NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20426, 5 June 1928, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Peppy Day sales in Gisborne conducted by tfie Gisborne Returned Soldiers’ Association, realised £2Bl 4s, which will be used for the relief of unemployed ex-ser-vicemen during this winter. The three F’s, which signified Flax, Fires and Floods, in connection with Foxton’s reputation in times gone by (says the Foxton Herald), have given place to three B’s —Barbers. Butchers, and Banks. The new Tailored Suits can now be secured from £5 15s to £8 8a at Ascot, corner of Princes and Rattray streets, where an up-to-date tailoring department has now been established. Inspection cordially invited... , It will be at least six months before the actual cut-over from the manual to the automatic telephone system can take place in Christchurch (states the Press). All the material for the central area has arrived, but there is yet to come a small consignment for the St. Albans district. A new regulation, published in the Gazette, empowers the Marine Department to take, during the close season, any trout, or other acclimatised fish, from the waters of any river or stream for the purposes of pisciculture. “ A Shorthorn with its horns off is no Shorthorn at all,” said a speaker on dehorning at a farmers’ conference in Feilding recently, and he added that a Hereford without his horns was not a Hereford. Stay at the Prince of Wales Hotel Good accommodation; best brands o! liquors. ’Phone 10-721.—C. Hinchclill proprietor... The Napier Borough Council is determined to make every effort to secure a clock tower for the new post office, and has decided that should the department veto the proposal, a deputation should wait upon the Prime Minister. “ In. hospital expenditure in this country we have got to go carefully,” remarked Dr T. H. A. Vahntine, director-general of health, to a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Hospital Board (reports the Daily Telegraph). “lb is true,” he said, that the financial position is better than it was at this time last year, but still we have to be cautious.” Burglars left behind them mens dark grey double-breasted tweed overcoats, sizes 3t07, at 455. Colonial all-wool ribbed underpants, men’s 6s lid, O.S. 7s 6d. Posted anywhere for cash.—Kilroy and Sutherland. Ltd., 192 Princes street. Dunedin... , . , ~ Why is it, asked a delegate at the Feilding farmers’ conference the other day, that the noxious weeds on the road in front of a farmer’s property is his property, while the cocksfoot seed on the same place is the property of the local body? . „ . __ Mr James Ballard, of St. Louis', United States, said to be the greatest rug-col-lector in the world, lately made his forty-ninth visit to London. He is 77 years of age, and has spent the greater part of his life searching in Europe am l Asia for rare mgs. He has complet 500,000 miles a. his freasure hunt and has visited 37 countries. While in London Mr Ballard bought an Afghan rug of wonderful colour which he regards as the greatest bargain he has ever made in the last 10 years. He found it in a shop in a side street in’London kept by a Russian prince. He declares that London is the treasure-house of the world, where it is possible to find the finest specimens of the art-work of the East.

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The Hamburg police hare discovered av ingenious swindle for defrauding bookmakers by means of wireless. Three cu have been arrested, and the band i> which they belonged is declared to nave had adherents in Berlin and six or eight other large German cities. In Hamburg the band had a three-valve receiving set with which they intercept and deciphered morse messages givh the results of races principally fro. French racecourses. From the window of their room they transferred this information to accomplices in the streets by hand signs or calls. The accomplices, having thus become aw r are of the result 10 minutes before the bookmakers, were able to hasten to the latter and lay their bets with absolute certainty of winning. Cups and Saucers, Plates and Dishes, all at Special Snip Prices at Gray's Big Crockery Clearance, Milton... No less a sum than £50,000 has been allocated by the Prussiai Diet for the encouragement of physica culture. An increase in the appropriation in the Budget for 1927 of £15,000 raised the total allocations to £50, 0( 0, but the socalled “ decapitation committee ” of the Diet sat heavily on the demand for £150,000 set out in a petition from German sporting associations. The money set aside for physical culture is intended for subsidising the construction of athletic stadiums and swimming pools, and to give financial aid in general to sporting organisations, especially to those maintaining branches for young people. ’

