NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17376, 25 July 1918, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

The recent cold snap at Kaitamrata ia considered lo«ui y to to co-dcoi, experienced for over 20 years. Ti,..r^ S ttio Southland ZX of snoitij on superannuation, residents of Winton claim, that the years U worst winter for 17

„ *> lLro . sui t ,y°'ir taste!— Try M'Gaviu'a fcpmal" non-deposit ale. Jul: the dr£k All tUbIU - Llsht ' br! S". quest-ion of establishing memorial workshops in Now 2tealand tor tiSd in S3iiol ' S t ' °» lines ollhS -ji- 0 -».nd, is to be discussed at a public meeting at Masterton. , ,}; le f err >" steamer Mararoa left Lytteiton at- about two usual time on Monday cnemng, steaming at reduced .--need m ordfiTuesday 0 trait ati daybreak oa

Hni-of n r ° D =. a fc° ut th Q Waterloo Jp pa-versnam, ia that nothing inferior j,, - or ™ 01 drink can intrude Captain T. W. Wilcox, assistant marine; superintendent at Lyttelton, has been aprnmt ° kin th ° ilariae Depart

A mistake has been made by educa--ts on boards in not appealing for more of our teachers, said Mr T. D. Hodder, at the Oo ""° il Agriculture, at Wellington. Coffee lovers who, owing to new conditions, find a difhcuity in obtaining their ri e Bourbon," are invited to send direct to A. Durie and Co., 32 Octagon,

or f, , Cttutha River has now risen sufficiently to enable the steamer to resume runmng. Sne made a trip up-river last week with some difficulty, and on Monday she set oft as far as Upper Clydevale. r th ® first time I feel glad I am not a man. It is the only thing that is keepmg me from the war."—The frank statement of a lady teacher at the last meet- ° r Wellington Educational Insti-

Thero are costumes and costumes, but those prouueed by A. F. Cheyno and Co., Mosgieu have a lot to recommend them, lliey axe stylish, well made, of good material, and the prices most moderate. '-'I, UP clr<l yon quotations... There are six females, mostly married, employed in Southland dairy factories. They receive the same scale of wages as thosa paid to males, commencing with £2 5a per week, which includes a war bonus of lu per cent. They are all members of the Dairy Factory Assistants' Union. Another river mystery has occurred at Menzies Ferry (says the Wyndham Herald). - n . "day Constable Jones recovered a .triumph motor cycle all intact but the wheels, seat, and handles. It appears to have been in the river some years. It was washed up on the beach below the bridge'. Marshall's Teething Powders promptly allay irritation and cure all teething ailments. Safe for youngest infant. Is.-— Marshall s Pnarmacy, Dunedin On Thursday during a brief but violent storm experienced m Invercargill and neighbourhood the Tisbury Public Hall was struck by lightning which pierced a portion of tho roof, loosening the iron, which was carried by r.he gale a quarter of a | mile away. It is also stated that a I cau ght lire in the same locality. . Waters Chap .Lotion, guaranteed to euro on?v° g Hand s.—Waters' Pharmacy

Three Jugo-Slavs—lvan Sumich, Mick iiidich, and Peter Mandeno Sulenta—(the I\ew Zealand Herald reports), wore brought by the police from the north by steamcsr on Friday, having been committed for internment on Somos Island as aliens under suspicion. Sumich and Zidich appeared before a magistrate at Kaitaia an a chargo of causing disaffection among the Dalmatians on tho Awanui River drainage works.

For ehronio chest complaints, Woods* Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d, 2s 6d.... The Minister of Marine, the Hon. T. M. Wilford, informed a Wanganui Herald representative that he expected to have the report of the Aocidents on Waterfronts Commission available within tho next two weeks. The annual Harbours' Association Conference will take place at tho end ofthia month, and he wanted the report to bo available before the conference met. J. Waters, chemist (next Herbert, Haynes), for Unique Hot-water Bags at lowest prices.... Several thefts of bicycles have taken place lately, but a more daring offence occurred at Palmerston North on Wednesday "week, when a motor cycle was taken from a stable. It was left there by a traveller for a well-know firm about 5 p.m., and when he returned an hour later, the cvclc, together with several documents attached thereto, had disappeared, and it has not since been heard of. Tho machine was a Red Indian,, almost new, and the value of it is about £100.