General News.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 24 October 1927, Page 8

General News.

The new septic tank afc the Drainage Board's farm was officially opened on Saturday morning in the presence of members of the Board. The tank was ..-onslructcd by V' J'. Pheloung ni ten days under contract time.

The erosion by the sea at Kartigi beach (Otago; has been reported upon to the Main Highways Board, which, is now approaching the Railways Department for assistance to put in work that will save the road.

Wellington was in the throes of a gale on Saturday. The lawn tennis interclub matches were to have commenced, but players were scarcely able to stand on the courts at Miramar, and the matches were abandoned. An evening sports meeting had also to be abandoned. —Press Association.

For the post of Musical Director of the Royal Choral Union 27 applications have been received from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Belgium, Australia, and 1 New Zealand. These include two doctors of music. All the overseas applicants express a keen desire to come to 2s"ew Zealand. — Press Service.

Regarding the proposed Dashwood deviation on the Blenheim-Kaikoura-Christchurch road, to avoid the Redwood Pass, Mr C. J. Talbot, one of the members of the Main Highways Board, told a reporter that the Board is still considering it, but the data are not yet sufficiently complete for it to make a pronouncement on the subject. It is possible that Auckland will see a big scientific assembly in the city in 1929. The Council of the Auckland Institute has invited the New Zealand Institute to make Auckland the venue for the next conference of New Zealand scientists. The Aucklanders have guaranteed to take charge of all arrangements.—Peess Service. Several alterations in the time-table for trains running to Lyittelton have been arranged for to-day. Trains will leave for Lyttelton as follows:—B.4s a.m., 8.55 a.m., 9.15 a.m., 9.41 a.m., 10.5 a.m., and 10.25 a.m. A special race train will leave for Oamaru at 7.6 a.m., and an excursion for Ashburton will leave at 8.50 p.m. In the course of an address at St. Luke's Church last night, Archbishop Julius spoke of the advantages which the people of the present-day had and he mentioned electricity as one of them. "We take the credit for providing electricity," he said, "but it was given by God and held until we could use it. I have no doubt that He is holding back a lot of things yet until wo can' make use of them." One Auckland diocese has decided to establish a radio broadcasting station with power similar to that of IYA Auckland. Arrangements are now in hand to secure £BOOO, which it is considered will cover installation expenses. The Anglican Broadcasting Association of New Zealand has already been formed and incorporated, with the Prima*-, Archbishop Averill, as patron. The station will be used entirely for the broadcasting of Church of England services;"" religious instruction, and music.— Pbjsssi service.

Watchers of the skies in Canterbury last Saturday evening were rewarded by seeing a most marvellous display or the Aurora Australia such as is rarely vouchsafed to us in these latitudes. It was at its best shortly after 9.30. The south-western sky was suffused with, a bright crimson glow which varied in shade and intensity and lit up the, higher clouds as though they were fleeting the light from great bush fires, while in front, in bold relief, rolled great black sou'-west rain clouds which failed to catch any of the auroral light. The southern sky was a beautiful pale blue covered with a silver sheen through which the stars shone with abnormal brilliance and appeared to be magnified to twice their usual size, while a little to the east typical streamers came and went at times reaching more than half-way up to the zenith.

"There's a youug lady down there in trousers!" was the greeting with which hardened commercial trailers, who arrived early, greeted their colleagues as they arrived at the New Plymouth railway station before the departure of the mail train on Monday morning (says the "Taranaki Daily News"). The unusual spectacle created quite a stir, and the lady, who was attired m neat grey check plus-fours with grey coat, and was surrounded by a bodyguard of .voung lady friends and two or tlireo tneh, was the cynosure of all eves as she was farewelling some friends. It was strange how many passengers found that they had important letters to post for the route to the mail van gave them a near view. The younolady, who was rather nonchalant in the early stages, appeared to lose some of her self-control, and by the time the tram drew, out of the station she was apparently not sorry to seek the seclusion of a taxi.

Th ?, f^iti 0 " of another storey to our Retail Premises has given u<f sin other. 6000 square feet of floor spS upstairs in which a showroom has now a,d .° Ut -x J?, u , aro "»"*«* to spend a pleasant half hour in inspecting the attractive display of goods Mason, Struthers and Co.f Ltd. _-6 An opportunity was recently given a ( Press" man to learn the number of Jisteners-in using crystal sets and J .1.8. 2 stage amplifiers and so get ™ d strength. This information proved that the large majority of Amplifaers in use have been supplied bv o. l. bmail, pmoeer radio firm. —6 It seems unnecessary to go to Chattanooga or anywhere else in America ior a tractor plough when the best in tfie world is made in Christchurch. Moreover, it also happens to be the • cheapest as it will last at least four times as long as any sort or make of imported plough. Frame of best hamraered scrap forgings, adjustable widths ?A° ™„ nc £ es - P - and D - DUNCAN, Wd., 196 Tuam street, Christchurch —6