General News.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20494, 12 March 1932, Page 14

General News.

♦ To All Correspondents: It has been impossible to-day to find space for vour letters. Shipping News appears this morning on Page 11. ** The possibility of shipments Zealand onions to' Canada this - season is indicated in a letter received by. thesecretary of the Canterbury" Chamber of Commerce from Canadian importers' who express the desire to get into touch with onion-shippers in the Dominion. A donation of £3 3s to the New Brighton t'ire Brigade Social Fund for the brigade's work during recent fires in the Avon and Bromley ridings, was made at last evening's meeting of the Heathcote County Council.

The health authorities reported a clean sheet yesterday as far as positive cases of infantile paralysis were concerned. The application made by a deputation on February 25th for an increased allocation to New Brighton for unemployment relief has been refused by the Et. Hon. J. G. Coates for the reason that New Brighton received a greater allocation on an average than Christchurch did, and that employment in New Brighton on a reduced scale of relief was fairly consistent from week to week. —Parliamentary Correspondent. To-day s matches in the Canterbury Cricket Association's senior championship are as follows:—St. Albans (10C and 5 for none) v. Old Boys (173), Hftgley No. 1; Sydenham (272,) v. Old Collegians (82 for two), Sydenham Park. The winners of these two matches will play off in the final. The other four teams a ill moot as follows i—Lancaster Park v. Riccarton. Nt Lancaster Park, and We.st Christchurch v. East Christ-chim-h, nl Rugby Park. lht.' rtj'tilicatos won in the commercial examinations held under the auspices of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce last November, will be presented to the successful students prior to the meeting of the Council of the Chamber, on Thursday, April 7th. The ceremony will begin at 7.30 p.m.," and over 100 certificates will be presented. A decision to raise a loan of £BSO for the purpose of redeeming the outstanding balance of a loan of £IOOO raised on August Ist, 1922, and maturing on August Ist, 1932, was reached at a special meeting last evening of the Hcathcote County Council. The original loan had been for the purpose of electric works at Mount Pleasant, the new loan to be known as the Mount Pleasant No. 1 Electric Repayment Loan, 1932, and the interest to be at 5} per cent. The decision will be confirmed at a further special meeting of the Council to be held on April Bth. Three of the Christchurch Fire Brigade's engines rushed to the corner of Colombo street and Gloucester street, in answer to an alarm given shortly after 9.30 o'clock last evening. A motor-cycle had caught fire in the entrance to the City Garage and Cycle stand premises at 107 Gloucester street, but the .flames were extinguished before the arrival of the first engine. Dense smoke from the burning tvres and the screech of fire sirens attracted hundreds of Into shoppers, many of whom crowded into the garage and had to be forced out by police constables. Patients going to the Cashmere Sanatorium were complaining bitterly about the shaking up they received on Hills road between Colombo street and the Sanatorium on account of pot-holes, stated a letter received at last evening's meeting of the Hcathcote County Council from the North Canterbury Hospital Board. The Council's attention , was drawn to the matter. It was decided to reply that temporary repairs would be carried out as soon as the heavy traffic now using the road in connexion with Dyer's Pass construction work, had finished. An endeavour would then be made to enlist the aid of the Highways Board in tar-sealing the road, which was classed as a secondary highway. Members of the committee .set up to look after the interests of the Nortlieotc residents in connexion with the biis service, met the Commissioner of Transport (Mr J. S. Hunter) yesterday afternoon and inspected the district served within the boundaries of the Tramway rating area. Those representing the committee were: Rev., Father J. Cullen, Messrs W. G. Chapman. J. Baleh. T. Wood. L. Grimwood, and J. B. Cain. Subsequently Mr Chapman said they had had a good discussion, and valuable information had been deceived! The district was assured of an adequate service. Tho' committee had several proposals to bring forward when presenting thoir case before the Central Licensing Authority, when it visits Christchurch in a fortnight's time. During the week ended noon on Monday, March 7th, the number of cases of infectious and other notifiable diseases reported in the Dominion was 86; and deaths from such diseases totalled 37. There were 23 cases of scarnt fever, 11 cases of, and 3 deaths from infantile paralysis; ten cases of diphtheria; and ten new eases of and eleven deaths from ♦aberculosis. It is noted in the llealt.h Department's report that the figu.es for cases and deaths are not necessarily comparable, should not be used to estimate case mortality unless when taken over long periods. The cases of infantile paralysis were reported from the following health districts:—Central Wellington 2, Canterbury 4, Otago 3, Southland 2; deaths were reported as follows: North Auckland 2, Otago 1. "What the teaching service in Now Zealand needs is a fighting fund,'' declared Mr L. F. de Berry, in opposing a motion at the annual meeting of tho North Canterbury Branch of tho New Zealand Educational Institute last evening to reduce the annual subscription from 27s Gd to 255. He pointed out that the English National Union of Teachers had spent £IO,OOO on a newspaper _ advertising campaign, which resulted in the imposition of 10 per cent, cut in place of the 15 per cent, salary reduction favoured by the Government, and the 20 per cent, reduction , recommended by the Economy Commission. "The expenditure of this money enabled the justice of their case to be brought home to the public and to the legislators," said Mr de Berry. Two speakers—Mr C. -Morgan Williams, a member of the Labour Party, and Mr C. L. Rollo—will address the For New Zealand Society, and any members of the public who like to attend. in the Chamber of Commerce Hall, this evening, on "Tho Way Out of the Slump." They will deal particularlv with tlvj report submitted to Parliament last week by the Economists' Committee. An apology is extended to all Railway passengers from the staff of the Gold Band Taxis for not being able to send a taxi over to the station, when hailed, as the By-laws' make it compulsory for all passengers to go over to our garage opposite the station, and we also thank the large numbers who patronise us. Lowest fare Is. —3 Johnston's N.C. Motor Co.. Ltd.. representatives: W. C. Wilson and H. Clark; manager, A. G. Prestney, authorised Ford dealers. Travelling Rangiora. 'Phones 87 and 88. —2 Artistic wedding portraits . . beautifully posed . . a Steffano Webb speciality. Come in and inspect our work. Studio, 202 High street. —^ We supply parts for every sort and size of plough mjjde; wheels and axles; circular and bar coulters; mouldboards —l6 varieties; bridles; steering rods; racks; riding gear; tractor lifts; beams; legs; drawbars; and frames. Repairs done to any make in quick time. As prices are high, get the old ones repaired and made better than when new. P. and D. Duncan, Limited, 106 Tuam street, Christchurch, and at Ashburton. —6 Watch the nexi move of the Cold Band Taxis. We have been compelled by the Court) to alter the sign "Stop Me" to that of "Vacant," so in future stop any Gold Band Taxi with '"Vacant" showing, and give what you like for return trip to the City and keep on supporting the Gold "Band Taxis, and keep the fares down. Thank you. —1