NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18515, 28 March 1922, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

Taranaki last year possessed no fewer than 5344 purebred Jerseys. The sum of £SOO from the moneys of the Canterbury Navy League is to be voted out of the sea-training fund to the Christchurch Boy Scouts’ Association, for training Canterbury Sea Scouts. The trimly-shod foot of a lady is an essentia] to a good appearance. At James Cray and Sons (Ltd.), Milton, you will find footwear remarkable for smart appearance, comfort, and long wear.... A property with a frontage of 22ft 6in to the southern side of Courtenay place (Wellington) recently changed hands at £6590. Only last year an objection was lodged to this property being valued at high as £2600 for rating assessment. The Cambridge Borough Council has decided to reverse its former decision to remove the memorial fountain. This step is the result of a strong protest by the public against the council’s action. It will pay to furnish your home from our large stocks because (1) we buy in the best market and sell at low prices; (2) our working expenses are very light, hence our margin of profit is less; (3) we supply everything you require, including cooking utensils, cutlery, sheeting, furniture, etc., and our aim and object is to render our customers good service and absolute satisfaction. Riach and MTennan. Anzac equate.... The daily average of patients at the Wellington Hospital for the past six months was:—August 373, September 408, October 409, November 374, December 354, January 557, February 367. No fewer than 2000 Mormon missionaries have been scattered from Salt Lake City to all parts of the world. There is a strong force in Great Britain, but even Japan and New Zealand have received attention. M’Gavin’s special production, "oat malt stout," is generous. refreshing. and strengthening. A superior table beverage . , The Hamilton Winter Show Association has accepted a tender at £773 10s for the erection of additional accommodation. The new structure will adjoin the building erected last year, and provide 14,600 square feet. " Did be look like a man who had drunk .a third of a bottle of whisky?” asked counsel of a witness in the Supreme Court at Masterton. “Do all men look alike in those circumstances?” queried Mr Justice Chapman. Thomson and Co., Moray place (opposite First Church). Just arrived, a large and choice selection of granite and marble monuments. ’Phone 2296.... A departure in the fish canning industry is reported from South Africa. A Capetown fimi_ has fitted up a 300-ton schooner, fully equipped for catching and canning crayfish at sea. It has on board all the necessary machinery, and carries a staff of 50 hands. Crayfish will be sealed up in this almost as soon as oaught. "Where is this new crockery to come from?” asked a member of the Wellington Hospital Board when minor needs of the hospital were being discussed. “I see that quite a lot of crockery out there (waving his hand in a general direction) is branded ‘Made in Japan.’ ” “The new lot will bo branded ‘Made in England,’ ” was the answer. Obanism (234); ‘‘When puns are made, and bumpers quaff’d, and wild mirth shoots its jovial shaft, then is onr banquet crown’d. Guid spirits—Oban Hotel, 5.H.8.R.... The chairman of the Cambridge Co-opera-tive Dairy Company has received a cablegram from London notifying him that the comnany’s last consignment of butter was touching 170» ner owt, and meeting a strong market. This news has naturally been received with very great satisfaction in the district. There has been a phenomenal run on jam jars in Wanganui this season, due no doubt to the easing in price of sugar and the cer--1 tainty of supplies, and also to the fact that bottles were aNo lower in price and easier to obtain. The demand with the end of the season had now practically fallen off. Country stores supnlied with our famous small goods at reduced wholesale rates. Barton. Trengrove. Dunedin.... Twenty-five nationalities are represented at Oxford University.

