NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18850, 1 May 1923, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Auckland shopkeepers have been the vie tims of cheque frauds lately.

The survey of Masterton for electric wirinfr purposes is well advanced. Thomson and Co., Moray place (opposite First Church). Just arrived, a large and choice selection of granite and marble monuments. ’Phono 2236....

The exportation of bran and pollard from New Zealand is now prohibited by Order-in-Council, save with the consent of the Minister of Customs.

The contracts for wiring let so far by the Wairarapa PouVr Board average 36s a point. M'Gavia’s special production, “ oat malt stout,” is generous, refreshing, and stiengthening. A superior table beverage. The To Puke Dairy Association has paid out £23,000 to suppliers. The highest cheque was for £433, whilst several ranged from £IOO to £4OO.

The provisions of the Scaffolding and Excavation Act. passed last session, came into force this month. The new regulations are designed mainly to further safeguard workers and the public Stay at Bollett’s Princess Hotel, Deo street, Invercargill. Absolutely the best hotel at the tariff, 8s per day. Visitors called in time for early trains.... “In Switzerland, during the tourist season, you meet many people who, while at home live above their shops, and while away live above their means,” related Mr Julian Grande, at the Town Hall, Wellington. the other night. Thq publicity given to the proposed hospital expenditure on buildings at Tauranga and Te Puke, amounting to £25,000, is arousing strong opposition (says the New Zealand Times). The Minister of Health has been invited -to visit the district and receive a deputation on the subject. For children’s hacking cough, Woods’ Groat Peppermint Cure.... Once again Poppy Day in Napier has proved most successful (says the Daily Telegraph), and to date the sum of £250 has been received. As, there are still returns to come in from file country districts there is no doubt that this amount will be substantially increased. The furnishing of a new home is always an interesting and a pleasant job, especially to those who are most concerned, and for those who contemplate matrimony or who only wish to add a few extra articles to their homes w© would certainly advise them to have a good look round Riach and IvPLennan’s wholesale warehouse in Anzac square. This firm- continues to give unbounded satisfaction to all its clients....

During the year which ended on March 31 the Post and Telegraph Department showed an excess of revenue over expenditure of £727,774. This is sufficient to £122.774 after paying interest and capital charges due. It is expected that should the business be maintained penny postage will not be long in returning. Would-be councillors. Harbour and Hospital authorities, should consult Wullio Crossan at the Waterloo. His best inspires ideas....

The Manawatu Times has been informed that a strong appeal has been made to the Education Board requesting that body to nullify the Longburn School Committee election. “I have been through 15 different elections, have lost two, and have jolly nearly lost this one.” remarked Or C. Hartridge at the Crown Theatre, Muritai, the other evening. Gray’s have built a wonderful business with their teas direct from Ceylon. No musty' packets. Milton people are well catered f0r.... Tho Court of Appeal has further adjourned until its next sittings the hearing of the application to strike A. I*. Denniston off the roll of barristers and solicitors. It was reported at a meeting of the Palmerston North Borough Council that 8,843,000 cubic feet of gas had been manufactured during the month of March, an increase of 82.000 cubic feet over the corresponding period of 1922. Obanism (570): A wonderful treble—Oban bulk whisky, R.N. rum, and that wonderful “Tudor” cocktail.. One nip over’the counter will convince you, but don’t mix ’em.... The application of the Palmerston North Technical School Committee , for £7OO, for extens’ons io the engineering workshop at the school, has been granted by tho Education Department. Ex Westmeath wo have landed a further supply of Blue Mountain Jamaica; the finest coffee grown on earth.—A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin....

Building permits in Auckland rity for the year ended March 31 last totalled 2593, involving operations valued at £1,180,473. This is a big iycrease on the previous year, when the permits numbered 2196 and the value £692,576. We quote special wholesale rates to stores handling oar 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....

A sum of £36 has been collected by the Maoris of the Gisborne district for the purpose of beautifying the surroundings of the war memorial (says the New Zealand limes) This sum is at present in the hands of Lady Carroll, who has offered make the amount up to £SO. When you have Influenza you want the very best medicine that it is possible to get. There is nothing to equal Marshall’s, famous Influenza Remedy (Concentrated) for cutting the worst attack short. Obtainable chemists and stores....

Colonel Hart, C. 8., speaking at Greytown, expressed pleasure that the flag was flying at the top of the mast. He considered they met in pride rather than in mourning, and that therefore the flag should not be half-mast, as he had observed it at several places on the way down. Nothing is more astonishing than the rapidity with which Influenza travels through the country and assails people under different circumstances. Protect yourself and family by using Marshall’s Famous Influenza Remedy (Concentrated). Obtainable chemists and stores.... "A church that sent 25 per cent, of its ministers and divinity students to the front in one capacity or another, principally to fjght in the trenches, knows how to appreciate the soldiers' who fought on behalf of the ideals of British liberty and national loyalty,” Said the Rev. B, F. Rothwell, at the Anzac service at Wairarapc. Mr Rothwell is president of the Methodist Conference of New Zealand. ‘

