NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19009, 3 November 1923, Page 20

NEWS IN BRIEF.

A new brick Baptist Church, the estimated cost of which is £6OOO, is being erected in Hamilton. Humble bees, which play a wry useful part in the cross-fertilisation of flowers, aro very numerous and active just now in Camara gardens. . Mosn-iel’s Christmas is December 25! and Mosgiel’s Christmas presents will bebought from Mosgiel’s jeweller and watchmaker, S S Harvey. Exchange Buildings.... Owing to the great increase m the export of butter and cheese through the port of Wanganui a permanent grader has been nP f)uhedin drapers may rage, melt, or burn, but business as usual is the motto of A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel. Everything new and up-to-date ana moderately priced to compete with all competition. A call of inspection will convince y0u.... A property having a frontage of 44ft Sin to Lambton quay, Wellington, and con, tsinimr three brick shops, was sold last week Realising between £14,000 and £15,000. Some property in Devon street. New Plymouth, was sold .recently at the rate of £230 per foot. • Cutting merely aggravates your corns. Six applications of Progandra will actually remove the corn, root and all. Apnly according to directions. Money refunded if not satisfied. Is 6d everywhere or post free from Barraclough’s Pty., Box 1247, WelNireaha correspondent of the Eketahuna Express states that the milk supply to the local cheese factory has reached 4070 gallons. The exports 1 shipped from the port of .for September included 270,000 feet of “timber, 2472 boxes of butter, 2700 crates of eggs, 400 cases of fruit (principally lemons), 300 bales of flax, fibre and tow and 570 sacks of maize. Barraclough’s Magic Nervine stops toothache. , , , Several good baskets of trout have recently been taken by Oamaru anglers from the Waitaki River. One trout turned the scale at between 71b and 81b. “I am afraid that too many business men do not realise how much money has been invested in hydro-electric schemes,” said the president of the Masterton Chambers of Commerce the other day, Rhoumo relieves rheumatism by removing the cause—4s fid. Cross seas which disturbed the Niagara s passengers on her recent voyage ot Auckland were responsible, said Mr W. B. Leyland at a reunion _of naval veterans at Auckland, for his being asked of an American : ‘‘Does not Britannia rule the waves?” ‘•Yes.” “Weil, I wish to heaven she’d rule them straight.” That he had hoard on > good authority that there were 1000 applications for new houses in Wellington was a statement made by the Mayor (Mr R. A. Wright. _ M.P.) recent!?. lie said ho did not know if they would l» able to got the money, but the people were there and ready to go on if the finance could be found. Visitors to Dunedin ere advised to stay at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Princes street South, where guests will find the best of accommodation at reasonable rates....

