NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18316, 5 August 1921, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Dannevirke Soldiers’ Memorial, Fusil now stands at £783. No bankruptcies were recorded in the Wairarapa district during July. A real cure for rough hands is •Water#’ Chap Lotion, la. —At Waters’ Pharmacy.... Six steamers with immigrants are due in Now Zealand within the next six weeks. _ Over ?OCO doaen eggs were sent to Wei* lington from the Levin district last week. waters Canadian cough cure cures colds quickly; Is 6d and 3s.—At Waters’ Pharmacy.... _ The Wanganui Borough Council is considering placing a £120,000 tramway loan or rn-a-vn movket. Seventy-nine divorce are sat down for hearing at the next sitting of the Supreme Court at Auckland. Your breakfast dish—Nothing to equal our delicious bacon at Is 5d per lb.—Barton and Trongvpve There’ is said to be a unanimous feeling among. Wanganui River settlers that there should be a State service on the river. Be independent of neighbours. In cases of sickness the needful should be at band. Wm. Crossan, Waterloo, Caversham.... The Winton A. and P. Association, at its last meeting, decided to take the necessary steps to acquire 40 additional acres of land for the agricultural experimental area. Moan map story (47); The man who said the bare idea telling the naked truth. We sell many more bottles of our draught whisky than all the case line* put together.— Oban H0te1.... The timber industry, which is reported to bo in a critical position on the West Coast of the South Island- is stated to be in a flourishing condition in _ Auckland. We recommend the public to see the window displays of furniture on Friday nights at Scoullar and Chisholm’s. Rattray street.;. EM. si cot) Veronica arrived at Auok’alfd from an extended tour of the Western Pacific Islands on Saturday afternoon. She left Auckland 'on March 28, and visited the majority of the islands in both the eastern and western groups. The coffees, peppers, spices, and curry nowder prepared by “Dunes,” . Octagon, Dunedin, are pure, clean, and- fragrant. If not obtainable from your grooer, send direct to the manufacturer#.... The officers of the* Agricultural Department are making investigations with the object of discovering the disease which is responsible for killing the willow trees (states the Auckland Star). Large numbers of willow trees in the North Island have been attacked by a parasite, causing them to decay and die. Many calves ore lost year through scouring—mostly through imoroper feeding. Give your stock "Faterine” —the naturalliquid calf and pig food. Storekeepers, dairy factories stock it.—Milne. Bremnec (Ltd.), wholesale agents.... When the Timaru Presbytery was discussing a propos'd to establish a theological scholarship of £SO a year, the question woe asked. What would be done rf a second student appeared before a first had finished his course? ' (report* the Herald). # The answer was made s ‘‘We should think the millennium .near if we had two students from this district.”

If You are in doubt as to_ which tonic you should take, ask those friends who bare taken Marshall’s Fospherine what, they think of it. Marshall’s is mostly sold by recommendation....

A very cordial welcome was extended to Mr Brian M‘Cleary, heavy-weight boxing champion of Australasia, at a meeting of i the St. Patrick’s Sports Association at, Wellington. , The president (Mr B. J. M’Konnaj said that they offera# their heartiest congratulations to Mr M’dwSy upon his success at the championship meeting (reports the Dominion). Mr MTJlearjf occupied a high position in amateur athletics, and the speaker considered that he was the best amateur boxer in Australasia since Jim Griffen’s time, Mr M‘Cleary briefly thanked the members for their congratulations.

The everlasting drudgery of housework is very wearisome. “Handy Jock” will .assist, and everything is made bright—pots, pons, sinks, shelves, tables, etc., qnickly -mad* sweet and clean. Try it. All grocers.— Milne, Bremner (Ltd.), wholesale agents.... Despite the increased cost and difficulty of getting coal' supplies (writes a correspondent of the Wanganui Herald), the Hamilton gasworks during the post 12 months showed a profit.of £SfiD4 from the working account, and £720 fr6m fittings, making a total fiross profit to appropriation account of £5746. Of this £3386 goes to pay interest and sinking fund. The balance, £2359, has been psea for the extension of plant, mains, and services. In 10 years £19,789 of profits have thus been used, and if the town had grown only half os quickly there would, now be a substantial cash reserve.

