GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16857, 10 June 1920, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

The auction announcements of H. 15. Sorensen, Charles Clark, and Harman and Stevens will be found on page 11 of this issue. During tho month of Mnv 128 vessels, with a net tonnngo of 118,037 tons, entered the Port of Lvttelton, as comnarel with 182 vessels, aggregating 133,294 tons, during tho corresponding •month of tast year. The Lvttelton Harbour Board, at its meeting yesterday, derided to take immediately the necessary steps to borrow for harbour improvements in instalments. as required, the sum of £150,000, at 5J per cent., for 36? years, with a sinking fund of 1 per-cent. The Cliristchurch Poultry, Pigeon, Cnnary, and Cat Club's annual show will be opened tf-dny,. at 2 p.m., in tho Kincr Edward Barracks. To-night the show will be opon from 6.30 p.m. To-morrow the toy dog show will be held, and on Saturday the cat show. Large entries have been received frdm various parts of the Dominion for tho different events. ■ The case of the Rov. A. A. Murray, arising from his views on adult baptism, came before the Presbytery at Auckland on Tuesday night (says a Press Association telegram). On a motion being carried to discuss it in. committee, Mr Murray and' Mr Hay, a member," raised an indignant protest, and walked out. Eventually it was resolved that tho Presbytery meet on Juno 22nd to come to a finding in the case. Mr Murray to be notified by' registered letter. A sperm whale, the First in thirtyseven years, was found on the beach, n.bo"t miles above North Brighton, bv Mr A. GrilTen. oil Monday morning. The whale, which wa3 half buried in the sand when discovered, is 69 feet in length, seventeen feet of this boins? taken tip l-y the mouth. Siitv pounds has been paid to the finder of'it by Sir Jack Carl, and it is understood that a local firm of wholesale chemists has offered the purchaser £50 per lb for any ambergris found in the carcase. A start was made yesterday to' strip the carcase of its blubber and whalebone, of which there is a large quantity. Operations are being supervised by an old whn.lcr, who is now a resident of Brighton. With regard to the salaries of-its permanent staff, tho Lyttelton Harbour Board derided, at its meeting yesterday, to adoot tho following recommendations of the Harbour Improvement Committee:—(a) That the salaries of emplovees receiving nn to £200 per annam be increased 12* per cent. (b) That the salaries of employees receivt ing over £2CO per annum, and up to I £400, bo increased 10 per cent. (e) 1 That tho salary of Captain A. H. Thorpe, _ harbourmaster and chief pilot, be increased to £650 per annum; that tho salaries of Captain T. M. Hunter, first pilot, and Gantain J. F. Crawford, second pilot, be increased to £550 and £500 per annum respectivelj*. (d) That the salaries of employees not otherwise dealt with, be increased 10 per cent, on the first £400 of salarv per annum. It was decided that the increases should take effect from April Ist. A report concerning the repatriation of T.B. men was requested by 3Ft- \y. K. Loadley at a recent meeting of the Repatriation Board, and at last nieht'a meeting of the Board the chairman "(Mr A. F. Drayton) said that he had received a report from the aftor-care officer (Sir E. Wilccx), to the effect that up to 3[;'y 31st, 55 T.B. men had been successfully repatriated. Sn:ne of those had been repatriated before the opening of the after-care branch, while a number of others had not been traced. The number of T.B. men now ''under action" was 12, who were mostly desirous of talcing up poultry-farming, etc., or amy light employment, while the number likely to be repatriated shortly was 25. Mr Leadley said that what he really desired was a comprehensive rev-1 port from the aftor-care officer of what! had been done, for the T.B. men were going to provS the big problem of the! future. Mr Drayton, agreed to havo a 1 weekly report from that officer sub-! mitted to the Board. |

