NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18051, 27 September 1920, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Masterton has decided to celebrate Labour uay with, a big demonstration ia aid of hospital and other objects SrL m^d B^County^-™-| As to the best brands of whisky opinions fcshanT" Of Wm " C"-". W?tSS 7 o lr r !h , nmnber of horses in New m^ d 373 ' 600 ' and thia year the numbers have decreased to 363,188 J.he oldest inhabitant in Masterton informed a Wairarapa Daily Times reporter that the present winter was the worst ever experienced in the Wairarapa. Rugs, oarpets. mats, and congoleum squares are much talked about at Iprimrcleaiunpr time. Wo have a good assortment, and the prices are. as usual, the lowest anfco 5 ; M^giel!! 6 tW ~ A - F ' Ch^e "Only a crank will maintain that Lord liacon wrote Shakespeare's plays," declared professor Rankine Brown during a lecture m Wellington. Wairoa is preparing for the advent of electricity from Waikaremoana. The town nas been laid off in sections, and plans prepared for the mains. A Real Corn Cure, posted, Is 3d.—At Waters. Pharmacy, SO Princes street.... I'rendi shipowners, are recommending the revision of the Act of 1793, which requires that at least three-quarters of the crew ot every French vessel shall be Frenchmen. The London Spectator recently made the suggestion, in respect to the trouble in Ireland, that in whatever towns murder and incendiarism took place a heavy fine should dp inflicted on the people. The coffees, peppers,, spices, and currys manufactured by "Duries," 32 Octagon. Dunedin, are recognised as something superior. If -unobtainable from your grocer, please send to above address. It was stated at the opening of the Supreme Court in Hamilton last week that a case set down for hearing could not be proceeded with, as accommodation could not bo obtained in the town for counsel engaged. . The court theroupon did not sit. "Some people have peculiar temperaments," paid Judge Hatherley-Jones in the City of London Court. "I know a millionaire* in tho north who always insists on being summoned before he pays for anything." One hundred per cent, more litrht when gas globes are clean and bright. Use "Bon Ami."... According to a responsible Canadian official thore ore 190,000,C00 acres of good land in the western provinces of tho dominion that aro not under cultivation a3 compared with only 35,000,000 acres that'are being tilled. "Ihave found no fewer than 24- different spellings of a certain Maori word—the naino of an early pa,—and there may be moro I" asserted Mr Elsdon Best at the Philosophi.wil Society's historical section meeting in Wellington ■ Why is Clever Mary like Turkey? Because it is the enemy of grease.... An unprecedented event in tie history of the Roman Catholio Church has taken place at, Bordeaux, where a deaf mute, afflicted from birth, has been ordained. The young priest, who was admitted by moans of signs, had previously been in Rome for two years, where ho had been through a special course of study. Recently tho Pope issued a_ special Bull onabling him to attain his ambition. "The practice of driving a motor vehicle with only one front light is a, dangerous one." said Sergeant Ma the w at the court at Te Kuiti. "Peoplo think that it is a motor cycle, and so do not give it sufficient room." Nyal's Huskeys for tho Voice, Is 6d.—At Waters' Pharmacy 0n1y.... Heavy seas along the coast (says the Holcitika Guardian) continuo to keen bock the arrival of whitebait in any quantity. Last year, on September 6, the local canning factory was at work, but so far there is no sign of a sufficient quantity to allow of operations being commenced An Ashburton florist, who hau to journey to Chxistehurch to procure some flowers for wrenths, had to pay as much as 3d eaeh for blooms of anemones. 8d ncr dozen for blooms of the common white field daisy, and proportionately high prices for other varieties of flowers which are unusually scarce' this spring. The best salt on earth (or anywlirro oW\ is "Leslie Shaker." Use it and vou'll know.... Rolics and ourioeities are frequently boing found in Whakatano. t The latest find (states the Pressl is a piece of early pionoorday siititlory. which was unearthed recently by a few youthful adventurers, who wer--> exploring the Heads. Tho cannon, it is said, is an antiquated one with n 3in bore, and was used probably during tho Maori war. Marshall's Fosphorino will rcliovo that fncht.ful neuralgia nr hfvidache and tone up the svstem wond<>irfully. Get a 2s 6d bottle (100 to-day.—Obtainable at all chemists and grocers..™

