NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21627, 23 April 1932, Page 22

NEWS IN BRIEF

Freight railed through the Otira tunnel last week totalled 10,281 tons, as 'compared with 8464 tons for the corresponding week of last year and 9673 tons in 1930. :

A party of 15 men, fishing with lines from the launch Awhitu on the Manukaii Harbour, ; near Whatipu, on Sunday, caught over 800 sclmapper. The fish, which were caught within four hours, - were all ■fairly large and in. good condition. The catch was made at low water. ' -.

A 12-poiuter stag was shot ,by Mr L. Carruthers, of Opotiki, at Tarawera on Sunday, and a 10-pointer at Tirohanga by Mr D. Marjoribanhs (states the New Zealand Herald's Opotiki correspondent).; Deer are becoming plentiful in Opotiki district. One large stag was seen in a paddock on the Waioeka road last week, but escaped when disturbed. « 1 How much is your time worth? If you are a busy man you count every minute worth money. Visit or write us on the watch question: Peter Dick, the most reliable watchmakers, jewellers, and consulting opticians, 490 Moray place, Dunedin. Phone 13-308...

A settler of Putaruru wrote to the Matarnata County Council advising that he had no money to meet his rates and no prospects of getting any. He offered to work with or without horses to wipe off the amount. On the motion of the chairman, it was decided to defer consideration of the offer for a month. 1

A Total of five cases of infantile paralysis was reported in the Canterbury health district for the week ended at noon last Monday. There was one death from the disease reported last week, the first since March 10, making a total of five deaths during, the present mild epidemic of the disease.

To make a product so good that the simple truth about it will always be adequate recommendation is the aim of the India Tyre Company, of Scotland. India Super-Tyres, Master of Mileage. Agents. The Otaco Farmers... According to the estimate of population at the end of 1931, Australia has 122,654 more males than females. The total population is 6,525,918, an increase of 49,886 on the figures for 1930. The rate of increase of population for 1931 was 0.77 per cent., which is less than half the average annual rate of increase since the 1921 census. A number of “knife rests” has been constructed by the forces now in charge of the safety of the city for use should occasion arise (says the Auckland Herald). A “knife rest.” made ot heavy timber, is of the shape of two X s jouifed by a cross piece through their centres. To the points of these crosses are stretched strands of barbed wire. . This form of obstacle, which was familiar in war time, makes a very efficient barricade for closing a street. Grandism (1622): Granvin, the strong Brown Brandy Wine at the bottle, is the wine that suits the times...- . The growing interest which was being taken by the average layman in the problems confronting the Government of his country, particularly such matters a» currency and exchange, was stressed by Sir Amdrew Russell at a meeting in Napier. “Only a few , years ago, ' he said, " any man who professed to know something of bimetallism, currency, or the advisability of using a gold standard, was regarded as a crank, fit to be puter —” A voice: "In clink.” Sir .Andrew; “Quite.” —(Laughter.) Special autumn show now on. See the hew* coats, new hats, and new evening frocks in the showroom: just opened. The styles are right, and the prices will please you. Call early.—A. F Cheyne and C 0... , . „ Steps are being taken at hiuhnka to avoid the necessity of holding polls in connection with the election of men to represent the Nuhaka area on local bodies in the Wairoa County. A meeting of ratepayers is beinfr called to consider nominations for the County Council, Harhour Board, Power Board, and Hospital Board, and an endeavour will be t made to secure only sufficient nominations to fill the vacancies without the necessity for elections. ’ ■ . , “The restricted use of motor vehicles and not the decline in the number of owners is the principal cause of the reduced business being done by the motor trade” (states the official organ of the New Zealand Motor Trade Association). In support of this it is pointed out that whereas there were 170,936 cars, trucks, vans, and buses, with “live" licenses at the end of February. 1931, the number of current licenses -at the end of February was 169.785.'a decline of only 1151, one ear or commercial vehicle in service tor every 8.96 head of population. , . In addition to the pictures exhibited in the National Gallery, London,_ there are 500 more, masterpieces, varying in value, stored in the basement.

