NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18377, 15 October 1921, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Last week over 30,000 brown trout fry were liberated in the Mangatainoka River. It 'is not generally known that many country residents in Wairarapa receive their daily loaf of bread through the rural delivery service (says a local exchange). Some hae ‘moat ah’ canna’ eat, an’ some can oat an’ hae na moat; but all can oac Ilitchon’s bacon. Ask your grocer.... During the nine months of this year ended September 30 shipping of a registered tonnage of 375,819 visited Napier, as against 548,033 tons for the same period of 1920. Don’t delay. Our free enlargement offer closes on Saturday, 15th, October.—Wrigglesworth and Binns, Octagon.—Advt. Scrim that was soiling a few months ago at Is 9d is now selling at Is per yard. First grade scrim before the war sold at 6d per yard. ‘ M'Gavin’s special production, “ oat malt stout,” ■is generous, refreshing. ' and strengthening. A superior table beverage.... A Chinese reform association, which is petitioning the Shanghai Municipal Council to make the road regulations more severe, asks that chauffeurs found guilty of killing pedestrians should be locked in a room with the wax image of the person killed. A hint:. Have you over been to 'Willie Crossan’s “Waterloo,” Caversham? If not: Ho the pleasures missed!... Nearly 6000 gallons of milk were received at the Mataura Dairy Factorv on Thursday. morning, which is greatly in excess of the amount received at the same period last season (reports the Ensign). Taranaki dairy farmers know something about roaring calves, and it is significant that the popular food just now is “Faterino.” Wonderful results achieved in preventing scouring. Apply to your storekeeper.—Milne. Brcmner (Ltd.), wholesale agents, Dunedin.... “ Conviction is spreading among school children that they don’t need to learn to Write, as they are all going to have typewriters, /and that arithmetic won’t do ’em anv good, as they will have adding machines,” pessimistically remarks the Toppenish Tribune.

A violent storm in the naimre of a cloud- . burst passed over To Awamutu on Satur- . day last. Hailstones were six inches deep ) on roads, piling up to 2ft against buildings. . Many shops were flooded. • A real cur* jor rough hands is Waters’ 1 Chap. Lotion, li, At Waters’ Pharmacy.... We learn that as a result of the shearers’ f award (says the Marton Advocate) a '.sheep- - owner in this district whose flocks number > over 10,000, will this year employ only two • shearers. The greater portion of the shear - • ing will be done by the employer himself f and the perftianent station hands. . ? Phantasmagoria. What torment so great as when sleep forsakes us? The phantasmagoria of present, past, and future hap- ’ pollings holds the fagged brain in thrall, goading to desperation the already ox- } naustod nerves. Remedy: “Marshall’s Fospherine.’’ Chemists and stores.... 1 Amongst a brood of chickens hatched i on Monday morning by a hen belonging 1 to Mr Bunn, of Hastings, was one little 3 bird with four legs complete. Unfortunately the mother, which was a young . one, had trodden and killed the infant . prodigy before it was discovered. A novel use for wireless was, found in mid-Atlantic. A member of the crew of a i tramp ship died, and the captain had not 5 a copy of the burial service. A Cunard 1 wirelessed the service, and the burial was 5 carried out as the operator on the tramp 3, translated the message. ! Two days old calves are a difficult pro- . position if a cold “snap” occurs. Give c them “Faterine,” mixed with skim milk , or whey. Your troubles will end. Send . a now to your storekeeper.—Milne, Bremner (Ltd.), wholesale agents.'Dunedin.... > Cargo imports at Napier during the nine months ended September 50 totalled 83,110 1- tons, against 76,754 tons for the same period of 1920. Of that amount general - cargo totalled 44,738 tons and 55,005 tons o respectively, coal and coke 22,380 tons and ' 16,404 tons, and coal (Government) 15,992 tons and 5336 tons, t- Exports from Napier during the nine o months ended September 20 were as follows, • the figures for 1920 being given in paren- • theses:—General cargo 26,384 tons (26,110 8 tons), wool, flax, hemp and tow 51,762 bales " (42,664 bales), beef . 2677 tons (1352 tons), mutton 459,054 carcases, 13,031 pieces i, (377,170 carcases, 6113 pieces), 'and lamb h carcases (222,810 carcases). Ihe house furnisher who reads this para--0 graph will be lucky. For the week ending ; Saturday, 22nd October, Riacfa and M’Len--1 nan’s entire stock of furniture will be dis- ’ counted 15 per cent., and sold, at straight- • out prices., No commission, no concessions, 1 no rebates, no discounts; but the price at t which goods must be sold will mean a clean sweep of furniture in their upstair showroom. Goods free until required if necessary. No charge for packing • or delivery to rail; city delivery daily. : After any line has been sold it cannot ,be replaced on the above terms. .. The farming outlook is distinctly brighter now than it was three months ago, according to Mr J. Caselberg, chairman of directors of the _ Wairarapa Farmers’ Co-operative Association. Mr Caselberg stated at the . annual meeting that given normal seasons c ho had every confidence in the immediate v > future both for the dairy farmer and the sheep farmer. i 'W aters' Canadian cough cure cures colds 5 quickly; Is 6d and 3s.