NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18513, 25 March 1922, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

The Waikato Times states that a goldmining claim has been pegged out at Te Miro, near Cambridge. A steamer left i 0 Kopuni (Dargaville) for Sydney this weak with 2,000.000 feet of timber. \ outh is a physical state and not a function of time.” Perfect physical condition —the only way to beauty—can be obtained by periodical doses of “Marshall's hospherine.” Keep your nerves fit, your face will look after itself.... The Bulgarian bug sour milk habit, which started in Auckland, seems now to have got a firm hold in Wanganui. bixty-four oases of fruit and two oases of fish were seized by the New Plymouth Borough Inspector during February as being unfit for food. Dinna mak any palaver aboot ither folk’s whuskie. Mine’s direct from Crossan’s Waterloo, Ye’ll fin’ it at Caversh&m.... Owing to tl\e scarcity of fat stock, the staff at the Waingawa freezing works has been retrenched, 14 butchers and 14 labourers having received notice that their services are no longer required. If we plant trees now they will be large enough for electric power poles by the time the Government power scheme comes along,” said Councillor T. R. Anderson at a meeting of the Stratford County Council when discussing a circular from the State Forestry Service. Country stores supplied with our famous small goods at reduced wholesale rates Barton, Trengrove, Dunedin.,.. At a meeting of farmers at Ranfurly it was unanimously decided to commence on March 29 a systematic and general poisoning of rabbits throughout the Maniototo district. ' A very substantial reduction is to be made m the price of both English and American manufactured guns at an early date. It will also be possible during the forthcoming shooting season to purchase smokeless cartridge at 22s 6d per The digestion will not suffer if “Diadem” Cocoa is used, because it is highest grade pure Dutch process Cocoa. Grocers supply it. Look for “Bedmill” on tin. Milne Bremner, Ltd., wholesale agents, Dunedin.... As an illustration of the present scarcity of fat stock, due to the frequent rains in summer causing the sheep to scour instead of becoming tat, a Wairarapa buyer, in drafting a mob of 1500, was able to select only 50 which were actually prime, A country lady writes to the New Zealand Times concerning her deal in wool: “I pay 9d per ounce, or 12s per lb for knitting wool. My husband gets 5d per lb for his; and while I am on this subject I would like to know why the spinners don’t wind it in balls, like cotton. Perhaps it would expose the smallness of its bulk and the greatness of its price." After “washing-up” or gardening, apply Waters’s Chap-lotion to the hands. Makes them smooth, soft, white. Price Is bd. Posted, 2s. Waters’s New Pharmacy, £0 Princes street (opp. the Bristol).... Further progress in the construction of the first section of the East Coast railway from Napier to Eskdiale' may bo looked forward to very shortly. Some 15,600 sleepers are being loaded in Australia by the Kawatiri for the Public Works Department at Napier, and should be there within the next fortnight We are cash buyers of porkers and baconers. Send your pigs to Barton and Trengrove, Dunedin. .. A litigant in the Supreme Court, Hamilton, said that he did not pay the legal fees in connection with a certain transaction. Pie assumed, therefore, that his opponent in the action paid them. His Honor: He assumes that tne solicitor would not forget to charge somebody with the costs—a very reasonable assumption, I should say. —(Laughter.) Doctors often differ but they are in agreement as to the sustaining qualities of a pure Cocoa like “Redmill." Demand “Redmill” from your grocer. Milne Bremner, Ltd., whol<*sale agents, Dunedin.... Striking evidence of the disastrous effect of the recent heavy rains upon stocked crops on the flats is (says the Gisborne Times) accorded by the spectacle frequentlypresented by blackened, rotting heaps of what a few weeks ago, were stocks of excellent oat sheaves. In some cases the straw is being collected into heaps and burned, while in others, apparently, it is being spread out preparatory to being ploughed in. Beautiful sirloin roasts, 6id; prime ribs, sid: buttock steak, _6id; sausages (Provincial), 41bs for Is; mince, 41bs for Is; bacon (prime sugar-cured), Is Id b-» the piece, la 2d in rashers. Country orders promptly attended to. Barton, Trengrove, butchers, Manse street.... "Js the Board of Trade floundering in a uog-holo of inefficiency 7” asked Mr A. Buchanan, president of the Manawatu Subprovincial Executive of the Fanners’ Union. T’ho meeting agreed with its president that it was high time the board was abolished, and passed a resolution to that effect. This is not the firat_ time {saya an exchange) that this executive has decided to abolish the Board of Trade;

