NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18874, 29 May 1923, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF

The- Government’s control of sugar supplies will cease in August. Prince Napoleon! lias presented to the French nation the house of Ajaccio, Corsica, where Napoleon I was born. For children's hacking- cough. Woods Great Peppermint Cure— About a cupful of whitebait, the first catch of the season, was made in the Mauawata River last week. Daniel Cooper, who is under sentence of death, told a gaoler the other day that he was confident the Lord would reveal the missing children before his execution. Dear Mary,—Be sure and meet me at Riach and M'Lerman’a showroom on Wednesday next at 10 o’clock.... An application from the Woolston School Committee for the installation of a. kinomatograph plant at the school has been declined by the Canterbury Education Board. Electric power and light sufficient for a town of 70,000 inhabitants are produced by the machinery of an Atlantic liner ot the largest size. Chas Hinchcliff, late of the Gridiron Hotel, wishes his numerous friends to know that he is now mine host of the Prince of Wales, the house of comfort... While America spends £40,000 a year on propaganda for the prevention of accidents, Great Britain spends only £IOOO. Yet it is America that has the most accidents. The output for the various factories within a five-mile radius of Eltham for the year ending March, 1922, was equal to approximately 5000 tons of cheese. It is fully anticipated that the 1923 period will eclipse those figures, ’ A suit of the best style, cut, and materials at £6 ICa. Let us save you a couple of guineas on your # next order. —G. 5, Roberts, tailor, Stock* Exchange.... Signs of the approach of the session may be noticed in and about the House of Parliament (says the New Zealand Times). At present the lobbies arc being carpeted and stained. Formerly they had a tern- . pornry covering of matting. The purchase of a. tiger for the Wellington Zoo will shortly be considered by the Wellington City Council in connection with this years’ estimates The Winter ‘Show will soon bo here witn 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.-.. James M’Callum. a. boy of six years of ago, residing at Matakoho. drank from a bottle of sheep-dip in mistake for milk, with a fatal result. September 1 is to remain the date on which the embargo on German goods will bo lifted (reports the New Zealand Herald). The Auckland Chamber of Commerce had suggested that the ban should remain till January 1, but the Controller of Customs replied that he could see no reason for altering the date. Thomson and Co., Moray place (opposite First Church). Just arrived, a large and choice selection of granite and warble monuments. ’Phone 2296....

At the monthly meeting of directors of the Maurice ville Dairy Factory, it was decided to pay out Is 3d per lb for butter-fat for April, making a total of £2330 4s 2d. The highest test for milk supplied for separation is 6.0, and the lowest 4.4. 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.... The rangers, Qf the Wellington Acclimatisation Society have now brought 500 pheasants from North; Auckland, with the loss of only one, which was killed by a deck-hand on a steamer at , Helens ville. Tin's is considered to■ be a record for the distance the birds had to be transported. Stay at Bellett’s Princess. Hotel, Deo street, Invercargill. Absolutely the best hotel at the tariff, 8s per day. Visitors called in time for early trains.... The export of meat was criticised at a recent meeting at Timaru in 'connection with meat prices (reports the Timaru Post). “They send the best of the meat to England,” said one speaker, “but if you go into the shops here you get all the old ewes. Look into their mouths and you would not see a tooth.”—(Laughter). Storekeepers,—lncrease your turnover by handling B. and T.’s renowned small goods. Best procurable. Liberal concessions. Largest ■ output in the dominion. Guaranteed absolutely freshly made daily. Barton and Treugrove, Manso street, Dunedin.... In speaking at a session of the Dairy Farmers’ Union Conference, at Palmerston North last week, Mr Southey mentioned that last, year the Auckland Province exported 24,324 tons of butter and 8809 tons of cheese. The butter exported represented 57.5 of the total export of the North Island. 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,... ”T think it is altogether ignoring the rules of the game when councillors permit any political bias they may have to come into things,” remarked Councillor C. H. Chapman at the meeting of the Wellington City Council last week, when protesting against the absence of Labour councillors from the finance committee of the council. You are wanting good breakfast bacon. B. and T.’s famous sugar-cured is the best on the market. Try it. You will never buy any other. Manse street (and all branches), Dunedin.... Figures showing the extent of the sawmilling industry pi the Southland district were quoted by Mr Goudie at yesterday’s afforestation conference as follows:—Number 6f concerns operating, 389; employees 8385; wages, £1.858,679; value of products, £4,712,003; export of timber (1921 value), £603,785; import of timber (1921. value), £813.816., Wo noticed a few days ago Men’s Working Saddle. Tweed Trousers marked at a clearing sale price in George street and extensively advertised at the same price for 29s 6d. Our any-day price for the same trousers, which we admit were of