The Salvation Army "open fire" oom which n« t ° r a DUm , be / of theee oaravans, to sLn J^i ge C , ao ? gh for ** aim r °fficer I There must be a great shortage of men can't ,p? )Urtry ' W H n l or £5 a w *ek ™ ro'nrM a wh ° M S merel y to ride \s*nJh l oxlait7^ nd *<* tha * n ° stock to wander on the roads," remarked a councillor at a meeting of the Hawera County Council, when the question a. ranger was under discusDon't say dye-say Tintex, and you will l!^^' e £ ?&• y° ur blou «> or hose or each J Dew a ß ain -" Packets 9d T^sT" l^ 60 ! 111 /' sasd his Honor Sir Pl^i^ m^i a * r S«Preme Court, New la™ £%* tho fair price for a dair y farm is £25 per acre more than the last man paid for it." This remark was made Zl +^V? Onor . a{ter bearing some statements as to the custom of some vendors of putmga good price on their property wTurn authorising the agent to sell. if the Teuiti Chamber of Commerce is successful in its advocacy of a light railway to reach the Kawhia harbW it is likely (writes a correspondent of the WaiiiZ«r^ meS) would favour junctiojung with the line at Hangatiki, as it would serve both towns equally well. The problem, however, ia whether the .i'lronga ranges can readly be surmounted. rw r t> ren -' s x hackin K cough, Woods' ureat Peppermint Cure, Is 9d, 2s 9d Farmers will be pleased .to hear" of a new sparrow trap which is becoming sn^ r l n ,Sg Ashb » r *on district. In till spring of 1918 a convalescent soldier took up sparrow-trapping, as a pastime, and gradually developed a new type of trap vvhich has turned out to be very successful, in seven weeks he trapped over 3000 sparrows about the farm yard. The trap is ot a, non-mechanical, free-ingress type, and may be described a s a horizontal adaptation of the well-known gauze fly-trap. A Wonderful Business in a Few Years — Make nasty, jealous opportunists eays- "Oh! they are the American Meat Trust (or some other combine). A large business could not be run by them without some such assistance." 'Our reward of £100 still holds good for anyone giving information that will lead to tho conviction of such rumour-mongers We attribute our success to the fact that we aro enterprising and out to -give best quality and value at bedrock. Others straggle alomg, dealing in inferior quality and selling at higher rates, thinking the public can be so easily gulled.—Barton-Trengrove, leading butohors.... Reference to the disease which has attacked daffodils was made by Mr Charles H. Graham, Christchurch, in an address recently. Mr Graham said that the disease was very rife in England and Holland, and had made ite appearance in New Zealand. Ihe symptoms were plain and might show in tho bulb or in the foliage. 'Usuallv the leaves turned yellow, wrinkled, and knotty. If an affected bulb was cut across, brown rings would be noticed. A plant attacked in the bulb should be destroyed. The disease was due to a round worm, a species of nematode. It had ' been found that heat killed the nematode.. The b'est preventive was to soak the bulbs in water heated to 110 degrees Fahrenheit Frank Pinano, 17 years old, lay on a cot in the County Hospital seriously wounded, wliile his father, who 6hot him "to save his soul." awaited anxiously the outcome of the boy's struggle for life (says an American paper). The father used his revolver to keep his wayward son from crime. "I am not sorry," the elder Pinano told the police. "Rather than have him hanged or shot I ehofc him myself, I was always afraid he would turn bandit. My boy was in bad company." The elder Pinano found his son on the street in tho company of a gang, and, after a_ few words with him, fired three bullets into his body. He waited over the wounded boy until the police arrived.