CHRISTCHURCH UNEMPLOYED

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 56, 30 November 1926, Page 16

CHRISTCHURCH UNEMPLOYED

NUMBER OF MARRIED MEN. Dominion Special. Christchurch, November 29. A man who arrived in New Zealand from Ireland only on Saturday was amongst the unemployed who register ed at the Government Labour Bureau this morning. A total of miieteen registrations was received, the a PP llc ®?,® comprising sixteen married men with an aggregate of thirty-nine dependents and three single men.

Whtu John’s B g KM f O or her <s d ay y B - exchange). Having heard that hedgehogs are valuable allies for the gardenerhe rolkd tho nriekly pest into a handKcrcniei, and drove it to his home m the coun trv. Patting it in a shed overnight, he went in to it in the ing. and dipcovered that three hedgehogs hod appeared. So now he has four helgehogs. instead of only one, to look after the cabbage patch. The No. 0 generating set at Lake Coleridge, which will complete *he present installation at tho power house, was given a run out recently, the >ests Proving satisfactory (reports the "Press"). The set, which, like the No. 7 set. has a nominal capacity or Itxu kw.. has not been put on ;Oad yet owing to the No. 2 tunnel being out of commission, and certain comparatively small cracks which have been discovered having fine cement grouted into them. Probably early in the New Year tho No. 2 tunnel will be in commission, and it will be possible to put the No. 8 set on load. The transmission line from Timnru to Oamaru is nearing completion, but some work rwnains to be done at the Oamaru sub-station. Mrs. J. R- T. Sutherland (Inglewood) was a visitor to Tlawera this week, where she acted as judge in the Home Industries section. Mrs. Sutherland judged at St. Mary’s on Tuesday and St. John’s, Waitara, on Thursday. . '