NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20690, 12 April 1929, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hamilton is particularly free from infectious disease. Last month only three cases were notified, and this month only one has been recorded.

The certificates of honour agreed upon hy the New Zealand Association Football 1 .Referees Association are now to hand, and are of a very neat design (states the Dominion). Already 15 have been granted and issued throughout the Dominion. “ I saw one cyclist signal with his leg, said Mr M. M. Macdonald at a meetmg of the Southland Motor Association on Monday evening,. Dr'Brown said that many motorists did not give the correct sign when turning a corner. Many motorists just pushed out a hand and withdrew it without waiting, while cyclists were' frequent offenders. .

thgs, Pigs, Pigs.—We are cash buyers of both Pork and Bacon Pigs, any quantity. Highest ruling price given.—Bartons. Manse street... f “•I did not know that was the' law,” said a defendant in the Napier Police Court the other morning, in* answer to'a charge in relation to aft offence while ndtng a, motor cycle (reports the Telegraph) . 1 “ All' I can say,” remarked the magistrate,- Mr A. M. Mowlem, " ia .that if you own a motor cycle it is your duty to know all the law in connection with it.

More fishing licenses have been issued by the Grey Acclimatisation Society this, year than ever before (says a West Coast exchange). More small - fish* are in'the Grey River than has been the case previously, and there is, every indication that in a few. years ; trout fishing will be a big attraction to sportsmen to visit the West Coast. . ■ .

House Whisky, 10s fid; -Pints, 6s fid; Wines, from 3s; Martin Jen no Brandy, fls fid at Prince of Wales Hotel... " Anyone who . thinks the path* of a Minister of the Crown is one of riches that lead to early comfort and retirement is making .a big mistake,” remarked the Minister of Health (Mr A. J. Stallworthy ), when addressing' the Hawke’s Bay Hospital Board recently. “It has been truly said that no Minister ever left a Cabinet richer than he entered it,” he said.

All the new buildings but one have been erected at the Addington workshops, and the machinery has been installed ,n % se completed (reports the Lyttelton Times). The shop still to be built is the steel structural shop, and this has not yet been started. Practically all the transfers between Addington and Hillerne shops have been effected, and Adding ton is now settling down under the new conditions.

Sale of all-wool worsted Roslyn suits. Usually su’d at £6 6s, are.now selling.at 59s- V ■ Thej ate wonderful value. Poet your order now. Money returned if not suitable.—“ Ascot," corner Princes and Rattrav streets... .

Wild duck are very plentiful at present, despite the great amount of shooting done during the past season -(says the Hawke’s Bay Herald' The game - is especially noticeable in large -”mbers about the Hatuma and Argyll districts, .according to opinions expressed by members of the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation Society at its meeting the other evening in Napier. Pheasants, it was noted, were scarce.. Waters’ "Anticrin ” most thorough treatment for unwanted hair; 2s . 4d. posted.—Waters' Pharmacy... _ The Christchurch Dairymen’s Association held a meeting on Monday, at which unanimous support was given the following motion:—“That this general meeting of dairymen supports -the committee’s action in resisting strenuously any municipalisation of the milk, supply in Christchurch, as it is in the interests of neither consumer nor producer.” ■ The reliability of Barton’s sugar-cured Hams and Bacon and Pork Small Goods is universally acknowledged,—Manse street and all Branches... .

There is too much wife desertion in this country,” declared Mr A., M. Mowlera, S.M., in the Napier Police Court during the hearing of a maintenance action (says the Telegraph). The magistrate gave it as his opinion that it was high time the penal sections of the Act were put. in force,, by which the deserting husband could be imprisoned and no excuse accepted.

Conn’s Celebrated Worm Powders, for safely destroying all worms in adults and children. Price, 3s 6d per packet.—Only from Conn’s Pharmacy, High street, Dunedin.,.'

