GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16150, 2 March 1918, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

The auction announcements of H. Matson and Co., New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Pyne and Co., W. E. Simes and Co., Tonks, Norton and Co., Dalgcty and Co., 11. 13. Sorensen, Charles Clark, National Mortgage and Agency Co., R. S. McKenzic and Co., Lawrie and Dalton, and Claridgo and Smith will be found on pages 12 and 13 of this issue.

A couuty justice in Virginia, U.S.A., has issued a warrant for tho arrest of the Kaiser on chargos of "murder, arson, and assault."

To-day and Monday provide the last occasions on which city rates can be paid without involving tho 10 por cent, penalty.

We have received the following subscriptions to our War Funds:—Red Cross Fund, R.L.R. £1: Serbian Fund, Ii.LJI. £1; Canterbury Patriotic Fund, R.L.11. £1.

Active preparations aro in hand by the secretary of the St. John Ambulance Association (Mr 'C. J. Treleaven) in connexion with Ambulance Day next Friday. He will be glad to hear from those willing to assist m th'o sale of badges.

Arrangements havo now been made under which, in addition to the name of the soldier's postal address, tho names of nearost relatives will bo inserted in the Government casualty lists exhibited at post olhces throughout tho Dominion.

At St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Cashol street, to-morrow, the services will bo conducted by Rov. John Paterson. The morning service will be a Communion service, the subject being "Friends of Ciirist," and in tho evening the subject will be "Dignity ot Sorvice." The anthem will be "O Worship tho Lord in the Beauly of Holiness" (Hollin?}, and tho organ voluntary after service "will be "Imperial March" (Sir Edward Elgaj).

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, an Irish terrier was arraigned lor dashing out of its owner's premises and tearing a woman's dress. The policeman who had subsequently made enquiries into tho matter, remarked that the dog did not appear to bear much goodwill towards him cither. Counsel for the dog's owner said that ho was not surprised at that, tho dog's national characteristics woulct-jnaturally make him constitutionally adverse to an officer of tho law!

At a meeting of tho General Committee of tho North Canterbury suction of tho Post and Telegraph Officers' Association, it was decided that the Management Committee for tho ensuing year should consist of two _ delegates from tho money-order and savings bank, telegraphists, postal staff, telephone exchange, telegraph linemen and lettercarriers, respectively, one delegate from the telegraph ongincors, and ono from tho telegraph despatch. It was decided to at onco affiliate with tho Canterbury Centre ol' tho Workers' Educational Association.

The Christchurch Domain Board, at its mooting yesterday, received a recommendation from its Gardens Committee that plans of the gardens and parks, with views of tho same, and showing acreage and other information of interest, be pronarod for exhibition in public places, such as the tram termini, at Christchurch, the public schools in Canterbury, and the tourist offices and railway stations throughout tho Dominion. It was decided to withhold consideration of the matter until a roport as to details was received from Mr Freeman.

Tho thirty-fifth annual meeting of the Congregational Union of New Zealand is to be held in Christchurch from March 6th to March 13th. Ministers and delegates are exported from the back blocks of tho far north to the extremo south of this island. Extensive preparations have beon mado within the church building lo facilitate tho business of the daily meetings. The evening meetings will bo open to tho public. On the opening night addresses will be given by tho Rev. W. A. Evans, of Wellington, and the Hon. Geo. Fowlds.

At a conference between members of the Dunedin Licensing Committee and representatives of the Temperance party, presided over by tho Mayor, it was decided; with a viow to avoiding the cost of a licensing election, duo to be hold this month, that throe members of the present Moderate Licensing Committee and two members of the Temperanco party should compriso the committee for tho next year. A ballot resulted in Messrs Green, Carroll, and Ritchie being selected from the present committee, while the Temperance party appointed- Messrs Rhodes and King as their representatives.

