NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21357, 10 June 1931, Page 14

NEWS IN BRIEF

A-Wanganui resident when discussing the finding of a still the other day in the business area, stated that some years ago one of his relatives ploughed up a still in an orchard at Makirikiri. He also recollected one being in operation many years ago in Wanganui from which a considerable quantity of liquor was produced. Now the dark mornmgs are here you will require an Alarm Clock. Just landed this season's stock of Alarm Clocks, Luminous Clocks, Striking _ Clocks, eto. Prices from 8s 6d.—Peter Dick, jewellers, watchmakers, and opticians, 490 Moray place, Dunedin... The quantities of stock killed at the Scuthland freezing works to date are in excess of those for the same period last year, and the manager (Mr Alexander Derbie) says there is every indication that by the time the freezing works at Mataura and Makarewa are closed down, the grand total will exceed that of last year, which was a record for the company. “My opinion is that, provided a boat is well-found and seaworthy, and is large enough to carry the requisite stores, any capable yachtsman, with the services of a good navigator, can the crossing without undue risk,’ said Mr D. Kirkcaldie, a member of the crew oi me Auckland yacht Rangi, which competed in the recent transtasman race, when detailing some of his experiences to a Wellington Post reporter. -Mr Kirkcaldie formerly raced the yacht Seabird in Wellington, and is now living at Napier. All prices at Gray's Big Store have been brought into line with to-day's reduced values. An inspection, will repay you when you visit Milton... The Auckland Aero Club is endeavouring to secure a landing place for aeroplanes at Opotiki. At a meeting of the Opotiki Domain Board a letter was received from the club inquiring for a landing ground on the racecourse, It was pointed v out that Opotiki was halfway between Rotorua and Gisborne, and a landing ground would be used by weekend flyers to a considerable extent. The board considered that it should encourage aviation, and decided to confer with officials of the club on the ground. There are many clubs with strange names, but “ The Rat and Sparrow Club ” is one of the queerest. • It has recently been formed among the members of a small agricultural society in England, with the object of reducing the number of rats and sparrows in the neighbourhood. . During the year each member undertakes to kill for every acre of land under his care, two sparrows or two starlings, or two rats or two grey squirrels. Thirteen parishes are represented in this plan, and a chosen member from each has the pleasant task of counting the number of sparrows' heads and rats’ tails that are brought to him by other members in his parish. A member has to pay a fine of one penny for every bird and rat fewer than the number be is required to destroy, and if there are on an average five members of the club in each parish with 400 acres each, more than 50,000 nead of bird and rodent should be accounted for in the year.

