NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19532, 15 July 1925, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF.

In all 17 returned soldiers are members of the Otago Egg Circle. The lambing season in South Canterbury is very early this year (says the'Tiraaru Post, young lambs having been seen this week in various parts of the district. The startling fact that the figures for maternal mortality have hardly moved since the beginning of the century was recorded by the British Ministry of Health in a recent report. , Send your prescriptions to Waters’ Pharmacy (under Savoy) for best service at lowest cost.... During the past three and a-,half months 515 rabbits have been killed in the PateaWaitotara Rabbit Boards district—334 in the Brunswick-Kai Iwi area aryl 181 on the other side of Okehu. “It seems almost amusing, but it is nevertheless true, that when the ladies go to a football game the men go too,” stated a speaker at the meeting of a Rugby Union in contending that ladies and children should be admitted free to football games. Tor Children's Hacking Cough, Woods Great Peppermint Cure.... “It is unfortunate that there is such a general disregard for the rule of the road on the part of cyclists,” said Mr W. R. M’Kean, S.M., in presiding at an inquest recently (states the New Zealand Herald). “They, naturally enough, choose the part of the road that is most, favourable to easy and comfortable riding, but this is risky.” Blue Mountain Jamaica Coffee commands top price at the London auctions every year. This great Coffee is obtainable m New Zealand, only from A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin... Svalbard, which is henceforth to ho the name of Spitzborgen, in the Arctic regions, was the original name of this icebound land. It whs discovered by Norwegian adventurers in 1194, the only mention of the discovery in the ‘Tslandske Annaler” —in six different MSS. —being ‘‘Svalbardi fundinn’’ (Svalbard was discovered). No great geographical discovery has ever been more briefly recorded in literature. “Svalbard” means “the cold side.” After being two days in a tree-top at Newington Green, Islington, defying the efforts of scores of people to rescue it, a kitten was brought to safety by a cat. Several men climbed the tree. Rut when just within reach the kitten would jump away. A largo tabby then appeared, probably attractor! by the S.O.S. messages sent out by the kitten at intervals. She climbed the tree, gripped the kitten firmly by tho neck, and brought it to the ground amid tho cheers of the onlookers. Mr H. M. Huteliinson. of Philadelphia, who for ten years had a chronic headache, was instantly relieved bv a paroxysm of sneezing which seized him while being shaved. ’The sneeze dislodged a pier® of a steel drill, an inch and a half long, from his nasal tuljes. The man, who is an electrician. states that 12 years ago ho was slabbed through the bridge of the nose during a fight with a follow-workman. The wound healed and for two years gave him no further trouble but tho headaches then started. The western part of Persia is inhabited by a species of camel, which is tho pigmy of its kind. These camels are snow-white, and are on fhat account almost worshipped by tho peonle.

In the lower P-angitdkei district, in the vicinity of Flock House (states the FeiJding Star) pukako have increased wonderfully since they were protected. The birds, however, are not regarded as a useful adjunct to farming operations. The accommodation at the Te Anau hatchery for eyeing ova has been extended this season, and the Southland Acclimatisation Society hopes to lay down 7,000,C00 or 8,000.000 eggs. Showery weather still continues at Willowbridge and farm work is at a standstill with the exception of fence trimming (states the Waimate Daily Advertiser). Quite a number of fences has been cut lately which helps to give the district a tidy appearance. Owing to the sodden state of the ground it will be some time before team work can be done. “Many clergymen suffer a life of grinding, soul-stifling poverty,” the Ballarat Church Guardian declares in urging that bigger stipends should be paid. A contrast is provided by Shelf or a, a village near Geelong, where the Presbyterians have decided to pay the minister £SOO a year, give him a motor car, a manse, and an annunity on retiring. An unpleasant surprise was sprung on a settler in the Wanganui County recently, when .he discovered that five acres of land fenced off near Upokongaro were actually a 'portion of a county reserve (states the Wanganui Chronicle). Negotiations in regard to the matter reached duality at a recent meeting of the County Council, when it was decided to give six months’ notice to the settler to put the fence back to the correct line. Country Storekeepers,—lf you do not , already 'handle our famous smallgoods, begin right now. Increase your turnover. We give liberal retailing margins.—Barton and Trengrove, Manse street, Dunedin.... A letter received by a Greytown resident from California (says the Greytown Standard), stales that the conditions covering apples, cherries, and berries are very bad, owing to the late and heavy rains that have occurred during the preceding month. The cherry crop is practically ruined, and there is little prospect of fruit shipments this season. Railage paid by Corban’s Wine Agency, Rattray street, on ail consignments. Port 525, Red and Sherry 58s, Assorted 665, the case. Legal orders necessitate cash payments.... During the interval of the Long Tack Sam performance at the Town Hall in Eltham recently the screen counter weight crashed through the weight well and landed on the staircase, missing three men on the stairs bv a few inches (states the Argus). The lead was considerably over a hundredweight, and the consequences would have probably been serious had it sirucjr any of the men. , , A school of 18 blackfish came ashore early on July 6, just north of the mouth of the Awatere River (says the Hawera Star), , and are littering up the beach for a ccmsiderable distance. They were up to 18ft m length, with tails three and'four feet in width, and each would weigh considerably over a ton. It is thought that the fish became blinded by the muddy waters from the Awatere River, which is in fresh, and unable to see where they were going, blundered about until washed up on shore by the big waves. Practically everyone loves a bargain. These should interest you. Gent, s striped Flannelette Pyjama Suits, 8s 6dj Mens Dark Striped Nap Trousers, sues 4 to 7, 9s lid pair. Posted anywhere for cash.