NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19068, 14 January 1924, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The total rainfall for the year at Marti»> borough was 39.86 inches. It is proposed to borrow /iSOOO in ordeii to build a town hall at Ngaio. Mosgicl's superior taste tor articles of real relinemeiit exemplified by the inquiries of H. a. Harvey's customers.... The totalisator revenue accruing to tha State during the year 1922-23 was 11610,773. Vital statistics for Eketahuna tor the quarter ended December 31 were; Birth*, 15: marriages, 3; deaths, 3. During the 11 months ended November 30 last, 7984 tolls of coal were handled at tlie port of Oamaru. The well-known liostel, Prince of Wales’s Hotel, Dunedin. Ail best brands of liquor stocked; moderate tariff. Chas. Hinchcuif, proprietor.... * The liarvest is well forward in tbe Hinds district, as in others. The oat and wheat crops are exceptionally light. Wheat is being reaped at present. This season’s smart ready-to-wear cats offered to Milton ladies at reduced prices, from X2s 6i.—Gray’s “Big Store.”.. There arc 1,500,000,000 people on the earth to-day, according to the most reliable estimate. Thirty-two and a quarter million people die each year; nearly 100,000 each, day; over 4000 each hour. But, while 67 ■of our fellow mortals die each minute, 75 are born. And faster than the tick of your watch one soul makes its exit and another its entrance into our wonderful world. Do as your father, mother, and'grandparents d;d. Buy your engagement and wedding rings from Peter Dick, 490 Moray place.... For the past year only 39 arrests for drunkenness were made by the police in the Oamaru district as compared with 45 in 1922. Obanism (7361: We carefully pack incases one dozen Speight’s ale or stout,,pay cartage and rail to any station for 20s, cash with order.... A Westport motorist, with motor cycle and side car and a passenger had a sensational trip recently In endeavouring to avoid a motor car they went flying over a bank and'landed uninjured 50ft below on some bushes. The cycle and side car also escapted Without damage. .Thomson and Co., opposite First Church, have a large selection of granite and marble monuments to choose from at prices which cannot be compared.... In one and a-half hours at Rotorua two ros caught 14 fish, averaging between Sib and 4lb, a New Plymouth man who has just returned from a visit to Rotorua told a Taranaki Herald representative. He was one of the anglers in this case. The trout now are in better condition than they have been for years, he was informed. Brandies, whiskies, gin, rum, wines -(European and colonial) despatched to legal order. W. Crossan, “Waterloo,” Gaversham.... Work after the holidays was recommenced by Mr Robert Semple and his co-operative : party of tunnellers in the Wainui-Oron-gorongo tunnel the other morning. There i still remains 800 ft to drive, and if the averi age is kept no the tunnel may be pierced j soon after the middle of February. In any case, the end of the work is looked for By the end of February. 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.... Some splendid crops of, oats are to bo seen in different parts of central Taranaki, and where the land had been well cleaned before sowing the result is particularly encouraging. The amount of butter received at the Government grading stores for export during December was 5067 boxes, ds against 4906 boxes for the corresponding month last year. The increase,' 161 boxes, is somewhat surprising in view of the recent exceptionally dry spell, but it is stated that at the beginning of the month much, more butter was made tjjan usual, and this more than counter-balances any subsequent reduction in output. The principal items of outward cargo handled at the port of Oamaru during the II months ending November 30 last were as follows: —Flour, 9996 tons; .frozen meat, 2245 tons; oats, 4X63 tons; pollard and bran, 4504 tons; potatoes, 1189 tons; wheat, 4461 tons; chaff, hay, straw, 886 tons; wool. 522 tons. Special reductions for 10 days. Zephyr, Foulard, and Sponge Cloth Dresses, in all new shades and styles—l2s fid each. Stockings all reduced, all colours, in silk, plain, and fancy, lisle and cashmere, from 2s 3d to 12s fid pair. Men’s Working Trousers, for real hard wear, from 15s 6d to 29s 6d a pair. Call or write, and you will begin the New Year by saving money.—A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel’s Leading Drapery Warehouse.... “Kombane” banishes corns. Is 2d posted. Waters’ Pharmacy, 20 Princes street.... The last step in the winding up of German and other ex-enemy subjects’ pio pertios in Samoa- is now being taken under the Ex-enemy Absentees’ Property Order, 1923, and it is hoped that the whole' of the affaii’s of the ex-enemy absentees will be completed in the near future. The Samoan Public Trustee is authorised very fully to take possession of any property, hold vr dispose of it as he thinks tit, and to tale action if necessary through the court for this purpose. The proceeds of the realisation of the various properties are to Le dealt with by Order of the Minister of External Affairs. Dunedin residents at seaside and country resorts can be supplied with the primes® quality meat of all kinds per bus, train, or ferry on receipt of p.c. Special attention given to each order. Satisfaction guaranteed. Equal to doing your own shopping. Kindly furnish references or send cash with order if not previously a client.—Barton and Trengrove, Mahse street..., “And when you entered this room in Haining street you saw a man asleep on a bed?” asked Mr A. B. Sievwright of a detective in the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, during the proceedings against a number of Chinese for alleged gaming. The witness denied that this was the case. “Tes, he see me,” asserted a Celestial, stepping forward from the back of the court. Vigorously digging himself in the chest with a forefinger the Chinaman repealed: “Yes, you did, you see me!” It is a fact. —We kill nothing bat the primest quality ox beef and wether mutton, and retail it at lower prices than any other butchers. Buy from us and save money. —Barton and Trengrove, Manse street (and all branches) The Hamurana fishing lodge, near Rotorua, has now become quite a populous suburb (states the Auckland Herald). Around the main building and along the banks of the beautiful stream encampments are occupied by visitors, who all testify in unqualified terms to the pleasure derived from their surroundings. Improvements are being steadily carried out. Tennis courts are provided for, and the extension of cleared ground makes the laying off of a nine-hole golf course within reasonable distance of fulfilment. The finest coffee grown on earth is Bine Mountain Jamaica. This beautiful coffee is obtainable only at one place in Australasia—“Durie’s,” coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin.... By means of. forged correspondence a man with a remarkable knowledge of banking methods has defrauded the head office of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank of £2500. An account was opened in tlie Sydney head office of the bank recently by the man, and a notification was received at the Melbourne head office that he proposed to visit Melbourne, and desired to operate on his account there. Later, a further letter in the bank’s private_ cod'® gave particulars of the amount standing to the man’s credit in Sydney. ‘ Then the man drew £2500 in notes of various denominations, and officials of the bank did not discover until several hours later that the communication received, presumably from, the Sydney office of the bank, had in reality b-'cn sent "by a person who by some means bad become' possessed of the bank’s private code. - Send films to Waters’ Pharmacy for best results. 20 Princes street.... Havelock people are laughing at what took place there at about 4 a.m. on Kew Year’s morning (says the Hawke’s Bay Tribune). It appears that larrikins moved trees studding in tubs in front of the hotel and placed them about the square. Thev also took off gates and moved some old carts from the blacksmith’s shoo and placed them in front of shops. When they attempted to plant two large galvanised tanks on the triangle in front of Mr Hampton’s store, to be inscribed “Havelock War Memorial.” Constable Heffernan appeared and caught four young men. He made them nut everything back, although they said they were not to blame for all the moving. It meant an hour’s hard work for them. I heard a musical d'tty, The chorus T thought very pretty. Tt was “ Hit-chon’s ba-con. It’s trav bon, it’s in every home in the city.” (And so it ought.) Ed.