NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20704, 30 April 1929, Page 20

NEWS IN BRIEF.

■lnvercargill's gross' £1,034,221.’' Deducting sinking funds leaves a net debt of £868,902.' ’ An actual loss of 12s a day is incurired in the case of every patient treated at the Auckland- .Hospital; according - to figures supplied at a special meeting of the board the other day, ■ V v ' “ Your Worship! and gentlemen, or fel-low-councillors, 1 suppose/I should sayj” commenced ‘ Cr Tattersfield: in. making a valedictory speech at the liivercargill Council meeting last Wek (says; the Southland News). . ;■ House Whisky, 10s 6d; Pints, ss’ 6d; Wines, from 3s; Martin ‘Jenne . Brandy, 9s 6d at Prince of Wales Hotel/. ■ “ Has the summons-been- served on the correct man?asked the magistrate in the Petone , Court ■ .(reports the Dominion). Counsel.'; “ Well, a summons -has been served •on his 'cbrrect u-ife.”—(Laughter.) Within a mohth, Wanganui will have its first privately-owned /airplane -(says the Herald). The, owner, Mr - T.‘ Bennett, of Wanganui East,' is. at .present working on the machine, which, - when completed, will be used in conjunction with-the Aero Club. ; Pigs, Pigs, pigs.—We are cash buyers of both Pork .and'Bacon Pigs, any‘quantity. Highest, ruling price given.—Bartons, Manse street.'.. , . , > The Auckland Savings Bank ■ annual meeting the other day presented-£4500 to the St, Johh Ambulance and £ 1000 to the Community Sunshine,Association, making the total donations,since7l9o6 £109,350.' , Smoking is still - persisted in - by some passengers on the Eastbourne buses, notwithstanding the prohibition -notices (says the Dominion). In one of the buses additional emphasis is given- the ■ injunction by the omission of the letter “i ” from the word r ; “ strictly.". “ Smoking ”, (says the notice) is “ strctly.prohibited.” There is a strong and. unsatisfied demand in this district for leasehold-farms, small farms particularly (says the Eltham Argup). There is also a demand for freeholds, but it is certain that purchasers are not willing to pay any ".fancy “ prices. “ In early times the standard measurement, the ell, was the length of the. king’s forearm from'the elbow, to the tip of the extended forefinger," said Mr N. H, S. Law,, inspector . of • schools, during the course of an address'delivered in Palmerston North. ‘ ' ■ Sale of all-wool worsted. Roslyn > suits. Usually sold at £6 6s, are now selling at 59s fid. They are wonderful value. Post your order now, Zdoney returned if not suitable. —“Ascot,” corner Princes and Rattray streets... - / • l . Thrtc Indian blacfcbuck .for the Auckland Zoo, arrived by the Maunzanui from Sydney last week. The animals' were in good/condition, and . appeared to, take readily, to their new‘quarters. The zoo has also- gained in inhabitants in other directions. ' The Ilaiuas. have,presented it with a fenmie'offspring, and a litter „of six kittens was bpru to the savage Siamese cat. Said to have been carried away by the performance at Sir Harry Lauder’s .entertainment in l Auckland,* and to Imve'heen whistling and singing Donald. M'Dbnnell, aged 42, a pastrycook, a native of'Scotland, was charped with being disorderly while drunk in His Majesty’s Theatre. A fine of 5s was imposed. ' ! Winter .warmth obtained by purchasing all-wool colonial ribbed 1 underpants: Men’s 6s lid, O.S. 7s-6d. .Fleecy-lined underpants and shirts. Men’s lid. O.S. 5« 6d. Heavy ribbed dark grey Mbsgiel socks. Is 9d per pair. Posted anywber-' for' cash.—-Kilroy and Sutherland. Ltd..' 192 Princes street. Dunedin... ' “What we need‘to. do is to advertise more. You see advertisements for whisky, beer, add gin, etc., but:yon"never see an advertisement for milk.' We. are putting out a pood article, so why not ,advertise?/ —Mr J. Parlane, sneaking to a meeting'of the Christchurch ,'Dairymen’s Association the other evening. v / A yellow eel caught by Mr Maekie, of Otakebo,- in the river near his home some time ago’ is gradually 'turning black, except for ..one streak (states the Hawera Star).’ Mr Maekie believes it is.due'to the change of habitat, it being kept in the more sluggish water coming’ from, swamp in his garden. This eel wps exhibited in' Messrs Bennett and Sutton’s window, Hawera; last year; . —Over £4o,ooo,made out of the manufacture of,; Iggal wigs, was left by- Mr Ernest Ravenscyoft. who, died recently. The business at'the Chancery lane shop of Messrs Edo and: Ravenscroft,.started ■in 1726,'is now being run by a senior partner, who has emerged from retirement-at the ace of 83. It is said that the business was nearly ruined once—because 1 the wigs would -not; wear' out! One Australian judge had his for 40 • years, and his son is still using it. lii the old’ days the wigs were made of' human hair,. which was oiled and powdered; ' Nowadays they are made of horsehair, and do, not leave traces of oil- and powder on robes. The hair, comes from China, Canada, and Russia, but English hair, when obtainable, is; the best. The firm finds that young legal men prefer their wigs not to look too hew. .. So Wack horsehair is sometimes put into the wigs to give them "a spiled, anpearahcc, / Dust falling in Britaimhas.been traced as coming from the 1 Sahara, a distance of at least 2000 miles. ; 7 : •

