NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18325, 16 August 1921, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Government offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Monday, September 26, Dominion Day. Another artesian well is being sunk m Nelson Park by the Napier City Council. The pipe lino is already down 82ft, and water is expected to be struck at about a depth of 190 ft. M'Gavin’s special production, “oat malt stout,” is generous. refreshing, and strengthening. A superior table beverage.. The Eketahunn Borough Council has given notice to an electric light consumer to remove a motor from a bedroom to a nine nublic place. Much damage has been done in the Napier Botanical Gardens during recent weeks by young larrikins, who have destroyed shrubs and trampled down (lowers. An effort is to be made to catch these young vandals and to make an example of them. Most of the damage complained of has been done on Sundays The coffees, peppers, spices, and currv powder prepared by “Duriee," Octagon. Dunedin, are pure, clean, and fragrant. If :ot obtainable from your grocer, send direct ;o the manufacturers. A Dannevirke farmer, who shipped Home 24 bale? of wool, recently received the account of the sale of the wool. Nineteen bales were sold, and after incidental expenses had been added, the transaction showed a debit balance of 7s 6d. Of vourso he still has five bales to dispose if, but in any case the experiment is not ikely to prove a profitable one. The takings at. the gate for the Canter-bury-Wnirarapa match amounted to £lO4 17b, of which £6 11s was for the navi'jor> Fifteen per cent, of the actual gate money [£9B 6s) goes to the Borough Council, md the balance to the Wairarapa Rugby □cion.

A special. regulation authorising the Wellington Acclimatisation Society to kill dur- ■ mg the next three months, red deer that ' "should bo destroyed by reason of age, de- • formity, or any other reason, has been ; issued by the Department of Internal Affairs (says the. Dominion). This permission is intended to assist the society in , improving the red deer herds in the Wellington district. The prosperous state of the Taranaki district is shown by the recent arrangements in connection with the railway “ cut," no trains having. been taken off in the district (says the Patea Press). The news that the early morning train to Hawera will be left undisturbed wiU be ■ nleasing to the parents of chi'dren attending the Technical School at Hawera from Patea, Alton, and Manutahi. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails.... A peculiarly humorous incident occurred during the Wairarapa v. Marlborough iuuior representative match at, the Show Ground (reports the Marlborough Express). The game was at an exciting pitch, a forward struggle being in progress near the touchline. The referee’s whistle sounded, and as the players - fell apart the Wairarapa , linesman, one of their emergencies, was revealed in their midst, flag and all. What he was doing there it would be hazardous to speculate. Long ostablish'.nent invariably means higher prices, and keen buyers are aware of t this fact. Often thus is “traded” upon. It is the man who is out to increase and must develop his business who will give you low prices. Como and see what we can do for you when you are furnishing. We do it f thoroughly, from the front to the back. — r Riach and M’Lonnan, Anzac square.... ; “ Can you still touch the ground with , your hands without bending your logs?" i was a - question put to a Lyttelton old-age pensioner, now in his 62nd year, by a 1 policeman who knew something of the r veteran’s agility in days gone by (writes the Christchurch Sun). “ Och, Lord lav 1 yer, yes!” replied the old one, with a look . of astonishment, as he performed the feat ; with the ease of an acrobat, much to his 3 own satisfaction and none the less to that a of a group of interested spectators. A real cine for rough hands is Waters’ I Chap Lotion. It. —At Waters’ Pharmacy.... The exports of coal from Greymoutfa for i the week- ended August 6 were as follows: Blackball, 2603 tons 6cwt • Paparoa. 1236 L tons lewt; Reefton, 31 tons lOcwt: Hunter, a 136 tons 3cwt; ■ Dobson, 76 tons 13cwt; Baddeley 123 tons 9cwt; State, 1263 tons e lOcwt. B Waters’ Canadian cough cure cures colds quickly; Is 6d and 3s.