NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18158, 1 February 1921, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

A Wairarapa settler has sold his lambs this season at 30s 6d per head.

The Daily Telegraph states that the first consignment of locally-grown grapes were on the Napier market on Thursday. You can say what you like about other hampers, but give me Willie Crossan’s every time! —Address: Waterloo H0te1.... Only four inches of rain have been registered at Gisborne during the last four months.,

There has been a drop of about £5 per ton in the local price of oatmeal (reports the Mataura Ensign). Twenty-five pound bags are now selling at 8s to 8s 6d. A. Durie and Co., 32 Octagon, Dunedin, are specialists in coffees, peppers, and spices. If their higji-quality goods are not obtainable from your grocer, please send direct.... During the past four weeks 124- tons of fruit have been despatched from Alexandra. For the same period last year the total quantity was 67 tons. During the present year Canada will produce 70,000 tons of newspaper, a total more than that for Norway, Finland, and Sweden combined.

Tom: “Will you be at the races during Carnival Week?’’ Bill: “Not me; the only race I’ll be in will be one to Riach and M’Lennen’s warehouse in Anzac square. You must remember I’m gettiifg married at Easter.”

Baooners are selling in the Thames Valley district at 6d per lb, the lowest price f arrears. The price not long ago was lid. Tine .Southland Evening News reports that the Education Department has approved! of the establishment of schools at Upper Waikaia and Lora Gorge. Kornbane will cure the worst corns painlessly ; Is, posted Is 2d. —Waters’ Pharmacy... Owing to the scarcity of labour, the Dargaville Borough Courail has decided to pay casual hands 17s 6d a day, and also increased the engineer’s salary by £1 a week. At the New Zealand Pigeon Shooting Championships, recently held at Rangiora, the winner, Mr G. Broere, shot for the two days without missing a bird. This feat is stated to be a record for the dominion. Thomson and Co., Moray place (opposite First Church). Just arrived a large and choice selection of granite and marble monuments. ’Phone 2296....

Information has been received by the Vestry of St. Mary’s Church, limaru (states the Herald), that the London contractors for the war memorial to be erected in the ohuroh. expect to be able to ship it at an early date. The highest wind velocity ever observed below 10 kilometres’ altitude was 83 metres a seoond, or 186 miles an hour, observed from a pilot balloon at a height Of about four miles and a-half, on December 17, 1919. Vi-Oatta is unequalled for sunburn; 2s.— Waters’ Pharmacy 0n1y....

The girl, Gertrude M’Grath, who was brutally murdered in a house at Lavender Bay, North Sydney, on Christmas Eve, was for some rime a resident of Wellington. The police are still searching for William Ernest Cooleyr who is suspected of tho murder.

A sample of Kidson tomatoes, outside grown, in Messrs J. Gribble and Sons' gardens, Stoke, was brought to the Nelson Mail office. Some of the tomatoes weighed up to 13oz, and all were exceedingly fine specimens. This variety originated in Nelson, and is generally conceded to be the most payable sort for outside culture. We guarantee the Dome to be the cheapest and equal in durability to any other separator. Its separating capacities have never been excelled, and all duplicate parts are obtainable from Biach and M‘Lennan, Ansae square, who sell the machine on 14 days’ trial. What better ’proposition can you get than that?... An unwelcome visitor, in tta form of a 10ft shark made its appearance off the breakwater one day last week (states the Hawke’s Bay Herald). This is the first of its species that has been seen in Napier waters this season, and that it was a daring customer was evident when it swam close into the shore, displaying a fin about 2ft in length. Some boys had been preparing to go in for a swim just previously, but, fortunately, they received timely warning from some men who happened to be in the" vicinity. t “Etta, Etta! Calm thyself! I will go to Barton and Trengrove’s next time for tho bacon.”...

