NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20781, 29 July 1929, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Already six aviation journals are being published in New Zealand, according to a statement made by the secretary of the -Aew Plymouth Aero Club at a meetin*’last week. ’’ A Timaru fisherman stated on Thursujy that fish was- very scarce (says the Herald). On account of heavy seas, none of the fleet went out that day, and only one boat ventured out on the previous day. In keeping with the scarcity, the price of fish, has an upward tendency. . I{: ' has. been, reported to the commissioner of, Crown .lands in - Christchurch that, a number 1 of opossum trappers are slashing native trees in order, to mark the places where their traps are set. A request has'been made that action should betaken against the offenders. Sample overcoat sale is attracting crowds of buyers at the “ Ascot,” corner Princes and Rattray streets. Coats are greatly reduced. Some are even selling at 355. Navy velours 49s 6d. You can save from jEI to £2 on your overcoat... . A use for which electric ranges were never intended was disclosed at a conference _of power boards • .and supply the Other day. It was stated that where ironing plugs were installed in ranges some of the women used the top of the ■ range as a small but convenient ironing table. As the ranges were earthed, a fault in the irou rendered shocks very likely. The Australian hockey players in their country motor tour the other day expressed warm admiration of -the main roads in the Dannevirke County (says the Evening ■ News). They were particularly impressed at the which, by marshaling, the roads had been canted round difficult corners, and said there was nothing better in the country roads in Australia.

Turnbull’s Sample Rooms, Middlemarch, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday this week, A. F. Cheyne and Co.’s Big Winter Sale, £IOOO worth of savings. Call . early. New Goods arriving daily.— The Mosgie! Warehouse, A. F. Cheyne anil C 0...

Bequests of £SOO each to Christ’s College, .Christchurch, and to Trinity College, Cambridge, England, are provided fdr in the will of the late Mr Ernest A. R. R, Bloomfield, runholder, of Auckland. These willbe payable on the death of All e widow. The estate is valued for probate purposes at under £75,000.

Returning from a fishing expedition near the Gisborne wharf the other evening,' a young man, Mr C. Stratton, a Jockey, slipped on an iron rail and suffered a fracture of his leg just above the ankle (says the Poverty Bay Herald). He was unlucky to suffer the mishap just prior to' the Gisborne steeplechase meeting, where he might have earned a substantial sum in riding fees. Silk and Wool Stockings, 4s Cd goods for 2s lid; also Art Silk add Pure Silk fixture Stockings at Is lid and 3s Gd; were 5s lid; nothing like them for value; in newest nude, champagne, "grey, and other new shades.—T. Ross, 130 Princes street...

An increasing number of farmers of the Cambridge district have gone in for sheep this year, and so far tjie season has been a good one, the lambing returns being excellent. The, lambs are coming in earlier than is usual, and on several farms a .large percentage of ewes have already lambed. . The mortality also is low. On four leading sheep farms in the district there are already nearly 5000 lambs. It is estimated that it would_ coet £4750 to strengthen the ends of Prince’s, Queen’s, and King’s wharves'in Auckland so that they would resist possible damage by earthquakes. This fact was revealed in a report presented to the Auckland Harbour Board last week by the engineer. (Mr D. Holderness), who ; recommended that the work be carried out. The proposal was considered by the board ■in committee, and the suggestion by it that the Work be considered with next year’j estimates was adopted. Guest Towels for working are very popular amongst the ladies, and the Mail Order House of Grays,in Milton will post you one for one and sixpence in stamps.— Remarkable value... , '

While collecting gravel in a pit on his property at Ohutu (says the Manawatu Evening Standard), Mr G. Terry found several large, iounded > stones. While' breaking them up for his purpose he came across _ the remains of a'small crab' in the middle of one of the stones. The shell was still pink, and the parts which seemed to be missing were marked by distinct shapes raised on'the stones. The remains must have lain there for-number-less years.

_ Bluff will henceforward be brought visually before' the notice of shippers in .the two centres of the western coast of the North American continent (says the Southland Timesjb for at a recent meeting of the Harbour Board letters were received front the Canadian Australasian Royal Mail Company in Vancouver iml the Union Steam Ship Company in San . i nfit 0 ’ advising that the photographs of. Bluff sent by the board had been received, and would be hung in a prominent position.

n R U n e /° U n % y A 3 Consuit Peter G. Dick. D .(London), optometrist. Peter Dick, jewellers and opticians, 400 Moray place fopp City Hotel)... * i?°x d C'nsed for Traffic! " .or words to that effect, ou a sign at the intersection of the Foxton-Levm road, which has been nailed up tor three weeks, .has caused motorists between Wanganui and V\ etlnigton much annoyance (says the Wangamu Herald). As a matter of fact, the roaa is not closed, though during flood time a fortnight or so ago it was unsafe tor traffic.’ Seeing the sign, niauv motorjsts turn towards Shannon and ait extra e-ght miles have to he traversed to Levin. ' Whose duty is it to attend to or .remove the sign? at-kca an irate motorist. '

