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NEWS IN BRIEF.

Saturday next will bo a gala day for many Invercargill folk, as on that day one of tne last excursions to the .Exhibition at Dunedin will take place, the Allied Trades Excursion being scheduled for that date. Already (reports the Daily News) there ' has been a great demand for tickets for this “last flutter.” Kyats "Death to Flies," 6d, or 7d posted.—Waters’ Pharmacy only (under Bavoy)... For the year ended March 31,' £10,761 wa g collected for the Hutt road traffic fees. Improved roads are playing a big part in the increased use in Wellington of motor vehicles, and next season’s fees are expected to reach £12,000. There is a chance that the new courthouse will be available for the next sitting of the Balclutha Court on April 21 (says the Clutha Leader). The linoleums for the floor have arrived, and the furniture is in process of manufacture. Customs preference for British goods entering New Zealand is now modified by a requirement that at least half the value of the goods must have been created in British teiritory. Formerly the proportion was only 25 per cent. A question has arisen as to how Mrs Bevan, who was arrested near Rangiora recently on a charge of fraud on an insurance company, is to be sent to England for trial. Inquiry in veil-informed circles in Wellington shows that full correspondence from Scotland Yard has not yet reached the authorities. We are cash tuyere ot porkers ana uaconers ai highest market rates. —Barton and ITengrove... In an appeal to sportsmen to make every endeavour during the coming shooting season lo destroy hawks, the Auckland Acclimatisation Society points out that one successful method employed of late is to kill a rabbit and then place strychnine in cuts made on the body of the animal. The carcase should then be placed on a high post or tree trunk, and when a hawk arrives on the scene the banquet proies disastrous. The after-Easter rush of stock has set in at the South Otago freezing works. There aro at present 26 butchers at work on the boards, (reports the Clutha Leader), and full time is being worked. The prospects are very bright for the next week or two, and reports indicate that fanners, who have this season given “freezing on their own account” a trial, are well pleased with results. For high-class tailoring suits and overcoats try MacLeod MacGillivray, Rattray street... The increasing popularity of residential flats has been very evident in Wanganui recently, and handsome apartment btiildings have been erected. In not every case are the surrounding grounds laid out according to a corresponding standard (says the Chronicle), and the flat dwellers’ only gardens are window boxes. In some cases, happily, improvements to the environment are now being undertaken. The construction of the Toka Toka portion of the railway, which i s eventually to connect Dargaville with the North Auckland main trunk line, is proceeding apace (reports the Auckland Star), ’’.allasting of the second “lift” is taking piace, and all the sleepers on the main bridge have been put in position. Appreciable headway is noticeable in the metalling of the approach road to the Tikiwahine railway station. A fragrant non-greasy skin tonic. Waters’ “Vi-Oatta.” 2s 6d posted.— Waters’ Pharmacy ~nly (under Savoy)... Renewed activity is about to take place in operations at the Kaidale coal mine. Messrs Morrison Bros., the owners of the property, have formed a private company which will be under the direction ot a gentleman who recently disposed of his mining interests at Wairio. The mine is now being pumped free of water (reports tbe Clutha Leader), and it is the intention of the new company to lay down a tramline and develop the resources on a larger scale. The exhiharating and refreshing effect of good coffee is undeniable. And the steadily-increasing demand for “Bourbon Coffee” proves the people’s appreciation of this fact... On St. Patrick’s Day a historic memorial was handed over to the Ngaruawahia Boroneh Council by the Hon. R. F. Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs. It was a gnn turret fiom H.M.S. P.ioneer, a warship which was closely connected with Waikato's early history during the Maori wars. Sneaking of train wrecks to a reporter, a Wanganui resident said that the most complete derailment he had known was one which occurred accidentally in the Auckland district about 20 years ago. A number of empty sacks fell from one of the trucks on to the mils, and the train, being unable to cut through the fibrous material, stopped dead as though it had collided with a solid wall, and overturned*

Dr A. H. Cockayne, Director of the Fields Division, wrote to the Wanganui Farmers’ Union stating that a blight in the Kawhia district which was referred to as killing hard fern had recently been brought under the notice of the department, and had been identified as a species of Ascochyta. The officers of the department had the matter in hand, and had made a culture of the blight, but it would be some time before experiments could be carried out, and the result definitely known. A really good useful Household Grinder for 8s 6d (postage. Is extra) is an article that no home should ■ without. It will sharpen knives, tools, axes, tomahawks, etc. Larger and stronger Grinders can be obtained at 13s fid and 17s fid each (postage. Is extra), whilst others for mechanics dan be obtained at up to 355. We have only a few of the cheap Grinders left, so send in your order now.—Laidlaw and Gray the lot of an Auckland P.ngby League referee is not always a happy cue. “We get hooted, sworn at, and cursed, not only by men, but by women,” said one of the referees at the annual meeting of the Auckland Rugby League. The speaker then announced his intention of keeping on in the good work, and made an appeal to old players to come along and help the League Referees’ Association. Mosgiel residents should note that heavy overiu.. city costs increase retail prices. The prices of S. S. Harvey, watchmaker and jeweller, Exchange Buildings, Mosgiel, for repairs, jewellery, fancy goods, and chinaware, encourage buying. Buy in Mosgiel... „ , , , , ... The fact that New Zealand beet will henceforth be accepted in contracts for the supply of meat to the Italian army was remarked on by the president, Mr T. Currie, at a meeting of the Wanganui Farmers’ Union. It was stated that hitherto only Argentine or Brazilian beef had been eligible when tenders were called, but this year New Zealand beef had been included in the specifications. “There are many American people who want to come over here,” said Mr W. J. von Behrem, of Palm Beach, Florida, who arrived in Wellington by the Corinthic from Colon on Wednesday last, “but I find, as they will, that our geography is all at sea. How do we know of New Zealand? Well, there is quite a lot in the papers, but I heard of it from the Rotary men you sent over to us, good men, too. They could tell ns anything we wanted to know, and they made me want to come here.” A good breakfast means much to most people, puts one in good humour for day, promotes energy, which tends to good health. Barton and Trengrove’a sugar cured bacon is on the menu of discriminatinu necKon*!. .

