NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18455, 17 January 1922, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

& A Greytown orchardist this season picked 10 tons pf gooseberries. Last month the Manawafcu county ranger impounded 96 cattle and 18 horses. M'Gavais special production, "oat malt stout,” is generous, refreshing, aqd strengthening. A superior table beverage.... For the week ended January 7,. the Westport Coal Company shipped 1877 tons 9cwt of coal and five tons 3cwt of coke. The building trade in Masterton is beginning to snow a slight improvement, after being very slack for some considerable time. inomson and Co., Moray place (opposite First Church). Just arrived a large and choice selection of granite and marble monuments. ’Phone 25296....' Shearing throughout the country is nearly completed (says the Mataura Ensign), Argyle was cut put during the week, and Gleharay has about a week’s work to complete operations. Hitcbon’s bacon everywhere, from Christchurch to the Bluff The grocers very often complain they can’t get half enough. Wholesale factory Milton. Bray Bros., Dunedin agents. All grocers.... ' As much as 34s per case was paid for hothouse tomatoes grown at Rona Bay at the fruit market at Wellington the other day. Green tomatoes, from Nelson, grown in the open, brbught as high as 14s 6d per case. One of our clients who has bought a new Buiok oar has asked us to dispose of Ilk Maxwell.' It is a five-soater, in perfect order, eleotrio and self-starter, Bosch magneto, tyres in great order, spare rim and three aparo tyres and tabes, all spares, ©to. Any trial given. Price £27o.—Riach and M’Lennan, Anzac square.... Since the new year commenced therb hare been many daily applications for work at the office of the Labour Department in Auckland. The number of inquiries for employment has been unusually large compared with the corresponding period of last year. The price of aoftgoods and all classes of® drapery will bo found in 1922 to be very much lower than those ruling in 1921. Messrs A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel, make this statement without fear of contradiction. Their .stocks end prices prove it...

Plague , Warning-—Bat-proof food and refuse containers obtainable all ironmongers : or V. M. Dickinson, manufacturer.... -The farmers in' the' Waimoa Plains district' are all busy either cutting grass,, shearing, or turnip thinning (says the Mataum Ensign). The grass crops are reported to be much heavier than last year, ** and it is expected that the yield will bo ■ fully one-third better than was ' Obtained . then. _ " ■ ■■■ ■ What is’'this great medicino that-every-ono is talking about? "of. course. Dr Grassland's celebrated prescrip-'--tion 89578, one of the best known cures for indigestion, constipation, and liver disorders.... t A ‘few lucerne crops may be keen along the line between Wanganui and Patea (says the Wanganui Herald). ' Tbs' first cutting has been made and stacked, and the second growth gives promise of another i* good yield 6f fodder. Turnip and rape crops are also looking well after the iocent heavy rains. ' / We -ead, others follow. Bacon (in the 1 piece), la Id; sliced,,. Is 2d.—Only at Barton and IreUgrove 5.!.. During the month of November, 1921, tfliere were 1,604,641 superficial feet .of timber exported . from Uroymouth/ of a total value of £14,156. The total export for the Whole of New Zealand amounted to \ 5,063,065 ,superficial feet valued at ? £62,002. _ 1 '.T *' ' Harvesting requirements are obtainable' at most reasonable prices at James Gray and Sons, Milton.... The experiments being'made at Waimate with colonial-grown turnip seed-are said to be proving very successful. It is claimed for the seed that the germination is better, and the, price* is; stated;at Ts 6d to Is 9d per. Ib, compared with ,3o lor the imported artiolfe. , y ; ' Complexion protection is assured by using Waters' Vi-Oatta Face Cream. It counteracts pot suns and parching wind. /Jars 2s; posted 2s 6d.—Waters’ New Pharmacy, 20 Princes street, Dunedin.... , r A country member of the Napier Harbour Board wrote to that body the other t day explaining that he could not attend ' because he was in the middle of harvesting. He added that this year he ;had secured -all the labour lie wanted at Is. 4d per hour, whereas last year he could not get \ it at 2s 6d per hour. The price of softgobds and aB classes of - drapery will be found in 1922 to very much lower thin those ruling in 1921. Messrs. A. ■ P.,. Cheyne and Co,, MosgieJ, make this statement without fear of contradiction.' Their stocks and prices prove it.'