General News.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20170, 24 February 1931, Page 8

General News.

->■ ■ 1 V ?, i 3y payiog itß coal bills in J£elboanie f Wanganui City Council has been ' ~M>le to save a considerable amount; of - money, i the exchange t.rates being in 'favour. of New mants over £869, has been saved. Two spectators in the Seatß reserved .for tbQ legal profession; who were - parrying '.x>n a wMspere'd conversation during tfit hearing of a civil case, were /ordered 'out of the Supreme Court yes- , ttfday at of his Honour Kennedy. > / ' '« A well-known North Tarioaki sheep- , rfaimer' recently' sent. Ms season's' c}ip, mounting" to *bout a ton of "wool, to ths> ISfrfafeannl jsales. When he received - the letttins from, its sale hd found that ' tjbere .t^as-almost sufficient tobriy him Wo imit(f of clothes. ' A'price'for the construction of a war . .jftemorial'window of rich quality and '•fctatVrial has been -accepted from Mr havers by the ■ Board of Govof Canterbury 'College on the advice W its War' Memorial Committee., yße stales thattHe window will take about 18 months to complete. t-S$M fact last week in Christ'ofiurch and its environs. 3300 employed'tunder - the >-.> Unemployment Board's N&T6 scheme wa» described by 'Mr : at yesterday's meeting of -the* Unemployment Committee as • a • jeniarkable achievement. * He did not think thftt it could be "equalled'in any other-part of the Dominion, with the exception} perhaps, of Wellington. /recording to,a report presented to the' iCftriatphurch: Tramway Board at' Its Meeting yesterday* there were> fifteen accidents in which the system was conf cerned dttring Januaiy. One Wfia due to a person alighting from a cat in moone to boarding a car in motion] collisions with motor-vehicles account," 0d for six and collisions' with/' cycltets- , three. Other mishaps classified fiis nas-| jOeUaneons numbered four. , & Almost'in Overy caeetheyare genuine workers/' said Mr Maginness at the meeting of the Unemployment Com*, mittee yesterday, referring to the men being employed by the Paparua County cinder the No.-5 Scheme. "But the Single men, I am'sorry to say, are.not. >a on the married' men." Or. ®. H. Andrews- (chairman of the Tfamway Bpard) said that he had', seen the men at work for the • Trmaway Board, and they, were! giving 1 exceptionally • goad i Services Or,' J, W. Beanland quoted the City Engineer #8 having said- that if gpme of 'tbofunjgle men did not do- better they would have to be' put off. Mr W4 W. Scarff said that at the inspection s o£ Heathcote ConntyNlaßt Thursday it Would haVe required glass "to ( pick' out» the single men from the 'married 'men —there was' little or no difference. Mr W. E. Leadley said tjiat the Unemployment Board expected' as much as if the local authorities were providing thfe money, and iorebad fair power to discharge men >fot unsatisfactory work—which . meant tbey would get no more' Work for f The xnatfor was .entirely

No one who has not been in the Dominion for six months can be employed under any of the Unemployment Board's schemes of work, Mr W. E. Leadley stated at' yesterday's meeting of the Unemployment Committee. The Board had had to do something in that way, he added, to stop the influx from Australia, . .. 1

The cases of infectious and other notifiable diseases reported during the week ended noon -yesterday were- one fewer than those reported last week. The total was 14, as follows:—Canterbury: Scarlet fever 4, /diphtheria 1, tuberculosis 4, pneumonia 1, erysipelas 1, hydatids 2. West Coast: Diphtheria 1. There were four deaths from tuberculosis in the Canterbury district.

TTftW of the proceeds taken .at the reopening of Johnston's Fish- "Ponds, Opawa, on Saturday is to be-given to the funds of the Unemployment Committee. The committee was asked to appoint one of its members to perform the reopening ceremony. Cr. Annie I. JPraer was asked to do so. The takings ,of pne day per week were offered to be spent on tidying up the river-banks between the Radley and Opawa bridges, and the offer was 'accepted.

Many queer finds have been made by English grocers when cutting up New Zealand cheese, but the astonishment of one when he discovered, a large-sized scrubbing brush recently may well be imagined. . The cheese was consigned from a well-known Taranaki factory, and a photograph of the cheese, showing the brush deeply embedded in the centre, was sent to the factory by the Tooley'.Btreet agents through whom it was consigned. Reporting on the Central Relief Depot to yesterday's meeting of the Unemployment Committee, Cr. Annie I. Fraev said that there was no doubt that there was a lessening demand for food, but the demands for clothing and boots were increasing. » Gifts p< clothing, boots, and shoes, and of bread from Stacey and Hawker had been received. From the Commercial Travellers' depot gifts of clothing had been received. Arrangements were being, .made to obtain more suitable premises for the depot.

