GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17126, 22 April 1921, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

To-night the Jewish Feast of the Passover commences, and -will Jast for eight days. ? Steady progress is being made with the installation of tlie new pipeline at Lake Cblel'ldge ili coirnexlou with thft hvdfo-electric scheme. It is hoped tluit the pibe-llhe will be .completed about the end ef July* Regarding the level of the Witter in the lake, the latest report is that it is now flVe inches higher ■than it Was several Weeks ago. . Th« flangiora branch Of tile National Beekeepers' Association held a wellattended meetiflg last evening, presided ,over by Mr H. t>. Johnston, Eight iißve membeiß were elected. It was decided to forward remits td the annual conference urging that the business proceedings of the council should Be prlttted and circulated amongst the branches and that the GSovernnieht should be asked to provide nlore Inspectors and instructors. ' Notwithstanding that the city t»Utho T fities give rdt. poisdii free, Auckland and t'ae sutratba have a '-••ry plentiful supply of rats. Ifl sdrhe cases lute apples are being eaten oh the trees; ahd growers of purhpklris ih tne.Bubufbs have the mortification of finding thai the Tats are doing a lot of damage; as they simply turiheL ihtd, the pumpfiiiis for", the purpose or eating the seed. Somo houseliolders find pumpkin 6eed excellent bait for rat-traps.

All the Canterbury rivers were clear or fishable yesterday. According to the number of applicants for worlt at fho local bureau of the Department of Labour, conditions as to unemployment this week are about the same as they were last The Department has been aide to place' several men during the past two or tfiiree days, some on farms and others in Wesi Coast mines.

The tramway authorities bate-recent-ly.' put into commission a new steam road-roller, and with their ether plant of t'his- description are able to ivfiep abreast of their permanent way,maintenance work. _ Another petrol ro-.id-roller is awaiting the settlement of shipping troubles between Australia and ( thc Dominion prior'_ to being received and put into. commission; A deputation, consisting of sixty-one persons, representing the whole of the sub-district of Riccdrtoh'j arid comprising all classes of the community, waited on Mr Frank Sis.son, requesting him to contest! the district seat at the next election of the Tramway Board. Mr Sissoh, in reply, said he was a very busy man, but he felt the time was ripe for a change, and would accede t6 the request. The deputation thanked him, and pledged themselves to secure j his return. When a man w'ho has been a.member of the New Zealand Expeditionary Fdree dies after discharge, the relatives or friends of the deceased should notify the War Records Branch of the Defence Department, giving the lato 6oklier'& number attcl full name where possible The spldier's grave may be a "war grave;" and, as sucfli, be entitled to liave erected upoti it the uniform headstone.. In any case, it is desirable that the death should be brought to the notice of thi; Records officers. These officers frequently send out. letters to ex-aoklier.s, and in reply receive the information that the soldiers hate heen dead for a considerable time. Somcftimes paiilful occurrences worild be avoided if the'notification suggested were given.

The shortage of houses was mentioned by Mr G-. Mitchell,' M.P., at a meeting, of the Central Progress League at .Wellington this Week. He said that the Dominion was going hack at the rate of 8000 houses a year—that was, we were 3000 houses ,a year short to cope with the needs of the population. The figures definitely proved that we had gone, back 7000 houses iri the- last two years. Last year was probably our best. htiUs'e-bUild.ihtf year ; because largely the forces of the Government were concentrated on building, hoiises. In Wellington we had not quite held our own in the last two yeara, with all Our efforts. We 1 had not SUccessfullt coped with the problem of making housing provision iri view of the increase _ in population, let aldhe dealing with the slum areas.

