NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21694, 12 July 1932, Page 14

NEWS IN BRIEF

Flying into a power line, a white swan, broke a wire arid caused the electric, power to be cut. off in Bromley, Redcliffs and Sumner (Christchurch) for an hour the other .evening. The., swan survived, though it was- injured. ■ In .addition to the find of gold at Helena Bay, another discovery has been made in the Wbangarei district. The gold is visible to the naked-.eye (says an exchange). Further prospecting will take place as the weather permits and it is hoped to start-development .work ; in the summer.. v ; Don’t let inexperienced hands tinker with your watch. Perhaps your watch needs'only a slight adjustment or a. complete overhaul. We have always upheld our reputation for' high-class work at ; reasonable prices. Send your watch in. by mail or leave it with Peter/Dick, the most reliable watchmakers, jewellers, and registered opticians, 400 Moray place, Dunedin.. . . • / „ After holding successful shows for 2a years, and furthering the interests of it* members for that period with a great;' deal of success, the Waipukurau Agricultural and Pastoral Association, at its annual general meeting last -week, decided to close ; down until such time as the trustees consider it-advisable to hold another show. . The first blossoms of springtime-have made an early appearance in Gisborne. The almond is usually the first orchard. tree of the season to burst into bloom, but it is not often seen in flower at the beginning of July. However, a few pink almond blossoms were noticed in a Mangapupa garden the- other day (says the Herald), and the tree showed signs? l being well covered with blpissoms witiun a few days. V;’ ; '■'&% Why suffer from chapped hands and chilblains when Velvol will cure them. :) la 3d and 2s 6d per bottle,. Stop that: tickling cough with a fid stick Italian Licorice. All medicine at bedrock prices. —H. L. Sprosen, Ltd., chemis ts and photographic dealers, corner Octagon ; and George street. Dunedin.. . . V * „ Owing to the large amount of water running across the beach creeks, places on the Ninety Mile Beach are traps for the unwary car driver, as one motorist experienced last week-end when he found his car sinking under him. Luckily help was soon obtained {says V Northern Advocate)- and the car was,, saved' just before the incoming tide would have beaten the rescuers, j -. .... , Putting on one’s collar and tie is not a difficult feat, but there is one man in Christchurch who has managed to nek his knee over the job. Mr;M.G. Iw#.;' the headmaster at the Shirley School, is at present limping aoout with a painfully swollen knee—the result of _ contortionist’s tricks on. a,' tie that refused to be tied in the, approved manner. The knee it might be added, was originally injured in * football, game ,some years g A guaranteed Thermos FI ask ca n be procured for :5s lOJ; (sertnty pence) Gray’s 70th Anniversary Sale in. the pig - ' in . the Magistrate's Court at Wellington with ha vn« dnven at an excessive s P? T ed hf; , W motorist' told Mr W. H. Woodward, S-hL, that he was forced to speed n « r , n overtake r a motorist who had .one arm round a girled the: other on insr wheel. The, magistrate:- ihere is srich a lot of room on The Terrace that Iven if he did have la's r ou"d * girl you should have been .able e g past.” Senior Sergeant. Scott. It must have been a-big girl,-»jr. / . , , Ex “ Remuera,’” we have landed; opr new season’s ’ Blue Mountain Jamaica—the finest coffee grown. Only from A. Dune and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin... • . • j By improving access to KetetaM the (Government has stimulated only in this famous i group of hot and geyserettes., but in all that quarter of Torigariro, which perhaps; has been too much overshadowed in public. intereßtvbyRuapehu (“ Tangiwai.’Vwrites an the New Zealand Railways. Magazine). . Really Tongariro Mountain itself is the most at tractive- part of the great, who like to: ‘ potter. round ; and avoid the exertions of the ‘ Excelsior •Brotherhood.” . Tongariro includes, an atsrspnere Roto Aira, and the Maori village Otukpu. Overcoats, in brown and fawn checks, with all round belts, at the new low prices —79 s 6d, Raglan Coats 59s fid. Gome in and try one; patterns sent to country customers:-” Ascot;” corner Princes and Rattray streets... . . It : must 'have been a - disappointing job, after forcing the lock of door, Mil ransacking a house, to find only one halt, penny in the housekeeping purse, a his was the experience of • a thief who entered the residence of the Salvation Army Queers, in High' street, Greymouth.. Thf three officers were absent one night recently, arid on returning to their boms they discovered, that a thorough* yfct BOt thorough enough, search had been made by some person who had forced an entry by smashing the: lock on the back door. There was plenty of evidence that a search had been made, for almost every artici* in the house had- been disturbed. Bartons allow liberal concessions-to country storekeepers . handling - their * •famous sinallgoods. Try Bs.rtons famous saveloys.'.-. . ;i; VOf all the New - Zealand cities, - Wanganui -'was the only onri . that had a Native name, said Mr, J. H. Burnet, speaking at a meeting of the Wanganui Rotary Club. There was evidence that the name Wanganui went back 600 or 700 years, he said. Wanganui should be particularly proud, of the fact that their city was the only one in the Dominion that bore a Maori place-name. The name Wanganui applied really only to the lower part portion of the raver. “ Whanganui,”: in reality, meant two great waters.” arid - probably referred to the junction 'of - the Manganux-o-te-ahu and the Whanganui Stream. ' “I cannot-help thinking there is more real enthusiasm to be found to-day the Old Country for the bird life of New Zealand than there is in, the greater part of New Zealand itself.” said the Gov-ernor-General (Lord Bledisloe), wheii speaking at a meeting of the Auckland Zoological Society. He expressed a mild rebuke by saying he doubted whether there was any. other country containing such a large variety of flora and fauna peculiar to it, -or any other country whose people were unfortunately less acquainted, with and less appreciative of; the.- extreme value and rarity of these natural possessions..,,

A Wonderful Sale! It only comes once in 150 veara. Golden Jubilee. A Sale within a Sale at The Mosgiel Warehouse. . A. F. Cbeyne and Co.. . ’ ’ , A sold coin-142 years old Is 4 strange, find to be made in an ash heap. Last week an Omoto road, Greymouth, resident. Mr E. Keenan, discovered in a heap of ashes a half-sovereign, minted during the reign of George 11, in the-year lv9o. On one side appears the coat-of-arms (the Emperor of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales), with.the.impression on the other side of King George 11. wearing a feather on his crown. The minting remains .on the rim, while; the. nietah is .the purest ’ gold, as was disclosed by the ap* plication of acids. The weight is T«d\vh. The ’finder was told at the bank that, v while only 10s would be there; given-, for it, it was worth more, on account of us antiquity to coin collectors. . , Grandiein (1689): Year after: year you pet the extra quality, the extra strength. Grand house whisky. is becoming more and more thoroughly appreciated..... Some indication of the damage that aa electrical storm can do ■to a power board’s supply system was given by Mr K. G. M'Leod, chief engineer of- the Thames Valley Electric Power Board. In reporting bn the effects of a, recent storm Mr M'Leod mentioned that in the Matamata district, two cable boxes and cables were damaged, as well as aeyeral transformers, while nine 3000-volt insulators and five service meters were destroyed, and 37 11.000-volt fuses blown.. During the same storm five farm motors ; were burnt out, five sets of mains and • wiring, and 16 water heater elementa; destroyed, and ,15 ironclad motor switcher broken down. Some low tension lead- ( covered cable was punctured at.Waharoa, and nine low tension brms andian 11,000volt copper line were broken. Do not deprive pray. oli. pray!: . You know? Well, dash it! . I mean to When Fm' a bent and .grey .old' man, Feed me always on Hitchon’s haniV.,