i On tlie recommendation of its College i and High Schools and Hostels Committee, the Board of Governors of Canterbury College yesterday stated its disapproval of the suggestion submitted by the Council of Education that the long vacation of the high schools j should be altered to begin in February" instead of in December as at present. "Beports which wo-have ha,d from the * headmaster and headmistresses are dis--1 tinctly against the proposal," stated i the .chairman'of the High Schools and > Hostels Committee (Mr A. E. Mower). ! A request that trams should again t. be stopped compulsorily at tho corner i of high and Madras streets was mado y to tho Christehurch Tramway Board at .. its meeting yesterday by the Superintendent of the Christehurch Fire Bri- \ gade (Mr C, C. Warner)* whose lettor ' stated that there was nearly a collision , at that point recently, between a fire engine and an incoming tram from Woolston. The writer asked that if a ' coicpulßfiry stop could not be agreed ' to, motormen should be instructed to ■ slow down when approaching the exoss- * ing. The matter was referred to\ the [ Works and Traffic, Conpnittequ for a rej port. I The chairman of the Canterbury Colj . lege Board of Governors (the Hon. G. J. Smith, M.L.C.) alone, attended the inspection of buildings which was set ' dpwn • for yesterday afternoon at the i b£> a member, Mr E. J. j Howard, M.J?., "Members of the Board k" 'were conspicuous by their absence," remarked .Smith at the meeting of the Board » .tich waa held subsequently.; 1 "However, I-had a walls round myself, > and lam able to report that the buildi ings are still there, I. realise, of course, , that you are all fully acquainted with r 'what is going on." "I hope that local body foremen are not going to be encouraged to exercise schoolboy -discipline in connexion with the men employed under the' No. 5 Scheme," Mr- J. S. Barnett, said at , yesterday's meeting of the Unemployment Committee. He cited the case of a foreman .at- Mount Pleasant "who strutted up -and down with- all the ap: pearance pf a warder without a gun/' and who had told men that' if they were found smoking at work their cards would be marked "unsatisfactory;"'Mr W. W. Scarf? (Heathoote .County) .said that the ordinary procedure on County works,was. being followed. Men were given ten minutes in -the morning and in 'the afternoon for smoking, and were not permitted to; smoke between times,. The deepening of the Wilderness drain -was mentioned by Cr, J. W. Beanland at yesterday's meeting of the Unemployment Committee. ' He saidf that , the" Drainage.'Board.had' a balance of £350 which would.provide the necessary ma--terial, find the work could be : done if labojrr could be "got under the' No.' 5 ■Schemd. , The work would give employ-' went for* 50 or' 60' men for a ,month, and,"Bo men could be started on day, &nd the remainder before" the end . bf the N week.' The - deepening of - the drain'would save adjacent areas from flooding;- Mr I£.- T. Bailey (l<abottr Departmenjty said that all ifchat .was jie'ces,sary was for the Drainage Board to apply, for men to &e allocated for the * wofk eacb^week:;' Ati'extensive search lias been'made for a young mpn, Edwin Gordon Maddren,, aged 22, who has'been, missing from his home at 9-Randolph jjtreet, Woolston, sine© "Friday, A search made bv Ws? relatives resulted in his .bicycle being found near the top of the Scarborough r road on the Taylor's Mistake Sid©. The machine was damaged, and could not be used. Con- - stable Johns, of'Sumner, "with the aid of two > local fishermen,' made a search of the, base of .the Scarborough cliffs on. Saturday, but owingvto the rough condition of-the sea'they were unable to get the boat very close to the shore. They saw no tr&ce of the missing man, when leaving home he worn a light coloured suit, and black patent leather shoes." He was' not wearing a hat, 'and was of medium height, jjoth-. ing further as to his whereabouts-had been heard at a late hour last evening i One of the most important auction 'sales of water-colours v. ever held ' in Christehurch will take place' at H. G. Livingstone and Co.'s Auction Gallery to-morrow at 2 p,m. One .hundred and twenty-flve beautiful pictures by wellknown and Continental artists are now on view. - . —6 Sanatorium visitors will find it- is cheaper to 'phono for a Gold Band Taxi than to go in the tram and then , by .taxi from Ijhe bottom of the hill ; so save your money and 'phone 34-075 or 35-672 for a Gold Band Taxi. You will not regret it. Thank you. —3 *lf there are any young people in pour family "on holidays from school then it is an opportunity for -a' portrait or family jgroj?p that should not be. missed. Make an. appointment with Steffano Webb, 252 High street. 'Phone 85-457. ' f —« Brides and, Bridegrooms, we are v- aitinfc for you to call and engage the most Up-to-date Bridal--Cars iin New Zealand, and' .the' demand is so gr«At - that you ... should book. tip early astd - avoid disappointment* as> we Were -compelled to turn some 'away last Easter, Thonee 34075 -and' 361572., ~ Thank you, t - -4 i . 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