GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16257, 6 July 1918, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

The auction announcements of Pyno and Co., Harris Bros., R. S. McKenzie and Co., Claridge and Smith, Charles Clark, National Mortgage and Agency Co., Tonlts, Norton and Co., and Lawrie and Dalton will be found on page 13 of thi3 issue.

We have received 10s for our Red Cross Fund, and 10s for our Serbian Fund, from M.

The surviving members of tho Wimmera's crew reached Wellington on Thursday by train from Auckland. Some of them went on in the. Manuka to Sydney, where the majorjty havo their homes. Passj. its were issued to these to leave the country.

A lecture under tho auspices of the Workers' Educational Association will be given at the City Electrical Department's Demonstration Room this evening. The lecture will be dolivered by Mr J. Lythg«e, assistant electrical engineor, and the subjoct will be "Alternating Currents, Transformers, and Motors." Many demonstrations will illustrate the subject of the lecture.

Mr F. C. Raphael's concert party gave a very successful entertainment in the Parish Hall at Phillipstown on Thursday, in aid of the funds of tho local branch of tho Red Crass. Associated with Mr Raphael were Miss Cice'y Audibcrt andTifessrs A. F. Cade, F. Barker, Colin Campbell, Leslie Cookson, and E. A. Allan. Miss Li linn Harper acted as accompanist. The funds of the Rod Cross will bonefit to the extent of £22, including the result of tho sale of two brides' cakes, made by Mosdames Cragg and Lye. members of the Society.

The Canterbury Education Board yesterday resolved not to appeal for tho exemption from military service of Second Division reservists under its control. The motion was passed consequent upon a letter received from the Timaru Second- Division League, and another, also from Timaru, requesting the Board's appeal in the case of the headmaster of one of the Timaru schools. Mr C. H. Opie stated that the Board's decision was arrived at in view of the fact that so far it had had no difficulty iu filling vacancies caused by the calling up of reservists. An amendment, to tha effect that the Board should appeal for all teachers classed CI, moved by Mi Andrews, was defeated.

The Christchurch. Second Division League has secured offices at 84 Hereford street, next to the Parcel Post Office, and has appointed Mr J. M. Turnbull as secretary. Mr Turnbull is best known to tho Christchurch public for the splendid work ho did in 'connexion with tho early recruiting days and the O.IXO. Tho offices are | open to all reservists, who will be advised of tho necessary procedure to obtain financial assistance, etc. No | charge of any kind will be made, and tho Leas?ue will he satisfied if reservists ; will make tho fullest use of the services. These services aro being carried on by public subscription, and it is the executive's intention to earmark all suoh donations for this work.

In order to provide parcels for the Old Boys at the war, the pupils of the day school of the Christchurch Technical College have again decided to forgo all 6ports and class prizes, and tlicy have, in addition, started a competition between the school "honsos" to see which can erect the tallest column of pennies, the ambition being to erect a column 58ft Gin high—the height of the flagstaff. The competition was only started last week, and a total height of 33ft lOin has already been reached. It is hoped that the effort will result in a fair sum being available, over and above whit is required for tho Old Boys' parcels, for the Old Boys' war memorial. For the purpose of the latter fund it has boeti decided to hold a sale of work at tho end of the year.

A discovery whioh is of interost, and haß every prospect of being of immense Importance to the agriculturists of Canterbury, was announced by Mr C. fe. Howard at yesterday's meeting of the Canterbury Education Board. This : s a means of overcoming the potato blight, a peet that has long been the bano of the agriculturist, and to which has been due the loss of many promising crops and much money for more than a decade. As chairman of the Agricultural Committee Mr Howard has naturally had much to do with the watching of the potato-growing colnpetitions, which are held annually at the South Canterbury schools, and yesterday he stated that experience had led him to note that where the potatoes had been planted deeply there was less blight, while in cases where plantings had bccii made to a-depth greater than fivo inches there was seldom any blight at all. He thought this information should be %ado public in order that further experiments should be made along the lines indicated with a view of utterly overcoming the blight.

To what giddy heights itl knowledge of the heavenly bodies an amateur astronomical observor may attain was rather humorously illustrated at the meeting of the astronomical section of the Wellington Philosophical Society oa Wednesday evening. Mr Ernest Belt suggested t'-at, as they had the di-coverer of Nova Aquilaewith them.it would b® interesting to learn how he (Mr Q. V. Hudson) found the new star. In csplanationj Mr Hudsbn said it was his custom to take certain oxorcises nigh..rr before to bed. He went out of the back of the house, and was 'ooking casually at the stars, when he thought he saw Altair, yet< on th ; riki«g, he knew it was not that late as he knew where Altnir should be. Then he looked for the two little stars on either side of Altair, and, hot finding them, became concerned. He concluded it was a new star. Ho tnld his wife he had found a new star of the first magnitude, and she would not believe hirri uritil sh« snw it—and she knew all the stars of the first magnitude. He then got his telescope, and took the star's position roughly, and then rang up Dr. Adamß. Tt was just by chance he had found it. Professor STnerville, who was in the chair, said it showed that Mr Hudson lind a pretty good knowledge of the> heavens to be able to recognise a new j star when he saw it.