-^ n °ld Maori mere was discovered >n Auckland on Wednesday while exeavatictoe were being made in the basement of the new Civic.Theatre building at the Civic square..-‘ The cjub has been made irom whalebone, and is carved, and those who have seen it regard it as a very fine example or old Native craftsmanship. It iu>ini,M re -T a i ka^\ e state of Preservation, although it has been buried for many years. L ' folln l0 ?T me ? tl ? at 1 kno ' v >" declared ProMurphy in an address at the ParXbt on W^ the other night on Public Expenditure,” ‘‘can football a i! 1 ® record . s relating to’Rugby football or horse racing, but if you ask them anythmg about the public debt of KdTn/ er ! n r “«>iVabout about if d Tf Want , t°, hear anything apout it. if you ask them • wh a f Joseph Ward said at Invercargill or ?' hat Mr Coates said at Auckland von find that they do not very much care ,what either said.”—(Laughter.) A practical joke played .on an nIH Sg nlfoV 3 ” the practical joker and catching him by the nose nulled it m vigorously and persistently that the v« ul^ fellow was brought to,d,is knees much o the’ onlookers, who had assembled in considerable' force Tbo Hn n i W f Cll! ?? n^ rc]easecl his victim went represent 'the accumulation ove?*hatf venr= tU Y’ s ?? e ° f them dating back 57 p - apyrs of no value were ollt .‘firing the move, and three tons .have already vanished in the City Councils incinerator. The remaining three tons have yet to be destroyed. S Great Britain imports more ‘oranges than arty other country.

A child of three years and a-half strayed from the home of her parents. Mr and Mrs Blomfield, of Radnor street, Hamilton, last_ Thursday morning. Although an active search was made she was not found until evening, when she was discovered at Whitiroa, two miles from her home.

At the present time we fruiterers are. able to give a very accurate idea of the extent of influenza in Timaru, when we take the sales of lemons made,” said a Timaru fruiterer the Other day. He added that there was now a big rush on lemons, which were expected to be very scarce, and dear. Calitorninn were most popular, because of the amount of juice ' and of their better quality. “ Unfortunately,” said the fruiterer, ” there is a ditty of lls per case on Californians,. and this makes them considerably dearer than the New Zealand variety.”

Compare these values: Doctor flannels, navy dr Shetland;-men’s size only. Cs 6d; striped towels, guaranteed fast to washing, 20 by 40, per pair 2a od, 24 by 46 per pair 4s 6d; posted anywhere for cash, —Kilroy and Sutherland. Ltd., 102 Princes street, Dunedin... A company, which has been floated in Australia, has purchased 15,000 acres of gum lands at Maropiu from Messrs Mariner and Company (says the Dargavillo correspondent of the New Zealand Herald). Mr A. Gordon, who has bud 25 years’ experience in tree planting, has commenced operations for the company. It is the intention to plant 1500 acres per annum in pinus_ iusignus. For the present Mr Gordon will confine his attention to the establishment of a nursery for propagating the pines and the erection of' a homestead. The area will be planted wjth 6SO trees to the acre, and the scheme .will cost about £2500 per annum, the bulk of which will be spent in labour. The area is in the vicinity of Ahikiwi Lakes. Dark night, and a rising gale! *‘ What's the time? Mustn’t miss that last car." Then is the time when you’re going to appreciate the possession of a good luminousdial watch. They can be obtained from Laidlaw and Gray’s, in both white and black face, for the small sums of 6s 6d or 7s 6d, respectively, postage free, withwhite metal case and metal chain. —At Laidlaw and Gray’s..’. Members of the Auckland Town Planning Association are anxious to preserve for posterity historical spots in Auckland by/erecting permanent signs to- mark the growth of the city (says the Aucklandtstar). It was suggested, for instance, that a sign might be erected in Shortland street, where the waters of the Waitcmata lapped the foreshore prior to the Harbour Board’s reclamation scheme being prosecuted. It was considered that this work was really a matter for the City Council to give attention to, and it was decided to nave a' list of historical places drawn up for presentation to the council, together with the recommendation that some scheme similar to that outlined, be undertaken. . - ' 1 First-class Accommodation at Prince, of Wales Hotel, Dunedin. Moderate tariff. Best liquors always in stock.—C. Hinchcliffe.,. An object lesson to pakeha Rugby players (says the Wanganui Chronide) is .'provided by a team of Maoris who were travelling upriver the other morning to play a match at Ranana against a Wainui-a-rua fifteen. ’ Rising at 4 o’clock, they were to leave Waitotara bv motor lorry, and arrive in Wanganui in time to catch tse river boat, which it had been arranged would leave, at 6.30 a.m.. As the steamer would not arrive at- Ranana until after 1 o’clock, the Maoris" were faced with a seven-hour trip up the river before the match, which was set down to be played at 3 o’clock. The fact that the game would be played in the best of ■ spirit, win or lose, is surely evidence of the keenness of the Maori to uphold the best traditions of the Rugby code, and all must admire the enthusiasm that impelled them Jo make the journey under such circumstances.