Horowini AVakarua, of "Waitotara, son of Iwiora Wakarua, was killed on the l'Vench. Iront about a mouth ago. When Horcwini decided to go to tne lront (says the "Stratford Post") lie and his father talked the matter over, and tho latter said that as, in tho ordinary course of events, he had fewer years to live than his son, and as tho son had just complotcd a very good education, it would be bettor for Iwiora to go. This proposal, however, was not acceptable to the son, who persuaded the father to let him go tho father promising that if tho son'were killed he would go to take his placo. Iruo to his word Iwiora left for camp last week, where ho is now in training to take his placo in the Great Fight. " Sjgns of war weariness mav be detected in New Zealand, according to A. lv. Atkinson, who delivered a lecture at Wellington on Wednesdav nigiit. xlo did not rofor to th*? youn o, men or to tho soldiers, but to tiie noi£ combaca-it element. Tho politico 1 truce had, apparently, been forgotten, and, /nsteaa of a. display of .National unitv, they Laci that ••hateful, hideous spectacle ' m Wellington North—an utter Msgrace to the city and to tho Dominion as a whole. The campaign had developed into a class war, and everything tended to make harder the tasks of those who wc-ro mainly engaged in •winning the bigger war. And that opposition came fiom those who claimed to be of higher intellectual power than their fellows It was plain, at anv rate, that New Zealand had failed to' learn the great icsson of National unity which had brought homo to other countries.

While A survey party was at work in a small bush tract near the airshaft of the No. 1 Kaitangata mine, a young man, a recent arrival, lost his bearings so completely that he gave up all hope of being rescued (states the Kaitangata correspondent of the "Otago Daily Times"). After a life at sea, where the superstitious clement is more pronounced than upon terra firma, tho lost member of the party was filled with all kinds of fears which preyed upon his mind. In his water bottle was a little water. To his agonised mind came tho dread of maddening thirst and suffering which must be endured. When in this state of mind he espied a hawk hovering overhead, and, mistaking it for a vicious and expectant crow, he screamed for help. By the time his mates arrived he_ had cast aside his coat, torn off his shirt-, and was in a state of almost complete prostration. He became calmer as the roars of laughter from his mates reached his ears.