Wo cut joints of the primest quality meat procurable to suit every purse. Our aim is to serve the multitude and give them athas they desire. Ask for what you require and you may bo certain of getting it. Branch shops: Octagon, South Dunedin, St. Hilda, Anderson’s Bay,, and Roslyn. Walk in please, walk oat pleased.' Barton and Trengroye, main shop. Manse street.... Visitors usually find considerable difficulty in pronouncing Maori place names, and Mr Julian' Grande’s pronunciation of Waikaremoana or Paekakariki should be worth listening to (reports the Evening Post). Daring h;s lecture at Wellington recently ho essayed to pronounce only one Maori word, and a fairly simple one at that. He desired to refer to the Tararua Tramping Club, but Tararua tripped hia tongue badly. He called it “idv,'-row-row-row,” and, obviously dissatisfied with bis attempt, he gave it up. Obanism (57i): The narrow isthmus ’twixt two boundless seas, the Past, the Future, two Eternities (Moore). The present provides the small house with the big reputation.. . s

Mr J. Logan, of Albury,' has just returned from a deerstalking tour in the Southern Lakes district (states the Timaru Herald). He says that whilst it is considered that the deer herds of Otago, in. the Wanaka and Hawea districts, are the purest red deer in the world to-day, there is no doubt that the herd is deteriorating. There are fewer good heads coming out of the forest every year. The head secured this season by his Excellency the Governorhad a spread of 47 5 inches, and was the best that, has been secured for some years. Mr Logan got a fine royal, with a spread of 44 incbesN

Barton and Trengrove. bacon oarers and pork butchers, Dunedin, require pigs in any quantity Cheque by-return mail.... In apologising for the absence of a chairman at his lecture at Wellington the other night, Mr Julian Grande said: “I did hope that a. member of the Government would preside at my lecture to-night, but he is not a member of a trades union and works more than eight hours a day. To-night he is engaged on affairs of State. According to the view held in England a chairman must have three qualifications. He. must look sunny, speak funny, and give money.— (Laughter.) A chairman can always make a little speech which can last until all. the late-comers are seated. That makes him very useful at a meeting. To-night I have no chairman'; that is why I am speaking to you in this strain.”.

Blankets at last year’s prices are now good, value. We have a largo stock, all sizes, bought before the rise in’ wool, and fully 10 to 20 per cent, below to-dav‘s prices. A F. Cheyno and Co. ". 39s 6d. 49s 6d. 57s sd, 655....

A belief in the future of the Thames goldfields was expressed bv the Hon. A- M. Myers at the Thames Old Boys’ re-union (says tile New Zealand Times). Mr Myers said he believed that more gold would yet come out of the Thames than had ever been got, but owing to the exigencies of the times_ the gold-bearing area had not been exploited in recent years. He hoped to be able to associate himself with the movement for the development of the. field by assisting in the formation of a company in London with the object of giving the area a more thorough test than it had so far received. This statement was received with appreciation and enthusiasm by those present.

No matter how rough or broken yojr hands may be, Waters’ Chap Lotion is guaranteed to cure them Money back >.f it fails. Price Is 6d, posted 2s. Waters’ New Pharmacy, “The Block” (under/the Savoy).. The New Zealand Government has been put down by some as a paternal Governwhile scores of others—the vast majority—claim that it does not do enough for the people. Mr Julian Grande, who lectured t Wellington "recently, thinks that the people of the dominion expect too much from their Government. He was candid when he discussed the point. On the screen he showed some of the huts erected on the European Alps. They were erected by the Alpine Club, he said. “You have your mountain huts, but they are provided by the Government. It seems to me that you ask the Government to do everything for you. On the West Coast I emphasised the need for good hotels, and the people told me that the Government should provide them. It is a- good thing for the early settlers of this country that they had no Government, otherwise *the place would have been a- wilderness still.”—(Laughter.) Mr D. Marshall, proprietor of Kiric s Institute. Invercargill, and specialist in the treatment of diseases and ailments of all kinds by Professor Kirk’s methods, will be in Dunedin until' Wednesday, May 2. Any one wishing to consult Mr Marshall sho dd ring 2231, or call and leave'name and address at Bates and Lawson’s Bible House, 33 George street when Kir Marshall will be pleased to call at address given. Consultation free. See advt. Professional column...

An amusing incident giving an idea as to the excitement under which a bridegroom was labouring, two hours before his wedding, occurred in Napier on a recent morning (says the Daily Telegraph). The bridegroom borrowed a friend’s bicycle to go to town to procure’ some decorations and left the bicycle outside a shop in Hastings street, while he went in to purchase the things. Coming out again, and being in a great hurry, he mounted the bicycle and rode off. It was not until about an hour later that his friend found that he had become possessed of another person’s machine, but it was then too late to return it. It was suggested that if the bridegroom, had been seen riding off on another person’s bicycle, it might have been necessary to bail him out to attend the wedding, but this’yiid not occur, however, and now two people are looking for each other to rectify a bridegroom’s mistake. Father, dear father, come home with mo now, The tiny wee lassie was crying. “The kettle has boiled, and mother’s just home, And Hitchon’s bacon with tomatoes she’s frying,”...