Rid yourself of chilblains. Waters’ “ Chiltabs ” will really cure; 2s 9d posted. —Waters’ PharmacyThe substitution of tents for the bathing machines which have been a regular feature of Ramsgate sands for over 150 years, was the subject of reference at the annual banquet of the local Chamber of Commerce. The bathing machines, regarded in 1814 as “ingenious contrivances whose simple and convenient structure permitted the pleasure of bathing in so private a manner as not to offend the strictest and most refined delicacy.” and against which the edict of abolition went forth, have been sold by auction as suitable for “small oung.ilows, chicken houses, and vorkshops.” They will bo replaced by 300 modern bathing tents. —The blood orange is obtained by grafting the sweet orange on to the stem of the pomegranate. This blending of fruits gives the peculiar tint of pomegranate juice to the juice of the blood orange, and some tastes are so sensitive as to detect the somewhat astringent flavour of the pomegranate in the more luscious juice of the orange.

Twenty-five steamers, with a total tonnage of 15,792, and two aataliasry schooners, with a tonnage of 215, entered the port of Greymouth during the past month; and 28 steamers of 18,726 ton* net, and two auxiliary schooners of 215 tons cleared the port during that period. The stumpy nmhrella has come to stay. Just opened a lovely shipment of 12 dozen, with new handles and excellent silkfinished cloth, 7s 6d, 10s 6d, and 12e 6d. Exceptional value at T. Ross, 130 Princes street...

A milk cart capsized in Greymouth while on the early morning round recently, a considerable quantity of the lacteal fluid being lost (reports the Grey River Argus). The feline and canine inhabitants in the locality seized the opportunity to obtain a good breakfast. You will never get rid of blackberry in New Zealand till you get rid of the and the thrush, said a speaker at the Feilding farmers’ conference. Why not go for blackbird pie? asked the chairman. Four and twenty of them made a good pie, he explained. “ With the weather as favourable as it is at present, we expect a big influx of country people in town, from Friday onwards.” stated a city retailer to us over the week-end. It may be of interest to Dunedin people to know that, rain or shine, they’ll all pay a visit to Laidlaw and Gray’s Annual Stock-taking Sale... “ I used to be able to run my business with my family,” said an applicant lor exemption from the award of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Union at the Arbitration Court sitting in Christchurch the other day (says the Press). “I was unfortunate to have them marry,” he'said regretfully. “ Oh, yes, I know,” said Mr Justice Frazer sympathetically. "These girls will go and commit matrimony.” “ There is too much compulsion amongst the farmers,” said a delegate at a conference in Feilding (reports the Star). He expected that next year they would be compelled to register their wheelbarrows. The farmers would not destroy their noxious weeds unless they were compelled to do so.

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At least two of the workmen employed upon the construction of a building in Greymouth should make good footballers (says the Grey Star). For the past few days they have engaged in a continuous passing., bout, the man on the first storey level throwing up bricks to his mate on the second storey. So far few dropped passes have been recorded—which is just as well for the man underneath.

The farmer was a great one for crying down his own property, said one of the speakers at the Feilding farmers’ conference recently (states the Star). When the land valuer came along to value the land for taxation purposes the farmer always tried to persuade him to put bn a low price. Then when the farmer applied for a loan he wanted the land, written up. Grandism (419): It tastes good, because it is good. Grand Hotel House Whisky in five size bottles—2s, 3s fid, 5s 6d, 6s fid, and 12s. Try a sample bottle, 25...

“It is generally assumed,” stated Mr F. M. Keesing, MA, who is studying Maori problems on the east coast of tie North Island, “ that the Maoris contributed through arts, crafts, and mythology, but so far not to economic progress. This is being disproved by the steady progress of the east coast people in farming their lands, and surmounting a maze of problems arising out of Native land legislation, aud their experiments are already proving a lead for Maori tribes and communities in other, districts.”