An experiment with the use of 'gramophone records in the teaching of French to advanced pupils is being made - by Mr A. W, Thompson, headmaster of the Terrace End’ School, Palmerston North. Under the new school syllabus the teaching of French to advanced pupils is optional., It is considered that the records, which have been specially made to aid teachers of French, will be of great assistance in the school. Doctor Flannels, Navy or Shetland. 6s lid. Twist Shirts, 5s fld. Extra Heavyweight, 8s 6d; sizes I4J to 17 Posted anywhere for cash.—Kifroy and SutheratlV' \§2 Princes street. Dunedin. Exploration, with a real scientific purpose behind it, is another sphere of adventure formerly sacred to men, which women are invading with spectacular success. ‘ The British Association, the premier scientific body of Britain, has deputed two young women to undertake a great task on its behalf in investigating the many prehistoric remains in Rhodesia in order to prepare a report for the association’s meeting in South Africa in July next.' Miss Gertrude CatonThompson is an archaeologist, and Miss Gardner a geologist. They have just completed a remarkable feat ■which has caused considerable excitement . among geographers. They have explored Lake, Mooris, a sheet of water in Egypt which* is believed to have been a great artificial irrigation lake in the days of the Pharaohs. They spent throe seasons in this neighbourhood, which is not exactly a health resort for Europeans. If one may regard the first automatic slot machine, delivering pennyworths of chocolate, as the first robot, the newest development of these machines cah be called nothing less than robot shops. A great Sheffield steel firm has secured, the manufacturing rights in Britain of the latest automatic delivery machines which deliver anything from razor blades to tins of sardines. From one of them 88 sorts of things may be obtained. These machines have little arms which feel the heads and tails of the coins, and even the outer rims, and the milling on the silver coins. And. of course, if they findanything wrong, the goods arc .not delivered. —Drink plenty of water if you want to bo healthy, according to .the advice of Sir William Arbutlmot Lane, who suggests two tumblers of cold water before shaving in the morning, two more after shaving, and a still further two, preferably warm, two hours after every meal. —Over 30.000,000 poppies were made in England for Lord Haig’s Poppy Day Fund last year.

. A start has been made with the erection of the new stands at the Welliagr* ton Trotting Club’s course at tlra Hutt . . (reports the Dominion). The original course is being moved further northwards, and this will provide a large area for a.wide.lawn to be laid down. (< The constant demand for the “ Bourbon ” brand of coffei and chicory shows appreciation of a genuine article. “ Bourbon " is produced by coffee special* ists, and is obtainable from all grocers... There is apparently no limit to the curious things that may happen on trams. Witness the confusion of a young matron with her well-coached offspring on a Dominion road car {says the Auckland Sun). Inc conductor put the usual question, but before the mother could answer it her son piped up; “ I'm two on the cars, Jjut J.’m three at home.” The appropriate, penany for this engaging candour was doubtless exacted later.

Buy your Guiness's English stout wholesale at 12 s 6d per dozen pints at Hotel Cat .ton. Box 106. Phone 11-716... Eltham has the distinction of being the first borough in Taranaki to possess a mayoral chain (says an exchang?). The chain is of gold, with a wine-coloured band as a background, and comprises six links, representing the former six Mayors who have held office, and each, link win heap the name and the terms of office of former. Mayors. Suspended from the chain is a gold miniature of Mount Egmont, a shield bearing the date vof the formation of the borough (1901), and the letters E.B.C.

'• It’s going to be the biggest seller this radio season,” said a customer- the other day when wo had shown him tins first'of the new Corson "Melody-maker” Kits to come to hand. Ho. spoke wisely, because no set yet on the market at £lO incorporates the screen grid valve. Assemble it yourself in ninety minutes. Handsome, good .tone, selective.—Laidlaw and Gray’s Radio Shop, Moray place, just around the corner from George street... When addressing a meeting of the women’s division of the Farmers’,Union at Masterton, Mr F. Norris stated that it was his opinion that magistrates, among othots, were partly responsible for country life not being held in as high estimation as it should be (says an exchange). It was quite a common thing, he said, for a magistrate to order a bad character to leave town and go into the. country. The practice was' unfair to country, people generally, and particularly to women and children living in lonely homes, while it cast an undeserved slur upon the body of country workers.

Come and see our' Show To-nighti' We art open till ! o’clock' Friday, nights.— Scmillar and Chisliolm (Limited!... When a representative of the Dominion entered a Wellington grocery shop to make a purchase the other morniiig he espied with disgust a big black cat-with its head nestling on some figs on the counter. To make things worse ,the : grbeer was stroking the cat’s head and murmuring “Poor pussy.” “What can I do for you, ‘ sir,” said the grocer; still stroking the cat. “You can take the cat off those flgs,”_ said the reporter as he left the shop. # Lace-edged Duchesse Sets, in pood washing quality; post free for 2a, from the Big. Hail Order House, Gray and Sons, Ltd., Milton... i V , •; ■ An 1 amusing incident -was recounted* by Mr T. Parker, who recently returned from a trip-abroad, at the : Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation Society’s monthly meeting in Napier. When telling members of a pheasant farm. visited, in ■ England, Mr Parker-recalled the’ rather .embarrassing generosity of the owner. After lunching at the farm, Mr-Parker and a friend were not allowed to leave without accepting a box of eggs as a present.* When- the narrator, and his friend reached London,'the box was opened and discovered to contain 14 dozen , eggs. -Mr Parker did not'enlighten members as to the .eventual destination of the- eggs,vhut he assured: an inquirer that pheasant eggs t were highly edible. ‘ •

Waters* "'Eornbane" really takes oh corns, out; .Is 2d, posted.—Waters’, Phai tnacy. 20’Prince's'street..-.

