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Gisborne Times, Volume LII, Issue 5464, 27 April 1920, Page 5

A number of Chines© have been in- ’ q wiring for land in the Otaki district for market gardening purposes. A splendid assortment of Men's Par PeYt flats in the • newest shapes and shades, is non being shown by Messrs C Rosie and Co. These were bought before the big rise m price, and are selling at fully, twenty-five per cent, below” present prices.*** A. discriminating woman recently said - T7 Tlie furniture and coverings are of more importance than rugs and cNimets used in a room, because the farmer stand up clearly before you, whereas the floor coverings do not.” { When you go shopping call and see us. j /—Loach and Fraser, makers of Artistic j Y Furniture, Gladstone Road. 'Phone, j ■ !)5S .*** A Horticultural Show is to be bold at Tokomaru Bay to-day, it be-. j n <r the annual autumn exhibition ! of flowers, vegetables .etc . Mr F. j Bull, of Gisborne, will bo the judge. | The season lias (writes our Tokomaru j. Bay correspondent) proved an ex- | (•optionally good one for gardening ■ of every description. • Anent the cost of living problem, Liie AVairoa Guardian is quite de- I pressed. “We would,” says our-j contemporary, ‘'like to see the silver i lining which is said to be concealed j behind the darkest cloud, but wo j cannot discover it. The outlook is' such that we live from day to day ui t,he atmosphere of ‘Wlupt next?’ Perhaps is may he a little consoling to the good, Wairoa to remember that expectancy lias always boon the c-lmmpagne of life. Our Tokomaru correspondent writes—(flip road between Tokomaru Bay and Ruatorea is at present in very good order excepting for the ( lack of a few small crossings .which have not yet been replaced. A good deal of metalling is proceeding in the Waiapu County, and it is hoped i that there may be a few more weeks of boo weather. The find of metal at Te Puia is turning out well and a ! , crusher and elevator are hard at work, whilst shingle is also being taken out of the stream there. ] . During the recent visit by Mr W. .Ferguson on behalf of the Harbor ' Commission he was interviewed by . Air W. 1). Lysnar, who urged that 1 the scheme submitted to the Board should he considerably nio-v----fied. Mr Lysnar told a Times ro- ! jiorter that he impressed on Mr Per- < ; guson the- desirableness of so amend- > iug tlie scheme as to enable at least j a portion of the existing harbor works to be availed of. Prom what j be could gather, Mr Ferguson was 1 i almost wedded to the scheme brought 1 < down. If any alterations were made ■ i to it. lie is reported to have said, it j i would involve stilf heavier expend - ture. Mr Lysnar added: “Goodness knows I/have fought hard against expenditure of moneys on | j the inner harbor, but I would "life to see as much of that expenditure as | j possible saved to the ratepayers, j ] .For me to urge otherwise would be j to adopt the principle usually refer- i ] red to ‘'as cutting off the nose to j spite the faced ” An important discovery of a new j dye which, it is believed, will super- j sede all aniline dyes, and establish a great new industry in Britain, has been made by a Harley street physi- j cian (learns the Daily Chronicle), j This now product possesses flores- j cent properties, and two colors have ] already been obtained. Persons who ; i have already seen th e results are loud ! < in their praise of the beautiful ef- j i feet which is gained, and say that | 1 the discovery is a highly important j < scientific achievement. Engaged in i 1 special research work in a Govern- | 1 inent laboratory, the inventor wishes • 1 to keep his identity secret for the j ( present, as his experiments have not I yet been completed. It is expected, however, that fuller particulars will j be given shortly, when it is hoped j that 100 different colors may be evoi- j vecl. The dye is obtained from or- j ganic substances, and one of the ingredients will have to be controlled by the Government. \ YThere is hope yet for cheap houses j ] - And the man of modest means to so- j , cure a home of his own, if a state- j r ment which appeared in the Man- ; ] Chester Guardian of recent date can j ] be fully accepted. Under the heading ; of ‘‘Built in a Fortnight,’' the Eng-I lish journal states that the CliftonEwart system of building, enabling an artisan dwelling to Be erected in a fortnight at a cost of £3OO. is being investigated by the Housing Committees of Manchester, Liverpool, Bradford, Bolton, Burton- | on-Trent, and Skipton, and success- » . ful demonstrations are being carried out. In Nottingham all the tests J have proved satisfactory, and it is hoped to erect 50,000 concrete homes in the United Kingdom during the next twelve months. The use of . standard units, which can be fitted ! together in an unlimited number of designs, will enable builders to construct houses of various sizes. Con- . tracts are to bo let to a prominent builder in each locality in wTilch ule system is adopted, and he in turn wifi sub-let. j 'X bush menu was described by Dr j Gilrutli in the course of his evidence j before the Northern Territory Com- j mission. Dr Gilruth declared that ! a person could live more'cheaply in , the Bush in the Territory than any- j where else in the world. There was j an abundance of game at the Daly • River, yet he found settlers living on tinned foods. “Why,” he con- j tinued, “I called at a survey camp ! and had a delicious meal. We had ; kangaroo tail soup, baked barrimudi, j roast wild geese, roast turkey and ; yams. For breakfast we had cur- | xied goose emgs and fried _ barri- ] mudi.__ You could not wish for ; anytming more delicious. The goose j eggs could be obtained in abundance, j ancl the blacks would catch the bar- j rimudi for the camps.” His opinion was that the settlers- at Daly River I were not the right type, as they ' were mostly men -who had no practical experience. They complained l of isolation, but he had seen other j pioneers who put up with far and away more hardships without complaint. A correspondent, “C.J.M-” has , .sent the Dominion a description of j a fire alarm system he has installed in his house. Wo can all call to mind, he says, horrible instances of people being burnt to death in private houses or hotels by fires taking place during the dead of nignt when ail the inmates were asleep. dins can be made impossible in a simple and inexpensive manner thus:—“My ihouso is a large one,_ built, entirely of wood, and with a}l the bedrooms upstairs. All over it, in cupboards jfr behind pictures, and in famous nooks > and crannies, I have large Ohmese crackers, which in the evert of tr.e , house taking fire, would explode with j a report louder than that made by ■th« discharge of an ordinary fowling- I piece, and quite loud 1 enough to j arouse any but an abnormal sitoper. j Should a fire take place the getting downstairs would be _«n nmns-ng sigur. but for the tragic surroundings. AYc might lose the house, and all therein, but we. would escape v/'t). wliat we hold much more precious. The cost is a mere bagate.le, ana within the means of the poorest. I feel sure that the general adoption of this method would be the means pf saving many people from a horrific death.” Gum-nut Babies! Guni-nut Babies ! What’s your secret, little ladies? Is it true, what we’ve been told, That you cannot catch a cold? When the weather’s damp and breezy, Are yoir really never wheezy? We kindergarten kids are sure You take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. ■■ A few drops of Phosphorus and Quinine in water before meals fortifies the system against ’Flu. Price 2s. A. W. J. Mann. Chemist.**