NEWS IN-BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21405, 5 August 1931, Page 12

NEWS IN-BRIEF

Mr Bernard Shaw, who has been visiting Russia, stated: “ I suppose I am the rear author of the revolution. , The Russians were the only ones who took my books seriously.” No matter how good the, land may be, there are seasons when rye grass is not producing much. It is then that the cocksfoot comes in, said Mr T. W. Lonsdale, of • the Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture, speaking at Wcstmere the other night ou land pastures. •>

Now the dark mornings are here you will require an Alarm Clock. Just landed this season’s stocks of Alarm Clocks, Luminous Clocks, Striking Clocks, etc. Prices from 8g 6d.—Peter Dick, jewellers, watchmakers, and opticians, 490 Moray place, Dunedin... : “I have no hesitation in saying that his Majesty the King is easily the bestinformed man .in the world to-day on matters concerning the British Empire,” stated Sir James Parr in the course of an address broadcast from Auckland the other night. The well-known favourite shop of T. Ross, 130 Princes street, IJunedin, has just .finished stock-taking, and finds an immense surplus stock of ladies’ and children’s wool i stockings, underwear, and' gloves. See windows for cheapest prices in town to-day.. . 1 , There was a brisk sale for bundles of (lowers l at one of the leading- auctioneer’s rooms the other afternoon (says the Wanganui Chronicle). Bundles ’of violets seemed to be particularly popular and nine of them found a -ready \ market 1 , bringing the price of Is fid each. V “Well, I don’t know, but in my days young fellows did not get into debt and did not incur liabilities that they could not meet,” remarked the magistrate A, M, Mowleni) afc the Napief Magistrate’s Court to a young single’ judgment debtor who was sued for £5 5s by a Napier firm of clothiers. *lt beats me how some of; these fellows get credit.” added the magistrate. Grandism (1399): In selecting wine or spirits the Hotelkeeper i.you buy from should be your first consideration. You may pin your faith in Grand quality... Not for many years has imported fruit been so cheap as it now is in Christchurch. Oranges, which in' past years were selling at about four a shilling, are now less than half that price, and lemons are remarkably cheap (says the. Christchurch Times). Much of this fruit comes from Australia, and the serious economic conditions in the Commonwealth and the fact that* the exchange rate operates in favour of New Zealand, are the main factors responsible for the present low, prices. . : 1 . • Armed with hacksaws, crowbars, and other instruments, three policemen and several civilians tried unsuccessfully for more than an hour to release a dog that was jammed in a gate in Thorn Park terrace, Plymouth, England. Then the dog saw a cat, and with one cony vulsive movement he wriggled out of the gate and disappeared in pursuit. After having washed about in the sea for 19 years, a lifebelt marked s.s. Titanic was washed up on the shore of Gravesend Bay, New York, recently. The White Star liner Titanic was sunk on April 14, 1912, after a collision with an iceberg, while on hex maiden voyage across the Atlantic. More than 1500 lives were lost.

■ h- ■ ■ t The Wellington Hospital Board has decided to discontinue the,, making of , splints for other hospital boards, medical practitioners, and outside patients, and to devote • the work of the splint department to ; the needs of the institution itself, pending further inyestiga-, tion. as to the necessity of retaining the department. A letter protesting against the high prices charged to secondary, school pupils for imported text books was - received from the. Hutt 'Valley High v School Board of Governors at a meeting of the Wellington College Board of. Governors (states the Evening Post). It was pointed out in the letter that in 1930 the average price was 32.8 per cent, and in 1931 46.1 per cent, above the English published price. It was decided to write to the Associated Booksellers of New,Zealand asking if it would be possible to have the cost of the books reduced. ' ■ ■ Ex Otaio we have , landed the new season’s . Blue Mountain Jamaica —the finest coffee grown on earth. Only obtainable from A. Durie and Co.', coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin... “ The hospitality and kindness of the Norfolk Island people are wonderful,” said Mrs J. H. Field, formerly of Auckland, who arrived back in Auckland by the Morinda the other day. Before the death of her husband, a .retired Auckland printer, two months ago,. residents of the island took if in turns to sit at his bedside every night so that she could rest.. This meant an all-night vigil, which tho good . Samaritans undertook voluntarily anfi with the greatest cheerfulness. Mrs • Field said she could not express adequately her gratitude to those who had so befriended her; • ~ ; ; ' . A Northern Advocate representative was shown a very interesting object the other morning, in the shape of portion of a tree, the cellulose of which *has been replaced by silica. Sin pther words, the ~ wood has become, in the course of many . years, a piece of beautifully-marked stone. The specimen was obtained by Mr Puriri’sS party which is working on road construe- - tion - between the Tauranga valley arid the coast, at Whangaroa. : . . The ladies know', good value, and this is being expressed in the amount of goods sold in the showroom at Gray’s Big Store, Milton.. . ' S

No! sighs of whitebait have been reported in the Waikato, although usually supplies are available about .‘the -middle of July and , the season proper begins early in August (says the New Zealand, Herald). Supplies of fresh-water whitebait for Auckland are netted, on the upper reaches,of the-Waikato River, near Tuakau,-'which is-the centre of the operations.- .Although whitebait are not ,pleh-j, r ; tiful when the river is flooded, the latev ~ ness of the 1 season, according to a city' merchant, cannot be attributed to the • recent heavy rain. Stocks of local, salt- ■ water whitebait have been available m the. city for a considerable time.; A prospector with considerable South.,

