NEWS IK BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17874, 3 March 1920, Page 10

NEWS IK BRIEF.

A party of' American schoolboys has been visiting Australia as part of a regular scheme. It is stated that Bluff residents are endeavouring to secure supplies of water by ' train from Inveroorgili, so acute is the shortage. The pipe line which extends from the Oklahoma oil fields to New York harbour is the longest line oi its kind in the worm. All poultry-keepers aro. welcome to attend the N.Z. Poultry Association's Conference meetings in the Y.M.C.A. Hall, Moray place West, on Tuesday and Wednesday next, opening 9.30 a.m.... . -The exquisite colour, Prussian blue, k , made by fusing horses' hoofs and other "* animal refuse with impuro potassium cai J bonate. The Customs returns from the Port of In* vercargili tor February alounted to ia) 18s lOd, as against £6524 12s lid for February, 1919. The beer' duties for the respective periods were »384.10s 3d and £319 10s 9d. I, The danger of leaving old paint pota about where they can be reached by cattle has been exemplified, says the Winton Record, in the case of a Parkvillo resident* who has lost four cows and a calf as a remit of lead poisoning. A Natural Cure for Indigestion—Dr Croftsland's Noxol—£s bottle 1... A canvass of Nightcaps is being made by the Town 4 ( Board to ascertain the number who are willing to -become consumers of electric current should it be decided to instal a local plant. Sfo far the canvassers .have met with very encouraging results (says the correspondent of the Otautau Standard). " I like New Zealand much bfetter than Australia, and I like the people," said Miss Muriel Starr, the well-knowjn American acttreas to a Times reporter last week in Wellington. "New Zealand is much more progressive in mgjiy ways, and I like the general atmosphere much better." » i A real good dose, and then to bed. Thoroughly well in tho morning. Thanka only to Crossan's famous influenza brands... In the course of a sermon at St., Paul's Church, Devonport, on a recent Sunday, the Rev. George Budd said the native race was not dying out, and that there were now 50,000 Maoris in the dominion, all being, in the North Island, with the exception of about 3COO who lived in the South Island. The annual championship meeting of the Dominion Rifle Association, which will open at Trentham to-morrow, is Assured of - success. Nearly W0 entries have been received from marksmen all over the dominion to participate in the gathering. The sum of £1583 offered in prize money is the largest that has'been offered in the dominion foe many years- past. v Sale catalogues are a means of educating the pubic as to prices ruling for certain articles. After studying them get " tions from us. You will be surprised at our moderation. But buy now; prices must rise.—A. F. Cheyne and Co., MoegieL... Owing to the benzine shortage the Postal Department, which lias undertaken experimental aviation services between Auckland, Whangarei, Dargaville, and Thames, will suspend regular nights, but is endeavouring to run at least One trip a week. Purchasers of " stainless steel" cutlery were warned that it must not be sharpened. A Jalmerston North user, upon reading that surgical knives were now made of it ,tried the experiment, and foupd his table cutlery take an edge like a razor. The simple secret of this rustless metal is that a small quantity of chrome is mixed with it while being smelted. For the flu, use the best— Hennessy's 3star brandy (in pints), Meukow's 1 3-star brandy (in quarts).—Crossan's. Waterloo.... ( In the com so: of a sermon in All Saints Church, •in Batliurst, Bishop Long remarked: "I cannot understand why we should be expected to com© here to sing, ull sorts of sentimental hymns-4iymns-that sometimes make me sick. There is no doubt that a lot of them are drivelling sentimentality. At times . I feel ; ashamed to hear them. I would like to cut about three-quarters of our hymns out of the lijmn book.'" , , V, During the period covered by the annual report of the Auokland Institute and Museum, presented last week, the esti-' mated total of visitors was 107,787, this being the first time it has exceeded 100,000. Tho average for Sunday was 496, the greatest number recorded on any one Sunday being 854 on June L Publio -holidays average ml attendance of 688 each tho high&t on Easter Monday, being 985.' Tho average attendance on ordinary week days was estimated as 250. , Bathing Caps just, arrived from England. At Waters' Pharmacy (next Her Dert, iiaynes)... ; A resolution of protest against the principle of the extension of-tenUre of Stato scnolarships to private schools has been carried by tho Auckland Divisional Council of the Protestant Political Association (states the New Zealand .Herald). The protest is , made on the grounds that such permission can bacomo State encouragement of' denominational education. The council congratulated the Auckland Education Board upon its action in the matter. Ti'affio became blocked in one of the > narrowest mid-city Wellington streets the' other day (says the Dominion) owing to a number of large taxis being held in waiting outside a photographer's premises . for some 20 minutes or more whilst a wedding party submitted itself to a'sensitised plate for the benefit of the family album. It is understood that such practices are' to bo interdicted < shortly, cars in waiting being V made to move on to the nearest parking place until they aro needed again by their joyous passengers. ; Tho exhilarating and refreshing effect of good coffee is undeniable. ' Bourbon" coffee give®.this;result; proved by the steady and increasing demand... - Not only was the train used by the Prince of Wales' in Canada the heaviest iu the world; it was the most luxurious and most costly train on the American. continent, and that is -saying a good deal. Tho total value of the engine and nine cars, with their furnishings, was estimated at about £150,000. In one car was a doctor's dispensary ; in a baggago car was a. dark room'for tho official photographer, while shower baths and cold storage cupboards' were also available. ' 1 . ' " What finally won the war," said General Sir W. Birdwood at the Melbourne ry.M.C.A. Club rooms, "was the high morale of our troops, and • towards keeping up the morale of our troops there was no better Organisation than the Y.M.O.A. With it, too., I place the Australian Comforts Fund, the Red Cross looking after the men when they entered hospital, and the Y.M.C.A. and the Comforts Fund coring for the fit at the front and behind the line, The Y.M.O.A. did a great deal in the war, and it can do just as much, and more, : now that the war is over. It can do more than most people in keeping our boys together on the road to high service. If the Y.M.C.A. can,continue the work it did y in tho war, it will win the thanks of everyone. Waters, Chemist, next' Herbert, Haynes, solp agent- for Nyal's DmOi to Flip* The calm of a Sabbath morning was rudely shattered on a rocerii Sunday by. the crash. of .breaking glass on the main street (writes the Akaroa correspondent of the Press). Investigation showed that- a few sheep, part of a small flock being driven' through the town, had evidently become possessed of -an evil spirit. antH making off at. a tangent.' had. headed straight for a larfze plate-glass window of ». a drapery establishment. The window boi-ng tile weaker, naturally suffered. Tho 61mon went right through. Sundry articles inside suffered likewise, beyond rcoair. By the time the misguided animals had been, brought- back to tho flook. the damags caused by tho sudden inrush was indeed considerable. Tho window itself, put in only a few months ago, cost £40.