— Kilroy and Sutherland (Ltd.), 192 Princes Gratifying evidence of the fine open winter which has been experienced here, and also of the beneficial results of topdressing can be seen in tbe Public Gardens (says the'Southland Times). Two or .three weeks ago ihe turf was covered with a thick coating of brown dressing until, from a distance, it looked like a ploughed paddock. To-day there is a lovely rich green, and not a trace of the brown can be seen. The gardens’ staff have been busy carrying out several improvements, which will bo more evident in summer-time. A number of ferns and plants and shrubs have been put down, and are now flourishing. There *s bacon and bacon. If once yon try Barton and Trengrove’s, famous sugarcured you will buy none other. Commence resident wrote to the Featberston County Council saying that no fewer than 75 requests had been made to the owner of wandering stock to remove his animals from public roads. The ■ climax came when a lady driving a car collided with a cow, followed immediately afterwards by another narrow escape on the part of a motorist. The offender was obdurate. Would the council please bring him to book? The ranger was requested to deal ■with the matter. During this month Mosgiel and laierJ residents will have all the advantages of buying drapery and blotting at genuine sale prices- A. F. Cheyne and Co. are holding their annual winter sale, when everything will bo reduced m price. A call of inspection will repay y0u.... “There is no more stimulating or beneficial drink than a glass of warm milk in which has been stirred two deesert-spoontuls of honey,” said Mr D- S. Robinson, the apiary instructor, in an address delivered at the Blenheim Farm School. Again, from honey was made mead, the principal drink of our forefathers (states the Marlborough Express). Vinegar, too, was quite easily made from pure honey and vrafer, while the uses of beeswax were many and varied, In one form the production of the honey bee was used by almost everyone daily, for it was the basis of all ’boot polices. At Milton, Gray’s “Big Store is holding its annual Winter Sale, with plenty of splendid bargains for everybody. Peppermint, the oil of which is. extensively in demand by confectioners chemists, and perfumers, and is needed also for making creme do men the and other liqueurs, is not •being grown on the same scale as formerly, and the British Ministry of Agriculture have issued a leaflet on its cultivation and distillation. Mitcham's peppermint acreage has decreased from 500 to about 150 acres. Centres of cultivation m Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire also do not produce as in former years. . number of plants required per acre is 42 000. In favourable conditions a yield of 101 b to l<iib of oil to the ton of mint would b© a good Waters’ Chap-Lotion cures chapped hands; _ 2s posted.—Waters’ Pharmacy (under Savoy.... , ■ n. The various irrigation schemes in Otago are still being actively proceeded with by the Public Works Department (states the Take County Press). The main job is at Tarras. An endeavour is being made to got this work, as planned, out of hand by spring time, but it is piobable that some extension of the operations will be found advisable. The gang on the present job numbers* 122. Some 40 men arc occupied on the Mannherikia works. They are putting in a third pipe line. The Ida Valiev scheme is giving employment te 30. A party of 16 are engaged in further construction at the Tevjot, improving the existing races and so on. ... » . . Oculists’ prescriptions should be entrusted onlv to specialists.—Peter G. Dick. D.8.0.A., F. 1.0. (London), specialises in oculists’ prescriptions, 490 Moray place, A*few facts gleaned from the monthly organ of the carpentry trade for June are significant, and of some interest to Otago. A° table records the state of trade in the different districts of the dominion. In ad the Auckland districts- the level of trade ia moderate with the exception of Hamilton where it is stated to be bad. In Hawke’s Bay it is moderate, in Wanganui good fair in three other centres, and moderate in one. In Wellington business is moderate to fair; Nelson and Marlborough moderate, Canterbury fair, and Otago and Southland good. In the dominion there are 6047 union members in the carpentering trade 412 of them in Invercargill. Obanism (1206): Love all trart a few. Do wronp to none ( All f Well That Ends Well,”’Act 1,1). Oban Hotel tor country OT “Eeling” in the streams about the district appears to be a favourite pastime with local residents, judging from the stones of struggles with whoppers of eels (states the Stratford Evening Post). Sitting_ on the bank in the darkness, with line in hand and enjoying pipe or oipurette, the thrtil of a tug as the fish swallows the bait is something that is peculiarly exhilarating to more than those in their teens, in a pool in the Patea behind the Stratford Bowling Club’s property tne other night a party lander] a 16-pounder, which was not' more than 4ft long, but as think as a man’s thigh. Last week, above Victoria bridge, another member of the same party caught one Weighing 1141 b. which, lining parboiled in milk and fried, made a delicious meal. The Chinese like the fruit shops. There is one by us called Sam. lie must go back to Hong Kong Unless he eats Hitchon’s bam—