NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18447, 7 January 1922, Page 14

NEWS IN BRIEF

The Waimate 00-operative Dairy Factory pub up a record in production Last month, no less than 107,2251 b of, butter being burned out.' I The old folk at Homo eat all the better for a little “Black and White” occasionally.... To date 17,022 oldults have visited the Sargeant Art Gallery at Wanganui. Of the total number about four-fifths passed through the gallery during the past year. M'Gavin's special production, " oat' mail stout,” is generous, refreshing, and strengthening. A superior table beverage..../ The telephone office at Macotown (near Arfowtown) has been permanently closed owing to the improbability of the resumption of gold mining in the district. An easily-digested food and most nourishing is “Kream Corn Flour”—a product of Australian-grown maize. It is pure and wholesome. See that “Kream” is on the packet.—Milne,, Bremnor Ltd., wholesale agents, Dunedin.,.. ' The influence of Katana upon the Native . mind was evidenced by the fact that' hundreds of Maoris who usually patronise the Monawatu races were absent from the recent mooting; .Recent wool sales still show the necessity for careful dipping. Murton's Fluid, as well as being the cheapest, gives groat results, carrying tlifl sheep through the winter in clean and healthy condition.— Stronach, Morris, and Co. (Ltd.), are the Otago agents.... During the past year the deaths have been recorded .in one AutiSland paper of 224- persons whose ages wore over 80 years. The Napier Telegraph reports that tho number of unemployed in the Hawke’s Bay district is now very small, tho freezing, and harvesting operations having absorbed' Uio surplus workers. Oh 1 the delights of the children when they see custards, sauces, blancmanges, etc., made from "Kream Corn Flour." It is so appetising. Try it. See that tho brand “Kream” is on tho packet.—Milne, Bremner Ltd., wholesale agents, Dunedin.... Blight is again l affecting the blackberry in tho Oropi and' Ngawaro districts, and the general opinion is that the blight will prevent tho fruiting of the blackberry this seoson. If the blight keeps returning every year tnere appears a good chance of it killing out the blackberry pest. A true delicacy. Guaranteed pure and wholesome. Best cane sugar, pure fruit juices. Bon Jolly Crystals. Ask your grocer for them. Wholesale: Kuabon Prop. 00., 748 King street (tel. 449) “All th© farmers I met in Hawke's Bay during Christmas complained of the money they had last,” remarked a well-known Wellington citizen tho other day. ‘They’ve all had a bad year for stock. One man said ho had dropped £SOOO over it. Tho opinion is thq.t if things do not improve, and that right soon, they will hardly bear writing about much longer.” To Coffee Connoisseurs.—We have landed ex Tainui a (shipment of No. 1 Blue Mountain Jamaica, the finest coffee grown on earth. 5s 6d per lb.—"Durie’s,” 32 Octagon, Dunedin.... Although an Australian, Miss Annette Kcllerman says she would like to see New Zealand beat Australia at swimming. For years Australia has led the world in swimming, but it is only when swimmers like Miss Blsibtrey come along that they realise they have got a little slack. They have taken tho sport easily and • lot the few champions do the work lor years< The price of softgoods and all classes of drapery will bo found in 1922 to bo very much lower than those ruling in 1921. Messrs A. F. Oheyne and Co., Mosgiel, it,take this statement without fear of oontratfic&on. Their stocks and prices prove it..-.

