NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18052, 28 September 1920, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The trout fishing season will open next Friday, October 1. An effort is being mado to re-establish the Mataura Town -Board. M'Gavin's Oat Malt Stout specially recommended for invalids. Nothing to equal it for strength-producing. Quarts, pints nips.... Ghristcburch is eating large quantities of jam to keep up an acquaintance with, sugar. A donation of £500 has been made to St. Andrew's College, Christchurch, by Mt John Lane, of Ashburton. If you wish to purchase a headstone, Thomson and Co., Moray place (opposite ■First Church), havo the best selection, and prices to suit a 11.... The Church of England Institute for Soldiers at Rotorua is to bo closed at the end of this month. A Lumsden rabbitor drew £169 for 29 days' work (says the Chronicle). Ho doesn t think rabbits are a pest after all. I'or children's hacking cough, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 9d. 2s 9d.... A fatal case of what is thought to have been Bleeping sickness has been reported to the Wellington police. , Recognising the value of afforestation Is&ys the Lake County Press), Mr R. M. • Ayr burn, is at present planting 2000 pinus maignis on his property. Marshall's Fospherine will relieve that frightful neuralgia or headache and tone up tho system wonderfully. Get a 2a fid (Kittle (100 doses) today.—Obtainable at all cliemiistt; and grocers.... During the last few weeks a party of surveyors has been engaged in surveying' the route the proposed railway deviation at Palmerston North is to tako. The Gore Borough Council intimates (says the Mataura Ensign) that owing to alterations to the town water supply tho service will bo interrupted for a period of several weeks. Nyal's Huskeys for the Voice, Is 6d.—At Waters' Pharmacy only Tho Toko River Board proposes tho raising of a loan of £2500 for the purpose of removing willows and other obstructions from the bed of the Toko River. Indications so far this season (states tho Ashburton Guardian) point to a heavy lambing percentage, which, except for unforseeji circumstances, should exceed the records of tho past few years. The coffees, peppers, spices, and currys manufactured by "Duries," 32 Octagon, Dunedin, are rcoogn-ised as something superior. If ■unobtainable from your grocer, please send to above address. Dairy factory proprietors propose to run a tramline on tho route of the StratfordOkahukura, railway, as the Government is not pushing on with the laying of the railway lines. What is believed to be a reoord price for a Jersey bull has been received by Mr F. S. M'Rae, of Palmerston North.. Mr M'Rae was given 400 guineas for a three-year-old. A Real Corn Cure, posted. Is 3d.—At Waters' Pharmacy, 20 Princes street Wanganui is still having considerable trouble with the production of electricity, and the engines recently purchased from the Napier City Council are' being rushed into position. Several graves in the cemetery at Tikokino have been robbed of flowers (states the Napier Telegraph), and even of ribbons from funeral wreaths. The desecration i 9 thought. to have been the work of children. Rugs, carpets, mats, and congoleum squares are much talked about at springcleaning time. We have a good assortment, and the prices are. as usual, the lowest offering. Just see them.—A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel.... "We havo not yet felt the economic pressure that must come," remarked a delegate at the Chambers of Commerce Conference last Wednesday, speaking on tho Land and Income Tax Bill. The more general uso of sails on launches to take advantage of a favourable wind, and so economise benzine was advocated at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Power-boat Association at Auckland. "We'd better bide a wee"—but not after closing time. Bill' Crossan is rather particular.... With the addition of the new wing; which was opened by the Minister for Publio Health last week (says the Marlborough Express), the capacity of the Wairau Maternity Hospital has been enlarged to admit of an aggregation of 16 patients. It is notified in the Gazette that the commission on money orders issued in New Zealand and payable in the United States of America (including Hawaii and Territory of Porto Rico),- will now be 9d for each Ss or fraction thereof. Efficiency, durability, economy, and.- satisfaction. In two words, "Domo" and "Olympic." The machines of to-day and the future. They have a separating capacity unsurpassed by any others. Furthermore, they are sold on trial, a system of salesmanship, and a proposition which appeal to everyone. Further particulars sent to anyone upon application for same. —Riach and M'Lennan, Anzao square.... Hie largo number of 76 patients who sought treatment at the Wellington Hospital during the month of August for syphilis, was commented on at a meeting recently of the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. In the Bay of Plenty by-election the voters will record their votes at no fewer than 78 polling places, and of these 34 ate public schools. There are 12 polling booths at homesteads, two in woolshcds, one each in a creamery, a_ cheese factory, and freezing works library. A Wonderful Business in a Few Years.— Make nasty, jealous opportunists 6aya: "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 (lie conviction of such rumour-mongers. Wo attribute our success to the fact that wo are enterprising and out to give best quality and value at bedrock. Others strugglo along, dealing in inferior quality and selling at higher rates, thinking l.ho publio can be so easily gulled.—Barton-Trengrove, leading butohers.-.. A bankrupt discharging his liabilities in full 20 years after his bankruptcy is a very unusual performance, yet such is tho case with a Taranaki man who met with commercial disaster 20 years ago. He htw since made good, and has paid all his creditors 20s in the pound. An indication of the possibilities of New Zealand manufacture in lines hitherto regarded as out of the question is a sample of jug manufactured in Christchurch received from Messrs R. Snodgrass and Sons. This gives a good indication of the fine possibilities before such an industry in New Zealand. There are. now only 57 boys at tho Weraroa Training Farm, tho smallest number yet recorded (says the Levin correspondent of the New Zealand Times). The average is usually from 90 to 100. The gross return for lost year's work at the farm totalled £4000, while this year it is expected to be higher. Men, not man, havo given mankind its uplift. Co-coeration does tho same for a community, and that is our aim and object. Farmers with a thought to the future have become shareholders, customers, and supporters of our institution. Even now the development and progress made prove tho wisdom of their action. Join with them, and lend us your assistance in building a trading institution that will be a credit to our provinces.—Riach and M'Lennan, Anzao square.... Tho rapidly increasing _ cost of motion picture production is having its effect on the admission prices in tho loading theatres (says an Auckland paner). At the National and the Strand the prices are 3s, 2s 6d, 2s, and Is (plus tax). At. Everybody's and the Tivoli the prices are" 2s 6ct and Is 6d (plus tax). It is reported (says the Wanganui Herald) that several of the new houses erected in Wanganui'for speculative purposes did not find new owners as readily as was anticipated, and that in some instances tho owners are prepared to accept less than the amount originally asked, with a view of releasing capital to carry on tho good work in which they arc engaged.