NEWS IK BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17634, 26 May 1919, Page 10

NEWS IK BRIEF.

Queen Mary was born 52 years ago on tho 26th May (this day). No change has taken place in Wangnnoi in regard to tho coal crisis, which is as acute as ever (reports the Herald). If something is not done soon in the way of shipping to lift Reefton coal (says the Grey River Argus) the mines will have to shut down.

It is estimated that the Auckland Hospital Board lost £2500 in the last financial year over the maintenance of the annexe for wounded soldiers.

A Natural Cure for Indigestion—Dr Crossland's Noxol—2s bottle L..

Mr William Medhurst, who accidentally suffered severe burns at Glenhope recently, and was brought to tho Nelson Hospital, succumbed to his injuries. Signs of the long spell of dry weather are much in evidence on the roads in Ashburton County, which are covered with layers of dust several inches in depth in in any places. Messrs Murdoch and Co., manufacturers, of Dunedin, are erecting substantial factory premises in Taranaki street, Wellington (says the Domipion). A Real Corn Cure is Waters' Kornbane, Is (posted Is lid). —Waters' Pharmacy, 14 Princes street....

Last month the 6upply of coal to the Mastorton gasworks was about 140 tons short of requiremente. The gas manager hopes for an improvement during tho nest month.

It is not often tWat the West Coast ha 3 any semblance of a drought, but there is a decided absence of water at present. In Runanga the position is serious, and in the mining township the people are carrying water.

At a meeting held in Pahiatua it was decided to endeavour to collect £2000, with which money a memorial to fallen soldiers is to be erected, and any balance to be used towards a " Peace Park." Waters' Cnap Lotion—guaranteed to cure Rough or Chapped Hands. —Waters' Pharmacy: 15.... Another case of scarlet fever was reported from Lauriston to the Ashburton Hospital Board on Wednesday. There are now eight eases at the hospital, and the necessity for the early completion of the new fever ward is urgent. Thero was a large quantity of timber consigned to Wanganui on the train which met with disaster on the Main Trunk. In-' eluded in the consignment was a load of about 24,000 ft, which was intended for export to Sydney. Mr Elsdon Best, in a paper on the bush settlers of the early days of tho Wellington district, stated that pit sawyers, m those days, received 10s per 100 ft, and when his people came to New Zealand they appeared to have struck a period of depression, for they got timber cut at Ss per 100 ft.

Diary.'—Monday: Cam doon tae "Waterloo.' Enjoyed masel' fine cm tram. Whusky first class at Crossan's....

A fire destroyed three large straw stacks on the property belong to the Whakarewa Orphanage early on Satarday evening a week ago (reports the Motueka Star). The origin of the outbreak is a mystery, though this is the third occasion on which stacks have been burned on the property during recent years.

Diphtheria has got a strong hold in Blackball. A number of, fresh cases have been" reported. The Health Department is considering the advisability of opening ail inhalation chamber (says the Greymouth Star).

_ The' consistently high standard of quality in "Bourbon" coffee explains the popular demand. If _ not obtainable from your grocer, send direct to "Durie's," 32 Octagon, Dunedin. ... \

The water in Lake Rotorua at present is lower, some old Maoris say, than it has ever been at this season. The long continuance of fine weather has been to some extent beneficial to the town of Rotorea, as it has contributed to prevent a fallingoff in the number of visitors, which haa been much larger than is usual at this time of the year. A sight to break the monotony of ploughing through the mud to Wairoa was to be seen in a paddock on the other side of Waikare on Monday (states a Hawke's Bay paper). A driver reported 17 big fat bullocks lying dead in the paddock, having apparently been poisoned through eating tutu berries.

Men's Box Suits, beautifully cut and -well made, are now replacing the tailor-made article. We hold a splendid range, and tEe prices are very moderate. Also Boys' Suits and Overcoats. If you can't call and inspect them, write for one. —Cheyne and Co. Mosgiel

An idea of the force of the impact in the recent train smash may bo gathered from the fact that a horse in a van five tracks behind the engine was found thrown 100 feet over it. The van in which the animal was being convoyed was also thrown right over the engine, and the latter was embedded 42 feet in the ban& it ran into. The death occurred at the Waikato Hospital on Saturday weak of Mr P. Turner, as a result of injuries sustained through a fall from a fire escape at the Te Awamutu Hotel. He was effecting repairs, and stepped out on to tho loosened structure, which gave way. He fell 25ft, breaking several ribs and sustaining other injuries. The deceased was 69 years of age, and came from London to New Zealand eight years ago. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods' Groat Peppermint Cure....

Owing to the depredations of wild pigs in the Whareama district among sheep flocks, poison is being laid with the object of the animals. The scarcity of food in the hills has driven the pigs down from the rough country on to the flats of the farms and stations in search of food. A similar state of affairs was re-, corded in various parts of the Wairarapa in 1894, when farmers and stationholders lost large numbers of lambs and weak sheep as the result of being attacked by wild pigs.