General News.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20169, 23 February 1931, Page 10

General News.

,' ' i The Gaeettc states; ' that acute' pneumonia. Jia4 'been deleted* ftom the list. of .notifiable infectious diseases. The secretary of the Lyttelton Kif « ot f O- H. CHbborn) has not i'ecoived a reply from the Marine Department regarding the.fillmg of the vacancy in the representswolj of v the Aahbiirton combined disjnct occasioned by the resignation in Dumber Josb of,Mr R. Galbtafth. , The ' Nejv.' Zealand High Comttaa wioeived permission, to -place ibottifc}* rthree, - -of the ■ steamers • of the, Dewgiicao Eepecil Pqrtuguesa sets' publicity literature, ' 'The steamers raColonia, • Joao Bek>. and- Mousinbo. ■ Vltvrge number pf the line's d£ steamers U)w plying from Grettt Britain to orfllga ports have Ns*.v pubioity literature aboard' When tlTe Chriatchurch Tomato and Stone Frajfc Grower®' Association Was naousaing the , increased- ■ railway reight rate® oq Saturday, M* A. Bloxlam Remarked that it cost-less to send Tmfc from Melbourne to New.Zealand trom Cnii?tchurqh to ' Invercatjiu,, , Mr C, ,E. Pope paid it cost 8s o send ,381 o, of • cherries from Australia o New Zealand, and 5s 6d to'send'the ame,; quantity fuote Chrißtchurch to nvercargijl by eipress. ! ''Thdnsitids of people -stand in -the twet* selling matches or shee lying to earn 2d, 4d, or 6d a day—neugu. , pay .for a bight's lodging ?id food, which .is.i supplied by Army oatels-, .'la', .this way 'great - numl&rs f owh6rt> to go anc| npthing are sre4' fot/VjsaM 1 Btaff-Qaptaw iSmma >ims3. at* address .at tneiSftfoatfon yesterday afternoon, on %>?«»• Yeattj la London i 1 ,