In spite of the hard .times, deale:» f working the Hawkt>s Bay sheep ami cattle markets appearlto be partiqulariy. busy just now (says tile Telegraph). One' outside buyer, trbojyforks the Hawkes Bay market, stated at the Hastings sale., last week that so.farjis he was concerned the past two moilthsnbad been the busiest in his experience of'?7 years. Profits are 1 lower, and it requires a larger turnover, to reap a reasonable return, but most - of the big dealers appear to' have done quite well tor themselves in the past, few weeks. ■ ,

ft happened at Waitara (.says tfm Taranaki News). ; : Some men had been engaged to grub -gorsc. The day was pleasant, and a- quiet game of euchre H behind a sheltering, hedge was, after all,a much better way of passing time than gorse grubbing. ;So this was the, setting • < on to which the employer entered as he rounded the corner unobserved, “I’ll go ■ alone,” said- one; of. the players.“ Indeed, you won’t,” observed the new arrival. “You’ll ail go together.” 'And they did. New Stocks Winner Dyes, Gun Metal, etc.; Stearns New Peroxide Cream, Is Cd tube; Kneecaps for Footballers, 5s Cd. All patent medicines at bedrock prices.—H. L. Sprosen, Ltd., chemists and photo-, graphic dealer’s, enr, Octagon and George street, Dunedin... . >• i . ■ A paper bag containing pepper was thrown at a.naval officer during the rioting in Karangahape road, Auckland, on Friday night. The bag struck the officer s steel hat and burst, but, fortunately, little of the pepper went into fils face. The • bag was thrown at a time when one of the naval /parties,.was dispersing ‘a crowd ; j on the footpath. On the same evening a large, bottle labelled " ammonia ’ was thrown at a party of sailors. The, was caught in mid-air by one of the ratings. It was empty; -Y ' v The unemployed men in Ashburton have : taken steps to dissociate themselves from any suggestion that the rioting which took place in Auckland-last week was the outcome'of a . feeling-of unrest-general-, among the relief workers. At a meeting of the executive of the Ashburton branch of tfie Canterbury Unemployed Workers Movement, the following motion was carried!—“ That this ’ committee views the recetit disturbance atf Auckland as a direct negative to our and commands our members to treat it-as such.” Our Cooked Ham now .selling Is Sa por lb—Barton’s,'Manse street... ' One strong feature about newspaper advertising is its continuing effect and its widespread distribution, sometimes over, remarkable distances and unexpected ter- , ritory (says the Marlborough Express). A .Blenheim garage proprietor had these, ad- , vantages strikingly and forcibly brought , under his not ice-the other morning when he opened a business’letter from Chicago, U.S.A., the communication opening with the words: “We recently noticed an advertisement of 1-yours appearing in your local paper.:. 2-.” ■■■■... ■: . . - - , Like" the story of Jacob, who served - seven years -for Rachel, the Auckland Electric Power Board, after ’ seven y® a y| of negotiation, has added the, Westfield freeing works to its list-of users of cur- . rent A Ah’ the last rneeting-of the board ; . the agreement was signed. It has taken,, -- over seven years’ negotiations to, bring this about,” said the chairman, Mr W. J. F Holds worth, and', now that the agree- >< ment has been concluded it is Very satis- k, factory. After the Auckland Transport :> Board, thfe Westfield works will be o.ur.y, lafgest consumer.” •' ‘ [ ‘“Bourbon” for breakfast! Bach tin.' 1 ’ of “ Bourbon ’’ now encloses a leaflet B ,v * -- ing instructions for making coff.ee. Also , obtainable from the proprietors. A. Duneand Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon... Dunedin... . '• -d. ' From eight acres in permanent ryegrass, a Hawke’s Bay farmer has harvested £l/8 woyth-of- seed. This is a-wdss over £22 per acre, and he still has lb tons - df threshed hay, which will go a good way towards paying the harvesting expenses.. The war on the white butterfly .is stiff being waged with consistent vigour, by at. least one resident- oL Wwukurau. ; , some days his total of Mis- exceeds 100, while the grand total of the.numbdr 1m has 1 slaughtered is well oyer 1300. The opinion that New Zealand should continue to maintain a-navy was expressed by the president of the Canterbury branch of. the Navy League (Mr J. B Dougall); al the annual meeting the other evening, Mr Dougall spoke in support of the Wellington branch’s remit which opposed the Economy Commission’s recommendation that the warships of.the New,.Zea,and Navv should be returned as a charge on the Imperial Navy (says the Christchurch Times). “Despite the depression, saul Mr Dougall, “ England is paying 21s a • head to maintain her navy, while New Zealand is paying only 9s. The New .Zealand Navy guards the Pacific. It was decided to support the remit. Gray‘and Sons, Milton,'have‘the local agency for the wonder value Welted Shoes toymen at 22s 6d. ‘Buy while the price holds.!’. ' 11 -

