NEWS IN BRIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21196, 29 November 1930, Page 28

NEWS IN BRIEF.

An order, has been placed for new uniforms for the, Ashburton Sily.er Band, in readiness for the-contest in Wellington an February. > ; The AucklaJfl Chamber of is supporting. strongly the, Whangarei chamber’s agitation’,, for’ an all-weather road to the ; north. There are " two ■ sections of five miles each to be Completed. When the Canterbury College'Board of ■ Governors advertised for a caretaker 267 men applied for V the position. V These have now. been reduced-to 29i ’ ■ .C . A cold, southerly rain, storm during. Sunday night resulted' in : heaVy mortality among ■ lambs and /newly , shorn etieep throughout the Wairarapa. farmers ate ,veiy heavy losers. Just arrived, averychoice assortment of Stuart Crystal Jugs, Tumblers, Salad Bowls, Vases, etc., suitable, for wedding presents.—Peter 1 Dick, Jewellers, Watchmakers,- and Opticians, 490 Moray pldce, Dunedin... - ; , ' "In the hurly-burly of life 1 have learnt that, if you want a thing you must keep hammering until you' get rit. When you get it you can then say ‘Hallelujah/" said Mr R. Semple, M.P., tft the opening of the Worser Bay Amateur Swimming and Life Saving Club, Wellington. ;, The bruiser Dunedin returned to Auck- : land the other afternoon ‘ after' her ■ visit to' southern ports. The, warship visited Wellington. Picton, New, Plymouth, and " a P. le r- 'She will remain at Auckland mtil December 1, when she will leave for tne Hauraki Gulf for * gunnery exercises, returning on December 6. What’, England • expresses, Ireland* emphasises and Scotland endorses, is. the fact that, the India -; Tyre . '.manufactured in, Scotland W an outstanding example of the ability of .'the British' manufacturer .to produce the . world’s best tyre. Otago agents, TheOtago Farmer?’.. Dunedin.;, Calmly and -contentedly chewing bunches of young’twigs and leaves torn from-the trees in Chalmers avenue,**Ashburtpn, the other day, a’ white goat atr tractcfl considerable . attention from passers-by. There was a chain about the animal e neck, but it was wandering from tree to tree plucking off large numbers' of leave®, \ ; t -' The unsettled weather of the past week ha ? affected ; the strawberry beds ??• W e Auckland, district ahd straw- ; coming forward to the .markets, during, the past day. or . so as freely as might; be expected. In the I*-°Pf they are selling at from Is lOd to 3s 6d a. chip. , 4 ■ High-class.. Shoes . for!.both men- and or; Clarks, are ; by J antes Gray and ’ Sons, MilThe Canterburir Gollege,’Board of Gov-mion-has decided on a'design for the: collie war memorial window (Bays the &^ hu -n h i. Tl The-subjwt of thl mndow wil! be_ ‘ The SemCe of Humanity Thought.” Some 1 minor ■ be - submitted to the artist, 00 40 embodied in the , - ne ® d ' some .explanation about the .Ploughs/’, stated Mr;.Justice Adams in the Supreme Court at Christchurch the other, day, when counsel had & mea . ns °f a single-furrow implement., the various parts l of a plough, .1 once . had . to 'handle a plough/'' continued the;iu(%e, but it-.benaved so out--rageously that I desisted very quickly/!; _ Hams, ox tongues for Xmas- and New Year; primest quality, prices lowest; unlimited supply.-—Bartons./. , • ‘ Devonshire,"- says ,Dr Brewer, “ according to; English mjUiology, is a corruption of Debon’s share.,' This' Dcbon was one of the heroes who came with Brute from Troy:' One of the s giants that he slew in the south coasts of England was Coulin, whom he chased to a vast pit eight leagues across. The monster, trying to leap this pit, fell i n and perished. When Brute allotted out the island, this: portion, DebonV share.* Looked at from a less legendary point of view, the name “.Devonshire” appears to. be derived from “Deunan/’ the nahie given to that part of England by the Cornish Britons by the reason of the inequality of its surface. A soften--mg of the name,-srith the.addition of the word “ scyre,” meaning a portion, seems to have produced the Anglo-Saxon “Devanascyre/’ in modern English “Devonshire.” “ This is a rather peculiar case. The petitioner and respondent were doctor and nurse, respectively, in a .hospital, and were married, and then separated after three days," remarked .Mr F. W, Ongley, when the divorce petition of Basil Ainslie Pdrntt against . Alfreds’ Alice Porritt was called in the Wellington Supreme Court on Monday before Mr Justice Reed; The ground on which the divorce was sought was mutual separation. Mr Ongley said that an order had been made dispensing with the attendance of the petitioner. Evidence was given by John SturroekV civil engineer, father of Alfreds Porritt, who said the parties were married in 1927, after which they lived a few. days at his home-^three days—-when the petitioner left, giving no explanation as to why he left. The witness spoke to his daughter, but she did ■ not say vety much. She said they, had decided to separate, but gave