NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18526, 10 April 1922, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

A recent heavy frost’ in Dannevirke and Wood villa proved very destructive to pumpkins and tomatoes. Plain words from the Wellington Rugby union’s meeting on Thursday night: “Just jou shut up. I’ve got the floor just now.” . pr Influenza, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.... The dairying division of the Waikato • n ,\_ er feil o\v this year is easily a record In ntr e r l mat r te f- of entries, which total 620. ihefts of bicycles are stated to bo common at Greymouth. Many machines have wen found abandoned some distance from the town. Country stores supplied with our famous smau goods at reduced wholesale rates Barton, Trengrove, Dunedin....The Westport Coal Company’s output for 4813 W tons Pn 1 ' vas: - Coal shipped, .eor the week ended April 1 the West-port-istockton Coal company shipped 1013 tons Ilcwt of coal. U7 ff n t i l a b° ut yachtsmen’s troubles? U onion t a wee drappie, Wullie Crossan’s best, act as oil on troubled waters?... A number of horses, all • unbroken, were put up at the Levin stock sale, but met with no demand, states the Chronicle One only was sold, and that for 365. The reputation of a heavy rainfall, which Motunora possesses, was well sustained last month, when there were 13in recorded there. Dealing ou t satisfaction with the goods for the past 60 years is the best advertisement the old-established business of James Dray and Sons (Limited) have to-day.... Counsel in the Supreme Court in MasTTnfw s * ated *hat the Pukio flats, near Kahutara, were regarded as some of the beet dairying land m New Zealand. ™=f on ? e ] ' e ? vy cro P s of peas have been harvested at Lower Shotover this season (says tne Lake County Press). In several cases the yield has been up to 60 bushels to \pt and fr °m 23 acres at Messrs , an . ’ farm Mr James Shaw’s mill threshed 65 bushels per acre. We offer to our customers the opportunity °uTi Uy wa ten6a, clocks, and alarm cloaks at ra *«s- Here is a list: Ingereo! Radiohte, usually 23s 6d—now 18s 6d; Ingersol Yankee, usually 17s 6d—now 14s 6d: Railway Timekeeper Watch, Swiss superior Waterbury Alarm 93 fid. post free. The best and i m° CU i‘f bie for the money. Ingersol Radiohte Alarms, 26s 6d—now 22s 6d; 228 fid-now 19s 6d.— Riacb and M Lennan. Dunedin.... niS /PPoam (remarks the Tapanui a stream of public h officials and other experts engaged m the selection of a site far the South Utago Hospital buildings at Balclutha, and the cost of these preliminaries should run into a nice sum. Eon Jelly Crystals are the best packed, most deliciously flavoured, and quickestsetting jelly crystal on the market. Quantity and quality combined. Get a packet (td n 449) Ur £rocer - ■ Wkolewle, Ruabon Co. When .a number of musty old papers Po T f ,^ Dg overh f u led at the Blenheim •fost Office recently an interesting docu- . ment was encountered (says th© Express). It was the record of Arthur Markman as a telegraph messenger. Mr Markman is now Assistant-Secretary of the Post Office. Your best friend is a good constitution; safeguard it. The greatest undermine of good health is dyspepsia, causing constipa* tion, headache, indigestion. If you suffer dyspepsia. Dr Crossland’s rtazol will effect a wonderful change quickly.... A Balclutha lady visiting Milton recently was shown a root of potatoes, white variety, which when counted numbered 64, and more than filled a kerosene tin (says the Leader). The smallest was fit for cookmg, and the largest was nearly a foot long. We are cash buyers of porkers and baconers. Send your pigs to Barton and Trengrove. Dunedin A fine 13-pointer red stag was secured by Mr G. G. Kelly, of Shannon, on the first day of the shooting season. On examination it was found that this animal bore the earmark made by the society’s officers prior to liberation, and was one of the fathers of the Mangahao herd. Bourbon Coffee ! A blend of true hillgrown coffee and finest Canterbury chicory. If “ Bourbon ” be not obtainable from your grocer, send direct.