General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18420, 29 June 1925, Page 8

General News.

The new policy of through booking <of passengers and goods by rail ana steamer, recently inaugurated by the Railway appears "to be meeting with every success (says the "Dominion"). From May 11th to Juno 20th the number of passengers booked through from island to island was 1032. For the week which ended on Juno 20th, 1-30 tons of goods and parcels were booked thrdugh under the new scheme, A motion on appeal of* his Majesty tho King against the Crown Milling Co. (Ltd.), pFleming and Co. (Ltd.), Atlas Roller Flour and Oatmeal Mills (Evans and Co.), Ltd., Wood Bros. (Ltd.), and Distributors (Ltd.), stands for hearing before the First Division of tho Court of Appeal at Wellington to-day, and as Sir Robert Stout (Chief Justice) and Mr Justice Reed have certified that tho motion is one of special important**, an Order-jun-Cbuncil has been issued .by tho Governor-General authorising the Judges of the Second Division to sit with the First Division in hearing and determining the appeal. A lesson in how to analyse' statistics was given by Mr Gordon Fraser at the annual meeting oTthe Taranaki Chamber of Commerce last week. "Often the row of numerals in a statistical table conveys no concrete picture," Mr Fraser said. "For example, tho imports of cigarettes were 1,148,799 pounds weight. This conveys nothing. Turn them into actual cigarettes and wo find they amount to 459,611.000. Divide this by the days of the year and the answer is that we are smoking a million and a-quarter cigarettes a . day, or one per day for every man, woman, and child in the Dominion. 1 ' Saturday's "Southland Times" has the following: Evidence of the mildness pi' "the winter being experienced in Southland is to be seen at the present lime at Mr W. Kennedy's farm at Bayswater, where an apple tree is covered with blossom. If somo of the residents of northern towns could be induced to visit Southland and see such a sight they would be convinced of the off repeated statement that the southernmost portion of the Dominion enjoys a climate that is second to no other provinoo and that floods and gales, such as have been experienced in many other districts of recent months, are unheard of in these parts. Tho demonstration of fruit tree pruning which was to have been given by M.' L. Paynter, Government Orchard Instructor, at .Mr Fred King's orchard, Ho rot a ne, on Saturday afternoon, was attended by four fruitgrowers, including one lady who very pluckily made tho journey despite tho wintry conditions prevailing. Owing to tfie small attendance and to the weather conditions it was decided to postpone the demonstration till next Saturday at the same place- and time. Advantage was taken by some of the fruitgrowers present to submit some points on which they desire advice, which was given by Mr Payutcr.

