General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18366, 27 April 1925, Page 10

General News.

Advice has been receivied 'by the Canterbury Automobile Association that the Sehryn is again forclable. Tho Mayor has received a cheque for £IOO front tho trustees of tho Hyman Marks' estate for the Coal and Blanket Fund.

At 7 o'clock last night, tho New Brighton Tire Brigade received a false summons to Estuary road. South Brighton. The message was received from a slot telephone. Donald Launcelot Gebbie, farmer, of Nayland street, Sumner, lias filed a petition in bankruptcy. A meeting of his creditors will bo held- at the office of the Official Assignee on Mav oth. at 2.30 p.m. A trade delivery van shot backwards out of "The Press" right-of-way on Friday afternoon at such a speed that the driver did not realise in time that right behind him was a young man proudly displaying a new motor-cycle to a few admiring friends. There was a crash and the van pulled up just in time to avoid running over man and cycle and seriously damaging both.

It -was intimated shortly before Anzac Day that proceedings would be taken against shopkeepers who kept their establishments open for the sal© of goods on that day. So far as can be ascertained, the law in this respect was closely observed, although there were, perhaps, one or two breaches, but these must have been few and far between. ,

Our Akaroa correspondent writes:— AVotd was received in Akaroa on Friday that the meeting convened for Anzac Day afternoon at Duvauchelle, for the purpose of hearing an address on the dairy control question, had been postponed to a later date. Gratifies tion wa3 expressed that thofce who had been responsible for arranging the date had seen fit to make the change. Dean Car ring ton, in his eloquent sermon at tho Cathedral yesterday morning, showed himself an enthusiastic lover of London. He.was preaching on behalf of the St. Paul's restoration fund, and described in vivid terms the various views one can get of the great Cathedral from different standpoints. The great golden cross, too, which shines over the city on the top of Ludgate Hiilj in the glow, of an afternoon sunset, tinged by the old grey smoke for which London is notorious, formed one of the Dean's realistic word pictures to an,interested congregation. The Department of Industries and Commerce has received an invitation to send two or three delegates from amongst the business men in this country to represent New Zealand at the third biennial congress of the International Chamber or Commerce to be held in Brussels from June 21st to 27th, 1925. Tho Department has referred the matter to the secretary of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, asking whether the Chambers desire to be represented at this congress, and, if so, to advise the Department the names of any gentlemen who wish to attend. The agenda paper for the congress includes many questions of worldwide interest in the domain of finance, industry and trade, transportation, etc.

When the New Zealand cricket team visits Australia next year, it will cany an official standard, emblassoned with (a. silver fern. At a meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council ok Friday, Mr J. S. Barrett commented that the Victorians had flown their own flag at the local matches, and he thought the New Zealanders should also lia-ve one. "Couldn't we have the Rugby Union's flag?" asked Mr W. H. Winsor. "It might bring us luck." "Don't vou worry," declared Mr Barrett, "we would never go through without losing en© match. The question is—Are we to consider ourselves All Blacks and to have a fern-leaf?" It was decided that the flag should he of jlack and white, with "N.Z.C.C." and a fern leaf on it. The School of Art is to be asked for designs.

The Whangamomona correspondent of the "Taranaki Herald" writes:—A considerable stir has been caused locallv by the operations of oil men. It would appear that there are' two syndicates operating or anxious to operate in the district should indications of oil be found; also that there aie agents anxious to gain (and, in fact, have gained in some instances) rights over certain areas with a view to forming a company. One fact certainly stands out, and that is that the district has been overrun with experts and agents. The experts say that if oil exists in Taranaki in any quantity it will be found in this district, arguing that this ia the basin between the mountain of Egmont in the "West and the volcanoes of Buapehu and others in the east. Their principal interest centres round the Aotuhia district, about ten miles down the Whangamomona road, towards the "Wanganui river. Negotiations and counter-negotiations have been proceeding among the settlers in that locality. Naturally the latter have been thrown into a peat stated of excitement. It is said locally that bargaining is rather hard. The farmers are seeking cash and the agents are compromising. Two other localities have caught the eyes of experts, one a mile or so from the town, and the other seven or eight miles down the Ohura road. It is reported that a bore is to be put down at Aotuhia.

The Ashburton Poppy Day collection which was taken up on !• riday, amounted to £P27. acrainst £'Bo for the corresponding day last year. A minor fault occurred at one of the Christchurch sub-stations early last evening ii the result (hut tlio power failed in the Si. Albans district for about half an hour.

The Wellington Hospital Board has derided to join the 110.-pitsl Boards' Association. Delegates to the forthcoming conference were instructed to oppose the proposal to raise hospital fees.

