General News.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20178, 5 March 1931, Page 8

General News.

~ Wo; l}&ve received two sUUJiftga from Mwy trod J)>ok Ptiflqtt, of Hantktrs, for ■ the H.M.B. Veroawa *u»A. \ w ' 1 i. _ , • As an indication of, the 1 number of men • who are tramping the country roads at present* looking ior work, Mr (TajttPß Carr,' presloontv' of the Canter- , bUfy PfotitM* he&gtia, fcribntUmed • at j i l&jlt light's fheOtllig <Jf ■ the SxaautiVG | | ol the Marttfe tMt a raolghboui' of his,, L oil thS tflaEn roftd, has found it naeos- ! f Bttrjrj to provide an. estrft four-pound*, loaf fißd an e*tra poupd of butter daily la-otto to Nip fa cflUets tfith ft.Jasftl,, toife dtißlaßO to drops caused 'by.mall blfas was mentioned by Mf Jt lane .at of tMft u M&pftlflrfcWlv QiWia bfftlich df the Npw,ZeflJHn,d JPjK ttfttfarft' Association,,' Rrfemhs jrt p&rtirMlar .(« spartow«» Mv Mwan&ne recited thM> in the South Jgland Bito* ago poisoned whefit Wat supplied "frde to farmers, fliul boyjs Weta paid a bounty for the colloetioo tn PgS s « The' North Island seemed to/ be par-" ticularly suited to the multiplication of these peats, hq Paid, and ste;>s should,be taken to -miftiinise the nui- - The old steatnfer MdKoia was partly Sunk yestel-d&y in Carey's Bay,' Duri«dlni when* ,she will be .'used; &b ft wharf fotf lftidiHp vessel g. With the trta, Punedm o# one ei,de a P<I, *?§ qyiage Ot&kou 66 the Other, the old Unei Wovfed out from the Bdwen Pier &T$ feh&pM a fibttl dourse for heir last* WhWe j»ha reprises on ibSV-notTOtn- At, something - loss , than afftnght. The Mokaift was ft Useful ihlfc a»4 did good' eerrice at ft tlAfe ftpe«d tfas not the impffrtaflt j f£fct# ill sett travel it ia tOfday.<—P&*Bß I&M6e. _ , ' , Aaf a * result? of the inorejwie in poet»Jittn ("a+fw« ifc.'» ttrohnhM tnnt tp tneef Jib? convenience «t£ "the pubUo tw,P° 9 ' fcul autheritiea. will ~ tehfr. qteps tb have the .fstippJife of lfitte^tcUi.ftW t feostr hand overprinted Wlthjjjva -• correct' a&bunt of thew .fiflrtftgo- J»V>th letiei'ioatda embossed, with vhfe pepny stamp it is for flandars to ftttaeh. an ppuny sttimp'to give xhew their' p«n»p pp»taae jjndef ,rtW-™>W taHifßv -Mljttdftrry, with li£Hi-penn| apotheP Mlf : towmy W the jwt©r»fiards m the .poitoarfSiWith twopflnpe find, ft penny tiiid. selling Ihem ftt the r&tp the 'necessity, of attachJilt odfi«niy6, sfewas wowd he aypioßtl, JV*th applies t)f WWf&M .bftjfpenny. aiahifs »re esby ibe public. the JiWiPfeni eußpltef; of .faef e ejhetostal it w ftteo lifeely booklete of ,twopenny stopa wijl bo . jmiida .jip ipset ihe- coflditjoiis ,by ' the in ijiej - :v*' , r fl : s„" - > v s

Out! oMJ9a9 106 7d levied in river rate* »nd £169 8s ad in l»«e rates, the Ellesmere Lands prftinago Board has collected £641 13/1 74 and £O7 8« 2d respectively, leavi«g-£l3Ol 7s and £OO. Oa 3d outstanding.

TJp to Tuesday the rates collected by the City Council equalled £9B a for every £IOO levied. The levy amounts to £358,704; the amount oOllfloted totalled £102,597; and the amount outStanding is £256,107.

As tho result of an enquiry made ihrough lis I?»ess last Beoembe? regarding the addresses of oeptain pioneers, the addrpss of one was supplied recently to ,Mr J. O. Jameson, treasurer of the Canterbury Pilgrims' Association.

The level of Lako Colorfdgo last Sunday was at 1667.4/sft, pr 4.opft> he* low overflow level, 1072 ft. On the corresponding date last year the level was 2671.97 ft, and marked the beginning of tho lowering qf the level which culminated in Iter last.. • • A •

The tender of Mr- Stowart, Duncdtnj the only one received) has been accepted by the Christohurch City Oounoil for the sinking, at th«! Cdfepcll's St. Albany yard, of ninO.'inpk Well, and f&r driv. ing a 4J-inoh pipe down tho existing, but defectlvej. nine'ineh pipo. The contract price is £027.

Instructions have been Issued by the City Engineer for the work to be put in hand of removing the temporary footbridge, near the new Badley bridge, and its re-erection on a site opposite Sheldon streetj a short distanco up* stream. The work should be completed within the next ten days.

The four-faced clock to bo installed in the Jubilee Clock ToWer, ftti the intersection of "Victoria aftd Montreal streets, roached Christchurch yesterday, when delivery was tftlien by the munl» oipal authorities. The dock will be installed by tho contraotpts, Messrs W, Littlejohn and Son, Ltd,, of Wellington.

