NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20388, 20 April 1928, Page 14

NEWS IN BRIEF.

There are 560 miles of country wired ! in the South Canterbury Power Board's district. ' ,*f ■ „ , _ , Tho shareholders of the Royal Oak Dairy Company in Taranaki recently unanimously declared themselves against the reintroduotion of daylight saving, Come and see our Show Tonight. We »r» open till 0 o'clock Prida/ nights.— Scoullar and CUisholm (Limited)... A Wairoa man had a good day'B fishing at Lake Waikaremoana (Hawke's Bay) during the Easter holidays, when he caught 29 trout, the largest weighing about 81b. . That care is always essential in the handling of firearms was demonstrated re; cently at a country homestead near Invcrcargill, when a rifle, to all appearances unloaded, was accidentally discharged by a girl, the bullet narrowly missing a man standing near by and embedding itself in a bag of oats. Men's "Zug" boots keep out the wet and are very comfortable in wear; "37s 6d pair.—At Gray's Big Boot Store, Milton... On Saturday the first lamba of the season in the Westmere district appeared on the property of Mr K. Laird (reports the Wainganui Chronicle). A notabla feature in connection with their appearance is the extreme earlincss in the season. Believed to have come from Mount Peel, 40 miles away, a magnificent 12pointer stag was seen roaming over paddocks at LowclirTe last Sunday (reports the Ashburton Guardian). Residents were very interested in the rare visitor. Hostess: " How do you like your tea? " Visitor: "Not too utrong—a little milk and sugar. I always use ' Gold Leaf.' 1 get such beautiful presents.".. While some big yields of grain have, been reported this season, it should not bo forgotten that there is another aide to -the picture (says the Timaru Herald). Some out-turns on high-priced land have been as low as G to 13 bushels per acre —crops which would not pay for cutting. * Sixty applications have been received for the position of town clerk and treasurer for Invercargill (reports the Southland Times). Of the 60 applicants 59 were married men and the other was a widower. Their ages ranged from 28 to 56. One man resided in London and one in Sydney. Quality, Quality. Quality, Quality, Quality, Quality—all the time—Barton nnd Trengrove. Manse street... " To my mind there is too much ehuttinu of one's eye,s to the fact that there are tromendous numbers of motorists on the road to-day who are temperamentally unfit to drive," remarked Mr J. &. Barton, S.M., r.t tho Wauganui Court the other day, during the hearing of .a. charge arising out of a motor accident. A kindly interest in St. George's parish, Frankton, has bcon taken b v a distinguished English prelate, Bishop Gore, , who recently gave tangible evidence of this interest oy presenting the parish with a donation (reports tho New Zealand Herald). A handsome chalico and patten of beaten, silver have been procured by the vestry with tho amount sent by the bishop. , . ~ , You cannot ignore a ladys birthday. The question is what to give that will be i acceptable. We have just opened & large assortment Ladies' Embroidered Handkerchiefs from 4s lid to. 10s 6d for box of 6.—T. Ross, 130 Princes etreet... The Napier Harbour Board has decided that no Harbour Board rate need bo,levi2d this year, a decision which will give as much pleasure to tho ratepayers as to tho members of the board, who made it. " The, dream of my life realised/' said one member, when the decision was made, other members of the board expressing the hop* that the same state of-affairs would provail for many years to come. Barton and Trengrove want Pigs to supply the enormous demand for their famous sugar-cured Bacon. Highest price for cash.—Manse street, Dunedin..*'. Since last year's shipment of apples from New Zealand t'o Canada proved so successful, and prices comparod favourably with London rates, there has been a keen demand . for the fruit (says the Auckland Star). This woek a consignment of 11.600 cases will bo scut from Auckland to Mon- • trcal. Nelson orchards will supply 4600 oases, the remainder bein£ drawn from Auckland growers, whose holdings extend from Huapai 'to To Kauwhata.' Most of tho local consig-nment will consist of the Delicious variety. . Conn's Nasal Catarrh Powder, a combination for allaying the distressina; symptoms of Nasal Catarrh. Price, 3s iaK.. It is not generally known that there is buried treeaurp tucked away in the heart of London. It sounds incredible, but there is supposed to be such a "find" awaiting discovery—the amount has been estimated as £50.000 in the Tower of London. There is an old tradition that John Barkestead, a former lieutenant of tho Tower, buried this somewhere in the fortress. Excavation;} have been made in search of the treasure, but without success, and although the story has been revived bv the restoration of the Byward Tower, which is now in progress, the search is not likely to bo renewed at present. I The new Tailored Suits can now be secured from £5 15s to fS 8s at Asnot, corner of Princes and Rattray streets, where an up-to-date tailoring department has now been established. Inspection ■ffi-dially invited... There is a German widow dwelling in Cologne in a fifth-floor flat who recently completed her ICOth year of life. The century of stairs troubles her no more than her century of years, the only thing which keeps her at home being inclement weather, and then only under constraint. Otherwise the old lady goes off gaily to her dailv hobby, pursued at a daughter's home, of mending the family socks and stockings, and when the families of her six children have no stocking to mend she cheerfully tackles any that neighbours care to send along. She reads without glasses and is extremely active.

