CANTERBURY NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 415, 26 January 1909, Page 6

CANTERBURY NOTES.

,;:(BI ISLEtIaiPH— PMSS'iSSOOIiTION.) '•' .'J

-' ■'•'.-, : - ;' '. ' < Christchurch January 25, '' .: At:.a, meeting of the' City "Council ■ to-night ■an; appeal'-for .funds -,for the: British unoniployed wa3•^eceived''fronl , ' the Petone Citizens' Association.' It 'was. resolved to ask ■Go vernmerit if it would : .support the '■ appeal. ■' : .; ' .■;lt':was reported that .33 building; permits' had; beenissued during-December, representing a'building. Value of £19,140. •- ■■-.:'■'. '.':■ \ ■vln the; same month 13,245 animals had been slaughtered, at ;;the''municipal abattoirs, of which, fifteen, 'had '.'been : condemned. ;.V.■ : It was.decided:to make a.>strorig.protest to the-Minister -for"Defence in' respect to perimissionhaTingibeen.grante'd for, the use of King ;;Eaward'-Barracks; last Sunday', for the 'put-pose; of- an; entertainment, for pecuniary; : gain of-the; promoters,'' the .council's permis-' sion not having been.obtained, and the coiihcU'havin'gi'a' by-law; prohibiting; entertain•jmenls of. the:- character .mentioned on Sun-'days.-.'''i;,v ;!■■-.' V:-> ..;'-. ;i - : ."..:v ; .-■'"/'. ]~: CBI TEIEQB'APH— SPECIAL COBBESPONDENT.J; ' v .'.Objection,has been taken by the Christchurch City Council ;to the pro vision in the ; Local ;Bodies' : Loans' Amendment'.Act, 1908, appointing the Public Trustee sinking fund-.commissioner,'of'.all-.-local-body'loans; lie-' .porting;on theimatter to the-meeting of the council to-night, the Finance Committee 'expressed the opinion that the provision would .-operate.-'.to- the: disadvantage of local authorities,- ;as a -higher rate'. l or interest, on gOdd security could be.obtained than was paid by : the Government, and the committee recommended; that the members,;for Christchurch and the borough councils throughout the Do-/ minion be written. to and■',asked- to support a proposal -that the section be amended Wire-' : pealed : ; during ; next: session .'■ of .Parliament. .I'hererwrt'.was-adopted.: ; . ~ ■.' Mrs. Esther Wo'rnall, one- of the pilgrims ■to 'arrive by. the [ first' -iour ships, died' at :Leithficld on Saturday, at the ago of eightyheight.. With her: husband, sho came' from Wicklow,-Ireland; and when tho up-country :rbads : were -'.being formed. nine ;years . later they went to settle .upon the.land.' ,-'■■■ Mrs. Wprnall been", credited . with 'being the first Europeon:woman, to- take up :her residence north; of .Salt. Water. .Creek. From a. family,of nine sons 1 arid a daughter there are about one .hundred ; descendants. ; On Friday last Mr. H. Farrow, of Hanmer Springs, lost a valuable sheep dog in a rather peculiar manner. -The animal.was chained up' near some manuka scrub when .a swarm of bees settled some three or four yards away. The bees were-naturally ; excited when the dog barked. ; He.got stung all over, and«diod ina few moments. . On. investigation it. was found that.it would have been extremely difficult to place a. pin between the stings in the leather/collar. .-, ; Mr. E. Nordon, secretary to tho Canterbury Licensed Victuallers' Association, states that at a meeting :■ held at Lyttelton this afternoon;it was unanimously decided not to apply for an extension .of tho closing hour beyond.lo p.m. in the Borough of Lyttelton at tho annual meeting of tho Licensing Com- ■' mitteo. ;. i ; : .'■■ .''.'•','. ; '."'., At to-day!s meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College, Mr. L. B. Wood gave;notico of'a motion ,"That a juvenile department be established in connection with the public library.". '. The'secretary; of '.•' the Canterbury Drivers' Union has received'an answer from Mr. W. H. Hagger. of the: Labour Department,' to a question whether drivers'wero obliged under the award to clean out their stalls.. Mr. Hagger replied: "I have looked carefully into the matter. 1 really .think it, unnecessary to 'make an application to the Court for an interpretation. I.think it is very.clear that where.fourteen or more horses are kept the stableman would be required to do all the stable work outside the grooming and harnossirig of tho horses', the driver to simply groom and harness his horses, the drivers to take week on to assist in, feeding and water- : m'g- all horses. The, drivor would also bo required to assist in unloading feed; and when the time occupied is more than' fifteen minutes, would calculate the additional time' in tho ordinary week's work;