NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19218, 8 July 1924, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Three parties hunting in the Wairarapa over the week-end (says the Feilding Star) were responsible for the destruction of 20 wild pigs. lor Intluenzn, take Woods’ Groat Peppermint Cure. ... Nineteen bankruptcies were notified in last week’s issue of the Now Zealand Gazette. Fourteen of the number were in the North Island.

Three? Chinamen in the Halswell district have been “ taken down ” by a stranger who, representing himself as an inspector, induced the Oolestians to part with 10s each for market gardeners’ permits (states the Christchurch Sun). Live in Mosgiel and save money. Land is cheap, property is cheap, and drapery is cheaper than anywhere. A. F. Cheyne and Co. have full stocks of Drapery and Furniture, and their Dressmaking and MillineryDepartments are second to none.... The Napier Daily Telegraph says that two bricklayers at Wnipukurau, working on piece work, laid 2000 bricks in three hours. Chilblains cured. Attack source. Specia. tablets, 2s 9d posted.—Waters’ Pharmacy /under Savoy).... At Seddonville recently, during an electrical storm, lightning struck, and shattered a large tieo at the back of a private house. Parts of the tree were thrown on to the house and the road which runs alongside (says the Lyttelton Timos’s Greymouth correspondent), terrifying some men sheltering under a neighbouring liank. Thomson and Co., opposite First Church, have a large selection of granite and marble monuments to choose from at prices which cannot be compared.... As a facetious remark upon a remit which was considered impracticable, a delegate to the Dairy Farmers’ Union Con ference in Palmerston North (says the Manawatu Times), said; “I give notice to move that as an improvement to the Auckland Harbour the moon be placed on Rangitoto for a beacon.” ”'Jie remit ivua lost. Horse Covers. —Best long flax, rick lined: Hacks. 345; draughts, 355. Best long flax, felt lined: Hacks, 37s 6d; draughts, 38s 6d. ‘‘Farmers, send in your orders!” to Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Assn. (Ltd.), Crawford street.... Tile building trade at Wanganui is brisker than it has been for some time (states an exchange). The importance of the centre as a wool port is indicated by the fact that two firms are building stores and four others are making considerable additions to existin'premises. increasing the available total storage accommodation by at least one-third to bo ready for next season. The “Big Sale,” Milton, is offering some thumping bargains in boots and slices; ail styles alike cheap.—“ Big ?t0r0.”... A very surprised young man .traversing one of the hill roads the other evening, chanced upon a woman, hopelessly drunk, in a gutter (says the Hawke’s Bay Herald . Doing his best to assist the inebriated damsel he endeavoured to learn her address, but could get nothing more definite than the enlightening remark that it was “Hawke’s Bay.” Slo, knowing from experience the best course in these little difficulties, he left her in the gutter to sober up, “ Figsen ” for constipation. _ Sole agents for Nyal’s Famous Remedies.—Waters’ Pharmacy (under Savoy). An Ashburton farmer in. his bankruptcy statement included the following; “ One year I purchased stock at 41s 3d per head and sold them six months later for 16s 6d. I am now working for wages looking after the property. I have no expectations. I am married and have four children, the eldest being 14 years of ago.” Mosgiel.—Watches, clocks, jewellery (all descriptions), spectacles, gramophone springs, torches and refills repaired and supplied at S. ri. Harvey’s, jewellers. Exchange Buildings. . “ What did I go to the hole! for 7 What do you think I went to the hotel for? To get a drink, of course!” said a witness at the Eltham Magistrate’s Court recently (reports the Argus). “ I cannot conceive a man going to a hotel to get anything else,” said the magistrate. Barton ana Trengrove’s famous sugarcured baton is unsurpassable for breakfast. Sales continually increasing, an all-sufficient advertisement.—Manse street (and all branches), Dunedin.... Mr C. P. Skdrrett. E.C., asked a witness in the Supreme Court at Napier recently (states the Herald) whether a small batten interposed between a falling cylinder of acetylene gas and the concrete wharf would appreciably lessen the shock. “ Oh, of course,” answered witness, “every schoolboy knows that a single sheet of newspaper inside (ho seat of his trousers appreciably lessens the shock.’ " Bourbon ” Coffee, with the addition of warm (not boiled) milk, makes a stimulating and invigorating beverage. As a breakfast drink “Bourbon” stands supreme... "That is the case of an honest thief,” said Sir James Wilson at the Manawatu County Council the other day. Or Penny said he visited a farmer who did not know ho (Mr Penny) was on the council, and during an inspection of the farm he commented on the very fine cowyard which had just been built. “Yes,” said the farmer, “it is made of railway sleepers, and it is just as well none of the councillors are around. It took me a long time to collect them.” We aim at providing the public with meat of better quality at a much lower price than can be procured elsewhere. Give us a trial. Joints cut any size required.— Barton and Tre-grove, Manse street (and all branches), Dunedin When an old offender was making a lengthy explanation to the magistrate (Mr Wyvern Wilson) in the Christchurch Magis trate's Court the other days (says the Lyttelton Times) ho was interrupted by the magistrate, who said: “Why that is the same old excuse as last time.” Accused: “Y’cs, but last time I came into town an’ was going to buy shirts an’ sooks au’ ties — an’l got nothing.’ The magistrate: “Well, this time you’ll get two months.” The well-known hostel, Prince of Wales’s Hotel, Duoedm. All beat brands of liquor stocked; moderate tariff. Chas Biucfacliff, proprietor.... “Ramsay MacDonald was kicked out of Parliament about the same time as I was,” said Mr t-emplo (Labourite) at Gisborne, “and now lie's Prime Minister of Great Britain. A few months ago they ordered him off a golf links. He’s a step above me, because 1 don’t play golf. They will not be able to order me off the golf links.” The chief attraction in Mosgiel at the present time is tho Annual Sale of Drapery and Furnishings being held by Messrs A. F. Cheyne and Co. Model frocks, model hats, and all Manchester lines ore substantially reduced. A call will repay you. .. It is not always profitable to display zeal in the performance of a public duty iremarks the North Otago Times). A resident of Oamaru saw a policeman arresting a drunken man. He jumped off his bicycle, placed the machine beside a building, and wont to the assistance of the constable. He received the thanks of the country, but on returning from the police station he discovered that his bicycle had been appropriated and he had to walk a mile to his homo in a cold, frosty atmosphere. Vulcan Motor Lorries are the most popular to-day. In fact, they are the talk of tho carriers. Nothing is more convincing than repeat orders. Call and see our remarkable record of sales all over the dominion. —Wimpenny Bros. and. Reid (Limited), Moray place.... Quite a sensation was caused in the Oamaru Magistrate’s Court on a recent morning amongst those who do not frequent the court (relates tho Mail) by a complainant in a maintenance case lotting out piercing shrieks and collapsing on the floor. Tho senior-sergeant and a constable carried her out. shrieks and moans echoing through the building for some time. As this is a regular habit of this complainant, the magistrate instructed the police that she was not to appear in court in future, but that tho police should take other proceedings. The call for our English Kip Working Bool: continues unabated. Never have we advertised a line with such successful results. Every purchaser has been mere than pleased, and many have recommended them to their friends. Wo sold over 100 nairs last month. The boot has a long runner sole, heel and toe plates, and heavily nailed: price 28s 6d, postage free. —Riach and McLennan, Dunedin.... Acs og aoneq ct ~—’(326) tn ' s ! Tm To good thing about a bad fellow than to say a bed thing about a good fellow.” —Everybody sneaks well of the Oban H0te1.... In tho course of a discussion on race meetings bv the Nelson Anglican Synod last week, Canon Quin troll caused surprise by confessing that he had taken part in a race meeting: more than that, he actually won a race, though, as he sadly remarked, “I didn’t share the dividend.” The meeting was held years ago at a military’ camp, and his most dangerous opponent, he said, seemed to, be a bav horse ridden by Ins friend, the Methodist padre. However, after some false starts, it was found that (Ije canon’s black horse would not gallop. The difficult was overcome by making the race a “trot.” Here the black horse managed to hold his own against the bay, ami the canon flashed post the post a peck ahead of the major's grey, with his padre friend a verv close third. A little boy sat in the corner, His face nil covered (with jam. For his mother has given him a. jammy niece When he’d wanted Hitchen s ham. “Poor Kid,”...