NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18562, 24 May 1922, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

Ripe strawberries were gathered in a garden in Batt street, Palmerston North, last week. Interesting developments are expected shortly at ‘.he local freezing works (says the Baidu tha Free Press) if the bonus reduction is enforced. For Influenza, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.... Tennis racquets which come from India can be sold in England at a little more than one-third of the cost of production at Home. It is stated that a 21b loaf of bread can be purchased at Feilding for 5cL while in the majority of towns in New Zealand it would cost &2_d. Straight talk, Donald (Donald- keeps an hotel). Gang straight to Willie Crossan’a for your whisky. Ye’ll draw custom.... Thousands of acres of sand dunes are covered with lupins in the Foxton district. The lupins have prevented the drift of the sand, but they have also provided a sanctuary for hundreds of rabbits. “We nave in the Wairarapa,” said Mr J. C. Cooper to the Hon. J. G. Coates, “a district which _ I think is capable of carrying a population almost equal to that of Now Zealand at the present time." We are cash buyers of porkers and baconera. —Barton and Trengrove, Dunedin.... The Wairarapa Age states that not far from Mauriceville a tent-dweller resides by the roadside. He is _ apparently expecting to be able to build before long, for he has a fully equipped sideboard outside the tent. The recent find of marble in the Nokomai district has now been taken over by a company who purpose installing complete quarry machinery. It is their intention to' have supplies in all leading centres at an early date.

Thick all-wool New Zealand-made blankets at reasonable prices can be bought from James Gray and Sons (Ltd.), Milton.... Pheasants are more plentiful this season in Manawatu than last year (says the Wairarapa Age), while ducks are about the same. Some large bags of the latter are reported. Hares do not seem to bo as numerous as last year, although a number have fallen to some sportsmen. An Order-in-Council - was gazetted recently declaring Kapiti Island an area wherein opossums may be taken or killed without a license. The drop in wool Jast year is making itself manifest in the reduced price of men’s and boys’ clothing. We have & full range, showing a substantial reduction, and can fit boys and men of all builds. A. F. ■Cheyne and Co.,' Mosgiel.... A new theatre, to cost about £25,000, is to be erected in Nelson, a site having been secured _ for the purpose next the Central Hotel in Trafalgar street. The theatre will be fully equipped in every way to meet the_ demands of first-class travelling companies. Some fish! Angling in Middleton’s Bay on Sunday, two local fishermen landed two fine hapukas, one weighing 1251 b and the other 991 b (cleaned), says the Opunake Times. Good hauls of schnapper were also made by the mosquito fleet, which was out in full force. All interested in the housing problem are invited to inspect the steel and concrete house just completed in King street (between Union and St. David streets), between the hours 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to-day (Wednesday).—Full information from The Ross Man'ifaoturing Company (Limited), 122 Bond street., Telephones 2580 and 402... ( Something in; the_ nature of a land boom has apparently Set in at Otatara, A Southland -News reporter having been informed by a resident! that several sections had changed hands during the week. It is also stated that a local garage proprietor intends running a small-steamer between'ln- * vercangill and Point. The French Consul notified the Auckland City Council recently that he had received , from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, France, a large case of French books. These had been sent as a gift to the Auckland Public Library by the’French Government. The matter was referred to the Library Committee. Young brides always take a pride in the furnishing of the new homes, and are naturally anxious to get the best value, and as much of it as they can, for the cash they are prepared to spend. This little paragraph is inserted here merely to advise that if you do not furnish at Riach and M‘Lennan’s, of Anzao square, you have not done the best you could for yourself.... When pins were invented in the fourteenth . century the maker was ■ allowed to sell them only on the first two days in January, and upon these days women flocked to buy them. They were so expensive then that it was the custom to give as a present a sum of money to be used-as pin-money. Hence the term. At Waters’s New Pharmacy two qualified chemists are always in attendance. Prescriptions prepared quickly, ’ carefully; drugs pure, full strength.—2o Princes street (opp. Bristol).... All the heavy machinery for use at the P i° n Gr , , ouse f* Waikaremoana is now installed (says the Napier Telegraph), including turbines and generators, and the way in which the work is being' pushed on shows that the Public Works Department is in earnest, and its part of the contract Wl *l now soon •be accomplished. What is wanted in this depressed, upsidedown globe just now is optimism—a general feeling 1 of confidence’ and good cheer, but that is impossible if you are worried and depressed; get Marshall’s Fospherine, and Smile! Smile 1! Smile!!!.,. “Personally 1 1 should like to see the streets .here rearranged, if possible, and also renamedsaid Brigadier-general Richardson, at Khandallah {Wellington), recently. “I notice we hav© a Hilda street, a Jessie street, and a Mary Ann street. It seems a pity that the streets cannot be named ofi an Imperial basis.’