NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18322, 12 August 1921, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

A shipment of 400 sleepers has arrived for the Hastings street tram extension, iNapier. The Courier states that sugar has been obtainable at 6d a lb in Xapanui since June. A real cure for rough hands is Waters' Chap Lotion, Is. —At Waters' Pharmacy.... No trace has yet been discovered of a lad named Albert Sydney Porter, \who has been missing from Wellington for several i days past. Eight more whales were captured by the Perano party last week, making a tally of 30 for the season (reports the Hawke's Bay Tribute). vv e recommend the public' to see the window displays of furniture on Friday nights at Scoullar and Chisholm's. Rattray street... It is reported that many calves are being bom dead in the Waikato and that the milk supply will suffer in consequence. "There is no end to physical recreation until a man is in his grave," said Sir James Cantlie to the National Physical Recreation Society, London. "I have no patience with men who call themselves old at 40." The coffees, peppers, spices, and curry powder prepared bv VDuries," Octagon, Dunedin, are pure, clean, and fragrant If not obtainable from your grocer, send direct to the iranufacturers.... In a Timaru paper on Monday morning there appeared a small advertisement stating that a man was wanted to do some digging, and by 10 a.m. no fewer than 49 applications had been made at the office for the address of the advertiser. No further news or evidence as to the whereabouts of John Raymond Gray, who has been missing since July 15, has yet being reoeived locally (says the Mataura Ensign). Mr Gray, a resident of Redmond street, went out shooting about 9 o'clock on July 15. and although an extensive search has been carried' out in the district no trace of the missing man can be found. The sale worth waiting for.—Visit A. F. Cheyne and Go.'s winter sale. As price* went up during the war, so now they come tumbling down. Replacement values are not considered. Everything reduced, and there are many bargains. Just sec' them.... The total takings for the month of July at the Caroline Bay Salt Water Baths were —massage £4l 10s, baths £ll, towels 10s 6d (says the Timaru Post). As we were closed for 10 days to allow for alterations. the takings suffered thereby," stated the masseur, Mr V. C. Pyke, in the report. Taking into consideration the time of the year the attendance however is good. Call and see our display—direct from faoa tory to the home. Furniture and furnish* infx.—Scoullar and Chisholm,... _ * . The danger of sucking or eating ice picked up at random is emphasised bv a fatality at Putaruru. Two young children of Mr and Mrs R. J. Shawa, on the way to school, picked "up some ice and sucked it. Shortly afterwards they both became ill, and had to be removed to the hospital. They became worse, and on* child died, whilst the other is seriously ill The maid may leave you suddenly, but if vou have a tin of "Handy_ Jack" in the house it is wonderful how easily the dirt and grease are removed from pots and pane, etc —a splendid help. AH grocers.—Milne, Bremner (Ltd.), wholesale agents.... A movement has been started in Sydney with the object of forming an association of residential hotelkeepers, boarding-house keepers, and the owners of residential flats and others. One cf the organisers stated recently that sweeping demands had been made by a union of employees, arid it was the object of combating tljese claims that the association was to be 'formed. The drinks and bottled goods at Wm. Orossan's "Waterloo" always do you good. Nothing inferior there.... The cost of bringing the Springboks to New Zealand to play about 20 matches is estimated to <*be between £12,000 and £14,000. It is interesting (says the Mann-, watu Times) to compare this with the cost of the All Black tour of the United Kingdom, France, and America in 1905. The total receipts outside New Zealand and Australia were £14,971, and the expenditure was £6063. Thirtv-three matcrfes were played in the United Kingdom and France. The oo«t of raising stock is greatly reduced if Faterine, the natural liquid calf and' pig food, is used. It works out at less than Id per feed. Isn't it worth while trying itf Storekeepers and ckiry factories stock it.— Mi'ne, Bremner (Ltd.), wholesale agents. The Farmers' Union Advocate quotes as "a proof that a proportion of the workers are favourable to a reduction of wages," a case where a farmer informed his men that he could not afford to keep them, on, and the men after a little talk amongst themselves came to the farmer with the reply that they were quite ready to accept a reduction, and further than that they said. "Between us we have £7OO which you can have to pull vou through'the pinch." Mean man "story (53): He liked running an elevator —in fact, he was taken up with it. Those who have tried our R.N. rum are taken up with it.—Oban Hotel. It's wonderful for c01d5.... , Lord Jellicoe was in jocular vein for a time during his reception in Temuka (says the Timaru Post). Colonel Mackenzie, he said, remarked that men on the land were like men of the Navy in that they belonged to a silent service, until they became county councillors or M.P.'s., Sailors were silent, added Lord Jellicoe, until they became Governors, when they were expected to make speeches, often at short notice and for different, occasions. Malnutrition is responsible for many childish troubles. Give your boys and girls '"Redmill" cocoa with their meals It is dolicioua and, besides, it nourishes and strengthens their growing bodies. Ask your grocer for "Redmill."—Milne, Bremner (Ltd.), wholesale i.fi:ents.... Mildura sultanas are likely to be scarce in New Zealand this Christmas judging from information to hand from Sydney. Stocks of Mildura sultanas are stated to be about exhausted in Australia owing to very heavy shipments of this fruit to the United Kingdom. Advice from Sydney is to the effect that brokers there were buying and exporting to London.at prices in advanco of the ruling rates at the present time in New Zealand. ... If you are in doubt as to whioh tome yon should take, ask those friends who have taken Marshall's Fospherine what rh6y •hink of it. Marshall's is moetly sold by recommendation... About two years ago young boys were difficult to obtain to fill any kind of job. and employers found that they had to pay big wages to youths who had only just left school (states an exchange). It would appear that the financial stringency has altered this condition of affairs, for a Palberston North warehouse manager advertised last week for a youth, and the result was that next morning a score of boys, ranging in age from 14 to 19 years, made personal application for the position. A few prices that appeal to all thrifty folk: —Men's heavy working boots, pegged, nailed, nnd riveted, hand-made and very Btrong, 35s 6d oost free; men's working boots, a .n excellent boot, 28s 6d post freei; best American duck horse covers, felt-lined, 445, anv size; Griffith's I.X.L. rabbit traps, cheapest on tht» market. 32s 6d dozen; 22 long H.P. cartridges. 34s 6d; 22 long rifle. 3 7 e 6d thousand; shot, lOd lb; powder, 4s lb. If you have not our. price-list write- for one. —'Riach and M'Lennan, Anzae square... Canada haß now, attained third place amongst the nations of the -world as_ a shipbuildings country. With a coast line of such trenmendous length on both Atlantic and Pacific, and the most extensive fishing grounds in the world, it is but natural that shipbuilding should be an important industry to the Dominion of Canada. According to the Department of Marine and Fisheries, the gross tonnage built in 1920 was 204.635 tons, representing 351 vessels of one kind and another. . Waters' Canadian cough cure cures colds quickly; Is 6d and 3s.—At Waters' Pnarm n "v ... Newspapers are giving prominence to a characteristic incident at the Empire Producers' lunch. When the toast of "The King" was given, the company responden. standing, sipping Australian wine. Mr Hughes was aghast at the unresponsiveness. He turned to the chairman, and said, with emphasis: "That's the difference between vou and us in Australia, We eet up and honour the toast by singing the National Here you don't say a word Thereupon Mr Ben Morgan called for l>od Save t'ic King." The company heartily responded. _^_^^_____