Mothers who wish their boys and girl* to grow healthy and vigorous should give them “Redmill” cocos with their meals. Ask your grocer for Redmill—no other. Good for growing children.—Milne, Breinner (Ltd.), wholesale agents.... The duty of Christians in New Zealand towards the Maoris was emphasised by Dr A. W. Averill, Anglican Bishop of Auckland, in the course of bis sermon at St." Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday morning. He said there were 22,000 Maoris in his'diocese—a care which pressed heavily upon him. When ho came to the diocese the ' Maori clergy were receiving the miserable pittance of 875 per annum. This was now. raised to £125, largely by the contributions .of the Maoris themselves. This year, offing to the. depreciation in the value ‘of Stock and wool, the income of £IO3O froto'-the trustees of the H. and W. Williams estate must be reduced to £SCO, and the bishop appealed to churchmen to make good this deficiency, so that stipends should not suffer. it is our ambition to reduceVtbe cost,of living for the farmer, and our price list just circulated proves that wo are doing it. The prices are keen,' in many cases below replacement cost. Furthermore, we pay railage on orders of £lO or over, excepting lines specified. Take advantage of every opportunity to save, and send your order direct to us.—Riach and M'Lennan’s Co-op. Association (Limited), Anzac square, Dunedin....

The theft of £2 from the till of & shop in Onehupga on April 14 was admitted by a Maori, Hiko Peri, aged 24, who, appeared before Mr W. R. M’Kean, S.M., in the Auckland Police Court cm Saturday (says the New Zealand Herald). Chiefdetcetive M’Mahon said the accused went into the confectionery shop owned by Alice Edwards, and finding no attendant there, took the money out of the rill before ringing the bell. He then bought some chewing gum, and came to town to spend the cash. The magistrate remarked that accused had previous convictions for theft, and sentenced accused to two months’ imprisonment. Citizens. —Study your health and wealth and buy the primest quality. It will pay you, for the best is the cheapest at all times. We stock only the primest quality. One pourd of prime beef is equal to 31b 'of cow beet; the same thing applies to mutton. Buy the best, and your health will be saved.—Barton Shd Trengrove, butchers. . For endeavouring to make a crpise round the harbour in the Harbour Board’s steam launch Huia without perroksioo, Wo stewards of the liner Pa-paroa, Robert Henry Jamieson and Andrew Timothy Ryan, aged 18 years and 20 years respectively, were fined each at Wellington'on Friday. It was in the evidence that the two' men decided to have a “joy ride" in the launch, and set out from the Glasgow wharf to enjoy themselves. They did not proceed far, however, as they could not master the intricacies of the machinery, and eventually they were satisfied* to bring the craft to the end of the King’s wharf, where they tied it up and left it.The manager of the Government Salmon Hatchery at Haikataratnea reports that the run of salmon this spawning, season was the largest yet experienced in New Zealand. The fish were also larger and in better condition than in previous years. A good many specimens of “spent’’ fishfish which have lost condition during the spawning—both in. the Dobson and the Ahuriri Rivers, measured from 4ft to 4ft 6in in length. According to the American tables a 4ft fish in normal condition would run from 601 b to 651 b. The collection of salmon egg* at the Government Hatchery this year was somewhat disappointing considering the size of the runs which took place in all the tributaries of the Waitaki. This was caused by the river conditions being unfavourable to the netting and trapping of the spawning fish, the total quantity of eggs taken for the fear and put down at the Hakataramea hatchery is 1,133,000. The sal© worth waiting for.—Visit A. F. Cheyne and Co.’s winter sale. As price* went up during the war, so now they come tumbling down. Replacement values are not considered. Everything reduced, aad there are many bargains just see them....