NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17954, 5 June 1920, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Two Masterton bakers were fined £5 and costs recently for selling light-weight bread. i\J n" rccs in the Kliandallah Domain (Wellington) were struck by lightning a few nights ago (says the Dominion). Both wero tound to bo smouldering the next mornCountry dances, socials, etc., are catered lor by l<rew Bros., Mosgiel. All orders receive prompt personal attention. Satisfaction guaranteed.... On August 1, 1914, there wero 12,000 women employed on tho English railways; ovem j er *918, the number was op,0(X); and at the end of January last) there wero 30,000. '" le . Pphangina Valley (says the WaJigamii Herald) rojoices in a young" lady of oft 3m, and a lad of 6ft 7m, in tlieir boots. .Both arc in £heir 'teens, and aje healthy and hanflsomo specimens of colonists. If i" ou wish to puicnaso a headstone, Ihomson and Co.. Moray place (opposite r irat Church), have the best selection, and pr to suit a 11... . "Do any of you understand what a totally incapacitated man is' asked a speaker &b a meeting of limbless soldiers in Wellington. "Yes," came the prompt, response from another of those present. ."He's in Karori," The speaker, continuing, defined a totally incapacitated man as one who "had lost all his limbs and was blind, deaf, and dumb." Obtain one of our catalogues, become one of our customers; then if you don't see what you require in our book, explain to us and wo will make it our business to get it for you. By so doing you will help us to establish a shopping centre which will benefit the whole community.— Riach and MLennan, Anzao Square and Stuart street.. Tho failure of a Chinese. Kwong Hay, to pass the education test imposed by tho Customs authorities resulted in an appeal being made recently before Mr J. E. Wilson, S.M. Tho candidate failed to pass a test set by the magistrate, and will consequently bo refused admittance to the dominion, and will be returned to his port of departure. Mail to us your order for boots, overcoats, kapok quilts, or anything you may require, and if it is not executed to your entire satisfaction you may return the goods to us.-—Riach and M'Leiman, Anzao Square ajid Stuart street.... The shortage of printing paper bee now ™ in the Government Print"l 2' at Wellington. The current issue ot too Gazette has attached to it a tag stating that owing to the shortage of paper "> recent issue of the Gazette, No. 47, giving a list of teachers holding certificates or licenses, and a geteral grading list of teachers, has been distributed only to those specially concerned. M Gavin s Oat Malt Stoat specially recommended for invalids. Nothing to "equal nip* Quarts, pints,

A writer in the Daily Mail of April 17 says:—"The oountrysido is a scene of rare a ow. Grass and trees are a wonderful tender green, and the orchards are a miracle of blossom. The parks ue a sheer joy, and all the private squares, with which London is so thickly dotted, are repealing fresh beauties day by. day under the hands of skilful gardeners—many of them women."

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A cablegram to an Australian paper said that while the Prince was being received at Wood villa a souvenir-hunter put a hand through a window of the Royal car and secured a small vase containing toothpicks. The vase dropped on the platform slid smashed. The crowd scrambled for the toothpicks. The Bulletin honours the incident with a cartoon: "And what's that, Aunt Ellie?" Aunt Elbe: "That is the Royal tooth-pick, my dear. Your father fought for it at Woodville." tor children's backing cough, Woods* Great Peppermint- Cure, Is 9d, 2s 9d.... Figures have been published, showing what has been done in the work of swamp reclamation m the North Island; On the Hauraki Plains 37,451 acres, valued at £22,800, were opened for selection, and another 70Q0 acres will be available this year The sections range from 75 to 150 acres. Land in the settled portions of these plains has changed hands at £100 to £115 per acre. At present drainago operation a are being carried out on 100,000 acres of lt.nck lying between Matata and Whakatane. For whisky, brandy, rum, gin, port, sherry, etc., and ales and stouts, all of finest quality, try Wm. Crossan, "Waterloo," Caversham.... The owners of the United States and Australasian Line steamer Lorain have, o»mg to the shortage of oil fuel, been compelled to refit the vessel to enable her to use coal. The Lorain has a tonnage of 6849 io.ts, and the delay caused through the refitting and the expense entailed by shipping stokers, in addition to-the loss of steaming, will involve a large outlay. Ose Waters' Ohap-Lotion 'for those rough hands; Is 4Jd posted.—Waters' Pharmacy.... The president of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce recently stated that the hun- p ger for land of all classes seemed still _to remain unsatisfied, and there was no sign up to that time pi any fall in values. Sta- | tistics recently issued! by the Government showad that the total value of land in the dominion had increased, between 1310 and 1919, by £167,000.000. By far the largest portion of the increase was accounted for in the North Island, only £46,000,000 being assigned, to" the South Island. Keep fit for the strenuous times ahead of you. The best aid, because safe, sure, and in family use, is Marshall's Fospherine. Large-size bottles 2s 6d—nearly 100 dosesj All chemists and stores "It is understood, says the Wellington Acclimatisation Sooiety in its annual report, "that a conference of delegates from affiliated societies will take place _ this year, probably ©arly in August, and it is hoped that the Minister of Internal Affairs wiU be able to procure the passing into law of the Consolidated Animals' Protection, Act, and also some amendments to the Fisheries Act (Part II). Both of these Acts are at present hopelessly out of date, and improvements are urgently needed to enable acclimatisation societies to effectively with various forms of poaching.' . Fit for the Prince.—lß,ooolb smallgoods weekly speaks for itself. Country stores: We can supply you with smallgoods of the highest grade at reduced rates. —Barton and Trengrove, leading butchers.... Under the heading of ' Opossums, the Wellington Acclimatisation Society s annual report says: "These animals are steadily increasing in various parts of the society a district in face of a certain amount of unlawful taking, but there is a • prospect of something being done in _ the shape of a uniform regulation covering all requirements as Professor Kirk has been inquiring into the opossum question _ throughout the dominion, and his report is no doubt already in the hands of the Minister of Internal Affairs. There is a valuable industry possible under proper control." Sugar-cane Bacon. —We have secured the services ot o. specialist in bacon curing. We j cow claim to have the very best bacon proI curabie in the dominion. Price 9, as usual, the lowest —Barton and Trengrove.... The Government proposal to establish the Howard Agricultural College at Levin camo before the Dannevirke Borough Council recently in consequence of a letter re. ceived from the liawke's Bay Education - Board, asking for support to a protest from. liawke's Bay local bodies against the Government's intentions. The secretary of the Education Board said members of that body were strongly of opinion that though no stipulation _ was made in the will it was the intention of the late Josiah Howard that the college should be established in Hawbe's Bay. His board was calling a conference to pass resolufions of protest, and he asked that delegates be 'sent to the conference. The motion was carried and a delegate appointed. Have 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.. Mossrie.l.- . Americans eat more ice cream and similar ' frozen desserts than the people of any other nation, but the Japanese have them surpassed as eaters of ice. One of their favourite dishes is email cakes of ice, broken into tiny, pebbly piece and eaten with sugar and lemon. The commonest way of eating ice in Japan, however, is to shave it into snowy flakes and to swallow it with sweetened water into which fruit juice or sweetmeats has been thrown. Ice cream, milk and eggs shaken with ice and other kinds of cooling beverages are sold in everincreasing quantity, but the old stylo of eating ra.w ice., in which the Japanese call the korinizzu fashion, is still in the greatest vogue. The solid demand for "Bourbon" coffee show* the publio's appreciation of a good

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