NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20962, 27 February 1930, Page 20

NEWS IN BRIEF.

In these days of comparatively small families, it was-unusual to hear a witness in the Wellington Supreme Court theother day state that she was one of a family of 18.

Ah artesian bore is being put down at Palmerston North and some of the metal that is coming up with the water bears faint traces of gold. “We will make Greymouth a city if wo can improve the port. It is of paramount importance to the district generally,” said Mr J. MTiean at last Friday evening’s meeting of the Greymouth Chamber of Commerce. \ “The development of commercial flying is going to prove a big factor in New Zealand, as it has done in other countries,” Mr F. W. Freeman remarked to a Christchurch Press reporter, when referring to the attention given at the conference of the New Zealand Society of Engineers to the question of municipal airports. He added that the civil engineers of the Dominion were evidently alive, to the necessity for keeping abreast of the times in matters relating to civil aviation.

The increasing demand for “ Bourbon ■ proves the housewives’ appreciation ol a genuine breakfast beverage. “ Bourbon ” is produced by A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists. 32 Octagon. Dunedin... ■ Conversing with a prominent South Canterbury farmer the other day, a Timaru Herald reporter was informed that a good many farmers who are' in the Wheat Pool are dissatisfied with the present working conditions surrounding the Pool. It is understood that a meeting of south Canterbury members of the pool will be held at an early date to, discuss the positjon and take whatever steps are deemed necessary iu order to conserve their interests.

For the first time for many years there was a decrease last year in the number of legal practitioners in the Auckland district. This statement appears in the annual report of the Auckland District Law Society, which will be presented at tbe annual meeting on March 14. The number of practitioners last year was as follows:—Barristers, 229; solicitors 519. the previous year the figures were -o- ana, 534 respectively. , un s 'l'ooteot Cure. Only two applications needed to cure footrot in sheen or cattle; prices, 5.s 6d, 10s 6d, and 255, SAnte Ui " Hish “You can produce quite as good fat lambs in Southland if not better ones than those bred in Canterbury,” said Mr B. JJomielly, technical adviser to the Canterbury Frozen Meat : Company, to a Southland Tunes reporter last Saturday, fie stated that in the past a very large number of Southland lambs had been sent abroad as Canterbury grown and had been very favourably received by the' trade. The Southland buyers are much more particular than those of the northern companies/ he said.

The best sports coats value in Dunedin this year .is at “Ascot," corner Princes and Rattray streets, hey have 250 coats m single and double-breaste-d topick from; prices from 17s 6d « e , 18 wonderful feed all through i nd ’ a i? d i th s s £ ock W.looking particularly well, but there always appear to be signs of neglect somewhere. Southlanders ought to wake up and have lectures given them by E>r Hilgendorf and the professors of Canterbury Agricultural College on new pastures and grain growing—although, I will say; Southland can grow oats better than Canterbury," said a mi. sltor at . Invercargill on Sunday. The erratic nature of the weather has produced many freaks in the gardens (says the Waikato Times). Flowers are now blooming a second time in some instances and shrubs which shed their bloom in the early spring are in certain gardens again in bud. The other day a trumpet daffodil was brought to the Waikato Times office by Mrs J. G. Ward, of Huia avenue, Frankton. This spring blossom is several months out of its season, and should not, m the nature of things, show its head until about October.

Do not miss this; Prince of 'Wales house whisky. 10s 6d; four or more, 10a. h ine old port, 3s.—C. Hinchcliff. proprietor. Phone 10-721.,, ■,

' That bulls are not to be trusted was shown on Mr P. W. Ream’s farm at Welcome Bay recently (states , the Bay of Plenty Times). Milking was proceeding as usual in'the evening, and standing outside the yard were a farm horse, ■ a young Jersey bull 18 months old, and several young cattle. Suddenly, without warning, the bull charged the horse and disembowelled , it; The horse was so seriously injured that it had tp be destroyed. Mr Ream lost .no time in- dehorning the bull, which had not previously shown viciousness.

kkumfactured in Inchinnan, in Scotl® Dl Super Tyres, although new * Vvl Zealand motorists, have a well- ? n 4 envia We reputation among motorists at Home. Otago Agents,. The Otago Farmers Co-operative Association,. w “-. Crawford street. Dunedin.” .' ' Two Honolulu residents decided, some months ago, to come to New Zealand for 1 a tour by motor ear. They purchased a car, shipped (equipped with ' tent and apparatus) to America, toured cf San -IWiwp to Vancouver,- and i ?mer , for Auckland, They made T l i SUr j y u ; ay , down through the nf commenced a tour of the South Island, turning off into the &" ai ' S as | an cy took them.. One day they camped on a road to Ashburton County, and were partaking of a meal nia e “bv a farT a i D Ca T the £ ate of a the to - F ost a latter. She saw ■£eak £ £° torlß t an - d cro SEed over to thethvF them ’, Sur Prise was mutual, for Fii° ple Vere neighbours iaHono--1 a’ ij a J, were ?n holiday. -A® j Wangnui resident, recalling the early days, remarked that very litt e Bheds^and ° n th o ro ° fs ° £ ?onses and' ' a ? d the roofing was .mostly done SDmt£ in 3 le n (says % The tiese provided .profitable employment for many people. He was en- & r occasion splitting shingles at Long Acre, and a, woman Mrs T ? ro .T"’ also employed on similar work in the locality, with men to place the j 1 . 1 2,1 , cr in position, for her. She had -nn difficulty i n splitting . 20P0 shingles d per-