John Revel Brown, stock and station agent, Christchurch, tiled a petition in bankruptcy. A meeting will bo held on July 7th at 2.30 p.m. in the Official Assignee's office. A concert which was to have been civon in tho Gardens by the Wools ton Band yesterday in aid of the Mayor's Coal and Blanket Fund, had to be postponed on account of the wet weather. The Tramways Committee, of the Dunedin Citv Council has recommended the purchase of twelve additional buses, at a cost of I'lo,ooo, more particularly with the object of coping with tho Exhibition traffic demands. In view of the non-acceptance of an offer made by the Canterbury Dioceso to an English clergyman of tho Bishopric of Christchurch, the Diocesan Synod will meet on July I'lst again to consider tho matter. Tho Auckland Court of Convocation of New Zealand University, at a meeting attended by sixty members, held a. long discussion on ai proposal in favour of a modified form of accrediting in preferenco to the present matriculation examinations. Tho motion was lost by a considerable majority. Employees of the railways locomotive shops at Islington, .South Australia, held a mass meeting lately. Strong protests were made against the compulsory retirement of all men on reaching the age of Co. and calling upon the Government to prevent "this ruthless scrapping of good workers, which will deprive them of securing a decent living." Tho 43th anniversary of tho Ivnox Church, Bealey avenue, was, celebrated yesterday by special services. Both morning and evening services weTe conducted by tho Rev. Tulloch Yuille, of Knox Church, Dunedin, who preached special sermons. In tho morning Afr Yuille spoko of tho forsaking of Jehpvah for other gods, dealing with tho children of Israel at the foot of Mount Sinai, and in the eivening, took for his test, "The Tragedy of a Damaged "Wing." Special music was sung by the choir, the anthem in tho morning being: "I "Will Sing of Thy Power" (Sullivan), and in the evening Ouseley's "It Came to Pass." Mr Francis Jones sang, at the evening service "O God Have Mercy" from "St. Paul." There were very largo attendances at both services. The fact that it took three years for a bottlo to drift from tho east cojist of New Zealand to the Queensland coast is revealed in information received by tho New Zealand Marine Department on Friday. Recently there was picked up on tho hoach at Green Island, 14 miles east of Cairns, on the Great Barrier Reef, by Mr G. Alleytown, lato of Hastings, New Zealand, but now of Malaytown, Cairns, Queensland, a bottle which contained the following message:—"Auxiliary schooner Coronation, May 21st. 1922. Matakawa Point, bearing S.S.E., distance one mile. Light south-east breeze and clear. Bound for Whakatano from "Wanganui. Left Wanganui May 13th, 1922. Finder please forward to following address and oblige (signed) J. Bnrr, master, 43 Austin street, "Wellington.' Matakawa Point is near East Cape. The dates rliow that it took over three years for the bottlo to drift the fifteen hundred or so miles. Bottles with such messages are cast on the waves reeularly by some ships to obtain data about ocean currents. The appearance of a blue uniform generally works wonders. Amongst the audienco at Berry's Band's conceit in tho Liberty Theatre last night was a small crowd of tho type of young men usually referred to as "Sunday nighters." Ouo of their number created a disturbance in the theatre and as a reailt was evicted by ono of the bandsmen. At fdio conclusion of the concert his friends waited outsido for the purpose of giving voice to their disapproval iof the action of tho bandsman. There were fiivo or six of them altogether, and they managed to produce some feeble cat-calling and "counting out;" together with cries of "There's tho Conquering Hero." Tito evicter wisely stayed in tho vestijnile. attended ■by some of his fellow musicians, until the arrival of a constable, who escorted him across tho Square to the accompaniment of not very spirited hooting. Bent on seeing the last of it, tho youths lingered, whiling away tho tim.e during which tho bandsman was? waiting for his tram, with m few loudly delivered personal remarks. Four other constables made, their appearance and the spirit of hostility was very considerably dampened. Finally, tho man who had incurred the anger, for tho time being, of the youths, stepped on board his tram, and the> crowd gay him a parting cheer. A drizzling rain persuaded the larrikins that tho Square was not tho place for their usual Sunday night parade and they dispersed. "The Wellington climate apears to be very good for work," remarked Mr F. Tait, Director of Education of Victoria, at tho sittings of tho University Commission on Friday, in viow of the fact that 80 per cent, of tho students at Victoria College worked during the day earning their living, and attended lectures at night. When tha difficulty of full-time studies under theso conditions, was being discussed, Mr H. McCormick, a graduate in favour of the hostel system, said that it would give students opportunities to rub shoulders in their spare time. "Will they have any spare .ti;iuo?" \tsked the chairman of tho Commission (Sir Harry R. Re'ichel). It was stated that half the students were in lodgings. "You seem to think that hostels would bo cheapor to tho stuients," said the chairman, "but our experience in England is to the/ contrary, in fact, the hostel system has proved so much more expensive that tho students' fees have had to bo raised." "Tho boardinghouso keepers must be making something out of tho students now," said Mr McCormick, "and the same thing would not be resented in the caso of hostels," "Yes," said Sir Harry, "but there is the q >estion of guidance and college atmosphere, libraries, common room, and so on, which entails greater cost." Professor Hunter said that students, as a matter of fact, were quito a nuisance to the boardinghouso keepers, as they were out at all hours. Tho professors' hours were moro regular." Mr F. Tait: "They are more seasoned vessels." In these days of perpetual rush ami bustle you can't afford to lose even one day by beina; laid up with a cold. So .be sure and keep handy a bottle of "Stop It"—the mightiest of all Cough Cures. Take ono doso and note its warming and penetrating effect. "Stop It" does its work quickly and well at all times. Sold by all chemists and stores. Large size 2s Cd, small size Is Gd. . 8 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 thn unusual savings offering. Look around town and comparo these prices. —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., 19G Tuam street, Christchurch. (5