NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21020, 8 May 1930, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Decreases are shown in the Customs and excise duty revenue' collected in Gisborne during April when compared with, the figures for the corresponding month last year. The figures for last month, with, those for April, 1929,' given' in parentheses, were:—Customs, £SOOO T4s 5d (£6005 8s sd); excise duty, £709 2s lid (£990 -13 s 3d). . , v . Strong criticism of modern art conceptions was expressed by Mr L. R. Partridge_ at a meeting of the Wellington Technical College Board of Governors, Reviewing a tour of leading British and Continental galleries, Mr Partridge said he had been greatly disappointed with the impressionistic'trend which he termed “freak art” needing too much explanation. . i Do not miss this: Prince of Wales house whisky. 10s fid; four or more, 10s. Fine old port, Hinchcliff, proprietor Phone 10-721... Bankruptcy petitions filed in Gisborne during April totalled five (says the Poverty Bay Herald), as compared with one petition' in April, 1929. Teh petitions were filed during the first four months of the,year, as against eight during the corresponding months last year. ‘ The Mothers’, Club is a fixed' and, valuable institution,” said the Rev. T. Fielden Taylor at the annual meeting of the Wellington City Mission. “A visit on- a Tuesday afternoon would reveal anything up. to; 50 mothers sewing, while the babies hold a baby concert; and the email children crawl around. the floor.” ’ About 12,000 cases of Samoan bananas were brought to Auckland by the Waipahi the other day. The fruit was gene-, rally in a * good green condition, although a, small proportion was in a ripe or overripe state. ,The shipment was specially arranged for by Auckland merchants to relieve the scarcity of bananas which had existed on the local markets for some weeks. , • Barton’s.—Desiring to move with the times and increase my turnover, please' send me. s trial consignment of small goods.—Country Storekeeper... "Time is not an element that must be considered by the court; we must dispose of the case completely.” This remark was, made by. Mr E. Page, S.M., in the'Wellington Police Court the other day, when counsel apologised for taking up what he thought might seem to be too much time-with the defence. The magistrate, made it clear that the court wanted to sift all the facte. Time did not matter so long as justice was done. „ While the question of capital punishment was being discussed at the Howard League Conference at Wellington, it was said that the latest returns by the English Howard League showed that the following were the causes attributed to murder cases:—Drunkenness 19, quarrels 68. jealousy and intrigue 92, revenge 77, robbery SO, insurance money 3, extreme poverty 39. illegal operations 12, removing obstacles to marriage 9, shame and disgrace 4, sensual passions 26, causes not known 81. Easter specials from every department. See window displays.—The Mosgiel Warehouse. A F Cheyne and C 0... ; “ Old people’s meals have been continued for another year,” said the Rev. T. Fielden- Taylor at the annual meeting of the Wellington City Mission. “ During hard times we feed stray folk who are out of work. We also give meals to a few lads who work in the city and live in distant suburbs, and whose parents are very poor. During the year a few old folk have passed awajr or gone to the Old People’s Home, their places beingtaken by others. Supplies of. fish in Auckland are very scarce. This is attributed to the unfavourable weather recently experienced - in the Bay of Plenty and the Hauraki Gulf, where the ; easterly winds hindered trawling operations. An endeavour is being made (says the New Zealand Herald) - to trawl the west coast, which has not been worked for about 10 months, and one trawler has already been despatched there. It is expected that increased supplies yill be available shortly. Conn’s Footrot Cure. Only two appli cations needed to cure footrot in sheep or cattle; prices. 5s fid, 10a fid, and 255, only from Conns Pharmacy. Ltd., High street, Dunedin... Whether a demonstration of boomerangthrowing would form a welcome contribution to the programme on Cook’s Gardens,during the British Rugby team’s visit ‘ this month was a question discussed at a meeting at Wanganui this week (says the Chronicle). Members of the responsible body expressed the opinion that the exhibition would be an education to many colonials as well as to the touring party, and it was decided that an effort be made to arrange for the demonstration. The thrower is a Wanganui business man. The “Worker” Knee Gum Boot, for Men, a most astounding value to mail shoppers. Send size and 17s fid to Gray's Mail Order House, Milton... I “ I can feel in my hones that there’s something wrong with it,” said Mr Justice Blair in the Supreme Court at Wellington when referring, to a point which had heen ingeniously raised by Mr P. B. Cooke. “Perhaps you can tell me. Mr Ongley, what is the matter with it." “I don’t know, either,” replied Mr Ongley, who was appearing for the opposite side. “ He seems to have smoothed it off nicely and left no edges to get hold of it by.” “I know there’s something wrong, but I cannot think of it,” said his Honor. “Yes. sir,” replied Mr Ongley, “ he certainly -put-it very well.” , £ >