While on a visit to Australia recently, tho Bishop of Nelson, on behalf of the War Memorial Committee, made inquiries regarding war memorials (reports the Marlborough Express). “On the whole,” he has reported to the Mayor, ‘T think that matters are worse than they axe here, and very few designs are worth considering.” Statuary is almost absent. The fact is that there is only one artist in Australia who ; would do anything in tho way of bronze, but he is engaged for the next three years. Aeroplane flights cost guineas, and perhaps you cannot afford them; yet you, like others, would love to be lifted “above things” so as to experience that delightfully exhilarating feeling of being “on top,” to enjoy a new and enlarged view of your surroundings, and live in the sunshine. Well, . you may, add the benefit will last and only - cost 2s 6d by taking Marshall’s Fospherine; 100 doses for 2s 6d. Sold everywhere!... The recent rise in the price of tobacco leaves one body of men cold- It is the Board of Governors of the New Zealand' Institute. Out of seven members present at the opening day of the conference, not one was a smoker. “We are the most abstemious body of men I have ever met,” said the president (Professor Easterfield), after having ■ asked if - there were _ any smokers, with a view, probably, of giving permission for indulgence in smoking while discussing the science subjects touched on. Great execution has been worked amongst tlie rabbits in the Hairini district by the recently-appointed Rabbit Board (says the Waikato Times). Proceeding along systematic lines, the board strikes a small rate over the whole area and then engages a staff of men who make a clean sweep byfumigation. A pack of dogs is employed to drive bunny to cover, and then all the burrows are fumigated with bi-sulphide of carbon, which has proved an excellent exterminator. While the summer lasts the work will be pursued rapidly on the swamp , areas, and when the winter sets in the dry country will be given a farther treatment similar to that in the spring months. From wayback run and navvies’ camp, from factory, office, shop they stamp and pass along to the Oban—the small house with the big reputation.... Some hundreds of dishonest people attended on the second day of the .Wellington Racing Club’s summer meeting at Trentaam (states the Post). Their dishonesty was of a particularly mean type, as they stole teaspoons. With a record crowd present, the tea-rooms were liberally patronised, and it was impossible to watch everybody all • the time. As a result the teaspoons disappeared one by one, and by (he end of the day - the stock had been seriously depleted. The spoons were of good quality. A Napier man whose legs have been paralaysed for the last 18 months recently wrote to Ratana, the Maori, whose faithhealing is exciting so interest. A few days ago a reply came from the healer and after acting on his instructions the patient was able to walk a few paces (reports tiie Daily Telegraph). The next morning he walked further, and he is hopeful that shortly he will be able to dispense with his sticks. It is only fair to say that the patient has been receiving electrical treatment for a month past, although it was not until be received Ratana’a letter that there was a. distinct improvement. We need , your business. We eater to meet your wants. We stock nothing but the primes! beef, 'mutton, lamb, -and pork procurable. We specialise in smallgoods, ' having one of the most up-to-date smallgoods’ rooms in New Zealand, tiled throughout, with up-to-date machinery,—Barton and Trengrove, leading butchers...! . “Hope springs eternal in the human breast,” and some Methven residents are still hoping that tho' Railway Department may be persuaded to attach a first-class carriage to the Methven train (states the Ashburton Guardian). Their hopes are baaed on the fact that an inspector who examined their tickets on Wednesday night commented on the fact that they were in possession of first class pasteboards and oocud obtain only second-class accommodation. He inquired if the same thing often happened when residents were travelling to Christchurch, and promised ‘‘to look into the matter.” Conditions in the antiquated solitary second-class carriage which graces the Methven train have not improved lately, and it is hoped that something will shortly be done to bring about the desired change. A loud crash, followed by screams, startled people in the vicinity of the Stanmore ro».ri tram bridge (Christchurch) at about 7.30 on Thursday night (says the l-vttelton Times). A motor oar, travelling along Stanmoro road towards .the city, crashed into a motor cycle and side-chair r going westward along River road. So violent was the impact that the bicycle and side-chair were carried a considerable distance over the bridge. The occupants of the side-chair —a lady and a girl—and the rider of ,the motor bioycle were thrown to the ground, but no one appeared to suffer serious injury. There was only one occupant of the motor car—a fnan—who was uninjured. The motor bicycle and side-dhair were badly smashed., Gratifying and refreshing. In quarts, pints, or nips. M‘6avin’s oat malt stout should be on everv table.... A Carterton business man some months ago sent an indent order _to England for £l5O worth of goods required in his business. About a week ago he received word that i the goods were being sent on from Wellington, He had paid for the goods on arrival in Wellington, ;u»J when he opened them up at his premises he was astounded to find the case had been tampered with and only £6O worth remained. He has not yet seen "he representative who took his order, and as far as he oan gather the goods were either stolen on the journey or before leaving England. The practice of thieving from cargoes of goods is becoming quite common, and although the shipping companies employ .special agents to try and detect the practice, they have not so far been wholly successful. Hobday gifts this year must be useful. Our stock of men’s and boys’ suits and sports coats is well assorted and moderate m price. Other sundry lines, such os braces, sox, handkerchiefs, ties, pocket books, silk hose, umbrellas, and gloves, are also suitable. —A. F. Cheyne and Co., Moegiel.. A plucky rescue from, drowning took place recently in the lagoon at Matata (says the Whakatane Press). It appears that Mrs Dillon Shaw, of the Matata Hotel, went in for a bathe with her two children. Mrs Shaw, who cannot swim, got out of her depth. Noticing that their mother was in difficulties, the children began calling for help. Freddie Burt, a lad of 15, who happened to bo riding along the beach, heard the cries, and immediately ■ galloped over. He jumped from his horse, and, without hesitation, swam in, fully dressed. Mrs Shaw by this time had been down a couple of times, and when young JJurt got to her she was unconscious. He Drought her ashore, and after some time Mrs Shaw came to and was taken home in a car. The boy's action is worthy of comment, os he is only of slight build, and the bather was a heavy woman. It is intended to bring the matter before the Humane Society* notice. ,