NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18871, 25 May 1923, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF

The Woolworth building in New York has 51 stories, and is 792 ft high. The French Club, of Auckland, now has a membership' of nearly 100. , Como and see our show to-night— are open till 9 p.m, Friday nights. Scoullar and Chisholm. Ltd.... The resident Indians in the dominion of New Zealand number between 550 and , 600 When feeling depressed or tired, ordei: some Strachan’s oatmalt stout. For a tonic it is unexcelled.... A number of spurious half-crowns have been in circulation in Gisborne this week. Buchanan’s Black and White* Thunk you —I will. I can .never refuse a good thing. Milne, Bremner (Ltd). agents.... The Wellington health district seems to be remarkably free from epidemic diseases. Last, week only 17 cases were reported, as against 25 the previous week.. A suit of the best style, cut, and materials at £6 10s. Let us save you a couple ,of guineas on your next order.—G. S. Roberts, tailor, Stock Exchange.... The adoption of hydraulic filling in the coal mines of the Waikato would provide an additional 10,003,000 tons of caul that is now standing in pillars to support old lyorkings. Nothing prevents the deleterious effects . of continued dampness better than Wullie Crosaan's whiskies at the Waterloo H0te1.... A farm hand named Bonneau was using an old table for firewood near Paris when, lie discovered 122 50 franc gold coins, hearing the effigy of Louis XVI. They had been concealed in the table for 150 years. Particular? Then there’s no need to ask you what whisky you’ll have. Of course. Buchanan’s Black and White,... A daring and impudent theft took place at Te Aroha after midnight recently (says an exchange). Thieves forced the front door of a garage and stoic a doctor’s new car. 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 Masterton resident has received a post- • card from Germany on which the stamps amounted ,to 180 marks. At _ par. this would moan £6 15s to send a single postcard from Berlin to New Zealand. First dose of Waters’ Canadian Cough Cure invariably relieves. One bottle usually cures the heaviest cold. Price 3s, posted 3s 8d Waters’ New Pharmacy, “The Block” (under the Savoy).... “Ho looks like an Indian, hut he tells me that'he doesn’t really know what he is,” remarked Senior-sergeant Lander, when an ebony-black complexioned defendant appeared before the Wellington Magistrate’s Court on a charge of vagrancy. If you would really enjoy wnisky, ask for it by name, ‘•Buchanan’s Black and White.”... In consequence, of the recent disastrous fire in Wairoa, a brick area is being declared in the borough. In the meantime all new buildings are being erected in brick. I For high-class tailor.ng we recommend MacLeod MacGillivray, Rattray street (opposite D.1.C.).... . Owing to a small reduction in the wages paid to miners there has been a gradual exodus of workmen from Muir’s Gold Reefs.* Several of the men are proceeding to Queensland. Boots, furniture, horse covers, crockery, etc. Truly this is a great mixture; but in each of these lines we excel for quality and price.—Riach and M‘Lennan, Anzao Square, Dunedin.... Margarine has so gone out of favour in England that the English Margarine Works (Ltd.), of Liverpool, is unable to pay a dividend on its preferential capital of £500,000. , deodar Mops from Hunter and Etheridge. Small 4s lid. Large 7s 5d.... 1 Now Zealand’s section at the Empire Exhibition will have an area of three acres, and the buildings will cover a floor space of 40,000 square feet, and probably more. Oba'nism (539): Be pleasant ovqry morning until 10 o'clock. Tl;e_ rest of the day ■dan take care of itself. Never a headache in a bottle of Oban whisky.... The Hawera Hospital Boord has authorised architects to proceed with the preparation of plans for a- new hospital in anticipation of the money being raised. The hospital is to cost about £BO,OOO. The board also decided to increase the staff, and appointed a full-time surgeon. Pigs at the present time appear to be very hard to quit at the sale-yards (says the Clulha Leader), but it must lie confessed that in the form of bacon they still command a ready sale at high retail prices. Evidently the farmer misses somehow the benefits of the apparently “stabilised” prices of bacon. Osram Lamps, Yale, and other Iveys, Electric Torches, > Gramophone Requisites (stocked and repaired). -Edison Supply Co., No. 8 Royal Arcade, Dunedin “Mr Parr has the interests of education at heart, and in spite of many difficulties he is doing his best to keep cause of education prominently before the Cabinet,” said Mr T. R. Cresswoll." president of the Secondary Schools’ Association, at the conference in Wellington last week. The life of the party as usual—Buchanan’s Black and White. ■ Milne, Bremnoi (Ltd.), wholesale agents ... A. bankrupt husband appearing before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington recently explained that he could not support his ■ wife, but he pointed out that jsh® was earning 35s a week 1 herself. “Well, she should n dt, have to work; she married you, and didn’t expect to work for her living," remarked the magistrate. , Ex Westmeath we nave landed a further supply of Blue Mountain Jamaica; the finest coffee gfown on earth.—A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin,... The French population statistics for 1922 show a net decrease as compared with 1921. The children born alive in 1922 totalled 759,846, as compared with 813,396 in 1921. The deaths were 689,257, as compared with 695,373. The marriages were 383,220, as compared with 456,221. • Ladies’ wool cardigans in beautiful shade of orange, torquoise, kingfisher, rose, helio., fawn, greq: prices—21s, 355, 49s 6d, 69s 6d each. —At Gray’s, Milton...,

