General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18408, 15 June 1925, Page 10

General News.

♦— —:. A determined attempt is being made to dispose of every piece of fashionable apparel in, Beaths. Sale begins at 9.30 to-day. The sale bill in this issue tells of a few hundreds of the generous bargains. This is your buying time! 6 "Everyone will congratulate the young New Zealander who has stepped into the shoes of bur late leader," said Sir R. Heaton Rhodes, Minister of Pensions, at a gathering of Druids at Wellington oh Friday. .'' "He rules over a, Cabinet almost wholly composed of New ZeaUmders, and the only member who is nob a New Zealander by birth arrived in this country when he was two years old." (Applause.) Yesterday afternoon the Y.M.C.A. celebrated the eighty-first birthday of the Association. Mr R. A. Kohner, the general secretary, spoke of the growth of the Association, tracing the work from a small beginning in London till now the Y.M.C.A. was in almost every country. He referred more especially to the work of the Association in the East, stating that the interdenominational and international programme of the Association had a special attraction for the Eastern mind. That it pays to advertise was -affirmed by the Rev. Evan R. Harries, of St. James's Church (Auckland), in an address on "Sky Signs." "Every woman who enters a store to shop," he said, "knows exactly what article s>ho requires, knows, too, what particular brand she favours, but in nine cases out of ten she buys a particular brand because it is judiciously advertised. Maiiy houses openly acknowledge that, they might as well go out of business in a week if they cease to advertise." Passengers on a Sumner car had an exciting few minutes on Saturday, but fortunately there were' no. serious consequences. At the Manchester street intersection Constable Howell, of the Christchurch Police Force, who was on duty in High street, noticed that the undercarriage of a Sumner car was on fire. He hurried across to the vehicle, the passengers on which were unaware of their danger. Proceeding into the cabin, the constable pulled up the floor boards of the ear and extinguished the outbreak with his gloved hands. He received slight burns on the hands, but was otherwise unhurt. The contract for the erection of the Bandsmen's Memorial Bandstand, which will be built in the Botanic Gardens on a Bite adjoining the Acclimatisation Society's grounds, nas been let'to Messrs Rennell Bros. The plasterers will be Messrs T. Andrews and Son and the architects are Messrs Luttrell Bros. It is intended to ask the Governor-General to lay the foundation of the new structure during Grand National "Week, and it is anticipated that the opening ceremony will be held in Carnival Week in November: The increase- recently granted in the rates of pay of railway engine-drivers, firemen, and cleaners was gazetted on Thursday. The rates run for enginedrivers: First year, 2s 35-44 d per hour to 2s 8 38-44 d per hour, for tne ninth year; firemen, first year, Is 1138-44 d per hour, to fourth year, 2s 116-44 d per hour; cleaners, 17 years of age, Is 1 8-44 d per hour, up to 22 years and over Is 1038-44 d per hour. Further provisions include the following:— "Every member who is booked off duty for,rest at a foreign station for any period of not less than eight hours shall as regards such period be deemed to be absent on duty from hia headquarters at night for the purpose of regulation 67. Provided, further, that in making appointments to the position of cleaner, preference shall be given to candidates aged not more than nineteen years last birthday,''

A meeting of creditors in the bankrnpt estate of Charles Henry Turner, of Kaikoura, will be held at the Official Assignee's office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 24th inst., at 2.30 p.m. The Railway Department notify thai from, and including, June 23rd, the Tuesday goods train service on the Eyreton branch will be discontinued. Edgar Percy Kingsbury, hawker. Christchurch, has filed' a petition in bankruptcy. A meeting of creditors will be held on June at 2.30 p.m. Charies Henry Turner, farmer, Kaikoura, has also filed a petition in bankruptcy. A meeting of his creditors will be held on June 24th at 2.30 p.m. Within the last three weeks eight petitions have been filed. In connexion with tho sporting attractions of the Waimakariri headwaters ■ region, which were subjected, in one or two quarters, to some doubt, because the recent exploration party to tho glaciers did not come across any deer, the hotclkeeper at the Bealey informed a "Press" reporter last week that deer up the river were fairly plentiful. On the flat in front of tho hotel, recently, a stag and hind were seen grazing, and on the extensive tussock flat four or five miles up the river, the station owners saw nine head one morning recently. Whilst packing up the river some time ago, the reporter's informant saw a magnificent specimen of a stag. It approached within a couple of chain of the pack horses, providing plenty of time for its antlers to be counted, and the startled sightseer avers that it was just about a record breaker. The fact that only one deer was seen bv the glacier party was only natural —15 or 20 people disturbing* the solitude were less likely to inspire the animals' curiosity than their natural instinct of fear. The conclusive testimony of the presence or game should be a further argument towards the popularising of the region. Good advice should never be disregarded. Therefore, at all times keep yourself free from coughs and colds. There's nothing quite like "Stop It"— McArthur's mighty cough remedy—to do that. "Stop It v draws a soothing and healing film over the injured surface, and by thus assisting Nature brings quick relief. Buy your bottle now from your grocer or chemist. Family size 2s 6d, small size Is Gd, o Armstrongs' Great Forge-Ahead Sale is having a wonderful run. This sale surpasses all others for quantity, quality, and low prices. Each day sees new goods marked down. Each hour brings pleasant surprises in the unusual savings offering. Look around towu and compare these pikes. —.6 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, Christchurch. 6