NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18624, 4 August 1922, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

The proprietor of an old-established Masterton business states that he' has nob shown a profit on any week during- the past 18 months. Nothing endures like the quality of Buchanan’s Black and White whisky; once tasted, always sought.... In the Nauru and Ocean Island accounts for the quarter ended June 30 the sale of phosphates is recorded as having amounted to £35,654. More than pleased with results of Faterine feeding, That’s what they all write about. This money-saving, health-rearing calf f00d.... For each telephone in use in the dominion there are 13 inhabitants, according to the annual report of the Post and Telegraph Department. There are 94,683 telephones. / Internally and externally Wullie Croesan’s best—promptly applied—has saved many lives. Pour it ip- and rub rigorously..., The Manawatu County Council’s stonecrushihg plant building, erected on the Sandon side of the Rangitikei River, near Bulls, was destroyed by fire last week. Quality and flavour is the character of Buchanan's. Black and White whisky. Its reputation is built around it. Milne, Bremnor (Ltd.), agents.... “It makes me glad that this is the last day I will sit on this board,” said Mr Jamieson at the meeting of the Canterbury Education Board. “The twaddle - that is brought up is awful.” Obanism (340); A man’s age commands veneration; a woman’s commands tact. Our draft whisky p mellowed by years; not a headache in a bottle. Oban HoteL_

Hare? are a serious pert in and about the Buffer district, and farmers in the vicinity of Cape Foulwind are compelled to fence them out of the gardens with netting (says the Gray River Argus). Schnapps (8): But yet I’ll make assurance: doubly sure (Macbeth, iv, 1). That’s why I buy my Wolfe’s schnapps at the Oban H0te1.... Last month was one of the driest ever experienced in Masterton, only 252 points of rain being registered. The average fall for July for the previoue 11 years is 439 points. In the year 1914 only 114 points were recorded, this the record for dryness. Come and see our show to-night—we are open till 9 p.m. Friday nights, Sooullar and Chisholm. Ltd.. A member of the Board of Governors of the High School in Masterton remarked at a recent meeting that he had been told that the penalty for non-completion of the school within the stipulated time was £lO per day. The architect said the amount waa really £5 per week. Superfluous hair is destroyed easily, thoroughly, painlessly, by “Anticrin." Every single hair comes out. Price 2s, posted 2s 4d. Only from Waters’s New Pharmacy, 20 Princes street, Dunedin.... A Palmerston soldier, who is living on a Government section on the Main Trunk line (saye the Manawatu Times) ■ says that owing to want of roads a number _of .settlers have clubbed together by forming a little township of houses, whence they ride to and from their farms. ' Year in, y©ar„ out. “Bourbon” coffee maintains its high*' standard of excellence. “Bourbon" has a body and flavour that appeals to coffee drinkers. The ideal break last beverage.... The other night the pound at Taueatua (Auckland) was forced open and nine impounded horses removed.- Not content with removing the horses the lawbreakers went to the trouble o\ cutting the pound fencing wires in 11 places; and, then turned their attention to toe fence of the poundkeeper’s own property, which was cut through in 11 places also. We do not mink.there is a better proposition for the dairy farmer to-day than the Domo separator. It is simply marvellous how this wonderful’ machine has worked its way into the very front rank, and we.believe there is not a more popular separator in the New Eealand market today; Prices, sizes, and particulars gladly ■furnished on request. Riach and Miennan, Dunedin.... Speaking of the different standards of drunkenness, the Rev. R ; B. S. Hammond stated at a civic reception at Whangarei that on one occasion in'Surrey Hills he was making his way up to a man, when his friend said: “It’s all right, he’s only drunk.” “Oh, no,: ho isrft,” said a little child; “I saw him move.” Some people's taste is all in their mouth is an expression often heard. _ .It’s a good thing for us 1 ? that everyone’s is, which accounts for our enormous output of bacon. Have you tried itT Never fails to please.— Barton and Trengrove, Manse street.... “An ideal home for a policeman,” waa the quaint manner m—which a member of the Timaru Force described Oamaru after a week’s sojourn in that town..’ He attributed his 'good impression to the manner of the s people in the town, who were very sociable, and the good conduct of the, citizens. <’ 1 Men who know whisky call for Buchanan’s Black and White. Their cordial recognition of -its worth is best proof of it* merit • Calves are being transported- by motorlorries between Ettham and- Palmerston North. It has been found that this method is cheaper, more expeditious, and requires less 'handling than when the-rail-way is used as a means of transport. , Calves relish Faterine feeding. Winter splendidly, show first-class condition even in the. heal thy appearance of fine silky coats— A curious recovery occurred recently (says an exchange). Mr P. Cummings, of Speaxgrass Run, on ■ the . Buller, lost a pound note soipe four months ; ago at his stables, two miles from his residence. Recently Mrs Cummings visited the stables, and on -her return home she scraped the ball of frozen mud from her boot heels. Out of one of the muddy balls dropped the lost note. No other preparation has such splendid restorative qualities for internal troubles as are to be, found in**Nbxol. And this wonderful) antidote costs only 2s fid. Get a bottle now. All chemists and stores.... An indication of the way (county councils had to tighten their purse strings last year/s reflected in the accident insurance department of a local insurance office (says the Wanganui, Chronicle). Last year the premiums paid by ah inland county council were about £lO3 less than usual, thus indicating that £6OOO to £7OOO less wages were paid out 'A special list of drapery bargains is being Issued by James Gray.and Sons (Ltd.), Milton. A visit to their store this week should pay.... The requirements of the law in regard to impounded animals seem’ to penalise local bodies rather heavily uncertain cases (says the Christchurch Press). ; An instance was mentioned at the meeting of the Hoatooote County Council, where a body had impounded a horse, kept it for the 14 days required by the Act, and then sold it for the handsome sum of Is. Nonnecessity for first-class chef. Any-, tody can produce a perfect fresh, fuliyflaioured dessert with Bon Jelly Crystals. At all first-class grocers.... When the Mayor and ootmdllan took their seats at the last meeting of the Te Awamutu Borough Council they found their personal sate demands for the ytor awaiting them (says an exchange). Th« town desk, who never masses a chance of, gathering in the shekels for the municipal coffers, remarked that ip was up to the City Fathers to give the ratepayers a good lead in making prompt payment. During the last ten days of our ’ winter sale many new bargains are offered. Remnants and oddments cannot be taken into stock. ,It will pay you to make a call of inspection. Competition doses on August 11. A. F. Cheyne and Co., MosgieL... “I would like a definition ot ‘a capable woman,’ ” said a member at a meeting of the Christchurch School Oomnutteee’ Association, when fee members were asked to give support to a remit urging that ‘‘the time has come to appoint capable women to some high administrative offices of the Education Department.” The meeting decided to support the proposal. “We could not go home if we did not support this,” remarked on© member oautiou^y. The great majority of spring tonics is restricted to the blood and the stomach, but Marshall’s Fospherine goes further than that It goes right to the controlling power of the whole body and the centre of the nerve, system Recently a score of lost telegrams, including a costly cablegram for despatch, ‘ted to the suspension of a telegraph official nearly 100 miles away from Palmerston North. After many months it waa discovered that the elevator shute used to carry telegrams from the counter to the i telegraph operator on the upper floor, uolined. In the spare six inches between the ceiling ?nd tie floor above it lay the missing telegrams. The suspended officer received an apology. None too poor to buy our goods; none rich enough to buy better. Fort, Rochfe. and Co., Dunedin's pork specialists, Rattray street. Town and country stores suppiieffrT. The Inongahua. Times says that a rather unique sight was seen in the Inangahua River at the Landing recently. On look-* ing into the stream a traveller saw a living body of brown trout wending their wav up toe river for the - smaller streams, evidently for the purpose of spawning. There appeared to be dose upon a thousand fish varying from a pound to seven or eight pounds in weight. Elections will soon be with us. Be sure you are on toe roll. The last word in bacon. Barton and Trengrove’* famous sugar cored. Rashers, Is 2d; by the piece, Is Id; whole rolls, Hid.... The spectacle of nearly a dozen motor core stuck in the mud is surely a rare one, even in the King Country, where in winter time mud is as great a oimse as it was to toe Diggers in France. Yet (says the Wai■na Post) such a sight was to be observed the other day, when oar after car en route to the sale at Kod Koi effectively pre- ' vented from completing its journey by a aoa of mud on the Main South road. The oars simply stick like glue, and not a little ingenuity and hard work wore required to extricate them from tb'wr mud-bath. Sausages and lamb and chops This year I have forsaken; And now I make a hearty meal Of Hitchon’s prime smoked baooo._.