Island experience is sure.that he has found gold co!our->in a creek a few miles from. Whangarei (states the Northern Advocate )He is at present on unemployment relief works, , but when he can raise, sufficient capital to purchase an outfit’ he intends to do some prospecting. - He says that much of the northern, rock formations are similar to the best mineral yielding parts, of the Thames and Westland, where in the days of panning' a week rarely yielded less than £5. We are - always open to buy well fed Bacon Pigs, highest market rates for 1101501 b. Cheques ‘by return mail.—Barton’s.. t ' -

When the Wanganui farmers inspected the dairying section at Massey College the other day the expert showed them a fair patch of high and,-other rough growth. He explained that the cows, and particularly the heifers, took shelter inthe go’rse dn;'the, .cold winds. He said that the animals name out of the paddock with coats ■ as* good as if they had been covered through the winter. The gorse patch was next to the paddock where dry winter feed was available to tihe stock, an ever-dpen gate connecting the two. _ “As we haive to meet foreign competition with our produce we should see that every candidate in a rural constituency in the forthcoming election is pledged to a ’reduction in Customs 'taxation and tariffs,” emphasised Mr P. R. Hawke, speaking at the annual meeting of suppliers of the Hinuera Co-operative DairyCompany the other day. He pointed put that the company could purchase a churn from Denmark for £2OO less but for the high tariff. “ Every section of the community sheltering behind a tariff wall should have to bear the burden the same as the primary producers,” he added. Stetson Hats reduced from' 52s 6d to 29s'6d (posted Is extra) is only one of the bargains at . our Winder Sale.—-The “ Ascot,” corner Princes , and Rattray streets, Dunedin;.. f . For the first time in the history of the Wanganui Public Library the number of books issued during any one month has exceeded 11,000 (states the ■ Chronicle). For the past month the number issued was 11,158, as compared with 10,569 for the month of July last year. Until ■ the recent returns were compiled the previous highest figure for distribution for any one month was-10,761. > : j ’/■'!

New Zealand honey is’too expensive to enjoy much, of a, market, in Germany at present. The European representative of the New , Zealand Honey Producers’ Board, who recently visited the Continent, reported on his return to England that only a limited trade in honey could be done with Germany. He said: “The quality, of New Zealand honev is known and appreciated,. but slender purses do not permit the general public, to purchase at a time When the expending of each penny, has to be carefully considered. We have, therefore, ,to ■ ‘ mark time.’ in the hope of an improvement in the economic position.” “ Overcoat Week ” at the Mosgiel Warehouse. We ha-qe. the coat you’ve been looking for at a price you won’t mind paying. .See special window, displays., This week only.—A. F. Cheyne and C 0... During the past few days some very fine samples of, new potatoes grown’ at the Bay of Islands have been displayed for sale in several shops in Palmerston North (says.the Standard). This is considerably earlier in The season, than usual, and demonstrates the production possibilities of the Far. North, with its line soil and climate. Doubt was expressed by some people as to the potatoes being really new season’s, but an examination showed that there was no doubt (about the matter, and their size and quality have been favourably commented upon.

Men’s Working Shirts, sizes, 14$ to 17, striped “Tiger Twist” or. plain grey “Oliver Twist,” 7s lid; Khaki Yeldt, 8s fid. Posted anywhere for cash] —Kilroy and Sutherland, Ltd., ,192 Princes street, Dunedin... f - ' h

Strange things are at times washed- up oh the shores Of 1 Stewart Island ■ after gales, but the most mystifying were -soma articles cast up on the point of The Neck ” recently (says the Southland Daily News). Mr Hans Nilsen, who with his family is now .the only resident of this one-time popular Native settlement, reported finding a complete side of baeoo, a roll of bacon, and- a small door evidently from a boat. All the. articles appeared fairly new; A very high' tide accompanied the recent westerly- gale, and a visitor to Hellfire Bay stated that the Huge iron, ship's: derrick which had been on the’ beach for over’ a year had been pushed well up on the sandhills by the force of the waves. The derrick is thought to have come from the wreck of tjie Konini, but, if so, it must have been drifting at sea for a long time, and it is fortunate that it did notget in the path of a boat travelling by night.

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“I am afraid that chair will collapse under your weight,” remarked a Wanganui lady to a visitor of rather ample proportions the pther afternoon (states the Chronicle) . The hostess proceeded to relate how a (ihdir in an aunt’s home in the South Island had been christened “ the bishop’s chair.” - It was appropriated by a bishop when he called one day, but, unfortunately, he was unaware of the fact that it had one “gamey” leg, those in the know balancing themselves accordingly. The consternation of members of the household when the chair collapsed under the bishop may be imagined.' Ihe chair was banished to the lumber room, but it afforded a topic for many a jest long after. • • The novel • with a moral Isn’t i ought for nowadays, v But Hitchon’s Bacon ! Can be served in many ways...