NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17810, 17 December 1919, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Firog iu the Bay of Plenty district aro causing much damage. Auckland gas employees' wages have been increased by £15,000 a year. Experts estimate that the restoration o£ Rheims Cathedral will cost £2,000,000. A Natural Cure lor indlgosuou—Dr Crossland's' Noxol—2s bottle!...

During a firo at Hamilton last week threo firemen wero overcome by tho heat, and wero ren'iied with difficulty.

A man named John Martin, who slipped and cut his wrist on a bott'.o at tho British Empire Hotel, Gisborne, on Monday, has been admitted to the Cook Hospital for treatment.

Waters' Chap Lotion—guaranteed to euro Hough or Chapped Hands. — Waters' Pharmacy; 15.... Lady Alitor is the second woman to bo elected to tho House of (/ommon.s, tho other being the Countess Markiewicz, tho Sinn Fciner, who, like her comrades, declines to attend at Westminister. War bonds to the value of £500 have been contributed by General and Jyfldy Russell towards tho fund inaugurated in Hastings by the Mayor of tho town for the erection of a memorial to fallen soldiers, A Real Corn Cure is Waters' Kornbane, Is (posted Is lid).—-Waters' Pharmacy, 14 l J rinces street....

"A career of crime is no life for anybody. If you want to have any pleasure in life, give up crime."—This remark wag addressed by tho Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) to a prisoner whom he was sentencing recently. A characteristic feature of the military review in Milan in honour of tho national feto on September 20 was the passage of 700 war clogs, including some wearing war stripes ami decorations. 'They were tho object of hearty cheering by the crowds. tfour boy will want a ->*uit shortly. Secure one while you can get it in all-wool tweed. It will not bo long until they aro uDproourable. All sizes now in Btock, and a good range of patterns.—Choyne and Co., Mosgiel....

"It is all right to take newspapers, but, unfortunately, some people do take their views from the capitalistic press. Newspapers should be limited to advertisements," declared Mr Brindlo at Mangapapa. Evidently tho oandidiate does not relish the enlightenment afforded lb? tho press. While cranking up his motor car at Gcruldino (South Canterbury), tho Rev. A. T. Thompson, New Zealand representative of the British and Foreign Bible Society, met with a painful acoident. Tho engine back-fired, with the result that his arm wag broken. Coffee drinkers can rely on "Bourbon." It has proved itself. If not stocked by your grocer, send direct to tho manufacturers, A. Durio and Co., 32 Octagon, Dunedin....

"Tho boy who gets the most out of hia sohool is not thfi boy who has just that object for his aim, but ho who does hia test to give to his school."—Mr J. P. Firth, principal of the Wellington Boys. College, when speaking at the annual prize-giving ceremony.

John Happy, a, Maori ehearer, is stated to have established a world's record at Waiweapa Station, Dannevirke. last week, by shearing 373 sheep (ewes and lambs), hia record last year for one day being 361. Tho other shearers 'n tho station had tho following tallies for the day:—S. Patterson 311, K. Hotoreni 309, R, Chase 303, tho total for the four being 1296. Your Butcher Meat.—Where to Sjuv: Where only the best quality is kept and tho prices are.+he lowest in New Zealand. Try Barton nnd Trengrove. Manse street, Princes street, or Octagon, the leading cash butchers, m.d judge for yourself.... At Burke's Pass an accident occurred by which Mr Richard Patrick O'Brien lost his life. Mr O'Brien, who was employed by Mr Bourn, of Fairlie, was driving a motor laden with timber, and when approaching Burke's Puss it is surmised that something went wrong with the steering gear, with tho result that the lorry bucked down the hill and capsized, falling on Mr O'Brien and killing him.

An unusual incident occurred at an inquest in Chriatchurch recently. An elderly v man came forward to give evidence of identification. "You knew tho deceased?" tho examining officer suggested. "I went to school with him." "And when did you last see him alive?" "About 25 years ago. I haven't seen him lately." But tho witness identified tho body. Picnic and week-end holidays are nothing if not convivial.—Apply to Win. Crossan, " Waterloo," for the requisites.... 'This pieco of broom that I am holding may not seam anything unusual to tho casual observer," stated the Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes in tho course of his opening address at tho Lincoln Flower Show.' "It is very like the Spanish broom, but nevertheless it has a sentimental value for me. It is grown from seed I picked at Gallipoli, and it is treasured because it brings back memories of the gallant New Zealanders who fell there."

"All the stones which are being thrown at the Reform Party are thrown by people who live in glass houses. These individuals should bo the last to throw stones," said Mr W. B. Mathcson at the Opera House recently (says the Wairarapa Daily Times). The shortage of certain lines of drapery is so acute in Wangsnui that several drapery firms are now buying up country stores in order to seouro stocks, and a number of such sales havo been recorded lately. Speaking at Roseneath, Dr,A. K. Newman, Reform candidate for Wellington East, advanced the opinion that in a few years' time thore would be no tuberculosis in the dominion. Ho believed that it would be possible to achieve this very desirable result by making the Public Health Department more efficient! The department should institute an active campaign against cancer. If he had his way he would prosecute a vigorous crusade against this disease. The lancing of an abscess in a lion's jaw attracted a large crowd to th-> 'Jnehungo, Zoo on Saturday (says the New Zealand Herald). After the animal had been driven into a small rectangular space in its cage a rope was thrown over its head. Tho lion roared end struggled in a vain attempt to escipe. When the animal was firmly secured a vebrirarv surgeon lanced the swollen jaw vh-3 crifMnal intention of extracting a tooth having 'teen abandoned. The operatioi was soon over, and the lion, being set free wired its v«za emitting low growls. — Waits was the name originally given to the minstrels attached to tho Kings Court, whose duty it was to guard tho streets at night, and proclaim the hour. They were also in the nabit of serenading the inhabitants as well, hoping at Christmas timo to receive their reward.