NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19269, 5 September 1924, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Two Manawatu opossum trappers durinff the season secured between them GOO skins, which is a record for the district. Hawks are reported to be playing havoc with young Jambs in the Mackenzie Comity. ' “Vi-Oatta” Complexion Cream; soothing and cooling, 2s 6d posted —Only at Waters Pharmacy, 20 Princes street.... The Glenham Dairy Factory Company have sold over 110 tons of last season's cheese through the Marketing Association at up to 955. The present dry weather is being felt at Kdendale and Wyndham, where many householders have to carry l their dairy requirements by water. Stainless and ordinary Cutlery, Pocket Knives, and Carving Sets; fine variety, big value at Gray’s “Big Store,” Milton— During the month of August the Invercargill municipal authorities issued 50 building permits, having an aggregate value of £24,074. We are cash buyers porkers and baooners; highest market rates. and Trengrove. Manse street, Dunedin.... Commercial travellers from Auckland and .Wellington who visited Palmerston North during last week-end raised £2OO for. charities there.

Barton and Trengrove for primest sugarcured Bacon —best on market. —Manse street (and all branches), Dunedin.... Frozen meat shipped from New Zealand for the 1023-24 season (November to August) was as f0110w5:—233,471 quarters beef; 1,345,380 carco.se!: of mutton, and 4,574,619 carcases of hunt). “Chap-Lotion’’ really cures rough or chapped hands: Is 6d (2s posted).—Waters’ Pharmacy,' 20 Princes street... Fonr more countries have agreed to accept letters from New Zealand at the penny postal rate. These are the island of Reunion, Dutch West Indies, Italian, Somaliland, and Liberia (Northern Africa). The stimulating property of coffee is greatest when freshly roasted md , ground. This condition obtains in “Bourbon ’ Coffee. Packed by A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, Dunedin.... . . . „ The Customs revenue collected at New Plymouth during August totalled £8689 ss, an increase of £226S 18s 5d compared with the corresponding month of last year. The beer duty amounted to £176 15s 7d, a decrease of £lB7 17s lOd compared with August, 1923.

Come and see our show to-night—wo are open till 9 p.ra. Friday nights.—Sooullat and Cbitholm (Limited)...-. The following are the vital statistics for Wanganui for August, Those for the cor * responding month last year are .given in parentheses:—Births 53 (70), deaths 29 (37), marriage licenses issued 19 (16), marriages performed in office 4 (5). “It has been said that you in New Zealand are 98 per sent, of British stock, W#. cannot say that in the British Isles, as we have not the same solidarity,” said Professor Adams, when speaking at a social gathering in Palmerston North. _ Old friends are the best friends. The, age of Black and White Whisky is unquestioned; it’s guaranteed all pre-war Scotch ... The loss to Kdendale and district by the destruction of the Sugar of Milk Factory is considerable, as the company employed some 40 hands and paid away something like £104)00 annually in wages. It is understood that the factory will be rebuilt, but the 'insurance has not been adjusted yet. It will be next season before the factory will be in operation again. At the tariff no doubt it is the beet in Dunedin—Prince of Wales Hotel. —Charles Hinohqliff, proprietor. Telephone 721. Best brands of liquors.... , For some time past the constable at Matamata has known of tlje existence of a two-up school which gathered every Sunday in a disused sand-pit in a central part' of Matamata (says an exchange). Lookouts were well posted, however, and it was difficult to get near enough to effect a capture until a couple of Sundays ago, when the constable dashed up in a car and caught the school, including one of the look-outs. An official announcement from the Ford Company, Detroit, dated June 4, 1 says.: “Ford motor No. 10,000,000 was completed at the Ford Motor Company this morning, and the ten-millionth model “T” Ford car will leave the assembly line this afternoon. The first model “T” car was completed on October 1, 1908. The last million cars were turned out complete in 132 working days-” . ~ Cotmtry Storekeepers.