NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18774, 30 January 1923, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF

Tho New Zealand Times says that the purchase of an elephant for the zoo at Wellington for the sum of £250 is to be considered in connection with next year’* city estimates. Stevens’s big clearing sale starts Wednesday. Hugo bargains, everything reduced. Stevens, 51 George street.... Strong objection has been taken by a clergyman at Whangaroi to the local .Regatta Association holding yacht races on Sunday. Sports.—Procure Trotting Journal tonight. Mann’s Nows Agency, Manse street.Open till 8 p.m.... It was reported to the Wellington City Council at its last meeting that the sale of hawkers’ stands, hold on January 8. realised £493 12s 6d. The amount received for tho lust quarter was £245 17s 6d. Do you like good footwear? Try our English welted walking boot. Price 42s 6d. Riach and M'Lennan.... A “horse-stinger” four inches long, and brilliantly marked, was captured in Palmerston North. It has been sent to Mr G. V. Hudson, the New Zealand naturalist in Wellington, who is a keen collector ot New Zealand insect life. A little fore-talk may save much aftertalk. The best whisky can be got at Crossan’s AVaterloo, Cnversham.... “I had a great time in New Zealand,” said Mr W. Harris, the Honolulu champion swimmer, on his arrival in Sydney. “There is a - coming boy over there, Adamson, of Napier. He is only lb years old, but his 62 seconds for 100 yards in dead water stamps him as a coming champion.” Samples from the manufacturers are always an attraction to thrifty shoppers. We have a big range consisting of towels, bed quilts, hearthrugs, sofa squares, ladies’ vests and hosiery; also 2000 curtain ends from Is 3d up to 5s 6d each. A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mospiel.. A 10ft 6in shark was caught by Captain Wainhouse in Rangitoto Channel on Thursday (says tho Auckland Herald). Tho fish was caught on a schnapper line and shot when pulled to the surface. It measured 6ft 6in in girth and weighed sowh

The good old policy. “Self help is the best help,” has evidently found a staunch supporter in a lady teacher at Brooklyn School, Miss E. M'Quoid, who, with her pupils, was reported at the last meeting of the Education Board to have recently painted the school building (says the Auckland Herald). Members of the board were very favourably impressed with the energy and enterprise shown by teacher and pupils, and the secretary was instructed to forward a letter of appreciation. The latest in ladies’ Roslyn and Kaiapoi costumes, low priced; Gray and Sons, Milton A man named Bertram Sydow, attempted, is is alleged, to take his. life the other day at Waipawa, by taking arsenic (says the Napier Telegraph). A doctor was promptly summoned, and he took the necessary measures to counteract the irritant, his efforts being successful. Sydow was later arrestd, and will be charged with attempted suicide. 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 may bo certain of getting it. Branch shops: Octagon, South Dunedin, St. Kilda, ,Anderson’s Bay, and Koslyn. Walk in please, walk out pleased. Barton and Trengrove, main shop, Manse street.... Several new exhibits have lately been added to the Canterbury Museum. Mr A. Lush has given the leg bones of a mon found in a cave at Arapuni, near Waikato; Mrs Chudleigh, a prow of a Moriori canoe: Dr C. E. Bevan Brown, some fossils of worms from Mount , Torlesse; Mr W. Parker, a rare type of a white-headed petrel and a shear-water picked up on the New Brighton Beach; and Mr D. Hope, a golden plover. A very old iron bicycle Has also been presented by Mr J. Maddren. Found amongst herbs, barks, vegetables, and fruits, the natural cure for indigestion— Dr Crossland’s “NoxoL” Invaluable for all derangements of stomach, liver, kidneys, and boweis. Pleasant to take, gentle and sure in action.... The effort of the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society to introduce more game into the district has evidently met with good success (says the Wanganui Herald). The society obtained a quantity of English Mallard duck eggs and these were distributed among various poultrymen to hatch with very successful results. The same applies to pheasants. A supply of 400 eggs were secured from the Hobson County, North Auckland, and the reports to hand indicate that a substantial percentage of young birds is now thriving well. M‘Gavin's special production, “oat malt stout,” is generous, refreshing, and strengthening. A superior table beverage.... Two shops situated at the comer of Mount Eden road and Stokes road were broken into a few days ago (says an Auckland paper), and goods and money stolen. la one shop, occupied by Mr Gardiner, a confectioner, the cash register was broken open and the contents, about £7, abstracted. , from the other shop, which is occupied by Miss H. Gordon-Kergan, about £ls worth of millinery was stolen. The thieves gained an entry at the back of the premises, which are lock-up shops. Barton and Trongrove, bacon curers and pork butchers, Dunedin, require pigs in any quantity. Cheque by return mail.... A scheme is afoot (states an exchange) to settle a portion of Matakana Island, near Tauranga, with retired English officers. At a meeting of the Tauranga County Council a communication was read from an Auckland firm of surveyors, submitting for approval the plan of the' subdivision of part of Matakana Island. It was