GENERAL NEWS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXI, 13 August 1921, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

D. C. Bates’s weather forecast. — Indications are for westerly winds, strong to gale, and veering by west to south. There is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather. The barometer will rise fater about 16 hours and the weather will then probably become colder. “Dresses of the Week in Canterbury’s Capital,” an article of especial interest to womenfolk, and •specially written by a Christchurch lady journalist, appears in this issue. Other articles catering for lady readers are also published. •‘Farm Notes” and a descriptive report of yesterday’s racing also appear. and a special column of news -'rom Wellington secured exclusively to the Advertiser. A ch aring sale is to be conducted ;;t Willowbridge on Thursday, 15tb S-?p< --J ><•>•, by the C.F.C.A., Ltd., on . - -i; ' of Mr 11. E. McGowan. F.>r cheap crockery mid household i> ■■■.mongery, visit Kerr and Co.’s great removal sale. Everything sub•v'/tally reduced —bedrock prices the rule. Only at Kerr and Co.’s great clearing sple...

The services to-morrow, at Knox Church will be conducted by Rev. J. D. Wilson, whose subject in the morning will be “To-day’s Bread,” and in the evening the subject will be‘“Reaping the Whirlwind.”

The matter of the fixation of the date for the draught horse parade to be held under the auspices of the Waimate A. and. P. Association, is now being considered by a committee.

. Pastor Nicholls, one-time P.C. of the Metropolitan Police Force, will conduct services to-morrow in Orange Hall. He will also give his lecture to-night. Do not forget and do not miss.

Colonel and Mrs Carmichael, assisted by Major and Mrs Wallace, from Christchurch, will conduct the anniversary services at the Salvation Army to-morrow. The Army Band will render a musical programme in SeHdon Square in the afternoon.

Meadowbank Coal is now being retailed by the C.F.C.A., J. Wilce, and H. Hunt. Thirty shillings per ton, delivered in the Borough. For price and quality this coal cannot be beaten. Try’ some to-day... A novel way of spending the Saturday half-holiday was disclosed by members of the Library Committee on Thursday night. A discussion was taking place regarding the best day for the librarian’s half-holiday, and it was mentioned that a larger number of people than usual attended the Saturday sale. “There is a surprisingly large number of people attend that sale nowadays,” remarked a committeeman. “I don’t know whether they are all buyers. T think some of them drop in to pass the afternoon and have a yarn. As a matter of fact, I’ve looked in there myself!” “So have I,” said another committeeman. “And I,” said another. The cost of keeping the present number of illustrated papers on the tables at the Public Library was discussed at the Committee meeting on Thursday night, Mr Hitchens pointing out that retrenchment was absolutely necessary. Mr Reid remarked that libraries all over the dominion were feeling the pinch similarly. “The position is that prices of magazines have gone up, while subscriptions have remained the same,” he said. It was decided that the Committee should at a future meeting consider the necessity of reducing the number of illustrated papers.

The Dominion Council of the R.S.A. recently set up a committee to consider the question of soldier unemployment, says a Press message. Proposals were formulated to create new capital out of the savings ofpeople and use this to carry on necessary public works, particularly hydro-electric schemes. To this end it was suggested that measures be taken to increase the sale of post office investment certificates. The committee sent its proposals to the Government and has received a reply that it cannot see its way to adopt them. It was not considered possible to compete by means of post office certificates with the present high rates of interest nor does the Government care about inviting investments which will result in an accumulation payable in one sum at a fixed period. It. urges that the post office savings bank itself is the surest, safest and cheapest mode of investment of public savings.

At an inquest at Dunedin this morning on Edwin George William Hatcher, aged 25, whose body was found in the bottle cellar of the Excelsior Hotel on Thursday, the evidence of an hotel porft-r showed he had found deceased earlier on a couch in the bar ,and placed him in the bottle cellar. He had no instructions to do so, but had done the same on previous occasions. Other evidence showed the deceased had been gassed at the front, and had complained of heart trouble. Medical evidence showed his heart was-sound but gave the opinion that death was due to heart failure following cirahosis of the liver. The coroner said deceased had been drinking to ex-' cess. He had been deserted by his companions, and the conditions surrounding his death were of such a nature that close enquiry should be made. He instructed the police to make an inquiry into the method of dealing with intoxicated persons in view of the evidence given by the porter, The verdiet was in aceordI anee with the medical opinion. | HOT SAVELOYS AND MASHED I POTATOES—WITH COFFEE. I Gardner's, have opened their rooms

for hot savelpys, .mashed potatoes and • bffeq'at nights; also h. soups, drinks and hovril every morning and evening.

A fancy dress dance is to be held in the Morven Hall on Thursday, Ist September. The class room of the Young Men’s Bible Class, it has been decided, will be enlarged to cover the area of the whole of the section upon which it stands. Th contract for the work has been given Mr F. Pollock. The size of the enlarged building will be 33ft x 62ft; and will include kitchen, class-room, shower, etc., at the back, the front portion, which will be brought up to the street front, being simply a gymnasium space.

The half-holiday question affeets even the Public Library. At the meeting the other night, the matter was discussed at length. Mr Buckingham urged the consideration of the claims of the country people, many of whom he said, were desirous of changing their bobks on Saturday afternoons, and pointing out that the country people formed the majority of the subscribers. Mr Hitchens remarked upon the difficulty of pleasing everybody. He said he thought the half holiday position was ah the balance; it would shortly be decided one way or the other. “When the half holiday becomse general upon one day,” he said, “the Library can follow suit.” Miss Strong the Librarian, remarked that at the present she collected books from various shops on Monday mornings left there on Saturday afternoons. Members of the Committee commented upon Miss Strong’s good natured action in frequently opening the Library to oblige subscribers in town at. an hour when the institution was closed. To wind up the winter activities of the Y.M.B.C. (physical branch) it has been decided to give a demonstration in the near future. Box--ing, gymnastic displays, and Swedish drill by the girls’ class will figure on the programme, on which it is also expected to have a number of vocal items. The Olympia theatre has been placed at the disposal of the class, for the demonstration, which will be something in the nature of a benefit, the profits being divided.