NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21053, 16 June 1930, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF.

A profit of about £2OO was made from « ?,",AJutland University students’ play. All Quiet on the Waterfront,” according to the Students’ Association balance sheet.

, Several hundred unwanted cats were destroyed by- the Wellington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals during the past year. The society has now set apart Tuesdays and Thursdays ofvf a °k for executions. , Grandism (1045): “Grand House whisky; a rarer spirit never did steer humanity. ; There’s an unmistakable fragrance .and bouquet about it... Stock slaughtered at the Napier Abattoirs during May numbered as follow; Cows 158 (condemned 2), bullocks 203, sheep (268 wethers,; 1185 ewes); 1453 (4) lambs; 296, pigs 125 (1) and calves .118. ‘ Thank goodness I have not got to say what the law ought: to be,” said Mr Justins Blair, ih the Supreme Court at New Plymouth the other morning. “I■ am here only to administer the law as it is. and not; to say what it ought to be. Thai is the job of politicians.” _ “ There are far too many trophies in’ Rugby these days,” said Mr C. H. Warden, president of the Wanganui Metropolitan Rugby Union, at a meeting the other night. “It would be.a good thing if all the trophies were melted down into one lump and then sold,” he concluded. Barton’s.—Desiring to move with the times and increase my turnover, please send me a trial consignment of small goods.—Country Storekeeper... “ The work in the military camps presents one of the finest opportunities for ® erv i°® with which our organisation is faced, says the annual report of the directors of the Napier VM r A «it is also a rare opportunity for making contact with the youth of the whole Dominion. During the past year approximMely 89 camps were catered for in 26 different centres, extending from Gore to Whangarei. and including our own centre at Waipukurau. , Provision-was-made for social and recreational needs of over 20.000 trainees.

For over half a century, civil engineers have been reporting upon the Greymouth Harbour, "with a view to overcoming the serious , handicap to the trade of the port caused by the bar; but the bar still demonstrates the fact that it holds the trump card (says the Grey Star). After over 50 years of reporting by more or less eminent engineers, vessels are still held up for days unable to sail owing to the sea on the bar or the lack of water due to shoaling. Diamond _ Rings.—. Large / selection, superior quality; compare values. Direct importers jewellery, watches, and silverware.—Peter Dick. 490 Moray place... . A sailor can usually be depended upon ior a good story and Captain S. R. Middleton, D. 5.0., R.N„ was quite equal to the occasion when replying to the toast 0 j tk® Second Army BriS a de, New Zealand Field Artillery reunion at New Plymouth. He related (says the Herald) how a young subaltern was sitting for an examination at Home, and one of the questions asked him was tne function of cavalry in war. The answer he gave was this: “To lend a tone to what would be a vulgar brawl." some time before the laughter subsided.

His Excellency the Governor-General at Wanganui the t other day expressed his ± C? I ,^ ao^ I , names - ft was noticeable at the Rotary Club that he used the Maori pronunciation Whanganui : (says the Chronicle) instead of the usual * { Waganui. Evidence of his interest in early history was given also when he commissioned the president of the Rotary Club T - w ' Do ”^ When you want comfort, durability, and tafit'ng.purchase India Super 'Tyres, built by British workmen m Scotland and guaranteed to give you efficient service. Otago distributors; Otago Farmers’ Crawford street, Dunedin... ’ kindly action was performed in Christchurch by Mr P. D. Prentice bantam of the British Rugby team. Jin exmember of Mr Prentice club (Leicester): nho is a resident of Christchurch, has a son an inmate of the public hospital. The Pr Jhv eXp , r !? Bed , a h °P 6 of seeing Mr a n d N. th f ot ler . mornin g his father asked the British captain if he could visit the childrens ward. Mr Prentice immediately consented,., and paid a* visit to ward 7 at 7 o’clock that night. The Rugby a rous * n £ reception from the children.

