NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21040, 31 May 1930, Page 28

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Extensive alterations are being made at the Heretaunga Dairy Company’s butter tactory at Waipukurau. A new churn and butter vat are being installed, whilst the most modern electric motors are also I s laced in position for the running of the plant. Diamond , Rings.—Large selection, superior compare values. Direct importers jewellery,. watches, and eilverware.—Peter Dick, 490 Moray place:.. Alterations are at present being carried out to the reading room of the Invercargill Public Library {says the News) which, when they are completed, will provide accommodation for 90 readers compared with the past seating accommodation for 65. This indicates the popularity of this branch of the institution. Residents of Wellington and its suburban districts have hearty appetities. The two following paragraphs appeared in a hus inspector s report presented to the .hastbourne Borbugh Council last week; One man ate his ticket. I collected another fare, 9d" and “One lady’s ticket ’ • . Wa ® mutilated, as she had chewed the end off it and there was no number left on it. I charged her Is 3d.” 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 15e. posted free.— Only at The Ascot. Corner Princes and Rattray Stt66tSiki

Th ,s_ K . Goo .d .Morning Club” the latest novelty to strike Wellington, where it is growing fast the figures quoted to the Canterbury. Advertising Club at a recent - a membership of between 3000 and 4000 since May. 5 last. There is no membership fee. All anyone has to do is to sign a membership card on which is printed a reproduction of the “Joy Germ, and to undertake to say a happy Good morning "to everyone. The membership was further added, tp the other night, when, cards were distributed among the large attendance.-

When an application for two cases to be heard together was made in the Christchurch Civil Court recently, Mr W J. Hunter, who appeared for defendant,* objected. “ I don’t want to have too many people attacking, me at once," he said. If you have . a just case it should not matter how many people are attacking you, said the magistrate (Mr H. A. “Still, weight sometimes tells,’ Mr Hunter added. Fuji .Silk, 10yds for lOd (worth 2s 6d yard),-with each sewing machine sold in May.—Calder, Mackay Co., Ltd., 180 Rattray street... • Mr F. D. Prentice, ’ captain q£ the British Rugby’team, was very enthusiastic in his praise of Pukekura Park,' New Plymouth, He said that, comparing it with grounds he had played on in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and France, the • sports ground last Saturday presented the most attractive pictnre he had ever seen. He admired 'the sports ground also for its “beautiful setting of forest, lakes, and gardens.” " You could increase the population of Wanganui city to 90,444, without appreciably increasing the debt," said Mr J; W. Mawson, director of town planning, at a regional planning meeting in Wanganui. He was instancing large expenditures by local bodies, which, he said, were out of proportion to the population of the area in many districts. Wanganui’s population, Mr Mawson said, was 27,400. Farmers will this year be looking for horse covers that are low-priced—yet with quality. Our green flax felt-lined for 335, or rick-lined for 29s 6d, complete with hs&ehist strapping, are great yahafe. —Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., High street, Dunedin,.,

A smile was raised in the Supreme Court at Auckland last week (says the Star), when a Maori was giving evidence in a case in which a motor cyclist claimed damages for injuries received when his machine collided with a motor bus. The witness was speaking of the- driver of the bus, the cyclist, and the bus itself, and was using the pronoun "he" a good deal. After one statement counsel asked witness who he meant by "he.” "Oh, he? —why, the hue,” smiled the Maori, and the jury smiled with him. A donation of three silver cups valued at £5 5s each, with a couple of miniatures, has been made to the Christchurch YM.C.A. by the Herbert Smith Trust (says the Sun). These are for competition among boys under 15, and have been allocated for swimming, athletics, and basket ball. The cups arc to be retained by the winners as their own property. .

At , end of April there were 39 patients in the infectious diseases hospital at Burwood, a lower number than for a period of years (says the Christchurch Sun). It was reported to the North j Canterbury Hospital Board the other day that S 3 cases, comprising scarlet fever 39 _ and diphtheria 44, were dealt with during the month. There was one death _ from diphtheria. Military Oily Canvas Coats, vent for riding, length 50, 52. 54, 56—39 s 6d. Doctor Dark Grey Shirts, collars I4J to ;J~ 9s lid; posted anywhere for cash.— Ailroy and Sutherland. Ltd.. 192 Princes street. Dunedin... In the course of an address to the Auckland Creditmen’s Club last week. Mr T. L. Hamca mentioned that condensed milk ■is highly esteemed as a delicacy in China and Japan. In China, where the standard of living is very low—a “rice-line” instead of a bread-line ’—women of the poorest class would frequently take a leaf of a plant to the nearest store where imported goods were sold, and, on payment of a very small sum, receive a little condensed milk, poured out from the tiu. and the United States, said Mr Hamea, did a big export trade to the Far East in dairy produce, and there was a steadily growing trade with New Zealand, but the Dominion's greatest export to Japan at present was casein, the dried milk product.

