GENERAL NEWS

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17471, 3 June 1922, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS

The auction announcements of Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., P. S. Nicholle and Co., Harris Bros., Canterbury Farmers' Co-op. Association, Ltd., Murray, Mosley, Sheppard, Ltd., Farmers' Saleyards, and H. B. Sorensen will be found on page 17 of this issue. The Christchurch Ambulance Brigade held its meeting on Wednesday last. There was a good attendance of members, who were taken in charge by Corporal McCherry and put through bandage and stretcher drill. "Community singing has infected the Socialists of Christchurch. Just before Professor TV. T. Goode began his address at the Trades Hall last night, several Socialistic songs, set to popular airs, were sung, the Rev. J. K. Archer acting as leader of the singing. Ju the Wellington list of new appointments of Justices of the Peace appear the names of several of the heads of Government Departments. It is understood that this is a new policy to meet the needs of those Departments in which there are constantly documents requiring the signature of a Justice of the Peace. At a representative meeting of the Gisborne Post, and Telegraph Officers' Association, a resolution was passed emphatically "protesting against further operation of the Expenditure Adjustment Bill, which gives the Minister power to Gazetto another £ls reduction in July next, which would inflict most serious and unjust hardship upon all classes of post and telegraph workers.'' A lot of slaughtermen are looking for a job (says the 'Pahiatua Herald"). A local butcher wanted one, and he advertised. The postman commenced daily to leave bundles of letters at his shop, till he got 24 roolies. This was not all. There were rings on the telephone from Napier and' other places, and personal callers. So he had to advertise again and stop the inrush. He did not make a selection, _ for_ the man who had threatened to quit wisely decided to stop on. "Man lias survived through the ages because of his .sheer timidity—not because of any inherent qualities of courage aud fearlessness," said Mr A. E. Mander, during the course of a lecture to W.E.A. students at Palmerston North on Tuesday. "In the very earliest days," added the lecturer, "primitive man was a poor trembling wretch, dreading lest he be stamped out of existence by some natural element or enemy—always sniffing the air for scent of possible danger ; and ready to flee to safety beneath a pile of rocks. Fear was an omnipresent feature of his life, and timidity 6aved the race, for to have offered battle when the race was young would ultimatoly have meant extermination."

The Minister in charge of the Government Printing Office being present on Wednesday afternoon at a large gathering of the staif of the office, opportunity was taken to urge upon him the need for giving the office as much of the Government work as possible. -»j.r Anderson, in the course of his reply, contended that it was not possible to do one of the things that had been suggested, namely, to have all the electoral rolls printed there, but he indicated that when money became more plentiful he hoped to add to the machinery of the office. He hoped to see, for instance, a three-colour printing press installed, and the very highest elnss of printing turned out. (A voice: "We turn it out now."; Mr Anderson said that then bigger premises would be required, and that would all cost money.

An assurance that the gannets which breed annually at tape Kidnappers were fully protected was given by _Ur 11. S. Cottrell in a, lecture at Wellington. Napier people, he said, were much concerned for the .sai'efy and oi the birds, and there was no risk of their being disturbed except uy an occasional boohgan. But, said the'keturer, there was not much risk of their being frightened away from their favourite breeding ground. Gannets and their kind-were very-faithful to such places, and they formed not at all nervous about visitors, who could wnik ri<>ht up to them on their nests without causing any signs of alarm. As a matter of fact, gannets had been ''farmed" in European waters to obtain ojr<r s and young for human consumption for generations, end the ravages of the human spoilers seemed to have no effect at all on the return of the birds to the same places. In the W.E.A. room at the Trades Hall last night, before a large audience, Professor W. T. Goode gave an address on "Piiissia, and the Truth about Russia," which was followed with close attention, and parts of whic'i Tvero warmly .applauded. Mr F. R. Cooke presided. Professor Goode said that he would take the intimate side of the Russian revolution—the revolution from the inside —for his subject. Since 1907, he asserted, organised propaganda in a big section of the British Press had operated to prepare the British investor for loans to Russia; since 1917, a similar propaganda had been working with the object of decrying the Russian revolution. Tiie cable messages in the Australian and New Zealand newspapers relating to Russia were very carefully selected by somebody with a definite end in view. He warned his audience to give no credence to Russian news emanating from Heismgfors, Copenhagen, or Reval: newa from these centres was supplied by Russian emigres —bankers, industrialists, and the aristocratic classes. The March and July, 1917, revolutions in Russia were political and merely changed the form of Government; the October, lt'l7, revolution —the Bolshevist revolution—was the first big 60ciaJ revolution, the first reorganisation of society on a new basis. Professor Goode dealt at considerable length with the state of affairs under th* regime of the Bolsheviki, his remarks being based on his personal experience of the country and its people. He gave, also, interesting sketches of the leaders, Lenin, Trotsky, and others. Of Lenin he spoke most enthusiastically: the future historian of the Russian revolution, he said, would give a very InVh place to Lenin —a higher place than to Lloyd George or to President Wilson : these had talked. Lenin had done.