. to „ las t year each of the trams owned by the Gisborne Borough Council was insured for £SOO {says the Poverty Bay Herald). Last Saturday one of the' vehicles made a last trip from the Carnarvon street,, siding to a site in Kahutia street, where it is to serve as an office for a well-known contractor. The price paid represented only a small fraction of the cover maintained on the machine until last year, and the purchaser took the chassis as well as the body. The council has three other trams which it is willing to dispose of cheaply, but the demand for such vehicles is decidedly limited. —Among new church bells shortly to be dedicated at Aston Abbotta Parish Church, Buckinghamshire, England, is one given by an American descendant of a man who left Aston Abbotta in -1636.

Pour hundred, sacks, crammed to the top, were required to remove the waste paper and other rubbish that remained after the crowd had left Athletic Park on Jime 3. when the British Rugby team was beaten by Wellington. Just on 32,000 people attended tbe match. , " Residents in the towns of Tennessee, United States, along the Southern Railway, have long complained bitterly of ' being awakened at all hours of the night by the shrill whistling of locomotives as they approached . stations and crossings. They were awakened on a recent evening at intervals, as usual, but were startled to hear snatches of popular tunes coming from, the siren of a very - large engine. This is an attempt by obliging railway . officials to mitigate tbe necessary nuisance of the engine’s warning blasts.’ Do not miss this:,:Prince of Wales house whisky, 10s 6d; four or more, 10a. Fine old port, 3s,—JC. Hihchcliff, ’proprietor. Phone 10-721... During a discussion at a meeting of the Hawke’s -Bay Acclimatisation Society regarding the deer menace in New Zealand, Mr T. Pickett, in his report on the recent conference at Christchurch, stated, amidst laughter, that a suggestion was made to introduce leopards into the Dominion. “That would mean a lot more * spots ’,” said Mr J. H. Edmondson. It was pointed out by another member that if this- was done it would probably be . necessary later to import elephants in order to bunt the leopards. At this Stage the discussion, which was becoming rather ' involved, was dropped. Ladies’ sanitary requirements; -Southall’s and Mene towels, with loops. Is lid, 2e 6d, 2s lid dozen; soluble Lilia towels. Is lid, 2s 6d; Lilia rubber knickers, 2s lid; laee-trimmed do, 4s lid; Lilia sanitary belts, medium and large. Is lid.— Sent safely to any address from'T. Ross, ■ 130 Princes street..., A correspondent wrote asking Mr E. C. Boulenger, director of the London Zoological Society’s aquarium, to inform him what species of fish is whitebait. Mr Boulenger replied “ The answer is that it isn’t, for whtebait as a species does not exst. ■ In winter this popular dish consists chiefly of the young sprats, in summer of young herrings. The qualification ‘ chiefly ’ is advisable since the young of many other fish often associate with the main' supplies and may look superficially much the • same. Whitebait may contain almost any small animal that swims, and I have found pipe fish, seahorses, and even young gar- ‘ fish coyly hiding beneath the lemon peel.” 'Special 10 days l eSet from tbe Moegiel ■ Warehouse: A further 2s ih the £ reduction on all Sale. Prices for all Cash Purchases. Buy now while the selection is *t its highest.—A. F. Cbeyne and C0...‘ ■ Counting the punches” is not a slang ’ term for refereeing a boxing match, but it can well be applied.to a practice of which one Aucklander has made a habit. : The man in question was seen the other day to pick up a tramway concession card,' > count the number of holes punched in it, V and then throw it aside. Asked if he ; was optimistic enough to think that there : might only have been 11 clips in the card, * he replied in the affirmative, and then offered the information that for some time past he had made a habit of -examining ' all concession cards that he saw lying ■ about- W X find, there is often a free trip to be picked up,” he said, and from a pocket he produced three concession cards.which B liad been discarded* although each was still worth one ride. - Military Oily Canvas, Goats, vent for ■/ riding, length 50, 52. 54. 56—39 s 6d. Doctor Dark Grey Shirts, collars 14) to 17—9 s lid; posted anywhere for cash.—. ‘ bilrcy and Sutherland. Ltd* 192 Prince street Dunedin... ■ - _ Reference was made: in the Supreme V L-ourt at -Wellington the . other day Isays the . Dominion) to the fact. - that a statement;, made to the . police and, a plan made of the scene of a motor accident were' not available for use in a cml action for'damages arising out of the , accident. Counsel;; said he had interviewed the superintendent of police at Wellington,- and was- informed that the statement were. not available, ine . difficulty had been experienced before; Mr _ Cooke said- the plan wafe in tne hands or the commissioner of police* whereupon Mr Justice Reed said he did n ?t want to subpoena the commissioner • of police, but counsel might indicate to the commissioner that he thought it desirable that the-plan should be:produced. 1 bubsequently the plan .was produced in court; with the statement, but; his Honor only allowed the planHo be used. Strong Shadowctte Cushion Covers; in a handy size, great value at the price, bend , one 'and sixpence to Gray’s "Mail Order House. Milton... In days gone by the infirmary in Auckland, formerly known as the Costley . produced the finest pigs in:the. Dominion, and sent prizewinners to all Ppts of the country; So famous did the place become for thebreed of its pigs that although : the . piggeries, were -done away with over a decade ago letters are still received asking the price of prize stock from the institution. At,a meeting of the Infirmary Committee, recently the question cropped up as to thd quality of the .bacon Bup pii e( i to the home. The “Mical superintendent, who had, ah a youth, been brought up on a farm, made an. interesting statement ’on the size, weight, and age of pigs necessary to produce good bacon. He said that a good deal could, be judged by the rind of bacon. Sf "if too thick it meant that the bacon bad been made from an old pig.. Other members engaged in professional work showed also that they knew all about the products of the farm. ihe increasing demand for '* Bourbon “ proves the housewives’ appreciation dl a genuine breakfast beverage. Boorbon is produced by A. Durie and Co* coffee specialists, 32 Octagon. Dunedin... ■nr ?!■ a , lectl J re delivered recently to the Wellington branch of the New Zealand -^ r^ M , r A. Campbell, of Christchurch, made reference to supplanting rivets. In recent years, the electrical of structural steel has been much used, and in Australia some remarkably _ good work has been carried put by welding, but the only factor that makes engineers and architects chary of welded work is the uncertainty of the human element: and the absence of : regulations -insisting on ths. employment ot properly trained welders. So much dependron the skill of the man that it is imperative, that they be licensed. Given rigid regulations and a willingness on the part of the firms employing welders of structional steel to take full responsibfiity for the strength of the joints, the welded joints should in thefuture displace rivets ■in many types of structures. Leather coats, with all round belts, whitm are so much in demand at present, can be procured in all sizes, at the special price £5 15s, posted free.—On!y at The ’ t Cornec rin ces and Rattray