At an auction sale in London in February £3O was paid for a New Zealand' 1865 carmine on white paper stamp. “ I wrote some time ago and informed you that my dross was ruined by oil ou No. 10 car on February 20. The damage done I must ask to bo replaced—£J2 &. Please attend to this. As I have stated before, the dreed I ', is at your disposal at any time.” The foregoing tetter was included in the Invercargill Borough Council correspondence on Tuesday evening. It was referred to the Trams Committee. A handy portable Gramophone is greatly in demand for picnics, parties, as well as for home use. Young people buy them to entertain their friends at seaside and holiday resorts. A fine machine, leatherette covered, can be obtained for fi 6s, cash or on easy terms, 5s deposit, and weekly or monthly .payments.—-Laidlaw and Gray, Ltd., Rattray street... A remit decided on by the W aitotara County Council to be placed before the next counties’ conference was that the Government should alter the system of car registration and gain all motor money through the one tax, preferably the tax on petrol (states the Wanganui Chronicle). .It was pointed oat that many motorists objected strongly to the, existing annual change of number plates. Stay at the Prince of Wales Hotel. Good accommodation; best brands of liquors. ’Phone 10-721.—C. Hinchcliff. proprietor...

Tho Russell correspondent of the Northern Advocate writes:—Mb Anderson, of Shanghai,. China, out in' the' launch Avalon, landed off Bird Rock a mako Shark which scaled 3151 b. The lauhehman, Mr Peter Williams, says it was the best fighting mako he has,seen. It made frantic rushes of 100yds at intervals, leaping on end four . times, and even after an hour's play coming clean out of the water three times. The Homeric battlo lasted 2hr 2omin.

Grahdism (381)—R. L. Stevenson said; "Never marry a teetotaler or a man who does not smoke," See that you get the best. .It costs, no more at the Grand Hotel...