A despicable j theft, which assumes an even greater decree of absolute, meanness by -reason ol the particular institution and the circumstances in which it was was. made on Christmas Eve at the Wnangarei 'Hoapital. (says the Northern Advocate). The thief entered the kitchen through a window, and stole five fowls ready dressed for cooking. The poultry was meant for the Christmas dinner of invalid patients and nursing staff. Wholesale prices for jam and preserving jars, 21b tie-over jam jard, 8s 6d dozen; wide mouth, quart preserving jars, 15s dozen; Mason’s, wide mouth quart, 12s 6d dozen. Buy now before the price rises. Hiach and M'Lennan, Anzac square.... Wo iead. others follow. Bacon (in the piece), Is 2£d j sliced, Is 4d.—Only at Barton and Trengrovo's.... There-is no apparent abatement of the scramble for houses at Te t Awamutu, despite ail the building activity during the last 12 months (remarks the Wajpa Post). As indicating the demand, it may be mentioned that the top part of a veHiSle which plied for hire between the town and the railway station has been mounted ,on skids, and now does duty as a home. And there were dozens of applicants for this dwelling when it became available. Thomson and Co), Moray place (opposite First Church) Just arrived a largo and choice selection of granite and marble monuments. ’Phone 2236.,.. / The Waimate district looks, greener than some of the land on the scorched up plains of the north end of the province, and more particularly in the area between Ashbur™l and Christchurch (says the Advertiser). After the spell of . holiday weather, however,' a soaking rain would do the grain crops, no littlo good. , . Obanism (167).—1f one takes too many glosses he becomes a tumbler hiipself. Don’t qualify for Wirth’s circus unless you really want to be a tumbler.—Oban Hotel)... , OK'ing to the fall in the market price, ■the Oaipbridge Co-operative Dairy Company has decided to temporarily susnend the manufacture of dried milk powder (sayS the Cambridge correspondent to the New Zealand Herald), This is a matter, for regret, as exports say Cambridge milk powder is • among the -world's besjt. Directly the market hardens its manufacture will be resumed . As a standby in case of emergency Buchanan s “Black and White” is superior to all others.!.. ■ ' A traveller who has just returned'from a. tour in the } South Island states that there are hundreds of motor cans in various garages there, being sent in for sals b'y those who could no longer afford to run them (reports the Wanganui Herald)., Ho was {informed that some North Island' had managed to secure some good rubbles in cars in the south, and had ehipped them to the North Island and turned them over at a profit. *|Tastes” differ till they meet at the Waterloo”! All agree that Willie Crossap s liquids are the best.... A message by pigeon was received from Mayor Island on Saturday afternoon front the which is engaged in producing the film, My Cady of the Cave" (writes the Teuranm correspondent to the AuckJa ?d Herald). Wot weather has interferedwith the party a work, but many excellent scenes, have been filmed. Severe earthquake shocks were felt at the island on Ihursday evening of last week. A local resident accompanying the patty caught * swordfish 12ft long. 1 Sportsmen who are requiring rifle bullets wowd pe advised to buy now, as the price of ammunition is likely to rise shortly. Kiaoh <a.i*a MXeDnan h&yo a stock of 2£ long rifle cartridges which they are selling at 58s 6d thousand...) Uherc has boon placed in tb© Wanganui Museum a rusty, three-legged, cast-iron pot which was part of the', price—tobacco’ paudy cloth, beads, mirrors, razors, pots, and many other things which pleased the eye apd the vanity of savages—paid to the Natives for the present site of Wanganui m 1840, Then it was sand drifts, toi toi flats, and flax swamps. ■’ (Several knowing buyers from the city make a practice of calling at James Gray and Sons when motoring through Milton./.) Tne financial condition of the Australasian League football tourists is very .healthy, according to advices from Eng* land. After deducting £B4O for entertain*' ment tax, their share of the £3891 Teat “gate” at, Leeds was £2113, and the aggregate receipts from the 10 gabies played were over £7OOO. As the tatfmated expenses of the, tow /are between £15,000 and £16,C00, with two-third# ’of the pro. gramme still to complete (states‘an exchange), the indications point to a satisfactory venture. » • Hitchon’s bacon’s a very good thing to take with you camping out Fried with tomatoes it’s fit for a Icing, or with eggs there isn’t a doubt. Wholesale from factory, Milton, or Bray Bros., Dunedin agents. Retail, all grocers.... I, Mr J. J. Dougall, ref Christchurch, was impressed in the .United States with Labour’s desire to speed-up. “They don’t go slow at all,”. ..he - said. “The trades unions there go for speed and _high wages, and piece-work is quite common. The unions seem to take a direction diametrically opposite to that taken by trades unions in the British. Empire. The workers there are much faste’r than workers j hero, but that may be the result of superior methods and greater organisation.”/ !l To please a lady present her with soma choice perfumery dr eau-de-Cologne. In dainty packets and bottles from Is 6d ‘to £3 3s. delightful goods.—Waters’ New Pharmacy, '2O Princes street (opp, Bristol), Dunedm.... « Audible, merriment is not. much in order at champion chess contests --(says an Auckland paper), but quite a ripple of laughter was evoked by one of the Wellington representatives, a genial, deaf, and all- but dumb competitor, at the conclusion of the" game he won from Mr J, E. Stevens. “Beat my schoolmaster!” be wrote on a slip of paper, which he passed to some onlookers, with the result that the stem umpire intervened to repress tie consequent hilarity. Mr Stevens ia the wellknown Master of the Sumner Deaf and Dumb institute, Christchurch, .and his elated victor is an old pupil thereof. Marshall’s Fospherine srribotha away the lines from forehead, eyes, and mouth'; driving out the, restless look, and restoring, brightness to fhe eyes; filling the body wire vigorous health. 2s 6d buys 100 doses. Chemists and grocers... A burglar who was • operating" in the suburban districts during the Christmas period appears to possess a pretty wit (Says the Christchurch Press). It ia narrated that on a recent Sunday ha evidently watched a certain Fendalton residence until the occupants left for church; thereafter he effected an entrance. When the occupants returned; from their devotions, and became aware by the general disarrangement of things that there had been an uninvited visitor, the next thing they became aware of was a notice, pinned up in the hall. It read: “You should watch as well as pray!” The price of softgoods and all classes of drapery will he found in 1922 to'bo verymuch lower than those ruling in 1921. Messrs A. F. Cheyne and' Co., Mosgiel, make this statement without fear of contradiction. Their jsteoks and prices prove it.... The current issue pf the Monthly Abstract of Statistics contains an interesting comparison between the “worth” of 20 shillings for purchase of what, are known as the “three food groups” in July, 1914, and September, 1921, respectively. If the average “worth” in July, 1914 .is taken as 20 shillings, the worth, in September, 1921, was 12s 33d. The latter figure represents an improvement on the figure for September, 1920, which was 11s B|d. ' The lowest point reached between September, 1920, and September, 1021, was touched in December, 1920, when, on the July, 1914 basis, the' worth of 20 shillings was only 11s 3d so far as the throe food groups were concerned. • We cater for the health of the community. Our dustproof van conveys meat direct from abattoirs to shops, without fear of germ infection. Not only is the quality of the best, but every precaution taken to keep it wholesome.—Bartoa and \ Trengrove.... , Mr H. -'Atmore, M.P., has informed the Nelson Evening Mail that the Department of Agriculture has advised him that it declined to make a grant to the proposed company contemplated by the tomato growers in Nelson, on the ground that it was not quite within the scope of the Act and also because of the financial stringency. This refers to the movement of the Tomato Growers’ Association, to purchase . works for pulping tomatoes and engaging In certain other allied operations. O. Hannan, of.Tisbury, writes s Noxol i# an excellent medicine. 1 shall always keep it in the house. If .you suffer from constipation, indigestion, 1 acid risings, or liver troubles it will pay you to take it occasionally. -2s, at chermsta and store SI-