NEWS IN BRIEF.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLV, Issue 6855, 20 April 1917, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

-■ A Norlh Canterbury resident points out (says the Chrietchurch Pre es) chat during this dry season the flix plants have been attacked with American blight, similar to that on apple trees. Everything that necessity, comfort i and style deunnda is found in al ■' j furniture manufactured by T H Phil- i lips.. The Strand.* j Hearth rug?, enormous values in J style, beauty waar and satisfaction at i T H Phillips, The Strand.* j The Eussian Government has opened j an office in Ottawa to take charge of i its war purchasing business in Carada, j Colonel Kovaleff having arrived to < attend to the rriatter. (| Birthday Cakes, WedJing Cakes [ and all classes of small goods are a i speciality at F H Hammonds, Willow • Street.* j vVhen buying Bread be sure to get { the most wholesome. Try F H Ham- i mond's. Cart deliveries daily.* \ The "publication of the Journal of i the .Department, of L&bor will cease { with the next issue. This step has i been found necessary owing to the war, { and its effect on the cost of labor and * material. c Mr Minielees is now prepared to t attend personally to aU waiting Ji appointments.* « Pure Drugs at any coßt at Mirrielees, c the Chcmirt, Tauranga,* A Vienna expert estimates the cost c of the war to the end of March at * £17,000,000,000. Of this huge total, < Britain has borne a quarter, < Mr Mirrielees has returned and will < attend personally to clitnts.* - i A Buenos Aires message states that i the German Government has purchased . 60,000 tons of wheat and oats. The purchase of grain by German agents ' continues. i For Influenza take Wood's Great } Peppermint Cure. Never fails. Is 6d, 2i 6d. j A. New«lfoik message states that Madame Sara Bernhardt is gravely ill * from an affection of the kidneys. ( Probably an operation will be per- < formed. Have your eyes tested and fixed np for the winter by Mr Mirrielees, Chemist and Optician.* - 1 A Paria message says the Allies m have given Russia a collective guarantee of Poland,s unity, and independence, foreshadowed by the Provisional Government's proclamation. Intending purchasers will be pleased- i to learn that Ferd Cars are now being | assembled in Auckland, and that a ; unif )rm district price of £186 has been i fixed for touring cars.* For Children's Hacking Cough at night, I Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d, 2s 6d Addressing members of the Russian Duma Chamber of Deputies, at a banquet, General Brussiloft appealed for national unity to defeat German militarism. He exhorted the army to support the Duma,