NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18545, 4 May 1922, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF

A : land agent informed the Levin Chronicle that he had had more business inquiries during the past'six weeks than for the previous six months. We are cash buyers ,of porkers and baconers.—Barton and Trengrove, Dunedin.... • A fairly severe earthquaker shook was experienced in Oamaru late on Sunday night. .. A. distinct movement was felt in many houses, but apparently no damage was done. .For Influenza,_tak6.AVoods’ -Great Peppermint Cure.... During the month of April, 17 vessels with a net tonnage of 12,994 and carrying crows totalling 384, arrived at or departed from the port of Oamaru. Buchanan’s “Black and. White” whisky the highest quality, the favourite brand ’ Mr C. Morris, of Otaki, last week killed a pig which had two distinct hearts. A local butcher, who has had 20 years’ experience, states that he has never heard of a similar case. Ladies: Have you hoard of “Rubine ” the wonderful new hair restorer? Write for particulars. Box 179, Dunedin.... Another large consignment of timber from Main Trunk mills will be taken from Wanganui in a few days’ time by the Ihumata. The shipment,,-Which has been consigned to Melbourne, approximates 800,000 super feet. Out of sorts?. The best pick-me-up is Buchanan’s “Black and White” whisky. It’s good and pure.... - A Manawatau farmer who employs many casuals, says that the old-time English farm servant, of whom there are still a few ar-riving,-is- the best-and most-contented m the world, and consequently he succeeds where others fail. Wo supply country stores with the'finest smalfgoods made at reduced wholesale and Tren grove' Dunedin ... A farmer in the neighbourhood of Pall merston North told a Manawatu Times representative the other day that a large number of v immigrants had called at his homestead lately in. search of work. Several of them had offered to work for their bare food and shelter. ’ ’ " Ask for an Imperial bottle of “Black and White,” all hotels, price 10s 6d. Very little smaller than the ordinary quart....

Eleven .tenders were received for. the erection of the new municipal offices at Christchurch, and that of Sir W. Williamson, of Chnstchurch, was accepted. The contract price is £40,980, and the building has to bo finished" in 10 months. Every drop .of Scotland’s premier whisky —Buchanan’s “Black and White”— is mellowed with age; Its purity is also assured.... A young man lost a £5 note at a .function in Palmerston North the other night* but the loss was not discovered by him until a youth had handed to the master of ceremonies the money, which-he had. found in a trampled condition on the stairway. That is the secret of some men’s success. Some call it pluck, some judgment, but in most cases it’s just plain “nerve,” that mental piise and physical well-being, that comes from taking Marshall’s Fospherine.. A man, 78 yeans of age, fell over a cliff over 100 ft in height near Greymouth the other day. As the result of the fall, he sustained several broken ribs and a severe scalp wound t which required a dozen stitches. The injured man is a hardy miner, and is making rapid progress towards recovery. Obanism (264). For an incipient cold take' a hot bath, turn into bed, and have a stiff jorum of Royal Navy Rum (hot). Certain cure.—Oban Hotel 0n1y.... The dairy produce graders have’ advised the Midhirst Dairy Company that they are again first on'the list with an average of 94,050. This (the Stratford Post says) is the third, year in succession that Midhirst has headed the list. With the mornings a bit nippy you’ll feel the need of warm flannel rompers and dresses for the children. Grays’, Milton, 1 have them.... “ The . request for vplunews to give some of their blood for the benefit of a patient very ill at the Wanganui Hospital brought forth over a, dozen applicants. Two were selected and half a pint was taken. from each. -. The effect of the .transfusion will not be known for some time. , • Buchanan’s “Black and White” in the new Imperial bottle, very little smaller than the usual ordinary quart bottle. 10s 6d, at all hotels.... The 'Luminara, a newspaper at one tirrie. 'published in Madrid/was printed with ink containing phosphorus, enabling the reader , to peruse the paper in the dark. The Regal' was printed with non-poisonous ink on sheets of dough. After reading the printed matter on the thin sheets of dough the “paper” was eaten. Bon Jelly Crystals are the beet packed, most deliciously flavoured, and quickestsetting jelly crystal on the market. Quan-. Lty and quality combined. Get a packet from your grocer. Wholesale, Ruabon Co. (tel, 449).... ... : A few days ago a man advertised in the Wanganui Chronicle. for a ’married couple to manage a small farm... Up to noon the following day, in .addition to innumerable counter-inquiries, oyer 40. written applications for the position..had .been sent in, including a considerable . number telegraphed from all parts of the dominion. , People who’, lead, sedentary lives, people who sit in offices, people who get very little 1 exercise; all these suffer more.or less from Liver and Stomach troubles.... Start, taking Noxol to-day. 2s 6d Chemists and Stores.... At. a meeting of the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society, a member asked whether it was permissible for a..farmer who held a license and had game on. his property to allow an employee to....shpot under his license. The chairman replied -that this could, not be 'done. farmer would have to transfer his license, and the transfer. would have to- be’ approved by the society before it became’ - 6ffectual. 