NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20075, 16 April 1927, Page 28

NEWS IN BRIEF.

At the last meeting of the Waitotara County Council, a letter was received from the Railway Department, Wellington, notifying that the “Okehu” railway station will be known as Maxwell as from August 1 next. In future Kent and Cambridge terraces in Wellington will be known under the name of Queensway. It will bo one of the widest thoroughfares in the city. Councillor F. Luckie said that Victoria avenue had been suggested as a suitable name, but tho committee had decided that Queensway was more suitable, taking all factors into consideration. Superfluous hair effectively removed by Waters’ Anticrin; 2s 4d posted.—Waters' Pharmacy, 20 Princes street... Horseshoe pitching, which develops muscular cordination and physical strength, has acquired a scientific status and is gaining in popularity (says the Wanganui Chronicle). In a recent championship tournament one contestant pitched 6632 horseshoes, weighing 14,080 pounds, and walked 27 miles Three experimental one-man electric tramcars adapted from trailers will shortly be put in commission, one being already practically completed (states the Christchurch Press), Fitted with spring upholstered seating, similar to that used in the board’s buses, the cars will most likely be placed on the St Martin’s route. Passengers using the cars will pay as they enter. Why we sell for less: Direct importing, no middleman’s profit, buy for cash finest price always, small overhead expenses all mean a saving to you. Big alteration sale still on.—A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel... Recently six of the oldest locomotives in service have been scrapped by the Railway Department (states an exchange). This is in accordance with its policy of withdrawing plant when the repairs are likely .o become excessive, The oldest of the locomotives was brought to the Dominion f)2 years ago. The replacement of a locomotive by a mdern engine costa from £6oo(j to £BOOO. A rather amusing incident punctuated tho proceedings during the course of the examination of a bankrupt carpenter at Auckland. “How many cows have you?” was a pertinent question fired at bankrupt by counsel. “Three,” was the meek and almost inaudible reply. “What are you doing with three cars?” misinterpreted the Official Assignee?" suspiciously. Bankrupt corrected him, and- everyone understood. Stay at the Prince of Wales Hotel. Good accommodation: best brands of liquors. 'Phone 721.—C. Hincheliff, pro prietnr... Although no definite date is announced, it is likely that Parliament will meet on Juno 23. Usually Parliament meets on the last Thursday in June, but this -"-ear the last Thursday is the last day of the month, and if Parliament met then there would be little chance of getting the Imprest Supply Rill through in time. Questioned, Mr Coates said that ho expected that Parliament would meet about the usual time, towards the end of June, but ho was unable to say what tho actual date would be. - We are cash buyers of Porkers and Bacon Figs. F'ghes market rates.—Barton ind Trengrove.. “During the year some of our members have been, of necessity, idle,’’ said Mr G. Simpson, the newly-elected president of the Canterbury Builders’ Association, "and it is the fluty of all our builders to get the cost of _ production down as low as possible without lowering the quality. In that way we will keep the confidence and support of the people.” Mr Simpson predicted that the coming year would be a good one in the building trade. The New Zealand-made Preference League is greatly encouraged ag the result of the recent industrial exhibition held in tho civic square, when approximately 150,000 people passed through the gates, and the next move of the league will be tho_ holding of a Great White Train. Such trains have become very popular and of great educational value in Australia. The Now Zealand train will carry with it examples of the products of Dominion industry. Eabbitekins.—J. K. Mooney and Co. advise trappers to dispose of skins at their Depot, Stuart street, immediately, as present high prices are not expected to last.. An interesting experiment is being carried put on an area near Port Waikato road, at Piiaxau, in reclaiming water-sodden land on the banks of the Waikato River (states the Times). The,sum of £4OOO is being spent by the trustees of an estate, whicn includes 400 acres of land that is at present useless owing to constant flooding. Stopbanks containing 40,000 cubic yards of soil are being erected along three-quarters of o mile of the river bank, and culverts fitted with flood-gates are being placed in posi ‘•ion. These will let the water out and prevent it from entering the land from tho river. Drains will also intersect the area. It is hoped by these means tc render the land dry enough for the sowing ot grass and the carrying of stock. A deputation of unemployed which waited upon the Mayor of Auckland the other day, included a lady whose husband had been out of work since he arrived in the countrj six months ago. “He goes out looking foi work every day,” she told Mr Baildon, “and I have not seen him from half-past six in the morning to dinner time at night since wo came to Auckland.” She stronglv criticised the way New Zealand was advertised in England. - A great deal was made of its prosperity and nothing of its unemployed problem, which she found to he the only thing that mattered when ehe arrived here. “It is a shame to see the way this country is boosted in England,’’ site said; “it is more, it is a crime.” Save money. We sell only the primest quality meat ai bedrock prices for cash. Every ounce rsea. e. This counts. —Barton and Trengrove. Our sugar-cured Bacon is the best in land. —Barton and Trer grove... Following the failure of the Government to dispose of any of the sections in the Te Wera property, which were recently acquired by the State and thrown open for selection, arrangements are now being made to stock up the property, and to keep it under sufficient supervision pending the final deposition of the sections. No official information is available on the subject (says the Poverty Bay Herald), but it is known definitelv that large numbers of sheep are being purchased for this purpose. Details as to the Government’s intentions are not available, but it has been suggested that the Meat Control Board is in some way interested in the matter. Ladies’ ladder-proof art. silk stockings from 2s lid; pure silk from 6a lid; pure wool from 4s 6d; and silk and wool from 6s lid, in sixteen new colourings; finest range and best value in Otago.