General News.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20105, 8 December 1930, Page 10

General News.

The City Council had 110 men on unemployment Christmas rebel v. oi *s on Saturday. The number cannot lie increased till more money is available. To pack and ship a case of apples from the orchard in New Zealand to the consumer in England costs lrom Ss to 03, Mr I''. W. Cone told members of the Canterbury Fruitgrowers' Association on Saturday night. The first meeting ol' the recently elected ''Vaniway Board will lie held this afternoon when the election ot chairman will I e one ol the matters considered. Mr K. H. Andrews was deputy chairman of the old Board, and in tho customary order of things will be proposed as chairman. '1 he Boar" ivill consider the proposed new shelters in Cathedral square. Mrs J. C. Holmes (president) and Mrs A. Wildey (secretary) of the Sanatorium Guild, which disbanded last vveok. called on Saturday morning on the City Treasurer (Mr .1. W . Niycit). who is "also lion, treasurer of the •Sanatorium Service Society, and paid over to him for that society tho residue ol the funds in tho hands of the Guild, C 25. Tile setting lip of a local cuimjuttce under the Unemployment Act will he discussed at a to-day of the finance Committee of the Citizens Unemployment Committee. It is probable that the Finance Committee, with the addition of representatives o' country districts, will discharge the functions of the local committee under the Ut.

The total income of St. Martin's House of Help during its first year was .€7BO 7s Bd, and the expenditure was £730 14s, leaving a credit balance of £49 12s Cd, says the "Church News," which makes an appeal for funds and otli' gifts,in view of the approach of the Christmas season.

A public meeting is to bo held in the Radiant Hall on February 12th in connexion with the Melanesian Miss'on General Synod rally, says the "Church News." It is hoped that Archbishop Averill will preside, and that the liishops of Melanesia and Polynesia and Kev. D. K. Graves, of fiela, will speak of their respective fields.

The committee of the Christchurch Polo Club decided, on Friday afternoon, to suspend play for tho rest of the season, mainly for reasons of economy. Normally the Savile Cup competition would be played in Christchurch this year, but neither Pareora nor Amuri is playing, and Christchurch, while being sure of seven men, anticipates some difficulty in securing the eighth.

For salo on behalf of tiic unemployed the Mayor of Christchurch (the Rev. J. Iv. Archer) lias received two valuable vases of Royal Dresden china. The age of the vases is not known, but it is certain that they are very old. and it is at least known that they were brought to New Zealand in 1808. The question of tho best methods of disposing of the vases is being considered.

Preserved in ice, several trout caught recently in New Zealand are at present on the way to America. When a party of tourists from the American liner Malolo wero at Rotorua -reveral of the party went fishing, and altogether 25 trout were caught. The fishermen were immensely proud ot their success and took the fish back to the hotel for exhibition to tho other members of the party, after which the (ish tfere cleaned and put into ice to bo taken back to America. The man who caught tho biggest fish —a fonrnounder —said he would not take a thousand dollars for it; he was accustomed to-catching fish from threequarters to one pound in weight.

Th© first of the six trolley-bus chassis ordered bv the Tramway Board, which came to hand by the steamer Turakina, has been received at the Board's workshops, and when ready will be taken to the works of the successful tenderers for the bodies. The announcement of the name of tho firm that was successful in tendering for the lx>dies of the trolley-buses will be made at to-dav's meeting of the Board. Advice has been received that two more chassis are on board the steamer Raranga, which was due at Auckland from Liverpool yesterday and is expected at Lyttelton 011 the 17th inst.

"In my judgment," writes Mr U. B. Walmsley, advertisement manager of the London "Daily Sketch," "the best >;ure for unemployment and its resultant trade depression is advertising. Advertising creates new business—more business means more employment. But the public has not realised—cannot realise —this. Nor is it realising that being continually pessimistic is as bad for them personally as it is for business generally. It is our job to tell them. More optimism is needed in business generally; advertising of the right kind can help."

"Wo heartily congratulate Mr Arthur Lilly, organist and choirmaster of Holy Trinity, Avonside, on the production of his original choral work by the Royal Christchurch Musical Society. It is an event of more than personal importanci, for it was the first time in its history the Society produced an original work by a local musician. It proved to be a very interesting and musicianly composition, impressively orchestrated and independent in thoughtful exposition of Wordsworth's on 'Life.' We welcome this evidence of creative activity among church musicians."— The "Church News."

