NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18320, 10 August 1921, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

. Milk is now being delivered in Martinborough at 5d a quart (says an exchange). Investigations carried out in respect to crops of sugar beet grown in the vicinity of Christchurch show that the yields have ranged from 12 to tons per acre. Moan man story (51): The deaf and dumb man who had every joint of his fingers broken—ho cracked too many jokes on them.—Oban Hotel. .. Housewives may be interested to know fhat an Ordcr-in-Council has been issued bv the Government providing fhat vanilla essence, which contains substitute for real vanilla, is to bo branded “imitation” in the future. A resident of 51 years in Marton informed the Assessment Court, which sat there recently. that certain sections in North Broadway, subject to floods, were at times covered with pigs, potatoes, and pumpkins and other refuse. The appeal for reduced valuation was granted. Invalid ales, ports, and stouts, and spirits, as per prescription, are a specialty at Wm. Crossan’s Waterloo, Caversham.... A Wanganui farmer suggests a means of assisting to relievo the glut of frozen meat held in store in England. He suggests that all parties interested should be prepared to cut their losses and send the meat over in shiploads to help to feed the starving millions in Russia. Don’t worry if servants are troublesome. “Handy Jack” will save you a lot of hard work—cleaning pots, pans, shelves, cte. Ask your grocer for “Handy Jock.”—Milne, Borneo' (f.td.), wholesale agents.... During the gale in Rongotea an “ old man” rata tree, standing about 50ft high, was found to be ablaze near the top, having appanently been struck by the lightning (reports the Fcilding Star). The tree burned all day despite heavy rain. The coffees, peppers, spices, and curry nowder prepared bv "Duries.” Octagon. Dunedin, are pure, clean, and fragrant If not obtainable from your grocer, send direct to the manufacturers....

It was a matter of comment that a number of the jurors summoned for the murder trial at Hamilton carried handbags, and upon inquiry what was in them it was found they contained pyjamas, etc., in readiness to be locked up if sworn in, and as a matter of fact a number of these fatalists got caught. Ingorsoll watches and alarms keep good time. Our prices are: Reveille alarm. 21a 6d ; with luminous dial, 26s fid; luminous dial watches, 23s 6d—usual price 27s fid; plain dial Yankee, 17s fid; satisfaction guaranteed.—Riach and M'Lonnan’s Co-op. Assn. (Ltd.), opposite Railway Station, Dunedin....

The £IO.OOO Government loan asked for hv the Waitaki County Council for reading and bridging (four bridges and culverts) in th" Ahuriri Riding has been granted, and the first instalment will be received on November 1 (reports the Oamaru Mail). In the present nosition of the money market the Ahuriri Riding is fortunate, as the rata is rer cent. only. Cal ves and voung .pigs thrive naturally when given “Faterine,” the new liquid stock food Prevents scours, colds, etc. Try it. Storekeepers. dairy factories stock it.— M;'ne, Br "inner (Ltd.), wholesale agents.... Information has _ reached New Zealand that a big lihel action is pending against a powerful London newspaper proprietary in connection with statements published during the early stages of the war, which are alleged by certain inhabitants of Antwerp to be defamatory. The statements were contained in an article contributed by Miss Louise Mack, entitled “ Spies T have met.’’ The Do mo separator has proved itself to he a machine that any farmer can be proud °f-—Riach and M'Lennan’s Co-op. Assn. (Ltd Anzac square.... “Many teachers from the south have applied for positions in Auckland and when we send them letters of appointment they decline to come.” said the advisory inspector. Mr n. W. Dunlop, at a meeting e r the Auckland Fducation Board last week. The chairman, Mr E. C. Banks, said that in every such case the name of the teacher should be sent on to the department. The practice had to be stopped. Dunedin recaptured by “Regent.” king of all cigarettes. Participate in £SO competition. Forecasts must be posted for certain to-day. Full particulars on pamphlets....

Travellers through Taranaki speak of the wonderful signs of prosperity visible on every side and the entire absence, of anything in the nature of a slump (says an exchange). This is not to be wondered at when the amount received by the farmers for butter-fat during the past season is taken into consideration. The Rahotu Dairy Company’s balance sheet shows a payment of 2s Bjrd per lb for butter-fat and the Moa Company’s 2s 7id.

