NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18606, 14 July 1922, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

A boat from the training ship Amofcura has been secured from the Government for the use of the Pioton Boy Scouta. Come and see our show to-night—we are open till 9 p.m. Friday nights. Sooullar and Chisholm, Ltd.... “Snowdroppers,” otherwise linen thieves, have been busy in the backyards of Heme Bay, Auckland, recently, several residents having) had their doings lines denuded. One household lost sheets valued at £B. The pudding problem for the cook. Flavour with “Redmill” cocoa. It raises plain food to the height of luxury. Milne, Bromner (Ltd), agents.... During a hunt at Aokautere in the Manawatu district, the mount of Mr D. B. M'Ewten (the master),.in landing after a jump, stumbled badly and threw nis rider. Mr M'Ewen landed on his feet, but the horse struck him on the ankle with his forefoot and v broke the leg. It vu practically at the end of the hunt. A good tailor is MacLeod MacGillivray, Rattray street (opp. D. 1.0.).... The Tiraaru Radiophone dub is increasing in numbers, and its members are very enthusiastic. Every Sunday music, speeches, recitals, etc., are transmitted with complete success to members who have receiving telephones. Messages have been picked up at Qhristchtirch, Oamanu, and Palmerston. On a frosty night try one before retiring. Wullie Crosean supplies them to order. Why worry?... . , ( . A resident writing to the Napier Herald, declares that the people of Taupo have been more soared by what they have read in the papers about earth tremors than by their own experience of. them. The school children, lie says, get a lot of fun out of them, and their school work has not been interrupted for a single hour. Mates you hungry, just to smell good, rich coooa. “Redmill” cocoa determines you to have it rather than dearer brands.... “There must be some Jonah that is swallowing up a lot of money,” said a councillor at the Waitotara County Council’s meeting (says the Wanganui Chronicle). He was Somewhat mixed in his metaphors, but he had solid ideas on what he was trying to get at. Ho oast a very suspicious eye on the motor wagon, which, he declared, was too expensive to run, and did a great deal of damage to the roods. Drapery sales are very common in all centres, but the “premier” Winter Sale is being held in Mosgiel, where Messrs A. F. Cheyne are having their annual clearance. It you can’t call and see the bargains, write for catalogue or prices.... A short dissertation on the loquacity of the clergy was delivered by one of the lay members of the Anglican Synod, M* J. W. Henderson (says the Waararapa Times) The olergy, lie said, got hold of a point, and instead of' leaving it at that, preached a sermon round it. He called them circumference speeches—they went round and round. “There is a time,” he added, “when silence is golden.” MacLeod MacGillivray, specialist in dress suits for lodge or dance “ purposes; handmade. Rattray street (opp. D.1.C.). . “There ore quite a number of sqldiers ill at the present time,” said the secretary at the monthly meeting of the Dannevirke branch of the Hawke’s Bay War Relief Association the other day. “It appears that the soldiers are breoking up now—a fear that was expressed some time ago—and are feeling (heir disabilities. I notice that Wellington is meeting with a similar experience.” Buchanan’s “Black and White” for one who knows. Only to an uncultured taste does any whisky suffice.... After 19 days’ sojourn in the pound, the horse which, attached to a dray, was found on the hank of the Waihopai River, Invercargill, was sold by the poundkeeper. The horse realised £6 15«, but the expenses incurred in keeping it amounted to £3 8s 6d. The borough is required to keep the money for 12 months when, if not claimed, it is forfeited to the borough. The dray is still in possession of the poundkeeper. Noxol is a special, highly-concentrated compound of pure ingredients, which never fails to restore you perfect health and strength. Noxol is 2s 6d a bottle. Keep one always handy. Chemists and stores..,. There has been something in the nature of an exodus of cripples and invalids from Blenheim during the past few days, owing to the fame of a so-called faith-healer, who is at present in Wellington, having reached' Morlborough (states the Express). In addition to this, one or two local invalids have been made the recipients by wellmeaning friends of handkerchiefs and other articles which have been blessed by the healer. They have been urged to retain these articles in their possession and to have faith and they will be cured. All invalids and children relish Bon Jelly Crystals. Beautifully flavoured, fresh, pure, wholesome, and easily digested. The best money can buy. Ask your grocer fo»a packet. Wholesale, Buahon Co (tel 449: - A Palmerston North resident, Lewis Charles Denis, who refused to remove himself from a reserved seat op the express to Wellington from Frank ton Junction, even after being requested to' do so by both the guard and a policeman, was fined £4 and costs (£1 16s). ■ Nothing the matter, yet you never cnioy real vital and vigorous health. Buchanan’s “Black and White” - will put you right Milne, Bremner (Ltd.), agents....

