NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20710, 7 May 1929, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The rainfall registered at Oturehiia for the. month of April was. 135 points. “The question -is one of fact,” said counsel in a case at, the Wellington Supreme Court the other day.' “Perhaps that is why we hear so much law,” re-marked--Mr Justice MacGregor/ ■ The total post', and telegraph, revenue at Palmerston North during the quarter, ended March ■ 31- was £48,039, which was only exceeded by the General Post Office, the offices at the. four chief cities and Napier. . • Pigs. Pigs., Pigs.—We are :cash buyers of both Pork and Bacon Pigs, any quantity. Highest ruling price given.— tons, Manse street... ■’

Ah explosion which partly wrecked a' shop at the foot of - Queen' street, Auckland, the other evebing was not without its lighter-side-(says the-New Zealand Herald. After the explosion, an attendant in a-nearby shop rushed but into the road in a state of- consternation., When assured that the ’explosion, had injured no one, she exclaimed . thankfully: “ Thank’ iHeaveu. T thought- it was a May Day riot.” • .

“A succession of late nights” (writes "Homeless” in the Dominion) “has im-pressed-on me the; number of motor cat's which have no home, but regularly are parked without lights in various - streets. An occasional ride I round the outskirts of tlioicity by a council inspector should more- than pay for the overtimej and benzine, and rid the streets of a-danger to late! traffic.” - The body, flavour* colour, and - arpma found ip the “ Bourbon ” brand of coffee and chicory is the result of “quality” coffee plus expert blending and roasting. ■lnsist.on." Bourbon” for breakfast! . .. “.All this talk we hear of God taking people away is all bunkum,” declared-Mr A.' Blaxall in . a lecture upon “ Nature’s Way to Health ” at Wellington last week. “ God does not take anyone, away. People die because of their ignorance of’natural laws. Plenty of sunshine, exercise, sleep, and--natural food is the secret of good health and longevity." There were tewei- bankruptcies in the ; Auckland district last month than in thepreceding -month. ■. In March.’ there Were 20 failures, as compared with 1 only T 1 last month. In April of last year there were seven. There have been 59 -bankruptcies' during the four months of the' present year, as against 42 for the-corresponding period ;of last year, and'64 ,in 1927, Sale of, all-wool worsted Roslyn suits. Usually l sold;at £6-, 6s, arc now. selling at S9 s 6d. They are wonderful value.' Poet your-order now'. Money returned if not suitable.—“ Ascot,” corner Princes ' and Rattray streets.. . ; . The Wellington .Commercial Travellers’ and Warehousemen’s Association has attained a membership of over IOIJO. . As showing the popularity of the association, it is mentioned that the membership in 1891 was 75; in 1902. 315; in 1911, 358; in 1919, 565; in 1923, 859; and'in 1928, 1006. It is little wonder that.the associationtion has decided to erect a‘ larger clubhouse '(says the Dominion). . Children’s, Wear: During this week we are making a special showing in "windows and in the showroom.- The variety and values are surprising. If interested look us up.—The' Mosgiej Warehouse, A. F. Cheyne and Co. The Union Company advises that the ferry steamer Maori will be taken off the ferry service to-morrow to undergo her annual overhaul. She will be relieved by the Maheno. which was due at LyltOitoii yesterday to undergo docking before entering the ferry service. The Maori will resume again on May.3o, and at that date the Wahine will be withdrawn. The Wahiue will resume on June 20. Winter warmth obtained oy purchasing all-wool colouial ribbed underpants: Men’s 6s lid, O.S. 7s 6d. Fleecy-lined-underpants and shirts. Men’s 4s lid, O.S. 5s Od. Heavy ribbed dark grey Mbsgiel socks, Is 9d per pair. Posted anywJier" for cash,—Kilroy and Sutherland. Ltd., 192 Princes street. Dunedin .. Counsel in the Wellington Supreme Court last week was endeavouring to show that the price anticipated for a nvopc-ty at a sale could not be’taken as its value (reports the Dominion). - . When '>.» was very young, said counsel, he was . told of-a female .slave who was-put up fur; nut-nun. There was no bid. “Where is the man .who was going to bid 29.009 “ asked , the auctioneer. Someone replied: “I guess lie hasn’t come.” -Mr Justice MacGregor: “The lady .-must have at once depreciated to zero.” —(Laughter.) The Toknann salmon trout fishing st'll continues to meet all expectations (says the Napier Telegraph). The hotel and hotel camps arc fully occupied with visiting anglers from all parts, who particularly enjoyed the la«t sis weeks on Tongarirri River, which is now affording some excellent sport. The more fortunate anglers have been securing up to 15 fish daily, and in many instances the average has been as high as eight and a-half pounds. House Whisky. 