Of 60,000 acres of grain grown in the Ashburton County, 20,000 acres were threshed, said Mr A. H. Cockayne at the opening lecture of the Farmers’ School (states the Ashburton Guardian). It was* , quite the reverse some years ago. Barley' production had decreased from 10,000 acres to IOO’O acres, and peas, grass seed, and clover had not increased. “What will yours be“ Buchanan’s Black and White, sir. My order is always the same.’’... ; The' fine specimen of the rainbow'trout,, 171 b in weight, cauxrht by Mr Scott in Lake Taupo, has been stuffed by Mr Jones, taxidermist, of Rotorua, who has preserved the line and colour and general appearance of the fish in its natural habitat. An effort is to be made to secure the specimen for the New Zealand Court in the great Exhibition to bo held in England. You are wanting good breakfast bacon. B. and T.’s famous sugar-curt;cl is the best on the market. Try it. You will never buy any other. Manse street (and all branches), Dunedin.... Mr M‘Gregor, at the Waverley branch of the Fanners’ Union, brought up the question of the low state of the beef market. The market at Homo, he said, was glutted with foreign beef, produced by countries that remained neutral during the war, and who are now enriching themselves at the expense of the dominions. He had read that a conference was being held in London to devise a scheme to keep trade within the Empire. He considered ttyat something should be done to that end. 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.... “I am sure the majority of people do not realise what a wonderful artery tha river is,” said a member of the Wanganui River Trust Board, on his return after a visit of inspection which was- extended as far as Taurnarunui. To come home and find the bottle empty —a severe hardship when you look forward to Buchanan's Black, and White.... “I don’t understand plumbing in New Zealand,” said an immigrant, who had obtained the Glasgow Technical College,certificate for that trade, in the Supreme Court at New Plymouth. “Here you embrace three trades under ■ the one tinsmithing. sheet iron work, and plumbing.”' he added! “Bather interesting to hear of so many trades under one ■ heading,” Mr Justice Reed observed. “It is generally the other way about. You have to get three or four tradesmen for the one job.” \Chas Hinchcliff, late of the Gridiron Hotel, wishes his numerous friends to know that ho is now mine host of the Prince of Wales, the lAuse of comfort.... By reason of its almost overwhelming presence on many district farms, ragweed has become a standing menace to stock (reports the Orepukl Advocate), and more than one farmer is 'wondering whether the suspension of the regulations with regard to the cutting of the weed has-been altogether an unmixed blessing. There should, however, be no possible doubt in the mind of the local dairyman who ' the other; day buried his sixth cow which died from tha effects of eating ragweed. “I’ve been all round, and I find your advertisement is quite correct as to the value and price on your prams. I’ll take that one, Mr M'Lennan, at £5 19a 6d. Isn’t it a beauty.” These remarks were passed by a lady in our warehouse yesterday.—Riach and M'Lennan.'... A motor accident occurred on Manukau Road. Newmarket, near the Parnell railway bridge (says the .New Zealand Herald), last Saturday. 1 The steering gear of a car driven by Mr' J. Patterson developed a fault, causing the driver to lose control of the machine, which crashed into a telegraph post. It stopped within two yard*) of the inside edge of the footpath, where there was d> drop of about 20ft Mr Patter soq escaped with a few cuts and bruises, but the car was considerably damaged ' Storekeepers,—lncrease your turnover,” by handling B, and T.’s small gdods. Best procurable. Liberal concessions. Largest output in the dominion. Guaranteed' absolutely freshly made dfiily, Barton and Trengrove, Manse street, Dunedin.... Stored away in one of, the basements at the Auckland Hospital are the old fire-fight-ing appliances which -were in use before the present modem methods were introduced (says the Auckland Star). They are reminiscent of what is generally known as the equipment of a Dark Town fire brigade, the burlesque which gladdens _ the heart of a newer and younger generation. The old hose reel and other plant, which in those days were the very latest in fire-fighting plant, now look sadly forlorn in their dismal quarters. The Winter Show will soon be here wild all its gaiety. Let us give you an estimate for a new costume, a nice heavy coat, or a one-piece frock. We have some beautiful worsteds, serges, and tweeds, and the prices are strictly moderate. A. F. Cheyno and Co., Mosgiel _ N According to official statistics and their dictum is indisputable—the cost _of living, considered as a whole is still sinking, slowly it is true, but the trend of the movement is shown to be downward (states the Melbourne Age). The movement is so slow as to be imperceptible to the.ordinary^mind. This may be due to seasonal influences on certain commodities such as butter, the fact that ’ rents are still soaring. Bftfc in conformity with the showing of the Statistician’s figures, some recent awards of wages boards have provided for slight reductionsin wages. •

You must wake and call me early. Call me early mother dear, For breakfast there is Hitchon’s bacon. And eggs for little boys I hear....