General News.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19148, 3 November 1927, Page 8

General News.

Wainoni roxd is being tar-sealed by the Heathcote County Council's workmen. The- studio authorises at 3YA broadcasting station state that broadcasting stations will observe summer time. Much work remains to be done under the City Council's unemployment relief loan scheme. At present 99 men are engaged in these works.

At the Employment Branch of the Labour Department yesterday 13 men registered as unemployed; seven were married men. Private employment was found for three men. As the result of the Re-grading Commission's work in connexion with the Railway Department, several positions have been advertised through the service as being open for appointment, applications for which close on tho 12th of this month.

Good progress is being made with the extension of the, water tupply system to the outlying parts of the City. A twelve-inch main is being laid along Ferry road. The laying of the mains in Spreydon is almost finished, and- a start is about to be made with the work of extending the systeni to Papanui. The City Council has 132 men, employed on these works. At a special meeting of delegates to the Wellington Cricket Association it was decided that in November, December, January, and February, the months affected by tho Summer Time Act, cricket should continue till 7.30 p.m. cricket has stopped at 6.30 p.m., in November and February, and at 6.45 p.m. in December and January.

In view of the introduction of Summer Time, the evening performance at every Auckland picture theatre is to start at 8.30 from Monday. In making the decision, the exhibitors held that ifc would be impossible for people both to benefit from the extra hour of daylight and be in'the theatre by eight o'clock. Transport difficulties are not likely to arise, as the perform* anees will still terminate before eleven. —Press Association.

Specifications and plaus for the widening of the Upper.Dyer's Pass road are being prepared by the Heathcote County Council, and these will require to be approved by the Resident Engineer, Public Works Department, Mr F. Langbein, before the work is put in hand. The stretch to be clone extends from Victoria Park to the Kiwi, and the County Council intends spreading tho work over several years. A grant for maintenance has been received by the County Council from the MainHighways Board.

The maximum load at tho Lake Coleridge power station during the week ended October 30th was 15,820 k.w. (16,300 k.w. the previous week)," recorded between 11 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. on October 26th. At the Addington substation the maximum load was 12,120 k.w. (previous week 12,640 k.w.), recorded between 11.30 a.m. and noon on October 27th. The lake level was at 1668.54 ft (previous week 1668.83 ft), and the average inflow from thb Harper River was five cusecs (previous week 26 cusecs).

Tho Waikiti geyser started to play again on Labour Day and thereafter has continued to do so, sometimes sending up shots as high as 40 or 50 feet. About four years ago this geyser played for a. short period, but at that time it had not played for fifteen years. It is of conical ■ formation and is situated about 70ft higher than the great Pohutu geyser. _ From the amount of the deposit of silica it must have been the scene of great activity in the past. Pohutu has not played for about four weeks, but it is not considered that tho playing of Waikiti has any connexion with the silence of Pohutu. As the result of a conference between representatives of the Drainage Board and the Waimairi County Council, it is probable that the County Council may take over responsibility for trench surfaces after the pipes have been laid in the Fendalton district and the trenches filled in. The arrangement, which is subject to confirmation by the two bodies, is that the Drainage Board should pay the County Council a certain sum a chain to compensate the county for taking over full responsibility. If the two bodies approve, tho adoption of this system should permit the County Council to go on with the proposed bitumen surfacing of the Fendalton road earlier than would be possible in other circumstances.

"The sentiment that anything will do so long as it is bread is ono which courts disaster," said a speaker at the Bakers' Conference at Auckland. He said that bad bread was a bad deal for two reasons—it was not fair to the customers, and caused damage to bakers who made an honest attempt to supply the best possible article. It was a breach of the trust reposed in a body of men who supplied the largest portion of food to the public. Every baker, it was stated, should honour that trust. Slummed workmanship, lack of careful attention to the process of fermentation, temperatures, and cleanliness, neglect to supply proper food for yeast when it was weak, the rushing of doughs, the forcing of bread out of the ovens before it was properly cooked, were means whereby the loaf might be produced at a slighty reduced cost and delivered a few minutes earlier, but if the man who practised such methods would consult common sense he would decide that the best course was to "make haste slowly," and have the work well done, &

A petition in bankruptcy was yesterday tiled by Randolph Arthur Rose, of Masterton. farmer, and a well-known athlete. —Press Association. The direct mail closing at Christchurch at noon next Tuesday is the mail by which papers should be dispatched to reach Britain and Europe in time for Christmas. The Christmas Number of the "Weekly Press," the best of all seasonable gifts to overseas friends, should go by this mail. The Christchurch Presbytery met in St Giles's Church Hall last night. The Moderator, the Rev. T. W. Armour, presided. Reports of the examiners in connexion with the licensing of Messrs D. K. Boyd and S. H. Paton as preachers of the Gospel were read. The trials being sustained, the Presbytery adjourned to the church, where public worship* was conducted by the Moderator. The presented questions having been satisfactorily answered, the preacher offered prayer, and he, with the members of the Presbytery, gave the right hand of fellowship to the licentiates. Whether her pennies had followed one another in futile endeavours to r&use the exchange, and her annoyance had become uneontainable or whether it was .a mere accident, a young woman sent a pane of glass flying out of the window of the slot telephone cabinet at the south end of the tram shelter last eveniug. After-theatre crowds were waiting for trams, and alarmed by the crash, two or three people rushed to the cabinet to see if the telephonist had fainted. To their astonishment she strode out and away; looking not at all alarmed, but very much annoyed. A report of the Marlborough Progress League on an inland stock route between Marlborough and Canterbury was presented at last night's meeting of the executive of the Canterbury League, and details of the route, vhich he had recently traversed, _ were given by Mr Stewart, Commissioner of Crown Lands, who said that the report was a very fair statement of the position. The executive decided to support the Marlborough League's request to secure the Government's assistance in having the route established. It is understood that the Minister for Public Works intends to go over the route after the session. The residents of St. Matthew's parish, with the assistance of many outside helpers, have been busily engaged for some weeks in making pi*e-. parations for the missionary exhibition in the schoolroom, Colombo street north, to be opened by his Lordship the Bishop this afternoon. Though the main object of the exhibition is to help t< maintain interest in missions, there will be in addition a number or goods from India China, and Melanesia which will be sold to meet expenses. Inteiesting talks at the courts will be given by missionaries from China, India, and Ceylon. The proceedings will be varied by many scenes and tableaux and a pageant by the children.

Many homing pigeons are lost during the flying season, especially as tho result of stormy weather, but a member of tho . Petone Club, whose bird was missing after a race from Frankton during the recent bad weather, was greatly surprised when the bird arrived back this week with the following message tied to its leg:—"This bird was hurt and cared for by Miss Ellen Connor, Waiteika road, Opunake." On the other side of the piece of paper was the following:—"This bird landted at our place just about dark Wednesday night, hungry and tired, and it has been blowing a gale ever since, so I kept it till the weather cleared. As you will see by the other side of note it was found hurt. Liberated here 10.30 Sunday. C. W. Curtis, Levin." The serious side of the debate on the Eeligious Exercises in Schools Bill was interrupted last night when Mr D. G. Sullivan was speaking against the measure. "I think," he said, "that most of the members of this House who are fathers and mothers —." Mr Sullivan's remark was greeted with a peal of laughter that brought him up with a round turn. When it was explained to him what he had said, he remarked he was sorry he had made the mistake. He must have been looking at the galleries, though he was not generally in tho habit of doing that. (Laughter.) He, however, regretted that there were not some mothers present as members of the House, so that they would be able to give their opinion on the Bill. An hon. member: They would not vote on your side. (Laugliter.)—-Press Special. . I

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