Of census Stories', oiie. of the- best concerns the Gdvernment Statistician. (Mr Malcolm Fraser) himself; though it is not told by him. At one census the enumerator in charge of the Wellington ■ City"* area had given particular pains to the. distribution of the schedules. He wished to have a. record with not ii Sltlgle mistake, and he supervised tha work diligently.. On the last Saturday night he thought he had everything perfectly done and he prepared to leave for. home; well satisfied that ho drte had been oVerlddke'd, when the telephone, fttng. The fflaii at the other ettd enquired for the enumerator, and whether the cehsiis;.was fldt to be taken the next day... Yes, it was; he was tdld: "But. I haven't got a schedule" lite said; "Whet W speaking?" asked,the officer, itnd • the. reuly nearly stunned hitii; "Fra'ief, Mr "Malcolm Fraser." The difficulties Imposed on. the country resident in the way of receiving hospital treatment w«ro put very fttrdflglf by Mf J. D. Hall, in hiit d.viUence before the. Hospital Commission yesterday. Mr Hall cited two cases that had come under h"is personal notice. The centre of the Selwyn County, Jie iSaid, was about 40 miles "distant ffoiii Christchureh. In one case a child_ requiring dental treatment was examined lit January, and sent down to the Chrfetehurch Hbspital in February, and then received a ticket djrecting it to cttfile hack ag«ln in. Juno'. It whs, he said, pathetic tq thihk of ddtiiitry people 1 titjming all titnt-Tvfiy simply to find dtit they could tint be treated for' some Months. Iri another co&'a rflM with inflammation of the ears' 'attended on 'the dfty ordered, and cani§ ifl Jby train, whicli arrived at 10.16 a.flii He found the aural department dldsied for the diifo and he had t6 gtt back again.

I Ah interesting state of affairs has arisen in connexion with the laying of the double Mamway track oh RicCarton road. Of the existing fbbtpath. on the Sdiitn Side of the road, i?ft lS considered as fbotpath proper, and sft. as a cycle track. The Riccarton Borough Goun-' fill has aSked the Tramway Board $ put the new poleS) required to carry* the overhead work fdf the double track, five feet in from the exiitinj* kerb lift© tha,t is, oil the boundary between the fbotpatH and cycle track. Presumably the Bbfbugh Council Contemplate at some future date widenihgjjthe roadway by doing away with the, cycle track, arid including its five feet in the roadway. If eifest is giveii to the Borough Council's request, th.ere will be on Hie south side of the road two line 3 of polesj oiie of whiCh (the tfamWtty poles) Will stand five feet back ffofii the kerb, and the other (the telegraph and telephone poles, will be on the litio of the existing kerb. The mitttuf is to Cbtiie lieftifo the TramWay Board at its next meeting. • L "Afld biie fOf the future Masseys," jcikiligly 1 interjected a member of the Auckland Commercial Travellers' Association When, cheerj Were being given for the Prime Minister and his party lifter their health had been drunk at the club Oil Saturday mbfning; Mr Massey took up the quip, and recounted an ahecdots of a previous trip to London. He had hurried from, Paris to London! he.sai<L to spend a weekend With Bift family, and as on that afternoon the New Zealand Expeditionary Force football team Was playing att English representative team, the* all decided tri see the-' match. On arrival the Premier, was met by ah official who wished him to conduct two of tho King's sons to the dressing shed of the "All Blacks." Mr Massey gladly but .first saw that hIS family obtained seating accommodation to watqh the 'match. As he •walked away" with his Rtoyal proteges, Mr Mas-' sey little thought that ft Spectator" Would take them to' be liig oWA sotvi. Such, howevei, was the case, for Mrs Massey overheard. Home one remark When her husband Was enthusiastically greeted by the New Zealander?} ''Are those two nice bova the Premiers sonsP"

The question whether medical curricula generally oUght not to be radically altered was raised recently by Dr ; J. 8; Purdy (Metropolitan Medial OfFU cer«of Health) at the annual meeting of the. Health Society of ■ New South Wales; "The medical profession hithertd," said Dr. Purdy, "has existed priinatily' for the prevention of disease. Nineteen-twentieths of dUr doctors ire engaged primarily in the eare and treatment Of the sick. Leaders of thought have been urging fof some time that the whole curriculum. Of medicine requires drastic and fundamental alteration. 'They advocate that the medical #sttident, from the. time he enters the University, should be brought face Id face with the problems Of preventive medicine. England,, America, and Canada) in some of their more progressive medical schools, have". recognised this need, and have raised the teaching of public health to a higher status bjr creating chairs oiF Preventive Medicine. And &h the recent Medical ftfld Scientific Congress in this country resolutions urging the establishment of sUCh chair's were reached.'" Df. PUrdy hdped that in the future medical students would be trained with the idea riot merely of treating disease - , but of preventing It. "That," he said, "is the great hope of the outlook for the future."

At Auckland yesterday two women were granted land agents' licenses. Air H W Stevenson, the former billiard chanp«m, % larid iT^ Malay States, Hongkong, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. _ Arrangements arc well in hand for he^-1^ they will be con, ploted in-about a montn* tin*; a chain of emergency landing tween the two centres is bemts and the work of making these lauding places is in hand at present. At this week's meeting of the Auckland University Co lege Council intimation was received from the JSduci atioa Department to the effect that the site nf the nronos n d Forestry School 'had not vet'K decided: Aticfclahd'erepresentations, it was assured, would recevo full consideration. TheJ Council decided to write again to the Depar ment, emphnsisihg the claims of Auckland as o. site for the school.