As showing the number oT ministerial changes involved by the itinerant Vlt«i of the Methodist Church, a remark by the . chairman of the Wellington district, which extends _as far as Levin on the Main . Trunk line to Eketahuna- on the Wairarapa line, is of interest. Speaking at” the> ■ induction of the Rev. M. A. MDowell at Maranui, the Rev. E., D. Patchett' said that by the time he had conducted the - inductions of the ministers’who had moved ; at the direction of the last conference, held in Wellington in February, he'would ■ have inducted every minister in this Wei- ’ lington district. The present season in Gore and the. surrounding districts has been - a record one for wheat and oats, both in quantity and quality. The very heavy oats crops have been due to splendid growing condi-' tions. It .16 estimated that from 10,000 v to 20,000 sacks of oats have been railed north from the Gore district this season. ; Their quality is , considered to be-better than in any previous season. The usual bushel weight of locally-groWn oats is . from 421 b to 441 b. . This year it ranges from 441 b to 481 b. The usual yield in Southland is from 40 to 60 bushels per acre. This year the yield is from 80 to . 100 bushels. Extra strong pink contille Oorselettes. with underbelt, elastic insets in belt and hips, 4 suspenders, side fastenings; all. sizes from 32 to 42 at 12s 6d. —Post free’ ‘ to any address from T. Ross, 130 Princes street;.. The desecration of the Cenotaph at Hamilton on Anzac Day by certain irre- > sponsible persons was strongly commented upon at a meeting of the Hamilton Beautifying Society last week (states the New Zealand Herald). The president, Mr W. H. Paul, said one woman had been seen filling her perambulator with flowers to take home. Objection was also taken to the manner in which people, sometimes accompanied by dogs, scrambled all oyer the base of the Cenotaph. “I have had a lot of experience of , man-eating lions during the past 10 years,” remarked Mr Temple Perkins at last week’s meeting of the -Wellington Rotary Club. Fifty-one of the natives in .. his district of Uganda had been taken, he ; added, by one family of lions within three weeks. Indeed, they had probably taken about 150 in all, because there were many', natives going through from the Congo at the time. He and some of his officers . had gone out after the lions and had..’ accounted for all of them. . Leather • coats, - with all round belts,, which are so much in demand, at present, :. can'be procured in all sizes, at the special price £5 15s, posted free. —Only at The - Ascot, Corner Princes and 1 Rattray ; streets... ' ■ - ; The . timber exported from the West Coast for the year ended March 31. 1930, was 76,411.500 superficial feet, which constitutes a West Coast record, beating the record of 1926 by 2,959,500 feet. T The , timber exported for the quarter ended . March 31 was 17,210,300 feet,. against . 16,916,500 feet for the last quarter.-. The ' timber conveyed through the Otira tunnel. for the quarter ended March 31 was ; 7,383,100 feet, and the amount for the year ended bn the same ' date was ■ 33,949,200 feet. The timber exported to . - Australia for the year ended March 31.1930, was 22,725,400 feet, _an increase of ; I, feet over'the timber exported last year. The total yearly cutting represents a clearing of 7000 acres of land. To every Parmer who prefers dura- . bilily to cheapness, our Horse*and Cow . Covers will, appeal. Superior materials, best workmanship, and covers that reallyfit describe bur well-known covers.—Otago Farmers’, Crawford strfet... - “ Some might think it is a very smart trick, but I think it is a despicable action,”- stated the Minister of Health (Mr A. J.-Stallworthy), when speaking at Palmerston North of the difficulties of administering charitable relief, and referring to the underhand methods that some people adopted to get charity when they did not deserve it. He recalled that women sometimes came to charitable aid .