NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17429, 25 September 1918, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF

During last angling season the Department of Internal Allans pmd £75 15s £or the destruction oi Dljo snags in the- northern lakes ciistnct.

Lnder tile wiii of the late Mr A. S. Tonks the iiaweru. Hospital will receive a bequest of .t'i/JU, ami St. Alary's Church, Hawera, a similar amount.

As the result, it is stated, of being attacked by other boys, a 10-year-eid boy, Fred lieavy, was rendered unconscious, necessitating his removal to the Auckland Hospital last Thursday. A Picture that will go down in the. annals 01 Hinidom: " The Conqueror.".. Mr J. iU'Combs, M.r , ., whose name appeared in last weeic's ballot list, is 44 years ot age, and so will be classed C2 automatically, under the present regulations. A fc «■ Eil 'c o£ unclaimed luggage held in Chnstchuixh on belialf of the Union Steam ship Company, the pocket of one well-worn coat was iound to ho.d a Savings Bank book with a balance of £228 10s 8d Messrs J and Is. Tait have definitely arranged wjth Mr Harry Lauder, the Scotch comedian, to pay his second visit to Australia next year. Mr Lauder's activities of late have been chiefly in the direction of war work.

J. Waters chemist (next Herbert, Haynesj, lor Unique Hot-water Bags at iuwe.st prices...

In a political address at Carterton, Mr Hornsby, Ai.L>., declared in favour of a referendum on the liquor question on the four issues denned by the Labour Party A remarkable new rose, named the " Chameleon, because of its changing tints, was exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society's bhow at London, «it the end of July. The rose was shown in different stages of development, the petals varying in colour from deep coral red to pale pink. Looseness in commercial affairs was commented upon by the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) at the Wellington Supreme Court on Friday. "I cannot conceive," he said, "why business men do not put all their transactions in writing. Half the litigation, so far as business men are concerned arises from this trusting to memory. ihe high prices quoted in c;t v papers are no criterion as to values offered by us iielore doing your spring-cleaning or get- ' ting your summer outfit, drop us a line for estimates; or, bettar still, call and inspect.A F. Cheyne nnd Co.. Mosgiel Masterton has a "Kelly Gang" of beneficent depredators. They started out on , J hursoay .morning on a " hold up" for the Red Cross funds, and before nightfall had accumulated no less than £2438. The Hon bir Waltpr_ Buchanan (£300) was the prinl cipal victim."

n>l! 10 ™ clhn ßton City Solicitor (Mr J. Übhea) has been authorised' to obtain a declaratory judgment of the Supreme Court upon his interpretation of the National Provident Fund Amendment Act with respect to the payment of corporation employees' contriDiitions to the superannuation fund during service with the Expeditionary Forces liie law roquires payment and fullest particulars m ordering alcoholic liquors.— \\m. Uossan. Waterloo, Caversham.!.. A report on last season's trout-marketing operations of the Department of Internal Affairs shows the total of saleable fish taken from Lakes Rotoiti and Tarawera was 20,270 (22 tons 15cwt), valued at £851. The yield of Lake iaupo was 17,947 trout (24 tons 2cwt). £876;-aggregate.. 38..217 fish, weight 46 tons 17cwt, value £1727 "We have heard a good many stories of appellants who are managing farms for soldiers at the front," said Mr J. W. Poynton S.M., m the Military Appeal Court at Masterton. Our sympathies are immediately enlisted, but when we go fully into the case's we often find that the appellants have leased the soldiers farms and are working them at a fat profit for themselves."

For chronic chest complaints, Woods' ureat .Peppermint Cure. Is 6d, 2s 6d... "It is dreadful to think that in such a. country as New Zealand, with its great coalnelas, there should be any necessity to import hundreds of thousands of tons of coal from Newcastle every year," was a remark that fell from the Hon. G. W. Russell when receiving a deputation from the Chamber of Commerce at Nelson. •

Another fall of snow occurred in parts of the King Country on Wednesday night. Passengers who arrived in Auckland by the Main Trunk express on Thursday morning state that when the train reached Taihape snow was falling, but it was not then lying on the ground. Falls were experienced off and on throughout the night, until the train reached Raurimu. At Ohakune the snow was lying, the depth being estimated at about 4in.

V\ aters Chap .Lotion, guaranteed to cure those Rough Hands.—Waters* Pharmacy ulilv ..

The increasing ravages of hawka in and around Mercer are causing farmers considerable anxiety. The bird has entered on a new phase of destruction so far as its_ habits in the district go by pouncing down on lambs and killing them, first denuding them of their eyes. They have even b&h bold enough to tackle grown cast sheep, and one settler has seen turkeys seeking safety with the hawk in pursuit. Works while you sleep. Marshall's Kura Klava, the famous remover of hard corns, stops the pain, and soon removes the causa of tho trouble. Is. from Marshall's Pharmacy, 86 Princes street, Diuiedin.... One need not go to the west front to find a use for dug-outs. A back-country school in the Wanganui district does "Sot possess a shelter-shed of the usual wood and iron type. That convenience is supplied by a hole hi the hill near the school. Above the opening there have been placed a few strips of bark to keep off the rain. The board does not intend such conditions to remain any longer than neoessary.

Quality 1:1 :ood beverages -makes an undeniable appeal to the wise. This explains the consistent demand for " Bourbon" coffee. In tirs Is Id and 2s 2d.... One of the four new members of the Waitemata (Auckland) Chamber of Commerce elected at a meeting of the chamber last week was a woman, who is conducting a business as a storekeeper in Devonport. Some years ago a woman was proposed as a member, but was not elected owing to her disposing of her business in the meantime. The new member, Mrs E. J. Morton, is believed to be the first woman to be a member of a chamber of commerce in New Zealand.