GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16144, 23 February 1918, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

Tho auction announcements of H. Matson and Co., National Mortgage and Agency Co., Claridge and Smith, Harris Bros., Dalgcty and Co., Charles Clark, South Canterbury Auctioneers' Association, Pyno and Co., W. E. Simes and Co., and Tonks, Norton and Co., will be found on page 13 of this issue.

A public meeting to open the 1918 session of the Workers Educational Association will be hold in tho Trades' Hall to-night. Addresses will be given by Professor J. Macmillan Brown and Messrs J. 11. Howell, and C. T. Aschman.

Applications for fifteen deer-stalking licenses for the Ralcaia Gorgo district for this season will be received by the secretary of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society (Mr C. W. Hervey, 59 Cathedral square) up to Wednesday next, 27th inst. Twelve door-stalking licenses are also available for tho Waiau-Ciaronce district. Full particulars can bo obtained at the secretary's office.

At St. Paul's Presbyterian Church to-morrow, the Rev. John Paterson will resume his ministry, after his recent illness, and will preach both morning and evening. Ihe subject in the morning will bo: ' The Name of tho Lord," and i n £i; enin K> Message of Comrort. Tho anthem in the morning -n-ill bo "Seek Yo the Lord" (Roberts). Mr Bills will be the soloist. The evening anthem will be ''Send Out Thy Light" (Gounod), and Mr Bills will sin* the solo "Comfort Ye My People" (Handel). There appears to bo a danger that medical men may in tho near future be prevented from getting quicklv around to their patients owing to the "difficulty »n securing supplies of benzine (says tho Auckland ''Star"). This was represented to Mr C. H. Poole M.P. and on AVednesday that gentleman ' telegraphed to the Minister of Public Hoalth regarding the matter, to see if an exception could not be made for medical men if benzine lias to be restricted in its use. Next day Mr Poole received an answer to his telegram in which tho Minister regretted his' inability to make exceptions in respect to the medical section of tho community.

''P° y° u know," said a well-known v. ellington indent agent particularly interested in goods, "that I have seen during the past week drapers j selling calico sheeting at per yard, ; which would to-day c ost 2s 3d a yard to j land here? ' Jhe agent in question ; added that his cabled advices of late j had been a series of shocks. Only a few days ago he had secured a large order for flannelettes on the last prices quoted, winch was a yard. He cabled Home for confirmation of the order and was surprised to learn that the prico had advanced to Is a vard. Fe prophesies that if the war" goes on there will be no woollen goods at all obtainable from England at this time next year. All the clothes for the Amorican troops were to be made in England instead of America, in order to save time, and avoid the risk of vessels carrying transhipped wool cargoes to the Lmtod States bein<r sunk bv enemy activity This wo ulri give tho. woollen manufacturers an immense amount of work and they consequently would, ho argued, not be able to turn out much stuff for the export trade.

