General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18417, 25 June 1925, Page 8

General News.

A lantern lecture on tho work of the 'S-udan "United Mission was delivered by Mr J. Priestley, Dominion, secretary of the Mission, in the Trinity Congregational Hall last night. A large audience was interested in the photographs of the Sudanese, and in tho work of the missionaries.

That applications be invited for tho position of Dietitian at the Chribtehureh Hospital was the tenor of a suggestion put forward at yesterday's meeting of the North" Canterbury Hospital Hoard by tho llev.'C. Ca'rr. It was decided eventually to refer the matter to the Hospital Committee-un-report.

' Registrations of out of .work, made at tho Labour Department last week, totalled i>9, as compared with 20 the previous week. Last week's registrations comprised: 18 labourers, 2 < : ach blacksmiths and salesmen, 1 each clerk, engine-driver, farm hand, porter, shnp-assistaiit, ttorenian, and tiler.

Following an application to the Citv Council by the Provincial Council of the Licensed Trade for permission to erect a number of boardings, tho Woolston Durgesses' Association last night decided to protest against onv further hoardings being erected in their district. One nicnuber of the Association dissented on tho grounds that they were interfering with electioneering.

On the motion of Mrs H. F. Herbert, at yesterday's meeting of tho .North Canterbury Hospital Board, it was decided that the Hoard congratulates the Minister of Health on the very comprehensive- report on mental detectives issued by the committee of enquiry, and sincerely trusts that the valuable recommendations contained in the report will he given effect to withoutunnecessary delav.

Complaints made to the Minister of Railways by tho Woolston Burgesses' Association regarding the smoke nuisance at tho engine' sheds at Elisor's road have brought the following reply: —''l have to inform you that all reasonable precautions have been taken hy the Department to minimise any inconvenience to residents duo to smoke from the locomotive depot, and I am advised that the position is no worse now than formerly. A certain amount of smoke is, however, inseparable from any largo engine shed, and it is quite impossible to removo this completely. Your Association may be assured that tho Department is exercising the greatest possible care to ensure that the discharge of smoke from the depot at Linwood is reduced to a minimum, and there will bo uo relaxation of effort in this direction."

Tlie annual meeting of the Corriedalc Sheep Society, -which was to liavc been held vesterd;:y, lias been postponed lor a. fortnight. Aoting-Detective N. Bayliss leave? for Sydney to-day to bring back tu Christchtirch Charles Jackson, who will be charged with failing tu maintain his cliiid.

The hearing of applications for extension orders under the Mortgages Final Extension Act. 10'J-J. was oontiutie.l in camera yesterday at the Supremo C'.unt belore his Honour Mr Justice Iloskii:::. Mr Justice liosking intimated in the Supreme 'Court yesterday, that if these application- under the Mortgages Final Extension Act as to which no fixture was ma<'o. were not attcndi'd wTion called, they were liable to be struck out.

The second of a series of talks on '•lmpressions of America'' will be given at tho V.M.C.A. this evening by Mr ]!. A. Kenncr. immediately lollov.ing tho tea hour. Tho speaker wilt give passing impressions of various cities in the United States and will conclude with a more specific account of life in a typical American city. For somemonths Mr Xenner was attached to the staff of the Y.M.C.A. in Cleveland, one of the largest of the northern industrial cities.

With regard to the proposed erection of a. St. Helens hospital in Christchurch, to be under the control of the North Canterbury Hospital Board, a letter has been received by the Board from the Director-General of Health, asking whether theTToard will approve tne inclusion in th- plans of accommodation for a resu-ent medical officer and about three bcdrooiii? tor resident students, the object being to enable more adequate training of the rising generation of medical students in the matter of Obstetrics. The letter was approved. The maximum load recorded at the Lake Coleridge Power House during the week ended tho 21st in.sfc., was. 13 750 k.w.. which occurred between 5 p.m. and J. 30 p.m. on the 10th inst. At the Addington sub-station, the maximum load was 11,400 Ic.w., or GO k.w. in excess of tlie loau recorded on the 2nd inst: last week's maximum was experienced between 4.30 p.m. and spm. on the 17th. The lake level was at 1G70.01 feet, and the average inflow from the Harper River was 241 cusecs. During the week the Tramway Board's stand-bv plant was called on once or twice to relfeve the demand on the Lake power house.

A deputation of Wellington Collego Old Boys interviewed the Hon. J. C. Coates and Sir James Parr yesterday with reference to the proposed meniorial hall at the College-. It was sCu,... that ulie Association had raised. £6OOO by volvintai-y subscription, and desired some of this to be used as a contribution to the cost of the hall, which Cue school badly needed. The sum J>£ £4OOO had been suggested by oir Jamps Parr, and approved by the Association, and £2OOO would ho spent on memorial brasses. Sir James Parr said the total cost of the hall -would be £16,000 or £17.000. Mr Coates suggested that Sir James Parr should bring the matter before Cabinet. Tlio question of accommodation " at the Cashmere Sanatorium was mentioned at yesterday's meeting of tho North Canterbury Hospital Board, ■when the Public Health Committee, reported that the large number of cases waiting admission to the tuberculosis institutions required very serious consideration. The, committee was calling a speciai meeting to confer.with tho doctors and others to go fully into tho question of the provision of necessary accommodation. A"later report set out that the total number of patients'm residence at the end of May, in the different institutions, was:—Sanatorium, 87; Coronation Hospital, 62; Upper Sanatorium, 71; and Children's Fresh Air Home, 24. The number of attendances at tho tuberculosis dispensary during the month was IGO, and of these, 37 were new cases.

At tho end of last year the Government issued a public invitation for competitive designs for the subdivision of the Orakoi block, close to Auckland, as a garden suburb. The competition closed at tlio end of May, 42 designs being received. The adjudicating Board, consisting of the Surveyor-Gen-eral, the Chief Engineer, Public 'Works Department, tho Government Architect the Chief Surveyor (North Auckland), and City Engineer (Auckland) has no-,v completed its work, and made awards of first, second, and third places. Sealed packets corresponding to the Board's awards were opened by the Minister of Lands yesterday in tlio presence of members of tho Board and others. Tho winners proved to be as follows: —First prize, Eeginald B. Hammond, Auckland; second prize, E. V. Blake and A. .T. Brown, Auckland; third prize, W. S. Home and C. E. 11. Batt, Auckland. The Board considered the response to the Government's invitation very gratifying both in tlio number of competitors and excellence of the designs submitted.

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