.’ Obanism (280). —The finest collection of yachting pictures in Australasia, Don’t miss seeing them during the Winter Show.— Oban Hotel, Octagon The pig market is always very erratic at this time of the year, with a hardening tendency as the only constant factor, remarkefi an Ashburton auctioneer the other day. He quoted the case of a buyer who took a line of weanecs at Addinkton a week ago at 14s a head and put them under the hammer again this week, when they reahesd 275. Bon Jelly Crystals are the best packed, . most deliciously flavoured, and quickestsetting jelly crystal on the market. Quantity and quality combined. Get a packet from your grocer. Wholesale, Raabon Co (tel. 449).... The Taranaki Herald quotes the following as a further instance of the advantage of direct shipment:— A local firm of importers has received advice of two consignments of goods arriving from Home within a day or so -pf each other. One consignment conies via Wellington, and the freight charges are 145 s per ton, the other a direct'shipmnet to New Plymouth, the freight charges being 120 s per ton, or a saving of 25s per ton. We supply country stores with the finest • smallgoods made at reduced wholesale' rates. —Barton and Trengrove, Dunedin.... "I am -satisfied as to the future. • Our city is a wealthy one,’’ said the Mayor of Wellington, recently. “The rates in Wellington are not as high as they are in Sydney. A Woolwich man had recently told me that their rates were 19s on the annua) value. Before this they were 9s in- the £. In Sydney the rate on the unimproved value is ss. Ours is not quite 35.” Do you get out of bed feeling “all played out,” dull headache, 'no appetite! no energy. A' sure sign you need “Noxol.” You need •’ only take a few doses to get good results; all those who take this remedy praise it.... The fruit season is now practically over (states the Napier Daily Telegraph), only a few very late varieties of apples and pears being left on the trees. Orchardists nave had a splendid season, and are probably among the few sections of the community that are not deeply affected by the “slump.” The crops have been above the average, and the prices on the whole highly satisfactory. Prime ox beef and wether, mutton, the finest fattened in. the dominion. No cow beef, sold. Lowest prices for the highest grade quality. Have you tried our famous sugar cured bacon! Nothing better on the market. Special attention given to country orders.—Barton and Trengrove, Dun- , eain.... - . Ashhurst haa a distinction in church building. It costs the community nothing more than the additional of one letter to its name, and has never been in debt (states the Manawatu Daily Times). By faulty orthography, the Tittle town was christened' “Ashurst,” in honour of Lord Ashhurst, who owned land in the vicinity, which he had acquired through the Manchester Corporation, who originally settled the block. Lord Ashurovs sister discovered that, Cockney-like, an “h” Lad been omitted. She made protest, and was gratified with the ready compliance that she" presented the people with a handsomelyfipished and furnished church. The strong demand for “Bourbon” coffee shows the public’s appreciation of a highclass article. Produced by A. Dnrie and (jo., Coffee Specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin.... A Kaka Point resident (says the Free Press) informed us on Friday that very rough seas had been experienced there lately, and numbers of fish had been ashore in a dead or dying condition. The fish were mostly ling,_ kingfish, and a few red ood, and the proximity of the beach to the mouth of the Molyneux River was deemed to be the cause of their paralysed state, as the big river had been discharging large qihwititles of sand, and this had choked the fish. Whatever the cause the residents were taking full advantage of the cheap fish thus provided by bounteous nature, as thev were quite all right for eating, especially those picked up while still alive. An astounding discovery made by a chim- ■ ney sweeper at Ludenscheid. near Bolzano (Italian Tyrol) has just tad its sequel in a number of arrests. In a species of crypt six feet deep, excavated in the air shaft of a kitchen chimney, he found imprisoned a man of 45, who had be&n kept a prisoner there for eight years. The man was reduced almost to a skeleton, his hands and feet were powerless, and he was unable to speak a single word. All he could do was to cry like a little baby. The police ascertained X-hat relatives were responsible for this atrocious outrage, and they have been arrested. In confessing their guilt, they said that rtheir victim was a man of very violent temper and that they had kept him a prisoner as the only means of averting bloqdshed. I shall be satisfied when I awake And at the table my place I take To find Hitchon’s bacon on the menu. For I shall enjoy it, that’s telling you true...