GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16855, 8 June 1920, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

A case of smallpox was reported from lemuka yesterday. 1 r ihe City Council last night adopted ? ooJ m - rcsoiution striking a rate of . *** tho £1 to moot tho annual charges on the Canterbury Hall loan. The Electricity Committee of the Citv Council lias given instructions that.nro"cecyiings are to bo instituted in the case o a migrant broach of the regulations governing electrical installations. The Wellington correspondent of the Dnnedm Stnr" telegraphs:—lt is understood that 50 recommendations have been made to the Prime Minister for consideration of Cabinet wh-n makinc new appointments to the Legislative Council ljeforo Parliament meets at the end of tho present month. As tho kiosk now in the Linwood Cemetery is seldom used, it is proposed to remove it to tho new cemetery at Bromley, for tho purpose of a waiting and robing room. The City Surveyor estimates the ccfet of removal and re- ] - election at £50, and tho Council has i authorised the work to be put in hand i at onco. The Sites Sub-committee of the i Housing Committee renorted to tho City Council last night that it had fnr- 1 •tiicr considered sites for the erection of J workers' dwellings, and recommended i the acquisition of a piece of land be- j j longing to Mr Ronald Duncan, at the | corner of_ Osborne street and Lawrence street, Opawa. The area was ' about four acres, and the urice asked 1 was £12-30, but the committee hoped 1 to bo able to purchase it for less than j that. _ The Council considered the re- ' i port in committee, and rejected the j proposed site. It was agreed, however, 1 that other sites should be inspected. Speaking at yesterday's meeting of the South Waimakariri River jjoard 6 Mr C. H. Opie remarked that he had 1 that the Canterbury members or Parliament proposed to make an ex- 8 t'ursion to the Board's Domains. He [ thought it was only fair to them and j to the public that the information they * obtained should be as accurate and as n full as possible, and ho therefore moved > J that the secretary of tho Canterbury j * M.P. s should be written to stating ' { that the Board was willing to nccom- 1 \ "i'ny the party, and, in fact, was de-1 ' sirons of doincr so. The motion was i f earned, it bein-r agreed that as many ; members of tho Board as possible should i I attend. T

Recent additions to the Canterbury Museum include a specimen of dabchick, presented by Mr L. A. Shand on behalf of Mr Greenfield, two' fpecimens of .shale containing fossil resin, from Coal Creek. Otago, and snectWns of coal from Lillybank Mackenzie Country. An anonymous donor has , nvrsented the Mis-urn with part of a Chinese robe, while Mrs Harrie. of Archer street, Timani, has given a cony i of the menu and tonst list for th- din- J i>er to the Diilce of "FMnVbursh, nnd Mr | ■7. C. Adams an invitation to Ihe ! in' T of the Christ-church Exhibition in 1 IPDG. A considerable nn.intity of literature in connexion with the war ; has now bc-n Traced in frames in the annexe to the New Zealand room. . A Press Association telegram from Wellington says: — The somewhat rare phenomenon of tho occultaSon of a star by a planet is predicted for to-night. The star is a faint one of tho ninth magnitude, and not visible without a telescope. Jupiter is moving towards the east and I south, the former motion being about | three times as rapid as the latter. | Those who have telescopes are requested to lceei> a careful watch on Jupiter ■ and note the circumstances of the occul- ; 1 t.uion, the time of disappearance, and! of reappearance, etc. There is s-me un- ■ 1 certainty as to the -predicted time of i th'.- occultation, but from the available J information the time of disappearance is ab~ut <">.40 p.m., and of reaappearanee i about 7.30 p.m. 1

A number of soldiers who lost their sight in the war have been trained at >t. Dunstan's hospital as masseui-s, with a view to their setting up iu practice after their discharge. The work of training the men has been undertaken under the jogis of Sir Arthur Pearson, who has the following remarks to pass 011 the subject:—"l always laid i flown the rule that our men must be ! [K-ri'ert in whatever they did. Our j men had to pass the stiff examination i if the Incorporated Society of Trained Masseurs. Tliov had to acquire a ?otisiderable knowledge or anatomy, ;jhysiolo;iy, and pathology, besides gaiiiny manipulative" dcxteritv. But from tho first they came thrqugh the ordeal triumphantly." One of the men thus [rained, who was the first New Zeaiander to lose his sight in the war. has lommenced practice in Christchurch. liter having had practical experience at ; :he Middlesex and . Hampstead Hospitals, and later at Hanmer Springs

During May forty-three building permits were issued in the city, represent- , ing a value of £'44.550. Since April \ Ist 79 permits have been issued, representing a building value of £67.905. The annual show of the Christchurch Poultry, Pigeon, Canary, and Cat Club 1 will be held in the King Edward Bar- . racks on Thursday. Friday, and Saturi day. Large entries have been received .. for the various sections. ,! Numerous complaints have been ro- ! ceived lately regarding the nightsoil service in those parts of the city not provided with the sewers. The Peputy- ; Mayor stated host night to a "Press" i reporter that the Council were now making arrangements to take over the sen-ice from the contractor. At Inst night's meeting of the City Council, Cr. Hunter moved, according to notice: "That all adult manual workers in the Council's employ receive not less than a minimum of Is 9d per hour as a basic wajre. In addition thereto there shall be paid a bonus of ljd per hour. Such bonus shall be adjusted from time to time in accordance wit-li the decisions of the Arbitration Court. This resolution shall take effect from Ist dry of June, 1920." The Council decided to refer the matter to a special committee to consider and , renort. j | The Oamaru correspondent of the j ; "Ota go Daily Times" writes:—The conI tinued dry weather is seriously intcrferj ing with the.carrying into effect of the I determination of farmers to put in ini creased areas of wheat. Fallow land has proved easily workable, and a fair area has been already sown or prepared for sowing, but lea land is so dry and hard that farmers have had to cease , endeavouring to break it up. A itrood I rain is much needed, and the whole | position in regard to the area nnder wheat in the cominjr season depends whether or not such a rain comes soon. ; In tho matter of the proposed beauI tifieation of the tramway shelter in the ! Square, the City Council's Superinten- ; dent of Parks and Gardens has report- | ed that there aro very few specimens iof evergreen plants that will stand exj posnre in the streets. The best results j have been obtained with pyramidal ; conifers, cabbage palms, and flax, but he suggests that some form of trellis , lie erected along the front and sides of the roof of the shelter, over whiqli ivy j growing in tubs could he trained. The | Works Committee of the Council has referred the renort to the Tramway Board, to consider with other suggestions received by it. A deputation from tho Elmwood School District householders waited on i tho City Council last night, relative to ! the provision of access to Elmwood , Park from Leinster road. Mr W. I Jones, who headed the deputation, said tho householders desired to know what the Council proposed doing in the matter. Mr A. F. Carey said that direct i access to the Park was desired, not nej cessarily a chain road, but only a narI row thoroughfare. Cr. J. A. Flesher ! said the Financo Committee had the J matter in hand. Tho committeo already had offers of land, and when the [ matter was completed, very shortly, direct access by means of a chain road would be provided. J Detailed objections to the proposed, ! construction of new tram lines in the city were presented to the City Council j bv the Works Committee last night. I Tho principal objections related to the { lack of sufficient space for vehicles between the tracks and tho kerbs, especially at corners. Regarding Manchester street, Cr. J. A. Flesher said it was important that such a street near the centre of the city .should 'oo kept free from trams, in order to provide a free outlet for vehicular traffic. On the motion of Cr. 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