Replying to the question of a reporter on Saturday morning, the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon., G. W. Forbes) said that the Government had not yet received the report of Sir Otto Niemeyer on the finances of the Dominion. Under the No. 5 Scheme, the Christchurch Domains Board employed over 100 men last week. The total number of men employed under the sememe lost Week by Ideal bodies in and around Christchurch Was about 2000. . The reconstruction of Ferry road by the City Council is progressing satisfactorily. Between Fitzgerald avenue and Ollivier's road, the southern portion has been completed, including the bitumen surface, On the northern side concrete work has been done a& far as Phillip street.' The reconstruction operations are to be continued to Bamford street, Woolston, On the question of men employed on the Unemployment Board's No. 5 Scheme being given an opportunity to make up time lost owing to Vet weather, Mr H. Worrall, secretary of the General Labourers' Union, who was in Wellington last Week, was assured by a member of the Unemployment Board that provision has now been j made under which time so lost can be made up. "One day, when - I was working- in the slums of London, a girl came to me and said that she wanted to be married. I suggested that the Army could perform the ceremony for her. She had an eye to business, however, having discovered that oh the following Sunday an Anglican church would perform the marriage service free. The girl asked me to go, and on arrival I found that it was a 'bargain day,' Twenty-five couples were united!" Staff-Captain, Emma Davies in an address at the Salvation Army Citadel yesterday afternoon. ■ * The Government's appreciation of the generosity of the people of New Zealand towards those distressed by the Hawke's ..Bay earthquake was voiced by the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes) upon his arrival in Sattifday. Hb.said that the Hon. R. Masters was conferring, on behalf of the Gdverhment, with the people of Napier and Hastings in regard to the beit means of rehabilitation, and when he had made his report to the Government the raising of a special loan would be considered. When the outbreak of fireblight in Christchurch was being discussed by the Christchurch Tomato and Stone Fruit Growers' Association on Saturday the secretary (Mr H, Firman) explained that a misunderstanding , had arisen between the growers find toe Department over the question Of voluntnry orchard inspectors. Many growers had offered their services, but they had not known they were expected to report themselves to the office of the Department. They keenly appeciated ' the seriousness and importance of the , work, but had waited for the Depart- ' ment to enlist them. It is &u offence, under Section 66 of* the Fisheries Act,'l9oß, to fail to make a return of fish caught by commercial fishermen. The object of the returns, states the Gazette, .is to obtain reliable and complete information ns to the condition of fisheries. The information is absolutely confidential And will not be divulged to anyone outside the fisheries staff of the Marine I>epartment, nor will it be published except in the fotfn of general statistics.' The opinion of the associated architects that tho rebuilding of the .ruined towns of Napier and' Hastings would cost £10,000,000 was discounted on Saturday by Mr J. McOombs, M.P., who stated that the total capita value of the two towns—land, buildings, fences, and all improvements—was only £7,994,140, the improvements being about £4,739,385. At the same time, ue said, tho general opinion among members of Parliament was that the Government must do alt it, reasonably eonld to assist reconstruction. •'' "It has bead said that some people have had their faith in things spiritual —in fact, their faith in God—shaken by the earthquake/' said the Rev. J. R. Hervey, preaching at St Stephon's Church, Shirley, last evening. .' "The answer is obvious. They had no faith in the beginning. A faith broken by every movement of- the ' earth Is founded on. a very weak,basis. The faith of Sir John: Franklin, the explorer, Was ep\ strong that it kept-him sane and safe in the midst of awful . disasters; There is the contrast." Mr Hervey.was giving the first of a series of Lenten addresses on "Great Lives and their Message." Dunedin has produced an interesting booklet setting out the attractions of the cii|r in pictures and letterpress to the ea'lent of S3 jpages. Printed on drt pw/er, the publication shows scenes iu<and around the city. It gives full instructions to the tourist as to hbw tc find the beauty spots, deals with the churches, big business buildings, hydro-electrio scheme, St. Clair, the Taieri river, bdtanic gardens, the suburbs, schools, and colleges, Leith Valley, yachting facilities--Port Chalmers, tjie southern lakes and Ffcurdland. The booklet is published under the auspices pf tfie Dunedin City, Council, the Otago Harbour Board, Chamber of Commerce, and the Otago Expansion League. It is edited by Mr Led Fanning and printed by Messrs Cbulls, Somemlle. and Wilkie, Ltd. For the past two mornings exception* ally heavy fogs have been experienced at Mercury Bay. Fish lorries With supplies for Thames, have been -unable to proceed until the mist has cleared. Tho fogs had a most peculiar Woolly , appearance, and it was most difficult to | breaijkei The fogs were particularly I heavy over Coroglen. . One lorryidrivcr j had to wait there for two hours before he could travel in safety, One resident recalls a similar experience after the Tarawera eruption. A car driven by a traveller was returning to Thames When-it ran off & bridge near Kaimarama. The driver received a shaking, but the car was salvaged undamaged. A. number of people have been affected'by the fog.—Press Association. The annual swimming sports in coni^f, 'T^i 1 ' 11 " Conege' will be hold next Friday at Corsair Bay, Lyt-tt-lton. - should always remember that the Gold Band Taxis do not charge .any more on race days than any othof day. Our. prices are. alwayfc the same, and the ohonipfcst, s6 why pay more? Keep on phoning 84Wfi or 35-572 for a Gold Band Taxi and savei your money and have an extra bet. Thank yon. . —2 Farmers intending to top-dress this season should be sure to see in our Vard the latest pattern grid machine, an English patent, made in England. A substantially built machine, ' a perfect spreader, which deals effectively with any quantities and all varieties. Demonstrated to. anyone interested. Only a limited number of machines in stock. Wo have-two light slag sowers for hire to do a few acres for those wishing to test their land. P. utd'D. Duncan, Limited, 196 Tnam street, Christchurch, and at Aehburton, -* -h-6