NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18765, 19 January 1923, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

Wellington is experiencing a mild boom in house-building, and in various parts of the suburbs houses are springing up. Como and see our show to-nigtit —wo are open till 9 p.m. Friday nights. Scoullar and Chisholm. Ltd....

Rats totalling 434 were accounted for, in 'J'imam during December by the Borough isianitary Inspector. Not ordinary cornflour! Kream Brand Cornflour is ricnly delicious. It makes cakes light, fluffy, or crisp... An optimistic tone prevails in business circles in Wellington, and the future in regard to trade is considered to bo very bright. A merry heart doth good like a medicine, so doth a wee drappie of Wullie’s best. The address is Waterloo, Caversham.... A whale 70ft long and Bft through was washed ashore at Hamilton’s Cap on the West Coast, near Pollok last week (states the Auckland Star’s Waiuku correspondent). Barton and Trcngrovo, bacon curers and pork butchers, Dunedin, require pigs in any quantity. Cheque by return mail. .. There is a fair demand in Wellington for carpenters and other tradesmen associated with the building trade there, which is experiencing a revival. The joy of food is flavour. Kream Brand Cornflour cakes and desserts are flavour-full and g00d.... W. S. Alpo, champion long distance walker, will leave Wellington at the end of the month for Christchurch, preparatory to undertaking the West Coast tour of 755 miles via Blenheim, Westport, Gi-symouth, Hokitika, Ross, Otirn, and Christchurch. Coffee connoisseurs 1 We still have some Blue Mountain Jamaica, 2s 6d per lb. ’the finest coffee grown on earth.—“Durie’s,” coffee specialists, 52 Octagon, Dunedin.... Messrs Belson (Australia) and Martin (Rotorua), angling at Awp.hou (Rotorua district), caught 53 splendid trout in four hours. One, a 10-pounder, was landed by Mr Belson.

Ladies’ gloves, in cotton, suede, kid, and doeskin, reliable makes only. Gray and Sens, Milton....

A favourite jockey is sometime? an asset. It is reported (says the Westport Times! that a Grey-mouth young lady who "followed” a certain jockey at the Keefton races on Saturday bad a credit balance of i)52 at the end of the clay.

A countless number of tempting uses for Kream Brand Cornflour, It makes wholesome, toothsome dishes....

Tho erection of the big electric power house at Evans Bay, Wellington, is nearing completion. The work has absorbed a fair number of Wellington’s unemployed. A first-class Tailor is MacLeod MacGillivray, Rattray street (opp. D.1.C.).... A sneak thief is about again in Mnsterton, and this time he is paying attention to money which is left outside for the milkman. Numerous thefts of this kind have been reported lately. • We quote special wholesale rates to stores handling our famous small goods. The quan'My turned out entails making daily, so that 1 icshncsb may bo relied upon. Give them a, trial; it will increase your business Barton and Trengrove.... The labour market in Wellington shows signs of improvement, and even the number of general labourers out of work is decreasing every week. Beautifully mellowed in Buchanan’s Blame and White are all the whisk-' virtues that excel

A hat of gold lace with diamonds set in the brim, and made recently in Paris, has been insured for 117,210.

Coffee connoisseurs! We still have some Blue Mountain Jamaica, 3s 6d per lb, the finest collco grown on earth. —“Dune's,” coffee specialists, 32 Octagon. Dunedin A poll to determine whether portions of Bromley and Hillsborough, now in tho Hoathcote County, should join Greater Christchurch, as recommended by the recent commission, will bo taken on Wednesday, January 31 (says tho Sun). Notification to that effect has been received from Wellington by the Hoathcoto County Council. .lollies are now becoming a regular dish on the table. Bo sure and get the best. Marshall’s Jellies have stood the tost for 15 years. Guaranteed pure fruit flavoured. Be sure and ask for Marshall’s; refuse substitutes....

