LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12638, 24 May 1919, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The publication of the Coal Commissions report will bo considered after the report has been before Cabinet, which will probably be about the middle of next week.—Press Association. The pulpit of the < Durham Street Methodist Church will be occupied toiporrow morning and evening by the Her W. A. Hay, of Bank Street, Timaru. Miss Nelli© Smith will sing at the evening service “ With Verdure Clad," from Haydn’s " Creation,” The Trentham Dominion Scholarships, Fund received the other day a donation from the relief committee of flazelburn, Pleasant Point. The cheque was for £4l 17s 6d, a very creditable amount for Hazelburn. “ Other societies please copy," say the Scholarships Committee. Sir James Allen yesterday officially opened the Southland Home for Convalescent Soldiers at Enwood, before a large assemblage. Ho declared tjiat the Government favoured such homes, but stated that oases requiring special treatment needed to be sent to special institutions.—Press Association. Mr Douglas Porter, of the Egypt General Mission, will give a freq illustiated lecture on "Mission lY the Land of the Pharaohs," m the Y.M.U.A-, on Tuesday evening next. The lantern slides will bo interesting to many whose soldier relatives have passed through the recent Egyptian campaign. Amongst the mail received by the Trentham Dominion Scholarships Fund the other day was a letter from the honorary secretary of the church committee of All Saints’ Church, Hokitika, enclosing a cheque for £5 6s 7d —the. proceeds of an offertory taken up on Anzac Day —“ trusting that your fund may grow and he of lasting benefit to many a hero’s child." 11 This,” says the secretary of the Scholarships Fund, “is an excellent example for other churches up and down. Hew Zealand to follow.” The purpose of the fund, to open the avenues of higher education to the children of New Zealand’s heroes who have made the great sacrifice, commends itself to everyone. _Mr T. M. Charters, District Repatriation Officer, stated to a reporter yesterday that it had been brought under the notice of the Repatriation Board that returned men were in some cases incurring liabilities by paying a deposit on a business and then submitting their applications for financial assistance to the board. It must be distinctly understood, said Mr Charters, that applicants must first submit their proposals before committing themselves in any way whatever. There were still numbers of applications for assistance from men who wished to start in the taxi business. Many of the applicants had little or no experience in that business- Then, again, the board had to take into consideration the matter of public safety, and no man with nerve trouble or allied complaints could he assisted into the taxi business. Hundreds of Christchurch citizens have been cured by Dr Fellow’s Pile Cones when every other known remedy has failed. Price 3s (id box, from chemists, or direct. Loa-sby and Co., chemists (opp. Ballantyne’s). X. Bring your little boy or girl in to be photographed by Steffano Webb every birthday. More than a year should not elapse between one sitting and another. Petersen’s Buildings, High Street. ’Phone 1989. X When Influenza is raging, take “NAZOL." Best safeguard against attack. Swiftest reliever to sufferers from colds, catarrh, and sore throat. “ A morning call" at the right moment and accurate time day and night is afforded by the "Big Ben” 17s 6d, “ Sleepmeter ’’ 10s 6d, " America ” 7s 6d, and the wonderful “Simplex " 3-day Alarm Clock. All at Hastie, Bui! and Pickering’s, Cashel Street. 11 Ladies know them to have no equal. Martin's Apiol and Steel Pills. Sold by all Chemists and Stores throughout Australasia. X Bad colds and "NAZOL’’ cannot exist together. Test this commonsense and certain treatment. Children like it. 2