“A person without any digestion.” That seems a peculiar statement. Yet it is so when you suffer from indigestion. The food is failing in it# work, body becomes enfeebled. King to your aid Dr Crossland’s Noxol. 2s per bottle.... The problem of how to obtaifi houses at a reasonable rental is still an acute one with the poor people of Auckland (says the New Zealand Herald). A woman who appeared before the relief committee of the Hospital Board stated that 21 persons resided in the eight-roomed house in which she was living. “It is very hard for some of us to get our turn of the backyard,” she said in reply to a remark from a member of the committee. We absolutely guarantee that no purer or better ingredients can be more scientifically combined than in the manufacture of Bon Jelly Crystals. Ruabon Co. (TeL 449), wholesale agents. Ask your grocer for a packet.... Since the establishment of the Waihi School of Mines in 1897 the majority of the Government certificates in connection with gold mining has been obtained by Waihi students, the figures being:—First class metal mine managers 48, battery superintendents 59, winding engine (steam) 25, electrical Bullion assayers (Cuetoms Department) 28. In addition five first class coal mine managers’ certificates and a number of second class certificates - have also been obtained. Thomson and Co., Moray place (opposite First Church). Just arrived, a large and choice selection of granite and marble ' monuments. ’Phone 2296....

1 homson and Co., Moray place (opposite First Church). Just arrived, a large and choice selection of granite and marble ' monuments. ’Phone 2296.... The results from Auckland and Nelson are now available in connection with the world-wide problem-solving contest conducted by the Good Companion Che.is Problem Club on George Washington's birthday, February 22. Mr G. F. Dodds, a wellknown Congress player, won the Nelson contest with seven solutions in 2$ hours. In Auckland the first prize was won by Mr J. D. Jones, with six solutions, while Messrs C. B. _ Hay and S. Coyne, each with five solutions, were the runnei s-up. It’s an everyday occurrence for farmers and city carriers to pull up in front of our warehouse and have covers fitted to their horses. Best Cotton Duck and Felt Linings only used.—Riach and McLennan, Anzao square... John Lazzaro, fruiterer, was charged at Prahran Court, Melbourne, with having stacked bananas contrary to the EVuit Act, at his stall in the Municipal Market. Evidence was given by the city inspector to the effect that defendant displayed good fruit in the front and poor quality at the back, from the latter serving customers. A fine of £2 was imposed. Tne stacking trick is not unknown in the dominion. The window is the index of the home. Lovely designs in artistic drapings are being shown at James Gray and Boos (Ltd.), Milton. ... ‘You say you were sober at the time of the accident,” remarked Sub-inspector M’Namara to a witness in the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington. The witness replied that he was, and the sub-inspector immediately asked hi™ to write his name on a small slip of paper. “Well,” remarked the sub-inspector, after glancing at it, “the letters in your signature in tile constable’s book just after the accident, certainly look as though they were having a night out.” Tommy: Dad, what’s a Scotch mist. Father: When a man asks you to have a drink of “Black and White” and you don't hear him.... Recently about 8000 store sheep were brought over from the Sounds to. Wanganui, and a buyer who has been in Marlborough for some weeks has secured another. 