NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17657, 21 June 1919, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF.

As much as 13s per diem is being paid in Masterton for gardeners working by the day. Mr A. C. Hillier, of Shannon, has been elected unopposed as the Labour Party's candidate for the Manawatu seat at the forthcoming election. Miss Gonnbitzky has been appointed acting county olerk (says the Westport Times). Westport now boasts a lady town clerk and a lady county clerk. For Bronchial Cougns, take Woods* Urp.'it Peppermint Cure.... Mr A. T. Box, of Glen Oroua, has sold his farm to Mr T. Ellery, at £105 an acre, a record for the district The Tararua Ranges (Wairarapa) are at present entirely free from snow. This is said to said to be quito an uncommon thing in the middle of June. Detective Sergeant Rawlo and Detective iorrance arrested a man on Tuesday in Wellington on a charge of theft of a watch and chain, valued at £50. «o Sun ? .ft sult ,your taste!— Try M'G&vin's Special non-deposit ale. Just the drink tor tho family table. Light, bright, clear. All hotels.... A public library has been decided upon by tho residents of the Albany lAuckknd) district as a reminder of the i2 men upon their roll of honour whoso names bear the legend, "Killed in action.". Speaking of " the hustle for houses," an old-established agent in Stratford says recently he disposed of five residences in three days. Owing to the splendid weather experienced during the autumn some very hno returns were recorded by the thrashing plants in the Rakaia district (states the i/vw™° n Tlmes )- ° ne P !ant put through 100,000 bushels for the season, and durinoone fortnight 14,000 bushels were thrashed. ■If you wish to purchase, a headstone, lhomson and Co., Moray place (opposite First Church), have the best selection, and prices to suit a 11.... The Mayor of Masterton (Mr W. H JacKson) has telegraphed the Superintendent of Workers* Dwellings asking that a definite number of the 200 workers' dwellings* it is intended to provido shall be erected at Masterton. The houso problem is still ■very acute in the township. For the first time Australia is about to mint her own bronze coins. The necessary machinery and dies are !n readiness, and the first lot of bronze pennies was to have boon turned out by the Melbourne Mint last week. The Sydney Mint is to deal With the half-pence. Men's Box Suits, beautifully cut and'well made, are now replacing the tailor-made article. We hold a splendid range, and the prices are very moderate. Also. Boys' buits and Overcoats. If yon can't call and inspect them, write for one.—Cheyne ami v-o. Mos'ciel.... It is probable that a conference of representatives of New Zealand branches of the Navy League will be held in Wellington about the time of the arrival there of Admiral Viscount Jellicoe. Amongst other matters, the part New Zealand should take m the naval defence of the Empire will be discussed. a i L N( f tll Isla ?d farmer, in a letter to an Ashburton resident, states that during the last few weeks in the Wellington andHawkes. Bay provinces there has been a substantial growth of on areas that had undergone a period of drought. The stock markets were showing a hardening tendency. . . ° • T £e consistently high standard of quality m Bourbon coffee explains the popular demand. If not obtainable from your grocer, send direct to "Dune's," 52 Octagon ' Dunedin. ... It is probable that there will be more two-year-olds in training at Trentham next season than in any previous term. The youngsters are already being sprinted and to enable them to become' good beginners a barrier has been erected for practice. Altogether there are nearly 20 of them :in work. - l&at coal is a highly-valued and scarco -commodity in Chrktchurch was exemplified by the action of a lady on horseback ono afternoon (remarks the Press). The coal vendor had upset some small coals when delivering, and when the lady saw them lying on the road she dismounted and gathered them into a basket. i A , RRial, Come i al , Com Cure is Waters* Kornbane, Ls (posted Is lid).—Waters' Pharmacy 14 Princes street.... Two lads who were for about two yeara on Ruakura State Farm of Instruction, Archie Mullen and Gerald Mannion recently proceeded to Vancouver with a view to continuing their studies in America where they hope to gain admission into the experimental stations, and later to one ot the agricultural colleges. As the express on Tuesday from Chriet-dhv-Kc-M. was approaching the Te Weka street crossing at Timaru, it ran into a horse which had strayed on to the railway track,, killing the animal instantly A strange incident in connection with the accident (states the Post) was that .the horse in the course of its wanderings on the •Sdsha 7 crowed a cattle stop without Waters' Chap Lotion—guaranteed to cure Rough or Chapped Hands.—Waters' Pharmacy: 15.... . .- The shortage of feed has caused a good amount of culling of sheep, with the result that the municipal abattoirs have had a tairfy busy time handling what are designated ' potters' (reports the Oamaru Mail) borne hundreds of these have been dealt with, but tho work is now reported to have reached ite-end. ' /' n^., Ca ??r O L I v tomaine P° i£ onin ff occurred at Oastlecliff (Wanganui) on Sunday, through a family partaking of smoked fish. One of the sufferers, a young girl, became unconscious the beach. Medical advice was obtained, and tho family have recovered troin the experience, though the girl is still Put water in the porcelain batn. Put whisky in the crystal cup.. Drink at Wm Orossans "Waterloo," Caversham A spectacular leap, which might easily nave led to a serious accident, was made by a motor car in Rangiora on Tuesday evening. A drain in course of construction across the road was left open, with a mound of oarth about 2ft high on each side The motor car came towards it at about 25 miles an hour, and the driver failed to notice the obstruction. The car mounted the bank and successfully leaped the ditch, but it was badlv shaken and loosened. " With a land area of 3,603,000 square miles (about equal to that of the Continent of Europe),, the dominion of Canada had a to*.**™* of.June, 1911, of showing an morease over the cprsus of 1901 of 1,835,000, or over says the Economist "In the same decade Aew Zealand had an increase of 30.5 per cent., and tho United States of 21 per cent No other country showed an increase nearly equal to these percentages." • 100 doses of Marshall's Fospherine can be made from the 2s 6d bottle I The scarcity of fuel would appear to be corrupting the morals of. some Wellington residents (says the Post). Within the last few days householders in Hawkestone street have noticed that their coal and wood strophes have shrunk abnormally overnight and it is presumed that, sneak thieves are at work. In another case in a different locality a householder was puzzled as to why a load of coal despatched to him by a dealer had not arrived at his We. Subsequently, however, it was found that the coal had been delivered at the wron e house, the owner of the latter having been careful not to acquaint the carter of his error. "