,if The wheel came off a carrier's c£ ,„M U«iASr.'Sd'ci".Tm'ThS W <" » »'hilo thoro ..as f' complete blockage of traffic. "f 0 Yesterday was "Heather Day" Christchurcli, a brisk sale of lioath His bein~ niaiie in the streets, m aid tify the Scottish Women's Hospitals. T. not sum of £176 vas realised this hen £30 more than tuo sura collected < , UT ~ tin? occasion of last year's simil \ ' appeal. ton 'f] le Mavor (-Mr H. Holland) is losi: :cr " no t iai' e in setting into motion t hat machinery lor perieeting the organis of tion in connexion with the agitati. for the completion of the Arthui Pass tunnel. * Ho has convened me< i, r _r S for next week at tho City Coil lu '" oif Chamber* of the sub-committe the appointed at iast- Wednesday nigh I the meeting. as "These boys have pot a new schcr irs, for evading drill now," said a sergeai: nts major in tho Magistrate's Court y-:?t< p„. dav, wlicn a number of Sen; ,:- C:;t ; c .we're charged with failing to ait;.*; , a drill. "They go l'.arvesting no-,v. Th it is a very good i!11til; in itself. ::ax, t. tho remarkable fc.at.ure ;s that li.vi ind dccidc to go barvest'.nx until trc* inc j after the summons is served on ikc:r. j n _ In tho New South Wales Legislate . Assembij' last week, in reply to a que tion regarding the insurance on 3 Holmau's life prior to his recent vis ig- to England, it was stated tint the pr ur- niiura was paiil by the State. 'I'm U, O policies were_ taken out, one with tl Insurance Office of Australia for £200' 3m and the other with the Liverpool ar London and Globe Insurance Compar 'he for £3000. Both policies covered deal m- hy accident only. This was undertake with the consent of the Ministry. :ed Tho Hon. D. Buddo, 31.P., to who j n _ the Belfast district is indebted for tl installation ol : a slot telephone, h; been advised by the Postmaster-Gen ral that owing to its not being mac ad sufficient uso of, lie regrets to stai . C y that the box will shortly be closed. A la j. the machine has proved a great coi venience to those who have no tel ,n ~ phone, and a boon to those who hav eS > in that they are now allowed to slec ?es peacefully, whereas before the install; on tion 0 f the machine they were ofte ko distributed, the residents hope tl] . Postmaster will reconsider his docisioi A public meeting of protest i« to L a held shortly. A large gathering of Northern Maor n " was held at Kawakaiva on Wednesda at for the purpose of meeting the Hot as. Dr. Pomare, Native Minister, who wj ns accompanied by Mr Tau Ilenare, M.P , a _ in connexion with the Native Conscri[ tion Registration Act. Feeling exist rs > among a certain section antagonistic t 111 conscription. Tho Maoris general!, ns are of the opinion that in view of th s t splendid voluntary enlistments of th c 0 Northern race there should not be con , pulsion. The purpose of the mcetin was to enable Dr. Pomaro to e.xplai that conscription was not intended t be appliedto the North, but only t Id Waikato Natives, who have not contri p_ bated their share of man-power for th war. hut that registration applies to n] J malo Natives of military ago through °* out the Dominion. 0 Tho Wellington City Librarian (31 P~ Herbert Baillie) is saddened by th 1 ' knowledge that all frequenters of th >Il reference rooms in the Central Li bran ti_ are not strictly honest. During th' past da v or two tho work of "stock taking" has been in progress, and al 1,1 ready ho has quite a little list of book; td which have mysteriously vanished fron 5- their accustomed niches in the shelve: 3 f (says tho "New Zealand Times") These absent-minded devotees of Jitcra turn show a commcndably catholic taste a > It is not Dcrhaps surprising that C. J i° Dennis's "Tho Sentimental Bioko" ana t sj Robert Service's "Songs of a Sour 1, dough" should have appealed to the lo cupidity of some readers, but it wa.> rather surprising to see on the list ol o missing books the poems of Shelley, Ji Faber's "Hymns," and some politick ;e pamphlets of no great moment. ?- The Oaniaru police received a tele,U phone message on Thursday (says the a "Mail") from Mrs Boreham, of Pukeuri, stating that she had found a woman near her residence in a serious h condition through exposure. She han r taken her in and given her what asn sistance sho eoukl, but her condition was such as required skilled attention and she at once communicated with the authorities, who motored out and brought her into the hospital. As far as could be gathered her name was Mary Rose, and she arrived in Oamaru from Christchurcli by Tuesday evening's express. Apparently she has been < sleeping out since tlion, as sho was in an apparently lifeless condition when found, and consequently when brought in was unable to give any coherent account of her movements cr her identity. In connexion with the harvest festival services held at the Addington Methodist Church, an interesting ceremony took place in the afternoon, when tho memorial infant room was formally opened by little Miss Lily Cutler, the granddaughter of the late Mr Thos. Cutler, and great-grand-daughter of the late Mr John T. Brown. There was a very largo attendance of children, old scholars, and friends. The Rev. T. W. Vealie presided. and briefly outlined tho historical features covering the work of the infant department of the* Sundayschool. Among the speakers were Mr J. H. Jones, superintendent, and Mr H. K. Bowden, representing the old scholars, also Messrs John Brown r.nd George Scott, who were associated with the school in the early days, and who, in interesting and reminiscent addresses, spoke in high esteem of the long and faithful services of the late Mr Thos. Cutler and Mr J. T. Brown, j in whose memory the room was dedicated. At the invitation of the Canterbury Aviation Company, the Christ's Ooflego Cadet Corps held their weekly parade in the company's' grounds at Sockburn yesterday, and incidentally were treated to an exhibition of flying by Mr C. M. Hill, instructor at she Aviation School, and his assistant, Mr J. C. Mercer. Among those present were Mr G. E. Blanch, headmaster of the College, Mr Robert Bell, a director of the Aviation Company, and Major Morrison, also nearly all the pupils of the College not members of the Cadet Corps. Mr Hill, accompanied by Major Morrison, went up to a height of 3000 feet in tho big machine, making a right and left hand spiral descent. Mr Mercer ivent up at tno time in the 60 dual control machine. Subsequently Mr Hill mado a trial night with a new pupil. At the conclusion of the proceedings a vote of thanks was accorded Messrs Hill \ and Mercer, and three cheers given for the company for its kindness, Mr Bell acknowledging the compliment. One of the most memorable sights at the Solway (Masterton) Show on Wednesday was the extraordinary largo collection of motor-cars—cars "of aJI sizos find value, but mostly of the expensive type. A bic space set aside in the show grounds for parking cars was ■quickly filled, but still the cars came on, not in ones and twos, but in tens and twenties. At 1.30 p.m. there were cars everywhere, and it was then that a Wellington "Post" reporter endeavoured to arrive at soino estimate of the number. He commenced a systematic count, and after reaching the astounding figure of 900, he was lost i n the maze of petrol-driven vehicles, and gave ; up the task. It would have been im- i possible to make an exact count, for ' cars kent coining and going all the ! time, but to say that there were 1000 \ cars at tho show would be no esaggera- j tion. What a vast amount of accu- j mulated wealth! Put the average value j of the cars at the low figure of £400, | j multiply £400 by 1000, and the result ; is £400,000. The majority of the cars J came from the immediate surrounding i district, but there were some from as far afield as Hastings and Wanganui, i and a very bin number from' tho dis- t tricts in between. (

