General News.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20179, 6 March 1931, Page 10

General News.

v : l"' ! . 'Th'p f'Bjapk Cat;" Art' Uplon will dr&wn tij-morrflw night',in the Con'cort Chamber of t!ic Town Hall, Wellington. \, • ,pn Wednesday, City Council' rates ieftaJlina £467? were paid, and yesterday iiuproxitnotcly £3104 was tol's-c----'ted, Tfia itptiil levy is #368,704, and 'tbero; has been calfacted. to date approximate £l)o,BsQ. * ** '' • gqvoraL details of an adiufniatiatiVQ h&ftjge /wbfo f attended to at a moating ot the Canteibury Piov.nci il Buildings Bpafd yesterday, pre.sent wore the Hon. Bir B. peatfla. Bhodes, jMr H. Hoi J ,land, #,P. n aqd $r B. W. Efwka, M.P/ The question of approving, or otherWise, of -the pr<jpoMils (or the anjalgp. njation, of sho Jiorth Island JJnnds' As- ' the South Island Aggqp'iation will conuS up for considera. 'tfqtillwb ,the Annual meeting of the Soiith Island Bonds' Association, which is to bo" hold phqytly- Thofe is soid to bo la division) df opinion as tp tho desirability attaTgofltating. During the- past vcpjt tlio 'tV&ns jConnnittoc, of 'the Christchurch Gitissena' Association interviewing several business and profession- * al men, in the City, whom it expects to ,&t the Municipal'JjSWctwns. J Candidates for the City '£ Coira'crj, the Lyttejton Harbour j3osrd, ■ und tKo North, Canterbury IlespUql tfojrl, wall jnuljabK n. m let ted pi a I -ideating D f ttyj early nettf I .*i7ook» J ji is, understood' that all _ She Cfounoijlors sitting in flws Aseoeiatioq's 1 interest • will allow thenißclvfts; to be I nominated ticcipt • ih A W Buuep ! [aha 'Cf. EJ-'fones. Or. A-A. Jtcf-achlanj i who r had 1 consitlered' .ftom the Coif'neil, has- now decided to stand for rc oiflQtiOii He consider* it hardly fair ■: ,to b£vpi put the ratepajPM to the cost '* -Oft-a iiy-electtOu if he is staying on .the . Council only for so short a psnodi r>}"'' ? < /-t'\

■ At the next rmartccly meeting of the Canterbury Commerce, j whidh will takt> the form ot a luncheon on March lGth, the president,'(Mr H. 6. E. Turner) will deliver an address op his recent Ir.ip overseas. "I belie iro "that the two greatest work? of' the century have been dpne by two mm very far apart—the founder of the Salvation Army, and tho Chief Scout," said the Metropolitan Scout Commissioner, Mr W. H. Montgomery, in welcoming tho Toufi'UK Scotit Commissioner, LieutenantOolonel L* Breton ta ' a ■ meeting of (Scouters ami Cubmasters last evening.

*'l understand that in-New Zealand some people still jeer at the Scouts' short pants, but that only shows-that you're very old fashioned out here, 1 ' said tho Touring Scout. Commissioner, Lieqtenant-Colonel. Le Breton, when nddressing a meeting of scouters and cubmasters-last evening. "The Prince of Wales frequently wears them, and even thnt very conservative organisation, the Atmy, puts its men into them on occasions. Really, we're leading a fashion."

Tho difficulty which arose earlier .in tho week in connexion with the insurance against accident of the men employed by the Domains Board under tho Unemployment "Board's " No. 5 Scheme, has been removed by tho Domains Board making arrangements for insurance cover for tho time being. The' men were put on the different jobs on -Wednesday, and yesterday 114 were employed.

The Council of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce agreed last evening to a suggestion that the next conference of the Associated Chambers of Now Zealand shpv»ld be held at Wei-, lington. In <i letter, the Associated Chambers drew attention to the fact that since the liquidation of the company operating the Chateau Tongariro was announced, the decision to hold the next conWenca there might have to he reconsidered. The Council was asked if it would • agree to a change of location to Wellington.

A 'ropoft oil }V scheme for commercial examinations has been made to the Associated Chambers of Commerce of New Zealand, and will, it is expected, shortly bo made known in Canterbury. Announcing this before tho Council of the Chamber last evening, Mr A. O, Wilkinson' recalled that the Wellington Chamber had been, conducting s»clf examinations for- eom'o time past.' It had been suggosted that similar- examinations should be held in Christchurch, but ultimately it had been decided to ask the Associated Chambers to examine for tho whole Dominion.

