NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18516, 29 March 1922, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

Blackbirds have wrought severe havoo in Palmerston North orchards this season. An albatross, measuring 9ft 6in from tip to tip dropped in an exhausted condition on the main street of Woodville the other day. It died during the evening. Enjoy every meal, there is no need to suffer from indigestion while Dr Crossland’s Noxol is available. This famous remedy is composed of wholesome juices of Nature’s herbs, and will give instant relief. 2s, all chemists and stores.... Levin has been made the headquarters of the Horowhemxa Power Board. A resident engineer is to be appointed at a salary of £IOOO a year. The secretary of the Long burn School Committee has been advised by the Minister of Education that Cabinet has ■granted £2248 for the erection of a new school The ivork is to be proceeded with immediately. v It’s a great mistake to hold back good news. Listen to it. Wullie Crossan, of the “Waterloo,” is still there!... Pheasants are reported to bo fairly numerous in Manawatu this year. A number have been liberated by the Acclimatisation Society on the Paniatua track and at Rangitono. It has been decided by the Department of Agriculture to hold a farmers' school for farmer's of the Manawatu and Wairarapa districts at the Central Development Farm, Weraroa, Levin. The trimly-shod foot of a lady is an essential to a good appearance. At James Gray and Sons (Ltd.), Milton, you will find footwear remarkable for smart appearance, comfort, and long wear.... A Foxton .potato grower states that he is convinced, after experiments, that blight can be avoided if the soil is suitably fertilised. Where the soil had been enriched the tubers were not attacked, but in the impoverished ground they were badily affected. A Manawatu farmer, recently received a consignment of fed birch fencing poets by rail, which were classed as “heart of totara ” This timber (says the Daily Times) is similar in colour to totara, and almost as lasting. The silver biroh is still ■used as telephone poles. Obanism (255): Why weep ye by the tide, laddie? Why weep ye by the tide? The Oban’s in the Octagon for aye, the Jocks o’ Hazeldean.... A witness, when asked what he paid for a house, during the hearing of an application for possession of a tenement at Auckland, replied: “About £1000.” “Are you not adding the legal costa to the price ” was the next question, and the prompt answer: “No, the lawyers did that,” caused a smiie to pan round the court. The total space applied for by Nelson fruit growers in connection with this season’s export of apples to England is 83.000 oases. The quantity coming forward, however, is 100,OCX) oases, with several thousand cases of pears in addition. Growth is the inevitable result of work in the right direction. Become a regular customer of ours, and you are stating progress in the face. We supply practically the whole of your requirements, and, if living back in the country, write for any information you may require; it will be a pleasure to send it to you. Satisfaction guaranteed. Riach and M'Laonan’t, Ansao square, Dunedin..- 1

The Kanieri Sawmilling Company, the head office oJE which is in Hokitika, is developing a large timber enterprise _in the Hokitika and Kanieri Lake district, including a big mill eastward of Weld street. Hokitika. It is expected the venture will be in operation next year. Country stores supplied wlft our famous small goods at reduced wholesale rates. Barton, Trengrove, Dunedin.... At the annual meeting of the J.P.’s Association, a letter was received from the Minister of Justice (the Hon. E. P. Lee) stating that a new “Justices’ Manual*’ was now in the hands of the Government Printer, and it was hoped at a later data to publish a supplement, chiefly for the use of new appointees, and giving brief instruction as to the carrying out of the duties of the office After “washing-up” or gardening, apply Waters's Chap-lotion to the hands. Makes them smooth, soft, white. Price Is fid. Posted, 2s. Waters’s New Pharmacy, 20 Princes street (opp. the Bristol).... While wandering among the sandhills almost opposite the wreck of the Hyderabad recently, a couple of Foxlon residents found the lid of a coffin, rough hewn from totara timber (says the Herald). The lid had been fastened with copper nails. Nearby were a few bones, a button, and some decayed fabric. The locality is probably the site of a Maori settlement of many years ago. Beautiful sirloin roasts, 6sd; prime ribs, sid; buttock steak, sausages (Provincial), 41bs for Is; mince, Albs for Iss bacon (prime sugar-cured), Is Id by the piece, Is 2d in rashers. Country orders promptly attended to. Barton, Trengrove, butchers. Manse street.... Reports of excellent wheat, yields in this country have often been published, but very few will compare with the yield of 168 acres at Fern Flats, near Marton, threshed out the other day (says the Advocate). This averaged 55 bushels of good milling wheat to the acre, and the best paddock yielded no fewer than 69 bushels to the acre. 'Hie wheat grown was “Major.” The yield speaks volumes for the productiveness of the land at Fern Flats, for it is more than double the average for New Zealand. Bourbon Coffee 1 A blend of true hillgrown coffee and finest Canterbury chicory. If “ Bourbon ” be not obtainable from your grocer, send direct.—“ Durie’s,” 28 Octagon, Dunedin... The unusual sight of a motor-oar standing upright with wind-screen and hood smashed, in a swamp, near Te Kqwhai school Waikato, cfi.n at present be witnessed. The car was proceeding along the road above the valley in which the swamp lay, and was apparently turning on to another road, when, in taking too great a sweep, it left the roadway and was precipitated about 30ft into the swamp below. Luckily, neither of the two occupants was injured. The “Renown” carries whisky of renown —Buchanan’s Black and White. Connoisseurs say there is none better.... When a case was called against a judgment debtor at the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland last week, the solicitor for the creditor suggested that sn order, if granted, might have the effect of causing the man to be bankrupt, which would be beet for him and fairer to the creditors as a whole. Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M., said that’ was not the objeot for which the Act waa passed. The proceedings of the Court were not intended to punish a debtor, who could only be imprisoned if the Court was satisfied that he had the means but neglected to pay his debts. Under the circumstances, no order was made. During March white flannelette Is to 2s fid; white sheeting, 2s lid: wire twist shirting, 2s lid; Azminster hearth rugs, 16# fid; bleached linen tabling, fia lid; check glass cloth. Is 9d; crimson and green art serge, wide, 6* lid; navy serge, 3s fid, 4s lid, 5s lid.—A. F. Cheyne and Co.. Mosgiel.... Yellow leaf, the flax disease that has given millers considerable anxiety in the past, is apparently disappearing, said a wellknown flaxmiller to a Manawatu Daily Times reporter last week. This happy state of affairs has not been the result of the application of any remedy to (he root or soil, but by natural conditions. Either the natural enemy of the blight has been able to assert itself, or the plant, by inoculation, has become impervious to its attacks, or the climatic conditions have assisted the healthy plant and been less pleasant for the diseased ones. Careful enquiry reveals the fact that “Redmill” Cocoa is gaining popularity. Try “Redmill." Milne Bremner, Ltd., wholesale agents, Dunedin.... A few <lays ago a Blenheim sportsman was agreeably surprised to receive a money order for £B, representing a sum which he had lent to a friend just eight months ago and which he had written off as a bad debt. Struck by the fact that the sum was eight pounds and he had been out of pocket for just- eight months, he resolved to place the lot on No. 8 in the eighth race on the following Saturday. “The horse was true to form,” he confessed to an Express reporter after the meeting; “it ran eighth!” We are cash buyers of porkers and baconers Send your pigs tc Barton and Trengrove, Dunedin. .. The morbid curiosity of e crowd was illustrated at the scene of ai accident in New Plymouth (says the Neva). A _ man had sustained somewhat sei ere injuries through a fall from a buildir and some of the throng of bystanders, • -hich quickly 'collected, thoughtlessly _ crowdt 1 round the scene, and even closed in on ti e ambulance •when the injured man was bang removed. A couple of policemen on 1 uty had to get busy in an endeavour to keeo tre curious ones from hindering the work of .-emoving the injured man to the hospit; 1. It wasn’t a tragedy exactly but it might have been fraught with grave danger to the skin. “Diadem” Barilla Soap was asked for and a common soap sent. Always see that “Diadem” is supplied. Milne Bremner, Ltd., wholesale agents, Dunedin.... The strong demand for breeding ewes and lambs for fattening on rape and the dearth of supplies in this district have led a dealer to bring down from D’Urville Island between 4000 and 5000 of the two descriptions of sheep, (says the Oamaku Mail). These are of the Romney cross class, and will receive a warm reception from farmers desirous of stocking up. The first instalment reached here by the s.s. Kini, which landed about 1600 ewes on Saturday. The s.s. Calm, which arrived this brought about 2000 lambs, and other consignments will be received by subsequent steamers. If you decide on jelly, get the best. Bon Jelly Crystals. Each packet guaranteed fresh, wholesome, and so firmly packed that there is no leakage. At all grocers. Wholesale, Ruabon Co. (tel. 449).... A railway porter had a narrow escape from injury at the Levin station on Tuesday of last week through the thoughtlessness of a passenger in the Main Trunk express. When the train passed the siding the porter sat on the points lever, and while sitting there a bottle thrown from a window missed him by inches. As the train was travelling at 10 to IS miles an hour, the bottle had some impetus behind it. Since the incident referred to it has occurred to the porter that there are other _ places than the battlefields in which a tin hat would be useful. Out of sorts? The best pick-me-up is Buchanan’s “Black and White” whisky. It’s good and pure.... A meeting of the Main Trunk sawmillers at Ohakune on Thursday last decided on a move back to normal by a reduction in the price of building timber. With a view to cheapening the erection of workers’ homes, the on truck price at Ohakune of building heart, rough heart, ordinary building scantlings, second-class scantling, and tarking, have been reduced by 2s per 100 feet. Vvaikato price lists have been adjusted to the Main Trunk prices. Fanners’ fencing battens have also been reduced by ss. The Chinese were the first people to dfscover roast pork. Equally important toepicures was the discovery of the Hitchon method of curing bacon. Ask your grocer for Hitchon’s.... The presence-of sharks in rather unusual numbers in Auckland Harbour at the present time is attributed by some observers to fish offal. It has been noticed that some of the fish trawlers and boats have been in the practice of depositing fish offal in the vicinity of the Rangitoto beacon. This offal (states the Star) is sometime* carried into the harbour by the tide, and the sharks follow it. In pursuit of this food the monsters become accustomed to gyuising into shallow water, and when this occurs their sinister-looking fins are in unpleasant evidence near the shore. All through life it’s just the same. The “Fit” the prizes win; And that’s why Marshall’s Fosphetino Will give you plenty vim. _ The nerves it steadies, grit it gives, “Cold feet” it scares away; Sleep that’s sweet it brings at night, Makes light of work next day....