—“ Durie’s,’’ 32 Octagon, Dunedin... Pohutu Geyser, after a period of quiescence, gave some remarkable displays on Monday last (says the Rotorua Chronicle), commencing at 4 p.m., it continued for an hour and a-half throwing up water to the height of 90ft. The subsidiary geysers and the Prince of Wales’ Leather were also furiously active. During March white flannelette Is to 2s _ 6d; white sheeting, 2s lid: wire twist shirting, 2s lid; Axminster hearth rugs, 16s 6d; bleached linen tabling, 6s lid: check glass cloth. Is 9d; crimson and green art serge, wide, 6s lid; navy serge, 3s 6d, 4s lid, 3s lid. — A. F. Cheyne and Co.. Mosgiel.... ■ A Kahutara farmer, giving evidence in the Supreme Court in Masterton, said the estimated yield of a New Zealand dairy cow as given in the Agricultural Journal was 1621 b per week. His yield was 1831 b for the first season and 1911 b for the second. ' He could not say about this season. Ninon de I’Enclos, a famous Parisienne, attributed her beauty even in old age to “fresh air, cold water, and a good tonic.” Many New Zealand women realise this too, far they value the youth preserving properties of “Marshall’s Fospherine.”... “Christchurch without tfie Avon would be a very poor sort of city, and the Avon could easily become a dirty ditch instead of a beautiful stream,” said Professor onelley, in the course of an address at the Sanitary Inspectors’ Conference in Christchurch. Professor Shelley added that it was very sad to think that there were some people who did not know better than to pollute such a oeautiful stream. Beautiful sirloin roasts, 6£d; prime ribs, 6£d; buttock steak, 6£d; sausages (Provincial), 41bs for Is; mince, 41bs for Is; bacon (prime sugar-cured), Is Id by the piece, la 2d in rashers. Country orders promptly attended to. Barton, Trengrove, butchers, Manse street... It will be of interest to many to know that Dr Trubv King has purchased a dwelling and block of land at Melrose,’_ Wellington. The land, which is a few minutes’ walk from the Newtown tram terminus, consists of about 10 acres, and from it one of the finest views to be seen anywhere can be obtained. It is understood that Dr King intends taking up hit residence in Melrose in the near future. “Anticrin” is the most effective cure for superfluous hair. It leaves the part abso- . lutely hairless, does not encourage fresh growth, easily applied. Price, 2s bottle. Posted, 2s 4d. Waters’s New Pharmacy,'SO Princes street (opp. Bristol).... As a sequel to hia non-stop flight from Gisborne to Auckland recently. Captain M. W. Buckley, who piloted the aeroplane, has been faced with a claim for damages. Captain Buckley was under the impression that permission had been granted for him to land where h© did at Cornwall Park. He has now received a letter stating that he landed on private property, and that a stud filly belonging to the losses was injured through that event. Compensation for the injury is accordingly claimed. Obanism (245): Under_ a spreading chestnut tree the village smith he stands with his hamper from the Oban, which has promptly come to hand. When you want the “dinkum” stuff smartly—Oban Hotel. Got it far Easter; we close Friday.... A Greenfield farmer, anxious to engage hands for harvest work, tried to get men m Balclutha on Tuesday without success, and, proceeding to Milton, had little better luck there, although ho did manage to engage one “tourist” after interviewing three of the fraternity of the swag (says the Free Press). In desperation he telephoned the Repatriation Department, Dunedin, for three men, and they managed to send out one by the evening train to Milton, where the farmer picked him up, and, together with his other new employee, went off by motor car to Greenfield, well pleased on the whole with the result of Ins strenuous efforts to get help. The cottage was a thatched one. The outside old and mean. ~ , W r hat do you think was in that cot? Hitchon’s bacon, both fat and lean....