NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18321, 11 August 1921, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The sum of £24 was stolen from a business establishment at Owaka on Monday. Two arrests have been made, i At high tide on Saturday at Castloohff, : • 10ft 9in was registered on the guage (says 1 the Wanganui Herald). This was abo\it a ; foot or 38 mcho’ only above normal. The Exhibition of war trophies in Muterton resulted ;n a profit of approximately £SO. Of this sum £25 will go to tfaa Government for the proposed national war memorial to tho soldiers, and £25 to the > local National Defence League. Many calves are lost evwy year through scouring—mostly through improper feeding, s Give your stock “Faterine”—the. natural . liquid calf and pig food. Storekeepers, 1 dairy factories stock it.—Milne. Bremnei (Ltd.), wholesale agents.... One of (he forged National Bank of New Zealand notes out of the number which came into circulation about 18 months ago was paid into the Bank of New Zealand at Palmerston North on Saturday. A ,<tood number of these forged notes are still unaccounted for. 1 The sale worth waiting for.—Visit A. F. ! Cbeyne 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 are many bargains Just see them.... The crush in the courthouse at Hamilton on Friday night when the final stages in th. 3 Ongaroto murder trial were reached was stated as tremendous. The limitedaccommodation was packed with a swaying mass_ of humanity, and many, overcome by the Jostling, had to seek the air outside after a few minutes in the courthouse. Mothers who wish their boys and girls to grow healthy and vigorous should give them “Redmill” cocoa with their meals. Ask your grocer tor Redmill—no other. Good for growing children.—Milne, Bremner (Ltd.), wholesale agents.... A Levin poultryman stated recently that fowl feed was much easier in price than it was 12 months ago, but he believed that the coming year would see a still greater , redudion. “Cheaper feed is coming,” ha said, “there is no doubt about that.” The coffees, peppers, spices, and curry powder prepared by “Duries,” Octagon, Dunedin, are pure, clean, and fragrant. If not obtainable from your grocer, send direct to the manufacturers... An idea oi the scarcity of work was given by a witness at the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland. 1 Mr W. R. M'Kean, S.M., asked: “Is jfchego much unemployment on the wharf at the present time?” t The answer was, “ Yes; there were only I three 'boats’ in last week, employing 400 | men out of the 1600 waiting for work.” ' Waters' Canadian cough 'cure cures colds quickly; Is 6d and 3s.—At Waters’ Pharmacy ... Some time between 11 o’clock on Satur- ; day evening and 5 o’clock on Monday i morning, the sum of £53 was stolen from the premises of Messrs Ludlow and Gallagher, hairdressers and billiard room 5 keepers, Balclutha. A real cure for rough hands is Waters' [ Chap Lotion, Is. —At Waters’ Pharmacy... The Owaka correspondent of the Clutha 1 Leader reports that an old man named • Wilkes lost his way in the bush at Chas- • lands on Monday of last week. (Search J parties failed to find him, and the Owaka r constable left for Chaslands on Tuesday j to organise further search when word i reached him, en route, that the wanderer had returned after spending over 24 hours ' in 'the bush. He had been searching for • cows when he lost his bearings. The “Waterloo” (Crossan’s “Waterloo”, ; is acknowledged to be admirably placed 1 admirably managed, and admirably ad mired.... A recent arrival from England was a 1 former bank manager. He brought with 1 him a small capital. He recently called at a homestead in the Palmerston district. . and implored a meal, stating that he had . talked for many miles in search of work, and the whole of his money was exhausted. Noticed at the Springbok match that 1 quite a number of well-dressed gentlemen's ■ coats were white around the collar with dandruff I wish they, could be persuaded , to try Kolene, the dandruff cure.... , At Timaru on Monday a cyclist named i William Rennie in endeavouring to escape a collision with another cyclist, struck a > telegraph post, head on. He was renr dered unconscious for three hours, and tha extent of his injuries were not known in . the evening. We notice some new separator names , popping up in the market, but the good old Domo has been here too- long before them, and has