LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12754, 25 September 1919, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The meeting of creditors in the estate of Robert Francis M’Donald, carpenter, of Nursery Road, called for yesterday was- adjourned sine die ■ as there was no appearance of the creditors, The bankrupt’s debts amounted to £l2-1 2s 7d. He ascribed his failure to ill-health. The following gentlemen have become 'members of the Christchurch-Lyttelton Tunnel Road Committee, formed by Mr H. G. Ell, M.P.: —Messrs Arnaud M’Kollar, E. H. Wyles, F. Wi Anderson, D, S. Glanville, F. ,0. Shaddock, D. Reclpath, W. A. Poison’, H. B. Bridge, C. A. "Wylie and Leicester Matson. Mr Bullock (Ashburton) has donated £5 os towards the preliminary expenses. “ We’ve got he profiteering fever," said a delegate at to-dav’s meeting o) the Dominion Bowling Council, during the discussion of a motion in the direction of increasing the entry fees for next year’s tournament- Another delegate said that people had had to pay more for food and clothing, and now it seemed that participation in the ancient game of bowls was also to cost more. Ultimately the suggested increase was agreed to on the condition that luncheon is provided each day for the competitors. The Kaikoura correspondent ot the "Star” writes that residents of that district are watching with interest the reports of meetings held to deal with tha fishing question. It is pointed out that men who, on demobilisation, are inclined to enter into this industry, will find that there is much experience to bo acquired in ofder to assure success, and in addition a fair amount of capital is necessary to them through the “ waiting time." Daring the past three months the fishermen have not more than paid for petrol. A suggestion was made in a letter from the Darfield branch of the Farmers’ Union, read at yesterday’s executive meeting, that a producers’ ''’inoperative Marketing Association, with a capital of £1,000,000 or more, should be established to market all meat if on farmers’ own account, and through farmers’ freezing companies. Shareholders _could_ guarantee to supply the association with a certain quantity of meat, say 80 per cent of their annual crop. The association would then bo in a position to sell forward and on the consuming market, say 80 per cent of their guaranteed supply, thus tending to stabilise the markets here 'or the season. The project to hold an Industries Week next month under the auspices of the Progress League and Industrial Association promises to be enthusiastically supported by local manufacturers, and the prospects of success are moss encouraging. There is reason to tnticipate that the enterprise will be on a much more ambitious scale than has hitherto been attempted in Christchurch. In addition to displays of all classes of manufactured goods in the shop windows, a food exhibition and fair will be held in the Colosseum, which is intended to emphasise the importance of wheat growing as a staple procuct of this province, and what ,m essential part the cereal .crops of canterbury play in industrial activities, particularly in relation to the food supplies of the people. The Progress League also intends to inaugurate an active membership campaign in conjunction with Industries Week, for the purpose of stimulating interest in the welfare of Canterbury. In this connection a series of entertainments are being planned embracing novel features that should he most instructive- At- !' cn *!°. n j s directed to an advertisement m thus issue inviting manufacturers, merchants and retailers to co-operate with the organisers and make early application for exhibition space. Some comments on tho salaries paid to nurses in the various hospitals throughout the Dominion were made by the Acting Inspector-General of Hospitals, Dr R. H. Makgill, in a circular presented to the Hospital Board at its meeting yesterday. D r Makgill wrote as follows: In regard to the desire ot several Hospital Boards for the Department to undertake the compilation of a list of salaries which, in its opinion might be adopted in respect to tho nursing staffs at the various hospitals throughout the Dominion, I have the honour to submit a suggested scale for consideration of your board- This 1 think, will enable your board to rsview the matter in all its various details aud amve at a satisfactory solution of the problem which, in the case of some boards, is more difficult of settlement than at some of the larger institutions.’’ The scale sugf“lS^+ by n t o 1 - e n l>eP? ' rtment ran S e d from £lf» to £3oo a year in the case of matrons according to the number of beds; sub-matrons, £llO to £2OO- nigh* charge sisters, nursing home sisters' and theatre sisters, £llO to £175; specula! department sisters, £l2O to £l5O- - sisters, £IOO to £120; staff nurses (registered) £75 to £9O; probationers, lirst year £2o, second year £35. third sub-matrons of outside institutions*. £l5O to £2oo—the suggested salaries in each case varying according to the number of beds. A scale of suggested salaries for district nurs°s was also submitted. The board referred > the matter to the Hospital Committee for its consideration. Hundreds of Christchurch eitisem have been Sured by Dr Fellow’s Pile Cones when every other known remedy has failed. Price 3s 6d box, from chemists, or direct. Loasby and Co., chemists (opp. Ballantyne’s). X Bradbury’s Sweet Peas, the real “ Glory of the Garden.’’ As the supplies this year were abundant, many of the best kinds are still procurable at Hastie, Bull and Pickering’s. Sow this month. j Ladies know them to have no equal. Martin’s Apiol and Steel Pills. Sold oy all Chemists and Stores throughout Australasia. S