NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19012, 7 November 1923, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF.

There -are at present 1100 electrically driven milking: plants in New Zealand. Two thousand competitors were registered by the New Zealand Athletic and Cycling Union last year, and this year an additional 493. During last season some 2100 tons of casein were graded for export in New Zealand. , Dear Crossan,- --Please repeat last year’s order for Christmas necessaries, and put in a couple of extra bottles of whisky.... During the past month the Invercargill Town Council issued 37 building permits of an aggregate value of £26,406. M’Donald and Miller, Green Island, ore cash buyers of prime bacon pigs. Corre-spe-deuce invited.... The Customs dues collected at Auckland in October constitute a record, being £259,658, compared with £222,216 in September. The number of customs entries was also a record. Sole agent, Nyals’ famous remedies, in Dunedin, Waters’ Pharmacy, 20 Princes street.... The total number of registered apiaries in New Zealand at the close of the last official year was 8007, representing a total of 111,100 hives. 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..., Trout appear very plentiful this season (writes the Puketitiri correspondent of the Napier Telegraph), some very large ones being seen in the Mchaka River very close to the hot springs. Kornbane kills corns. Is 2d, post free, Waters’ Pharmacy, 30 Princes street... A local resident secured a record haul of eels in the Manawatu River last week (says an exchange). He set an eel basket over night and in the morning lifted 160 eels. Dunedin drapers may rage, melt, or bum, 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 resident of Masterton recently shot locally a stilt—a long-legged bird with black neck and wings and white head and underparts. As this bird is strictly protected (says the Wairarapa Daily Times), anyone shooting it is liable to a fine of £25 Obanism (730): Good to the last drop, and makes the whole meal taste better. Oban Tudor cocktail, 12s quart, 6s 6d pint; sample bottle (4oz). Is 6d.... The number of orchards registered in •iV-sw Zealand during the last financial year was 7044, representing a total of some 30.000 acres. The amount of £1982 was collected in orchard tax. , While in Aberdeen, Mr Thomson bought some choice Monuments. To maks room for these, we offer 10 per cent, discount off all sales this month.—Thomson and Co., opp. First Church.... For the second year in succession the annual sheep returns show an increase m the number of merino sheep in New Zealand. The number of flock merinos this year was 931,899 compared with 842,293 last year. The Customs revenue collected in Invercargill for the month of October amounted to £15,429 13s, as compared with £12,431 16s 4d. The beer duty for the same period totalled £787 16s sd, compared with £632 12s lid for the same month last year. The most palatable breakfast dish is undoubtedly Barton and Trengrove’a famous sugar-cured bacon. Being the best on the market, it is therefore cheapest No waste —can be used to the last ounce.—Mansa street (Dunedin) and all branches.... Though the Waipukurau electric lighting system has only been in use for less than five months (reports the Daily Telegraph) almost every house in the borough is now connected. The average number of connections in the borough, as compared with the number of houses, must constitute a record. Pigs.—We are cash buyers of first-class bacon pigs, 1301 b to 1701 b. Highest price given.—M"Connell and Son, provision merchants. ham and bacon curers, 217 King Edward street. South Dunedin The chairman of the Mauriceville County Council said at a recent meeting: “Never stop a man from planting a tree. If it gets in the way it can be cut down, and if it does not it may become a valuable asset.” The bluegum blight seems to have swept badly over parts of the Feilding district (remarks a local paper). Plantations of fine trees planted by the early settlers have been almost completely destroyed. On some of the trees there is still a vestige of green foliage, and with the introduction of the ladybird the trees may still survive. Bourbon’’ Coffee I—The1 —The ideal breakfast beverage. The coffee-drinking public know they can rely on this brand for flavour, strength, and aroma all the year round.. For the season 1922-23, there were 137 hord>-testing associations in operation in New Zealand, representing 34,558 cows. The highest herd-yield was 518.931 b of but-ter-fat. and the lowest 87.101 b. The highest individual cow yield was 660.851 b and the lowest 47.901 b. 'A EUlt of the best style, cut, and mate rials at £5 10s. Let us save you a coup:a of guineas on your next order.—G. S. Roberts, tailor. Stock Exchange.... A speaker at the Wanganui Ratepayer*' Association meeting, in comparing Wanganui with other centres said: “Oamaru was little better than it was 25 years ago.” Tt is quite evident (remarks the North Otago Times) that he has been tied to his mother’s apron-strings and has not been further afield than the Wanganui bridge. Mosgiel’s watchmaker and jeweller (S. S. Harvey) repairs watches, clocks, jewellery, etc., and sells them, too! Buy locally and save money A speaker at a meeting held recently (relates the Waipa Post) put a volume of thought in a nutshell when he said: "The reason why business enterprise in the hands 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 af. every election. A wise man’s poliev generally lasts a life-time, longer, if he ‘teaches his sons to succeed him.” Visitors to Dunedin are advised to stay at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Princes street South, where guests will find the best of accommodation nt reasonable rates.. A Wanganui farmer, in conversation with a Herald reporter, commented on the prolific growth of the field daisy this season. He states that the daisy seems to have spread rapidly in many localities, and this season in particular, owing to the mass of bloom, shows up more prominently than he Jia s noticed it before. In other districts which he visited recently he also noticed the same remarkable growth. The daisy from the point of view of food for stock is not an undesirable plant. The question frequently asked the last 30 to 40 years in this paper has been; “Who is Peter Dick?” Everyone knows the answer.... “Lack of adequate railway facilities in rvew Zealand has given the motor vehicle an opportunity to consolidate its claim* as a medium of developing the commercial and social life of the community. Despite the mountainous nature of the country, the roads are the finest in Australasia.” These remarks were made bv Mr Cedric Broornhall. sales manager of the Rhodes Motor Cycle Co., and a prominent member of the Victorian Motor Cycle Club, who recently returned to Melbourne after a business tour of the dominion. Milton folks enjoy good tea—the kind they get at Gray’s “Big Store.” Good family teas, 2s 3d and 2s 6d.... Uncanny feelings are usually inspired in some people by mysterious silences in eerie places, the imagining of spooks at the midnight hour, or even by something more material—earthquakes ! But who would ever think of associating uncanniness with a staid-looking, blue-coated policeman ? One young man does, but probably that inspiration gained in intensity as the result of several draughts of a pale amber coloured water. In a breach of the Licensing Act case taken at the W 7 anganui Magistrate’s Court the other morning (say* the Chronicle), one of the defendants, in all earnestness. leant over the witness box and remarked : * It was rather an uncanny feeling when the police walked in on hs.‘“ “But surely you are not afraid of them.” remarked the prosecuting sergeant, “vou see them around every day.” No; the young man would not depart from his utterance, that the sight of a policeman gave an uncanny feeling, mors so when on© was having a glass or two sub rosa. When you are married, happy, and gay. Eat Hitchon’s bacon every day. Be the weather ever so dreary, Hitchon’s will keep you from feeling weary. Cash buyers bacon pigs—Hitchon’s, Milton...