NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17902, 6 April 1920, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

As high as £12 per ton is being paid to Masterton farmers for oaten sheaf chaff. A find of iron oxide in tlio Ross district is rumoured to have lately been made (saya the Grey River Argus). Jho gold oxported from Greymouth for JJ 10 "" 1 of March was 16,5580z, valuedat £71,905 (states the Greymouth Evening It you wish to purchase a headstone, ihorrujon and Co., Moray place (opposite l'irat Church), have the best selection, and SU | t a |l. _ Pahiatua County CVmncil (says the Hawera itt>£,WJ for bridges, housing, and road macinnery. ' L \° Timaru Herald says,, that the Mount - Cook Motor Company is going to inaugurate an. aerial service from Fairlio to the Hermitage, Mount Cook. A Puimrirston North merchant says that tho representative of a southern wholesale firm bought up every available leather portmanteau, i>ag, and suitcase in Paimerston North recently, at retail prices, Just the drink lor tho family table. Light, bright, clear. All hotels. M'Govin'a special" non-derxrait ala. £uro to suit your taste... As a residfc of the developments in gum properties in tho Auckland district, speculation in that class of Land is reported to " bo brisk. Recently a, piece of rich gum swamp of three acres was sold at £400 per acre. His Holiness Pope Benedict XV. has addressed an encyclical letter to all the Roman Catholic Bishops throughout the world, ordering a collection to be taken up in all parishes for tho relief of tho starving children of Europe. The Imperial Government decided some time ago to issue a Gallipoli clasp with tho war service medal. This will bo welcomed by New Zealand soldiers who served on Gallipoli and who will be equally entitled to the clasp. Just a minute, Alex. I'm just going to post a letter to Riach and M'Lennan for a. pair of their solid kip working Boots at 355, post free. I saw a pair that Jack Thomson got yesterday, and it's the greatest boot value I've seen for a while. You' should take my advice and write for a pair, but be sure and mention the size.... At a cost of about £100,000, the scheme for the improvement of Scarborough harbour, which was stopped' by the outbreak of war, is now to bo proceeded witL About 24 large trawlers will uso the port regularly when it is finished. " Tho pooplo in tho banks, from top to bottom, are wage slaves. They are the worst paid peop'w in the country," said the Mayor of Christchurch, when specking at a recent function at which a presentation was made to Mr C. K. Sams. For invalids: Nips and pints Guinness'a stout packed and delivered to legal order.— Wm. Orossan, Waterloo Hotel, Caversham.... The presence of an unusually large number of porpoises along tho West Coast during the past few days has attracted the notice of many obsirvers, who state that more are to be seen just now than for a long time past (states the Grey River Argus). ( Fruitgrowers in the Nelson district have taken up enthusiastically a proposal to construct a line of light railway in the Mapua and Tasman areas. The railway line, if constructed, will tap about 4600 acres of fruit lands, and will be between six and seven i miles in length. Havo you secured your winter stock of woollen underwear? If not, don't delay, We have a full range, and prices are still moderate; but they will be scarce and dearer later on.—A. F. Cheyno. and Co., • M ostrich... White a motorist was travelling from Thames one Sunday evening recently one of the front wheels of the car flew off, owing to the ball race breaking. Tho sudden stoppage threw the driver with great force against the steering wheel and incapacitate him for a while. Guards'.van No. F 405, which figured in the recent railway collision at Auckland, is the van which was attached to th© goods train which ran away from Hihitahi, on tho Main Trunk line, last May. On that sensational occasion Driver Walsh lost liis life and the rolling-stock was mostly reduced to matchwood. 100 doses of Marshall's Fospnerine can be made from the ?.? fid oottlel... Two German field guns, "Seventy-sevens," given by the Government to tho Maoris for placing at the foot of the monument which they purpose erecting to the memory of Native soldiers who fell during the war, have arrived in Rotorua. It is intended to place one on either side.of the grandstand on lie occasion of the Prince's visit. The .Hatuma correspondent of the Daily Telegraph writes: "A considerable amount of feeling exists locally on the question ->f the old out-of-the-way woolahed being advertised as the polling place for the proposed Napier Harbour loan vote to be taken, instead' of the public school, which is the usual place for all elections." "Bourbon 5 ' coffee alone makes breakfast a pleasure. If this favourite brand be not obtainablo frcm your grocer, Bend direct to tho proprietors, "Duries," 32 Octagon, Dunedin.... It is probable that the manufacture of bricks will be recommenced in North Taranaki in the near future. The works near the foot of Big Jim's Hill on the main road to Waitara, which were operated bj Messrs Johnston Bros, until recent years, have been acquired by several New Plvmouth business men, who, it is understood, intend to form a company. A rather monotonous and stupendous task has been- completed by tho Mayor of Auckland and the city treasurer. This was • in connection with the purchase by the City Council of the Auckland tramways. For this puropse debentures to the value of £1,250,000 were prepared in bonds of £100 each. This meant the signature of the two officials had to be attached to 12,500 bonds. For children's hacking cough, Woods Great Peppermint Cure, Is 9d, 2s 9d.... Appointments reported in connection with the detective force will involve transfers and interchanges for many members of the detective staff throughout the dominion, and it is probable that some of tho transfers will not take place till after the Royal visit. It is stated that the appointment of probationary detectives to full rank will follow, and additional probationary detec-e tives will be appointed. Is your hah- falling? Waters' Hair Restorer will stop it, 2s 6d at Waters' Pharmacy.... "Wanted to rent or -purchase, a smaU island in any part of tho world," was an advertisement which appeared recently in a Liverpool paper. The advertiser, Mr E. D. \ Kelly, was not thinking exclusively of the housing problem when he advertised. He and- his wife, both young, decided that the best way of escape from town life was to live upon an island of their own, preferably in the Pacific or in an equally pleasant climate. Mr Kelly has been seafaring for seven years, and now finds it impossible to settle down in Liverpool. A family residing in Georgetown received an early morning call lost Thursday from . a visitor whose intentions wore evidently not above suspicion (says the Southland Times). About 2 a.m. ono of the family was awakened by the sudden releasing of the blind, and on looking out of the window saw a man, who immediately made off. Three stalwart members of the household gave chase, but the intruder had disappeared, and a long search was unavailinF. The visitor showed a lack of discretion in his choice of a houso, for had ho been. caught he would probably have had a very rough handling. Use Waters' Oh.ip-Lotion for those rough hands; Is 4£d posted.—Waters' Pharmacy.... A mild tragedy, that was not without

its touch of humour, occurred recently near Patea. Two farmers, both burly men, had had a difference of opinion, but, on a challenge to fight being issued, one of them, evidently thinking that "discretion was tho better part of valour," took _ to his heels and ran away. They met again on another day in a fie H bo* iil ° lat ° ™ nawa y a^ain refused to fight, and he lay down on tho ground. Nothing daunted, tho ahallenger lay down alongside his opponent, who then had no option but to "box on," and he fared much the worse in tho exchange of blows that followed.