NEWS IN BRIEF.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLV, Issue 6853, 16 April 1917, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

I . —— i Iqtendiug purchasers will be pleaspd to learn that F©rd Cars are now being assembled in, Auckland, and that a unifjnn district price of £186 has been fixed for touring cars.* According to a Copenhagen message the oil mill at Aarhus, which supplies all groat Danish margerine factories, may hav3 to close unless it receives early supplies of copra. Have your eyes tested and fixed up for the winter by Mr Mirrielees, Chemist and Optician.* The Government, it is reported, is negotiating for the purchase of a faily large block of land in the Te Aroha district for subdividing into farms for soldierF. vVhen buying Bread^be sure to get the most wholesome. Try F H Ham* mend's. Cart deliveries daily.* A Sydney message says Sir Ernest Shackleton,s exploring ship, the Aurora, has been sold to an oversea buyer. She will be used as a cargo I carrier. I Mr Mirrielees is now prepared to attend personally to a'l waiting I appointments.* The food situation is becoming worse throughout Scandinavia. The Swedish Government has seized oils, maize, and rice, and has further cut down rations of bread and flour. Pure Drugs at any cost at Mirrielees, the ohemi9t, Tauranga.* Now on ahow at Lacey'a Bazaar new slock of Gramophones wi'h latest records* As a result of the Agents-Generals' representation, the British Government is making an equitable arrangement for the payment for boneless beef already snipped. Mr Mirrielees has returned and will attend personally to clitnts • Hearth rugs, enormous values in style, beauty waar and satisfaction at T H Phillips, The Strand.* Thirty-four thousand people paid for admission to see Charlie Chaplin as "The Shopwalker" during the Wellington season a. few weeks ago. Coming to the Opera House next week.* According tr an Auckland message Harry McCabe, a fireman employed by the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Co., wes found dead in the stokehold of a vessel under circumstances that suggest he was electrocuted. Birthday Cakes, Wedding Cakes and all classes of small goods are a speciality at E H Hammonds, Willow Street.* Everything that necessity, comfort and style demands is found in al furniture manufactured by T H Phillips, The Strand.* An Auckland telegram states that Mr Malcolm G. McGregor, barrister and solicitor, died suddenly this morning. He had a wide experience in shipping law, and had appeared in nearly every contested action of that nature. See Ella Hall in "Jewell* ne Thursday only. Everyone's Pictures *