Pigs. -If you have any ready for market (porkers or baconers), to obtain immediate returns of highest current market rates, send to Barton’s... Speaking at the Rehmera Methodist Church on Wednesday evening, the Rev. Dr Ranston related an interesting experience during his recent visit to England. He was visiting a provincial town in Yorkshire when he saw a man coining along the street wearing a sandwich-board, describing ,his desperate condition, and need of work. As Dr Ranston looked at the board and then at the man, he felt sure he had seen him before, recognising him ns the person who, a few months ago, used to parade up and down Queen street with the same notice. He approached the man, and asked him of he was ever in Auckland. He replied with an emphatic “No!” Not satisfied,'the doctor again approached him, and the man promptly to his heels and fled, which made the doctor murmur: “Thou art the man.”

_ The gilt “Lion” budges worn by the British Rugby, team. are. being “hunted ” to the point, of extermination (eajrs the _ ■ Taranaki Herald). 'A- delicate inquiry as to the possibility of .acquiring bnfiifrom one' member of the team brought the reply, “Mine.have all gone, and I have, not one to -wear myself.” . ' ' The changing taste of the Auckland public in the choice of its amusements was referred to by Mr W. Cecil Leys . at a meeting of the Leys Institute, in' Auckland. Uy till a short time ago, he said, the institute had arranged lectures and entertainments, for which some of the ; best brains in New Zealand had been available. Nowadays, however, the difficulty was to get audiences, owing, prob-, ably, to the more-popular appeal of the picture theatres. The “Big” bundle of twelve pieces of s best quality India Tape, extra long length, usually sold at one shilling, posted for eightpence in stamps.—Gray’s Mail Order House, Milton.,. The owner of a motor lorry had a rather fjnrtling experience in Lambton *niay, Wellington, the other morning. He bad been in a shop, and on returning went to start his .engine by hand. As soon ns the handle went over the lorry jumped, backward, colliding with a Oar in the rear and driving it back several* feet, leaving _ the astounded owner with the handle in his band. He had left the gears in, reverse. _ Little damage was done beyond dents in mudguards. • . Simplex Sewing Machines, guaranteed for 10 years—3s 6d down and 3a 6d weekly..—Calder. Maokay Co, Ltd, 180 Rattray street... ... ,T^ e future railway construction policy of the Government was amongst the subjects discussed at the caucus of the United urty last week. Replying in Nelson to criticism of the Government for “ buildmg a very costly railway in the NelsonWest Coast area, undeterred by the recent earthquake upheaval or the scant. eeo- ■ nomic prospects offered,” Mr G. C. Black - said that as member for Motueka he took the opportunity at last Wednesday’s caucus of aseertainiiig the future railway «Sl rUc IOD .policy of the Government.' .the-gap will be filled'in spite of the earthquake talk of the opponents to the line, said Mr' Black. Do not miss this: Prince of Wales house whisky. 10s 6d; four or more, 10s. ' Dine old port, 3s.—C. Hinchcliff, pro- ; pnetor. Phone 10-721... H , T} > e ,.opinion that New Zealand bovs have little chance at present of qualifying _ for the merchant service, and that a training ship should be provided, so that those who wanted to go to se* would be able to receive adequate instruction, was expressed at a meeting at Timam ofthe General Committee of the Navy Leognw A member had heard it sa>d from Lfttelton that scarcely one boy a year took 3p* a life as an occupation. In other countries there were training ships, in England some shipping companies - had their own methods of fitting bova lor future semce on their boats, b* means of cadetships on cargo steamers. ,New Zealand, however, lacked any such train»ng ground. • “The real engage-/ 18 a diamond,” says a Writer. Dhe marriage stone is. of course, a grind-' (The Passing Show.).. 