While a large amount of .fruit has beer lost in Poverty Bay m a result of stormy weather and the gale of nearly three weeks ago, most of the damage in this respbet has been confined to a few orchards .(says the Poverty Bay Herald), Those who-lost heavily during the sudden storm on March 25 were .again the sufferers last week, but the remainder escaped lightly ;on both occasions. On the other hand, however, damage to the trees, had been almost general, and in most orchards there are trees with broken limbs and with a great deal' of foliage ■blown off.

Vedonis Underwear ,will not irritate the most sensitive skin, luxuriously soft; absolutely unshrinkable, and the pick o nice quality underwear. Ladies’ Vests Sleeveless, or short sleeves, 4s 6d. Ditto with silk, lace neck and sleeves, Ss 6c and 7s lid. Bloomers, 6s lid.—At T Ross, 130 Princes street..'. ■ ' “We should not make the jobs for unemployed too enticing or we will have these men on *our haqds for ever.’ We pay them a decent wage, Sd to Is a day below the award rate, and that is not treating them unduly harshly” said Cr W. H. Bennett at Seatoun (reports the Do niinion). He deplored the attempt to in troduce animosity into the elections on the subject of capital and labour, and condemned a manifesto which he said had been issued by a member of the council. Men who were elected to the City Council should serve the city irrespective of rank, whether labour or merchants, artisans or, gentlemen at large; ■ ’“ Kornbane ” treatment lifts old corn! right out; Is 2d, posted.—Waters’ Pharmacy.. .

The Easter of 1929 must have'established a record so far as ..Rotorua is concerned (reports the Chronicle). The volume of motor traffic exceeded anything that the town has been compelled to cope with. The influx is the natural corollary to good roads and the natural corollary to this • is that the borough needs increased accommodation. On Friday visitors found refuge in railway, carriages for the night, and the police station was inundated with applicants for a night’s lodging. The motor camp was invaded by hosts of motorists, many delayed by the heavy rain, seeking to.find accommodation in town. They were utterly confounded when they discovered that every available bed in town wag occupied and that they had to return and make the best of it.

Grandism (684)’; The drink for every kind of- thirst—Pilsener Beer Foxheatl Brand. Bottles only, Is 6d; dr off tin ice hr the Bars—glass sixpence... : A New Zealander, who spent four years in the cattle camp in the Drysdale district, paints a gloomy picture of the country in ’which it is conjectured. the Southern Gross was forced down (says an exchange). He states that at this period of the year, following the rainy season, large areas of the district are covered by stagnant water, and the ground is boggy in _ the extreme, Speargrass grows to a height of 15 to 20 feet, and altogether the E respects of a successful landing were not right. Explorers who. have visited other parts of the territory speak of mountainous country of ironstone nature, with any comparativelly level portions waterlogged by the heavy seasonal rains. One observer, states that, in the absence of roads or decent tracks, it might be weeks after the descent before the airmen could reach settled country.

Overcoat week at the Mosgiel warehouse is the big attraction. Every coat at special prices for one week. See window displays. Ladies’, men’s, girls’, and boys’ overcoats all reduced. Come in today for yours.-—A. F. Cheyne and C 0..-. “ I know of 20 boys who have just left school or who are wanting to leave, -who would jump at the chance of getting a job in my office at £1 a week,” observed a Blenheim business man the other-morp-ing when discussing the shortage of openings for boys desiring indoor occupations (sayd the Express) . He added that trade apprenticeships scarce, all the available vacancies having been filled, and boys were encountering the utmost' difficulty’ in finding suitable positions.' The only way the problem could be met, he felt, was by placing farm apprenticeships on a similar basis to the tradrs, and, in a district like this, giving eduettion a more direct bias towards’agricultural training. New Zealand boys, ho contended, should be trained and provided with an incentive in the shape of permanent employment with regular wage; increases, to go in for farm work. Then there would be no need to bring farm; lads out from England. The goKer wangles l to and fro. Trying to find his line. If he’d eat more Hitchon’s bacon He’d find it every'time...