. U I have seen Wellington and somethiua - of the South Island, 1 and 1 admit that. BgT. old' prejudices in favour, of Europe- have been! completely overcome,” said the Very’, Rev. Father. Rten, at a reception ten.'. . dered to him in Wellington last' week.". “Nowhere have-I seen, a richer. country, than yours nor, admired' more splendid scenery. Better still, I find here men fullof enterprise, full of. energy and uprightness.” J \ •■■■ The reliability of Barton's sugar-cured -Hama and Bacon and .Pork Small Goods is universally acknowledged.—Manse street and. all branches... . . ' ' A Wcugaiiiii wireless . enthusiast expresses surprise at the fact'that the ninu- ‘ her .’of wireless sets in. Wanganui in relation to the population is below the Dominion’ average (reports the'Chronicle); ’ He points out that there: was r.he set.td; every 30 persons in New Zealand at- the end of March last.„ .Wanganui's wai one in every 45. ' f Our new coraelettcs add grace and loveiiness to the figure and are delightfully , supple and comfortable, allowing, the utmost freedomof, movement. lu-pmk broche coutille, size 32 to 40 bust. Posted to any- address for -6s- Cd, Bs, fid, apd, with abdominal belt, 12a fid.—irom T. Rose, 130 Princes street...; ~, ~ • Numerous instances of the, raidingof commercial apple orchards surrounding Blenheim by motoring parties have beep reported lately , (says the Marlborough Express). Unfortunately, orchardwts have few opportunities of checking the thieving, the worst feature of which is . the fact that it is invariably; the fancy grade fruit which disappears over the i'6QC66> '. ‘ -■ « Send ten penny, stamps for a copy of “ Woolcraft ” {Batons and Baldwins); full instructions for knitting all sorts of garments.—James Gray and Sons, the Mail - Order House, Milton... ; .: 1 . “ lily son-works very long hours, and -he can’t- be expected" to bicycle backwards and forwardfl' from Kaiapoi every day, said a woman l in,a-maintenance cose m the' Christchurch Magistrate's Court. “ When . I was young I rode 10 .rnues a day, and worked 12 hours” said Mr H. P, Lawry, SAL rf* Yes;!but you didn t work as hard as my son does/’ , replied the woman. ■ ; ’ ■ , Now/ that winter comes on apace ,tne thoughtful -, housewife will provide herself with',a lucrative, occupation for the cold months. ‘lf she’s wise - She 11 ’ put down the very small deposit necessary and provide her Self with ' one of our Rotoscello ” Electric 7 .Sewing -Machines. A marvel, of- lightness/ strength, .and easy action., Just the thing for" running up kiddies’ clothes-and'frocks. See.'-them at Laidlaw and Gray’s, Rattray street.,. ; “ Every New Zealander I've met is- one, of the most prominent and popular men in town, or one of the,, richest...' They, can t bold them down over there, 'and that’s, a fact. They have it over the Americans ail the - time,” is 'ah interesting expression in a letter written by -a Palmerston North boy with the Young Australian party in , U.S.A.' (says, the Manhwatu,. Times) . _ “ From - humanitarian . motives alone, I hope I’ shall .’live to see the; day when the . horse is‘no longer a - beast of burden in our city streetk/’ said, Mr-H.-E,. vajle, candidate, for the-mayoralty, of Auckland, in an address at. Point 1 Chevalier. He referred to horse-drawn vehicles ; i n the city v. as a hindrance to traffic and saw' the time, npt far-distant, when , horses would .never . be, toen ‘on toe concrete, pavements.. • Three-hbur' developing service, beautiful ...work, at.' Waters Pharmacy, .20 Princes-street,.... ■ :[ ■ ■ Sir Harry Lander took part in an, Anzaof membrial service at thc Mount Eden Gaol . and eatertained the;prisoners with story and 7 song (states the Auckland correspondent of the Ljditelton Times). He prefaced -his remarks with .. the following statement:—“ You have, no need to -feel ill at'ease,'; for if soine of us were found out morc'of ns would be here.” Sir Harry Lauder exhorted his-audience to plough the straight furtow. ; Everybody /then joined with him in songs of - uplifting sentiment. ; '; - r - T ;V ; ;.'