... *. The insurances on the Uruti dairy factory, which was destroyed by fire in the early hours'of the morning ot. December 31 were £3030 on the building’and plant in the Victoria Office, and £IOOO on the stock (on a sliding scale) in the same office. - The loss is l estimated in the vicinity of '£2ooo above the amount of the insurances. “Marshall’s” is not .a fictitious stimulant that creates a craving, , nor does 1 it affect the'heart as drugs’do. Marshall's ine is a pure nerve food, containing in concentrated form phosphoric nourishment.... A Wairarapa man sold his form arid stock at a price that elevated him to ’the list of those who retired to seaport towns.' The deposit (says an exchange)* was small ■ in comparison with the deal, and the mortgage was big. The first half-year’s interest was-met, but the second/was slow ,in ’■ arriving. -Then it occurred to/the retired man to journey down and see if. the grass wai still growing on Jhe farm. He found the place overrun with grass, the settler missing, and not a hoOf on the property. He is bads on the farm. •' i < -To Coffee Connoisseurs.—We Have landed ex Tainui a shipment of No. 1 Blue Mpu ZiJ tain Jamaica, the finest coffee grown oa earth. 3e 6d per lb. — 32 Octagon, Dunedin.... , . ' s . In connection with the fatal collision between a motor cycle and a lorry on the Hamilton-Cambridge road, by which David Doake, aged 30 years ; sustained injuries from which he'died, it m remarked ns being somewhat curiqiis that _both Doake and ’ M.'Naniara (the other occupant) were employees of the electrical branch of the Public Works Department at Hamilton; and that the lorry belonged to the same branch, arid was driven, by E, G. Davy, an 1 em- > ployeo of the Electrical Department. Dessert de lijxe. Unequalled for purity, delicate flavouring, and nourishment.- Bon Jelly Crystals. Ask* your grocer for. them. Wholesale: Buabon Prop. Co., 748 King ' street (tel. 448).... , \ . The continued popularity of the public libraries in Auckland is demonstrated by the statistics regarding the use'that has, been made of these institutions during the .year 1921. ’> The total number of books taken out of the lending department of the Central Libroryand the suburban branch libraries was 304,692, a against 274,759 in 1920—an increase of 29,933. ', Illustrated price-list of our beautiful pushcarte .and supplied on ' application!—Riach and M'Lennan, Amao square.... _ . The manifold activities daring the war period, of the, Wellington St. John Ambulance Brigade and Bed, Cross Society have been reviewed in detail 4 in a final re- ■ port. Thein exteiit is indicated by the-fact ' that, beginning on July 12, 1910, the organisation despatched 'to the war zone 356,866 articles, conservatively valued at' ,£26,121. Cash, receipts from all sources from July 12, '1915, to August 51; 1921, totalled £12,252 19s sd, of which £4020 lias been paid over to the : War Funds Council for the benefit of sick and wounded soldiers and sailors. The cost of collection of funds, purchase and manufacture of materials, etc., amounted-to only 8.86 per cent, of the net receipts. / v Obanisiri (175): The longest word:—Archbishop Benson wrote: , “The Free Kirk of the North of Scotland kre strong antidisestablishmentarians.” That’s a worker. The wee -word Oban means a lot to- thrifty people.... ' In connection with the double tragedy ' at Eltham, when a man narked William' , Percival Owen inflicted fatal: injuries oh\ his wife .arid then committed Suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun, Owen left the following note on the kitchen table:— 1 . “Murder and suicide, that is it. I. am mad, and don’t want to leave Glad (his wife) to face things alone, so I am sending -her to Minnie and George (relations who had passed away). She will be happy there, just ,as we were happy here. I am sorry for you all; and no, one is to blame. Sell out and live in town ti and be kind to each other. Your poof old Bill.” r , Dry and parching weather predicted. Liquid refreshers obtainable, of best quality, from Wm. Crossan, “Waterloo,” Caver- f sham.... ' - ‘ ' A weakness which the present season has revealed in Hunter’s wheat was pointed out by Mr F. E. Ward, agricultural in-, structor for Canterbury, during a visit ; to the Ashburton expenfnental area (says ’ the Guardian). He took a head of this variety of wheat and showed how the bottom six or eight grains had not set. This Was due to "this portion of the head having “bring in the shot blade” instead of pushing out after the top part of the head. Dry weather was the cause of this; check, and it was - especially common in Hunter’s wheat. Speaking ,of the disease known as ‘Take All” or “White Heads,” Mr Ward said he had noticed none in the Leestqn district on a recent tour, but it, was fairly common in the Rakaia district V and North Otago, i , ~ . , We cater for' the ( health of the com/ munity. 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.—Barton and Trengrove... A branch of the Commercial Bank or Australia, Ltd., has been operied at Hamilton. This is the eleventh branch the bank has opened in New Zealand since 1, 1912, when it first extended its operations in the dominion. The bank, has purchased freehold property in the tour centres, and its business is steadily growing.