'T Health is improved by studying suggestive therapeutics, which include walking exercise' as far as t£e “W«terloo,”- Cte.v6rsliam.... For speeding in Ashburton with the Prime Ministr on board; his car, a motorist was find 20s. Defendant sent a letter to* the Court pleading that he jwud the .Prime ,■ Minister on board ■ and' was” driving with extra care. “It is-all the worse from the Court’s point of view if the Prime Minister was a passenger on the oar,’* Said the magistrate. “He should - have told the driver to moderate ; his speed,” The strong demand for “Bourbon”, coffee shows the public’s appreciation,of a highclass article. Produced by A, Durie and. Co., Coffee Specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin.... A Mosterton business man who is closely associated with the land .market informs the Ago , that there seems to be distinctly more money in. the country just now, and with the improved price of butter, cheese and wool, a rise in the value' of land is probable. People are beginning to make inquiries now, fearing that if they delay any longer prices will begin to go up. Financial circles, too,* find a greater disposition on the part of investors to invest in land mortgages. : Prime ox beef and wether mutton, the finest fattened in the dominion. No cow beef sold. . Lowest pricey for the highest grade quality. Have you tried our famous sugar cured bacon? Nothing better on the , market. Special attention given to country order*.—Barton and TrengroVe, Dunedin.... A. pen of two-year steers offered at.the Levin stock sale were found' bard to quit. At length 47s 6d was offered, and the auctioneer looked inquiringly at the vendor. The latter was anything but- cheered. “They are all off fern country,” he said to all within hearing. “Right,” shouted the auctioneer. “Had nothing but fern and scenery!” That decided it. The price jumped by ss, the purchaser evidently considering the animais~i«iist at least have been good doers. The drop in wool last year is making itself manifest in the reduced price of men’s and boys’ clothing. . We have a full range, showing a substantial reduction, and can fit boys and men of all builds. A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel.-. . - The careless manner ■in which wives sign informations against their husbands when seeking separation and maintenance was shown at the Auckland Polke . Court. _ A young wife had sworn in .the information that her husband ' was. guilty/'of habitual drunkenness and persistent - cruelty. As she made no reference to this in her evidence Mr W. .R. M’Kean, S.M., pointed this out, whereupon counsel remarked: “Oh, that is only the formal information • laid; she has left her husband, and wants maintenance, to which he consents.” There never was a right endeavour but it succeeded. We . are endeavouring to the , very best of our ability to give efficient service to every country settler in Otago and Southland. Our prices are right, our values are good, our salespeople are courteous and obliging, and nothing is considered a trouble if we can only please our customers. Riac’h and ■ M’Lennan, Anzao squared. The Maori has found that the religious ■ proclivities' of the pakeha are open to exploitation ;■ (says the Poverty Bay Herald). On Easter Monday one appeared at a resident’s place and explained that the season they - had just , been celebrating had reminded him that some of the eggs he had sold were bad, and he offered a dozen to take their place. ‘T want .also to tell you,” he said, “that I have some very fine potatoes, which I wish to sell cheap.” The resident was so struck with the enterprise of the Maori that he felt compelled to “fall for” the scheme so naively introduced. M’Gavin’s special production, “ oat malt stout,” is generous, refreshing, and strengthening. A superior table beverage.... At the Timaru races on the first dav a man on the outside lawn, who had backed No. 2 in the last race, when the winning number went, up mistook the 7 shown for 2 and walked confidently up to the pay-out window and presented his ticket and was paid out. Later on he discovered the error which load been made and returning on the second day reported the fact and paid back the dividend which b© had collected. Honesty had its own reward for in each of his investments on the second day he was lucky enough 'to be on a winner. The cold cracks the hands. Waters’s Chap Lotion keeps the skin soft, smooth, supple. Price, Is 6d; posted 2s.—Only from Waters's New Pharmacy, 20 Princes 5t.... There must b© a frightful accumulation of dairy produce in the stores at Wellington .awaiting shipment.”" remarked the secretary ,of a cheese fsctorv to a Manawatu Standard reporter. “Take the case of our own company. Our last shipment was on April 6, when out of 575 crates of cheese, which we were desirous of shipping, space could be found for only ft). SSnce then we have not, through lack of ships, been able to dispatch a single crate, and we have no advice of the next sailing. To-day we have 550 orates waiting shipment on the wharves at Wellington, on which we are paying interest and heavy storage charges. This is a serious matter — indeed, we have had , to, actually reduce the 'amount of our monthly, advance to suppliers. And the irony of it all is that we are missing a favourable market for our prices.” * / The boys around the table sat, Their faces smeared with jam. “By Jove. Bill, wouldn’t it be' great If we had some of Hitchoii’s ham?”... 1