NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18464, 27 January 1922, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

Two men who arrived at Wellington from Sydney by the Manuka. on Monday evening were given into the custody of the police on a, charge of being stowaways. , A good tailor is MacLeod MaoGillivray, 168 Rattray street, Dunedin.... Complaints are being made at/Westport regarding the state ot fruit arriving frdm Wellington. A consignment of apricots was inspected on Friday last, and of 24 oases of fruit only 14 were fit for sale, the balance being.-rotten. Come and see our show to-night—we’ore open till 9 p.m. Friday nights. Scoullar and Chisholm, Ltd The coal companies in the Wairio district are experimenting with a. view of extracting oils and other by-products from the slack coal and 'dross from the mines (says the Western Star). A retort has been erected for this purpose, and some interesting developments are likely to occur in the near future. ‘ What woman does not value her complexion? To beautify and preserve it use “Diadem” Barilla soap. Purity itself. Demand “Diadem.” Milne, BremAer, Ltd., wholesale agents, Dunedin..:. A peculiar accident fcefel a youth named Frederick Stanwix at Hobart on Sunday, January 15. He had been' out shooting, and Am lying on the ground with a loaded gun'beside him. His dog stopped on the trigger, and the weapon was discharged. The shot entered _ Stanwix's right cheek,' and hie condition is serious. “A hungry, man is an angry man.” No need to bo hungry. Hitchon’s bacon, is cheap at the price asked for it/ Ask your grocer for Hitchon’s. Wholesale, Bray, Ltd,,-Dunedin.... _ A cabbage weighing 281 b and measuring 4ft*3inin diSmetcr was cut on Saturday’ in a garden at Ah aura. The cabbage is now on view in ,a Greymouth shop window. . As a rule furnishing brides invariably visit Hiach and M'Lonnan’s showroom in Anzao square when selecting furniture for the new home.... The Western Star is informed that the “go-slow” policy has been resumed in a number of the coal mines throughout Southland. As coal can be landed from China at 25s per ton, the action of the: miners is not likely to- affect the consumer. . The soft, beauty of a woman’s, hair, may be retained by washing it with I‘Diadom” Barilla soap. Take only “Diadem.” Milne, Bronmor, Ltd., wholesale agents, Dunedin. In the building of a now theatre, in Auckland, disappearing shops for the building front are, it is / reported, seriously considered. The idpa is to Ibwor each shop into a well at night, thus making ,their roofs part of the floor of the theatre vestibule. •The building , site has already been purchased. ’ ■ A well-known Hawse's Bay sheep farmer, who • has now realised what' the increased wool valnes meant* to him, has stated that another similar rise would just about end most of the sheep farmers’ troubles. For household and crib supplies—coo{ and refreshing—for holiday time festivities. Apply early.—Wm. Crossan, “Waterloo,” Cavorsham.... ’ A Feilding butcher had a Shop notice at the week-end to the effect that prime mutton was on sale within at 2d per lb, prime lamb at 6d lb, and choice eirlo-ins of beef at 6d lb, while half a sheep could be had? for 5s 9d. Wo Jead. others follow. Bacon (in the piece), Is Id; sliced, Is 2d.—Only at Barton and Trengrove’s.... Buyers of store sheep and lambs for breeding and fattening purposes' are experiencing the greatest difficulty in filling' their, requirements (says the Wairarapa Age). The contributing factors are an abundance of grass and an extremely sensitive market, Fat sheep and lambs are reaching the freezing works in small drafts only, yet rape crops are waiting to be fed off. Harvesting requirements are obtainable at most reasonable prices at James Gray ,and Sons, Milton.... Under the Wheat Trade Regulations the thrashing returns for the period i ended January 23_, 1922, are stated to be 6,603,872 bushels. Contracts to purchase are represented at *5,915,406 bushels good milling and 340,211 bushels fowl wheat. Through the Government brokers £2,374,260 10s 4d has been paid to the farmers,' representing 5,861,880 bushels. These/ figures are supplied by Mr W. G. M'Donald, Wheat Controller. Get “Marshall’s Fospherino” to-day if your nerves trouble you, and take a dose whenever hurry, worry, or excitement threaten you with nerve exhaustion. Your chemist or grocer stocks Marshall’s Fosphorine. 2s 6d per bottle. Be sure to mention “ Marshall's.”... To abandon hopes for the present of a canal -scheme for connecting the Waikato River with the sea and to concentrate on deepening the Waikato River and its tributaries was the decision of a very representative conference of local body delegates held at Ngaruawahia to discuss the report of the Inland Waterways Commission relative to the river. We have just landed a new shipment of bush rugs suitable for country stations and campers, all in nice patterns and lasting wear. Prices, 28s 6d and 32s 6d; order early. , Riach and M'Lennan, Anaac square.... The coal miners in the Buffer district are settling down to work _after_ the holidays, and producing coal in fairly* large quantities (says the Westport News). If the demand continues good, Westport’s shipping_ should speedily come up to what it was in the- pre-war days when the coal output ran up to 20,000 tons and over for the week. The snow-white habit , in respect to shelves, benches, and tables is possible with “Handy Jack" in the kitchen. Send to your grocer. Milne, Bremner, Ltd., wholesale agents, Dunedin.... “I went to the Parliamentary Library the. other day and asked for a copy of ‘Gulliver’s Travels’,” remarked the Hon. W. H. Triggs in the Legislative Council, “and the. very courteous assistant who handed me the book said it was the first time in the 25 years to which bis experience extended that the book had ever been asked for.” I

