LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16330, 20 January 1921, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I lie South Canterbury Hospital Board yesterday considered the need ! or f second consumptive sanatorium for the South Island. As the site had been selected in Central Otago the board (states a Press association message from Timaru) agreed to urge the Government in view of the “ tragic consequences ' * of lack of it to push on with the building without delay.

Mr S. A. Staples attended a special sitting of the Sumner Boundaries Commission yesterday, to make a persona] protest against the proposal to take the Mount Pleasant area from the borough of Sumner. He referred to the negotiations leading to the formation of the Christchurch Tramway Board, and said that the purpose of forming the board would be defeated if the proposal were adopted. A special rate of seven-fortieths of one penny in the £ was confirmed, last evening, by the Waimairi County Council, for the Ha re wood Biding, to cover the charges for the loan of £7OOO for electricity supply purposes. Mr W. p. Spencer, the chairman, said that all would be glad that the loan proposals had been carried by so large a majority. It was agreed to apply to the Prime Minister for permission to raise the loan at per cent interest. Some of the members of the Waimairi County Council do not appreciate the visits of deputations, one declaring last evening amid encouraging “hear, hears,” that deputations wasted a lot of time, and should oe knocked on the head. Mr W. P. Spencer said that every ratepayer, if he had a grievance,

had the' right to put- his views before the council. A motion by Mr It. W. Hawke that in future seven days’ notice must be given -jf a visit from a deputation was lost cn the casting vote of the chairman. “ The Boy Scout organisation is a dangerous movement,” said Miss M’Carthy while lecturing in the Trades Hall last evening on the aims of Internauional Labour. “It is dangerous because there is some good in it. The Scouts are taught to dress tidily and to do one good deed a day. That is the awful part of it- Morality has beer, sandwiched in between villainy. Tn Hngland recently Boy Scouts were used as 1 blacklegs ’ to break up a gardeners’ strike. Then the truth came to light.” That boys had been attempting to catch trout in Victoria Lake with bread, and had been seen endeavouring to “ ionl hook ” the lish were reported to last evening’s meeting of the Council of the North Canterbury Acclimatisa-

tion Society. Several members stated that- they had seen bo3 r s fishing with bread, and one mentioned a case of attempted “ foul hooking.” The meeting decided to instruct the curator to inspect the lake occasionally with a view to catching the culprits. “The Typographer at the Christchurch Technical College : ’ is the title of a very handsome volume issued by the College for the season 1920. It contains a large nilmber of specimens of artistic job printing, mostly two-colour designs, and marks a distinct advance on the very high standard set in the 1919 book of specimens. The honorary examiners in tlieir annual report regret that more apprentices in the trade are not taking advantage of the classes. It is to be hoped that 1921 will show an improvement in this respect, as the College typographical department offers really splendid facilities for training in the higher branches of printing. Authority to sign a petition to the Governor-General for inclusion of the Spreydon Borough in Greater Christ-

church, and to affix the council’s seal thereto, was given to the Mayor of Spreydon (Mr A. Manhire) and the Town Clerk (Mr M. \V. Woodfield) last night’s meeting of the council, on the inotiop of Councillor H. Worrall.

“ T signed it on, and now I’ve, signed it off,” said Mr Woodfield, when the seal had been duly affixed. “ That signs our death warrant.” said one of the councillors. The incident passed to the accompaniment of a good deal of jocular remark among the councillors. The petitioning of the Governor-General is one of the formal steps pursuant to the carrying of the recent poll on the question of amalgamation with the city.

A lecture on “The Treatment of Wounds” was given oy Dr Spencer Daniell at last night’s meeting of the Christchurch Division of the St John Ambulance Brigade. The great danger with wounds, said the lecturer, was infection, and it was the duty of the first aider to prevent this by the discreet use of antiseptics. Strong antiseptics should be used with caution, because they were prone to cause coagulation of the albumen. Scalp wounds always required professional attention. Where sepsis occurred, there was a possibility of meningitis. The lecturer issued a ■warning to gardeners whose wounds, he said, should receive special attention owing to the danger of tetanus, or lockjaw. which existed where manure was used. At the same meeting a letter was received from Mr Ezra Trelea-ven. a former member of the division; enclosing a donation of £1 Is- A vote or thanks to Mr Treleaven was passed unanimously.

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