Your breakfast dish—nothing to equal our delicious bacon at Is 5d per lb.—Barton and Trengrove In the course of his address at the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Patriotic Association in Mastcrton, Air Hugh Morrison said that Wairarapa had raised over £272,234 for patriotic purposes (reports the Age). With the added surplus wool profits, the sum would be increased to well over £300,000. _ He thought this a record that any district might well be proud of. Waters’ Canadian cough cure cures colds quickly; Is 6d and 3s.—At Waters’ Pharmacy ...

The Wanganui Herald says that owing to the stormy weather and the wet state of the ground ploughing operations are being kept back for the spring sowing. There is little inquiry in the local grain market at present for seeds and mbre particularly so for chaff. Rangitikei is now quoted at £6 12s fid on trucks at country stations, and Hawke’s Bay at £6 & fid- The potato market also appears to be well supplied and offers have been received from the south at 52a fid per ton, which is equivalent to 88s 3d wholesale here. For the children’s sake food values are being carefully examined. Because of ita body-building qualities, “Redmill” cocoa should be given regularly to children. Ask your grocer for “Redmill.” Take no other. —Milne, Bremner (Ltd.), wholesale'agents... A report that three pupils at his school had to milk 18 cows and were an hour and a half late every morning was read rom a teacher in the Northern Wairoa district at a recent meeting of the Auckland Education Board. Members expressing the view that now a concrete case has been reported to the board, and should be sifted to the bottom, the advisory inspector was instructed to report on the matter. _ The sale worth waiting for.—Visit A. F. Cheyne and Co.’s winter sale. As prices went up during the war, so now they come tumbling down. Replacement values are not considered. Everything reduced, and there ore many bargains. Just see them.... When the Governor-General, Lord Jellicoe, was saying his good-byes to the pupils of the Timaru Boys’ High School he made a slight slip which caused some amusement (reports the Ppst). “Good-bye boys of the Waitaki High School—l beg your pardon, Timaru High School,” he called out when by the laughter he saw his mistake. “It doesn’t matter,” remarked Mr W. Thomas, the rector, “Waitaki will want all the luck they can get when our boys meet them next Thursday at football.” If you are in doubt as towhioh tonio you should take, ,ask those friends who have taken Marshall's Fospherine what they think of it. Marshall's is mostly sold by recommendation...

To obtain the services of a washer-woman was a matter or real difficulty a few months ago, but the position is now different. On . Wednesday last a resident of Northland inserted an advertisement in The Poet for a washer-woman, and within 10 minutes of the publication of the first edition a woman was engaged by telephone. During the evening the advertiser was communicated with by nine other women, several of whom , stated that at the present time there were many women looking for work. All these applications were made by telephone, and, in addition, other women- applied by letter. Call and see our display-—direct from factory to the home. Furniture and furnish-inprs.—-Scoullar and Chisholm.... Furriers, in their efforts to provide femininity with fashionable furs at comparatively cheap rates, are often driven to the expedient of manufacturing from the skins of animals that do _ not come within the category of fur animals. An illustration of this was given in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court recently in connection with a charge of theft of two furs. One of the furs was described os a “skunk goat” and the other “sea fox.” It was explained that the former was a goatskin dyed skunk, and the other was something nifw, with a resemblance to fox. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Otv'irhs and Colds never fails.... “We must look to the schools to-day for the athletes of to-morrow,” said Mr C. D. Harper at the annual meeting of the Canterbury Apiateur Athletic Club on Wednesday last. Ho urged that the club should get the boys as they left school. The schools had good material at hand, and it had to be developed. It was a regrettable fact that the boys of the present day did not seem to take iip athletics as they should do when they left school. Perhaps there were more attractions now in other directions than before—motoring, tennis, golf, and so on. The benefits to bo derived from athletics were many, and should be impressed on boys leaving school. A real cure for rough hands is Waters’ * Chap Lotion, Is.—At Waters’ Pharmacy.... It is seldom isays the Manawatu Times) that a Rugby Union takes the extreme step of suspending a player for life. The Manawatu Union hag done so. The captain of a team not only disputed the rulings of the referee, but used most objectionable language, and ultimately called his men off the field. Conduct of this sort cannot be condoned. If the servioes of referees are to bo made available for matches, these officials must be protected against insults from the players. The game of Rugby has been showing signs of deterioration in the Manawatu district for some time past, and the conduct of players has on more than one occasion been reprehensible. If the high traditions of sport, are to bo maintained, and Rugby is to occupy the prominent place to which it is entitled in the world of athletics, all conduct that is calculated to bring it into disrepute must be rigorously suppressed. The Rugby Union, by making an example of a serious offender, Will do much to protect the game from such abuses as will tend to bring about its extinction.