•'What is your practice?” asked a member of the Eketnhuna Power Board the other day of the secretary, when the matter of obtaining departmental consent to a proposition was under consideration (says the Express). “Do you hit them up from week to week for a reply or wait till, -he next meeting of tho board?” ‘‘Personally, I find that a collect wire is very effective,' was tho reply. Prove the truth of that old adage, ‘‘The proof of tho pudding is in the eating,” by procuring from your grocer a packet cl Bom Jolly Crystals, pure and freshly made, nnd comparing with other brands.... One of the big attractions to visitors to Queenstown at the present lime (says the Lake Wakntip Mail) is the strawberry garden, where for tho sum of one shilling they may rogalo themselves to their hearts’ content. Many people bring small bags of icing sugar with them, while in order to do the thing properly some also take cream and a spoon and plate.

O'nanism (481).—“ Quiet as a mouse,” “shy as a squirrel,” or “ sharp as a ferret.’’ Oban wiiisky is ” mild as a grazing ox. - ’ Quarts, pints, flasks, or over the counter it’s all one quality.... There are no limitations to the use of the benzine tin. and one of the latest is to convert the tin into a receptacle to convoy raspberries from sunny Nelson to the thrifty housewives of Wanganui for their jam-making season (says the Herald). In former times a wooden vessel was used by the growers to send out this class of fruit, but one of the disadvantages was the j of so much juice into the wood. The benzine tins are painted in the inside with.- a special preparation. The fruit arrives in excellent condition, and tl.o price of a wooden tub does not have to be passed on to the purchaser. Anlicrin removes superfluous hair painlessly, conveniently, thoroughly. Does not burn, or encourage fresh growth. Price 2s, posted 2s 4d. Waters’s New Pharmacy, 20 Princes street, Dunedin. .. The philanthropic efforts of the Rotary Club in providing Christmas gifts for 1000 Auckland children have not borne good fruit in one particular instance (remarks the Herald). One small boy received a penknife for his present, and on his way home from (he Town Hall tested the capabilities of the weapon on a motor tyre, and in the encounter the tyro appeared to come off worst. The sequel to the incident occurred at Saturday last, when the boy was charged at the Juvenile Offenders’ Court with having wilfully damaged the tyre to the extent of £7 10s. The case was formally adjourned for 12 months, the father being ordered to pay for the damage during that period. Such fulness of flavour _ in. Buchanan’s Black and White is possibly only to a whisky that is perfect..,. Sportsmen report good catches on the local fishing grounds during the current week (says the Tauranga correspondent of the New Zealand Herald). Fishing off Mayor Island, a party aboard the launch Ilokemai caught 37 hapuika, a large trumpeter, and eight kingfish, in about three hours one morning. Several times they secured three hapulca on the one line, and the biggest of these fish weighed about 801 b. The trumpeter was a fine specimen of 351 b.

The taste of ordinary whisky heightens one’s appreciation of a whisky extraordinarily superior. Buchanan's Black and White.... The comfort and cleanliness of the New Plymouth trains and the civility of the conductors and motormen were the subject of comment at the meeting of the New Plymouth Expansion and Tourist League recently (says the Taranaki Herald). The chairman said he had heard several remarks by visitors to this effect. Local residents were apt to take these things for granted, but since hearing the comments he had taken particular notice, as he was travelling backwards and forwards to the beach every day, and he was bound to admit that the cars were kept, particularly clean, and the courtesy of the staff was most exemplary.

A business institution may, for a time, do big business on poor quality goods; but*-the house which trades a good article every time is the one which prospers. We always give quality and sendee for the most reasonable monetary reward. Your patronage will continue as a natural consequence if you give us a trial. Riach and M’Lennan,Anzac square, Dunedin.... Another serious burglary, following close on that which occurred in Rangitikei street, has been reported to the police (says the Palmerston Standard). The sufferers on this occasion ate Mr and Mrs G-. Allen, of Main street east. Some time ago Mr Allen and Mrs Allen left on a holiday, and while they were absent Mr E. O. Whyte, who Was looking after their house, discovered that the place had been burgled and a quantity of goods to the value of £4O removed. Samples from the manufacturers are always an attraction to thrifty shoppers. Wo have a big range consisting of towels, bed quilts, hearthrugs, sofa squares, ladies’ vests and hosiery: also 2000 curtain ends from la

