NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20892, 5 December 1929, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF.

A holiday was observed on board the American steamer Golden Coast at Central Wharf. Auckland, recently, to celebrate Thanksgiving Day (says. the New Zealand Herald), The last Thursday in November is a national holiday in the 1 United _ States, having been first celebrated in 1621 by the Pilgrim Fathers to mark their first harvest in the new land. On a recent afternoon a number of loud reports' from the rear of Hurren’s store at Kumara were heard. It was found that some boys had located a of gelignite, and were exploding it by placing a number of plugs on a stone and dropping another stone on top of it. Twenty-five plugs were disposed of and the youngsters escaped injury. Workers, these interest you. Famous Scots grey working shirts, 6s lid; dark striped cotton tweed trousers, cuff buttons, sizes 3 to 6. only, 8e lid; canvas carrier vests, tweed lined, 16s- 6d; posted anywhere for cash. —Kilroy and Sutherland. Ltd.. 192 Princes street, Dunedin... “A word of congratulation is duo to the committee in charge of the Boys’ and Girls’ Agricultural Clubs movement in Southland," states a clause in the Southland League’s report. “The establishment of these duos was commenced ,less than two years ago, and as an instance of the remarkable progress made, it might be mentioned that 400 entries were this year received for the potato growing competition. It has also to be noted that a Southland boy—Master. Dudley Taiyles, of East the Stuart. Wilson Cup this year, a trophy for annual competition for members of Boys’ and Girls’ Agricultural Clubs throughout the Dominion. The league has always taken an interest in . the movement, and has had representatives on the committee since its inception.” Con ’s Grand footrot cure will effectively curefootrot in sheep and cattle; price 5a 6d. IDs 6d, and 25s bottle, from Conn’s Grand Pharmacy, High street, Dunedin...

Before the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergueson, left King’s College on his recent visit to .Auckland, he said ho had a favour, to ask of the headmaster; he thought it was only right that the boys should be given a holiday. “A halfholiday? ” asked the .headmaster, the Rev. H. K. Archdall, smilingly. “Oh, ho,’’ replied his Excellency, “ the GoyernorGeneral never does things by halves.” At'the Feilding'races the other'day a rather peculiar occurrence involving the fall of a flagstaff was fortunately not attended by-serious consequences for any of the spectators. During the height-of the gale the spar crashed from >, point on the , grandstand to the ground, "below, narrowly missing, a woman, who was nearby. • ‘ ■ . •* • Useful and acceptable Christmas gifts for £l. One box 4s lid choice em-* broidered - handkerchiefs, 1 pair As lid silk stockings, and 1 best 12s 6d stumpy umbrella, all to be sheeted by yourself from our immense stock. —T. Boas, 130 Princes street..-. ■

The children of'a standard in an Auckland school have a canary (says the Sun). As they file past the bird'in the morning the children will say, “ Good morning, Percy! ” and Percy will chirp cheerily in reply. An inspector, a tall, portly gentle,man, visited the school recently. To the class possessing the canard he said: “I see you have a canary. Now what can the canary do that I cannftt do? " “Please, sir! ” “Well?” “Please, sir, you can’t have a bath in a saucer;”, Strawberries and cream for the 600 patients at the , Auckland Hospital were provided by the members of the Hospital Auxiliary on a recent evening (says the New Zealand Herald). The suggestion to give this treat was made to the auxiliary last year, but it was then too late to take action. The auxiliary decided; to 'make it a Christmas donation, to be_ given in advance when the berries were in the best condition. It is probable the gift will be made every year.. The best sports coats value in Dunedin this • year is at “Ascot,"” corner Princes and Rattray streets; They have 250 coats in single and double-breasted to pick from; prices from TTs - fid... Proceedings are to be taken against motorists who. make undue use of norns and sirens (says the Christchurch Press). At a recent meeting of the City Council the By-laws Committee reported that it was of the opinion that lindue use l of horns and sirens was made by motor drivers, particularly in the case of heavy motor trucks, pedestrians being frequently startled at street corners by the noise of, these horns; etc. The matter had been referred to the chief traffic _ inspector with instructions that proceedings were to be instituted against such offenders. The monotony of suburban tram travelwas relieved in Wellington the other day. From the window of a closely-packed car a woman noticed an acquaintance,, who was driving a motor car in- the same direction. She jhtnped to her feet and pushed her way through the standing people until she reached the platform. Then, Catching the motorist’s eye, she called out in a voice that rang through the whole car: “John, don’t forget the fish.” The message having been duly she forced her way back to the compartment, and glared with no frienly eye atthe passenger who was now occupying the seat she had lately vacated.' Men, your Xmas suit is here. We have just opened up a full range of Lynx suits in n§w designs; sizes to fit all builds. Wo can fit you. Priced from £5 19s 6d to £7 19s fid. Call and see them. —A. F. Cheyne and Co.' The appointment of two married women teachers to positions which had become vacant at the Linwood Avenue School in Christchurch gave the School 'Committee concerned opportunity recently to voice strong objection. The committee wrote to the Education Board stating that while married women are appointed it will ,be ' difficult to find employment for. young .teachers, and thus hardship will be created for other applicants. The committee stated that it had no objection'to married women teachers provided that they are solely dependent on the incomes they derive from teaching. In view of the great success that attended the recent subdivisional sale of a portion of the Maraekakaho estate, the trustees of the "late" Sir R. D. D. MXean v have decided to subdivide the balance of' this'celebrated estate into suitable farming areas for sale by auction about the end of February next. The surveyors are now engaged in the work of subdivision, and lithographic plans will be available about the end of January. It is intended to hold a clearing sale'of stock and plant shortly after the land sale, to enable purchasers of the various blocks to obtain their requirements from the stock now depasturing on the estate. A hint from his own experience as a barrister was dropped by Mr Justice Blair during the progress of a cross-examination in the Supreme Court at Auckland recently (says the New Zealand Herald). “ I always think that if a tiling is unexplainable it is better not to ask for an explanation of it,” he said. “If "it is unexplainable, why there it is. I have learned that by bitter experience in crossexamining. Think twice before you ask a question beginninng with the word why.’ ”