A theory that the Southern Alps and the ranges on the.east were at one time buried deep in the sea, has been strengthened from time to time by the diacovery of sea, shells on the high ranges (states the Ashburtoa Guardian). Further evidence was forthcoming the other day, when a resident of Mount Somers dug a fossilised oyster out of a block of. limestone rock. The oyster was as clean and fresh as one freshly taken out of the' sea. Waters' " Anticrin" removes super*fluous hair painlessly and effectively; 2b 4d posted.—Waters' Pharmacy... A settler on the Waikaremoana road (Hawke's Bay) has been given cause to refuse to sanction motorists on a.Camping tour Utilising his l.roperty to set up their tents (reports the Napier Daily Telegraph). Last week a party camped on his. boundary, and after they had moved off ho found that to- obtain stakes for a tent fly and for firewood they had split totara posts standing in a fence line.- The fanner does not know who the motorists were, but from paper left lying about he concluded, they came from the Palrnerstbfa Jtforth district.A recent visitor from South Africa considered the "Bourbon" brand of Coffee and Chicory the best she ever tasted. Produced by A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedia... Two de luxe sleepers will be attached to the night limited : expresses as frou next week 'states the Auckland Star). At present the train* corisist of seven cars-, two of which, are sleepers. With the advent of another de luxe, one of the Oi-dinary cars will be taken off, and the limited expresses "Will then consist of one ordinary and two de luxe sleepers and four ordinary Main Trunk cars. For some time past there has been a shortage of sleeping accommodation on both expresses, and the " waiting lists" have been well filled. As time goes on, andi the service warrants it, there is every indication that the future will see the limited expresses "all-sleeper trains." Let the postman work for you. Mail your inquiries to us.—A. F. Cheyae and Co., Mosgiel... A number oi curiosities have been brought to Southland Times office of late ro? inspection, but one which interested the reporters uiore than any of the former made its applkranoe on Tuesday morning. This exhibit was a stick insect, fully Sin in length with legs 2Jin long, which had L-en found on a manuka, tree at Otatara. The smaller variety of from 2in to- Sin in length is common-to the scrub there, but ont of this'size is a rarity. It was covered with short spikea ostensibly for protection and had a split tail which, in addition to its general appearance, made it unrecognisable from a broken twig. Like a chameleon, it can adapt itself to the particular colour of the branch or leaf on which, it m,akea its temporary home. Touchy Corns lift out, one touch of " Kornbane," Is 2d posted.—Waters' Pharmacy, 20 Princes street... In years gone by when the steamer Jan Douglas was trading regularly to South Westland, the part owner of the "vessel, the late. Mr James Molloy, on several occasions secured a number of Maori hens, and liberated them on Open Bay Island, off Okuru (says the Guardian). These native birds have multiplied exceedingly, and at' present, the island is over-run with them, it being stated that there are more Maori hens on the island than in all the rest of South Westland. The overcrowding, however, is having the: effect of reducing the size of the birds, which are smaller than formerly, but they are still ablt to make a very noticeable "din at night as a result of their large numbers. , ■ St. Margaret week at the Mosgiel Warehouse. See the special window displays.— A. F. Cheyhe arid C 0... "We are doing a very wise tiling, in voting a sum of money for the destruction of these birds,'' said Mr C. A. Whitney, retiring president of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, in referring to the slaughter of hawks (says the Auck* land Star). He mentioned the fact that approximately 68,000 of the pests had been, exterminated during the last three years. The sum of £I2OO had been expended in the purchase of the feet of the birds, and he urged all farmers,»nd to make war against them. Mr Whitney also expressed the hope that the incoming council of the society would take steps to exterminate stoats and ferrets, for these animals were increasing at a tremendous rate, and doing considerable damage. A good tailor. —We recommend MacLeod MacGillivray, Rattray street. Suits at all" prices... In the course of a notice of the exhibition of picture:, by New Zealand artists, which was held in the Grosveijor Gallery, Sydney, last month, the Sydney Morning Herald referred to the work of Mr Cecil F. Kelly, of Christchurch, as showing thought and courage. " Each of his pictures." it added, " shows some distinctive interest of its own, though all have the same technical freedom. In •' The Road to Eapaki,' everything lias been Subordinated to texture—the grassy faille have a depth of surface as luxurious as that of rich velvet; while the sky is palpitating in the mid-day heat. In 'Kaikoura/ the main consideration is the way design and colour have been brought into mutual accord, to give repose. In the water colour, ' Bridge of Remembrance,' it is the aheer delicacy of workmanship that attracts the eye." ' Exceptional value: Flannel Unders, th* well-known Doctor Brand, in Shetland and navy, 0s Gd each; All-wool New Zealand Flannels—Shetland 6s lid, natural shade (unshrinkable) 8s lid, navy 9s 6d, posted anywhere for cash.—Kilroy and Sutherland, Ltd., 192 Princes street, Dunedin...

The owner of the Te Anau Downs Station (Mr Charters) has now almost completed the formation of 20 miles of roadway from his homestead to Te Anau, through some of the roughest country in those parts (reports the Southland Times). He undertook this work 14 months ago on his own initiative. At present he is engaged in bridging the Upukarori River, the timber for which has been supplied by the Wallace County Council. As soon as this is completed he will finish the short length of the road from the river to the hotel. The track which was in existence before was of a most primitive kind, an I it was no easy task even for horses to make the journey. Mr Charters is to be complimented on the near completion of his big undertaking, which will not only be of use to himself, but ako to tourists and sightseers. , , - “ Life is a weary path before us. Ah, nay, the pessimists have it wrong. Wise people breakfast on Hitchon’s bacon. And every day starts off, like a song...