A country minister who was a guest a a wedding recently, presented the bride with a large-type Bible, and later on, when proposing a toast at the breakfast, explained his reason for selecting this- present by saying that in so many nouses where he was called upon to perform christening ceremonies, he was given Bibles with such small print to read from that it tired his eyes badly. Walers's new pharmacy for prescriptions. Two qualified chemists always in attendance. Comprehensive stocks of pure, tested drugs. Promptness, courtesy, integrity. Address, 20 Princes street (odd. the Bristol).... A party of motorists which left Thames for Auckland early last week experienced a rather trying time owing to the state of the roads. At one place they were delayed, and are stated to have spent the night in the car. The party included a woman and a child. Communication between Thames and other outlying part 6 is said_ to be suspended as the roads are impassible. Two cars which were to have left Thames on Tuesday last for Auckland had to abandon the trip. Beautiful sirloin roasts, 6id; prime ribs, sid: buttock steak, 6id; sausages (Provincial), 41bs for Is; mince. 4-Ibs for Is; bacon (prime sugar-cured), Is Id bv the piece, la 2d in rashers. Country orders promptly attended to. Barton, Trengrove, butchers, Manse street.... The magnitude to which the poultry industry ha* grown in the Manawatu district was an eye-opener to the members of the Poultry Association (says the Manawatu Daily "Times). On the eight farms they visited last week there was a total of 15.000 birds, all of which are kept for laying purposes. With the increasing numbers going in for poultry, it is fair to assume that the industry will be a most valuable one to the Manawatu Tissues of the brain, if not given building and revitalising food, will bring about the effeots of old age before middle life passed, 'lo supply these needs to enrich the blood and feed the brain tissues "Marshall's Fospherine" is without a rival.... "In 10 months' residence in Italy I sawfive people slightly the worse for liquor," said Mr John Prouse, the Wellington basso, to a New Zealand Times reporter. It was ouite the exception to see anyone completely under the influence of liquor in Italy, he said; in this respect the people were much the same as the French. In both countries wine was a national and natural beverage, and the desires of the people were maintained within the bounds or necessityBourbon Coffee! A blend of true t hillgrown coffee and finest Canterbury chicory. If " Bourbon " be not obtainable from your grocer, send direct.—" DurieV 32 Octagon, Dunedin... The cunning of the rat was exemplified bv an incident related at the last meeting of the Heathcote County Council (says the Christchuroh Press). A case was quoted in which the poison provided by the City Council was laid on biscuits, which were placed in positions known to* be haunted by rats The result was wholly in favour of the rats, as it was found that the biscuits had beer.' turned upside down, end the sides consumed, the poison being left for further experiments. During March white flannelette It to 2s 6d; white sheeting, 2s lid; wire twist shirting, 2s lid; Axminster hearth rugs, 16? 6d; bleached linen tabling, 6« lid; check glass cloth, Is 9d; crimson and green art serge, wide, 6s lid; navy serge, 3s 6d, 4s lid, 5s lld.-A. F. Cheyne and Co.. Moj. giel.... The following is an amusing example of the extraordinary differences in_ European currencies. A traveller, on his way to Switzerland, purchased for 500 kronen a bottle of wine at a village inn in the Austrian Tyrol. He drank the contents, and at the Swiss frontier he sold the empty bottle for 50 centimes. As the Swiss 50 centime piece is worth 700 kronen in Austrian currency, he was 200 kronen in pocket on the deal, as well as having had the wine free. Security of terms is what everyone is after when buying property. Why take_ & "lease" only, when you may have security against ill-health and disability. Dr Crossland's "Noxol" will give you "Freehold" against; indigestion ana itsresults.. .._ When the nature of soil was being discussed at a meeting of the Greytown branch of the Farmers' Union on Tuesday last Mr B Burch stated that ho had cropped a particular paddock for 50 years without using a manure of any kind, and the last was the best crop he had ever harvested. Mr Buroh admitted that before sowing the last crop he had ploughed in cowgrass. "Then that is the secret of the success of rour crop." interjected a member, "for there is no better manure than cowgrass." We are cash buyers _of porkers and baconers Send your pigs to Barton and Trengrove, Dunedin. .. A pile of hay four feet high and six feet across ! According to a letter which the Wanganui Education Board has received, this surprising amount of material . was oarried by birds and deposited between the ceiling and the roof of a country school in a snug spot near the chimney (says the Herald). The teacher who made the investigation of the upper regions of hit school building mentioned that when the hay accumulation was located, it proved to be the happy home of a cat and her kittens. One packet of Bon Jelly Crystals dissolved in one pint r.f hot water makes the perfect dessert. Fully flavoured with pure fruit juices. Smooth and delicious. .At all grocers Wholesale, Ruabon Co. (tel. 449).... This summer a settler at Sherwood Down* (a few miles from Fairlie) was taken seriously ill so that he was unable to attend to his crops (says the Timaru Herald). He was in bed for some weeks and when able to get about again he was surprised. and deliehted to find that all h\ harvesting had been done for him and his grain was safelv in stack. No fewer than 10 teams had been taken on to his farm by neighbours who did all the harvesting without charge of any sort and without even the knowledge of the owner of the farm. Though he has since ascertained the names of some of his benefactors the farmer in question has not yet discovered who they all were. Improve the memory by associating ideas. "Quality" and "enjoyment" should immediately suggest Wullie Crossan's "Waterloo"' at Caversnam.... It takes men of stout heart and indomitable spirit to carve out homes for themselves In the backblocks, the special correspondent c' the Taranaki News. One man—a returned soldier—together with his brother, had a 1000-acre block in the middle of the Tangarakau Gorge. In the two vears thev had been there they had cleared 600 acres. Most of the block is standing bush, and is situated literally miles from civilisation. In the same valley are a man and his wife and two little children. The wife came straight out from London to this outpost. Access to the ralley is both primitive and dangerous, and the young pettier has asked if the Chamber of Commerce would help him in getting better facilities. The whistle sounds th,e end of busy day. The workers cease their toil and haste away With hunger pangs that only ham can stay | That's cured by Hitchon's in their usual