General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18412, 19 June 1925, Page 8

General News.

At a special meeting of the Drainage Board held yesterday . afternoon, the resolutions arrived at, striking tho ratos for tho' current year, at the meeting on May 19th, wcro duly confirmed.

At Dunedin yesterday, tho Hon. Sir James Parr conferred with tho Education Board and promised to recommend Cabinet to set up a. Junior High School in South Dunedin to relievo the congestion of several schools in that district. A motor-car driven by Mr T. Pain, of Cheviot, on Thursday night, crashed into the corner post of the Weka bridge, which crosses the AVaipara river near tho Waiparn hotel. Tho car skidded on to the bridge, smashed through tho rails, and was saved from falling on to the shinglo below only through ono wheel catching in tho* bridge. The four people in the car were uninjured. "Ono of tho men who repair tho tolephono slots told rAe that they had an awful job fixing them up. Ho said that children split up match boxes and pushed the pieces in the slots as well as wooden matches and buttons and hairpins."—Mr T. Falkinder, chairman of the Addington Burgesses' Association at last night's meeting of tho Association. In tho course of his address to the Canterbury Advertising Club on Wednesday night, Mr J. A. Jewell said that two factors which should be looked at by tho business mart who was buying newspaper space were coverage and circulation. In a small town, the question of coverage was tho more important, and that was the factor used chiefly in expert buying of newspaper spaoe in New Zealand.

"Women are frightened at night by persons standing close in to that fence, and I think the police should bo told about it," eaid Mr T. Falkinder, who presided at last night's meeting of tho Addington Burgesses' Association. Tho fence referred to shields the property situated next to an oil store in Selwyn street. Tho secretary was instructed to write to tho City Council calling the Council's attention to tho fence, which encroaches on tho footpath. "1 will see tho police about it too," concluded tho chairman..

Hospitals in Geneva are applying a now method of curing cancer with radium (states a "Manchester Guardian" Special Service cable message to the Australian papers). # Serum containing radium emanation is injected directly into tho morbid tissue. It is proved that this destroys cancer cells without affecting the neighbouring healthv tissue. The serum can be made from the patient's own blood or from that of others. The method is. considered a great advance in the treatment of cancer.

When the Railway Department accelerated the express service between Ohristchurch and Dunedin, tho usual stop at Dunsandel was omitted so tar as the 8.40 a.m. train from the soiith was concerned. This caused a number of protests to bo made, and it is now notified that, commencing on Monday next, the express -will stop at Dunsandel again. Arrival at Chnstehurch will accordingly be made at 5.5 p.m. instead of 5.3 p.m. as at present. A record is claimed for tho Prime Minister in his recent performance of addressing four political meetings, in one evening (telegraphs our Auckland correspondent). It is' said that on no former occasion has a Prime Minister addressed more than two meetings in any one-evening during an election campaign. On Tuesday, during the day, Mr Coates addressed meetings of electors at Drury and East Tamaki, and in the evening spoke at Otahuhu, Papatoetoe, Manurewa, and Papakura> in that order.

A club, to be known as the Italian Club, is being formed in Ohristchurch, with Signor Colonna as organiser and Signor di Somma as temporary secretary, Thero will be an open membership to all those interested in the study of that language which has meant so much in music, art, and poetry. It is proposed to giva frequent lectures on the, language, and at intervals, special evenings will bo sot aside for Italian operatic concerts, which will be conducted under the auspices of tho club. Tho total births registered for the urban areas during May amounted to 1089, as against 1079 in April, an increaso of ten. Deaths in May were 445, a decrease of sis, as compared with the previous month. Of tho total deaths, males contributed 245, . and females 200. Fifty-seven of the deaths wure of children under five years of age, being I@.B>l per cent, of the whole number. Forty-five of these were under ono year of age. Tho chairman of tho Canterbury Labour Eepresentation Committee, Mr B. Macfa'rlane, has been appointed organiser for North Canterbury of tho Alliance of Labour, in connexion with the unity scheme which was adopted at the last open conference of tho Alliance, tho object of which is to afnliato all tho industrial unions, trades and labour councils, and tho unions at present affiliated to no organisation into one branch of the Alliance of Labour. Mr Macfarlano is a past-president of tho Canterbury Drivers' Union. A meeting of residents of Bryndwyr and Fendalton was held in the Fendalton School on "Wednesday night to discuss the proposal to. secure a park for the Bryndwyr and # Fendalton districts. The matter of the increased tram fares and the abolition of concession tickets on the Bryndwyr bus by the Tramway Board waa also considered, and it was decided to appoint a committee to make enquiries into the possibility of securing a private bus service for the district if the concessions' previously asked for were not granted. A reply has been received, by the Christchurch members of Parliament who visited the Addington Workshops on Wednesday and sent a telegram to the. Prime Minister urging that an, olectrical power plant be installed at the workshops instead of tho present gas engines. The reply from the Hon. J. G. Coates acknowledged the telegram and stated that ho was bavins; a report prepared on tho matter and that he would reply fully at a later date.

Everyone remembers how reliable the old-fashioned home remedies were: they were usually compounded from purely vegetable extracts. When coughs and colds were about, the home remedy was particularly prominent. Of course, nowadays time cannob be spared to make them up, but you can obtain the same effect from "Stop It," for "Stop It" is purely vegetable, and it's wonderful how quickly "Stop It" relieves a cough or cold. Sold everywhere—2s 6d and Is 6d. 4 Armstrongs' Great Forge-Ahead Sale is having a wonderful run. This sale surpasses all others for quantity, quality, and low prices. Each day seos new goods marked down. Each hour brings pleasant surprises in thn unusual savings offering. Look around town and compare these prices. —6