NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17636, 28 May 1919, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

A caso of scarlet fever at Dromore was notified to the Ashburton Hospital Board on Saturday. concrete road is to bo made between £19 000 "^ r °k a es ' ; ' at a cost of Boys in tho Willowbridge district aro mating up to £2 per day picking up potaA Real Corn Cure is Waters' Kombone, Is (posted Is lid). —Waters' Pharmacy, 14 Princes street.... for . the m »y°ra%.of xatea ivir (a. i, bherwood wus the winning candidate, and \v<ia paid an honorarium ot £-50 par year, a big sum in those days tor a new borough lik© Pate a, Dr Chcsson, District Health Officer, returned from the West Coast on Saturday night (reports tho Lyttelton Times). Ifo stated that diphtheria was serious in the district, but stops had been taken to cope adequately with the outbreak. Itepresentatives of the Lower Hutt branch ot tho New Zealand Labour Party and tho Petone Labour Representation Committee ni3t at Lower Hutt on Thursday and lormed a provisional committee to organise for . political action with a view to 'contesting the Hutt seat at tho general election. Dr Crosslmd's Noxol is sold by all chemists and stores—2s bottle!... ' At a general meeting of tho North Taranaki Hunt Club tho following resolution passed:—" It is recommended that all hunt clubs throughout New Zealand should endeavour to obtain annual totalisator license permits for race meetings." Th o three new concrete bridges on tho Alain road near Methven have been completed, and are now open for traffic. The approaches are at present very rough, and unless these are shingled before heavy rain sets m, motor car drivers will experience some difficulty in crossing. , r3 <sept industrial agreement between tho employers and the employees "in the Ireezmg works and related trades throughout New Zealand is stated to involve a m m an ?i. ' Ecroaso i ll wages of about it/iwj.iwj. Ihe agreement is for two years, and will como into operation on August 31, but the new rates of pay date back to April 7. Waters Chap Lotion—guaranteed to oura Kough or Chapped Hands.—Waters* Jfharmacy; 15.... ~ Taranaki Herald reports that a seo S°";, o£ of 130 acres in the Fairfield •LiState, described by a member of the deputation to- the Minister of Lands' as " impossible, ' was sub-leased by a soldier to a local farmer at 100 per cent, advance on tho rental value. On this area a reoord oat crop was raised, which will probably show about £800 or more on the transaction. Results of competitions in connection with the Town-planning Exhibition were announced on Friday, as follow:—Posters, gold medal, Mr H. & Cotterill, Napier; silver m-ocal, Mr John M'lndoe, Dunedin. Photos gold medal, Mr S. L. Blackburn, Cnristchurch; hon. mention, Mr G F Startup, Wellington, and Mr J. Johnson! Wellington. The [Jrowera Native lands are being inserted on the Whakatane County valuation roll, and! will increase the rateable value of the county from £1,000,000 to £1,500,000. It is intended, if the Natives do not pay the rates, that judgments shall be obtained and registered with the Native Land Court ior. action, when the Natives dispose of their land. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.... .What is known as "Montgomery's PoolScheme"—under which crippled solsoldiers ajro deprived of the incentive to . make things" at the instructional hospital m Rotorua—again cams befroe the Patriotic Society on Friday afternoon (states the Feilding Star). It was decided to make further investigations before entering a protest against the sctetao. Tho 12-year-old boy who reached Auckland m charge of two soldiers, who paid his fare from Wellington owing to his plea tint he wished to go there to visit an uncle, has been returnod. to his parents. At first the Auckland police were unable to trace tho latter, but they eventually succeeded in locating them in Christchureh. The lad haa now teen sent home, the parents defraying his expenses. Seven hundred workers' dwellings, scattered throughout the dominion, have been erected by the Government to date. On these buildings the total arrears due to March 31 and not paid by April 10 were £849 only 7s 7d per year per dwelling. Except in two cases, the whole of the .arrears aro more than covered by the equity lying, to the credit of the-occupier after allowing for depreciation. The consistently high stunuard of quality in " Bourbon" coffee explains the popular demand. If not obtainable from your grocer, send direct to "Durie's," 32 Octagon, Dunedin. ... "What has disappointed me in going into the _Y.M.C.A. institutions up to the present in New Zealand," said General Richardson at Christchurch, "is that they are very little used by the returned men." These lien realised the benefit of the organisation at the front, and he hoped they would support it in New Zealand and help it to render the great services of building up good citizens. The Wellington Haxbo-ur Board has decided by six votes to five to support a resolution of the Milton Borough Council, urging tho Government to establish a Government mercantile fleet. The resolution referred to tho fact that at present producers are "at the mercy of shipping combines and mercantile monopolies." Diary.—Wednesday: Woke up * wi' headache. Stayed a'bed_ and sent to Grossan'3 Waterloo for sma' jaur Whusky.... It is understood that the' Foxton Harbour Board intends purchasing a dredge shortly for the improvement of the Manawatu River and bar. It is the ambition of the board to greatly advance the utility of the port by increasing the depth of the river and the bar to 14 feet. The big behind the port is in need of -a better inlet, and the increasing shallowness of the bar and river has brought about the diversion of fairly regular traders from Foxton. . TKe Orepuld shale produced a good quantity of paraffin wax, which was a valuable product. (stated Dr Maclaurin, Government Analyst, to the Industries Committee, according to the New Zealand Times); ' but there was too much sulphur in the oil. He_ understood that that was one of the main reasons why _ the works were not carried on. Experiments were now being made with a view to finding commercial methods of eliminating sulphur. Before anything was done by way of subsidy, he thought that research investigation was necessary. Men's Box Suits, beautifully cut and well made, are now replacing the tailor-made article. We hold a splendid ranjre, 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. Mn=<ripl An Ashburton farmer, who has resided in tho county for a number of yoais, and who has a clear idea of the value of land in various parts, when conversing with a Guardian reporter on some of tho land deals that have recently taken place in this county states that he was afraid some of tho purchasers would find that they had paid too high a price. The astute seller, ho added, usually worked out his price to allow the buyer .a 5 per cent, margin* in the year in which he had.the most prolifio yield of grain, and carefully obscured the lean years. Some prospective buyers were wise enough to see through this, and passed on, but others who had not probed so deeply - had bought, and in the farmer's opinion had fallen in, as they would discover in seasons of unsatisfactory yields.