—At Waters’ PharrJ macy.... j “I guarantee', that if the average Aus- ' > tralian consumer were shown a complete list of all the articles being made in hia t country he would stand amazed; in fact, the shook would probably be too much for p him,” states a correspondent of the Australasian Manufacturer. The same remark j can be applied (says the New Zealand Times) to the average New 'Zealander in regard 5 to the dominion’s manufactures, but the - “shock” would bo pleasant. It is confidently 4 , anticipated that the “Mad© in New Zealand Exhibition” this month will give the public a proper pride in. the quality and variety of New Zealand’s manufactures. “1 have not reared such a tine lot of ■ calves before as those reared bn ‘Faterine,’ ” 1 says a Kai Iwi dairy Proof of the goodness of the new Liquid Calf Food. Storekeepers will supply.—Milne, Brenlner (Ltd.), wholesale agents. D true din..,, j Mr J. Leckio, ganger, and Mr H. T. . Button, of the Otago Acclimatisation Soj oiety, brought to Timam on Tuesday by r the first express from the south a conrign--9 ment of 1700 Loch Leven yearling trout . taken from Lake Hawea (says the Post), t They were met at the station by Messra J. M'Bride, L. B. James, and Young, who took the trout to the Opihi River by motor and liberated them. Mr Leckie stated that ' the fish arrived in excellent condition, the cool weather being favourable to their trans- ' portation. Of the 1700 fish only four died on the journey, which reflects great credit > on those in whose care they were. > Two further consignments will be brought from : Otago shortly, making 5000 in all that will 1 be liberated by the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. • . Special reductions on all costumes during October. We have a full range t of navy and black worsteds and serges, also colonial ’ tweeds, etc. Call and get a quotation for your new season’s costume or dress. Satis--1 faction guaranteed.—A. F. Gheynq and Co., ‘ Mosgie!.... s When the liner Finland arrived at Now " York from Antwerp it, had on board a mascot picked up whilst the vessel was 1200 t miles from the nearest.land (says the Cen- • tral Nows). During the voyage the officer on the bridge was astonished to see two birds wearily making their way towards the steamer. The ■ first to reach it fell exhausted on the deck and died, but the second regained its strength when given water and grain by Captain Candy, 'outside whose cabin it / chose its perch. The only marks df identi- ' fication which the birds bore were small aluminium tags with the words “Man- , Chester, England,” on , them. The survivor refused to leave Captain Candy, and •J when the steamer docked it would not fly ! more than a few yards from its roost near his cabin. Gbanism (98): A dogwood tree can always be located by its bark. Over the counter, in flasks, pints, or quarts, it’s all the same-pre-war standard draught whisky.—Oban H0te1.... _ A French bacteriologist caught' his little son' playing with a mud-pie, and, borrowing a small portion of the mixture, carefully analysed it in his laboratory. Ho found it teeming with microbes, but took a census of only the harmful varieties. Ho found when he had finished his labours that the little bit of “pie” he dealt with contained the following germs:—Diphtheria, 1,800,000; measles, 2,450,000; smallpox, 900,000; lock-jaWj 3,600,000; dysentery, 950.000; pneumonia, 505,000; tuberculosis, 620,000. And the total of nearly 11,000,000 1 was only a percentage of the organisms in the delicacy. ' Indigestion, the bane of one’s existence —throwing one’s system out of working order. Your handicap in life’s strenuous running. Try Dr Crossland’s Noxol. 2s a bottle. All chemists and stores.,.. They say the man who wrote about filthy lucre spoke prophetically of the note issue of the New Zealand banks. ; We saw one this morning for 10 shillings, dated 1917 (says the Auckland Star). It was so grimy and dir/-stained that it must have passed its time in a two-up school confined to gentlemen who handle coal and bucolics like the one in George Belcher’s joke—“ Wash mo hands?” No, Mum. They gets harder and harder, and when they gets too hard I oils them.” The signature had worn off many moons ago, and most of the pattern had mellowed into something resembling the background of a futurist artist’s picture. Feilding folks also remark upon tho filthy lucre in circulation. Bourbon Coffee, the popular beverage for breakfast, dinner, or supper. Prepared by “Durie's,” 22 Dunedin, specialists in coffees, peppers, spices, and curry powder.... One of the most remarkable episodes of the sea in waters where many extraordinary things occur, happened a few days ago off tho Island of Bcga, in the Fiiian group. A Fiji fisherman got his anchor fouled on the edge of o coral reef, and, as is usual in such circumstances, dived overboard to free the stone and so save his rope.' He had just reached bottom and was starting to pull clear his stone anchor, when his head was seized, in a vice. _ Although in great pain, the native pluckily punched at the monster which had seized him, and as his feet rose surfacowards, the fish released him, and he reached the air in a state of collapse. Blood trickled- from some three or four dozen gashes on each side of Iris head over the ears. His wounds are now half-healed. Thomson and Co.. Moray place (opposite First Church) Just arrived a large and choice selection of granite and ' marble monuments. 'Phone 2296....