NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17635, 27 May 1919, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

* J Cauliflowers arc being retailed at as high as 3s each in Mastarton at the present time. It is rumoured that the working test of the Westinghouse brake taken from the engine derailed on the Main Trunk line last week was not so satisfactory as was anticipated. Sure to suit your taste!— Try M'Gavin's "Special" non-deposit ale. Just the drink for the family table. Light, bright, clear. All hotels... ' A Wellington resident has received advice from a friend in a part of the country which suffered severely from the recent drought, stating that he had purchased 20 sheep at 5s 6d. It is understood that four farmers in the district between Rakaia and Methven have offered to sell 1000 acres each to the Government for soldiers' settlement. It is estimated that each - block would return a good living to four soldiers. If you wish to purchase a headstone, Thomson and Co., Moray place (opposite First Church), have the best selection, and prices to suit a 11.... Subject to the consult of all the boards, an Education Boards' Conference is to be held in Wellington on a date to be determined by the opening of Parliament. The conference will be preceded by a conference of Education Board architects. The Christchurch Press -states that stray dogs-are to be the subjpct of very special attention by the Maj-or (Dγ Thacker, M.P.). who intends to start a campaign against them in the interests of public health. Many of these dogs aro dirty, and, in Dr Thac-ker's opinion, aro very liable tosfspread hydatids. , Diary.—Tuesday: Yeesited the big hotels the day. Whusky finest at Willie Crossan's Waterloo, Caversham.... / Wreckage, including cargo from the small steamer- Queen of the South, which broke up near Cape Campbell, wns washed ashore at Tory Channel on Wednesday. Cases of benzine wore .among the wreckage, and they were picked lit) by fishermen. ... It is understood that the Thames Valley Dairy Compnny contemplates the erection of n dripd milk factory at Tvgatea. on ITaiiraki Plains, provided a report re the water supply and foundations .of tho buildings proTcs satisfactory. Men's Rox Suits, heautifijjlv cut and woll made, are now replacing 'the tailor-mnrlo article.. We hold a splondid rancro. 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...

The Wellington City Corporation, so it was stated at the Town-Planning Conference has the only Town-Planning Act in existence in New Zealand, at present. An elderly woman named Mary Moore, 11 j k l eper of a soft drink s shops in Auckland, has been fined £25 and costs for selling beer on her premises. She denied the % sale of the liquor, but stated that she let rooms to men, who regularly brought liquor to their rooms, which accounted for the empty bottles found on the premises. ■ Tj l , 6 consistently high standard of quality m Bourbon" coffee explains the popular demand. If not obtainable from your grocer, send direct to "Durie's," 32 Octagon, Dunedin. .. & Recently Mr Hartnell, of Hawera, found a boy under a bed in one of his rooms with a loaded revolver in his possession. He was caught and handed over to the police He was brought before the magistrate andcharged with the theft of-the revolver two boxes of cartridges, the sum of £2 10s a dress basket, and a bunch of keys. He was •committed to the Weraroa Training Farm. _ Windsor Knight," the King's champion shorthorn bull..which carried off all the honours at the Birmingham show, has been sold for £4410 to Mr J. Shepherd, and will go to South America. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods' Grpat Peppermint Cure.... ' There is a building boom at Masterton at present (states the Manawatu. Daily Times). . Houses are going up on every hand, mostly of an ornate and expensive character. The residential part of the town seems to be outgrowing the business quarter, and the extraordinary prevalence of motor cars makes locomotion difficult for the passing stranger in the main street. " I believe that on account of its fertility New Zealand is destined to be the dairy farm of the British Empire," said the Hon. 6. W. Russell, at the luncheon to General Russell, at Wellington. Already the dominion ■was sending half of the cheese imported by the Mother Country. By virtue 6i hydro-electric power it would advance to be the workshop of the Pacific and the dairy farm of the Empire. Chap Lotion—guaranteed to cure E/Kjgh or Chapped Hands.—Waters' Pharmacy: Is Referring to the difficulties of transport, during the course of his reply to the Arthur's Pass Tunnel League's deputation the Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald said that iron for the Public Works Department was held up in Australia, also 40,000 telegraph poles. For the transport of 2,000,000 bushels of wheat bought bv his department there was only one ship available at present. ' , ; Why go on suffering from, "Nerves ?** Get Marshall's Fospherine to-day 1... The finding of a district court-martial, held at Trentham Camp on May 7, having been confirmed by the Commandant of the Forces, is now promulgated. Private Thomas Barrett, late C Company, 36th Reinforcements, for deserting his Majesty's service, was sentenced to imprisonment with' hard labour for 12 months, and he was also ordered to suffer stoppage of pay, amounting to £4 12s Id. for losiisg his equipment, clothing, and regimental necessaries. A Real Corn Cure is Waters' Kornbane, Is (posted Is lid).—Waters' Pharmacy, 14 Princes street.... Prices for all classee of stock, with the exception of fat pigs, have dropped dur- • ing the past few months (says the Okaiawa correspondent of the Hawera Star). Calves are practically unsaleable, and can be quitted only at a loss. Twenty-three shillings was the only bid for a line of Shorthorn calves, almost yearlings, at the last sale. It would have paid the owner to have killed when they were born.