General News.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19146, 1 November 1927, Page 8

General News.

At the instigation of the Government Statistician. Stanley Read, land agent, was fined £2 10s in "Wanganui yesterday for failing to send in a return of weekly rents. The City Brigade answered two calls to false alarms early yesterday morning. One at 2.16 was to the corner of SeTwvn and Milton streets, and the other at 3.28 to the corner of "Wilson's road and Leicester street. Norman Roscoe and Harold Wellington, two young men, pleaded guilty at Stratford" yesterday, to a ■ number of charges of" breaking, entering, and theft, involving small sums, and were committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. —Press Association. The complete change-over in the shunting system at the Christafliurch Station will not bo made till after Show Week, though the interlocking system on the goods railway lines between Addington and Middleton will be completed/on the 7th of this month. A inarch through the City streets by A Company, Ist Battaliou, Canterbury Regiment, and headed by the battalion Band, attracted attention iu the Square last evening. The parade was under Captain J. W. Crampton, and the hand under Lieut. C. H. Hoskin.

The reconstruction of the main north telegraph line, on which five gangs have been working along Papanui road, will be completed this week. The open wire telephone circuits which the Telegraph Department is providing as auxiliaries to the underground telephone cable at Sockburn will be connected this week. This is expected to improve telephonic communication between Duucdin and the northern towns. Infections and other notifiable- din-

eases reported in the Canterbury and West Coast Health Districts for the week ended noon yesterday totalled 40, as follows: Canterbury: Scarlet fever, 17; diphtheria, 2; tuberculosis, 8; pneumonia, 3; septic abortion, 2; hydatids, 1; eclampsia, 1; pneumonic influenza, 3. West Coast: Scarlet fever, 2; diphtheria, 1. Deaths in the Canterbury district were three —one each scarlet fever, tuberculosis, and pneumonic influenza.

An election in terms of the Pharmacy Acl, 11)08, to elect two members of the Board for the Wellington-Hawke's, Bay-Nelson-Marlborough district, to hold office for a term of two years, closed at the llegistrars office, Wellington, on October 29th- Four candidates were nominated, and H. J. S. liiciiiuxl topped tho poll, closely followed j.v J. O; Burbery. Voters on the register numbered 220. One hundred and forty voted, but three votes were informal. —Press Association.

The nor'-wester of yesterday produced a thaw on the snow-clad hills in the back-country and caused a slight rise in tho Waimakariri river. At 3 o'clock last night it was reported that the river had risen a foot at Oxford. The change in tho wind to sou'-west early in the evening had the effect of minimising the possibilities of a flood, and the officials at the construction camp at Stewart's Gully stated that nothing unusuaL was expected! Nothing approaching the rise of last weekend was anticipated last evening. "A man's palate is the best guide to what is best for him to eat. We do not say brown bread is not a good food, but the majority of people do not want it," said Mr H. R. Burton, retiring president of the Federated Master Bakers Association of Australia:and New Zealand, at the opening of the annual conference at Auckland. The idea that the use of white bread encouraged the growth of cancer, Mr Burton said, had been completely exploded by the findings of a British Commission working under Sir Thomas Border, the eminent physician. , With regard to the new Avonside Girls' School, Mr C. T. Aschman reported to yesterday's meeting of the Canterbury College Board of Governors that it would probably bo opened in February next. It would possess a mistress and staff of its own and would be in every respect equal to the Cranrner square School. All courses would be.taught, special attention being paid to vocational subjects. It was hoped that parents in the vicinity of the school would send their children to it and that the attendance would impress the Government with the necessity for extending the building. For the past three years, a big trout has frequented a pool in the Patea river near Skinner road, and local fishermen have devoted a good deal of attention to the work of securing it (says the "Stratford Post"). The fish was elusive, however. It soon became well known, and for purposes of identification was named John Willie., On Tuesday last the aquatic career of the fish was brought to a close by Mr J. Petrie, jun., who landed it on a silver Zulu dry fly. It is 26 inches long and 15 inches in girth, and weighs B£lb. It is a female, and is of such a beautiful shape and in such splendid condition that the Stratford Acclimatisation Society has decided to have it stuffed. Mr Petrie had to play the'fish for half an hour or more.

The Tramway Board's small roller, while turning into St. Asaph street from Fitzgerald avenue about 9 a.m. yesterday struck the kerbing in front of the Eoyal George Hotel and capsized on to the footpath. The drivers, Messrs W. Gilpin and A. C. Shaw, .lumped clear just before the accident, and escaped injury. The accident arose from the truck being drawn by the roller hitting the water trough outside the hotel, ,the result being that the roller crashed into the channel and toppled over. The driver had only taken over the job yesterday morning and the former driver was with him, initiating him into the working of the machine. The accident probably was due to a miscalculation of the distance in which the turning into St. Asaph street had to be made.

At yesterday's meeting of the Lyttelton Harbour Board the secretary reported, that, on the instruction of the chairman a letter had been sent to the Postmaster-General protesting against the abolition of shipping telegraphic notice boards from post offices. He read a reply from the General to the effect that the cost io the CTOvernmeut was not warranted. Mr M J. Miller moved that a strong protest lie made against the removal of a very useful public service. The motion was seconded by Mr W. T, Lester. The secretary read a report' from the harbourmaster (Captain T M Hunter), who said that the abolition of the service did not affect the harbourmaster's department to any great extent, but was of very great imporDance to tlie general public. In supporting the motion, Captain H. Monro said that in Australia a ship could be followed from port to port right round the coast by means of the telegraph advices. The motion was carried', and it was decided to send a copy of the protest to the Harbour Boards' Association .

The_ Hotel Federal's new and up-to-date dining-room is now completed with accommodation for 200 guests, and specialising in casual luncheons from 12.30 to 2 p.m. Six courses (including grills), 2s 6d. 'Phone 1040 to reserve tables. —6

We cordially _ invite you to inspect the Twin City Tractor at the Royal Show next week. It is the highest quality Tractor on the market, and should be the highest-priced also, but it isn't —not.yet, at least. If you want to secure a super-grade Twin City at pwsent prices, don't delay! We are not crying ' : wolf," so the moral is obvious —get in while the going's good! Booth, Macdonald and Co., Ltd. —6