2000, and these will be shipped at an early date (says the Wanganui Herald). The demand for the sheep here was mainly to supply a shortage to cope with the plentiful supply of feed after fat lambs had been sent into the works. The sheep coming off tussock country immediately on arrival commenced to thrive welL Bourbon Coffee! A blend of true hillgrown coffee and finest Canterbury chicory. : “ Bourbon” be not obtainable from your sand direct—“ Durie’s,” 32 Octagon, Dunedin... "Good pay,” remarked Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., during the progress of a false pretences case at the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington, “£2O per week for walking about outside a picture theatre, dressed up as Charlie Chaplin.” “Wo are always willing to take a ohanoe,” replied the witness. "It pays to advertise, and there is rather more in the work than mere walk- ( ing about. The impersonator has to make a fool of himself generally, mid, more than that, he has to do that successfully.” During March white flannelette Is to 2s 6d; white sheeting, 2a Tld; wire twist shirting, 2s lid; Axminater hearth rugs, 16s 6d; bleached linen tabling, 6s Ha; check glass cloth, Is 9d; crimson and green art serge, wide, 6s lid; navy serge, 3s 6d, 4s lid, 5s lid.—A. F. Cheyne and Co.. Mosgiel.... A large crowd of interested spectators watched the elephant feeding at the old dock site at Auckland (says the Star), and in that connection it is interesting to note what recently happened to a Hamilton resident who was feeding the animal with a bag of apples, in a somewhat exasperating manner. The patience of the elephant was sorely tried, as the apples arrived in a tantalising manner. When the last had been received, the animal, with a swipe of its trunk, knocked the visitor down, giving him a sudden but nevertheless painful surprise. Our Hand-made Genuine Kip Book with watertight- tongue, nailed and pegged, heel and toeplates, is a great favourite with the farmer this wet weather. Sise, please.— Riach and McLennan... There is more labour available in Taranaki to-day than there baa been for a good many yean. One man called on a Titorongi farmer and offered to put in the winter on the farm for ICh a week and keep. He was a good type, but the farmer was under the impression that ho would bo compelled to pay union wages. As a matter of fact (states the Taranaki Daily News) there is no award in connection with farm labour in Taranaki, wages being a matter of mutual agreement. Reports are current that ladies who value the appearance of their skin are freely using “Diadem” Barilla Soap because it i| so pure. It is well however to see that you get “Diadem.” Milne Bremner, Lid., wholesale agents, Dunedin ... The difficulties and hardships of backblock life are exemplified by the manner in which children on the Mdcau River have to get to school (states the Taranaki News). Thoee living on the side of the river opposite the school travel three mornings of the week in the launch that collects the cream cans along the river. On the other days they have to walk to a point opposite the school, where a small boat is kept for the purpose of rowing them across in the morning and back again in the afternoon. Obanism (232): Donald Oaird can drink a giU fast as hostlery wife can fill; Dios, ane that sells guid liquor. Kens how Oban bends a bicker. Oban Hotel for spirits.... “Recreation and amusement are essential to the healthy condition of the people,” said Mr L. M. Isitt, M.P., while speaking at the Rotary Chib at Wellington, "but if one goes beyond a certain point tha good becomes harm. You cannot build up a physical athlete on cream-puffs and raspberry tarts; neither can you build up a moral giant on pictures three or four nights each week, with a dance in between. Any thoughtful man must see that there is a surfeit of amusement among people today.” , „ . . Ninon de Lenctoe, a famous Panaenne, attributed her beauty oven in old age to “fresh air, cold water, and a good tonic.” Many New Zealand women realise this too, for they value the youth preserving properties of "Marshall’s Fospberine.”... Says the Manaia Witness: “Poxton continues to suffer from outbreaks of fire. At the present rate it looks es though the old town must disappear shortly, unless a building boom sets in.” The Poxton Herald furnishes the following reply, the sting of which will be found in the tail:—“We oan assure our contemporary that, Phoeuixlike, from the ashes of the destroyed buildings, new and modern structures have arisen, which would reflect credit upon any metropolitan centre, beside which Manaia’s business area presents a sorry spectacle.” The whistle sounds the end of busy day. The workers cease their toil and haste away With hunger pangs that only ham oan stay That’s cured by Hitchon’s in thair usual way.... '