What may be described as a mean theft took place at the Ten Mile on Tuesday (says the Grey River Argus). It is under- , stood (that two prospectors left their hut in "the morning in order to work their claim, and when they returned they found that a fellow-prospector'had taken a new pair of gum-boots and. a small sum... or money from the hut. As the prospectors are only starting, the loss is more ser J°^ s than it otherwise woqld have been. The thief has not yet been apprehended. Snake bites have teen - frequent in Queensland this summer, and several fata I cases have occurred where the injuries have 1 been from brown snakes or death, adders. Most of the bites have been from black snakes, which have not caused one death. The usual remedy l ig the appbca- “ tion of a ligature, a determined scarifying of the tissues at the locality of the bite and a;- rubbing in of. Condy’s crystals, or permanganate. But wise men state that the bite of the black snake ia not fatal with adults. Be that as it may. people do not take any risks. Death adders have the majority of victims, and in parts of the nearer west these reptiles are numerous. North of, Chinchilla in one area people do riot like going out at night without a lantern. That is the locality where n‘Victorian collector lately secured quite, a good bag of live adders for scientific purposes, mainly to obtain the poison by■ the process of what is termed “milking.' New lease extended to’the “Ascot.” No new building meantime. Interior alterations to be made- Stocks must be cleared. Big bargains at alteration sale. Guaranteed navy bhte mte, usually £5 10s, now 7ns, all *«.** Swaths coats now 19s 6d: blares. Ss *S&. Wfetything reduced... Oa fth® 'jWwSay afternoon before the riot the eseentiv-e. of a big Queen street Imstevs* get » * hunch that, there vwihl he donh by) rioters before the winter was over (says the Auckland Star), Knowing that the company s existing policies excluded damage caused to viol or civil commotion, the secretary took the policies to the managing director to recommend him to take out special cove! - . The latter happened to be «rU to Wellington on business, and, as the secretai\ was loth to authorise the payment of premiums on his own responsibility, he reInotantte decided to allow the matter to stand over until hi* chiefs return on .Fridav, hv which time damage running into tV.W had been done to the plate-glass fwnts. Xn these times of wmamv in ovepVead charges, it is doubtlul. if .«•» sulmydinate would hare insurance premium* wte.hft'f’.i actual reason. It w invdcrstoAVd law hrm actually took «m * on lliwsday movniugv We are in a pin e all JPork Sausage at per IV-Barton's. Mitose street... * ■ .. « Two freak deer heads, each a mallormod 21-pointer, were brought in to Christchurch recently for mounting. The Kakaiu deer-forest of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society contributed one. the trophy of an English tourist, who brought out several normal pood heads, and the other wag shot in the Lees Valley country. A peculiarity shared by the heads? is that each antler of each head is equipped with the “ cup ” at the top, which is one of the hall marks of good heads such a s the “ royal,” prized among trophies—the cups of royals, according to tradition, must each bold a tumblerful of wine. On tn« Lees Valley 21-pointer, one of the bigger tines did not sweep up and out, but curved sharply down, like a rams horn. The biggest head, in terms of points,-ever shot in New Zealand was a 24-pointtr taken about 1912.

When Dad came home from-Milton town Mum’s heart it did awaken; He looked so fit amp-fat and brown From eating Hitcbon’s Bacon...