NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19011, 6 November 1923, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Permits for buildings valudd at £10,686 wore issued by the Mastertou Borough Conn oil last month. “1 am atraid that too many business men do not realise how much money has been invested in hydro-electric schemes,” said the president of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce at a recent meeting of that bodyM'Donald and Miller, Green Island, are cash buyers of prime bacon pigs. Correspondence invited ‘‘Did you lose any hair?” queried defendant’s counsel in an assault case at the Police Court, Wanganui. ‘‘How do 1 know?” said the female witness, sharply; “T haven’t counted the hairs on my head." The spectators laughed audibly at tins quip. The Government teelphone exchange was started in Oamaru in November, IBS'!, A Putaruru resident, who recently returned from England, reports that N,vv Zealand butter was selling in the piovincial towns at Is 7d per lb retail, and was regarded as the best on (ho market. It was sold from 561 b boxes, in weights as required. No pound pats or cartons were noticed. Make Waters’ Pharmacy, 20 Princes street, your headquarters. Satisfaction assured Banish chapped hands. Waters’ Chap Lotion, 2s 6d posted, from Waters’ Pharmacy, 20 Princes street.... It is estimated that dairy farmers situated on the Wanganui River arc sending double the quantity of cream to the factories compared with last year. Supplies come from above Pipiriki, but the hulk is obtained at the various stopping places below that point. Wo are cash buyers of pigs, porkers, or baconers. any quantity; Highest current market price paid; cheque by return mail.— Barton and Trengrove, Manse street, Dunedin.... Apparently as a result of the use of the word “Australasia,” there are people overseas who seem to have a queer idea as to the location of New- Zealand on the map of the world. A Palmerston North resident (says the Daily Times) recently received a parcel from Europe which was addressed to “Palmerston North, Queensland, New Zealand.” M'Gavm a special production, “oat malt stout.” is generous, refreshing, and etiengthening. A superior table beverage....

11l illustrating a point in regard to thd cheapness of hydro-electricity for domestic purposes, Mr B. P. Lethbridge stated at Castleclif? last week that he had recently paid a visit to New Plymouth Hospital (says the Wanganui Herald). He was surprised to find that the cooking was dono for about 50 in the nurses’ home for under £1 per week. The only other source he knew of that could compete with this for cheapness were the steam pools at Taupo. Dunedin 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 and moderately' priced to compete with all competition. A call of inspection will convince y0u.... A boy charged in the Gisborne Court with theft (says the Herald) strolled cheerfully up to the front of the court when called, with his hands in his pockets, and awaited developments. They would probably have come in the form of a sharp rebuke from the Bench had not the boy’s counsel noticed in time the cause of his Worship's fixed stare at the boy. Obanism (729): They get you there and they get you back —the Ford and Oban bulk whisky. The latter 'is cheaper. 13s, 10s, 7s, fcs, 3s 6d; sample bottle (4oz), 25.... Speaking of Mew Zealand’s representative at the Imperial Conference, the Cape Times says: ‘‘Mr Massey is still Mr Massey, and still Prime Minister of New Zealand, which means that New Zealand’s share in the Conference will be very much what it was last time —amiable, profoundly well intentioned, and not conspicuously intelligent.” It is estimated that sawmillers alone delivering timber to Tuatapere railway station yard for consignment pay in wages from £2700 to £3OOO per month (reports the Southland News). If we add to this post splitters, Power Board, Public Works, and casual labour wages, also dairy factory cheques, there must be a considerable amount of ready money floating around the Western District township at times. 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.... “Perhaps the reason why we British people make such good colonisers is due to the fact that we easily adapt ourselves to the conditions in which we are placed. The immigrants we have in this country succeed because they find it easy to adapt themselves to the conditions of life out here,” said Mr C. H. Young at a recent meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. 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.... “There isn’t as much in it as • some people think,” said a Wanganui butcher when discussing his own trade. He recorded how recently a line of two two tooth Southdown ewes was consigned in mistake to the abattoir, likewise how a recent purchase of four pigs saw the whole lot condemned. He said tnat the general impression with the public was that because an animal weighed so much it wa« only a mathematical calculation to arrive at the profits. Pigs.—We are cash buyers of first-class bacon pigs, 1301 b to 1701 b. Highest price given.