Members of the Ellfismore Lftnds Drainage Board liad the 6xt*erlefloQ yesterday morning of seeing some of Iheir number on the moving pictuw scree©. They were shqWh a short film of tlie fltial stftgo# at the recent draining of Lake Ellesmere' into the sea, an operation at/ wtictt several of them wore prc?sent.

The executive of the Canterbury Pro' gross Loftguo last night Authorised the organiser (Mr P. B, Clirnie) to visit Ivaikoura next week to attend a special meeting of the Kaikoura Unemployment Committee to discuss with its members tho various ijcheines of the Unemployment Board. Or, E. H. Andrews,and Mr Bi T. Bailey (Labour Department) will aqepmpany Mr Olimie.

On unemployment relief works in the City, and »t the municipal quarry, the City Council yesterday hfid 445 men ftt work on a total of thirty different jobs. Including the Council's permanent staff, and men on loan works, water works, and revonuo works, the total on the psy-she'ot was 788. This Constitutes & record for tho number of men employed by the Works Department of the Council.

' As in Christchurch, the imposition of higher postage rates caused a heavy last-minirta-nuh by Auckland bwiness. firms nn fiaturdi»y» ' The Chief Post Office was delayed.With bundles of accounts ftiJa t?i¥auiartr«!o touch SO thftfc'file usual Mll-lwMdtty Hd to.ba apd Wtlng had not ibean Completed when work ceased for the day. ■ Muoh of th» mail consisted of circulars which would ordinarily have "beeii sfillt Out In March preparatory to the close of the financial year,

As. the result of representations made regarding the unsuitability of the premises in Hereford- gtreet occupied by the "Unemployment Bureau of the Department of Labour by Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.t*,, it is understood by Mr Sullivan uiat there is a likelihood that the Bureau will be removed to the Public Works Department's building? in St. A/WpJl 6tf6fct West. Ho {b "making further representations to the Minister' for Labour (Hon, S. G. Smith) on the matter, in the hope th&t Another 3ito to selected. Zn January hext the Horticultural Trades' th« Now Ztaland Institute of the isfew Zealand Jffdftietlltttrftl Seeds* tneii's Association,' and ,the, Superltttendents of Parks and Gardenu Will hold a oombinad ooafeienoiJ In Christchurch in conjunction with a national flower show, Which is expected >o be the biggest yet - staged in the Dominion. ■ A preliminary. conference ol the CHristchurfllt hortiouHuralista wiU held eft April J6th 4

Although tho Bailway. pepartmeut has been fairly busy recently ' transporting wool from country districts to be sold at the sales in Chfristchurch, there is at preSdftt a lull in the bvislr nosß, but it id expected that at an early date there will I>b a bigger demand %0f waggons aa soon as the grain. eeafioa begins la earnest, A ocrtdin quantity of grain has already been carried, and towards the end of Maich or the be* gifaniflg of April there should be a *«« vival ot this class of business. / Bhipt ping at Lyttelton is very' elaefc at the taotaqnt, but thifi, too, ifi pitpolsted to imptpve shoirtly, jrbbably nostt. weekt indirect the Mi'tltquttkd is a reduction in the reeeigtA of the Hallway Depattftieat in the OkntesWtfjy dlut,Hf»t A representative of Ttta PflS wi yesWrday thfet no fewer than twenty-two sahsol com 4 lttlttees and private cdiflpapiefl decided t6 cancel their anntiftl Whieh had boea afi'Sngdd to be held lalt month, and iiieltead to sakd doMUMS t6 the funds fof tht> reHef bf th 6 Staffererg. It is anticipated th&t the partment's flgurci will suffer to the 4)ttent oi some hundreds of pounds K& Oftpae Of the action that had been takSn, Sixteen picnics are expected to bp h«d during the pi'eflent month, itovolvjng the transput df "KnalUli pictures make wb onfe-thlhl of 'the total land, and in a yeat'» tsmo tW. #iU make half the total,' maid Mr Johto jFull-er, who IS visitma Ohristchuroh, vesterday. "Flesmahd-blood" draiha In gydhpy was in a bad way at present, and bis octapany ft? WW' tipn of bringing 'any Such ahdws to Niiw Sseala«d until times werft notroal again. He. was confident that - there would then be a wave of reaction in larour of thß legitimate stage. Mr Puller added that New Zealand qowld rtide itself "on wpte of the best fcheaWeii in/the woHd ; . , And ) ' , he ndd«sd, "ChrlHtphUrcJt ta ap well-off lot tire comfort aM the nutphet yof ifa theatres as W pa?t ftv, New

Sanatorium visitors will find ]ff>~ ischeaper to 'phone far a Gold Band Taxi than to go in the tram and then by taxi frojn .tab bottom of tho hill; so; save yofir njonsy ajid 'phone 84-J375 or. 35-<879 far a sql 4 Bah# Tturi. Yoii will not regret It; Thank you-. , ' Brides and tfa -afb *&itifrßL fpKjPM'to e«l.<*»d epgaga most UprtMate Bridal Ctos in Net? ZQtilabtl, afad tf»A dertatUl w sq tbai you wioUltl boos up fatly - ftfii? avttid ajWpbqiutinenlJ, wa -wwg «dm. pfclieq JoJnrMwM ftwiw fafjfc T)iQti?S 84*07§ .Mul SWli, i ; * * \' i rr , /. '" ' ' "i *