no explanation. The .witness said he brought about the marriage. To his knowledge the parties had never lived togetlien since. His daughter remained m New Zealand about six or seven months and then went to Queensland. He did not know where the petitioner went to. Evidence was also ■ given by Ernest Beeehy, solicitor, of Hawera,; who ‘was solicitor, for Sturrock mnd the respondent. Towards the end of, 1927 Mrs Porritt saw him when her husband was about to leave , for England. The witness, said he wrote to Dr Porritt at that time advising him that his wife proposed to apply for, a divorce on the ground of separation. His Honor-granted a decree nisi. It seems that, despite the many pleasures which tend to draw away, from the home these days, the saying, “ There’s no place like home,” has not-lost -its meaning for many. Columbia University discloses the fact that the United States is in the midst of an adult educational movement. It is stated that .about 1,550,000 persons are taking home study courses, nearly twice the total number of students in American universities, colleges, and professional, eohoohk- 1

• Dairy produce allotments ‘ehow that* tee, Mahia, which- .was. scheduled to load in the Wanganui roadstead on .Wcdnes--day, would lift 8000 > bdses ol butter ahd 110 crates of cheese (says the Ghrohidle), Other allotments are: Wostmoreland, cember. 1, 4000’ boxes of butter and 1300, c beese; Port -Hunter, /December, 16,6000 boxes of butter and 2000 Crates .of cheese r Raranpa;- January 22, 4000 boxes'; of butter apd 2000 crates of cheese! Port Uar / 12, 4000 boxes of butter and 2000 crates of cheese. ■ kast Saturday Palmetston North.fittingly celebrated' the’fact that it bad' at- ; tamed city status. . It Was the end of. a week b activities, * and; the city ■ presented a , ver y Ray’appearance. ' The crowds were an.outstanding feature to visitors. There were numerous bands .of : humorouslydressed fun-makers, who were working Tn thfe cause or parity, and in: a short talk with several a reporter gathered' that their efforts were being, well rewarded; Grandism (1188); Incomparable,vnlno <j-rand_ Hotel Wines and Spirits create demand by quality - alone.- The largest variety of stocks in New, Zealand... Lifts of 1301 b with one hand and 1821b' with two hands were made by an Auckland resident, Mr L. Patterson, at' a demonstration of weight-lifting and physical development' methods, given "recently’ before a small: gathering in Te ' Hapara, sponsored by well-known sporting figures. The Aucklanders’ weight is Ost 101 b, and r 8 °^ e 'hand lift was, therefore, hot -much less than his own poundage, while the twohand lift exceeded' it’ substantially. Mr Patterson demonstrated weight-lifting and swinging methods, muscle control, and a! large number of wrestling holds, of which he had gamed • experience in-the wrestling nny. . . Gorge and broom are flowering Ipxuriantly in the country, just: now, and in some parts-where they have, been allowed to run wild they present a gorgeous blaze of-golden bloom. Unfortunately, much of this beauty. is obtained at the expense of land which could be put to greater profit .(says the Timaru Herald). In places gorse and broom-are ousting patches, ot native bush. An instance of this may be seen at Brigg’s Gully, about the nearest piece of busli of any size to Timaru. ci^ 86 >,f 8 .L 0W Ir .. ljufc Bure, y taking possesand a once beautifull extinction ßll W tlireatened with ultimate ; Ladies’ underbelt corselettes. made in strong pmk contil, specially fashioned fer stout.figures; side fastenings, .Clastic sections over hips; boned at back with wide elastic and contil diaphragm control .fastening in centre, front; 4 strong suspenders: sizes 32 to 42,112 s 6d, posted to any address from : T. Roes, 130. Priafipl filFG6ltt * .< • ■ -.. y Although tee grass shed business is not nearly, to .brisk -afrit Was a few years ago. When bush was being cleared in all parts' “f the, country, there, is still hiore in the trade ■■ than many realise. One of the largest. ordeM for some time has recently beenJinahsed, by tender by a Government, department: controlling; several large pro l perties in Poverty Bay and Hawke’s Bay. The. .department flag > contracted for the supply .of grass seed to-the value of; approximated £IO,OOO, .to be delivered itt February of next-year. After a. recent fqectinfe of the Wanga* nui-Banmtikei Electric Power Board Mr H. w. Dalrymple;, who has .just returned from a hunting trip dn the north-west of Canada, was 1 asked by tec chairman. (Mr F. Purnell), to ‘relate - some of his; experimices. Mr, Dalrymple briefly traced his' trip,. and after an . account lasting 20 : minutes remarked ■ that \it 'was' .hard to recollect, details' Without preparation, ex- : SSP* a disjointed way. Mr Purnell s What ■ did you .shootf. .That -is What we ■ want mow. Mr -Dalrymple Replied teat he had no trophies in his waistcoat pocket to put on show, but h 4 bad shot a small moose or two,-a fair number of .caribou, and several wild sheep. . Men s working jßhjrtsT sizes 144 to 17,. T*B er ’ Twist ’’, or plain grey o' ol £ er T P l6t /\ 7« lid. , Khaki Veldt,• 2®.. ®d»- : Posted anywhere for' cash, l -*-' Kilroy.and Sutherland, Ltd., 192 Princes street. Dunedin... . ' 1 iPuttingthroughACOlbol-potatoos-in-an ?2n?’ * - P* carrots in four minutes, and laib wf: onions in 26 seconds,’an teleoti-in potato-peeling machine -is doing' excellent work m the; Auckland - Hospital .-nurses’ kitchen (says the ’ Star);. It was built in the Hospital 'Board’s ’.engineer’s ” workshop; at a cost (for new materials) of £3 195,. as against a quoted; amount of £64'tor an imported machine. 1 ;The annual recur--ring saving as against hand workisesttmated’at £B6. •; ',; y' .- : . An application for licenses for a fleet of taxi,cabs, which it is proposed-to vopferaW on Napier, Was received , by the Napier Borough Council last week. It'was stated that. it. was to be.the policy of the company, concerned, to institute tee Service cabs at cheap rates," using a ctentral depot and obtaining its calls. by thlephdnAi, The cars were of British make, and were ucenaed in .England and throughout’Ncw ZSffland; Owing to the fact teat the councils traffic inspector, had raised 1 tlie quesinspected. ofie 'tif ’the* egba that tHe hand and foot .brakes dld.nOt operate independently, was instructjed ■.te .feport.-te,. tfie Hoads, and Reserves Committee on. the question'of granting licenses, the committee being given power! to act. of: Wales - Hotel offers, it tne xarm. the best'accommodation in’ Dunedin.' Heal: UquorS -stocked. Phone lp-721.—C.‘ Hinchdiff, proprietor..; ■ ’ , -A’prominent Yorkshire wool buyer, now in-Auckland, vouches for the truth of a cricketing story concerning a. famons North-of England fast bowler, whose, ferratic temperament alone, -has "kept him out of test cricket.. The bowler l in questmn . eyidently has; a ‘habit of -appealing on the slightest • provocation, and on one occasion after he had; appealed unsuccess-. fully for Ibw decisions five times in two’ overs, when the ball - Was humping, off -afiety. pitch, the umpire turned to. him'. There is only one better; a’fipealer than in the , whole of England" he aaid. W^o, 18 that ?’ . inquired the howleu—and like a flash came the answer: "Dr tfarnardo. Nb. - more impossible .appeals Were heard in. that mqtch. . ’ . vi Money savers; and spring cleaning bargains the order of the day af.the Mosgiel ! Warehouse. .Big reductions in all. deparfcnjents. Call or write early.—AV P. Cheyne and C 0,.. ;,. tree# " made to order. M are one of the latest triumphs of research in horticulture. Speaking to a gathering ’of Mr H. G, Hatten. a Visiting English fccperl.»aid that as a result of research work in England lute stock grafting it Was now possible to control the size, and cropping power of apple, pear, plum, and cherry trees. The trees could be purchased , te-grow, in a certain .space m much tee 4 Same manner ns a person purchased a hat for a certain sized head, v: Constant, work < was revealing eJotraordmary thingß'to tee research worker. annual sale is now m full swing. Allwool worsted suits, reduced from £0 Os.' ??? ®l 9 6d - Pullovers 12s fid. now Bs lid. Sports coats 28a fid, now 10s fid. Fawn twist working shirts 9s 6d. now ha ■4to P tf Dunefc!! back ° F eXchan B c ' L “ ' ‘] A 8 » golfer the late Mr H. O. Kirk had a very wonderful temperamcnf’aaid ® ir Alexander Roberts at tee opening of Kates Ut the Lower. Hnth Club last 'Saturday afternoon, “if , he struck a had lie.he Ubo& it as an opportunity te learn aomethmg. He was a true sportsman. Once in Christ-SSSJ3-7B ship. Too many entries had been taken, and some finishing as night fell ’ w K l rk T iß . th e .last player to come'in, but when he tramped into the clubhouse he was smiling, ■ and his only complaint was that he had to use a whole box of matches to play the last two holes." , Blue j Mountain Jamaica Coffee stands far and away above every other Coffee for delicious flavour.Ex Taranaki, we have our hew season’s .Supply;— dlu r ’ 8 ®' ! 32 Octagon. Dunedin... • ■ .When once confidence is restored 'and people realise the present must he the best time to’buy on account of cheap markets an improvement all round may be expected," said Mr E. Newman, C.M.(3L during an address at the Marten rose Bh ° w - _ Personally. 1 think that all who ,can afford to- employ extra labour and spend their mofiey should do so. P know many people who are sitting ’ tight " and who have reased. employing lnbour who can ,well affoifi to carry on. This is no' palliative; it increases the -depression' and unemployment It is the duty of all to spend what they can affotd and ‘not to tighten their purse strings when those less fortunate are • suffering. from the -'oonse-. quenefes of less in circulation and tee prevailing unemployment,” Hitohon s saveloys of pork - - Your, grocer can supply,, : ; ' If he is ignorant of the fact - He s sure to stooki teem by- and *