General News.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18232, 17 November 1924, Page 8

General News.

The Royal Kailrcad .Commission, while on the West Coast, made a flying trip to Waiho Gorge, and visited the famous Franz Josef Glacier, under the guidance of Messrs Peter and David Graham. The party consisted of the following:—Sir Sam Fay, Sir Vmcent Eaven, Mr MeVilly (General Manager of Kailways), Messrs Gillon, Furkert, Travis, King, Fay, Jones, Hunson, Wynne, Lindsay, Marris, Angus, Sword, Morey, Manderson, Mitchell, Duckworth, and Berrill. There is «m island in- Lake Wanaka n-liicli till lately has been known as Pigeon Island. It bears a etrong resemblance to Syracuse, and m the island is a small lake, and thftt phenomenon occurs also at feyracuse. Jte■marking this at the function tenck-refl him by the Sailors' Friend Society at Wellington, "Viscount Jelhcoe said that Sir Frederick Chapman, who took a deep interest in naval matters, had suggested that the island should be called Syracuse. This the Government had agreed to, and the lake in the island was to be known, as Arethusa. Pool, whilst a prominent peak on the. island was to be. named alter fanReginald Tirrett, who, in the Arethusa, commanded the Har«n«k. force during the war, a force which did signal service to the Empire. During the past fow the clothing trade in Dunedin has been very quiet, due. to the importation or so much material, and the changes in. fashion (says the "Otago Daily Times"). Thsit statement was made by an official of the local office of the Labour Department, and he pointed out that, last winter the knitted costumes «\nd jumpers were the rage, thus stopping the sale of women's readymade costumes. The position was now improving, and many of the clothing firms in the city who i»ut off hands, are taking them on again. The boot manufacturing trade has also been quiet, due again to the great amount of imported goods coming on, to the market. The New Zealand manufacturers were handicapped by the fact that the English manufacturers could turn out a much larger quantity of leather goods in a shorter 6pace of time.

The limitation.'in the size of post parcels from Great Britain to four feet, length and girth- combined, has been the subject of repeated protests from Chambers of Commerce and business fiims. As a result of personal representations made in London recently by the secretary of the New Zealand Post Office (Mr A. T. Marknian), however, the snipping companies have now agreed to accept for conveyance to the. Dominion via Panama parcels measuring up to six feet, t length and girth combined, A condition of the agreement is that the companies shall receive some increased payment for the carriage of the. larger parcels, and it is understood that the British Post Office is now raising the postage rates to meet the increased payment. The sis feet limitation was in operation years ago, but was reduced owing to the necessity for: conserving shipping space during the war. A. distinct improvement has been made in the packing of small fruits this season as a result of new regulations gazetted by the Government, dealing with the matter (states the "New Zealand Herald"). The regulations refer to strawberries, loganberries, raspberries, and cherries. They provide that all fruit sold, offered or exposed for sale in a container shall be packed in such a manner that any fruit exposed to view shall fairly represent in size, maturity, and ■ condition, the whole contents of the container. It is also specified that the container shall be full 'of frtiit. The penalty for a breach of the regulations is a fine not exceeding £2O. In pursuance of the regulations periodical inspections are made by officers of the Horticultural Division of the small fruits coming- to the market. Tho growers have all been notified of the new regulations, and it is stated that the fruit now offered to the public is much more uniform in quality than previously was the case. It. is emphasised by the Department officials that retailers are liable for the quality of the fruit they offer for sale, and that action may be taken against thom should breaches of the packing regulations occur in respect of fruit handled by them. Any ease of vie timisation in the purchase of the fruits mentioned be notified to the Horticultural Division or thft Health Department,, and action will be taken under the regulations.

The Pioneer Sports Club's petrol test, which was to liave taken plr.ce ou Saturday, has been postponed until November f^th.

A correspondent writes from Leeston stating that the bridge at Coe's ford is intended only for use by motorcycles, and not for other motor traffic.

"I was a pioneer myself in a small way.'* stated Archbishop Julius at the Y.M.C.A. "father and Son Banquet" en Saturday night. "I rode the sixth wooden bicycle with iron tyres and no Koriugs that came to Jjondoa!" He had "declared in an address on '•"Pioneers of To-morrow" tliat pioneering was one of the grandest, things he luiew.

Mr and Mrs W. J. Sim and Mrs P. J. Hill, all of Christchureh, were, injured in a motor collision on the road to Lees Valley on Friday, tho other members of both parties escaping with a severe shaking. The three injured were taken to the Oxford Hospital, where it was found that the injuries were, in each ease, facial, and not serious. Mr Sim returned to Christchureh yesterday. Mrs Sim and Mrs Hill will remain in hospital for some days, but no serious consequences aro anticipated. The bullcck is not yet entirely out of date as a traction beast, even in, these days of universal iiso of tho internal combustion engino (savs the Auckland "Herald"). For the la»t d.-.y or two a team of nine or ten span, has been an object of interest on Takarpuna Beach, engaged in carting metal pipes landed from a scow for the purposes of the local borough council's water supply scheme. In the ease of cartage over heavy sand, as in ihis instance, oxen aro still, owing to the steadiness of their pull, sometimes preferred to either the horse or the motor engine.

According to the latest "Gazette" issued, several districts havo been altered under the Public Health Act, 1920, and Canterbury is now made up as follows:; —All that area comprising the counties of -Kaikoura, Amuri, Cheviot, "Warparh., Tvwm, Ashloy, Itangiora. Eyre, Oxford, Tawera. Malvern, Pa.pa.rua, Waimairi, Heathcoto, Halswell, Mount Herbert, Akaroa, Chatham. Islands, "Wairewa, Springs, Ellesjnere, Solwyn, Ashburton. Gerslcline, Levels, Mackenzie, and "W alma te, and all lwjroughs and town districts geographically contained in </r contiguous to the said counties. Twenty-four officers and non-commis-sioned officers of the Southern Depot, New Zealand Army Service Corps, under Major W. W. McKinney, left on Saturday evening for Trcntham, where, in conjunction "with those from the northern (Auckland) and Central (Wellington) Depots, they undergo a course of instruction in A.S.C work, intensive training of a technical nature, covering all the duties of the A.S.C, is carried out, so that tho subsequent training of A.S.C. men at the various command camps may be worked out on similar line's.

An interesting address on the law and some of its phases was delivered by Mr Saul Solomon, K.C., at Dunodin to a number of members of the local branch of the New Zealand Bank Officers ' Guild. In opening his remarks, Mr Solomon said that people outside the legal profession had a very poor idea of what lair was. Many claimed that the only difference \ between a lawyer and a butcher was that the butcher was a respectable man, and others said that- the law was an ass. This, however, wag nonsensical; the law was founded on commonsense and justice. Continuing, he said that there was one system that had survived the years, and that was the jury system, which he had thought ;was very fine when he was young. He had since found, however, that in many cases ho had won vcrdlot3 that he should have lost, and had lost verdicts that he should have won. Still, he was not one of those who thought the system was a bad one, and indeed most jurists were men of sound commonsense, who knew what they we're about. The speaker then explained the different classes of law—the law of property, which included real estate and personal estate; the law of torts, governing injuries (everyone, Mr Solomon pointed out, had the right to have his property, person, or reputation protected); and the law of contract, which governed all business. ,

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