10s 6d; Pints, os 6d; Wines, from 3s; Martin Jenno Brandy. 9s 6d at Prince of Wales Hotel... Animals arc more sensible in health matters‘than many human beings, according to Mr Alfred Blaxall, physical and health cultuvist. In a.’ lecture in Wellington the other night,.Mr -Blaxall declared that. no one could get an animal to cat when it was ill,-and yet human beings loaded the system with food when it was not ■ required. All the vitality of the human-frame was required to throw, off disease, and it was a mistake to ask the digestive organs to deal with food which was riot required at such a time. Waters’ “ Chiltabs ” prevent or cure chilblains; 2s 9d posted—Waters’ Pharmacy 0n1y... - ■ A successful shot was' fired at Smeed’s quarries, on,the Waikato River, at Pukakawa, last week, when, three, tons of gelignite, which had been, sealed in, a pocket at the end of a tunnel driven, into the quarry face..were exploded by electricity (says the New;Zealand Herald); Thirty thousand tons of - metal were dislodged and blown into a position favourable for working. Huge clouds of r smoke rose above the. quarry after the explosion. The reliability of ,Barton's sugar-cured-Hams arid Bacon and 1 Pork Small Gpods is universally acknowledged.—Manse street and at! Branches.. —.'i <■_ ,

. ./Wanganui .sportsmen: report that dude shooting oh. llay 1- did- not provide the sport that it- did, last .season (says., the Herald). The weather was too fine,, for. - one ,thing. A party, comprising, 10 guns, secured 92 birds at’Wayerley, anil, so far - as they could gather, that was the, biggest bag on the coast in , the immediate neighbourhood of Wanganui. < A city out bust-' ast went out early on Wednesday in search of pheasants. He saw three but shot none. A wounded , grey duck was found >n the Great'North road near.Westr mere yesterday, somebody securing an easy prize; . ' “ In my opinion, the sum of fio is not', much for the State tp provide for the glar e of a soldier,” remarked the rctir- ’ ing president of the Auckland. Returned fcoidicrs Association at the annual meet-' mg. the other evening, in supporting a tha ifnl ? Rni°i ■ Ur ? e upou ,^ e Government "V?, 7 1 B ? l^ lers Braves should be mounted pJlim, h f a n 6toues at - tbe cost °f the State. Sivcs ]?^T n (f a i ,d tha e at Present some £. a ' I s bad headstones furnished by the hv vfl a T! Ut ’ B0 “ le had atones prov-lel A cni at i Ves ’ and cotoe bad none at all. Ader wa - s C nT lttee , fiet U P to W smer uais and means of beautifying the Sfad! •**** •« " Whv" ” b "nM ab T ° ut the' gramophone?-* hoS”- ;WlSe is 1 !^^ 0 SI? only no n rTV.vn ES .° r lelod -S’ Maklrs, oniy no at-LaidlaW and Grav’s Mnnv to a ?sWtable th nnH^f leSt u h i inS iD ,be world 10 assemble, an.d the whole set is nn^kf^ derfiff 'valuc Sn ?, acbet ‘ -Certainly won-" .before mone^- ■&* them the'raihvfvK B^ ueral B°°ds traffic bn tim'J i! VP Canterbury at the present time, both, export and import, the final pressure before the. winter season easesix^Cw 0 / 3 Wlll . be along in a month or G?ai , (reports the,Christchurch Sun). Glam coal, timber, potatoes, and lesser no?t la V irf' 9re H’- e cbipf items for tramhmnehf^ 0 of coal, are being fI,? !- ter trom the West Coast, both to Australia on account of of tlv G • f l nk , e ’ and . f or the southern , Timber traffic is neatj, but that in stock and grain is beginning to show signs of easing. lineal EfV or l elettefi add Brace and lovei" e ff t 0 the figure and are delightfully mippJe and- comfortable. allowing the utmost ..freedom--of -movement In pink brochc cputille, size S2 to 40 bust. Posted witb D nlJ d<i - eBS i [ or , 5s Gd - 9s fid . and, a, * the sum of £74,730, en?ble h T eho s ers tor - loan advances £o, with tbo kem to - c W ne °t their premises ? 6Wer i? *o® recently reticulated wlh (pays tbe . Su . n) - Of these, 1744 the total amount ad'ba« C \ f ' IDR No application r ? fused the board, pro- ; Aiding it has befen applied for by the registered owner of the property. The board iteelf has an application before the Local Government Loans Board for authority to raise a further £SOOO for advances to householders. , ; Cpnn’s Celebrated Worn! Powders, -for . sately, destroying all worms in adults on-1 frrim r rn'r, 3s Gd per packet.—Only effin ' “ t p barmaey, High street, pquthe most curious church ae& vice ever held in the Okoke district took . 