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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1639, 4 January 1913, Page 6

, ■ -~: ■ ■.(• ■-'-''.''' '■' - : '--'-'. ' •.;;■' ■■ ■' '-:.' "'• Particulars 0f,,t0-niorrowVchurch ■• vices will bo found on Pago 2. . ' ' Four Australian matrons have now boon appointed by tho Victotian State Government to travel to England and return ," to victoria by.immigrant steamers. Tho object; is to obtain information of the " ; conditions under, which immgrants travel,- ■> and to -report on any defects and necessary improvement in tho system, Bach, matron is a qualified, nurse, and is thus ablo to take chargo of any patients on the voyage, • while she is also in a posi- ■ V ! tionto give tho immigrants reliablo in- ''".•' formation on Victorian conditions,'which '' "; should servo them in good stead on their .| arrival. It is not proposed to make any 'J permanent appointments,, as > the boats '■•■'■:■■ f are very irregular and it is found that I tho remuneration which the: matrons are • ■:■■".' I Proparod to accept is. comparatively low.: l-Ji Iho,chief reason for their going is "that ;i ■tho trip.provides a change.for them. ;• . ,•• Asked yesterday how. the revenue 'tot' ■ " O H .obtained, from the• proposed grand■siw'rts S v "' Mnld Wbe expended, (oun-: ■ cillor G. Irost, chairman of tho City He-' -'■sj serves Committee, said that tho oxpondi. ' ;• turo would bo controlled by tho Itescrvcs ' 'k Coiimntteo,_in conjunction with the com- ■■{ mitteo specia ly appointed to control, tho . , J carnival. In his.opinion tho monoyshbuld :'i not bo.spent exclusively upon the. play- V :s. ing areas,, but in the improvement of tho- ,'? reserves in general.., A contrary opinion ■*, A was expressed by Councillor L. M'Kcnzie, "'I who contended that the. City Council, ' as it now does, should.-. provide nllUho ;;r funds necessary for the upkeep of re- / serves, other than playing areas, out of :' tho ordinary revonuo. Ho considered that '<■ tho revenuo derived from the carnivalshould bo tlovotedwholly.to the improve- i niont of plaj'ing. areas, and the'.beautify.;!■'• ;, ing of these, -grounds. Tim matter Will bo' ■ '■**\ discussed at* another meeting of rcprescii- . I tahvesof 'tU sports bodies, to bo/held U on JanuarytC.\ ' ■ '..A .An outomatio speed-detecting-dovi<\o for " '■] automobiles which would Scorn -firi be > f worth.l tho attention .of .municipalities ' . ■-■! that are determined to Suppress speodns : ■■'■} -1 is thus doscribcd-Threo. lights are to be ; - '. ■ 1 provided on each car—white, grceh: and '•■'■ ■'■ : r W red. 'At a.speed of eight, milos nn hour X ."-.:vi tho ,wluto light will- show; - .at ■ fifteen ' • •;■ ] miles, the green;' at twenty tho : ■:'■-■ 1 red; and at more than twenty;miles an ;[: ■■ -. A hour all tho lights will flash a warnins-y'r Svtf that tho fiuood.'law is bcint' violated- -: - ; ' 5