Tho examination of soldier applicants for the "Waitohi Peaks Settlement, near Hr.warden, occupied practically the whole of yesterday. The ballot will take place at 10 a.m. to-day. A meeting of the executive committee in connexion with the War Memorial is to be held to-morrow, at 4 p.m.. in the City Council Chambers, to roccive reports of delegates. The New Zealand Alliance is sending a deputation to "Wellington to ur<*o upon tho Minister of Education the desirability of teaching temperance in the Stato schools. At the meeting of the Canterbury Automobile Association last nigH is was deeded to write a letter thanking the. "Waimairi Connty Council and tho Government for the improvement made at a dmgerons corner near tho Sunnyside Mental Hospital. Reporting at yesterday's meeting of the Canterbury Patriotic Fund executive. Mr H. Holland stated that some £5500 had been transferred f r om_the f.ady Liverpool Fund to the Patriotic Fund, and was now available for tho purpose of erecting a veterans' home, if required. The Canterbury Automobile Association resolved last ivght to ask the South Island (S.Z.) Motor T'niou to movo without delay in the direction of getting the Government to introduce _ j-.s soon as possible legislntion provid'ng for the licensing, at a normal rencwabla annual fee, of nl! motor drivers in the Dominion, such licenses to be subject to endorsement, suspension, or cancellation by a stipendiary magistrate. Two lengthy letters regarding tho nfter-caro of New Zealand W'nd soldiers were received by the Patriotic Fund executive yesterday from Mr Clutha Mackenzie, who stated thnt- Sir Arthur Pearson had appointed him to take charge of the after-""re of those men. It was decided to refer the mnliter to th" Advisorv Beard, with on intimation that the Cm+erbury executive would be prepared to hear its share of the cost. Tho head office of the Press Association telegraphs: The telegram from \Vnnprnnui reporting the ChW Justice's remarks in sentencing C. E. Mack ay, niado him s">y that it was an impulsive act, and he is so "reported in one of the but not in the other. His Honour wishes to say that what he really said was that it was not an impulsive act. bnslng his opinion on the fact that Mickny had placed the nistol in CrcsswolPs haud after he shot him By inference it was suggested at yesterday's sitting of the Bccireou n rs' Conference that it might be passible to iri-o-ulnte queen bees against d ; sc.nsc. In tho course of a discussion on the KUpj-•ccst-ion by n lady member th°.t queea b"es should be reared immune from disease, it was uointed out that sheen were imrtiuno from tuberculosis, and that human beings could lie rendered immune from smallpox. It was advanced, on t'ne other side, that foul brood, the beekeepers' principal enemy, was tho result of neglect, *»nd that the solution of the difficulty did not lie ill the direction suggested. The nllr?prnt-ir*i thnt the noctnr from New Zealand flowers gnoils honey was combatted by Mr W. E. Barker in a delivered by him at vestcrday's sitting of the Beekeepers' Conference. Mr Barker remarked that it was t'uv flavour added by the rectnr obtained by the bees from some of the native flora that the public apnrciated so miu-h. Tie did not contend that all native flora, produced such nectnr, hut in the ease of certain native flowers which produced tho stronger ncctar, he stated that this was available in the early spring, and was tised by the bees as food, and did not affect tho main j honey supply.

A meeting of the Canterbury and West Coast Centre of the St. John Ambulance Ass"cintion was hold last niirhi. Colonel F. B. Creswell presiding. There were also present Mesdames Whitnker, Wat-kins, and Smith, Captain MoKiuney, and Messrs Thomns and HodtJmnf.fc. The financial statement showed a credit balance to current account of £337 19s Bd. Correspondence with To Kin an was read in connexion with an appeal. being mado iu that district to raise £1000 for educational nurpose-s, !tnd the appeal was approved. A letter was received from St. John's Gate, pointing out that students under course cf instruction must attend not less than five lectures if desirous of being examined. A good deal of criticism has been levelled at tho p-ost placed at the intersection of Worcester street and Oxford terrace for traffic regulation purposes, but at the meeting of the Canterbury Automobile Association last night, Mr J. S. Ilawkes said that he had been informed that the post bad done a great deal of good. There was no possible doubt that it had caused motor and other traffic; to slow down very considerably. and this was all to the good. It was certainly an awkward comer, and the tram route was bad. but it was an effort to improve traffic, and as such was to be "commended. He per- . sonally hoped that further efforts of the same nature would be made. It was decided to send an appreciative letter to the City Council. » Reporting for tho Employment Committee at last night's meeting of tho Repatriation Board, Mr A. F. Drayton said that during the past week 50 applications for employment had been received from returned soldiers. Fortyoight men had been placed in positions, and there were now 27 men on the unemployed list, as against 21 last week. Tho committee set up in connexion with light employment men had met the 12 disabled men concerned, wlio were unable to obtain employment. Eight of those mtn were disabled by gunshot wounds, some severely, two" had been gassed, and two were suffering from tuberculosis. He did not consider that there should be any great difficulty in providing for the 'men, though one or two difficult eases would probably have to go before the Denartment for Government action. After discussion, tho report was adopted, and it was decided to endeavour to place as many of tho men as possible in positions, and to advertise concerning the remainder. i . Reporting to the Canterbury Fatri-1 otic Fund executive yesterday, the I Adequacy of Fund Committee" stated that in, February last it had recom- j mended that grants for furniture should, in the cases of men oniv, be made to those applicants whose claims were lodged witliin six months from the date of discbarge. The ese'iitivo, however, had decided to alter" that limitation of time to twelve month", and the result had been a verv heavy drain on the fund from this cause. The money still available 'for the purposes for which the fund was established was now reduced to £47,CC0, including interest accretions, subscriptions, and refunds, and the committee was of the opinion that the time had arrived when the basic principles governing the fund should be more strictly enforced and that no assistance should in future be granted to ''fit" men who had suffered no monetary loss owing to the war, and therefore recommended to that effect. After some cons- arable discussion tho recommendation v.as adopted. There is no guess work about curing either a cold or„cough when "Stop-It" is used. This splendid remedy has tho longest list of-succ-es-cs—it is recognised as being the "sure" remedy. l s 9t!, ~3s and 5s 6d—all chemists and stores' or from Loasbv and Co.. chemists (onn. Ballantyne's). 1 (5 To Rangiora and North Canterbury Residents. —Y.ou can procure all Photo, requisites from J. Johnston and Son, Rangiora. Good stocks of Kodak Cameras and accessories on hand. Inspection invited. P.O. Box 1. 'Phone 4- *4 Christchurch husbands seem to have taken a fresh lease of life since their wives commenced "jumping for joy" because "No Rubbing" Laundry Help tvashes al] clothes clean without rubbing or injuiy.. 6

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