—At Waters’ Pharmacy ... The decision of the New Zealand Gova ernment not to invito the Pan-Pacific Con- - gress to meet in New Zealand at the beS ginning of 1923 (in consequence of which > the congress may meet in Japaq) was rea ferred to at the last meeting of the geological section of the We’lington Philosophical Society (says the Evening Post), u On the motion of Mr Ongley, it was de- • cided to draw the attention of the society • to the matter, and ask it to propose that the New Zealand Institute should take ; steps to protest against the action of the f Government. Mean man story (58)He stops hie Waterbury every night, just to save the works. R.N. Rum will lubricate your system and give it a fine tone. —Oban Hotel 0n1y.... Charged with falsely representing himself to be a dentist, and thereby obtaining from Johnston and Co. liquor to the value ? of £5 10s, Charles N. "Rossiter pleaded 1 guilty at the Magistrate’s Court at Wel- , fington recently. Mr A. B. Sievwright 1 appeared for the accused. Mr F. K. Hunt. S.M., said what Rossi ter needed was to f go to hard work. He decided to give Him a chance, and placed him on proba- > tion for two . years, the Y.M.'C.A. authorities having expressed their willingness to provide him with employment. Hard luck! They want more at Samoa. Fortunately for us there is ample at Wm. Oossan's Waterloo, Caversham.... In a flock of black Orpington fowls, the f property of Mrs Haning. Mariri, is to be seen a pullet with three legs (reports the Nelson Evening Mail). The third leg. which’ is somewhat smaller than the others and powejlegs, is growing out from the left of the root of the tail and hangs down behind, being hidden in a clump of feathers. This clump of feathers gives the bird a slightly deformed appearance, otherwise there is nothing to indicate any peculiarity as she goes about. This bird was* hatched in October last form an ordinary sized egg, and is now laying. ’ A good tailor is MacLeod MacGUlivray, ’ Rattray street (opp. D.1.C.).... Certain scientific investigations of opos- ) sums, having for their object the studying t of the actual development of the young in . order, if ocssible, that the of the ) open season shall be snoh as to obviate the s destruction of young animals, . are _to bo made by Professor Kirk, of Victoria Unif versity College (says the Wellington Post). In the past the difficulty has been that, in an endeavour to secure skins at their best, many young opossums have been killed. , . If you are in doubt as to. which tonic you should take, ask those friends who have 7 taken Marshall’s Fospherine what they think of it. Marshall’s is mostly sold by . recorptnendation.... j The advantages of running pigs on fern country is shown on Mr J. W. Todd’s farm, at Ihakara, near Levin (says the Chronicle). Sections of rough land were fenced off 12 months ago, and the pigs turned on. In a few weeks the nigs had all the fern rooted out and the land cleared. The pigs were then moved on to the next lot, and so on. The ground was then harrowed and sown in grass, and is now in splendid condition. Fern root forms excellent feedings. and except for this the animals. had ‘ no other fodder, yet they are in condition at present. Tne 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 are many bargains Ju«t see them .. How, asks the Mount Ida Chronicle, does th : s speak for the rabbit nuisance in Maniototo?* A traveller told us the other dav he took his pea rifle with him on his round to get a ooup'e of rabbits to take home to Dunedin. He travelled from Kyeburn to Waipiata, then as far ns Mr Chapman’s farm, then to the Ring Farm, and to Mr ’ Goddes’s via Mr F. Hbre’s, up to the Kyeburn Station, and saw only one rabbit, which was too far away to shoot. So • he had to buy a pair in Middlemaroh to take home. Of course he followed the ’ road all the way. But several years ago a hundred shots could be got in that i journey, so evidently bunny is not on the ; increase everywhere. Thomson and Co., Moray place (opposite j First Church) Just arrived a large and choice selection of granite and marble monuments. ’Phone 2296.... The careless smoker is responsible for many fires, according to the National Board 1 of Hire Underwriters, which has started a campaign for safeguarding America against fire by way of a publication. The , National Board of Fire Underwriters say, ■ so the articles continue: —The careless smoker causes death and destruction to an extent that can hardly be imagined by one who has not studied the statistics, just us the careless users of electricity, the careless camper in the woods, the careless housewife in the kitchen, and all the other familiar careless figures in the lives of our communities.” The magazine says outright damage wrought bv fires attributed to smoking reach more than £18,200,000 in the United States in the five years from 1915 to 1919 inclusively. Mr T. W. Downes, of the Up-river Trust, related to a Wanganui Chronicle reporter on Wednesday an incident which demonstrated once more the wonderful secondsight of the Maori. Mr Downes was in Tauinarunui recently, when a boy who had been sick died. The father of the child asked Mr Downes to give the news to an uncle in a pa 30 miles down river. Mr Downes said he would, and he reached the pa in the afternoon. When he conveyed the information to the uncle, the latter said “1 know.” “How did you hear?" asked Mr Downes. The Maori replied that he and another had seen the boy sitting outside the whare at about 4 o clock that morning. That was the time the chi'd died. Mr Downes said that such manifestations were common among the Maoris. .