Special shipment ladies' woven’marl ?rt- silk jumpers, newest V neck sfik- j Pockets trimmed contrasting colours^ mgger. red-black, red-navy, green-nigger* "• 6d -- T - kA*® V •If the story told by one side in this mvn t! £rue have heard the tale of a man being the victim of a most unoroasdi,®er4sus as sault by his wife.” fn th?| d his honour Mr Justice Blair the Supreme Court, at Nanier in sC: sources^of 6 Sa^ gl } ard 4116 timber reecheifie” detaifs of whiA IOl ° glcal resea rch KSSi ss* gr&g. anywhere for cash 1 w:] Per Pa l r - J’Osted Wa?werl he^d tl U n n 0 p? b w d - p l nic o£ tf >e was held Walweta Schools driving th, a J ll ? shy ? lth the object of ' its^pursuers J^ her<5 cd e it U into 8ha e ilow n tat«? D wh a ere j 105 ! 616651 ? stranded. The while resfc/of 1 the a * se l and -during the object for i “* e " ,ti, ‘. 5 more Pigs are wanted to meet it- MMtcei. ■ few ever referred back to the grald- ! forgetting' they were breeding, n # j at 50 Per cent, only of a bre ed> n g came from its parents, :• the other 50. per cent, of ‘its characteristics being derived, from its - grande parents., was an opinion expressed at-Tn-nenyarglh“St^ tUrd 2 y * *d£of ily " .. that is why the Corriedale »% ows .to the Lincoln or thl eai 4‘ ,<£ t is almost imposw a defi mt. e Corriedale breed even by judicious culling. i Country Storekeepers.—Handle tblf o Sm’.th C TT W !i edße j est - smallgoodsin fsiaad. and increase your turnstreet. I,beral . margin.—BartonV Manse

-Ihe Railways Department’s objective ™ USe 0D £ Ne " Zealand .« a l IKS purpose on the railways." stated the Minister of Railways (Mr W. B. Taverner) to a representative of the Press in ChrietSffch th«- week. “Last year 85 per cent, of the coal used came from \ew Zealand sources, and only 15 per cent we“* °r oreeaS ' During the Z e fl ,^ er e compelled to import from Australia, and probably this year the, percentage imported will be higher, as sufficient supplies cannot he obtained here i? e «£ rßSent °ff a , dl ’ s P ute at Rothbury has in, no way affected our supplies, as we have been obtaining them from totally different sources.” 1

Grandism (954) : It was said of an elderly spinster that, she could marrv =i? y sh f The trouble was 8 . did not please any man. Grand wines please the fastidious... v dn ?i. absent from the concert platform for three years, Mr Bert Skeele who was known throughout New Zealand as a boy soprano, has taken up' singing again, and has secured an engagement with Mr Edward Branscombe’s Westminster Glee Singers Mr Skeels has not been heard since his voice broke. Now that he is flinging again his voice is that vr d . u l ' ol* to '. . Skeejs will eail on to join the Glee Singers in Melbourne. After touring Australia they willvisit South Africa, and will go on rL^ la w’ r S m i , ? 4 11 « ? fw . weeks ,in ■ London, No definite plans have been made for the time following the stay in London, hut it is possible that the party will make another tour of the world. Annual Summer Sale in full swing. Bargains for all. Special display of School wear this week. See windows, all at Sale Prices. The Mosgid Ware-bouse.-A. F Cheyne and C 0.7. The very modest price charged by the < S ■P e P artnrent for pillows on the I fiw < L e3 sP, r , ess to a farmer I l , l vay^acl j, who was making his When* +L th l trai , n recently. \\ hen the attendant came through the tram with these very comforting requisites for the night journey, a fellowl,p aV hnni r d SU f^ !ted t 0 Hayseed ’’ that It . hould obtain one. On inquiring the puce he was told they were one shilling s “ ast( »“shed and pleased was he at the thought of getting a pillow an outlay that fie revived -■ ' to plunge, and take a couple while the market was so favourable. He" had no ; ' idea the pillows were simply on hire at the price, and when he left the. train at Ohakune he was seen with. a couple of the departments pillows strapped to his bag, much to the amusement of the other travellers.

The Gmt Sate is on now at Milton’s atC r .this column daily for Super Bargains. IPs the sale of the year. —Gray and Sons, Ltd., Milton... ine great schools of Loudon have shown a tendency to move from ths city as the years have gone by. In 1872 Charterhouse migrated, to be followed in 1902 by Christs Hospital, the home of the ifluecoat boys. Merchant Taylors, the last of these famous institutions, is now stated to he contemplating a move The school was founded in 1561 hy the Merchant Taylor’s Company',' but the prime movers were Sir Thomas White and Richard Hilles. Sir Thomas White was a very successful merchant, who had been Lord Mayor, and devoted his money to advancing education. 'The first headmaster was Richard Mulcaster, who was a distinguished Greek, Latin, and Oriental scholar.

One sunny morning to the store Came breathless little Theodore' Hichone bacon, please, he said. And nothing else will do inufea^