speaker moved that ' the Government should be recommend- | ed to retain the services of Mr Courtier until all the single men had volunteered. The motion was carried unani- i mouslv. I

The special services in connection ! with the anniversary of the Rugby i Street .Methodist Church were con- : tinutvl yesterday. At the morning 1 service the Rev A. C. Lawry gave an I interesting addrc-sr to the young .people of the congregation., In the after- ; noon the church was crowded, when a musical service way carried out by the Durham Street choir, under the eouductorship of Mr Ernest Firth, and tin Rev P. Knight gave uu address l on the value and importance of the Bible. The preacher in the- r-vnning was the Rev W. A. Sinclair. During the day special music u;h given by the choir. Some diversion was caused ai Jhe meeting addressed hy Miss Ad'eia Pankhur.vt in the Alexandra Hall, 'Wellington, on Thursday, hy the action of a number of returned soldiers, says the '* Post." Tim men. who were mostly wearing; the red arm badge. wen 1 seated near the rear of the hall, having hci'n admitted after considerable argument had taken place at the door. The speaker had only uttered a few wer.K of her lecture when the entire company of returned soldiers suddenly aro.-e a.iid left the hall. Alis? Pankhurst remarked' that she was sorry the soldiers had thought tit to leave the hall as the. remarks she was about to make particularly, referred to them. A stir was caused in Auckland when it was known that C. E. Histed, of Queen Street, had assigned his drapery stock, valued at £SOOO. It is announced now that th© entire stock has been secured by Strange and Co., Ltd., and it is to be sold at astonishingly low prices. Full particulars will appear in Tuesday morning's papers. 2 Concerning Washing Day.—Bad drying weather demands good wringing. We have just lauded a full supply of the genuine "Novelty" and "Eureka" Wringers, including the new bail-bear ing lines. Quality and long lif<? guaranteed. Has tie, Bull and Pickering, opposite Ballautyne : s. X