If the Mayor (Mr J. P, .Luke) is at all subject to writers' cramp, he will probably suffer from that complaint before he has finished ns present tinenviable task (says the Wellington "Post"). The law requires that the Mavor shall persbnally sign all city debentures, and Mr Luke has been set tl!e task of attaching his signature to 14,000 debentures. Mr Luke finjls that he can sich ab&iit 400 debentures per hour. At"that rate. he. has had quite enough for ohe day after iivo hours, clurihrf which period he signs his name 2000 times. If he Is able to continue to sigh 2000 debentures per day,- his task will hot be completed for seven days. The hiohbtbny of the undertaking is in itself a big strain. Oh Monday morning Ratana, the famous Maori healer* who has been staving at his temporary- camp at Pain Paki, visited Xanic'r. A largo" number of Maoris accompanied him, ahd it was almost impossible to catch even a wlimpse of hint in his carriage.- >VJwn asked to point out the healer, one .Native Said: "Py korry, no. Me no show ydri Rataila. Pakeha seo Katana, ana then take' bill cahiera, and take picture That no good. Pakeha put ltfclrina lh moving pictures, and make thousands of pounds. Pv korry, we" no show pakeha. Rntttna." An air of secrecy pervades the healer's movementsj and even tho Natives' tOiejnse'lyeSj although ever ready to sing his praises, shut up like a book wheh his proposed movements are mentioned. t

it will bo of interest to people who played A part in "blafeing the trail" to that historic spot near Lawrence known .is Gabriels Gully—the scene of the earliest gold discovery in the Dbj minion—to know that the citizens or Lnwrehce, who so successfully carried out the Jubilee Celebrations of 1911, intend to hold a reunion to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the late Gabriel Head's faffidtis discovery of May SOtU, 1861. A cordial invitation to be present at the furic'tioH is extended to every old Gabriels Gully. pioneer df the early sixties who may find it Convenient to pas' a visit.to Lawrenco and renew acquaintance with the scenes df the gdlden days of long ago. Mr H; L. Daftorij of Lawrence, and ft strong committee, have - the' arrangements. in Hand;

'To anyone who hasi visited Smith Africa arid Atistrnlia the possibilities df New Zealand Seem wonderfully flttrttsrive," remarked a Canadian, Dr. J, 0. Miller, of Toronto, to an Auckland reporter, this' week. tl tau. have 'great belts of fertile land, and <*ven where the soil is less rich your abundant and well distributed rainfall is ample compensation. But a Canadian is Sufprised at the high prices of land in this country. I am not faf#o«t in saying that your lands, grain, dairy, fruit, and pas'tOr'al, are held at prices in pounds that Canadian .lands fetch ili dollars. .This nvUSt be a'serious .factor in. deterring the immigration of agriculturists; In Canada, we' ihttve Iteen brought, tip on the gospel of cheap ktld for' the settler; According to Cftilftdiriii. standard* there is iiO cheap land in Nesjf Zealand."

Giving evidence before the Hofipitftls Commission at Auckland oh Monday, Dr. C. E.' MagUire. superintendent of the Auckland Hospital, Sftid the whble problem of the institution was the terrible and pressing need for expansion! There -Was always a large waiting list. "1 haVS patients Sleeping ofi lOUngeS;" lie" Said, t( and sometimes I have them Sleeping oil floors. (My this morning t had id refuse admission to t & pbbr woman slivering from heart diseasei" tjuestioned inter as to economies which might be effected, Dr.'MtfgUire Said he had suggested that the hospital diSpehSfirv ShbUld make! pills afid jtoWderS required by the institution, but at present tilert .WaS hot Sufficient rSom lii the dispen&ary; '''As a mater or fact, lie added, "there is no rooiri in the dispensary for our bulk stores, and they are being kept' under" what really is a verandah."

