LYTTELTON NEWS

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16149, 1 March 1918, Page 9

LYTTELTON NEWS

+ RED CROSS COMMITTEE. The monthly meeting of tho Lyttelton Red Cross Committee was he-Id yesterday, in the Council Chambers, the Mayor (Mr W. X. Lester) preeidirf£. A vote of thanks was accorded the residents of Chorions Bay for the donation of £42 '2s Sd, being the proceeds o[ a feto held at the Bay. It was reported that the sum o£ illtlo 12s 2d wae collected on Friday last at the "Paddy's Market," hold in Norwich quay. The bul-iinee-sheet showed the branch to bo in a sound financial position, the total xc-ccipts being .£2342 2e 4d, and the expenditure £2104 13s 9d. It was decidcd that j£loo should be sent to the Contral Branch to t>e forwarded to the General l!ed Cross i'und in England. THE PICTURES. Lars" crowds attended nil the sessions at the Harbour Light Picture Thcatro yesterday afternoon and evening, when a, special programme was presented in aid of tho prize fund of the Lylttltou District High School. The principal picture was u Mary Pickford til tn, "Tho Poor' Little Rich Girl." The samo iirogramrtio will bo screened this evening. A Russian picture-play, "The 'Angel of" Mercy,"' starring Alic-c Brady, will ucshown to-niorrow. CASUALTY. Tho seaman, William Kelly, who sustained ecriaus injuries bv falling down tho hold of tho Weatporl Coal Co/ii steamer Canopus, oil Wednesday, was removed yesterday from the- Casualty Ward to the Christchurch Hospital, hi 3 condition i slightly improved. SWIMMING. The Lyttelton Ladies' Swimming Club held tho final races of the seaeou at Corsair Ba.y last evening, tho results being as follows: — 25yds Handicap—B. Harris (scr) 1. D. Payne (Usee) 2. Won by a yard. limo, 19 50yds Handicap—l. Bundy (16sec) 1, M. Miller (ssec) 2. Won by a touch. Time, Imin 7sec. , r 25yds Handicap—E. Mazey (ecr) 1, W. Curtis (oscc) 2. Won by a touch. lime, 22soc. I HARBOUR LIGHT PICTURES, Saturday and Monday.—"THE ANGEL Oi MERCY,"' a thrilling tale of "Darkest Russia"; also, Charlie Chaplin in "The Rink." 9J40 BOROUGH OF LYTTELTON. OFFICIAL OPENING OF QUARRY. rpHE LYTTELTON BOROUGH COUNJ- OIL invites the .Residents of Lyttelton to be present at tho Official Opening of the -New Quarry, Cornwall road, on bAT.WtDAY, the 2nd March, at 3 o'clock p.m. Refreshments will be provided. J3OO | ' ' AFTER THE WAR. * POLICY OF DEVELOPMENT. "Wc must, when the war conies to an end."' remarked the Prime Minister at the "Wellington Town Hall on Tuesday night, "go in for a policv ot development —whole-hearted development. Tho Government has already made provision for the employment of probably more than 15,000 men—when our troops come back. I believe provision has been made for a great many more Those arrangements arc so .complete'that we could put them to work next week. Don't imagine that demobilisation will take as long as many people think. Arrangements have been made; but the troops won't leave Europe until Germanv has been brought to her knees." (Applause.) Mr Massey then indicated tho different classes of work which would immediately be made available for the returned men on the conclusion of the war. / UNCOMFORTABLE AFTER MEALS? Your food is not digesting. Look at your tongue; you will find it coated in the morning. The bowels are generally irregular, you have lost a lot of your old enegry, and feel tired and languid. Your work is an effort; you have pains between the shoulders occasionally, and in the stomach, and get troubled with flatulence. Come and "ASK LOA.SBT ABOUT IT." Over 40 years' successful experience in prescribing is at your eervico. Hundreds can tell you tho good Loasby has done them. Advice and Medicine: Children 2s, adults 3s 6d. Country patients treated by letter. Send full details of your troubles; enclose Cs 6d, and we send you a double-sized bottle of medicine post free. A. M. LOASBY, (With W. F. McArthur), The Only Prescribing Chemist, 4 G79 Colombo street. Christchurch. DAILY MEMORANDA —Friday, March 1. AUCTIONS. Jones, McCrostie Co., Ltd., at 10 Werrington street, "1 p.m.—Furniture, etc. McKenzic and Willis, at their Rooms, 1 p.m. —Furniture, etc. Claridge and Smith, at Farmers' Saleyards, 11 a.m.—Horsca, etc. 11. S. McKenzio and Co.. Ltd., at their Rooms, 1 p.m.—Furniture, etc. P. S. Nicholls und Co., at their Rooms, 2 p.m.—Furniture, etc.