5d up to 5s 6d each. A. F. Cheyne arid Co., Mosgieh... The young tigress which was brought to Auckland from London by the steamer Port Elliott, was bora in the London Zoological Gardens. It has been seat to Wellington in exchange for two kiwis. The animal, which is a fine specimen, is under the charge of the chief officer of the Port Elliott, and does credit to its temporary keeper. It has grown considerably during the six weeks’ voyage, and looks the picture of health. .Sailors are noted for making pete of animals, and the tigress is no exception, as it will allow the chief officer to stroke and pet it to a certain extent through the bars of its cage. It is fed once a day, every evening. w'th an allowance of 61b of raw meat from the freezer. Being made entirely from curative vegetable juices, “Noxol” remedies all painful digestive end liver disorders without leaving any harmful after effects, such as are caused bv narcotics, which relieve but do not remedy. 2s 5d a bottle, containing a month’s supply. Lycopodium (says an exchange) as well 6a fuchsia is something of a botanical curiosity, for it is only of recent years that its life history has been unearthed by the Rev. J. E. Holloway, of Hokitika, who found that it has a stage when it lives in the ground in the form of tiny tubers, like badly shaped potatoes. Tile nearest relatives of the lycopodium and the club mosses generally, according to Dr Cockayne, are plants of long ago. which were the ancestors of seed plants, so that lycopodium is a survival of a very dim age, and probably was old and lonely when the fuchsia first arrived from South America.

We cut joints of the primest quality meat procurable to suit every purse. Our aim is to serve the multitude and give them what they desire. Ask for what you require and you mnv be certain of getting it. Branch shops: Octagon,. South Dunedin, St. Kilda, Anderson’s Bay, and Roslyn. Walk in please, walk cut pleased. Barton and Trcngreve. main shop, Manse street.... When a Durie Hill (Wanganui) resident was homeward bound recently in the early hours of the morning he saw a moving obioct on the water’s edge on the Taylorville side of the town bridge, and by using an electric torch ho discovered it ’ was a man clad only in a shirt. Tire, latter explained that he had been seized with a sudden impulse to swim across the river and back, and he was then searching for (be rest of his clothes. With the aid ef lha torch the discarded garments were located, and the swimmer die*'-ed end departed. The man could give no reason for his sirnnpa conduct, and he stated that he had got back to the shore with considerable d’fil-' culty. ns the strong tide carried him against the cylinders of the bridge. If you find your task is hard. Try, try, try again; Hitchon's .bacon fried in lard Will make your muscles stand the strain....

FRIEND OF OLD LADY. During a trip to Kaikoura recently, a friend of Mr Baxter’s paid a visit to an old lady. Like most old folk, she was conservative in her ideas as to what constituted reliable health remedies, and her visitor was pleased to notice on her table a bottle of Baxter's Lung Preserver. “Years ago I made irionds with Baxter’s,” she said, and certainly her sturdy, sound constitution offered proof positive of the great health-giving and tonic properties of this sterling remedy. Baxter’s Lung Preserver offers sound health to young and old alike. Everywhere, always, it provides a reliable source of immunity from lung troubles, throat affections, coughs, colds, and influenza. Mora than that, it is a grand tonic that braces you up and banishes the “blues.” "Baxter’s” has a rich, pleasant taste that the children love. It never fails to do good, and always promotes radiant health. A large bottle costs only 2s 6d, and can be obtained from any chemist or grocer. Get one now I —Advt.

—lt would be interesting to know tho reason that prompted the ex-Kaiser to have a silver statuette of St. George and the Dragon immediately in front of himself and his bride on tho wedding luncheon tablo ot Doom (observes the Daily Chronicle). England has not exactly a monopoly of St. George, but that mythical hero has no connection with Germany, though he is one of tho national saints of Russia and also the patron saint of Genoa. Perhaps the statuette of St. George was meant to remind tho guests that the ex-Kaiser still c'aims to bo a Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, as was evident by the description of himself he supplied to the Dutch authorities when notifying his wedding just before the ceremony. Candidates for admission to the Army colleges at Woolwich and Sandhurst have sunk from 800 in 1921 to 500 last year. The Admiralty Buildings, in Whitehall, London, arc two centuries old this year.