Plaques and Scrolls are being issued to next of kin by the Waf Office as memorials of deceased soldiers. In Nevf Zealand the War* Office SCrollS ftfe new being distributed by the Vfm Records Office. The plaqtleS ar'e all manufactured, add , are in. England a-Waitrrig shipment. Many of...the 3crj.|ls. are being returned through the Dead Lettto* Office because thejiOxt of kin have falU ed to notify the Waf Records Office of a change of address (Says the m iriiott' r ): Mothefs have written to the office ecmp.lriining bitterly f.hat they hate hot received scrolls, while others have, 1 and' When the matter has beetl Sifted it has been found that the scrolfc have.been posted.to.the last addresses known to the authorities} and that the addresses are rib longer correct. The issue of the New Zealand Government's illuminated certificate of service to men who tfent bver'seas' With the forces arid were finally discharged front the N.-Z.EJV is almost completed.

Mf JtiSepii f. Marinix, an American newspaper man .of some forty. years' experience in Minnesota; is at pfeseiit visaing Wellington While bii ft. wbrld tour; Mr Mafcriix is of a roving disposition, and has already passed through Siberia, Japan, Philippines, Straits Settlement, Malay, Peninsula, British and Dutch East Indies, Borneo, Sumatra} and Australia, On his return to Australia he will proceed to South Africa, where he intends to spend some little time. Although this is the sebbnd occasion on which he has embarked Oh a globe-trotting* expedition} he . haS never previously visited New. Zealand. "I have cbflie to this thoUsartd-mile long domain bf ybuf.s ( " be Said ih conversation with a "New Zealand .Times" rfr= porter, "to ascertain- the why and the Wherefore of this pronouncedly fixed conviction that so man? people bf your Dominion have, that New Zealand is Gbd'S Own Country." Mr Manhix ' will Ifeave for the south .in a few days' time.

At the meetins of the. Otago EdU«u tion,Board yesterday, theN chairman (Mr J. Wallace) said it was imperative that members should consider the financial stringency: The Board was outrunning the. constable every month. During" the three months ending March 31st, the excess expenditure was abtout £ISOO. Last-month, having In" fiew the need for retrenchment, the expenditure was-'3O cut down a§ to save £3OO, so that the" debit at the endot April was reduced td about £I2OO. The present position , was brought.; t about largely by' the Depßfthient failing to send the Wants due, afld ffdili thd fact that as this wag a wealthy Board; the {kiverainent had made it wajv the interest drt the overdraft. The Board had £23,000 in the bank on fixed deposit, jind in waf buli the bank would not alldw the assets to be set off against the overdraft; At the recent meetings of householders: all sorts' of expenditure . was Proposed, and 't wdtlM be &i well to tell the committees that only .the most important works could be" looked at just now.

-The Governor-General has approved of the celebration of St. George r s Dav on April 25th this year, instead of April 23rd.

An Auckland telegram states that the search for the escaped prisoner, George Keys, .still continues, without success.

The members of the Tariff Commission continued their visits to local factories yesterday. A long dtay was made" at Anderson's Foundry, where tho party were surprised to find so many lines' manufactured and so manv processes in operation. Visits were also paid to Mr P. H. Venables' nail factory and Johnson and Smith's motorcar body factory. The partv were accompanied by Mr W. J. Jerikin, president of the Canterbury Industrial Association.

With a view to reviving interest in the Church of England Men's Society, ft meeting was held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms last night. Bishop Julius presided over a large attendance. His Lordship said he did not propose to give an academic treatise on the.subject of the Society's w-ork. It hid been said that the C.E.M.S. was dying for want of support, from the Church leaders. The C.E.M.S. should not require support; it should, for its own worth, be able to stand on its own legs, and once the Society showed that it, was going to win it would find plenty of supporters. It must either go down or e'nter oh a,new life of active social serviced It should be the ?reat society of fellowship in the Church. The Anglicans must take their part in the great social work of to-day. Ho had- a. firm conviction that if the people of tho Church were all right the Society would be all right, and.there wbuld be no heed to call for assistance to it. Several other addresses were given in explanation of the work of"the {society. ... The Bishop of Birmingham, in a Pastoral letter to his diocese: "We are told by those who fire hot in close touch with the Church's work that people are drifting away from religion. But we know from every-day experience that the statement is not true. It is a fact that just at present there is some lessening of the hold upon dogmatio religion in many eases, biit tile belief in God the father the devotion to the man Chfistj and the conscious-: ness of the need for, a heaveri-borh iiu spiration are more real, in hiy judgment, than they were at the time of my ordination. The most common statement .which one hears oh religious matters i's that men are not going to church. Probably a bishop in a great industrial city 'is as likely as anyone to know whether this is true or not. My ottff experience is absolutely opposed to tnfe contention that men are not religious. 1 think, that the war had the. effect at turning . men's inindg to their. inorai responsibilities sth individuals, as family men and as citizens, arid if the clergy will persevere and will believe that" many of the old m&tlidds are still as effective as they were' in the' past, I do riot think that We heed be fearful and of little faith. •We' are having tho same experience m the religious world as in industrial and Social lifej and there Would fie'ehi to be ri. sense of recovery of balance in all directions."

