NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18467, 31 January 1922, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

Some of the message? sent out by the Helen B. Sterling Were picked up by amateur wireless installations in Wanganui. , Potatoes were sold at Palmerston North auction mart on; Wednesday last at 2s per OWt,. • •' Harvesting requirements are obtainable , at most reasonable prices at James Gray and Sons, Milton;... .Tlio New Zealand architects’ conference will be held in Wanganui during next yionth. . ■ A Napier Technical College Student in wool-classing topped last season’s London market with his classing of Hawke’s Bay wools. Your doctor’s -orders .are carefully and conscientiously carried out at Waters’ New Pharmacy.' Two qualified chemists always m attendance. Address, 20 Princes street, Dunedin.... Rabbits are reported to be largely on the increase in Kiwitea County. One party shot 1800 in two week-end visits to a Waituna farm. An Otaki resident, who has been laying rat poison supplied free by local bodies, asserts that the rats in his locality ora thriving splendidly upon it. “ A little pot is soon hot,” so is a fryingpan. A hot pan and a rasher of Hitchon’a bacon means a quick breakfast Be sure it’s Hitchon's. Ask your grocer for Hitchon’s.... A record in marriages was established in, Nelson for 1921, The number was 133, the highest for any year since 1855, beyond which the' local records do not‘go. The Riverton fishing launches secured large quantities of blue cod and hapuka in the straits during last Week. On Tuesday last one. crew obtained over a ton of fish. - Obanism (186): When in town see tha Oban Hotel collection of yachts, the best in Australasia. A few studies are on view in -Begg’s window with'-the Sanders Cup. On view daily. No one pressed to buy a gargle..:. Owing to the wet spring the harvest is abput a month late in this district (says the Foil'ding Star). Farmers are now at work haymaking, and the yield all over the district is phenomenally good. V Orvjfche morning of January 22 the police paiir a surprise visit to a number of Wanganui hotels, with the result, it is Sderstood, that the sequel will be interestr (says the Chronicle). We cater for the' health of die 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 end Trangrove... : The Temuka Co-operative Dairy Factory Company, which has been in existence for four years, paid out £70,484- to its suppliers during the 1921 season. It made 227 tons of cheese and 168 tons of butter. : House property business in Auckland is stated by agents to hare much more “life” in it than was the case in November’or December. A considerable number of sales are reported to hhve taken place since the holidays. , * ’ The price of softgoods and all classes of drapery will be found in 1922 to he very much lower than those ruling in 192 L Messrs A. F. Cheyne and Go., Moegiel, make this statement without fear of contradiction. Their stocks and prices prove it..,. The question of salaries and bonuses wap before the Victoria College Council the other evening. “Well, the general manager of railways received no bonus, and he wa* getting- only £2500 a a member, “Yea it was a jolty shame,” was the • opinion of another councillor. Try a fevy drops of Marshall’s Fospherine when energy flags- and ■< restl essnesa , holds you in its grip. Marsh all’s ”is 'the tonio you require. a sponge -fills with water, the nerves drink in the■ phosphorus they crave. The ■ breih and, spinal cord, charged ,w;lth noWVTifa. ore cmoe , niSra enabled 1 to meet the, strain of the strenuous i” During the progress of aficyolej race’at Masterton two'’riders accidentally. bollidfed, and came down .heavily/ whilst a third rider crashed into' -them, * The riders (relates the Age) sorqersaulted, in 411 directions, and although thq,rTnachines jWere wrecked the cyclists-escaped*with nj|nor injuries. Dessert de luxe; ; Unequalled lor purity, delicate flavourihg,:. and nourishment. Bon Jelly Crystals. - Ask your grocer for them. Wholesale: Ruabon Prop., Co., 748 King street (tel. 449)..., The result of the rat extermination campaign during December was effectively, illustrated in' the teport submitted by Mr J., A.''Hurley, Government bacteriologist, to the#-.Wellington Hospital Board. The record of external work for the month of December included the examination: for ,To Cpffee, Conpcnseeurs.-eWe ,havb* Uinwpf - - '* «x Taireii a shipment of -No. 1 Blue' Mountain Jamaica, the finest coffee grown on earth, 3s 6d per lb.—“Durie’s,” 32 Octagon. Dunedin.,.. , “I noticed no motor cars outside the hall,” said a speaker at a meeting of civil r :_ ' servants in Masterton. “We cannot 1 , afford J them, but when a meeting of fanners is held to call bn the Government to reduce* the salaries of the civil servants because the farmers are taxed, too heavily, you will always see a number of expensive cars in , the vicinity.” ' \ Dry and parching I ,’ . weather predicted. Liquid refreshers obtainable, of best quality, from Wm. Orossan, “Waterloo,” Caversham.... ■ Winter feed prospects are reported Jo bo of the best in the Mount Hutt district I’hb-' frequent showers have kept the rape going (says the Ashburton Guardian), and secured a good strike among the root crops. Turnips are coming away well in the majority of oases, and one Highbaiik farmer states that his swedes are already the size of a breakfast tfUp. We lead, others follow. Bacon (in the piece). Is ‘ld ; • sliced, Is 2d.—Only at Barton and Trengrove's.... , “I would do away with every sweet shop in the kingdom and so’ atop this pernicious habit of sweet-eating, - ’ said Dr Horry Campbell, at a lecture at the Institute of 'Hygiene in London. The reason of his antipathy to the sweet shop, ho explained, was that so many diseases follow teeth trouble, which was considerably-induced by eating sweets. If you feel uncomfortable after a, meal take Dr Crossland's Noxol in hot water. The- relief you will experience yvill astonish you. It is also a splendid medicine for constipation. 2s, at all chemists and stores..., Harvest Workers in the Ashburton County are now reported to bo ' readily accepting Is 6d an hour and* found (says, the Guardian). Labour agents state that-earlier in the season there were many refusals to accept less than Is 9d or 2s an hour, but the men have now aawpted the situation. Although harvesting throughout the. county, there is still plenty of labour (of a kind) offering. Skilled harvest labour is not in sufficient supply, however, to fill the demand. Thomson and Co.. Moray place (opposite First Church)- Just arrived- a large and choice selection of granite and marble monuments. ’Phone 2296.... It is reported that the Agricultural Department has notified a Greytown orchardiat that fireblight has been located on one of his trees, and that it _ will bo necessary to declare an infected district five miles to the north of Masterton, six miles to tha south of Greytown, and between the Tararua Range and the Ruamahanga River. Within this area the county councils, and borough councils will have to declare hawthorn a noxious weed. M’Gavin’s special production, “ oat malt stout,” is generous, refreshing, and strengthening. A superior table beverage.... But while one may look upon the Government’s retrenchment scheme as fair (says the Hawero Star), one can in no way explain or justify the absurdity of the Hon. W. D. Stewart in sending a telegram of 377 words to each .borough and county council concerning the proposed gift to PMncess Mary. Surely a typewritten circular or one printed by the Government Printing Office end posted to the local bodies would have been sufficient. Instead, the Minister is guilty of a of money in telegraphing, and hie action cannot, we think, be defended by anyone. » Young brides’ always take a pride in the furnishing of the new homes, and are naturally anxious to get the best value, and as X much of it as they can for the cash they are prepared to spend. This little paragraph is inserted. here merely to advise that if you do not furnish at Riach and M‘Lennon’s, of Anwio Square, you have not done tha best you could for yourself....