- 7 ' Waters’. Pharmacy, 20 ’ Princes streen develops aid prints in. three hours, beautiful work... • ' ; “ It was New Zealanders who invented the , system of • metouring -toilk in/pounds instead, of, gallons,”; declared-Mr N. H.. S. Law, inspector of 'schools. in'-addressing, a , meeting of teackers at North the - other evening.;, “ The quantities w milk L delivered at our are so large’that every farmer’ had to wait in .a queue Until ; his milk was in gallons'. -It would. take' so long that the last man would never get back to ms farm. The measuring of the ' milk in pounds allows H .to be done by a single operation and so saves.time. - -- ' Children’s WeSr; Daring .this week we are making -a; special showing- in-windows and in’ the showroom..; The, variety, and values arc Burprising. Af look us up.—The Mosgiel Warfehquse, A. 1. Cheyno and ’ Co. . ■; . From an aesthetic point of view Hamiir ton "has made a- good start ■with-, town planning,, according to Mr J. WjMawson, director of town planning, who is visiting Hamilton. Mr Mawson said ha could not speak too highly of the work of ike Haniilton Beautifying Society. He thought the name of the society should be changed. It had really outgrown its functions as au beautifying society, andliad developed .into a - parks -committee. As such .it should receive substantial support from the 1 people and the ■ council../ _ _ . - . ■ , Conn’s Celebrated Worm .Powders, for, safely destroying all worms in adults-an-children; Price. 3s 6d per packet.—Only from Conn’s Pharmacy, High street. UuaGd Sie' name of the new 1 tog boat; which ran her trials on Auckland -Harbour qescently, prior .to sailing for Napier, is Kuri; which in toe native tongue means “dog,”’a most suitable choice, seeing that , the new vessel is to be engaged in towing lighters out to big vessels loading at Sapier (reports toe' Telegraph). In other words, the Kuri will round up tho. mutton. The KurLis a full Diesel craft, 'nth a length of 45 feet and. A beam; of 11 feet and draught of five feet. She, is equipped with Fairbanks- Morse engines' developing 07 horse-power, whicli-should give her a fair speed. iThe Kuri was'built by Messrs W. d. Low* - and Sons, of Auckland, lor the Richardson Steamship Company: The Kuri is the first toll T)icsel craft imdC at Auck’nnd. ■ Grattdism (-698): if you want the best Wine or the best SpiriU ,pu'. your laith, in the-Grand Hotel. The Hcte. with a reputation... : ; . ■ , . , . The pupils of - toe-Wellington Trchnu-al High' School are making -considerable use of the new cafeteria, average, daily attendance for the .last four weeks being 232 (says the Evening Post). The maximum number was 300, and the minimum 18S. In. view of the fluctuation in the numbers,- it has' been somowiißt .'diflicult to maintain a satisfactory sep-idee, but the steam table l has now been; fixed, ««d everything will soon be in'full working order. To - meet the need* of the, day - school has involved so ■ much work; and planning that the question of providing , for evening school students has not yet . been dealt with. The director proposes to get .toe instructors to make inquiries in the trade classes in the first instance to fijttd out how many students woujd be prepared 1 to toke advantage; of the,cafeteria, and, 1 when this information ia 'to hand, to bring down a renortbn the matter. ■; “ Farmers—We may not be the cheap- • cat in the market for Horse and Cow Covers, .but we aim •to give you the.best possible value for your money % Horse Covers from 325. Cow Covers,-from 16s '3d.—The Otago Farmers.”.. ' ' -1 A party of pig hunters secured’ a splendid boar on the Paten-River; at Opaku n short time ago (says! the Hawera ■ Star). With seven dogs the party started out to get an old boar which; had ’defied the efforts of three previous parties to dislodge from his stronghold. After-a strenuous -tussle,, during -which one dog was severely.ripped, .another badly- bitten; ’to 1 ® several-’- others ‘ given ininor scratches, The party waa able to hamstring , the huge beast, which by this time was’ raving mad with its- head stuck in- a bole at. toe roots ■ of a tree. Eventually it was despatched, and when measured tallied six feet eight inches over all. This is toe class of pig which preys 'with such deadly; effect on lambs and. does an immense amount of 1 damage, ■so that the capture is the - more gratifying to the farmer. who"parti(jipated in the.hunt. ’ ■ When hubby came home; from the races ; He was as’ weary as weary-could be; -; But after a meal of Hitchon’s good Bacon ’ He was as cheery-as cheery could ; be; ;V -