NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17593, 7 April 1919, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

Thero lias not been ono arrest for drunkenness in Masterton during the past two montlis. In an English seed catalogue just to hand (says the Auckland Star) gorse" seed is quotod at 2s per lb, and blackberry plants at 10s per dozen. _Wi»ei, spirits, ales, etc., of "freedom's" vintage _ are preferable to water, etc., by compulsion.—Win. Crossan, "Waterloo,"' Caversham.... Two cases of diphtheria are reported in the district of Martin borough. A °rop °f solid straw Tuscan wheat cn tho Tripp settlement thrashed 70 bushels to -»/r acrc ie Tinnaru Mail). Mr Percy B. Lomas, of Motueka, has definitely announced his candidature for tho Motuoka seat, standing in the interests of the Democratic Party. Waters' Vi-Oattu (non-greasy), unequalled for sunburn; Is 9d (postage 4$ etxra), from Waters' Pharmacy.... The country throughout the Wairarapa has a -very dry appearance, aid root crops are suffering a great deal. Thero is a keen demand for properties m and_ around New Plymouth. One firnt sold nine house 3, two sections, and two farms during eight days. On a charge of failing to destroy rabbita on his prepertyj Tutawaka Raweka wis fined £75 and costs (£2 16s) at tho Napier Police Court last week. This was hia third offence. Men's Box Suits, beautifully cut and well made, are now replacing the tailor-mado article. We hold a splendid range, and the prices are very moderate. Also Boys' Suits and Overcoats. If you can't call and inspect them, write for - one.—Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel.... A poll of ratepayers was taken at Tauroar&nui • last week for loans amounting to £51,000 for electric lighting, technical school, main road construction, road-making plant, and other improvements, but all were rejected owing largely to the movements for the freehold tenure. In Trentham Camp Orders it is announced that Private Donald Ross, Details late A Company, Forty-second Reinforcements, convicted by court martial, has been sentenced to 180 days' detention for deserting hi 6 Majesty's Service and losing by neglect his equipment, .clothing, and regimental necessaries. Dr Crossland's Noxol is sold by all chemists and stores —2s bottle!... A farmer residing at Lower Htrtt informed tho River Board at its meeting that for the past three years he had employed female labour on his farm, with highly satisfactory results. The women took an interest in the work, were reliable, and he would not consider making & change.On Saturday week (says the Gisborne Times) Detective. M'Leod arrested a man named Joseph Sumster on a charge of having, at Tokomaru Bay, on January 31, forged a registration of aliens' document by altering it to the effect that he -was born in Sweden instead of in Germany. Bathing Caps from Is 6d, at Waters" Pharmacy (14 Princes street), next Herbert, Havnes.... The new railway station for Wellington is one of the publio works to be undertaken as soon as possible now . that the war is over _ (reports the New Zealand Times). The Minister of Railways says that the first question to be settled before the enterprise oould be embarked upon.concerns the relamation to be made.

The huge war output of Messrs Armstrong, Whitworth, and Oo.'s works consisted of: 13,000 guns, 12,000 gun mountings, 14,500,000 shells, 18,000,000 fuses, 21,000,000 cartridge cases, 1075 aeroplanes, 3 airships, 47 warships, and 22 merchant ships. The firm also fitted with, armaments 583 war vessels.

Neither • John Roberts nor Jonathan Roberts is staying at the Waterloo HoteL The best of liquor supplied all the same.... Robert Shepherd, foreman stevedore ta the Union Steam Ship Company, while fitting an electric light apparatus on the collier Kini on Thursday reoeived a severe shock from a bare wire (states the Lyttelton Times). Ho was thrown down' and rendered temporarily unconscious. The doctor who was called in found that the injuries were very slight., A large flight of mutton birds was observed off the Oamaru breakwater on Thursday, the calm water being black with the resting buds. A gentlemen with considerable experience of mutton birds estimated n pmber at over 30,000 (according to the_ Mail). It was only when they resumed their flight southwards that the. enormous number could be appreciated. Coffee manufacture, from its tasteless, green condition, into the delightfully fragrant and health-giving roasted, beans, haa our skilled attention daily.—"Dunes," 33 Octagon, Dunedin.... An accident of till unusual character occurred to Gunner Smith, of Fort Cautley. Auckland, a few days asjo. Smith crossed Harbour in the Lady Roberts, and was m the act of throwing a line ashoro when he slipped and fell overboard, and was struck by the propeller. His legs were badly cut, and it was found necessary to send him to the hospital for treatment.

Feed is now on the scarce side (says the JJannevirke correspondent of the Hawke'g iiay Herald), and some advantageous buying has lately been done by those who are more fortunate in' the matter of pasture tnan those who are- feeling the shortage, a m \' j- 85 5s a head per week has been ottered for grazing bullocks—and turned down, because the man with the grass could do bettor with it himself. , 100 doses of Marshall's Fospherine can bo made from the 2s 6d bottle!... According to a,Boston despatch to the Iwsw York World, Mr R. A. Gram, a member of the Boston House Planninsr Board, announces that' the record for a working man's war wages goes to a die cutter at tne For© Ricer shipbuilding- yards, Boston. The die-cutter was given a new machine which permitted a great increase in the output of his work, while at the same time he remained on the piece-work basis of pay. In consequence he made £44 daily ior four months. According to -the Times, the Southland League intends to embark upon an advori 111 connection with the electrification scheme once the licensing noil "f OYer : ~I <: 1 3 , suggested to hold lar R o demonstrations in Invercargill and Gore and a plan for mvitincr representative of puoho bodies and of the press to Chris tchurch to see the advantages of the Lake " scheme is also under consideraWollington Cstv is not the only nlaee in the Island in which there 'is a shortage of dwelling-houses. The town-plannins? director (Mr Hurst Seager) found durinl his recent tour that nearly every .town to suffering from an insufficiency of houses . In Palmerston North," he said, is not a house to be had, and in Han-era they want 100 houses." s €m n id,f h ? nt^ omo la ° ri memorial church ia b f ° + S a * Kaiti, GisborneTon the site of the old church which was fora /> rom ™ ent feature of the Native settlement on the Kaiti side of the Turang*}l!ll v °W wooden building WCL °° < ?i beside the Native burial ground has been demolished for some, time, and the erection of the new church has been hold over until the conclusion of the war it being the wish of the Maori peoploto make $ a fitting memorial to their kith and km who have, fallen. ®