Three hoys whose average age wm about 14, and who said they had come down from Wellington by the ferry steamer, were discovered on the Christchurch Railway Station a few days ago (says the Lyttelton Times). From information’ given to the police later, it appears that the boys left Wellington without , their parents' consent and spent all their available money on purchasing steerage tickets. The boys wore returned to Wellington, Grey sheetings are being quoted at wholesale prices by James Gray and Sens, Milton. 72in widths are 3a Ud and 4s 3d per yard for their well-known brands..., i The dangerous crossing, just north of the Paraparaumu Railway Station, dertainly needs attention (writes the Wellington Times correspondent). Further narrow escapes from serious accidents nave occurred of late, and it is hoped the Hutt County Council will give effect to a petition sent in some time. ago. The main obstruction could bo easily removed. It is understood that the petition, due to Mr J. Aplin’s activities, contained no less than 100 names in favour of the improvement. Year in, year out. “Bourbon” coffee ’ maintains its high standard of excellence. “Bourbon” has a body and flavour that appeals to coffee drinkers. The ideal breakin »r beverage.... Blenheim (says the Marlborough Express) appears to be on the eve of a mild uuilding boom, and a reporter has learned of several schemes which involve the reconstruction, on modem lines, of a good deal of the business area. In view of the unemployment which is stated to exist in thq district, though, it must be admitted, it is not apparent on the surface of things, further announcements regarding these projected' schemes will be awaited with interest. Dairy-fed pork, made into the most palatable bacon, by oar sugar-curing process. Have you tried it? 3ore to please. Rashers, Is 2d; by -the piece t Is Id; whole rolls, ll£d. Special confessions to storekeepers for bacon and all smallgoods. Barton and Trengrove, the smallgoods manufacturers, whose output exceeds all others in Otago. Manse street, Dunedin.... “It is as remarkable as it is significant,’’ said an educated . young Manawatu Maori to a Manawatu Times representative, “that Otahuhu should be the scene of the reported discovery of the new wood borer. It should be remembered that the origin of the name of this place—Otahnhu—indicates clearly to the Maori that it was the original home of the borer. Probably local climatic conditions favoured its growth, hence its Maori name, Otahuhu a feast of raw grubs. The nerves are the dynamoe of the body, that make the body function. When they become overworked thq body slows, up, and lassitude, irritability, and often a general breakdown follows. Take Marshall’s Fospberine.... At a meeting at Trmaru feays the Post), Dr Truby King said that, an infimtelv greater amount of sweets was eaten in New Zealand than in anv other country, and the children in New Zealand had worse teeth than those in the slums of London. 1 Whilst he did not say that children should go without sweets they should not bo given chocolates and sweets between mealsr very much less lollies should be taken and they should be token at meal times. For school lunoh—Cocoa, advises the Health Department, in suggestions to parents “Bedmill” for economy land tool value.... A dairyman, to the agricultural ■ reporter of the Southland j News, put .the position of the man on the land m suite a novel way. “Unfortunately,” he said, “the cow has only four teats. One, of them I have to milk for the shipping ring, one for the crowd that collects the other ' charges on the cheese from the time it leaves our factory till it is sold in London, one to pay for the cost of manufacture, and the remaining teat provides me and my family with a bare existence.” Town and country storekeepers supplied with the finest pork small goods procurable in New Zealand at specially reduced rates. Barton end Trengrdve, Dunedin.... A man' named Charles Hunter, who was drunk in Invercargill recently, had a somewhat interesting career before he landed iir the Magistrate’s Court (says the Times). He was arrested on Saturday evening by a policeman, and conveyed to the Borstal Institution, where he spent the night. In the morning, he effected his escape, but before nightfall was again in custody, this time in the cells at (he Folico Station. He was brought before Mr W. N. Stirling at a sitting of the Magistrate’s Court .and his second offence within the period fixed by Statute cost him a fine of There are very few days that we do not make some.young couple happy; not in the sense that they are not happy already, hut for the reason that we have furnished the little nest comfortably and well at a price they were able and prepared to pay. This is erne of the secrets erf the great success of our famishing department; there are others. Riach and M'Lennan, Anzac square. Dunedin.... ■ ■ The European kingfisher eats nothing but fish (writes a correspondent to a Wairarapa paper), but the N OW Zealand species does not live by fish alone, but includes mice, beetles, and other insects, cruateoea, and even young and full-grown birds in- its diet. Many instances are on record of it seizing and devouring sparrows, green-finches, fantails, and white-eyes. Doubtless other small birds are victimised also. They are beaten into the requisite shape, and then swallowed, sometimes laboriously. ; Extra care and tttontion are given to prescription dispensing at Waters’s New Pharmacy, 20 Princes street, Dunedin. Two qualified chemists always in attendance. Doctors’ directions faithfully carried 0ut.... A demonstration of water and mineral divining was given before a Palmerston North assembly of business men the other day by Mr H. C. Terry. Gold, silver, copper, iron, bituminous coal, and lignite were placed at intervals on the property, and the results (states the Times) were such as to justify a further exposition of Mr Terry’s powers before a larger number of citizens m the near future. None too poor to buy our goods: none rich enough to buy better. Fort, Roche, and Co., Dunedin’s pork specialists, Rattray street. Town and ccimtry stores supplied. .. “We must beware of the great danger of having ignorant people iq our midst,” said Mr J. Caughley, Director of Education, in the course of his lecture at the Winter Show at Auckland, “and a man most be considered ignorant if he does not go beyond tee Sixth Standard in our primary schools. ’No nation will ever rise to high levels by having 20 per cent, of the population as its leaders and good thinkers, *and allow tee remaining 80 per_ cent, to follow ignorantly. The nation which comes to the front is the one which has 100 per ; oent. of its people thoroughly educated. Obanisni (322): Rheumatism is the result of under alimentation of the blood corpuscles. It is the marasmus of the polymorphonuclear corpuscles induced by faulty metabolism. The cure port: two glasses of V.O.S. daily. Oban H0te1.... Most people are under the impression that the Mount Somers and Methven train services are of the “small-way” .order, but their eyes would have been opened if they could hav© heard a Springbura and a Methven' resident arguing the matter with increasing heat. Each persisted that the train to-his district was the faster, and starting off at something near schedule speeds, these two people finally had their trains up to the speed of the Flying Dutchman at least. Sixty miles per hour on the Springburn line was pooh-poohed by the Mount Hutt protagonist as dilatory, and altogether the conversation became such as to gladden the General Manager of Railways, had bo been present, after all the stories he has heard to a confrary effect Maid of Athena, ere we part, Words of wisdom I’d impart. Hitchon’s bacon always best; You can keep the bally rest...