There ■was quite a flurry among bathers on the banks of, the Ruamahanga River, near the sale yards, the other morning, ■when a Jersey bull, obviously not in accord 'with the general peacefulness of the surroundings, made an appearance (says the Dominion). AVitliin a remarkably short period the joys of swimming had been abandoned for those -of tree climbicg, arid .with sudden disregard for the proprieties men in various stages of undress sought more or less uncomfortable rciuges, among convenient branches. One, clafl only in a shirt, put up excellent time in a sprint along the banks to warn other bathers. For half an hour the bull pawed_ up rushes and demonstrated with alarming motions of the head what would happen, if the branches broke, but finally got tired of waiting and made off. A history of the Hauraki Maori tribe is being translated by Mr George Graham, °t the Akarana -Maori Association (states the New Zealand Herald). The document ■"'as prepared by Tukumana, a grandson of Tchoreta Te Taniwha, who lived in the days of Captain Cook. The manuscript makes clear that Hotunui, after whom the Maori house in the new museum has been called, was descended from Hotunui, the commander of the Tainui canoe. The document is explanatory of many of the carvings and figures in the house: . On the principle that seeing is bettering, and that a gastronomical demonstration is even more convincing, Mr A. Sands, a Point Chevalier strawberry grower! brought a box of strawberries to the Auckland Star office the other day to display a new, special berry, the result of a cress between the well-known Madame Melba and Captain Cook varieties blended with the flowering strawberry. The result has been a very luscious and comparatively small berry with a distinctive flavour. One distinctive feature is a very fine grain. _ Those who sampled the berries felt quite convinced that the new cross had a lot to recommend it.

A shag shooting drive, in which Sit Alexander Herdman took part, was ao» ducted at Waitakaruru last , week (eaya the New Zealand Herald). The party included Messrs G. Herdman,- H. Earle, and Routledgej ranger for the • Auckland Ac-. climatisation Society. The party succeeded in shooting 25 birds, and during a recent visit to Waitakaruru, Mr Boutledge destroyed 125 shags. An interesting history attaches to a wreath of poppies, laid on the Auckland cenotaph recently by Mrs A. W. Averili on behalf oF the Auckland Mothers’ Union. The wreath had also been laid on the unknown warrior’s tomb in Westminster Abbey on Anzac Day by Miss A. O’Neill, on behalf of the union, and she brought it back to New Zealand, regarding it as appropriate that Auckland’s .cenotaph should be so linked with the tomb in the heart of the Empire. “ Manufactured in Inchinnan, in Scot- ! land t the India Super Tyres, although new to New Zealand motorists, have a wellestablished and enviable reputation among motorists at Home. Otago Agents, The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Ltd., Crawford street, Dunedin.".. A well-known member of the Timaru Motor Cycle. Club caused his friends •no little anxiety when he failed to put in an appearance some time after the last competitor in the 24 hours’ trial had arrived hime. A search party was sent out, and the missing rider was found near St. Andrews fast asleep on the roadside by. the side of his machine, the rear tyre of which was punctured. This was not an isolated cose, as several other riders found themselves dropping off to sleep, and only awakened in time' to prevent a crash into a hedge or ditch on the side of the road. . ' •

It’s not often than anything in this hard world is given away. Yet such is the case in connectibn with those excellent Bingham,. Gillette Pattern Razor Blades. For the trifling sum of 2s 6d • you now receive a packet of 16 of these blades (you know now good they are); and also a pair of pocket scissors and * pocket knife, all. mounted on a. card. Don’t you believe it? See “The Handy Three" at Laidlaw and Gray’s, George street...

_ “ After having travelled fairly extensively, and having noted the work of the Church in many lands, I see a great spiritual improvement,” remarked Archdeacon Mac Murray, at the annua] mission festival in St. Mark’s Church, Remuera, on a recent evening (says the New Zealand Herald)'. “In New Zealand, particularly,' there is much more earnestness with regard to mission work, than there was 50 years ago. There is, however, much room for improvement. The Church has the power to carry out its task, but it seems to lack the will to do it.”