—M*ConneU and Son, provision merchants. ham and bacon curers, 217 King Edward street. South Dunedin A local cultivator, whose home plots are a model of beauty and industry, has found a new enemy, the name and the origin of which are a mystery. Pie melon seeds obtained from a choice variety, failed to fertilise or died off when they first appeared (states the Manawatu Daily Times). Investigation shows that, although (he soil had been sifted and cultivated each seed wag neatly enclosed in a silky cocoon, which contained a tiny grub. ■'Bourbon” Corrce' —The ideal breakfast beverage. The coffee-drinking public know they can rely on this brand for flavour, strength, and aroma all the year round. An order has been issued to a British Columbia firm for 10 cut-to-fit model homes to be erected in New Zealand, just north of Auckland. These houses are also to be cf the bungalow type. They are intended as the residences of the officials of the English mining syndicate, developing a mining property on an extensive scale in New Zealand. It is anticipated that this is but tha first of a number of important orders for ready-cut houses for New Zealand. A suit of the best style, cut, and materials at £6 IPs. Let us save you a couple of guineas on your next order. —G. S., Roberts, tailor. Stock Exchange — A representative of a Wanganui firm when conversing with a Herald reporter cn the matter .of toys for Christmas, stated that there will be an abundant supply. Last year a big reduction was made in prices, and a further drop will be noticed during the coming season. There will be plenty of toys selling at Is, and generally speaking, the toy trade would be very nearly back to pre-war times. Germany was flooding the English market with toys. Milton ladies! Beautify your homes with new casement and lace curtains. Casement cloths from Is 3d. —At Gray’s Big Store.... Permanent evidence of a terrific storm, which passed over the Manawatu district on a recent morning, is established on tKe property of Mr R. Hall, Pohangina road, about five 'miles out of Ashhurst. A large totara tree, standing about 20 chains from the house, was struck by lightning and limbs two feet thick were torn from the trunk and scattered far and wide, while the tree caught fire. Settlers (says the Daily Times) declare that it was the severest thunderstorm that has visited the valley for very many years. Mosgiel’s jeweller (S. S. Harvey) sells Cheney gramophones and records. Musio in the home makes home attractive.... The Cape daisy, which is included in the noxious weed category, is at the present time a bright feature of the local landscape (says the Wanganui Chronicle). The yellow borders of various roads outside the town suggest that the daisy has been spread by travelling stock, although, on the other hand, it is plentiful in the town and suburbs. Efforts to eradicate it have not been particularly successful, and, like'some of the other hardy growths, it appears to have come to stay. The seed of Cape daisy is supposed to have been brought to New Zealaid many years ago in a sailing vessel’s ballast. Visitors to Dunedin ere advised to stay at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Princes street South, where guests will find the best of accommodstion at reasonable rates.. . An incident that occurred to him while in Los Angeles was related by Mr W. B. Leyland at the Auckland Rotary Club recently (says an exchange). Mr Leyland said he was riding in a street car when about the only man he had seen in America “half-seas over,” said to him “Are you a leper?” “No,” replied Mr Leyland. “Why?” “Well, look at your hands,” Mr Leyland explained that the skin on his hands was peeling with the heat, as he had just oomo through the tropics from New Zealand. “From the tropics,” repeated the man. “Arc you a cannibal ?” The man’s evident belief In New Zealand as a pagan country was borne out by his final “Say, where did you learn to speak U.S.A. ?” Mr Leyland replied that his language was spoken before U.S.A. was discovered. Country furnishers will have noticed our Special Bargain List in Monday morning’s paper, but in case you haven’t, please look it up, and if you are furnishing you will find bargains that you cannot very well afford to pass, especially if you have not got more money than you know what to do with. All other lines in our furnishing showroom will be reduced as well during November. A word to the wise is sufficient. —Riach and M'Lennan, Dunedin.... It was but natural that an experienced New Zealand farmer like Mr Adam Wilkie should have been particularly interested in the agricultural and pastoral pursuits of Germany when on his recent visit to the country (says the Wanganui Herald). He described it as a “beautifully cropped country,” all the way through from Cologne to Hamburg. The principal products appeared to be barley, rye, potatoes, and silver beet, and Mr Wilkie was greatly impressed with what ho saw. The holdings were as a rule very small compared with the farms in New Zealand, 50 acres being regarded as a very fair area, and the absence of fences was a distinctive feature. The farms were as a rule worked by families of the owners, or lessees, and the land was what might be termed intensively cultivated. About 50 miles from Hamburg the allotments were principally held for dairy farms and Mr Wilkie was greatly interested in the magnificent herds of Friesians he saw en route. Best of all of great renown You can get it now in every town From Auckland north right to the Bluff, Of Hitchou’s bacon we can’t get enough. Cash buyers bacon pigs—Hite ho ns, Milton...