A coat sleeve torn from end to end was the price a late-comer had to pay for boarding the ferry boat at Devonport (says the Auckland Star). The ferry boat was drawing away from the wharf when the man sprinted up the wharf and reached the boat as it glided past. He hesitated, but essayed to leap the gap of some feet. He flung out his arms and gripped a post. As, he let go and dropped to the deck there was a rip, and his coat sleeve tore from end to end.

Staj at the Prince oi Wales Hotel. Good accommodation; best brands of liquors 'Phone 721.—G. Hinchcliff. proprietor.. Commenting on the presence of great numbers of copper coins in New Zeaalnd, a Melbourne visitor to the Dominion, who is at present staying in Napier, told a Daily Telegraph reporter that in Australia the nimble “brown” was seldom seen. “ Practically,” he said, “our smallest coin is the threepenny piece, and over there, when purchasing things priced at a penny, we usually go the lot and make it threepence worth.” With the approach of the frosty weather the kingfish has begun to make its appearance in shallow water on the beach (says the Clutha Leader). At the mouth of the Kororo Creek recently Mr John Clark secured a very fine specimen, which was flapping on the edge of the surf. Coming in shore at this time of the year, this particular fish becomes irritated with the sand in the surf-water, which causes it to make further into shallow water. Gray’s are Milton agents for “Lynx* Suits; nothing better.—The Big Store... A total of 310 nominated immigrants from Great Britain arrived in Wellington by the Corinthic on Wednesday evening last. There were 151 for Wellington, 72 for Auckland, 21 for Christchurch, 21 for Dunedin, 12 for Bluff, 8 for Westport, 6 for Greymouth, 5 for Napier, 4 each for Gisborne and Wanganui, 3 for Oamaru, 2 for Nelson, and 1 for New Plymouth. Of the total 165 were men, 100 women, and 45 children. Visit A F. Cheyne and Co.'s Summer Sale Special attractions... The accounts of the Spanish fiesta lately held at Bayswater by the Takapuna Boating Club, which have been practically completed, show a profit of approximately £4OO. By this means the debt on the clubhouse, which belongs virtually to the whole Bayswater community, who are also the main body of debenture holders, will be reduced to about £6OO (says the New Zealand Herald. For Jewellery, Silverware, and lifetime Watches. Peter Dick, the most reliable Watchmakers, Jewellers, and Opticians. Moray place (opp. City Hotel)... “Napier may not be a very large city,” remarked a Dunedin visitor to a Daily Telegraph reporter, “but its size certainly justifies a few direction posts scattered here and there.” He went on to say that he wanted to get to the railway station, and had to make inquiries before he could proceed on his way. “Other large towns and cities in the Dominion,” he remarked, “have direction boards indicating the route to the more important places.” It was pointed out to him that Napier did possess such boards in the case of several places. As reliable as the Bank, the “Cravenette” registered gents' navy shower-proof coats, in double-breasted trench st: le; sizes 3to 7,69 s 6d. Posted anywhere for cash. —Kilroy and Sutherland (Ltd.), 192 Princes street, Dunedin. The wiring of Baidutha streets for electric lighting is progressing well (reports the Free Press), and it is expected that the -work will be completed before the end of the month. This will_ enaolc the council to commence the electric lighting of the streets on May 1. If tbe council had not made a satisfactory arrangement with the gas company to forego the latter’s rights under the old contract, the electric lighting would have bad to be delayed until July 1, so that by a cash payment of £2O the council has gained a month, and the citizens will benefit to that extent. R . Rubber A boon to mothers is the Baby Rubber Pilcher or Knicker beautifuly soft, in cream and light shades. Is 6d, Is lid, 2s lid, at T. Ross. 130 Princes street, Duned“Tli admit that Taranaki has the best roads in the Dominion,” remarked a visiting motorist to that province the other dav, “but for inconsideration and hoggish manners on the road commend me to the local motorist.” He. explained tlmt almost without exception he had been pushed on to the side of the road bythe motorists he had happened to meet There was no giving of passing room. no going off the crown of the road, no consideration at all for the “other fellow. He oculd not understand such treatment, which, he averred, was peculiar to laraliawiiy pay fancy prices for imported Frocks and Costumes when you can get them made to your own design and measures. Choice selections at A. F- Cheyne and Co.. Mosgiel... . . . ‘•Vaccination will give complete immunity,” said Dr T. Fletcher Telford, Medical Officer of Health in Canterbury, in answer to an inquiry as to whether the Health Department were taking any special precautions, in view of the out* break of smallpox in California. We have power to isolate areas, and order the vaccination of the inhabitants, and take other stringent measures under section 70 of the Health Act,’ said the doctor. “Meanwhile routine precautions are being taken.” These included the inspection of every vessel arriving m Lyttelton direct from overseas. Look at this; If you send five shillings To Hitchon’s Bacon Factory, Milton, They will rail you 281 b of Pickled Pigr Cheeks (boned). Feet, Hocks, and Tongues. Rail extra..

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19761, 12 April 1926, Page 16

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NEWS IN BRIEF. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19761, 12 April 1926, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19761, 12 April 1926, Page 16