General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18370, 1 May 1925, Page 8

General News.

Die annual conference of the New Zealand Sanitary Inspectors' Association, to have been held in Auckland in February, and postponed on account oft the infantile paralysis epidemic, has been definitely abandoned for the present year. In order to comply with the Association's rules, the %nrrtial general meeting has been fixed for the 19th inst. at Wellington; a meeting of the General Council of the Association is to be held on the same date. Information as to the pressure of water available, has been forwarded to Mr R. T. Stewart, Dunedin, in connexion with his demonstration of the system under which he proposes to improve the river Avon. It is understood thai some difficulty would bo experienced in getting the required pressure. For the purposes of the demonstration, Mr Stewart asked for a supply of 20,0001 gallons an hour at a pressure of not j less than 7Qlb a square inch.

The fact that substantial additions to the police force in Dunedin will be made daring the currency of the Exhibition hag prompted the Department to make arrangements for additional accommodation at the police station. A series of cells on the top floor, on the southern side of the building, is being remodelled and converted into 11 bedrooms for the accommodation of single constables. The work has already been commenced, and the conversion of the cell windows into window openings of ordinary size is well in hand. An incident which occurs at every election is that where a person duly attends some polling booth to register his vote and f nds that his name is not on the roll. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is the would-be voter's fault for not making a simple enquiry to ascertain whether or not his name is on the roll before the list of names is closed. Quite a number of these incidents occurred on Wednesday, but in several instances people were under the misapprehension that the compulsory registration for the Parliamentary roll also placed them on the municipal roll

Poppy Day in Wellington realised £1313 with a few returns still to come in What is known as No. 1 field punishment, which authorised the tying of a defaulter in the Ai-my to a gun or waggon wheel, has been abolished. Work in connexion with the, laying of the Nos. 6 iind 7 sewers was started yesterday by the contractor. Mr F. W. Brightling. These sewers run from St. Albans to Papanui, and tho work was started at the corner of Staplcton's road and Averill street. We have received from the Canterbury Publishing Company (the "Sun") a sum of £2, collected for the St. Paul's Benovation Fund. Other subscriptions are F. 2s 6d, W. H. Henning £1 Is, making the total of "The Press"' fund £IBO 16s 6d.

The display of vegetables at the Horticultural Society's Show is tho best staged in Christchurch for years. Among superlative) onions, potatoes, cauliflowers and leeks, is an exhibit of heavyweight pumpkins. The heaviest, said to have been grown in sand, weighs 82 pounds. The shooting seasou for native and imported game opens to-day. As far a3 game is concerned, the outlook for a successful opening is bright. Reports from tho Society's officers and from others resident in the vicinity of the Lake, indicate that there are plenty, of vducks.: in fact, more this season than last.

There was a large attendance at the funeral of the late Goorge Williams, who died this week in Wellington. He was a prominent footballer at the time the Native team went Home in 1888", and played against Stoddart's team and afterwards joined the Native team. For this reason many persons thought he actually was of Native blood, but ho came from England and joined the Police Force.

Cranks with a genius for inventing things often pester patents agents, Government Departments, and even the Patents Office, with brilliant suggestions to solve various problems that affect the human race {remarks the "New Zealand Times"). One proposal recently submitted .as '(t solution of the level-crossing problem was that a 10,000-gallon tank should be erected by the side of a crossing and filled with water. A rose-sprinkler would project over the crossing, and oil the approach of a train would so deluge the crossing that it would be impossible to cross without getting a very thorough soaking. Up to now the idea has not been put into practical use in New Zealand. Earl Jellicoo was immensely popular with the farmers, and his successor, being a Scottish landed proprietor, is likely to win the same favour. Mr A. A. Wilson, of East Tamaki, speaking on behalf of the farmers at the Pakuranga Hunt luncheon this week, gave a hint of it (says the Auckland "Herald")- "I remembeT a story of a bachelor farmer, who was looking for a wife," he remarked. "He went to hear Madame Melba sing, and afterwards someone asked what he thought of her. All he said was: 'lf she knew something about a sheep, she'd be just the one.' If his Excellency knows something about a cow—and I understand he does —he'll be 'just the one." " SirCharlos Fergusson laughed as heartily as anyone, and it was to bo noticed that a little later he held Mr Wilson in conversation for ten minutes or so.

The May issue of the "Review," the official journal of the New Zealand) Sanitary Inspectors', Association, has just been published by the Christchurch Press Company, Ltd., and is, as usual, filled with articles of special Interest to members, An editorial dealing with the abandonment of this year's conference, states that '(though the infantile paralysis epidemic (on account of which the conference was postponed) appears to be on the wane, there is still a good deal of uncertainty as to the number of officers who would feel it expedient to leave iheir posts to attend. It is felt that those in authority will recognise the united and individual self-sac-rifiee which has been made by members in deciding to abandon the fixture." The articles include: "Plumbers' Traps and Loss of Seal Therefrom," "How Slums are Created," "Asians for Food Inspectors." "The Present Pandemic of Plague," and "Cleansing and Disinfection of Second-hand Clothing and Bedding." 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*lt." It's wonderful the way this, good old remedy gets to work. A few doses will relieve and one bottle generally effects a cure, "StopIt" is sold everywhere in Is 9d and 3s bottles. McArthur's, Ltd., Chemists, McArthurV Corner. —2

T. Armstrong and Co., Ltd., have had hundreds of sales in their, tinio, "but they are convinced that the present Great Forge-Ahead Sale js the biggest they have ever yet held. The Sato is the occasion on which they purchased the huge, preifaises of Holmes and Son, High street, which -will bo hereafter known as Armstrongs'. In addition to purchasing this building, outright, they also acquired thousands of pounds' worth of Manchester Stock, which is now being offered dailv (with the whole of Armstrongs' great stocks) at wholesale cost prices and less. Shop early—great savings await you in each I department. A 55713