NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17913, 19 April 1920, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

B a stated that Christohurch grocere are rationing eggs. The Board of Trade has sanctioned' an inoreaso in the price of jam. The Wanganui Borough Council baa received a present of two live ostriches (saja the Chronicle). The Clutha and Kawaran Rivers have never been known to be so low as they are at present (comments the La&e County PressJ. Or Crossland's Noxol is sold by all chemist s and stores —2s bottle 1... The Obxistchuroh Gas Company hae inceoaed the price of gas bv 6d per 1030 ft, making the net rate 7s lid per 1000 ft. Mr David M'N. Dingwall, of St. Luke's Church, Remuera, haa retired after 51 years' unbroken sendee as a Sunday school teacher. It is said that" a powerful American company is about to build a dredge for the purpose of ■working for gold the Rimu Mate in Westland. The appointment of a resident magistrate is being strongly urged in Hamilton* owing to the congestion of legal work there. The ranger for the Southland Acclimatisation Society seined a number of trout from a party of sportsmen who visited Lake Mavora at Easter. Use Waters' Ohap-Lotiom for those rough hands; Is 4£d posted.—Waters' Pharmaoy.... Is your hair falling? Waters' Hair Reetorer will stop it. 2s 6d at Waters' Pharmacy.... The erection of freezing works, with a storage capacity of 100,000 freight carcases, will bo completed at Kawakawa in eight months, and be ready for- next season. A census of carpenters 'in the dominion is being taken by the Government to ascertain the actual extent.of the shortage in the ranks of these artisans. Aα albatross, probably driven inland by ,the recent storm, has been, captured in a paddock at Sonfli Wairarapa. The bird had , .a wing] spread of lift. The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce has decided to ask the Prime Minister to expedite the setting up of a commission, on waterways, with a view to developing the Waikato River. Have you scoured your winter stock o{ woollen underwear? If not, don't delay. Wo have a full range, and prices are , still moderate; but they will be ecaroo and daoaer later on.—A. F. Cbeyne and Co., Mosgiel. . A total of 3142 tons of coal wag exported the week before last from Greymouth, made up ae follows: —Blackball, 2275 tons 15cwt; Reefton, 206 tons, lOewt; Liverpool, 560 tons, 4cwt The War Pensions Department has decided to pay the pensions of sanatorium and hospital patients into the Post Offioo Savings Bank in order to give the soldier the benefit of interest. It has been announced that the control of benzine supplies .by the Government has been suspended. Supplies are assured up' till the end of July and can now be purchased through the ordinary channels. According to a return obtained by a meeting of importers and shippers at Darwin, the wages paid for handling 139 tons of cargo landed there during January and February canw- to £927, or over £6 10s a ton. Thie included handling on the wharves and also the sorting shed. Though catering for a tea-drinking people, the leading restaurant in the dominion uses more coffee than tea! Needless to say tbe> coffee used, is "Bourbon."... When did you last see a blue-band dinner set? When you were last at Riach and M'Lennan, of Anzao square. They still have a few left. Remember, the early bird gets the early worm.... Lessees of railway station refreshment rooms continually bemoan the losses which they sustain by reason of cups and saucers being taken out of the room and getting broken or otherwise going astray. Illustrating his disadvantagea, the lessee of a comparatively small room at Tβ Kuiti, stated the other day that his losses from December 20 to April 1 had totalled 98 dozen cups and sa-ucers. Koi- children's Hacking cough, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 9d, 2s 9d.... The Tonrist Bureau at Christchuroh haa on view what are probably tho two finest ied deer heads in New Zealand (says the i.yttelton Times); a 24-pointer Rakaia head valued at £500, and a Makarora head which the late President Roosevelt declared to bo the finest he had even seen. The former bead is a cross German and Irish breed and tile latter a pure Scotch head, both being absolutely perfect specimens of their type. In stressing the, paramount importance of every child being taught to swim, tho president of the Wellington Swimming Centre has remarked (says the Dominion) the Government regulation requiring compulsory instruction in swimming to all school children, w,here facilities for instruction exint was in the case of somo sohools more honoured in the breach than in tho observance. Hβ cited one instance in Wellington that had recently been brought under hip notice, in which only / the children who could ewiia were taken to the baths for instruction. Tho explanation of the teacher was that it \vas not possible for one person to cope with tile work of instructing so many pupils. Nips and pints English ale for invalids packed and delivered to legal order.—Wm. CV>ssan. Waterloo Hotel, (Javersham.... In these days of tho sneak thief, one cannot be too careful (says tho Gisborne Times), and as bipyclea have of lato been the okiss of goods with which thieves have been operating freely a local cyolistbought a lock for his machine for his own exclusive use. Hβ admitted that his bicycle was "not much good," but it served his purpose, and ho wag content. One evening recently ho securely looked tho machine outside a suburban gate while on a visit. This evidently attracted the attention of a miscreant who in addition to his "taking , ways" had also a sens© of humor, for when tho cyclist returned for his machine he found it quit© safe, but the look had been stolen. A novel comrnemtaiv on tho valSte of the bicycle, it adds, but tho cyclist is still considering whether he will buy another lock or sell the bicycle.