LOCAL AND GENERAL

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12286, 8 April 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

10-days river report states that tli< \i .auuakanri north, OpSii and Waitald I*! 0 I ’’. le . Waiinnkariri south and the Jtakaia dirty, and the Rnngitata, high ami dirty. The monthly public meeting of the Order of tire Siar in the East was held mi Sunday, when an address entitled “ Signs in the Heavens and on Earth of the Coming Teacher ” was given by Mr? Trathani. ' ; The week-end sale of home-made food supplies at the Hod Cross Sales Depot, Cathedral Square, was in charge of .1 committee of the St Albans Bowling. Tennis and Croquet Clubs, and result"! in the amount of £lO9 being added to the fled Cross Fund. With the departure of the Coriniu from New Plymouth on Tuesday nigh?, with a full load of dairy produce, there has now Jie.cn cleared from the Moturoa stores since the beginning of Man’ll 08,650 boxes of butter and 17,355 orates of cheese. The ‘‘News;’ observes that this is a much larger clearance than was at first anticipated, and the stores aro now practically cleared and ready to receive incoming supplies. A large and artistic roll of honour of officers of the Post and Telegraph Department, Christchurch, will, in 11m course of a few days, be placed on view' in the Chief Post Office for one month. A special invitation is extended to all relatives of officers from Christchurch, who havo left New Zealand on ■ active service, to view this permanent record of men who are giv- ■ ing their services to King and Empire. , The precaution taken by a Chinese. market gardener named Quong Sing, of Rugby Road, Three Kings, Auckland. in placing £2lO in silver and notes in several bundles of sacks in a shed in his garden has led to some person or persons benefiting to the extent of £4O as a result of purloining one of the bundles of sacks, states the “Star.” The £4O, which was in silver, was contained in a bundle of 505 sacks, tlie balance being distributed through several other bundles. Tin person or persons apparently made eli with their booty in a cart- There wa? a Chinese labourer in the shed on the night of the robbery, but he was noi disturbed in his slumbers. The additions to the Beckenham School have now been completed, and the new rooms will be in use tin’s weekTho class-rooms are up-to-date in every respect, lighting and ventilation beine particularly good. The school is growing steadily in roll number, and tbo committee is faced with the problem of raising funds to improve the school grounds .and to do other necessary work to bring the surroundings into harmony with the building. A meeting of residents was held on Thursday evening. Air W. W. Charters, ehnirmaq of the School Committee, presided over a good attendance. The best means available for raising funds were’ discussed, and it was decided to boi l a jumble sale. A Committee of ladies was set up to canvass tho district. ’M the conclusion of the meeting ’those present inspected the new class-rooms, and pleasure was expresed with the fine addition made to the school.

The Sumner Send-off and Reception Committee met on Friday evening, the Mayor (the Hon J. Barr, M.L.C.j, presiding over a good attendance. A letter was received from the Heathcotc Patriotic Committee drwing attention to the publicity given to returned soldiers who appear at the Magistrate's Court to answer various charges, ami 1 asking for tho committee’s support in an endeavour to protect the good nanu of tho reinforcements. It was decided to support the request of the Heathcole Society. It was resolved to tender a fare-well to Corporal Alan Brown., and to recognise suitably his departure, the Mayor and councillors to bo present. The reception of' returned men was fully discussed, and a scheme was formulated whereby each returned man should receive an official letter uf welcome and thanks on behalf of the borough for his services in the great war, as soon after his return as possible.

During the interval at Crystal Palace on Saturday night, the Mayor (Mr H. Holland), by courtesy of the management, made a brief speech, appealing for investments in the war loan !he Empire, he said, was in urgent need of men, and New Zealand would have to provide all that she could, but in order to carry out. its duty the Dominion needed more money. Everybody who could do so should invest in the loan. Even small amounts would be of value. He felt sure that the local bodies with which lie was connected would advance money to their employees to enable them to invest in the loan. ■ The appeal was urgent, and it was the duty of eveiybody to support, the Government to the fullest possible extent. ■ The Mayor was enthusiastically applauded at the conclusion' of his speech.

An important question to business men was raised at a meeting of creditors tit Auckland last.week. It transpired that nine months’ rent was owing, which amounted to £4O. Tint sum was secured by the landlord wlnvi be put in the bailiff; A creditor contended the law in that respect was most unfair to the other creditors. Ho cited a Wellington bankruptcy in which the, landlord claimed £2OO for rent. In that particular case the first the general creditors knew of the rent being in arrears to that extent was when the landlord stepped in and took possession of the whole of the stock. Some of the stock had only just been supplied by merchants, but they could only look on and view the “scoop." Finally it was resolved by the meeting —“That the Official Assignee be asked to bring under the notice of the Minister of Justice the matter of the landlord's preferential claim in regard to mit and his power to destrain, and that the Government be urged to amend the law at the earliest opportunity.”

On Saturday evening, under the auspices of the Workers’ Educational Association, Dr Thacker, M.P., deliver'd a lecture at the association's rooms, Trades Hail, entitled “ Massage and Electric Massage,” the lecture being the first, of tho series arranged for tho current year. There was i crowded attendance, many being unable to find sealing accommodation. Mr J. B. Strulhers occupied the chair. Dr Thacker, who received a very cordial reception, dealt exhaustively with live subject, and impressed upon tho audience tho fact that massage did not consist, as was popularly believed, merely of rubbing the skin. That was only part of an elaborate process, and in order to qualify for flic profession it was necessary that the practitioner should possess a profound knowledge of anatomy and physiology, as without such knowledge treatment might actually prove harmful. Dr Thackc" explained by means of diagrams the dit I emit parts of the body, how weak* nesses in various parts could be successfully treated by this means, and cut' red into a dissertation on the prim ciples of (he art. He dealt at length with sound, light and heat, and their close relationship, and gave, a demonstration of violet rays and high-pres-sure current- The lecturer was re peat.wily applauded during the deliver! of his address, and at its cnnclusior was accorded a hearty vote of fhanki on the motion of Mr F. H. Hitchitjg. Dr Fellow’s Pile Cones have cured hundreds of Christchurch citizens aftoi every other known remedy had failed. Price 3s (id box. from chemists, qr direct, Loasby’s Pharmacy. 1787 Only tho most artistic portrait is n good enough record of your wedding. Lot us make il. Bridal portraits and wedding groups made by us are sure to please. Sleffano Webb, Petersen’* Buildings High Street. Tele. 1939. Xi«