NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3924, 28 March 1929, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

The next municipal elections at Christchurch are to be conducted on the proportional representation principle. An aerial 4 survey of Greater Christchurch, which has just been completed, is stated to be vvonder- , ful in detail. “Motorists Beware of School Children” is a, Petone sign that has caused a good deal of amusement in motoring circles. An English paper gives particulars of a proposal to establish an artificial wool factory in the north of France. The project is well under /way, and- the buildings are in process of construction. It is claimtlia't the factory will be capable of manufacturing 10,0001 b. of artiJicial wool per day —about 29 New Zealand bales per day. MV. J. ft. Wall, of Stratford, in 'ls open competitions in photography from all parts of the world lias Won 14 first prizes and two se - conds. He got first prize in a London competition in which there were -10,000 entries. A dinner in London inaugurated the A n t ar °ti c Dinner Club, which has been formed to revive old associations and to keep green the 'memory of the five who reached 'their .objective on January 17, 1912, and of others who have lost their lives in Antarctic seas. A Waipukurau business man recently indented goods from England. To bring the purchases the many thousands of miles to Wellington cost £4 17s, yet the railway charges from Wellington to Waipukurau —a journey of a few hours —entailed a payment of £2 15s. The thinning of the .older plantations of pinus insignia and Other varieties is now being conducted on an 'experimental scale in both Islands, stated Mr. E. Phillips Turn • jbr, Director of the State Forest Ser.vice, in Wellington., This is) for the purpose of ascertaining the .best methods of carrying out the work, to which reference Was made by the Imperial Forestry Commission •when it visited the Dominion. The Prince of Wlales having appeared in London in a combination of dinner jacket, soft shirt, ,and pull over, it is considered by the Christchurch Sum(iner Dress Reform League for Men that his Royal Highness w'ould be a strong advocate of the principles for which the league stands, and naturally it has decided to Write and ask him to become its patron.