General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18414, 22 June 1925, Page 8

General News.

Some person gave a false fire alarm from tho corner of Papanui and May's roads at 3.1 yesterday. 'Hie Brigade turned out in tho bitter early morning cold to replace the broken glass. Fifty-one candidates sat for tho local theory examination of the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music, on Saturday. The papers have to be sent to Australia, and the results will be known in four or five weeks' time. A collision) between a motor-car driven by Stephen Joseph Geary and a motor-cycle ridden by John Lye occurred at the intersection of Manchester and Tuam streets at 1.25 p.m. on Saturday. No one was injured, but the cycle was badly knocked about. "Tho trouble with the South Island local bodies," said Mr M. H. VVynyard, motorist's' representative son the Main Highways Board, to the executive of the South Island Motor Union on '3atu.rday night, "is that they are afraid of loans, whereas in the North Island they thrive on them." "One advantage of tho consolidated school is that the older scholars will bo able to have supervision over tho younger children," said a speaker at tho opening of the new consolidated school at Oxford on Saturday afternoon. "Nonsense," . interjected Sir James Parr, who opened the building. "Why not talk sense. I have never heard of such' a suggestion!" On Saturday afternoon a successful tree-pruning demonstration was given at Mr Anderson's orchard in Grimsey's road,' Papamii. when fruitgrowers gleaned some helpful hints in the matter of pruning. Tho weather was ideal for the occasion, and a number of orchard ists availed themselves of the opportunity of witnessing the demonstration. The Long Tack Sam Vaudeville Company will ontertnin the patients of the Coronation Hospital to-day and the inmates of the Military Sanatorium tomorrow. Hie people in the Jubilee and Nazareth Homes, and the returnod soldiers at Rannerdalo Home have been invited to attend the matinee performance in the Theatre Royal on Wednesday afternoon. Speaking of the rents which aro charged m Wellington for one-room dwellings, Councillor Troup said at the meeting of the Wellington City Council last week that there were- 83. people paying 20s to 22s (id, 65 paving 2os to 27s 6d, 17 paying 27s 6d to 30s, 40 paying 30s to 32s 6d, 14 paying 35s to 37s Gd, two paying 37s 6d to 40s, 7 paying 40s to 4os, and two paying 50s to COs. The total number of people paying 20s or more for one room was 203. "There is no need to introduce the gramophone," said Professor J. Shelley, at the W.E.A. gramophone eoncert on Saturday night; ''it has taken its place in modern life. It is difficult to imagine what developments will occur., J am looking forward to the tune when l I will Iks able to deliver My lectures by means of the gramophone, so that my students will he abb to listen to them while lying in bed. Tho only drawback is that the College authorities might have no further need for me!" Major R. T. .McArthitr, Chief Engineer of the Post and Telegraphs in the Union of South Africa, has begun in Ota go a. tour of New Zealand as Commissioner froih the South African Government to eiiouire into and report on tho working oft the department in this country, particularly regarding the development of automatic transmission and the New Zealand methods of rural telephone distribution. Ho will conclude las tour at Auckland. He is accompanied by Mr E. A. Shrimpton, Chief Telegraph Engineer of tho Neiv Zealand Department. A clean sheet was presented in the Magistrate's Court on Saturday. In -the Juvenilo Court the three young boys, ifho, last week, admitted steal-, ing a quantity of lead from the roof of the 'N.Z. Farmers' Saleyards in St. Asaph street some time in April, appeared before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M., .who had adjourned tho cases till lfts'j Saturday to enable the parents of the lads to administer a sound thrashing to each. On Saturday it was (stated that the offenders had been thrashed. His Worship therefore adjourned tho cases for twelvo months, during which time they aro to he under the absolute discretionary control of the Juvenile Probation Officer.

An erstwhile *Nbrth Island resident, who 119.S returned to Christchurch after a visit to former scenes, informed a "Press" reporter, ' on Saturday, tKat there seemed to be no change so marked as in the .railway service. Kot alone the "Limited," biit the ordinary expresses cut along at a pace that' makes the former dawdling appear unexplainable. The Palmerston North-Wel-lington mail run is accomplished in 2J hours, and is done without stop, except for an occasional crossing, and there does not seem k> be any exceeding of the safety speed limit.'The new spirit in the service is being much appreciated by travellers. "If the new Prime Minister can infuse as. much ginger into some of the other departments'as he has into the railway's administration," added our informant, "he will be there as long; as Mr Massey." During last winter the hardest frost recorded in Christchurch was 15.3 degrees. After such an unusual spell of stormy weather as wc have just experienced, last year's record frost bids fair to be frequently beaten this winter. Everyone will be well advised to keep a bottle of "Stop-It"—the famous Cough Cure—on hand to ward off the effects of the cold weather. Sold everywhere. Large size 2s 6d, small size Is 6d. —6

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 town and compare these prices. —G 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 tho furrows. Weight 701b. Photos on application. P. and D. Duncan, Ltd., 19<5 ainani. gtreet*- .Christ church. tj