Weissman’s pile coh.es are guaranteed to relieve sore, itchy, and irritating piles; 2s fid box, 2s 9d posted.—Only from. Conn’s Grand Pharmacy, . High street, Dunedin... “What do motor lorries carry over the roads?” asked Mr C. C. Munro (Clevedon) at the conference of delegates of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union the other night. Mr Munro maintained that the motor lorries carried farmers’ produce to and from the ports, and on that account were doing a useful public service, ft was the town tourists, he declared, who cut up the country roads with their cars, and these people never used the railways when they wanted to go anywhere He favoured the abolition of heavy traffic fees. The majority of the delegates did not favour this view, and an Auckland remit was carried by a large majority to the effect that heavy traffic fees snojild not be abolished; The reliability of Barton’s sugar-cured hams and bacon and pork smallgoods is universally acknowledged.—Manse' street and all branches... ' Included among the passengers on the Home liner Mataroa,,,which arrived at Wellington last week, were four musicians who, during'the voyage, gave many deck concerts for. their fellow-passengers. On a long voyage such diversion is generally greatly appreciated, but the players in question will be inclined to disagree with . that popular belief. As. the end of the journey drew near, a collection was taken up from the 172 passengers for the unofficial ship’s band, but the “hat” realised only 4s 2Ad; On arrival one of the instrumentalists told the story, and asked if there was a local - charitable organisation to which the money could be handed over—he particularly asked if there was one which admitted Aberdonians free.

The body, flavour,, colour, and aroma found in the " Bourbon ” brand of'coffee and chicory -is the result of “quality” coffee plus expert blending anti roasting. Insist on “ Bourbon ’’ for breakfast! To lose at least 79 out of a flock of 219 fat lambs was the unenviable experience of Mr William M'Donald, a farmer of Brydone, on Thursday, whpn the sheep, representing a draft of fate for the freezing works, which were being driven from property, broke away and stampeded on to the railway crossing just as the early morning express from Invercargill was approaching. Before the train came to a standstill at least 79 lambs had been killed and, over a score were fatally injured. The morning warn foggy and dull, and it is.believed that the sheep would not be noticed by the driver of the oncoming express before it was too late.•. Country Storekeepers.—Handle the famous, acknowledged best, smallgoods in the South Island, nndv increase your turnover; liberal margin.—Barton’s. Manse street...

A settler in the .Waitotara County who uses the road on the opposite side of the Wanganui River, leaves his car on the far bank from his residence (says the Wanganui Chronicle). Recutly. he drove to the city, and on his return found that the number plates were missing. A search revealed that a Maori residing close to where the car was boused had used them on tho one day on which the rightful owner required his car. The Native was remonstrated with, .but he was quite bland about it all.' “You te wealthy man,” he said. “Me tc poor chap and te cost top much, ea I borrow te .plates for a trip.to town.” Grandism (774): Grand house whisky makes you eat , well, keep ,we!l, and sleep well. It’s all Scotch, mild and mellow as; moonlight. Just tty it once... At the last meeting of the Council of the'South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce it was decided, to again write tp Mr Harris, general-manager of the Radio Broadcasting Company, with reference to • the .establishment of a relay station at Timaru (says the Herald). The secretary of the chamber has received the following reply from Mr Harris:—“Acknowledging your letter of the 18th instant, we would advise that the directors of this company, recognising the necessity of relay stations to provide an efficient broadcasting service to the Dominion, in the early part of this year .submitted a scheme to the Postmaster-general, including a r&ay station at Timaru, to be-connected by land, line to the Christchurch and Dunedin stations, for the relay of a broadcast service, not only from Christchurch and Dunedin, but also from Timaru, when occasion warranted. We have now received a reply from the Postmaster-general inthnating that the matter is to he held over for the present, and requesting us to bring the question up again early next year, when circumstances will_ possibly permit of the whole position being comprehensively reviewed.” Eggs is down and bacon’s “ cheap,” Says Biddy to Mrs O’Shay; >. “Be jabbers, we’ll have Hitchon’s ham and eggs; V We’ll have it to-night for.tay.”..