well established itself os the ’ most popular machine. Its reputation for close skimming and easy working _is the envy of all other makes, and separating- farmers are naturally shy of a new machine when an old-establisheid, reliable, and wellproven machine is to be had. Price and particulars on application to Rioch and M’Lonnan, Ansae square.... Some streams of the Rakaia River were completely frozen over on Monday morning, a most unusual _ occurrence, (reports the Ashburton. Guardian). The streams concerned were quite fast-flowing, and the ice was ridged in the pattern of water in motion and waved by the wind. The ice must have been fairly thick early thismorn--1 ing, because a bright sun had not melted it at 9.45 a.m. t Mean man story (52): He said sheep were - the most dissipated animals, because they gambol all their lives and spend most of their time on the turf. Our pre-war stan- | dard draught whisky is wonderful value.— 1 Oban H0te1.... | Kongo tea co-operators are making themselves responsible for an enterprising experiment (says the _ Feilding Star). They . have chartered a ship and have engaged an agent in Antwerp as an earnest of their great endeavour. This is no less than 1 an effort to test the Belgian market with 5 New Zealand produce. It is. further, an experiment in Barter; for, in the true spirit , of co-operation, the Rongotea idea is to take Belgian products or manufactures in - exchange foi; New Zealand produce. i If you are in doubt as to which tonic yoa should take, ask those friends who have 1 taken Marshall’s Fospherine what they r think of it. Marshall’s is mostly sold by recommendation.... , Persons who wait until they are sumt moned. and then pay maintenance into court, should remember that there is an element of risk. When a case was called I at Wellington recently it was announced that the arrears had been paid into court. Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M., remarked: “Defendants have no right to wait until ) they are summoned and then pay the amount into court. A fine of 30s will bo imposed.” x . The everlasting drudgery of housework is very wearisome. “Handy Jack” will assist, and everything is made bright—p: ‘s, pons, . sinks, shelves, tables, etc., quickly mads ( sweet and clean. Try it. All grocers. — Milne, Bremner (Ltd.), wholesale agents.... l During the present season of “ChuOhin Chow” at Wellington two of the members ’ of the organisation have decided that they are all in all to each other, and their ’ marriage has been the subject of many felicitations. These are Miss Norma i Carlisle, of the ballet, who figures as one ■ of the gaudily-garbed mannequins in the bazaar scene, and Mr John Toosilo, the I loading violinist in tire orchestra. _ Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails.... A ripple of laughter lightened the i sombre proceedings of the murder trial • at Hamilton. The defending counsel was examining a lady witness, and said, “You ' got very angry with me at the last trial | because of a question I put to you?” and ■ before counsel could get any further tho witness replied, “ I am sorry, sir, bnt 1 before coming into the court X was told you were a nasty man.” Call and see our display—direct from fao- . tory to the home. Furniture and furnish-ings.—-Scoullur and Chisholm.... ’ The Mahia Natives, who have been pre--1 paring for some time to revive whaling on the old station, suffered a reverse on their first day out (states the Herald). A • large whale was sighted, and the crew ‘ soon made fast,* but when the monster • made off the rope, fouled the log of one Native, almost tearing one foot off. Tne t whale kept going, and soon the boat capk sized, and the whole party was in danger of drowning till a rescue launch put out. j The iniured man. who was sent to the hospital, is likely to lose one foot. M‘Gavin’s special production, “oat malt stout," is generous._ refreshing, and ■ strengthening. A superior table beverage... B The 16.8 degrees of frost registered on Sunday was tire heaviest recorded in Ohristchurch since August 4, 1912, when 17 degrees were reg’ef°red. The record low » temperature for Christchurch was regtstred on June 21, 1907, when there were ’ 18 degrees of frost. On Monday momi ing there was another oo'd snap, 14.8 9 decrees being registered at the observatory. Twelve degrees of frost were reg-stered - at Ashburton on Sunday, and 15 degrees • the following dav.