Referring to complaints about the new restrictions in the service, the Act-ing-Po'-tmast.cr-General (the Hon. W. T>. S. Mac Donald) said at Hawer-a that it had been sugge-ted that the Department was going behind the war to -hide its inefficiency. That was a cheap way of talking: it was the easiest thing in the world for a man to sti n k both his hands in his pockets and exclaim, "Rotten Government !" However, the Government was doing evervtbing humanly possible to carry on efficiently all the services. The ranks of the trained and efficient pn=tnl and telegraph Workers had been depleted by 4500 m n n, who had gone to assist the Empire in its great need, and it had been necessar-- to fill those positions with an imtrained staff. The Department was doing its best with the reserves of women, and as soon as these became efficient they were put into reST»nsible positions to fill up the gaos. Now the Sccond Division were being called up, and further encroachments were being made on the men filling- important positions in the Post and Telegraph Department, so that it was absolutely impossible to the same efficient services which prevailed under normal conditions. Further sacrifices on the part of the public might yet have to be made. It was really marvellous what had been accomplished by the Postal Department.

The First Canterbury Military Service Board will sit in Christchurch on Thursday next, and at Bangiora the following day.

It was reported in Ashburton yesterday that a whale, 40ft long, had been washed up on the beach below Air Bruce's estate, Soafield.

The annual church parade of the lioyal Orange Institution, No. 5 district. Christchurch, will take place at 3 p.m. to-morrow in the Salvation Army Citadel

"Probably teachers are not paid enough," remarked Mr J. Jamieson at the meeting of the Education Board yesterday. "I would not be a teacher; I could earn more as a commercial traveller any' time."

"The dirtiest hole in New Zealand, bar none," was Chaplain T. F. Taylor's description of Trontham Camp, in an address at Wellington on Wednesday evening. "It is the wettest place in New Zealand, and the coldest place ever invented," he added.

A Timaru telegram states that E. Richards, of Wailiao Downs, claimed £2-597 from the Public Works Department as compensation for land taken fo*- the extension of the Wajhao Downs railway and for damage to the rest of the estate. The Compensation Court yesterday awarded him £1179 10s.

Speaking at last night's meeting of the Technical College Board of Governors, Mr C. H. Opie. who is chairman of the Canterbury Education Board, stated that out of the 130,000 children in the Dominion, 60,000 never went beyond the fourth standard in the schools.

Dr. Frengley, Acting-Chiof Health Officer and Inspector of Hoepitals, arrived in Christchurch yesterday for the purpose of submitting a report to the Minister in charge of Hospitals in regard to the proposed conversion of tho Chalmers _ Ward at the Christchurch Hospital into an orthopedic hospital. Dr. Frcngley will return to Wellington this evening.

At a sitting of the Military Service Board in Timaru this week, a warning was issued agajnst farmers "wasting their time growing barley," the chairman and his colleagues on the Board making it plain that if any farmer reservist who was given a sine die adjournment devoted his time to barleygrowing, he would be liable to be called up and sent into camp. The Board also made a very definite pronouncement to the effect that if any man who was let off to grow wheat failed to do so, he would be promptly despatched with the forces..

Applications are now being invited throughout the Dominion from young men—ineligible for active young women who are willing to undergo a six months' course at Dunedin in the theoretical work of massage, with tlie object of completing their training later in the civil and military hospitals of tho Dominion. Full particulars as to the special course, wliich is to commence a? Dunedin at the end of the present month, can be obtained on application to the Director-General of Mcdical Services, Dcfence Headquarters, Wellington.

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Do you use "Coalore," or «ro you still wasting precious coal? Many have proved "Coafore*' claims, and are smiling. A sixpenny packet treats i-ton, a2s pricket one ton. Hastie, Bull, and Pickering, Ltd., Agents, Cashel street. <5

GOLD CAR TOJaEAVE CITY

SHORTLY,

The famoiis Studebaker Gold Car will be on view at Adams, Ltd.'s Showrooms, High street, only a few more days. Those who have not Been it should make a visit to-day. It is an automobile well worth seeing—the "*ostlipst and most beautiful in the world. B WANTED TO SELL, FOUR NliW STUDEBAKER CARS.

Wo have ready for. sale in our show rooms to-day one 4-cylmder SLudebaker roadster, 2-3 seater, finished in carmine, £465; one 4-cylinder 5-fceater iStudebaker touring car with two auxiliary seats, finished in light brown, £465; one 6-cylinuer Studebaker roadster, 2-3-scater, finished in lemon yellow, £065; and one 6-cylinder 5-seator Studebaker 'touring car with two auxiliary seats finished in dove "grey. Adams, Ltd., Show Rooms, High street. G