stated that ample reserves for recreation and all other public purposes had been made. The council decided that the engineer should vis— the locality, and, if he is satisfied with the scheme, that the plan be approved. \yeek-enders and campers, make sure of pleksing your friends by treating them to a really high-class dessert, pure and freshlkmade. Bon Jelly Crystals fill the bill with a mimimum of labour and expense.... “That a cattle brand be registered, the letters to be C.U.L., for the use of dkiry farmers wishing to brand their cull cows to prevent them being resold to other dairy farmers.’' This remit (says the New Zealand Times) was submitted to the Farmers’ Union Executive, Mr Lynch saying it would prevent unscrupulous dealers buvintr cull stock at about £1 Is, getting them into good "nick,” and then putting them on the market as dairy stock. The chairman suggested that those animals which did not come up to standard under Government supervision should be branded. After discussing the motion the chairman announced that it lapsed for want of a seconder. When summer’s sun has scorched the akin, apply Waters’ Yi-Oatta (non-greasy) Face Cream. Cools, soothes, beautifies. Price 2s. posted 2s 2d. —Waters’ New Pharmacy, 20 Princes street, Dunedin.... There is a great scarcity of colonial knitting wool throughout the dominion just now, yet there is a good demand as so many ladies have taken to knitting their own jumpers and dresses, this form of dress being very popular. The manager of the* Kaiapoi Woollen Company informed a New Zealand Times reporter that the scarcity was due to a shortage of labour required for this particular kind of work. They had the machines, but lacked the labour to work them and weave the wool. Good weavers who come out are so few, he said, that they do not make any appreciable difference We quote special wholesale rates to stores handling our famous small goods. The quantity turned out entails making daily, so that freshness may be relied upon. Give them a trial; it will increase your business Barton and Trengrove.... During last season Mr R. Day, borough inspector at New Plymouth, planted some hundreds of pinus insignis trees at the Old Waterworks to smother gorse and blackberry. Reporting to the council, Mr Day said the trees had grown very well indeed. He had had the weeds cleared from around the trees, and did not think they would require further attention. “This has proved that the planting of trees is the only profitable way to deal with weeds. " Are you adding anything to the world’s happiness? If not. you’re a failure. House furnishers always leave our warehouse contented and happy; contented because we have filled their every requirement satisfactorily and well) happy because they know they have savecr money. Riach and M‘Lennan, Anzac square, Dunedin.... A Carterton family had a -startling experience with a motor oar recently (reports an exchange). The husband, wife, and three children were in the car coming up a hill, the wife driving. The engine stalled, and the car stopped. The husband jumped out to restart it, and was astounded to see .the car running away from him down hill. It swerved off the road and fell over the side of the hill, turning a somersault. The wife was considerably bruised and suffered from shock, but the children were not hurt at all. When the “Prince of Wales’’ was touring in New Zealand, Marshall’s Proprietary (Ltd.) were favoured with instructions to supply Jelly Crystals for the whole tour. A striking testimony as to their quality and purity. Obtainable all grocers.... “On one farm alone there are now five families, instead of one,” said Mr R. Masters, M.P. at a recent meeting of the Taranaki Education Board, when giving the reason for the increased attendance at the Ackland School. The land in the vicinity of the school had been cut up into smaller holdings, ho said, and in his opinion, if ever a school warranted additions the Ackland School did. In accordance with a request from the department, it was decided to forward ,a plan of the locality, showing where the children lived. Coffee connoisseurs! We still have some Blue Mountain Jamaica, 3s 6d per lb. the finest coffee grown on earth.—“Durie’s,” coffee specialists, 52 Octagon, Dunedin.... * IVnen the mail train was standing at Eltnam station the other morning one of the passengers leaned out of the window and solicited a cigarette from a friend on the platform (states the Eltham Argus). “I’m right out,” he said. “Will I have time to dash out and get some at Hawera?’’ “You might,” replied the other.. Well, the train got to Hawera about half-past 9, and at half-past 12 was still there; he certainly had plenty of time. Thomson and Co., Moray place (opposite First Church). Just arrived, a large and choice selection of granite and marble monuments. ’Phone 2296.... The success that has attended the working of the Rimu dredge at Hokitika has aroused the residents to a sense of the possibilities of the gold mining industry in their immediate locality 1 (says the Inangahua Times), and a prospecting association has been formed with a view to exploring the district for the discovery of other lodes of the precious metal. This association having been strongly supported by citizens, has now under »consideration the most important question of locality to be prospected, and work is to be started immediately. A slice of Hitohon’s baeon and on egg, miss? And I just felt that I could-give the man a kiss....