A move is on foot to hold a missionary exhibition next year in the Industrial Hall to be built in Moorhouse avenue. A meeting of the Diocesan Missions Council will be held in February to discuss details. It is expected that Bishop Mowle, of Western China, the Rev. Wilson Cash, general secretary of the Church Missionary Society, and Bishop Chambers, of Tanganyika (Kenya Colony) will be among the important overseas representatives.

The latest Gazette announces that Lake lieron and tlio Maori Lakes, situated in the Upper Rakaia basin, iiave been temporarily reserved for the preservation of native fauna.

An idea of tlio work at present being carried out on the land in tlio Winton district (Southland) was given when a canvass of farmers was recently made to obtain signatures to a certain petition. Of 212 fanners visited, a total of -OS were found at home, and 98 per cent, were working on the land. Tlio farms visited ranged from small dairy farms to large sheep stations. A tribute to the business ability of Indians as a people was paid by Mr A. 11. Johnstone in the Supreme Court, Auckland, last week, when replying to a suggestion that certain Indian shareholders in a forestry company might not be in a position to safeguard their own interests. It was his experience, lu; ;:aid, that the Hindus of Bombay had been traders for many generations and were very astute business men. "J would not care to attempt to over-reach one of them," he said. Two of the Canterbury Aero Club's Moths —one flown by Mr J. C. Mercer, with Air I*. It. Climie as passenger, and the other by Mr I). 10. Grigg--went, to Timaru on Saturday to escort Mr Oscar Harden into Timaru on his return from the south. Advantage was also tnlcen of the opportunity of enrolling new members of the club and of giving flights to members who had not, so far, been in the air. Mr M. C. McGregor l!ew a D.11.50 to Timaru, giving private lliglifs.

An extension of time for the date of the drawing of the stage coach Art Union, until the end of the present month, has been granted the organisers by the Minister for Internal Affairs (the lion. I'. A. de la Perrelle). Giving this information to a reporter of The YMiks; ye.-terday, Mr 11. G. 1011 said ti.at there remained about CIOO worth of tickits vet to be sold. A number of unemployed returned soldiers were being employed on the work of selling the tickets, and one man had already disposed of nine books.

Reference I<| ihe sixe of ;i huge oak tree which grows at the entrance to the Kt. Albans District School grounds was made 1»y the Mayor of Christchurch, Mr .J. K. Archer, while speaking at. the opening ol' the Kt. Alhan's Swimming C'iul) season 011 Saturday. "I was brought up in Kngland, where people are taught t > revelenco the oak, and it is very ninny years since I saw such a fine one," lie said. "Few in Christ church look as healthy uh this one, which must provide shade for many boys and girls during hot days." It is understood that the o.'k referred to was one of the iirst planted in Canterbury.

It is stated that the tourist traffic in New Zealand will, judging by present indications, be considerably lighter this year than was the ease last sea sol'. This applies generally, though bookings l'or Milford Sound, Timaru, and Kotorua are said to be heavy. Regarding bookings by New Zealan.lers for overseas tours, it is reported that, while the number of people travel!'- •;

abroad who desire saloon accomnwoatioil is smaller, there is a noticeable increase in till! number travelling second and third class. The destination of by far the greater proportion is the Uritisli Isles, the majority talcing the .Suez Canal route Home uml returning by way of the United .States and Canada.

"Outsiders are apt 10 dwell 011 the fondness of Americans for the 'almighty dollar.' 1 believe that the Americans would coufe-s themselves that tbev are not indifferent to the pursuit of wealth" (says liishop WestWatson in the "Church News, referring to his recent tour abroad). ''But what iinuresscd me much more was the noble generosity with which those who had Ix'cji sucec-si'ul lavished their wealth on public causes and institutions and 011 their church work. I have heard it said that rich men iu America would not dare to die l-with-out giving to public causes. We English inev not talk m> much of dollars, or ivoiso strenuously to pile them up, but when we have got them we are apt to regard them as our concern or as a sacred trust for our families. And meanwhile our universities and schools and institutions languish. 1 venture to think that we have a beam to take out of our own eye before we offer to extract motes (or even beams) from American eyes."

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