rt [ QT'PE to the shortage of shipping t, : facilities from Auckland, the stocks of '•y sugar in the South Island are exa | troiuely low. : The Waimakariri (both branches) and ■ u I the Op:hi wore reported clear yesterday. ?r I and the Rakaia, Rangit-ata, and Waist taki dirty. 'U the "Wellington Magistrate's , j Court yesterday Alfred Agnew, on a 'r I c harge of selling two conies of the ir j "'lnternational Socialist Review," a ; prohibited publication, was fined £2. | "Mr Herdman looked after the Disal j °' lnr K er l Soldiers' Department with in- " I finite earo mid crace. He gave a •g • square deal "to everyone.''—Dr. t.! Whacker at Mr Poison's meeting at | A\ cllington on Wednesday. ?s { . It is stated that the run of salmon '3 ; t'.as been observed in the Ahuriri river, | a tributary of the Yi'aitaki about ">i! | miles abovo lvurow. As this is to £ I (, sa J* s u ' "Wanna co Advertiser"), the 1 fish must have swum deep in midj.jStoam to have escaped notice at •j j Glenavy ami Rcdcliff, where anglers; j have been watching. I , 0 i The secretary of tho North Canter-| +1 bury Hospital and Charitable Ail v | Board announces the. hours at -which " sufferers will be treated at tho veneve real diseases clinique at the Christchurch Hospital. Information can be r obtained at the Board's Office, or at the outpatients' Department. Enquiries ov applications will bo treated Q as strictly confidential. Information c . 0 he obtained from the Social ), Hygiene Association. d Want a Truss? Let Loasby Ft Z I j3r fie assortment just landed. Why suffer? Come and "ask Loasby n about it." Advico and medicine, tfs 6d ; children, 2s. 1 n Lye Strain.—Persistent headaches <u'o 0 in most cases the result of muscular eyo s strain. Have your evesight seientilie?TV> es , tot! hy Walter J. Watson, e D.13.0.A., London, of Watson's ''Jewel--0 lers" Limited. Glasses aro only recoms mended when_ absolutely necessary, and l- are prepared in neat and becoming rimf- loss designs. (5 p Are you interested in tho "last word" L . ! n P ei 'f pc fc dustless cleaning? If so, inspect the "Ladv Torrington" Vacuum Cleaner at Hastie, Bull and Pickering s. 1012 b Special attention is given boys and gir.s in the teaching of elocution by Miss Kiore King, L.L.C.M. (Elocution), London. To spoak correctly, pronounc- • in & and consonant sounds properlv, is included in the primary less sons. The training is of special advant- ' thus teaching proper voice production and good English in childhood's s early years. Full particulars from Miss i) King, Warwick . House, 62 Armagh r street west. Telephone 148. 8594 Sit for those New Year portraits today. Do not put it off any longer—and r be sure they are made by Steffano J Webb, Petersen's Buildings, High , Etreet. Tele. 1989. 8 ) Tho ''Sturgis" Collapsible Push-car - embodies all the latest features in baby > carriages. Faces mother or father. | Grey, Tan. or Black colours. Prices from £5 10.3. Try ''Draytons," 765 Colombo street. 6 Christclrurch ladies are greatly pleas- » ed with tho quality of "No Rubbing" . laundry help, "Golden Rule" soap, and ■ "Golden Rule" candles. Wardell Bros. 1 and Co. (5 Akaroa has tho most perfect climato to be found. A holiday thoro will convince you. The seaside without the , noisy breakers. Fares from Christchurch, ,25s return. 2 General Carrying of all sorts undertaken by J. M. Koywood and Co., Ltd. 1 Their plant of horses and vehicles is 1 one of the largest in New Zealand. C 1 HIGH-GRADE ENGLISH CLEMENT- 1 T BOT, 5-SEATER, £160. 1 We have for immediate sale a 12.22 h.p. 5-seator Clcment-Talbot motor- 1 car. . Has been exceptionally well I kept, and is well worth inspection. 1 Tyres almost new. Complete -with 1 ! I road equipment, including- spare rim. 1 Prico £160. Adams, Ltd., 219 Tuam 1 street. 8704 j i r