Do you feel tired and r sleepy on rising as if you had not slept enough?. Do you yawn during the day? If you have these syrup- j toms it is time you took some of Dr Cross - land’s great remedy Noxol. It will fix you up. 2s, at chemists and stores.... The co-operative coal-mining parties at Seddonville are finding a-good demand , for, the coal (says the Westport News). The sample'orders sent to Auckland turned, out very satisfactory, with - the result that orders exceeding the present, ability of the miners to supply are flowing in. Development work at "several of the mines is in hand, j ■ensuring a much larger output in the near future. A mechanic in a local engineering shop uses “Handy Jack” to clean his bands. Ho knows a good thing. Try it. Milne, Bremner, Ltd., .wholesale agents, Dunedin.... . . ; The, Grey River Argus says there is at least one strictly honest man on the s Coast among the patrons of racing, and he lives in Runanga. Recently, when some totalisator' investors were paid a first, dividend, on Woodrow at tho local races in an event Vin which the horse had come second, the club advertised for. a return of tho • excess, payment. Tho 'Runanga resident had a 10s ticket, and ho returned the amount paid in-excess of what ho should have received as for a second dividend. A Xmas treat for tho children—Bon Jelly Crystals, the purest made. No old stock. / Ask your grocer for them. Wholesale Ruabon Prop. 00., 748 King street (tel 449).... Tho effect of the break in tho Taranaki railway traffic, through the washout at Whenuakura bridge, is already making itself felt in. Taranaki towns by means of a. shortage in several lines of supplies. There ' is hardly any coal in Hawera, while the cut in the goods traffic is )f affecting. carriers - in that town. t'Motor lorries are. being kept busy transporting essential supplies by road, and travellers still have to find their own ■ means of crossing the. gap, principally by moans of motor cars from. Waverley. The price of softgoods and all classes of drapery will bo found in 1922 to bo very, much lower than those ruling in 192 L Messrs A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel, make this statement without fear of contra- - diction. Their stocks and prices prove it.... It is reported that the price .of bread in Wanganui is to be reduced in March. It . is stated that the contract fixing tho price of bread ' will not; be up till February 28, but that'the Board of Trade will meet ' some time before then to fix the new price, , which, will come into force in March. It , is expected that flour will be £4 to £5 a ton cheaper, so that the price of bread will be reduced Id to l£d a 21b loaf. Every 26s 8d reduction in the price of flour ropre'sents id per 21b loaf. Snow-white, fascinating hands obtained by using Chap Lotion, no matter how rough or red they may be.v Price la 6d bottle; 2s posted. Obtainable only ; frorfi , Waters' Pharmacy, 80 Princes street,-Dun-edin.... . ! The chairman of the Kia Ora Dairy Company (Mr Moore) informed the Poverty, : Bay Herald last week that company’s first shipment of butter ex Athenic Had realised up to 180 s per owt, and the second -consignment, ex Dorset, had sold up to 195 s per owt. Both shipments, he said, had been jying in London for some time, 1 tho Athenio having arrived on November 5. Under the circumstances. Mr Moore remarked, the prices were very good, representing approximately Is 7id and Is 9d per lb (gross), the local equivalent, which was just about the wholesale price the oompapy was receiving. From a dairyman’s point of view the news was particularly gratifying. We cater for the health of the community. . Our dustproof van conveys meatdirect 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 Tren- . grove..... ' ' Fishing stories are usually Regarded with a certain ■ amount of doubt, and open ypbelief is often expressed (says the Evening Post). Nevertheless the following,., a local happening, actually occurred during the, week-end. A well-known civil servant, who is at 1 present camping on the eastern ‘side of the harbour, spends a good deal of his'■ time fishing, with varying success, from a rocky point in the vicinity of his camp. On .Saturday last he was at his usual place fishing, using a schnapper line, when he , felt a severe pull. Thinking he had cap- • hired something/ particularly large—and edible—he "played? the fish with great patience, and eventually landed it in the (•hallows. whence it could be hauled ashore.'. Great' was the fisherman’s surprise ,to find that he had captured a large shark, fully 9ft in length, and which -had taken the bpat part of- half hour to land. ■ To Coffee Connoiesaurs.—We hove landed, fex. Tainui a shipment ‘of No. 1 Blue Moun-.' tain Jamaica, the, finest ■> coffee grown’ on earth.- 3s 6d per lb.—“Durie’s,” 32Octagon, Dunedin.... Speaking on the subject .of the airman at the roonung service at St. Paul’s Davenport, Auckland, the Rev. R. S. Watson, * M.C., said‘that at the front the airman was looked upon, despite the risks hj rati, as the gentleman of the service. The foot soldier had to (put up with oQ the discomforts of war, but away up in the dean air of heaven, away from the mud and the dirt and discomfort, could be seen the airmail gliding like a big bird, and seeing clearly all that was going on below while those below ooiild not very often see beyond the walls of the dugout, where they seemed to bo cramped and cribbed without ever having any hope of release; The man up in the air was a person to be envied, yet it was quite true most of the airmen had been tried in the severe school of the trenches’ before they were transferred to tho air service. Gbanism (184): Samson had tho right idea , about advt.—took two columns and bfougnt down tho house. We adyertise .to let folk in , dry districts know where. they can get “friendship’s lubricating 0i1.”./.