Every endeavour (says the Stratford Post} is being made by the officers of the Government to check the increaoe of rabbits in the Tahora and Whangamomona districts, and the 00-operation of farmers and settlers throughout the district is sought Another rabbit (a doe) has been caught by the Government ranger at Tangarakau. Milton district farmers!- Get the new price list of Nimmo and Blair’s reliable turnip seeds, at Gray’s “Big Store.”... An interesting collection of German mark notes was brought back from Germany by Mr L. Alfred Eady, who returned by the Niagara (states the New Zealand Time*). The notes range from the one-mark issue to one of 5,000,000 marks. The latter note was the highest denomination in circulation when Mr Eady was in Germany. Buy watches at Williamson’s. They oeil the kind that never worry you, and are always guaranteed (next the Bristol). —Advt“As I have travelled throughout the country I have seen many butter and cheese factories whilst I have also heard of some remarkable outputs of honey, which leads one to the opinion that the Scriptural quotation, ‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ has. been literally fulfilled,” said Mr F. B. Smith in the course of his remarks at a function at Invercargill. While in Aberdeen, Mr Thomson bought some choice Monuments. To make room for these, we offer 10 per cent, discount off all sales this month.—Thomson and Co., opp. First Church.... Pigs.—We are cash buyers of first-class bacon pigs. 1301 b to 1701 b. Highest price given.—McConnell and Son, provision merchants, ham dnd bacon curers, 217 King Edward street, South Dunedin.... Despite the tide of prosperity which is sweeping the North American Continent, Mr L. Macintosh Ellis, Director of Forestry, who returned by the Niagara is convinced that New Zealand was “the best of all.” The dominion, he said, leads in agricultural production, social and economic conditions, and forestry methods. Wo aro cash buyers of pigs, porkers, or baconers, any quantity; highest current market price paid; cheque shy return mail.— Barton and Trengrove, Manse street, Dunedin “The church is not called nor is she competent to deal with the grave political, social, and industrial problems of the day, but it is her business to encourage and train her members to study these problems in the light and teaching of the Chcistiaa faith,” said Archbishop Julius, at the Grist* church Diocesan Synod. M'Donaid and Miller, Green Island, are cash buyers of prime bacon pigs. Correspondence invited “Look here, George, I’ll simply have to get a pram or push chair for our little girL 1 know it has taken us all our time to pay the doctor and nurso, but the dear little thing is getting heavier every day, and I simply can’t carry her,” “Very well, Mary,” said George, “just you go along to Riach and M’Lennan, of Anzao square, Dunedin; they are ttie people who will give you a good article at a cheap price.”... Satisfactory snapshots assured if films left at Waters’ Pharmacy, Princes street, for developing.... Not every motorist who careers madly through our streets and peaceful country roads knows that the advent of their machines was foretold by the Isrealitish prophet Nahum, who lived when Nineveh was in the height of its glory (says an exchange). The curious will find the prophecy in his second chapter, verse four: "thy chariots shall range in the streets, they shall jostle one another in the roadways, they shall seem like torches, they shall run like lightning.” The most palatable breakfast dish is undoubtedly Barton and Trengrove’s famous sugar-cured bacon. Being the best on the market, it is therefore cheapest. No waste —can be used to the last ounce.—Manse street (Dunedin) and all branches.... Professor Easterfield, in a lecture at the School of Music at Nelson, said Dr Buck made a most impressive speech on the occasion of the civil welcome to the visiting scientists at Sydney. It was raining hard outside, but, said Dr Buck: “Let it rain as much os it likes, with such a welcome the sun will always he shining." “Bourbon” Coffee!—The ideal breakfast beverage. The coffee-drinking public know they can rely on this brand for flavour, strength, and aroma all the year round.... “One reason why you have such good stock in Southland,” said the Hon. W. Nos worthy, at Winton, “is because any animal that survivies is a good one. Up north, with the better climate, many weedy animals survive which would be bettdt dead.” “Our herd mortality is only 2 per cent.,” said the Hon. A. F. Hawke, “as against 5 per cent, in Manawatu.” A suit of the best style, cut, and mate, rials at £6 10s. Let us save you a coupia of guineas on your nest order. —G. Roberts, tailor. Stock Exchange A speaker at a meeting held recently (reports the Waipa Post) put a oolume of thought in a nutshell when he said; “The reason why business enterprise in the bands of the Government, a local body, or a committee, or a board of, managers so often fails is simply explained. It is because there is no continuity; for the policy and methods are altered at every election. A wise man’s policy generally lasts a life-time —longer, if he teaches his eons to succeed him.” M‘Gavin’s special production, “oat malt stout,” is generous, refreshing, and stiengthening. A superior table beverage.... “I was very surprised to find on looking through the year book of tliis country the other day that a girl 12 years of age had been married,” said the Hon. Dr Newman, M.L.0., speaking at the annuel meeting of the Society for the Protection of Women w*d Children in Wellington the other night. “There were also one or two married at 13, and others at 15 and 16. T think this is shocking, and a reproach to our civilisation. It is a very wrong state of affairs.” Health Week is a thing of the past, but Wullie Crossan continues to dispense his health-giving beverages at the Waterloo.... It is said that passengers who arrived at Auckland, by the Niagara complain of the quality of the drinking water during the first week of the trip from Vancouver. They say that it was so salt that they could not drink it nor the tea made from it. Even after leaving Honolulu where, presumably, supplies were replenished, passengers state that the water contained strong traces of salt Something had evidently gone wrong with the condensers! The question frequently asked the last 30 to 40 years in this paper has been i “ Who is Peter Dick?” Everyone knows the answer.... The question of what is the ideal weight of a fat lamb was briefly discussed at the Wanganui Agricultural Association’s recent meeting. It was stated that opinions of judges differed considerably, but when it oarno to a matter of a buyer selecting in a paddock he invariably took the bag ones. It was generally agreed that from 70 to 761 b live weight was most acceptable. Spring-time is Kodak-time. Cameras and films at Waters’ Pharmacy, 20 Princes street.... The form in which charges are laid in the by-law court has more than once perplexed a defendant (relates the Wellington limes), who has failed to understand the legal terms in which the various charges are laid. At a recent session of the by-law court an offender appeared who admitted “cutting’ a corner. The charge was read over to him, and when asked how he pleaded, remarked that ho could not tell because he did not understand the charge read to him. Thereupon the real nature of the charge was read to him, and probably appreciating his previous admission, and in full knowledge of the case, he let it go at that! Obanism (727); Oban bulk whisky is better because it’s the best Scotch—mild and mellow, and aged-in-the-wood. 13s, 10s 6d, 7s, 6s, 3s 6d.... One of the members of the Wanganui River Trust, who visited Taumarunui last week, stated to a Chronicle reporter that it was noticeable how bird life was increasing in the country bordering on the upper reaches of the Wanganui River. The passengers on the steamer coming down the river saw a large number of pigeons which were evidently feeding on the kowhai trees, while other native birds were plentiful. On board were a number of Australian visitors, who were greatly delighted with the glimpse of New Zealand bird life. Auckland is over-run with hawkers, house-to-house canvassers and people of that ilk, and long-suffering housewives, to Miy nothing of their husbands, are becoming more impatient over the constant efforts made to make them purchase articles for which they have no need (says the local Herald), In any street and any suburb on almost any day except Sunday, pedlare may be found plying their business and oh the principle under which dropping water wears away stone, they apparently succeeded in making a living. Some folk say that Shakespeare’s plays Were composed by Rodger Bacon. Ask Hitchon, hear what ne says. He’s an authority on bacon. Cash buyers bacon pigs—Hitchon's, Milton...