NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18159, 2 February 1921, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

It is understood that the Labour Parly has decided to establish a Socialist Sunday school in Masterton. The Southland Times stales that one or two cases of meningitis in various forms have made their appearance locally of late, and at least one has proved fatal

Willie Crossan attends personally to all prescriptions sent to the ‘‘Waterloo,” and guarantees satisfaction. New patients welcorned... It is estimated that about 400 acres ol' pasture on the Waihi Plains have been cut for hay this season. The rapid growth of the dairying industry on the is bo much in evidence.

No trace of Wilson, the. man who was missed from the ferry steamer on Friday, has been found (states the Lyttelton Times). The Lyttelton police are extremely desirous of getting in touch with M'Naughton, who boarded the vessel in company with Wilson. A. Durie and Co., 32 Octagon, Dunedin, are specialists in coffees, peppers, and spice*. If their high-quality goods are not obtainable from your grocer, please send direct... The DannevirK© band contest is to be held from February 15 to February 18. A total of £360 is to be given in cash prizes,, also gold and silver medals for soloists, and a special gold medal for the boys’ competition. The Boosey Shield will also be competed fo\f. The sum of £2500 has been reoei red, by the Wellington Hospital Board from the late Mr James Powell’s estate, Westport (reports the Dominion). When particulars of this bequest are received, consideration will be given to what steps shall be taken to perpetuate the name of the generous donor. In the meantime this sum will bq placed on fixed deposit for 12 months. ■' Utility Poultry _ Standard.”—Copies of this recent publication, issued by the Department of Agriculture, may be ordered through Messrs Fraser and Co., Dunedin, and A. M. Love, Green Island. Price 3s cash with order.... Harvesting in the Waitohi district is now in full swing, and several good crops of early-sown wheat are in stock (states a Timaru exchange). One exceptionally fine crop which was sown in April is to be seen on Mr T. Hally’s farm, near the Manse bridge, experience having taught Mr Hally that the land in this district is especially suitable for early sowing. The slump in drapery has evidently set in, earlier than anticipated., Our sale prices are a revelation. Reductions extend over the whole stock, including all our standard lines. A call of inspection will repay you.— A. F. Cheyne and Co., MosgieL... “If the rain continues, the outlook for the wheat crop will be bad,” remarked an Ashburton County farmer in town on Saturday (states the Guardian). He said that there was a considerable quantity of Tuscan wheat coming on at present rn various parts of the district, and if it received too much moisture it would be liable to sprout and spoil. The day’s ram might not do much harm, but no more was wanted until the harvesting operations were complete. The largest daily intake of milk at Orepuki Factory during December was 1160 . gallons; total amount paid out for the same month being £1283 17s (states the Orepuki Advocate). . On account of the dry spell the milk supply is now showing a slight decrease. Up to date 519 crates of cheese have been consigned to the grade store at.

Bluff. Kornbane will cure , the worst corns painlessly; Is, posted Is 2d.—Raters’ Pharmacy... The gold nugget awarded as first prize at the recent Labour Oarnival has at last been claimed. The winner, Mr A. Roff, of Clifton, had forgotten all about the ticket he had purchased, but was reminded of it by a paragraph winch appeared in the southland Times. On examining his ticket he received a pleasant surprise, and it was not long before he was the richer by £SO which he choose in preference-to the nugget Vi-Oatta is unequalled for sunburn; 2s.— Waters’. Pharmacy only Considerable difficulty is anticipated at Greytown in billeting the visiting riflemen for the shooting meeting at Papawai this month. Last year' the accommodation in the town was taxed to its utmost with, only 100 visiting riflemen: This year the visitors will number no fewer than 400. Arrangements are being _ made to billet privately as many as possible. / Some soldier settlers are good business men. One, in the Awamoko district, has done very well out of' a crop which cost him very little (states the .Oamaru Mail). The previous owner left a paddock in rape. As it began to seed profusely, the took his sheep off it, and when he thrashed out his seed he filled 180 sacks at lOd per lb. Another soldier not far away Las already made his year’ af expenses by gathering cocksfoot. “Etta, Etta! Calm thyself! 1 will go to Barton and Trengrove’s next time for the bacon.”...

During the 12 months ended November 20, 1920, produce valued at £463,001 wee exported from Greymouth, against £328,276 worth for the corresponding period in 1919 (states the Hokitika Guardian). Hokitika exported £62,003, as against £49,469. “The quality of sheep dip to-day is unsatisfactory, ’* said Mr _G. P. Johnston, chairman of the Provincial Executive of the Southland Farmers’ Union on Friday, when the question of admitting dips duty free was being discussel. 'He went on to say that he was against the proposal, and his experience recently had been he re- ■ quired to test his dip with ewe ticks before dipping. Other members were of the opinion that instructions issued with the dip were useless. It was decided that, aa the tariff was being revised next session, the Dominion Executive bo asked to watch the revision ‘in the interests of the farmer.

Aeroplane flights cost guineas, and perhaps you cannot afford them; yet you, like others, would love to. be lifted _ “above thihgs” so as to experience that delightfully exhilarating feeling of being “on top,” to enjoy a new and enlarged view of your sur- , roundings, and live in the sunshine. Well, you may, and the benefit will last and only cost 2s 6d by taking Marshall’s Fospherine; 100 doses for 2s 6d. Sold everywhere.... _ A freak egg laid by a duck belonging to Mr Carnegie, of Epsom, was shown to an Auckland Star reporter last week. _ The egg, which was not as long as an ordinary duck egg, was bigger round the middle, and when opened was found to contain another egg, with shell and all complete. The space between the outside egg and its inside companion was about half on inch all round, and this was full of the usual white and a yolk rather smaller than that of a normal egg. Eggs with double yolks are common enough, but it is very rare to find a complete egg inside another. A feature of the_ military training in Australia this year will be the fact that boys between the ages of 14 and 18 years, instead of engaging in ordinary military drill, will now be e'ercised and developed by means of organised games, in which their partici. pation will be compulsory. These _ games will, _ it is anticipated, greatly assist the physical development of the lads, and at the same time be the means of showing them the particular branch of sport for which they are best suited. The different sporting clubs will then take up the task. To meet the high cost of living we fill no end of riggers and jars at the Oban, the only hotel in the Octagon.... .A strange o. ease appears to be prevalent among fowls in Invercargill at the present time, and it is not an unusual experience for people to- find in the morning that several of . their most treasured birds have died overnight. Several such cases have been reported and ih each instance the decline of the binds, once they have shown any symptoms of the disease, has been very rapid. It is not at all certain what , particular disease it is that is doing so much havoc among the fowls, but several who<are losers believe it to be-'influenza.

Wo need your business. We eater to meet your wants. We stock nothing but the primest 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 butcher*.... “In many districts of New Zealand character or the trees planted denotes the viewpoint of the settlers and from what part of the world they came.” remarked the president (Mr R. Naim, of Christchurch) at the conference of the New Zealand Association of Nurserymen in Wellington. “Englishmen and Scotchmen from the Old World were not satisfied unless they set out oak, elm, ash, sycamore, hornbeam, beech, hawthorn, and similar trees, whereas the squatters of the South Island, who mostly came from Australia, brought with them the seeds of the eucalyptus and sowed them freely around their homesteads. This explains why the old station homesteads of the South Island have such large specimens of the gum in such localities.”