I The special meeting of the Christ--1 church Land Hoard set down for June Sth will not be held. The "Waira;-apa Age" says there is not a vacant house or shop to b© found in Carterton. During the past two or three day 3 the dead and diseasea trees in Boaley avenue, between Montreal street and Victoria street, have been felled. They are to be replacd by healthy, young trees. Don't let that wretched couch spoil your sleep. Take "Stop-lC' the proven remedv for coughs and colds. All colds succumb to "Stop-It's" healing and soothinc properties. Keep a bottle ever handy. "Stop-It" is obtainable in Is £>d and 3s bottles at all chemists and stores. Loasby and Co., Chemists (opposite Ballantyne's). 6 A fine collection of different varieties of apples is being displayed in the windows of the N.Z. Farmers' Co-op., both at Christchurch and Rangiora, where orders for Ivorys' Trees on doublevigour stocks can be placed. " Messrs Chisnall Stewart, Ltd., Cookham House. 750 Colombo street, have arranged with Miss Newton Smith, Dr. Wm Sehoils, Foot Comfort Specialist from London, now visiting New Zealand, to demonstrate to our clients and others suffering with foot trouble, Dr. Scholls's Foot Comfort Service. Write, call, or 'phone 37 for appointments. 6 Wo have to announce the great success of the N.Z. Clothing Factory Sample Sale. This was quite expected, as only a glance at the Sale Circular issued'recently will show Mat this firm are out to snvo the general public money. During this week there aro more bargains offering, -and the big attraction is the great they are giving in Men's Overcoats. We advise an early call at the N.Z. Clothing Factory Sample Sale. H533S Customs clearing, • General Carrying and Forwarding are undertaken by J. M. Heywood and Co., Ltd. You cannot do better than to give them your business. -Teienhones 250, 259, 1241. H 5720-6532

Never let a cold get the better of you. Keep lvofgo in the house. One dose relieves, one bottle cures. Sold by E. Cameron Smith, 96 Worcester street. 6 . J. Johnston and Son, Merchants, Rangiora. (Estd. 1863). Agents for N.Z. Insurance Co. Ltd., Grain, Stacks, Motor Car and Employers Indemnity a. specialty. P.O. Box 1. 'Phone 4.-28 "Big Ben" and his family reduced! Messrs Hastie, Bull, and Pickering announce reduced prices on Alarm Clocks. "Big Ben" now '22 a 6d, "Big Ben Luminous" 30s. "Jack o' Luntein" Luminous 20s, "Sleep Meter" 13s 6d, "Good Morning" 10s, Pccket Ben 9s 6d. 6 The big four for grain growers:—lst. 8-furrow new pattern riding plougn with beams and legs of hammered scrap. 2nd. Giant spring tined cultivator latest design. 3rd. Standard iron bark frame disc harrow incut or outcut with centre tine. 4th. Combined star drill with up to date improvements. For thoroughness, quantity of work done and durability, these four are unequalled on earth. See our No. 36 list. P. and D Duncan, Ltd., Tuam street, Christchurch. Box 124. —9 Beautiful Pictures artistically framed are essential to the "Home Beautiful." These, and all drawing and painting materials and "School of Art" requisites obtainable from Gibb's (opp. Ballantyne's). —6 Always use a little "Golden Rule" Soap with the famous "No-Rubbing" Laundry Help for washing clothes scientifically clean. J. C. Baldwin, agents for ".No-Rubbing." 8

WORLD'S MOST CRITICAL MARKET DEMANDS STUDEBAKER SIXES. THREE MONTHS' SALES RECORDS LX GREATER NEW YORK. Stndebakers have always been one of the most popular makes of car in America, but recent sales records have proved that the new series of six-cylin-der ears is making phenomenal headway. Let us take the sales in Greater New York for the last quarter of the present year, and compare them with those for the corresponding quarter in 1921. The figures are:— • 1921 1922 January ... 117 392 February ... 148 474 March ... 376 1283 Totds ... 641 2149 New Yorker's are not ioolb, and they can judge automobile values. When they treble their demand for a particular make of car you can depend there is a good reason. We have just received shipments of the 1922 Studebaker "Light Six" models, which we quote at reduced prices as follows:—"Light Six" touring car, £550. reduced from £.590; "Light Six" ioadatcr, with colonial bcdy, £57.5, reduced from £625. Inspection is cordirlly invited. Adams, Ltd.: Showrooms, 152-154 Hi"h street; Garage, 219 Tit am street. 6