NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18172, 17 February 1921, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Last year 47 convictions for wiling shortweight bread were recorded in the dominion, and the fines totalled £2BO 18s Sd. At Edendale is to be seen a harvested field of grass seed (crested dogstail). The area is some 15 acres, and the cash value of the seed is estimated at £SOO. Specially recommended for'invalids because of its refreshing «Tirl strengthening qualities—M‘Gavin's oat, malt stout.... A Taranaki firm is sending a shipment of three Friesians —one bull and two heifers —to Fiji, where an effort is being made to establish the dairy industry. Private-to Easter brides: Wo can supply all your requirements from the kitchen scullery to the best bedroom.—Eiach and M'Lennan, Anzao square.... The Daily Telegraph reports that a number of Maoris from the Tangoro district, some of them being in a serious state of ili-health, left Napier on Saturday morning by special oar for Katana with the object of gaining better health. Kombane will core the worst corns painlessly; Is, posted Is 2d. —Waters’ Pharmacy... A Scotch banker left bis two daughters legacies of their weight in five-pound bank notes.” The elder daughter received £51,200, while the younger and plumper one inherited £57,200. Dear Mary—l was lucky enough to get a nice four-roomed house last night, so if you meet me at Biach and M'Lennan’s at 10 o’clock in the morning we can go right ahead selecting the furniture and the kitchen utensils.—Cheerio.... A number of spurious coins {tare in circulation in Wanganui on Saturday, apparently several were successfully traded . off on to local business men (reports the Herald). The coins are a good imitation of the real article, but may easily be detected by " the ring. How nice and white your table and bench look? Yes, I always use “Handy Jack” '•** when scrubbing them. Great cleaner. Ask your grooer for a tin.... There was a quite unexpected “ killing frost ” on I Friday night (says the Wyndhom Herald), and the result on tender plants was seen on Saturday morning; the leafage of vegetable marrows and runner beans and even potato hanlmn being blackened. The occurrence of frost so early betokens an end of the growing season. The very best of liquors, the most satisfying and , generous, always available at W.' Orossan’s •'Waterloo.”... > The t receipts from the bathing facilities _ at Caroline Bay this season constitute a record (reports the Timaru Herald). Up to the present they total £516 13s, as compared with £444- 14s lOd for the whole of last season. The receipts from tin* famni. courts and car stand also show a ■ advance, amounting, as they do, to £l4l 9s 4d,< so far. this season, as compared with *11? 12s 8d for the whole of last 'season. The human skin is susceptible to all kinds of trouble J care is not jbaken as to the quality of soap used. Diadem Barilla Soap contains no chemicals—only vegetable and plant ashes. Ask your grocer for Diadem ; v v borne years ago the Post, Office Savings Bank issued money-boxes for use as hnm« savings banks. These were loaned at a charge of Is. The department is now calling on depositors to either return the boxes dr purchase them outright for, the mm of 2s. These boxes must have been very as thfT imprint on the Circular in / connection with the return shows that were printed. The “connoisseur'’ always ■ asks for Buchanan’s Black and White Whisky..l. \ The Napier area with a death rate of 12.65 per 1000 of mean population, had the , largest death rate in the dominion last year (states the Hawke’s Bay Herald). G»borne,with 8.05 per 1000 had the smallest. In infant mortality, deaths under one year of age, Napier’s rate was 9&92 per 1000 births whilst the next highest in the dominion was Wellington with 73.69. Napier also had the highest percentage (24.761 for deaths under five years of age, and second highest rate of 27.22 per 1000 of mean population for births. New Plymouth had the .highest birth rate, 35.27. Our tip: “Buchanan’s Black and White' Whisky.”... A .Levin fanner (according to the Hotowhenua Chronicle) states that he has had dealings with the- stock markets of this, coast for the past 14 or 15 years, and his experience is that store cattle have now fallen to the some level as when hd commenced dealing. & Vi-Oatta is unequalled for sunburn; 2s.— Waters’ Pharmacy 0n1y.... • .. A bunch of exceptionally heavy oat-heads gathered from a 25-acre Sparrowbill crop grown by Mr Harry Todd, of Otikerama, was brought into the Mataura Ensign office on Monday. An industrious farmer, who brought the bunch into the Ensign office, had counted,five heads taken at random from the small sheaf,'and found the number of “ picklqs,” or grains, on these to be 1123, which, he says, is a recqrd. Mr Todd paid the top price of 6s for his seed, but evidently secured a good sample and has made the best use of it. At this season of the' year most people are arranging for their annual leave. If, however, you cannot take a holiday, “Take a bottle of Marshall’s Fotpherine.” The occasion will serye as an excellent opportunity to test the powerful tonic properties of this remarkable preparation Neatly 10D doses for 2s 6d. Sold everywhere-.. Peter Bain, an Old Gabriel Gully digger, aged 82 years, who was committed to the Benevolent Home about 12 months ago, was picked up by Constable M'Quitty in the vicinity of Glenore on Friday night, making back to his old haunts (reports the' Bruoe Herald). The remarkable vitality of the old man is evidenced, by the fact that he had covered over miles sinde leaving the heme the previous afternoon, and on each of his four attempts to visit the scenes of his labours ha-has succeeded in reaching the vicinity of Milton. "Etta, Etta! Calm thyself! I will go to Barton and Trengrove’s next time fob the bacon.”... Here is the record of a South African family. It consisted of eight daughters and one son, originally of trendy extraction. Each daughter of this family married men of different nationality. No. Ito a Frenchman (colonial born). No. 2 to a Dutchman {colonial born), No. 3 to a German (colonial born). No. 4 to an Italian (colonial bom). No. 5 to an Irishman (homo born). No. 6 to a Welshman (homo bom), No. 7 to a Scotsman (colonial), and last, but Tiot least, an Englishman married No. 8. The son married was the only one of the family to marry his own nationality. in case ot emergency it's handy for country folk to know that they can rely on securing top-grade spirits by placing their order at the Oban H0te1.... The natural oyster beds of New Zealand give a maximum yield' of 10,000 sacks of oysters a year, and already the market could absorb from 15,000 to 20,000. sacks. Mr L. F. Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, who visited New Plymouth on Friday, was on his way back to Wellington alter visiting the artificial oyster beds which are being established in the Bay of Islands, the Hauraki Gulf, and on the Great Barrier Island. It is hoped by means of these beds to satisfy the demand for oysters which, if the natural beds alone w rre relied on, would in the future outstrip the supply to an even greater extent than is the case at the present time. Vve iiec-Q your business. We alter 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 butchers.... The attendance for the two days at the Australian-Wellington cricket match was upwards of 15,000, and the gate takings for the two days amounted to £832. The best breakfast beverage is coffee, and the Ibest coffee is “Bourbon” brand. If “Boirbon” js not stocked bv your grooer, send direct—“Uurie’s,” 32 Octagon, Dunedin.... An unmistakeable odour of smoke waa noticed in an Ashburton hotel on Sunday, and suspicions of a fire somewhere in the building were at once aroused. A room to room inspection was organised, but nothing out of order could be detected, though the smoke was becoming increasingly noticeable. The cause was eventually located in one of the rooms, where it was found that the powerful rays of Saturday afternoon’s sun, striking through the window, were directed on to the glass waterbottle in the room. Th© bottle of water acted as a strong lens, intensifying the rays so much that they had burnt a hole on the top of the dressing table, the wood of which was still smouldering when dis--0, l!he slump in drapery has evidently set hi earlier than anticipated. _ Our sale pnoea 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., MoegieL...