General News.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18426, 6 July 1925, Page 8

General News.

What makes. Scotsmen? This question was answered by the Hon. J. P. Campbell speaking in the Legislative Council, on Friday. Ho remarked upon the nutritive qualities of fish as a food, and'referred particularly to herring*. Ho said that in his days in Scotland tlie staple articles of food were oatmeal porridge, herrings ? and potatoes, and that upon this simple diet the line physique and intellectual ability of the Scotsmen were reared.

On Saturday Mr F. 1?. Cooke, secretary of all tha clothing and tailoring trades unions in Christchurch, stated that the trade was in a worse condition in tho City than it had been for many years and several of tho big firms were working short tim.e with half staffs. ATI firms but two had shortened # hands. Ycrv few milliners wero working because of the present day .fashions, and the dressmakers were in a like predicament.

At the fall of darkness on Thursday evening (says the Auckland "Herald") the Bishop of Nelson raised a hearty laugh in the Anglican Synod room by announcing that a certain stipendiary magistrate, who might have had the joy of inflicting a. penalty for a breach of the by-laws, had foregone that pleasure, and had just done the bishop a good turn by switching on the lights of the episcopal car packed on the street outside. "There arc some kind people in the world yet," remarked the bishop. The laiigliter increased as several venerable and reverend gentlemen made a hurried exit from the building to save themselves from the same clanger.

Have you ever wondered how many miles the patient lift man travels in a lifetime;-' up and down he goes, from early morning until evening with his "Floor, please In a hi<j Queen street establishment- in Auckland (says the "Star"), where the lifts are six in munbeir, they have If en taking a check of the traffic, and the result is an eye-opener oven to those who are familiar with the ant-liko stream of customers up and down the many floors. Each of the liftmen travels tho astonishing distance of 3850 miles every- year of his life, or, in other words, * he travels tho distance from Auckland to Tah'ti and back again. Between them the sis lifts travel the staggering distance of 23,100 miles, which means that every twelve months they cover just twice the distance one of the New Zealand .Shipping Company's boats does in the voyage from London and out again.

A vigorous shock of earthquake -was felt in Oamaru at 9.10 p.m. on Saturday.

"West port, is enjoying marvellous weather, almost like summer in its warmth. Surf bathing was indulged in on the north beach on Saturday. Tho Bishop of Dtmedin will hold a confirmation in the Christ-church Cathedral early next month, probably on August 2nd and 3rd. Melbourne "University students have decided by a large majority not to accept tho proposal of tho Students' Representation Council to revive the old custom of wearing gowns at lectures. Many students wore hessian gowns and bath towels at tho meeting. The travelling farm school organised by tho Agricultural Department concluded a ten days' tour of Canterbury and North Otago at Oamaru on Saturday. Hundreds of local farmers (savs an Oamaru message) turned out to hear the addresses by experts on the fertility of pastures, wheat-growing diseases in stock, poultrv-rhising, etc. The school was pronounced a great success. Tho attention of the Arbitration Court has been drawn to the fact tliat a difficulty may arise in determining the exact basis on which, at nnv given time, tho proportion of apprentices to journeymen in any trad© or industry should be calculated. Tho Court has issued an amended order providing that "'in all orders of apprenticeship heretofore made by the Court under the Act in which no express provision to tho contrary is made, the proportion of apprentices to journeymen employed in the trade or industry in the district shall, for the purpose of determining whether an employer is entitled to enter into a contract of apprenticeship with an apprentice, bo based upon the number of journeymen employed in the trade or industry in tho district as shown by the last returns furnished to the District Registrar in accordance with the provisions of the said order." In addition, it is provided that the number of journeymen may be counted as thosci employed for full or part time (but not less than two-thirds full time), as prescribed in the order, for a period of six months preceding the date of arranging an apprenticeship.

T'lio executive of the Cluistcliurch Branch of the U.S.A. has received the following resolution regarding; the proposal by the Hospital Board to transfer all patients at present in the institution to the sanatoria in their own districts, from the ex-soldier patients at tho Cashmere Upper Sanatorium: "The ex-soldier patients of the Upper Sanatorium Cashmere, wish to emphatically protest against any attempt to disband'this institution as ,0110 for exclusive treatment of ex-soldiers. We feel that for some considerable time this institution can conveniently be kept full of ex-soldiers requiring treatment. We call on the U.S.A. to resist any encroachment 'on the right ex-soldiers ha\-e to he treated in a sanatorium built for their needs." In a covering letter the patients state tjhab *thc Board wishes to find fifty beds in the Upper Sanatorium for civilian patients and they contend that their privileges would almost certainly be lost if the fusion of soldier and civilian patients were brought aout. It is seldom that a journal, especially a> Church newspaper, is premature in announcing its jubilee, but such has actually occurred in the case of the "Church News." In its July issue this publication explains its mistake as follows Some time ago -we mentioned that wo were looking forward to the "Church News" Jubilee, and this number would have begun the fiftieth volume. 011 looking into the history of our journal, we find that the jubilee is entirely fallacious. "Church News" was ushered into the world on September loth, 1870, - and should therefor© ho well into its 55th volume, because there ha,s been no apparent break in its publication. In 11)17 a compositor's fantastic blunder began numbering the volume "XLVIX." Next year it appeared as "XLYX.," and the issues June, July and August wore each numbered (3, September being numbered 7, so that tJie next volume began in. May, 1919, labelled again with the nightmare figures "XLVIX." To cut a long story short, we have determined to claim our ago and number this) volume "LV.," so that future generations may not ho misled. A small matter, more of interest to future historians; but it indicates that wo are apparently the oldest established Church journal in the Dominion, Auckland "Gazette" (dating from January) being in its 5.5 th volume, Wellington "Chronicle" in its 46th. In a recent issue of "Life" a noted M.D. says: "The common cold is really an infectious disease." To prevent the spread of this disease it is the duty of everyone to take proper precautions. The quickest and safest way to do that is to take "Stop-It"—Mc-Arthur's Famous Cough Itemedy—at the first sign of a cough or cold. "Stop It"—First, Last, and Always. Sold everywhere. . Large size 2s 6d, small Wonderful values are offering all this week at Armstrong's Great Forge Ahead Sale, in Metal Laces, Allovers, Flounoings, Tinsels and Tissues. All reduced 25 per cent, for a quick clearance. Tho prices bear no comparison. Don't miss this chance. —6

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Fifty million rabbits in Canterbury. They should all be poisoned at once. Those laying poison on liill-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, Christehurch. 6 Mr A. W. Martin, tho well-known Rupturo Specialist from Dunedin, is now on his twentieth annual visit to the centres of New Zealand. He will be at tlio White Hart Hotel. Christchurch, from Tuesday, the 7tii to the 18th of July. Consultations, aro free. Hours, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. —I