5l ap Jl .Sunday* (says the Auckland a V:- A large crowd wa s -at ■ the balk ,fj. n the adjoining grounds, cleaning, Uj> after the;sports, when the Methodist missioned (Mr Bennett) arrived on the scene. There was a hurried scramble of boys and ,men to get down over the river bank, but the ladies stopped them, aifd , atter a short conference they agreed to attend, a half-hour's service. • So, they filed into the -hall, most of them coatJess, and wearing- heavy, farm boots, w.iile the ladies had aprons on and Were minus, the necessary headgear. However, these,slight matters did not prevent them *F om heartily in the singing, while the address by the missioner was listened tp avuh 1 , the. keenest interest. . Send stamp's or .postal note foi 2s'; wb will ■_post,you -one- pair -o.f big.size, good Suality pillow, cases, .a. real special From 39 Order,Dept..of Gray and Sous, JUtd., Milton... / Government ofticals,' strong, stern meg, glanced, down'_at- the footpath and the bL “ ,e .- Worcester' street entrance, to the Government, buildings and smiled or- shuddered, according to their esperieneej ; fer there was plenty of evidence that another good man-.had gone .west, or' that another man had found happiness'—again a matter 0 £ opinion (says the Christchurch. Sun). Confetti, lay thick «“w.* „ footpath and on tlffi step?. Vviiy.. asked t3io innocent passersTby, forgetting that the registrar of marriages carries out his < work in- the buildings. Most people who get tnarried there, seoih to. dispere.' with confetti, though ?oil(? have, been sc lavish'in the past that lire practice of sprinkling it in the corridors had to be forbidden. 1 Waters’ “ (ffiap-o-Ip.” still guaranteed to cure’ the worst chapped hands; 2s. posted. Pharmacy... ?•' A 10 years’ lease has been secured- of Monica Park by.a ■ .company 'which'-in? tends: to establish motor cycle dirt track racing there (says the "Lyttelton Times). A beginning will be made on the construction of the track as soon as the, present fo'otball season closee { and a stadiUni to seat. 8000 people,. -in addition to the present stand accommodation, will, also be constructed.- 1 - The track will be - 440 yards long on the Inside dimensions, 30 feet wide in ■ the . straights, - arid, 40 feet wide on the Plans are completo ' for the stadium,, which will encircle, the track. There is-already ah .up-to-date dirt track .t Kilbirnie.. and land has also been secured in Auckland, Dunedin, and Invercargill for the establishment of dirt tracks. Companies are being-formed in-each centre. .Each company' will 'control its own meetings, - but a dirt track Control board- will be £et up in Wellington. '“ Farmers,—We may not be the cheapest 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 !6s oil,—The Otago Fanners.”.. Strewn along the beach-at Port .Waikato, in the vicinity of the wharf, last week were goods of many deseriptiorta (reports the New Zealand Herald). Bags of chaff and fiour sodden .with water, tinned goods, and miscellaneous goods littered hi'di-water mark. They, were there' as the result of the swamping of one of the Robse Shipping Company’s cargo barges. One night this barge, loaded with about 180 tons of cargo from ' the steamer Progress, was made 1 ast between the steamer and the wharf. The night was stormy, and although at 11 p.:n. everything appeared to be in order, in tlie morninj; the barge was found nearly submerged. . The heavy: cargo had gone to.'the river- bottom.' while other cargo had been carried by wind and tide to the shore. A certain amount of salvage was possible, but the-loss was considerable/. The cargo had been brought fromsoutherh ports. ’ ’ Grandism (704): The Grand Hotel is famed for its quality wines. We stock Southard’s, famed' for quality throughout the world.,. ■ . / : ' A new model car was spinning along Mercer' street,. Wellington, ■ about 10 o’clock the other raorning'wheii the power suddenly failed, and the machine came to rest gracefully opposite the Dominion office. The owner armed himself with a spanner. ‘ and crawled underneath the car,■■ ostensibly to deal' with .a loose bolt in -a universal joint. , The job .took longer than he anticipated, arid hd was patiently pursuing his search when ,he was hailed in peremptory, if somewhat shrill, tones, by. someone standing alongside the -car. Imagining it must' be a policeman or a traffic inspector, .who was so insistent, the motorist, whp by this time was smothered in oil, dust, and pers- iration, laboriously crawled from bcneat’.l tbe machine, only to_ be confronted by an urchin of some eight' summer?.- “ Please, sir,” said ,the youngster in dulcet tones, “have you any cigarette cards?/*’. The motorist’s face was a study; he was so flabbergasted that he_dmv ffio hand which grasped the spariaer in " dazeS fashion across Ins. perplexed brow, leav- 1 ing ia broad smear of grease. After'a . look at young/New. Zealand which spoke 1 volumes,, he once more crawled under? neath the car to 1 resume his argument with the universal’joint.' • ■ • This little pig went to market, • : And as he was grain fed he was taken; Away down to' Milton, ’ " . f; To be made into Hitchon’s bacon.. V r