exceptionally vood quality, is 27s 6d, postage free. Kiach and M’Lennan, Anzac square, Dunedin.... i Mr' C. IT. Chapman, secretary of the Wellington Typographic;:!' Union, states that steps have been taken to notify Australian end other unions to lift the embargo against typographers proceeding to New Zealand, .as the dispute at the Government Printing Office has been settled in .a manner satisfactory to the union. Those undertaking train journeys should anticipate delays through landslips by beiifg equipped with a flask ‘of Crossan’s special blend... < 'That lor heavy seas, this, mouth has been the worst experienced at Timaru for 10 or 12 years is the opinion of a competent authority upon the, ■waterfront (says the Timaru Post). There has been a heavy swell continuous throughout the month, and an equally disturbing range within the harbour. which has caused ships to strain at their moorings and to split into small pieces the fenders which, are floated between the ships and the wharves to prevent damage to either and which distribute the force of impact. - No, matter how rough or broken your hands may bo. Waters’ Chap Lotion is guaranteed to cure then) Money back '£ it fails. , Price Is 6d, posted 2s. Waters’ New Pharmacy, “The Block” (under the Savoy).. . The tedium of the schoolmaster’s life is often brightened by the comical answers of his pupils (says an exchange). In one of the largo Christchurch.*schools the other day ~ this master’s topis was astronomical, and he was explaining “The meridian is an imaginary line”—when he espied a young hopeful in comer deeply engrossed in more mundane things. Ha pounced on the culprit at once. “What did I ssy a meridian was?” The reply was prompt and confident: “You said, sir, that o meridian was a menagerie lion.” Oban; sm (592): We forget the mistakes and losses of the past, and live : to-day. That’s why we don’t send , goods without the cash. Oban Hotel ... ;. , The Bishop of Dornakal, at a meeting recently, told his audience that the backbone* of the Indian Empire were the agriculturists, who, strange to say, were the outcasts of Hindoo society (reports the Ashburton Guardian). They were not allowed to consort with the., high-caste people or build their huts near them or draw water from the same well; and when a high-caste man walked along the road the outcast had to get off and walk in the fields. Their ' poverty was pathetic. They only cooked duo meal a day, and in the mornings drank the water in which they had soaked their rice. Osram Lamps, Yale and other Keys, Electric Torches, Gramophone Requisites (stocked and repaired). Edison Supply Co.. No. 8 Royal Arcade, Dunedin In proposing the toast of the “local bodies of Southland,” at the League dinner at Invercargill recently, Mr Hoyles, president of the Chamber of Commerce, stated that during the past 12' months ending April 30 last there had passed out of the Port of Bluff 12,00!) fons of butter and cheese, as compared with a total of 10,000 from the ports of Dunedin. Timaru, and Lyttelton together. This illustrated, continued Mr Hoyles, what possibilities there were before Southland as a primary producing district. Ex Westmeatn wo .nave landed a further supply of Blue Mountain Jamaica; ‘ the finest coffee grown on earth.—-A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin.... Closer settlement and ■ a contented peasant population in New Zealand were urged by Mr W. J. Poison, at Hawera, as essential if the country was going to produce as it should produce. Only by this means ,-ould the country’s present prevailing conditions be stemmed. Twenty years ago the producers owned 80 per cent, of the country’s wealth, and to-day they owned about 5 per cent. There was a drift to the towns of both wealth and population. ■ It was the duty of the Government to embark bn ah immigration scheme on a sound basis, and it was necessary that farm schools should be established. Carving knives and forks in cases, the work of the best Sheffield manufacturers, can be purchased from James Gray and Sons (Limited), Milton - The matter of a direct steamer service from Bluff to Sydney was stressed by the president of the SoutlJand League (Mr Brodriek) at the annual meeting of members (states the Southland Times). Mr Brodriek stated that the distance from Bluff to Sydney was some 600 miles shorter than from Wellington, add .as the axnbunt of cargo inwards was more from Sydney than from Melbourne, it was a great drawback for passengers to have to travel north to join the steamer for Sydney, while the additional cost of transhipment of goods and extra freights all tended to place the people in this district at a great disadvantage. M‘Gavin’s special production, _ “ oat malt stout,” is generous. refreshing, and stiengthcning. A superior table beverage.... There was a narrow escape from a very serious accident at the Hook River bridge on Thursday night (says the Timaru Post). A car, driven by a North Canterbury resident, skidded at the approach to the bridge and nose-dived into the river, a distance of about 20ft, carrying witli it about 50ft of the bridge railing. The driver escaped injury, but his passenger, Mr M. Corliss, was found to he suffering from a fractured thigh and two fractured ribs. Assistance was soon forthcoming, and Mr Corliss was removed by the Waimato ambulance to Henderson’s private hospital. The car, a six-cylinder Buick, was badly wrecked. If you want the best bacon To eat when you awaken, Just stock your kitchen With rolls from Hitchon.-.