While digging on the waterfront road at Onehunga, one of the men employed there found in the sand a shilling bearing the date of ,1820 and having on it the head of King George HI. Although over a century old, the coin was in a good state of preservation. It is still good currency (reports the Auckland Star). According to the buyer of a Wanganui drapery firm, an increase of about 2g a pair will result in the price of women s silk stockings, following the new Canadian tariff. Of the pure silk stockings sold in Wanganui, about 80 per cent, were of Canadian origin, so that the majority of lines would'be affected. He said-the effect of the new tariff ’would probably be to divert the trade in silk stockings to the United States, as Britain could not supply the demand. - Shop ai Barton s.—Cooked bam, sliced, Is 8d; whole cooked bams. Is 6d; halfhams, cooked, Is 7d; smoked hams, Is Id; bacon, large rolls, per lb: bacon, light rolls. G£d; bacon, half-rolls. 10d; rashers, 9d to Is The Wellington carillon of 49 bells, manufactured by Gillett and Johnston, Ltd., at Croydon, England, has been .the , subject of a special article in the Scientific American, which describes the founding of those bells. The largest carillon is that erected to the memory of Laura Spelman Rockefeller in New York. This . and the carillon at Riverside Church, New York, were both cast at the Croydon ‘ works. •■■ . - . , _ The Nelson district continues to suffer from the long spell of dry weather, and people in the country districts who rely on tanks for their domestic water supply are on low. daily rations. Many creeks which have been known to flow freely for nearly half a century have dried up, and : the rivers are very low (reports the Nelson Evening, Mail]. A serious result of the dry weather has been the appearance in some sections of the Waimea Plain of graes grubs and caterpillars, which have played havoc with' autumn-sown crops. In many cases it has been found necessary to resow the devastated fields, ■.* • " Men’s working shirts, sizes 14$ to 17, striped “ Tiger Twist or plain .grey “Oliver Twist,” 7s lid. Khaki Veldt, 8s 6d. Posted anywhere for cash.— , Kilroy and Sutherland, Ltd., 192 Princes street. Dunedin... ,V A New Zealander is usually prepared to make sacrifices for his sport,' There was an instance of this at Whangarei, when a member of a Rugby seyen-a-side team worked on a metal carrying contract until 8 o’clock at night and was at it again at 4 o’clock next morning, so that he could complete it in time for a football match. It is ; definitely stated, after observation and recording (says the Napier Telegraph) that the impression which many persons have that the. water in the inner harbour and lagoon is deepening, is false. Many have remarked that the raised sea bed in these two areas has been gradually sinking back towards its normal level since it was first heaped up on February 3. It has now been explained, however, that the only noticeable differences in the level of the water is caused through the variation of tides, there being a difference of from one foot to two feet, between spring and ordinary tide. . . . ; We are selling Penfqld’s port wine at 4s per bottle, house whisky 11s, pint* 6»; cash with order. Prince of Wales Hotel. C. / Hinchcliff, proprietor... 41 Meeting an order placed by the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society, a consignment of 2000 brown trout yearlings and 500 rainbow yearlings was despatched ia charge of the curator- (Mr J. «• Miller; . from the hatchery of the Hawera Acclimatisation Society last week. They are intended for liberation in the Main Trunk district streams, controlled by the Wanganui Society. ~ ~The lot were remarkably well developed, and one of the best collections, ever, supplied from the hatcheries to a contemporary body, said the president of the Hawera Society. All British! The coffees and chicor used in 1 the "Bourbon” brand ■'are all Empire products. Blended by A. Dune and Co., coffee specialists, 32. Octagon, Dunedin. “ Bourbon ’’ for breakfast... Major-general Sinclair-Burgess, General Officer Commanding New Zealand Military Forces, paid an official call on the Mayor of Christchurch, Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P., and asked for hi? ..assistance in certain matters connected with the establishment of the new force, which the Mayor promised to give. One of the difficulties anticipated was in respect of the attitude employers have' toward employees applying for leave to attend camps, and General Sinclair-Burgess asked the Mayor to use his influence with employers so tnat they would not discourage young men who wished' to join the force. It bable that camps Would be held at Easter, and would not extend beyond six days: Men are wearing leather coats with au round belts this winter. . The Ascot Outfitters, corner Princes-Rattray streets, are showing the best value at £5 15s, and will post any size anywhere for cash..../ A woman sitting in her motor car in the main street of. Taupo was astonished when a Native named Te Tufanga, from Tokaanu, got into her car, .and, using filthy language, attempted to assault nei (writes the Auckland, Star’s correspondent). Upon the police being informed the constable was equally astonished to hear the same filthy language from the accused. On Monday the court fined the accused £lO and costsi for the language, and £5 and coste for-the assault. Taupo enjoys particularly good public conduct, and this break came as an unpleasant surPr iFs Knitted Wear Week at the Most giel Warehouse. See special window displays. all at May bargain prices. - Born 1882. and still growing. CafLearly, your inspection invited. —A. F. Cheyne snd Go -' ' \ .. The desperate condition of affairs in Soviet Russia at present is disclosed, in a letter received by a Gisborne resident from a friend in Riga, Latvia. The correspondent tells of the experience of a group of believers (Christians), and declares that thousands of others are in the same distress. They were holding a prayer meeting in secret, the letter explains, when they were found out and taken py surprise. One of the Godless exc.aimed to a recent convert; “Ah, comrade, you are also here? ” He replied: “I am up more your comrade, and I am a disciple oi Jesus Christ.” He was taken away and they have never seen him since. . A friend, however, visited him in prison. Some days later when friends teok food to him in prison they found he was gone—to Siberia —to exile. T. Ross.—-Stock of new season s Gloves. Hosiery, Corsets. Ladies and Childrens Vests, Cardigans, and Umbrellas for next two weeks will be ■ sold at 20 per cent., reduction on present low prices, or onefifth off all purchases of 2s 6d, or over. T Ross. 130 Princes street... There are a number,of courtesies connected with the sea and ships, and the dipping of flags means much the same at sea as the lifting of ones bat on land. As the Shaw, Savill. and Albion liner Corintbie passed down the Auckland harbour the other morning, outward bound for Southampton and london with passengers and cargo, she dipped her ensign to the lonic, another unit of the company s fleet, which had arrived overnight from the Homeland. In ordinary circumstances the lonic would have acknowledged the salute, but, as all her crew were mustered. on the foredeck for medical inspection, the compliment could not be returned, and a wave from the passengers had to suffice. Grandiem (1351): The materials required for any cocktail are to be found at the Grand Hotel. Your cocktail recipe made up smartly at the Grand... . It is difficult to imagine anyone being lost within three miles of Suva (writes the Fiji correspondent of the Auckland Star). An Indian, an employee of the Customs, named Mahabir, set out, accompanied by his four-and-a-half-year-old son, to visit Khutai Singh, a Punjabi, who looks after the light up on the hill above Lami, a light which guides vessels into the harbour through the reef passage. Mahabir was last seen, after he had visited the friend, crossing the river. As he did not come home next day, the police were notified, and a search party scoured the hills. The tracks showed the missing man had turned right away..from. Suva and struck into dense bush and up a mountain. He must have been thoroughly bushed and confused. The search was continued, and about noon two days later Sub-inspector Miller and (party found the two six miles away, up a steep mountain side and in a regular jungle. The man was too ill to talk. He was taken to hospital, and the little boy, who seemed quite bright, was taken to a rejoicing, although anxious, mother. Birds of a feather flock together. And so do pigs and swine. Rail them to Hitchon whatever the weather. They take them wet or fine...