- institutions . pleading poverty, large . families, and husbands out of work, and., a little later .would be sfeen parading a - main street in a fur,coat. “ One 4 slinter’worked like that inflicts a hardship on worthy - cases,” stated the Minister. “ Somepeople applying' for' relief we have found had from £2OO to £3OO in the bank,"'. Pigs.—lf yon have any ready for market (porkers or. baconere), to obtain immediate returns of highest current market rates/send to Barton’s... 1 A disgusted sportsman, who had been out since early morning without getting an Opportunity for a .shot,'was returning 1 to his car across some paddocks (says the Southland Times) , when he saw numbers of farmyard ducks and geese swimming oh a pond some distance sway from the nearest farm house;' Seeing a ploughman hot" far away he approached him, and asked him if he would let him fire both barrels-into the rather crowded pond for, a ten shilling note. The man behind the team pondered a while, and then consented, and the cash was- passed over. The sportsman fired, and four ducks and two geese . succumbed to the discharge. Gathering up the spoils he- said to the son of the soil: “I think 1 got the best of that bargain." The other smiled, “I don’t think so. The birds don't belong to me.” ' „ . . The increasing demand for “ Bourbon ' proves the housewives’ of - a genuine breakfast beverage. ‘'Bourbon ” is produced' by A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists. 32 Octagon. Dunedin../ “This sort of thing is the source of/ constant anxiety to contractors on the, railway works, who are unable to lock ' up their tools.” commented Detective MT/eod in'the Gisborne Police Court the other morning, when a young man, William Underdown, pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen at Bartlett’s (Kopu), a crowbar, shovel, and mattock, the property of John ‘O’Grady, Thh detective explained that the accused obtained employment with si contractor on. the railway works; he had no tools then, but-he told his employer that he would pick some -up somewhere. The accused went away, and returned later with-tho tools belonging to Mr O’Grady.. After working on that job for some time, he left, and later was arrested on .another charge of theft .of tools, for which he -was placed on probation for six months. He had not complied with the terms of his release on probation. The Bench imposed a fine of £5, in default one month’s imprisonment. V Military Oily Canvas Coats, vent for riding, length 59, 52, 54, 66—39 a 6d. Doctor Dark Grey Shirts, collars I4i ’ to 17 —9a lid; posted anywhere, for cash. — Kilroy and Sutherland, Ltd., 192 Princes street, Dunedin... The rainfall recorded on the east coast o{ the North Island during January Was as follows: —East Cape, 5.90 in, on eight days; Pakibiroa, S.36in on 17 days; Tupuaebikitia (Tikitiki). 4.86 in, on 11 days; Waiorongomai, 6.66 in, on ll days; ■ Ruangarehu Station. (Tokomaru Bay), ,4.52 in, on 18 days; Mangatarata Station (Tokorifaru Bay), 5.05 in, on 17 days; Owhena, 6,12 in, on 15 days; Waihau, 3.22 in, on- 12 ' days; Tolaga Bay, 2.64 in, on 15 days; Whatatutu, 2.87 in, on 13 days; Toromiro/4.77in, on 18 days; Otoko, 3.56 m, on 16 days; Te Karaba. 2.271 n, on 14 days; Puha, 2.77 in, on 12 days; Eastwoodhill, 2.64 in, on six days; Tahora, 4.89 in, on 14 days; Te Kura, 6.30 in. on 18 days; Gisborne, S.llin, on eight days; Hopuruahine, 9.23 m, on 13 days; Whakapunake,, 3.80 in, on 13 days; Waikatca, 5.31 in, .on seven days; Waikaremoana, C.s3in, on. 19 days; Tuai,. 4.88 in, on 15 days; Puffings Station (Wharerata), sin. on 12 days; and Mangaone Valley, 4.2iini on 10 days. Grandism (1012): When buying wines or spirits remember it’s the quality that" counts most, not the price. - Grand Hotel wines and spirits are famed for quality... A recent visitor to Taupo (says the Napier Telegraph) was an Auckland business man, who had lived in India for' several years. He was interested in the work of the Maori school, and acceded to> the request of the headmaster to give a talk to the pupils.the subject being “Our Eastern Empire.” The lecture was listened to with great interest, and the; headmaster decided to test the mentality of the scholars by getting them to write an essay on what they had been told. Here is the effort of ingenious youth, who evidently knew how to avoid hard work: “ India is a great country, populated rqainly by Bunjaubs and Bengalis and others' too numerous to mention. There are many animals, such as buffaloes, ele- £ bants and snakes, and others which I ave not space to mention.” Another pupil wrote: “The Himalayas is the ,■ highest mountain in the world. Some time ago two men tried to climb it, but they were killed. They are going to try again next year." If you’re feeling dopey. And you want a thrill. Eat some Hitchon’e| bacon. You’ll get it—sure you wi11...'