The followiiiM ruminations have been received for the Phillipstown School Committee election: —Messrs . ,J. Boon. B. Crowhurit- "VY. Martin, .1. Prosper, E. Pegg. P>. Robinson. ,1. Haigh. Alex. Steeds. A. Sma.le._T?., J. Sinclair. J. Taylor, and E. A\ right. An ordinary, ni'-jtiiig of tlie TCnglish Association will held this evening at Canterbury College. The subject for discussion (which Mr T. W. Cane will opcn'i will be ''The Pronunciation of English." Ali who arc interested are invited to be present.

From the mihinrss of the weather of late there seems to be some prospect that New Zealand may enjoy u comparatively warm winter, states the Wellington Pohukatawa trees are blooming both ii: Auckland and 'Wellington, which is unusual for this time of year, and it has also been noticed in Xorlhland and Xewtown that Christmas lilies have commenced to sprout. Tn the ordinary course of events this process takes place in the spring. Great Britain, curiously enough, has just passed through a winter which is staled, to have been the mildest for half a century.

Councillor J. W. Bcanlaud, in the course of conversation with a reporter on Friday, remarked that at the final meeting of the By-laws and Finance Committee (of which lie was chairman) all the members made eulogistic references to the assistance they had received from the Town Clerk (Mr J. S. Neville) and his staff during the past two years, and the following resolution was arrived at: —"That this committee desires to place on record its appreciation of the services rendered by the Town Clerk and staff during the past two years, and that the Town. Clerk be requested to convey to the staff the committee's appreciation of their services so-willingly given."

"I feel certain that the competitions movement has had the beneficial effect of rousing interest in New Zealand iu the development of ;i part of our natures which matters very much indeed," said Mr John Caughlcy, Director of Education, to the conference of competitions societies held at Wellington. "We are apt to devote our attention too much to the materialistic side of our lives, but there is a need to develop the aesthetic also. We have a wonderful country, which should be an inspiration for all lciuds of art. It should bring out the very best that is in us, but it needs some organisation, and I think the competitions societies havo done a wonderful amount of good in the direction of fostering the latent talent in our natures." Japan as a market for meat is now almost entirely served '.>y China and tho Argentine, according to Mr Inagaki, lecturer in Japanese at Melbourne University. He holds that if meat were sent from" Australia and marketed at a reasonable price there would be a constant demand for it among the population, which iiad largely adopted a meat diet. It would be useless for producers to send, consignments of frozen meat to Japan, unless they were prepared to operate on the lowest possible margin of profit. Dairy produce, flour, and other foodstuffs would find a ready sale if the marketing of the produce in Japan was properly controlled by a man who was'capable of placing t-h« goods on the market in the way most likely to appeal to the Japanese people. "Within a week I have met no fewer than three people who purposed "wintering in. New Zealand, but have had to exercise Hobson's choice, and select another mi]d Tcsorfc in which to escape our London rigours," writes a correspondent in the "Englishman," Calcutta, India. "Tho reason in each case was the same. All berths _on boats now leaving f or due to leave within the next few wcCks, are booked right up. What the precise explanation of this rush to New Zealand may be just at this time I have not heard, but possibly a great many New Zealand cousins, who came over here for the British Empire Exhibition, are now returning home. And it is even conceivable that, recent specimens of our winter climate, with the last 'London particular' as a grand finale, have impelled our visitors to stay not upon the order of their going, but go at once \by tho earliest boats. Anyhow, New Zealand as a winter resort is growing in favour, but in the case of two of the disappointed would-be travellers I have mentioned, while cne is off to Teneriffe, tho other has consoled himself with Ceylon."

Don't take liberties with your health. You can't afford to "lay-up." At the first symptoms of a cold take McArthur's "Stop-It." It's wonderful the way this good old remedy gets to work. A few doses will relievo and one bottle generally effects a cure. "StopIt" is sold everywhere in Is 9d and) <3s bottles. McArthur's, Ltd., Chemists, McArthur's Corner. " —2

The opening day of Armstrong's great forge-ahead sale has proved a pronounced buccess. Tremendous bargains now offering, include great savings for men, as: 25 men's dark tweed sac suits, 49s Gel; 50 men's assorted shades sac suits, 59s 6d; 30 men's special boxed suits, 69s 6d; 50 men's all-wool Donegal boxed suits, £3 15s; 50 men's high grade box suits, 90s; 100 bpecial high-grade boxed suns, £5 ss. Armstrongs' two busy stores, Victoria square and High street. 6

Easter Gifts of unusual value can be purchased with a special discount of 15 per cent. (3s in the £) off ever? article, including Diamond Engagement llingji, Wristlet "Watches, and Wedding Rings. Intending purchasers of Wedding Gifts should avail themselves of this, opportunity. Inspection invited. B. O. Priddis and Co., Jewellers, Cathedral square. P6C33-7431 Fifty million rabbits in Canterbury. They should all be poisoned at once. Those laying poison on hill-country will find our new pattern all steel reversible rabbit plough O.K. for making the furrows. Weight 701b. Photos on application. P. and D. Duncan, Ltd., 196 Tuam street, Christchureh. 6