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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19809, 28 November 1919, Page 2

Ampin indications of >1 e manner in which the country pec. Me apprcciaic the .work of the Canteronry Progress League was shown at tho meeting at Oxford last night. A\'h u .Mr I’, H. Climie, organiser of i-..e league, entered the hall lie was wam.iy applauded, and throughout- the meeting appreciative; remarks wore made regarding the efforts of the league on behalf of the country dismals A? the, meeting was about to (lose. Mr JCook slated that lie could i.nl allow Mr Climie to return to C.'hr.tdi hnrch without first being assured ul the gratefulness'of tlip residents at Oxford to the. Progress Longue for its efforts in maintaining the mail an ! newspaper services during the railway curtailment. lie moved that the meeting expiess its hearty thank? ‘n the league for what it had done m this respectThe motion was seconded by Air Gardner and canned hv nee - matioii.

A largo proportion or tiro returned soldiers seemed inclined to go on the land, said -Mr .1. (>'. Herdmau. president of the Chamber of Commerce, addressing the annual meeting, hut the number of ballots was so small and tiro number of applicants so large that if the present rate of speed was continued it would he a long time before all were provided for. Tiro remedy seemed to bo for the Government to expedite the pnn-has.e, of suitable blocks, and thus have more frequent ballots. Ho thought, as far as Canterbury and North Otago were concerned, that whe.re the land was particularly adapted to wheat growing, the Government-should,'-when purchasing further Huds for soldiers, endeavour to obtain estates containing land of that description ■ That would largely obviate labour difficulties, ashy working together on a settlement soldiers would not. have to employ- any outside assistance.

Numbers of animals kept in » menagerie in Paris recently escaped and wandered about at largo in the lores! of Saint Germain cn Layer. Lions, monkeys and a wild boar disported themselves to their heart's content, much to the alarm of the passers. But finally a round-up was organised, and the fugitives were reinstated iu tm-w iuumj.