LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12726, 22 August 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The City Fire Brigade received a call from the alarm box at the corner of Victoria Street and Salisbury Street at 11.40 o’clock last night. The call proved to be a false alarm. A series of meetings for Sunday School teachers, arranged by the Christchurch Presbyterian Sabbath School Union is being held this week in St Paul’s Sunday School Hall, Lichfield Street. The text book chosen is “ The Programme and Power of the Pioneers,” by the llev J. Jamieson, being a series of studies in the lives of the early apostles. For the Bible studv the teachers are divided into small circles, each in charge of a leader, and some very helpful discussions have taken rdace at these circles. The study is followed by an address, the speakers being the Revs Dr Erwin, N. O. White, J. Paterson, D. D. Rodger and R- 51. Rvburn.

Owing to her remarkable resemblance to a young woman who is “ wanted ” by the police a fifteen-year-old girl had a most unfortunate experience yesterday afternoon. She was walking from Cathedral Square along Worcester St. with the intention of going to the Public Library, when two men in a motor car called out to her to stop. As she did not know who they were site took no notice of them, whereupon the men stopped the car and caught hold of her and bundled her into the car. They demanded to know why she had not stopped when they called out to her, and said that thev were police constables and bad a warrant for her arrest. The girl protested her innocence but it was of no avail and she was taken to the police station. Here she was able to move that she was not the girl wb’o was wanted, and ishe was released. When she reached her home she was in a state of collapse owing to the shock and treatment -‘she had received. Her brother called at the police station last night and demanded an explanation of the occurrence. The police apologised for the mistake and explained that it had been wholly due to the girl’s remarkable likeness to the person for whom they held a warrant for arrest. The National Council of Women, have written to members of Parliament asking whether they will support a Bill or any other measure making women eligible for seats in Parliament. The member for Lyttelton, Mr J. M’Combs, M.P., who, last session, succeeded in carrying in the House of Representatives an making women eligible for Parliament, has replied to the National Council, stating that it is his intention, on behalf of the Labour party, to reintroduce his Legislature Amendment Bill next session, to give women the right to he elected to either House of Parliament. In the course of his letter ho states that his amendment of last sessibn, which the Upper House defeated, at the instigation of the Government, was an amendment to a Government Bill amending the Legislature Act. and when it was challenged by Air Massey the Speaker ruled that it was strictly in order. As a result of the vote taken last session, Mr M’Corabs adds, the question is now fairly up for settlement this session , and he will gladly support anv legislation for the removal, of the political disabilities of women. He thinks, however, that this reform, to be of political value, should he accompanied by another reform —that of proportional representation. Dr C. Chilton, Professor of Biology, at a meeting of the Canterbury Microscopical Society in the Biological Laboratory at Canterbury College last ■night, gave an illustrated address on “ Animal Associations and Communities.” He drew the material for the address mainly from crustaceans ana allied animals, and showed how members of different groups often are found in strange association. He described a species. of amphipod found on crayfish in New Zealand seas; a small isopod found on a larger iso pod; a worm found on fresh-water crayfish in Canterbury rivers; a barnacle found on a crab; a saltwater amphipod found in a. peculiar barrel-shaped structure, which does not belong to it, but is the castoff shell of another pelagic animal; the female peacrab, always found in the shell of the saltwater mussel; and an isopod popularly known as the gribhle. which bores into the piles of wharves, and is found with an allied isopod, also a borerBoth these isopods, he said, were introduced into New Zealand waters many years ago, probably in wooden ships, and it was hard to say which, was responsible for the damage done. The association of those strange messmates sometimes was accidental, but often, evidently, was of a closer character, although no knowledge was possessed as to what it really was. The instances, perhaps, showed the process of evolution into cases of complete •* the r-ri'tAn of flukes to sheep and frogs, clearly that of parasite and host. Hje promised to continue the subject in another address. A vote of thanks was passed to him on the motion of the President, Mr E. E, Stark, who presided. A vote of thanks was passed also to Mass Herriot for showing the slides through th© lantern. Hundreds of Christchurch citizen* have been cured by Dr Fellow’s Pile Cones when every other known remedy has failed. Price 3s fid box, from chemists, or direct. Loasby and 00., chemists (opp. Ballantyne’s). X Have those old-time portraits copied, enlarged or reduced and finished, by our permanent process. W© specialise in this and can guarantee satisfaction. Steffano Webb, Petersen’s Buildings. High Street. ’Phone 1989. 3T