tetter ar) d newspaper clippings:, show that Anzac Corner" in Manchester southern Cemetery is still being cared for S loving hands (says the Taranaki Herald). On the first Sunday after Anzac Day several units of the Cheshire detachment of the Legion of Frontiersmen marched to the cemetery and paid their Anzac Day tribute of remembrance to the graves of the Australians and New Zealanders who lie buried there. Dominion flags were placed between the graves, and wreaths were placed by En-gineer-commander Bolton, of E.M.5.,Xrwell, and by Trooper J. L. Robson, an Aucklander. An address was given by Mr William Harper, who looks after the graves and keeps them in perfect order. The ceremony attracted a large number of people to the cemetery. At the close the Last Post” and the “Reveille” were sounded by buglers. you have any ready fox market (porkers or baconers), to obtain immediate returns of hichest current market rates, send to Barton's.,* The Heretaunga golf links, an' expanse of park-hke land on* the banks of thb Hutt River, and girt round by bueh-clad hills, has long been acknowledged to bo one of Wellington’s beauty spots. Bathed in generous .sunshine, it looked a perfect picture on a recent afternoon. “ Yours is not the only country which can boast of English parks,a Dominion reporter remarked to an English visitor, who was following a golf match. “Do you know," replied the Englishman. “ I have been admiring your course all the afternoon. It is a little bit of Sweden, a little bit' of the Dolomites, a little bit of heaven, and a little bit of hell,” He particularly admired the sharp lights on the bush-clad ' hills which he said reminded him of bweden. His reference to the nether’ regions was not explained. The guests sat round the table,.-’ The waiter brought the food; “Where is our Hitchon’a ham?” they cried, w “No other brand is good.”^.