Overcoat Week.—Tuesday, sth, to Saturday, 9th, at the Mosgiel Warehouse. Ladies’ girls’, men’s, and boys’ overcoats at greatly reduced prices. See special window displays.—A. F. Cheyne and C 0..As an indication of the continued growth of the Auckland University College, thp registrar (Mr M. Rocke O’Shea) report* that the roll at the end of the first term this year totalled 1278 students, compared with 1212 for the first term last year (states the Stfr). The present roll number approaches closely to that at the end of last year, when the number r of students was 1293.

The firm of Barton and Trengrove, now famous as purveyors of finest quality Meat and Small-goods, will henceforth be known at Bartons’ Butchers, at Manse street, Dunedin, and all Branches... A man at a port not far distant from Bluff told a few listeners the other evening that he had fallen into the harbour, termed familiarly the trough by residents, and had been pulled out with a fish, a fair-sized groper, in the pocket of his coat (states the Southland Times). He had evidently just completed his escapade, for he was well wetted, and from his coat protruded the tail of the fish. Readers are warned to take a grain of salt with the .story. . ~ ‘ ~, T In the dairying industry, said Mr J. B. Richards at the Stratford Chamber of Commerce - meeting, it was found that farmers generally were following improved methods (says the Post). Testing was coing on, and, as compared with a few years ago, a very admirable feature was noticeable—the cull cow was not retained in the herd or in the country. The cull cow was now being hurried off as soon possible after detection to the place acre a tin packet awaited her. We supply Store-keepers with the most saleable Small-goods in the Southern Hemisphere. Order at once. Increase your turnover. Liberal selling margin.— Bartons. Manse street. Dunedin... “ Houses at the present time subject to a Government mortgage of £IOOO end £llOO are very hard to let at 30s a week in Auckland, even with all modern electrical conveniences, and even then have' been known to remain empty as long as six months," said Mr L. A. Tozer, a representative of the Mount Roskul Road Board, at the Transport Commission in Auckland (reports the Star). He added that houses closer to the city Jet readily, but in the outer areas it wqs difficult to secure a sufficient rental owing to the lack of adequate and cheap transport service. . , , , - “ Chap-o-lo,” the greatest cure ever for rough and chapped bands; 2s posted.— Waters’ Pharmacy... One of the publicans at Bluff is beginning to wonder how his place pays as well as it does considering the capacity of at least one of his boarders for the tasty things with which he is wont to laden his tables (states the Southland Times). One of the boarder’s consumption for breakfast on a recent occasion was bacon and eggs, curried oysters, chops, sausages, and curried oysters again. He topped off this comforting snack by making short work of all the toast on the table and cast a regretful lingering glance round the other tables before he could tear himself away to his daily toil. _ 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. Dunedin... Although in Australia there are very few half-crowns in circulation, these coin* are still among the most popular in New Zealand. Christchurch bank managers told a Sun reporter that in the Dominion the half-crown was as widely used as pror. Particularly in paying sums like 4 ' 1 and 6s fid, it would always be u s it saved the use of another small coi. The reason for its scarcity in Australia was due to the fact that the Commonwealth minted its own coins, and had now dropped the half-crown from circulation. Half-crowns, florins, and shillings are still the most used coins in New Zealand, although it was impossibe to say which of these was used the most.

Free gifts for all who save Gold Leaf Tea coupons. It’s tea. Users call it “ Liquid Sunshine.” Order from your grocer to-day... If further evidence were wanting aa to the mix-up between autumn, winter, and spring this year, the report from Whangarei that the first spring lambs had arrived should settle the matter (says the Auckland Star). Of course, it may be pointed out that it could not be spring yet because we have not passed the shortest day, but the fact remaine that in a garden in Remuera road, near the top of Portland road, a red gum is in flower. Also, in another garden the crimson rambler is in bloom, and yet so long delayed is the autumn that in another Remuera garden French beans are still being picked.

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