Ex Papantff, . we - have received our second consignment of “Blue Mountain Jamaica,’’.the finest coffee grown on earth. Obtainable only from A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 -Octagon, Dunedin... A Wellington man who owns and runs a motor car told a reporter recently that the statement on the placards displayed on tramscars, giving the "cost of running a motor car as Is a mile, was far froin' accurate. If-the cost were as great, as stated comparatively few would be able to run motor cars. ‘ His own car was nine years old, and. he bought it two-years ago for £75. He considered that it* had depreciated so‘much that no. further depreciation was possible. If it had cost him ,1s a mile to pin he would have paid £915 for the mileage run -since he got it. ' Actual cost of running during the period was . under £IOO, and in the two years repairs had cost him, on a yearly basis, a little over £2O. Another motorist estimated that'it cost 3d to Ad per mile to run a light car, and about 7d a mile for. a large one. Do not miss this: Prince of Wales house whisky, 10s 6d; four or more,-10s. Fine old port, 3s. —C. Hinchclifi, proprietor. Phone lp-721'..; ' That fish are.plentiful in the Hanraki Gulf is indicated by the experience of several residents of Madly. One man has used an endless line with seven hooks attached, a pulley being fixed at the top a low cliff and another anchoring the line to a stone in deep water. When a fish is-hooked a' bell rings and so gives warning at' the house. Among other ush, a full-sized octopus, stingrays, and' a 101 b sebnapper have been captured by" this method. . Two men trolling a doublehooked 'spinner caught 15 large kingfish in four evenings, while a morning’s catch totalled 10 sebnapper, a shark, kahawai, and 200 herring, ' Owing to enormous demand for Barton's famous sugar-cured Bacon, more, and yet more Pigs are wanted to meet it; highest current prices.—Bartons, bacon carers,' Manse. street. Dunedin... .

A strong underground flow of water has again been struck in the longer Tawa Flat railway tunnel, near Wellington, the stream being estimated at 18,000 gallons an hour. The spot is some six chains beyond where an underground reservoir or stream was tapped recently,- between • the shaft at the -viaduct . and Ngahauranga Gorge.. In that instance the water backed up the grade to the shaft itself and the pumps had difficulty in keeping it down until the flow .moderated, but in the present case the water has backed up the grade only about two chains, and four pumps are holding, it at that. Country Storekeepers.—Handle the famous, acknowledged best, smallgoods in the South Island, and' increase your turnover; liberal- margin.—Barton’s. Manse street...

Mystery surrounds the finding o£ ; on improvised bomb by Air Richard -Hunt on the slopes of Martha Hill, Waihi, some days ago. Mr Hunt was engaged in- burning off _ scrub in connection with the beautifying work when he came across the machine, only a few feet away from, the flames, and on an area over which he intended to burn. The bomb was apparently the work of someone. who had a good knowledge of explosives. It consisted of a cocoa tin in which was a plug of gelignite packed round with big nails. An 18-inch fuse, with detonator attached, led to the explosive. It seems that the bomb had only recently been placed where it was, as the tin showed no signs of any lengthy exposure to the weather. An explosion would no .doubt have followed had not Mr Hunt.made bis timely discovery, and had he been near -at the time the result might have’ been fatal.

Tennis Players! Send three shilling! for a Pair of JPretty Tenuis Oversocks; crepae witji tops in pale shades of frreen, helxo., lemon, bine; wonderful value.— Graves Mail Order House, Milton... “ I am confident that the experiments being carried out are worth while .and of value from a £ s. d. point of view,* said the Minister of Lands and Agriculture (Mr G, W, Forbes) speaklcg-at a field day held at the Agricultural Department’s experimental area at M&rtou. He recognised, he said, the-importance of the work being carried out by the department in getting together information for farmers. There was no doubt that a great deal had yet to be learnt from that patient investigation which' the farmer could not do. The Dominion, was entering on a stage of farming when it was dependent upon science and manures. “We must get more from the land than we have done, because we have to face greater competition, and the only way to combat that is to increase the return per acre” he said.

Grandism (884) : When yon meet temptation turn to the rightl Don’t ba tempted with uncertain brands of Wine or Spirits. Secure" your supplies at the Grand Home Supply... “ Gisborne will- derive wonderful benefits when the railway from Napier to Gisborne is completed,” stated Mr L. C. Ballantine, a London visitor to Gisborne, in conversation with a Times representative recently. “I was very interested in tne fine viaduct which has already been constructed_ over the Matahoura Gorge, and t also ■ in the various other difficult portions yet to be overcome. New Zealanders make a /mistake when they complain about their railways riot paying. With the Dominion’s present population, it is hopeless to expect him to, for the travelling public is very, very small and the costs of construction have been exceptional large, owing to the nature of the country. On the Continent, for instance, it is quite a different matter, for there nearly the equal of New Zealand’s whole population are using tße rail wavs daily. When your population grows, the railways will become a paying concern, but out until then.”

At Baker’s Delicatessen in George street. And at Baillie’s at the northern end! i-ou get Hitchon s pork goods every day These shops are a real God-seud.,.