NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18466, 30 January 1922, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

TJio Napier-Wairoa road in reported to ' be in a very bad state ae die result of the recent rains. Mails are' being got through . with difficulty. , Six large and healthy tuataraa have been received at Canterbury Museum. Kiey wore obtained, through the Dominion Museum in Wellington, ' ' We .ead, others follow. Bacon (in the piece), Is Id; sliced, Is 2d.—Only at Barton and Trengrove’s.... A “powder ball,” taken to the office of the Poverty Bay Herald the other day, weighed 101 b, and! was 4ft 6in in circumference. It was said to be the growth of a single night. Shearing in this district is now completed ;• the last of the local sheds having out out on Monday last (says the Lake County Press). The quality of the season’s dip is said to be well up to the overage. , Win. Crossan, “Waterloo,” Caversham, still caters for_holiday supplies. Cases assorted as desired. Order early to'avoid the rush.... The Wesjport-Stookton Goal Company shipped 1451 tons of coal during the week ended January 21. . For the week ended January 2L, the Westport Cool Company shipped 9464 tons 12cwt of coal and 24 tons lewt of coke. Lodal sales: 153 tons 12cwt. To Coffee Connoisseur. —Wo have landed «x Tairrai a shipment of No. 1 Blue Mountain Jamaica, the finest coffee grown on earth. 3s 6d per lb.—“ Dune’s,” 320ctagon, L)i”ipdin\.. - • One of the seamen of the Helen B. Sterling, Mr L. Olsen, has been rather unfortunate, having also been wrecked on. last voyage. He was in an American ' barque which was wrecked on the Solomon Islands. He was taken to Sydney in one of the Bums, Philp steamers and had been working ashore until joining the Helen B. Sterling. • _ £3OOO has been offered 1 by a leading English firm for the formula' of “ Marshall’s Fospherine,” and refused by u*. You can buy a bottle with 100 doses for 2s 6d. All chemists and atones. Bo sure it’s Marshall’s.... i. It appears that tha trouble at the. Whip* mine, in the Waikato, concerns the tdon of the price of explosives (says the Evening Post). .Mr T. O. Bishop, technical adviser to the New Zealand Coal Mineowners’ Association, stated the other'day that the mine-owners were endeavouring by every possible means to 'secure a reduction in the price of explosives, and that if they were successful the men would reap the benefit ■ . _ . ' ■ ‘ borne thing; extra special. Qmck-eewang, deliciously-flavoured Bon Jelly Crystals, ■; made from best cane sugar and pure fruit juices. Ask your grocer. Wholesale: Ruabon Co., 748 King street (tel. 449).... Colonel Leader, when speaking at the Chautauqua at Auckland, said that when in America he was called upon to move a toast to one of tha Allies in the world war. He proposed: “The one that did the most arid talked thp least about it,” but mentioned no country. The toast was duly honoured, the Americans supplying the name, “Great Britain,” The price of softgoods and all classes of drapery will be found ip 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 and prices prove it.... Some annoyance baa been occasioned to bathers at, the To Aro baths during the last few days on account of a large number of jelly fish whiefy gained admittance to the enclosure dying end decaying on the sandy bottom (says the New Zealand Times). In order to overcometiho trouble the civic authorities have ordered that the baths shah be thoroughly cleaned out: and - within a few days the objectionable odours will be entirely done away with. ‘ " \Vo cater tor the, health of. the community. Oura dustproof van conveys meal 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 Trpngrove..., . . The Wanganui Borough rat extermination campaign and general clean-up of the town is being continued. A report from the 'caught recently was 409 and the number of baits set was 4152. Since the beginning of December .103 lorry loads of rubbish, have been removea,. 62 before the holidays,' and, 4l Since The end of December. A prescription for indigestion, that never fails to give rapid relief. Take 10 to''-20 drops of Dr OroasLand’s Noxol in half a , cup of hot water half an hour after meals. It‘tea sure thing. Take it in 2s, at chemitete and steins.... ’ ■ I A fear is current. (says the. Wairarapa Tunes) that Uroblight.haa. broken out in ‘■Greytewn, - but* nothing*is young ’ "apple ’ tree' in- Mr Hutton’ rKiad’s ■ orchard, a branch,from which is being examined at the Government Laboratory in Wellington. In the meantime Mr Whelan is inspecting the‘ whole district, and so far cannot find a - trace of the dreaded fireblight, other than the tree referred to. _ “A little pot is soon hot,” so is a fryingpan. A hot pan and a rasher of Hi tenon’s bacon means a quick breakfast. Be sure it’s Hitohon’s. Ask: your grocer for Hitchon’s.... Deer on the Tararuaa are doing splendidly and at the book of Levin, Shannon, and Eketahuna they aro thriving far beyond expectations,* Mr C. H. Bould, the local Acclimatisation Society’s ranger, considers at: no distant date that the ranges will provide plenty of sport. Messrs Bould and Wilson will visit Paraparaumu in March with (ho intention of talking young' deer to liberate on the; ranges. . When we soli a customer a suite of furni/ure, or a Domo separator, or a pair of ’.boots, or anything whatever, our main mo/tivo is to see that the customer is benefited quite aa much as we aro. That is the kind of business that helps everybody and hurts nobody. Riaoh and M’Leunan, Anzao square.... , The prompt rescue of a girl from drowning took- place at Shelly Beach, Ponsonby on Monday last' (says the New Zealand Herald). The girl was paddling in the water when a boy put out from the shore in a dinghy. She dung on to the back of the boat, and was thus carried out for about three chains, when she released her hold: Being ,in deep water she _ was at once in dimcrilties. The girl’s plight did not appear to be observed by the boyin the boat, but another boy named Neil Carlson, about 14 years of age, swam out i and brought her safely to shore. Eornbane cures corns. Quick, sure, convenient, painless. Price Is bottle; posted la 2d. Obtainable only from Waters’ New Pharmacy, 20 Princes street, Dunedin.... As an instance pt the acute state of the housing shortage in Foxton, a Palmerston ‘ North resident told a Standard reporter that an intimate friend had. recently died there, and" within 12 hours of the friend’s passing away no fewer than 15 applications wore made for the house. In normal times, said the-reporter's informant, people would have some reticence regarding an inquiry of this nature before the late owner was buried, but necessity drove the majority to any lengths, and sentiment had to bo put aside. Harvesting requirements are obtainable at most reasonable prices at James Gray and Sons, Milton.... * "One of these men had nine children and the other 10—and they both had a wife each,” said Mr H. M. Brown, assistant secretory to the Postal and Telegraph Officers’ Association, amid loud laughter, at the meeting of public servants at St. Benedict’s Hail (says the New Zealand Herald). The two men referred to )iad been dismissed from the postal service at Wanganui under the Government’s retrenchment scheme, said the speaker. “Their / joint weekly income approximated £9,” ho / said, “and to all intents and purposes they wpre sacrificed to grant a land tax rebate to a wealthy Wanganui landholder who is a bachelor.” Cries of “Shame” greeted the statement.