Yesterday's river report was as under: Rakaia dirty, Waimakariri (both branches) discoloured, Waitnki dirty, Rangitata dirty, Opihi clear. Tho common jurors who have been summoned to attend the Supreme Court sitting on Monday, at 11 a.m., will not bo required, and aro discharged from attendance. Full particulars of tho art union of fourteen thoroughbred horses in aid of the Navy League and Red Cross Funds, will be found on page 10. Rooks of tickets may be procured from Mr • 11- non. secretary of the art union. During the last two days, especially toward their close, a crisp and liivigoritinc freshness was noticeable Hi the .air and on Thursday night there was a light frost. Boyoiul slightly damaging vegetables in the more exposed areas, it did no harm. V warden fete will bo held at the Rhodes Convalescent Home, Cashmere Hill« on Saturday next, Oth inst. The fete 'will be opened bv his Excellency the Governor-General, at 2.30 p.m. Induded in the attractions is a baby chow, entries for which close on luesdny. . , , It was decided at yesterday s meeting of the Christchurch Domain Board that tho curator .be empowered to have photographs taken of the different specimens of trees in the Gardens; and Parks for beautifying and commercial purposes, and that' ho obtain details of their ago, height, measurements, habits, etc-i for the purposes of a record. A pupil at tho Mastorton District High School has boon successful in gaining a bursary at tho Lincoln College (says the "Wairarapa Ago"). According to amended regulations tho pupil is forced to become a toachor, whereas his bent is to become a farmer, and some adverse criticism was levelled at tho Department by members of the M'asterton District High School Committee upon tho onforcemcnt of such a regulation. Band Day, in aid of tho Bandsmen's Memorial for Fallon Bandsmen, will take place to-day, and concerts will be held in Cathedral square during the afternoon and evening. In tho evenj ing the Lyttclton Marine Band will plav at 7 o'clock, tho Tramway Band at "7.30, the C.Y.C. Band at 8, th«* Woolston Band at 8.30, and Derry's Band at 9 p.m. A street collection will bo mado on behalf of the Momorial Fund. It is estimated that up _to tho prosent about 12 per cent, of the Crown tenants in tho Taranaki district havo enlisted or been called up for war service, tho larger proportion being under the voluntary system (says tho "News"). The percentage is high when it is remembered that for the past fow years tho single men in ballots have been passed over in favour of married men who had preference under an alteration in the land laws. Tho further extension of denominational education by tho Methodist Church was foreshadowed by the Rev. W. A. Sinclair in his address at the opening session of the annual Methodist Conference at Dunedin on Thursday night, when ho said : "Methodism, which was born in a university, must ever care for the higher education of its young people. The need is urgent for the establishment of secondary schools on a distinctly religious basis under the control of tho church. This question must bo approached afresh with a view to something definite being done. 1 ' Among other reasons for tho speedy completion of tho Otira Tunnel, said Mr Holland, at yesterday's mooting of the Statistical Committee of the 'i'unnol League, was tho fact that Canterbury had recently suffered from two sovore droughts, while in both seasons feed on the Coast was extra plentiful. The advantage of having the railway completed would be enormous in such a case. Later on Mr Holland said ho had boon informed that the coaching companies were taking £400 a week in fares over Arthur's Pass, while their expenditure was only £100. A telegram from Fremantle to tho Melhourne "Herald" on February 15th states: —In the course of his last annual report to the Chief Protector of Aborigines, tho manager of the Moora Bulla and Violet Valley aboriginal stations stated that a new tribe recently visited Violet Valley. It had evidently travelled a long distance, and was unknown to the other tribes there, who referred to the visitors as salt water blacks, thereby intimating that they had come from near tho coast. The natives wore no clothing whatever, not even the usual loin cloth, and could not understand English. According to a Press Association telegram from Now Plymouth, Mr Upson, the guido who is stationed at Mount Egmont hostelry and who has made over 100 ascents of the mountain, describes a remarkable change of the summit at his latest ascent on Tuesday. There are now deep crevasses across tho crater, and some appear to bo bottomless, affording ,a wonderful sight. Another new feature is that although the day wa s misty and there was little sun, the whole crater was running with streams of water, seeming to indicate heat beneath. Tho recent earthquake had also disturbed tho rocks. Some doubt arose as to the exact nomenclature of tho local Dairymen's Association at last night's mooting of dairymen opposed to th 0 block system, and the chairman (Mr F.'W. Trotter) announced that ifc was registered as "Tho Christchurch Wholesale and Retail Dairymen's Industrial Union of Employers." "Well, I never know it was a union of cmployors," exclaimed one of those present. "I don't employ anyone, and I am a member of it!" Another member of the audience volunteered the explanation that under tho Act a man could be considered an employer oven if he only employed himself 1 A general oxdamation, "Then, we're all employers!" cam© from those prosont, many of whom, if they believed the statement, doubtless experienced quito a thrill of elevated authority.

Recent happenings seem to point to the conclusion that Napier is under the spell of a fire-raiser (says the "Hawke's Bay Herald''). Within the past two or three months some half-doacn mysterious outbreaks have occurred, and 'no explanation of their origin has been revealed. Following on the outbreak at the Congregational Church on Saturday night last, another incipient fire war, discovered in an out-houso at another place of worship. This was luckily noticed by the caretaker, who was able to suppress it without the necessity o/ raiding an alarm. Alongside whore this outbreak occurred it is stated that the caretaker found a quantity of paper and inflammable refuse in a small cupboard, having apparently been deliberately placed therein to assist tlio spread of the fire. Had the discovery not been made so opportunely, a disastrous outbreak would probably have resulted. Tho frequency of these occuricncec. is causing a decided feeling of unrest arid anxiety ir. the community. Want a Truss ? Let T.oasby ft yon. Large assortment just landed. Why suffer? Come and "ask Loasby about it." Advice and medicine, :is 6d; children. 2s. J When you send a soldier a "StefTano Webb" portrait you are sure to plea&u him, for it will be the best you can obtain. -52 High street. Tel. 1959. 1 Busy scenes arc witnessed in every department of Stewart Robinson's Caslici street Boot Stores, where an extra staff is assisting in the disposal of the boot stock bargains from the North Island. G Christchurch ladies are greatly pleased with the quality of "No Rubbing" laundry help, "Golden Rule" soap, and ''Golden Rule'' candles. Wardell Bros, and Co. 6

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