First a sniff—then a sneeze—neglect it, and probably you will be plagued frith a cough and cold Jill the winter. Banish all risk by taking "Stop-It," the successful remedy, at once. Is 9d, 3a. alid 6s 611. All chemists and stdreß. Loasby and Coi, chemists (opp ; Ballad tyhe's), . ' 6 i>r. H. T. J ; Thicker and Messrs Sdott, Howard, and ,'Sdf'ensen' have been nominated to repi'esenj; the city oti the Lyttelton Harbour Board, They have the support of the Port Christdhurch League, which advocates the opening up of the Estuary for shipping, thereby providing Christchtirch and. surrounding districts with direct access to the sea, and with cheaper and quicker transport facilities, ' Electota are strongly recommended to vote fotf this tjjftet, . . '.-. ' \ '■'& Farmers needing ready cash will find it in their plantations. Here are our special prices for circular saws; 22in 70s, 24ih 80s, 26in 803, 28b IOOs, 301n HOs';' Quality considered the cheapest in the Dominion. Ivory's, Ltd,, 21 Manchester street. -K3BSJ

. Ladies I Why pay Ber 4gns for your New HatP Why pay even 2gns, when it's quite possible to obtain the Vetfy. latest Ideas ih hats" at Armstrong'sP; ladies lire invited ta inspect the many beautiful Millinery, Models at 29s 6d.' and also smart straw una felt hats fit 8s lid} at Armstrong's to'dttte Millinery at *Cb= ioffibb and High Streets. ■ Dbli't' postr poh§ ybuf visits .' . 6 The best selection of materials for both artist and art student is at Gibbs' Art Depot, 105 Cashel street, the shop which artistically frames pictures. • •. 65426-5001 Pilkington'S motors run twice daily between ChriStchurch and Akafoß. 8 "Chester'' Dinner • SetSj English make, •nbW arrived, stock. pattern, 32 pieces Dinner Sot £5 6s ; ( "Drayton's," Without delay, Colombo street (north) 1 3 '*Nb Rubbing" Help maintains its wonderful popularity owing to' its marvellous iabbur-savihg.and perfecb cleansing qualities. Royds Bros, and Kirji, Ltd., wholesale agentß for "No Subbing." 5042 ' HOVER "FOUR" CYLINDER " 3-SEATERCAR. ADAMS, LTD.'S, TRADE PRICE. £398. Here is an opportunity to purchase 6, British car for £39fii This,car Wad taken in part payment Tof ah Economy Light "SIX" STUDBBAKER from Mr HarriSon, of Culverden. The engine is b, •'• magnificent job, and the tyres are fequal to new, and electric lights are fitted; This is a fine car for a doctor Who iS in search of a really good Bug-*-lish car fit a low price. For & Commercial traveller this car could be depended upon to carry him into the country districts, where 6rders for merchandiser can he obtained for the asking: (1068)* - WOLSELEY-SIDDELEY "FOUR" CYLINDER CAR AT ADAMS LTDi'S TRADE PRICE, fil?6. We are selling this splendid, Britichbuilt Motor-Car on accoUut of Mr Mi L. MbKeon* of Colombo Sfcreef, Sydenham} who lately purchased a STUDEBAKER car, and doeS *tibt require the two. Everyone kridwS that the WOLSELEi-SIDDELEY cars are practically everlasting, and h'ere is an opportunity foi? a buyer who is cdttteiri* plating purchasing a motor-cycle and side-car to obtain a good ear with plenty of carrying capacity at a lower price than a motor-cycle outfit. The ignition is by magneto and the tyres are in good brdbr, This valuable cdr } which is being Sbld for £175; should not. be missed by anyone Who has a family to take otit ,btt week-ends and holidays. (1070). Adams} Ltd. Showrooms. 152-164 High Street; Garage. 219 Tuam street. 6 DEPENDABLE BICYCLE Safille and Co., direct impdftefS of highest quality laCyCle tyres—British manufacture, 12 nibhthS' guarantee, l?i 6d. Michelirt ahd Dunlop tyres also obtainable at SaviUe'S, hear Theatra Rorat 88838-463