—Obtain your smallgoods from Barton and Treugrove, Manse street; Dunedin. Made fresh every day; best obtainable, therefore cheapest. Liberal concessions— . “My main impression of New Zealand is one of sturdiness. The headquarters of your boys during the war were next door to my own college. 1 noticed that they were not so long as the Australians, but they were sturdier, and one who looked at them felt he could leave, his reputation and that of his country safely in their hands," said Professor Adams, in the course of a speech (reports the Manawatu Evening Standard).' Ladies and children’s roady-to-wesr print frocks will be much in evidence this spring. We have a complete range of manufacturers’ samoles, not two alike. Prices from Be 6d to’ 84s. See them.—A. F. Cneyne and Co.. Moagiel.... Having come through a very mild winter and with fine weather prevailing since the late rains, the farmers of the Tawal district have been enable! to push on with their work. Most of the sheep are looking extremely well, notwithstanding the dry autumn and the failure of the root crops. Lambing Is general, and as in- some parts of the district, the ewes have a tendency to leave one of their twin lambs, which no doubt is caused through the shortness of feed. American letters now coming to hand bear the post mark of the new aerial mail service (notes the Timaru Post). Over the stamps Is printed the outlines of a large aeroplane, with the words: “Air mail saves time.” That this is true is evident from the fact that a Timaru resident received a letter by an American mail—about August. 14— stating that a book had been posted to him with the letter., The letter went across the States by plane, and the book followed by rail, thereby missing the mail steamer. It was not due in Timaru till September 2. Ob-anism (962) : He wished the wife a happy life through all the years to come, and the bridegroom he presented with a bottle of R.N. Rum.... ■ . . ■ An amusing eight was afforded pedestrians at Palmerston North the other morning, when a prominent resident was to be seen doing a very creditable sprint along the road, with a fearsome-looking cow in hot pursuit. The cow (relates, the. Times), which had not yet com© under the dehorning scheme, seemed very anxious to come t > closer quarters, but the panting fugitive was not of the same mind. Au at once the cow stopped in its pursuit, and started gulping down an apple, which lay in its path. This allowed the man to get about “GO yards ahead, but even then he stul ran on, without a glance behind him. As indicating the interest of one of the English schoolboy immigrants in fanning, the Poverty Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Association recently received a letter from J. Davie, one of the lads mentioned, who csked. whther the judges at the show would be prepared to explain the method of allotting points (states the Gisborne Times), ihe chairman thought that the Msociation should do everything ’possible to foster tne lad’s interest, and on Ids motion it was decided that he should be allowed to go rO VP d with the judges, who would explain the Oh) 11 M'Warnock is good with the knife, M'Grouther not bad at the scraping. But they never can finish their job— It takes Hilchon to make the prime bacon... “T expect I’ll get into hot water about this,” declared Mr W. H. Wmsor at a meeting of the Canterbury Education Board (states the Sun). “Oh, but,’ he continued reassuringly; “I’ll get out of it all right. He was discussing the relative merits of building bv day labour and by contract, nnd pointed out that the powers tho-t be at the Christchurch Trades Hall had added an extra storey to the building recently, and the work had teen earned out: by tenders. Surely, if the day labour system were a success, the Trades Hall people should be the first to use it. And they had not! ..... Which is the thriftiest district m'New Zealand? If the question may be answered from the state of the Post Office Savings Bank accounts at the moment, then Oamaru holds supremacy. Compared by the average amount standing at the credit of each account at the end of March last, the order of merit runs thus:—Oamaru. £BO 7s; Timp.ru, £79 11s: Christchurch, £6B 19s; Hamilton’ £6B 18s; New Plymouth, £6B 14s; Invercargill, £63 3e; Dunedin. £67 18s; Wellington. £65 4s: Greymouth, £64 10s; Napier. £63 12s; Blenheim, £6l 10a; Nelson, £6l 6s; Westport, £59 16s; Auckland £59 Bs. -