—T. Ross, 130 Princes street... Surgical operations at sea are naturally more difficult than those on land, but on long ocean voyages they are very often imperative to save limb or life. During the outward passage from London of the steamer Raranga, which reached Auckland the other afternoon, such an occasion arose, one of the members of the stokehold crew being operated on for septicaemia in the arm (states the Star). The operation, which took place several days after the steamer had passed through the Panama Canal was performed by the ship’s surgeon, ’Dr R. B. Martin, an anaesthetic being administered by the chief officer. By the time the vessel reached port the patient had made a complete recovery, and had resumed duty. When the mipply of milk does not warrant driving long distances daily to the factory it pays to buy a separator from Gray’s, at Milton... For the first time in 250 years, a tax is to be placed on furs from the Canadinn North-west (states the Wellington Post’s Vancouver correspondent). A Bill for this purpose is to bo submitted to the Canadian Parliament. Hitherto no revenue has come from the North-West territories from ibe trading companies doing business in that vast area. Administration and maintenance of the territory havo cost considerable sums each year, and the tax is devised to meet this expense in some degree. The intention is to empower the Commissioner of Taxes to impose an export duty on furs the estimated value of which, from that part of the dominion, is £500.000 a year. Farmers, do you want value for your money? Send us your orders for horse covers. Best navy long flax hacks 355, draughts 36s 9d; best cotton duck, hacks 355, draughts 36s 6d; green proof canvas, hacks 38s 6d, draughts 40s 6d; canvas lined. 3s less each.—Otago Farmers’ Coop. Assn. (Ltd.)... Tho action of the Marino Department in forbidding tho removal of timber from the North Beach is meeting with strong opposition in Westport (says the Greymouth Star). After floods in the Duller River the | beach is strewn with timber, which is i gathered by people for the purpose of keep- ‘ big the “home fires burning." At a moet- ' ine of the Westport Labour Party, the following resolution was carried ; “That vve emphatically protest against the attitude of the Marino Department in slopping the residents from taking driftwood from the beaches, as it is tho only wood fuel which is available to the poorer people, and, further, that we believe, no harm is done to tho beaches by its removal"

“The Crown la th« only vianne _ wing which binds tho Empire together, said Sir James Allen at the Gisborne Rotary Club. Tie added that if it were the only existing tie he could not regard it as a, guarantee of the long continuity of tba lirupire. There were other intangible bonds, traditions whivh no one wanted to lose, self-interest, safety, and the propagation of British ideals throughout the world. Of these, self-interest had a most compelling force. What, he asked, would be the position of New Zealand in the event of a war in the Pacific, but for her membership of the Empire ? Who could say how long her people would be safe from hostilities, or her sea communications kept open ? Self-interest alone was a binding force that would compel co-operation, English Saddle Tweed Trousers reduced to 12s 6d. Ready-to-wear Suits at 655. Overcoat half-price. Shirts reduced to 4s lid. Marl Twist, now 6s 6d. Boys' Knickers, 5s lid. Last week of sale at Ascot (late Scott and Co.), corner Princes and Rattray streets... How many music lovers in Auckland have had to go without music over the week-ends through forgetting to replenish their supplies of gramophone needles, and how many have searched under the carpets for much-used points in order that they might produce a scratchy tune? (asks tho Star). Although the latter practice does not do a record any good, it nevertheless satisfies those who are not so particular about the quality of the music as the actual syncopation. _ It is not generally known that the prickles on orange trees mako very good substitutes for needles, and reproduce excellent, though somewhat soft music. It would not be wise, however, for owners of machines with perfect tonal qualities to make the experiment. The results may be disastrous. Save your eyes. Consult Peter G. Dick, D. F. 1.0. (London), optometrist. Peter Dick, jewellers and opticians, 400 Moray place fopp. City Hotel)... Children’s Courts as existing in New Zealand were criticised by Dr. Hilda Northcroft in a lecture at Auckland. She said that the oases were dealt with exactly as in an ordinary court, all the formal procedure of a police court being carried out. The police wore there in uniform, reporter* in attendance, and tho accused children were represented by counsel. Everything that should not be there was there. A children’s court should not be like a court at all. It should be like a father’s study at homo, where a child’s mistake* were talked over in an informal way. Waters' Chap Lction certainly does cure rough, chapped hands; 2a posted.—Waters' Pharmacy... If imported timber were to find its way to Greymouth an interesting historical incident would be repeated, according to some remarks made by members of a deputation which interviewed tho Prime Minister, the Right Hon. J. G. Coates, in Wellington, on the state of the timber industry. When the Mayor of Greymouth, Mr W. Parfitt, was showing how the export figures from the port of Greymouth had decreased, Coatea asked: “Have you got the import figures?”