8 ' _ the Government motor ship Maui aSlucU 8 del T d J n ?tream auojuand for nearly two hours last Sun- ; day morning for. minor, repairs to -her-V engines {says the New Zealand Herald) The vessel arrived from Apia and Niue island at midnight on Saturday night, and £ as medically examined on Sunday morning P. ratl dne had been granted she + «. ain at , t ! ie anchorage until re- ’ Sl' 8 ,,* 0 the .machinery were completed. ™ moved to her berth at King’s under her owm power and with a w ahead to assist in faerth--ing operations. _lt’ s Overcoat Week at the Mosciel Warehouse; 5s in the £ Reduction on every te° a Ti' in . Bt ,?c ck . J £ . or one week onlvT MLn lS «»rW oy \’-i Malds ,> Women’s, Men’s; A 6 h^ ve Jhe selection;— %F: and Co., Mosgiel... Ine selling of stud rams in a ring just, as is done _ when horses are being sold by Mr J. the Farmers Union Conference at Timaru i h farmS IY' ? aid 14 was vital that L M. J hen Bt , ud should ar/tlvt, they were sound and walking straight and had n 0 defects. Sfl e hared L by Mr R° Sinclair Rvstpm 3Y. ar d- Thefarmer said thjs system was followed at Waimate, and had r , been an uhquabfied success. Mr Ward stated that some people contended that this method might take more lime than whv D ?f S, P is s yd. but he could not see W ° y j. X v should. Ie was agreed that a request be made, to the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association to try this eysat the next stud ram fair. „ Tff mcreasing demand for “Bourbon” proves the housewives appreciation of ? B® n ume breakfast beverage. *• Bov *. bon is produced by A. Dnrie and Co.i coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin. “ i? U 8 Btorjr was told by * Maiterton business man at a meeting tee other mghhpnor to the commencement of busineas. The narrator had been to Anckwfn for a holiday and related the folmade by a guide during I .?, b6e 7 atloD |> w ben passing a largo m: .L™^ 8 one largest and finest poultry farms in the southern hemisphere. It is alow sport; the hens *** * day - Slx hundred and ni ars v aKO a rooster laid an egg. They thought so much of him that*, aftw him“ Indla ~ Himala ytt—waa called Extra strong pink contillo Coreelettes. with underbelt, elastic insets in belt/and hips, 4 suspenders, side fastenings* all sizes from 32 to 42 at I2s 6d.-P«f’f~e Etr a^f ddreßß £rom T * Ross * 130 PriSea segregated at W / ia AaeMaad- : the, other day just, before a sale was to start (says the Stkr). Andderlv man J w l6 ? had decided to try ‘ out a piano, and it was. soon evident that he I™; 8 +i “ a | ter J ° y tlle instrument. His long, thin hands danced over the keys as W n- nced hst / n , ere classic win,I? e i Be , em / d los * in his- art, Smld®alJ uc looked round, expressed a few Tw a P° lo K y ’. and plodded his unv X', word, that old chap is a fine player, said one woman, who seemed <lisappointed that the mefody had censed. ’ . res, added a man nearby "that man meiba. The spectators appeared thoroughly to appreciate this news. Ewrv voluntary audience likes to f.,1 teat its good taste is justified. hill*, ll eT I Farmer wh « P»te» dnrariji”. “ cheapness, our Horse and Cow hoof - ‘I 1 !! ap . p . eal * Superior mater.als, fir ,I,ansk,p ’ii a T nd covere that realte lit describe our well-known covers,—Otago Farmers’, Crawford street... There-are certain processes of boat repair work which in the ordinary course can be handled by oarsmen in their spare time ; about the rowing dubs, and at a meeting of the Gisborne Rowing Club it was recommended to younger members that they familiarise themselves with these older oarsmen. Damage is suffered by the plant more often now than in eZrlirr years (says the Poverty B av Heraldl. owmc to the multiplicity of obstructions ■ K hc . ™ channels, and the late of dapth IQ . the coin-ses. Most coses of damage can be repaired, however, without inBe *i2 l ’ a fiXponsc > if the jobs arc tackled with energy and. some- slight knowledge of the structure of racing craft. It was instanced- during the discussion that two of the practice craft had suffered injury to their bottom strikes, the t D fS? c l e l a ? ect ’Ug practically the full length of the four-oar boat, but that repairs had been made by dub members with entirely satisfactory results Barton s.—Desiring to move with tee times and increase my turnover, phase send me a trial consignment of small uoods.—Country Storekeeper... I ' ntere l E t in the game at. Eden, Park was at a high pitch all the time last Saturday Isays the Auckland Star). j taose in tbe grandstand was distracted every now and then to w v D j ICS °L a Maori, who. totally unabashed, would performsolo hakes at suitable intervals. Every time the side he : favoured scored, or looked like scoring or earned out any good movement, this zealous partisan, would perform all the hakas ever staged, and a few of his own into the bargain. With fingers groniug. ._ and working hands, with lolling tonmic and starting eyes, he pirouetted up and down ntet in front, of the centre of the sta ? d - The opposing team scored first, . and there was X period of quiet, but when his aide came to light it seemed as though everybody else was silent. ;■ i Said the little fat pig as he left the sty: I m. off, mother, dear, but don’t'you cry; iv My one desire, now I’m a young man. Is to become a Hitehon’s ham..'