This year the U.A.O.D. will celebrate its UtOth anniversary with a conference to bo held at - Southampton, England, on June 16th. Bro. R. 'W. Simpson; P.G.P., Timaru, Ifdge No. 11, who is paying a visit to the Homeland, has offered to represent officially the Canterbury Grand Lodge jit the conference. Tlio North Island and Otago and iSouthland Grand Lodges havo also accepted his services.' —Report of tho Board of Management of the Canterbury Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order f>f Pruids, ,

"The Scout movement i# as much .in educational movement as the said the Metropolitan Scout Coimniesionet. Mr W. H. ■ Montgomery, at ft ■meeting of Scatters last, Evening, "and I think that t{ie Government should agree to oat it on a proper footing, xhe subsidy has, of course, had to be given up, bijt I have very great hopes that when the' Chief Scout meets the Prime Minister, something, soon be done. Tho movement will not come under. the, control of the Government—.nothing like that will be allowed to happen-—but \vq bono tq 'got the official help that the movement tleserviq", "It rather rwninds yoy of iho pareutal admonition: 'this hurts tuo more than it hurts vou'," remarked Mr W. Machin, when tho following letter from tho chairman of the New Zealand Associated Dankfj' (Mr W. A. Kiely) tvas brought befoio the Council of thfl Canterbury Chamber of Commorco at its meeting Inst night; I am in receipt of,.your letter, am yoiir request will receive consideration wheri CQangm in t'ftips aro being made< lam sure you will realiso that alteration of rates, during businoss hours is qn oveii greater to< the linnks tlian to their customers." , When- thanking tho touring Scout Commissioner, L: wtenant-Colcnel Le Drcton, for his address at a medjbiug of Scmitcr*. and Culimwjtprs last «v«nrng ihi* Metr-polibm Commißsionrr, Mr W. H, J(pntgomery mentioned that hi/ hoped Hint hetore long a imtv of English Scouts. might return tne visit that the itew Zealand Scouts paid tp nest Jjimboree here," Colonel Le Breton anuwered To n reprcsenlative a\ 'J ifh PiiKbs Jio aftorwaids explain* d tliflt though the question of the place of the next A'mtbovee hau not yot liocn considered officially, tho Chief Scout had oxpr&sod the wish that it might lm Bomnvhria m Austialia oi IjTew ZffllrtnQ' * i • The value ot the-water tanks in Christchureh ui the event of fire was deferred to by Mr J. (Jullens'at last night's meeting of, the 'Clpfetchureh branch of the Tpwn Planning Institute. ivhfcn the tallure of.the water supply in Aapifr and fiastiugs, when tho t'orthqunko oocurred, was being di&cussed. Mr Cu)](sp« rei%red big lire in IJteh strpefc' in 1008, when the wat«r tank? proved ,v<jry useful, He regretted that thoy had been -dpno away with. Mr A. It. Galbra'ith (City >ii«?mLir) i>aH that wlnlo ono or two been done away w*th, nad pot been done away with wholesale, At pic#d)<- tjio Litv Council was t.*ll IUL' trndns toi a iflinforrcd Mmcreto roof for on»> of these tanks in the City. Tho Fire Brigade was - Very Ifeonlv nlivQ to the necessity for the nuiinteiiaiice of 1 tl»' tnnks .in a proper state of repnir, and they yould he reIninod until they were assured of an I (iddqnfito substitute. .

■TJyit it wouW not biippjait Bay'alteration in tlta 'proposed l-1 way timetable go ,that 04 Wednesday? and, FridaW eouth , \Vpllld leave Ghristehuycji at, 8,35 was |(]e decision qTtfa* Tjpi»sj><?r« ppimrtjii-, te,e 0/ the CJiampec or Commerce, adopted by t,heJpoiftibs at' last evening Tin committee it port > 1 having carefully fhe suggestion mode by thVAstsburttm CH&m» :ber of Cqjtimerc&.tfiat' the 1 poutJt ex'presa winter'}ifiie-t'iible should be revised so that' 0ij s \y^3ap3dA I VB , 6htl v S,rida?»' it should, leave pbrifitefaurch at 'g, 35 a.m., and, northward bbund, arrive at Cbristchurcfr at .7.23 - p.m. A similar suggogfcjon wa^,. considered by,the COtwil, * ,A(t&i irbViewing the position th& { committee recommended that a vefrlv be t senfc,to the Ashborton Chamber:- indicq-ti nK that in \iev of ,the careful jponriceroMflo P re -" vioiislv given to the sugßestion,, when Chambers -of- Commence in all centres affected were coiwijHed, the Chamber adhered 'to its* 1, vf" ' 1 " 011 v >'fW I v i .f ", ftound, 'Bays % a Gold Band iTo-xj- w-Hl only coat yon 15s for nvo 'passengers- This cheaper than, else- 1 where; • and, it's. a.. lively, trip to take ■your friondSf« JWfc hesitate, but Vione «i;: 35-372 for a' Gold . Hand Taxi, taps. gnrt .best ' care." 'jThanfe i&ii.A 1 "■ 1 Sports shoqld. always remember, that ' '.the' Gold ifadm any mora on rw>e dftyn tjipn any qther day. Our prices are always tlj® same, , and" tho 'oKe»pe«V W why, more?. Keep on 'gbiwng for a Gold Band Taxi nfld - pave vour rr.onoy and havo an extia bet. Thank j *fV 1 & ? , j bj