—Mr Parfitt: Oh, very little comes into Greymouth. I would like to see it.—A member, of the deputation: There would be war.—Mr EL E. Holland, M.R.: They would probably do what the Boston people did to the tea. —(Laughter. The Prime Minister: Oh. w® don’t want any more Boston tea parties !-y (Renewed laughter). There is luck in odd numbers. Here are three special ones:—Striped Palmer Nap Trousers, 8s 6d; Men’s Twist Shirts (collars 14i to 17), 6s lid; Men’s Colonial All-wool Flannel Unders, 7s 6d. Posted anywhere for cash. —Kilroy and Sutherland (Ltd.), 192 Princes street, Dunedin.. The following is vouched for by a resident of Rangitikei (says an exchange):—' On a recent Friday morning a cat was given to a lorry driver who conveyed it_ in a closed hencoop from Onepuhi to Feeding. The cat was -kept _in the hencoop and fed on Tuesday morning at 4 o'clock. At a quarter to 6 the same morning ths cat was back at its old home. The distance by rend is about 50 miles, with .a river to cross, and as_ the cat wu dry when it arrived home it evidently crossed the bridge. The Auckland Acclimatisation Society is going to consider establishing a duck-breed-ing sanctuary near the Waikato River to replenish the stock of ducks. The society has in view the introduction of the English wild duck, which, it is considered, could be bred and liberated in large numbers, and shot at the same time of the year as the native grey duck. Thirteen English wild duck, which were procured some time ago and liberated at Mangere, have done well. Coffee lovers will find the "Bourbon" brand of coffee and chicory reliable and satisfactory ■ right throughout the year.— Manufactured by A. Durie and Co., coffee srecialists. Octagon. Dunedin... "People are using the railways who have not done so for years, and it is clear that we have won much traffic from the roads,” said Mr H. C. Guinness, chief traffic clerk to a Christchurch Sun representative. “The , success of fast train services between Christchurch and Parnassus and between. Christchurch and Little River has been noteworthy. The daily average on the Parnassus line has grown from 28 in 1928 to 61 in 1927, _ although these figures rather magnify the increase.” Mr Guinness added that the electric carriage service to Little ■ River was a great success. We have just land - a shipment of Electric Radiators of the small household patterns, s,.itable for bedrooms and other rooms. Some of these are slightly da mged, but heating element is ainjured. Prices are reduced and range from 355. Also see the adaptor for electric light by which a heater may be attached with no extra expense.—Laidlaw and Gray (Ltd.), Rattray street... “Many children whose parents are not in very good financial circumstances are sent to s secondary schools, where they mix with tree boy whose people are in a position to finance him in the pursuit of an academic career, with a view to setting him up in one of the professions,” said Mr W. H. Sadd, at the monthly meeting of the Wellington School Committees’ Association when he suggested that copies of a pamphlet issued by a Christchurch school, setting forth the advantages of the various trades, should be distributed among boy* leaving the primary school*. “Such children,” he went on, “find themselves with a smattering of French, Latin, and such subjects, and while they have not wasted their time in one way, they have in another.” The committee decided to_ recommend the Education Board to print and distribute a similar pamphlet. Johnston mowers, rakes, and threshing machines afthe best prices. Inquire from The Mosgiel Motor and Engineering Co., Mosgiel, Agents for TV and S. Morrin and Fenwick (Ltd.). Stocks on hand... The conditions under which Honolulu’* municipal milk supply is obtained were explained by Mr A. J. Glasson. of the Agricultural Department’s staff at Hawera, in the course of a holiday trip to the Islands recently. Speaking to a Hawera Star reporter, Mr Glasson stated that he was taken to inspect a uuge model certified dairy, where- between 200 and 300 cows were milked to supply the municipality. The station where these cow* were kept, said Mr Glasson, was a wonderful place. It was as near perfection a* could be imagined, and far ahead of anything he had Been in any other countrj. There were two exceedingly well-appointed shed*, scrupulously clean in every detail. In on* tho cows were first taken by attendant*, and carefully washed down and fed, before being taken into the second, where the milking took place. Nothin? better or more hygienic could be imagined. Obanism: Ladies, this interests you. Those who require a Wine for Trifles, etc., try a half-bottle Special Port, at 2s, from trie Oban Hotel... A lady visitor from Auckland to Dargaville had rather an unpleasant experience recently (says the North Auckland, paper). She called at the Auckland railway station, and asked the best way to travel to Dargaville. The clerk said there was only one way, that was by train to Waiotira, then take tho Public Works train to Pukehuia, She asked about the boat journey and was informed that she would have a rough trip. She got on board a tram, but on the journey left the train tit tho wrong station, fcho looked around and could only find one farmer, who was after the mail. He replied there was only one thing to do, and that was to stay _ st his bouse until next day, which she did. Her friends in Dargaville looted for her on the Friday by the bus, then again they met the Saturday’s boat, but could not find their guest, so they gave up hope* of seeing her, but on Saturday afternoon sh© arrived safely via Pukehuia. Somewhere a voire is calling, A voice that always cheers. It speaks of Kitchen’s bacon. Which has stood tho test for years...