NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21772, 11 October 1932, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

“I don’t think I have ever Men theWanganui River so low ns it is at present,”' a resident remarked ths-, other day >? to a Chronicle reporter. People on New Brighton Beach; at an early hour the other morning declare that they saw a large shark within the line of breakers (says the • Christchurch' Times). The shark passed just beyond the pier ns ! it was proceeding in a northerly direc- j tion. " ' .■ ' . ft ’ Don’t. let inexperienced hands -tinker with your watch. Perhaps your watch ' needs only a slight adjustment or a complete overhaul. We have always 1 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, jeweller*,-and registered opticians. 400; Moraxppl.a Dunedin... , There was rather an amusing incident ; in the Rotorua court recently, when the presiding justices delivered a long homily : ; to one of the defendants, only to discover - that it was the wrong man they were per* : ? suading of the .error of his ways. ; ; The real defendant “ caught it in the neck ” when he did appear in the dock. ' The milk yield is improving with fhe milder weather and more; plentiful supply of feed, remarked a Wanganui dairyman' to a-Herald reporter. ; However, some of tw the cows have wifatered badly, and the ,r; season will be well advanced before tliey recover condition. ' ; '■:</ 'Dental Plate Tooth ;Brushcs,v speelallly'r vA; ■made for cleaning artificial teeth, each. All Dog And Poultry. Medicines :■$ kept in stock. .Consult us if your dog or birds are ailing.-rH. L. Sprospn, Ltd., chemists and photographic dealers, corner ; Octagon and George street, Dunediti.. . , -3 ■ A new form of automatic jmstage franking was seen on a letter received in Auck- ; J land'from Canada (says the-Herald). Inr . stead of franking directly on the article;;,if a to be posted, the machine had made tho impression-on a gummed slip very similar i to a cash register receipt, the slip being v affixed in the same way as -a postage . stamp. This would enable the machine e.i; to be used for packages too large, to he ; stamped upon directly. ; Grandism (1765); In this, the spring of - V the year, mother requiresa mild, stimulating tonic. Aragon. Spanish Wine,' 4* '; the bottle; quality fully guaranteed..;. “We are on‘ the eve of a great-re- ’ • ligious revival,- and generally to-day there is a deeper study of the Word" of • God V and a deeper sense of the need of it,” «aid the Rev. Alan C. Watson, of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Christchurch, speak- -n ing at the valedictory gathering for the Rev. Alexander Reese. The birth of an abnormally large lamb < wag reported by Mr W. T. Bill, jun., of Westerfield, Ashburton County, last “week. : Mr' Lill weighed were' \< born'-.the' same.’ aged between 61b and 71b, but the lamb r in question, which was a Romney-merino cross, weighed 121 b. It has a perfectly heqjthy ; appearance. ■ S j ■ Seventy-five ’shillings for a Six Found* ,:] Suit of Roslyn plain dark . greybest - worsted is -what can be bought at “ The Ascot,” ■ Princes street. Patterns will, be ■ posted On application... “In view of the financial position, is true ihat a steel instead of a silver , -* spike will be used at the ceremony ot e driving the last spike on the Steattord-: Main Trunk railway,” said Mr, N.IJ. Mow k • at a-; Chamber of Commerce rateting (to ports the Stratford Rost) Mr - J.- B. Richards explained that a silver spike would be used, but would later be wift-, drawn ' and converted into com of the Curtains and furnishings. An opportunity to . make your home gay at very i little, expense, « Call at Gray's, Milton. , Prices .lowered for greater turnover., When addressing the secondary school pupils who were tional film designed to aid in the teach- ; ing of languages, Sir James Parr, Leader of the Legislative Council,- adviMdi Koys q and girls to take every opportunity of '<.% learning- French ’’(Says the,,Wellington Evening Post). It Was a great irnd important language, he said. Above all, it i - was a language of exactness, of Courtesy, . and compliment. It was the: language of i; a people who were probably -tee’ most ?;■ logical, and, j indeed, the most .intelligent in the world. There- Was no doubt, -he' , added, that English would, be; the univer- ; sal language in the neflr : futnre, but today Fretich stood outas the great .language of international intercourse. This week only balance of fire stock at half fire sale prices: Men's Hats, i.Coats, Suits, Trousers, .Cardigans, Boys’ Suits, Pants, Coats, Dress, Manchester and Furnishing Materials. ' Call early.—-A; F. Cheyne and C 0... ; . , The Heathcote River is not a • back . number ” so far as the catching of whitebait is concerned, said a man bn the riverbank in Beckenham to a Christepurch Sun reporter recently, ‘H caught Vfhiter bait yesterday, as the nyer- alr'jteb . Sanatorium Hill,” he said, “and'ch* man caught 61b or 71b opposite the Beckenham School. The' trouble is that, when they get out of the tide, thw atart to. feed and that turns them black and makes them useless for a, meal.”It may-have been the reputation bf the Post and Telegraph Department foy .resource, or it may have been its reputation as one of tho few financial-Government institutions; that prompted a;.Mao,H' r «lti- , zen to present a winning. art anion ticket f, for payment at the Rotorua telegraph counter (says the Auckland Star). Even the resource of the department was an- | equal to the occasion. • , I Buy the best always. This undisputed a axiom means buy, at Wm. Crofsan a J; Waterloo, Caversham, where all the finest | brands.are stocked... Small thefts are apparently nnmertiis | in city offices (says the Christchurch Sun). Several employees in various offices are said to have lost money and purses in the past few days. : A typist in a Christchurch law office left her own room for a S few piinutea the other morning to take a cheque to the accountant. When she returned, perhaps' two minutes later, her purse, containing about £2 in nlvep and ; two rings which , she valued highly, was missing and has not since -been traced. . Money is'so short in America that - r; systeni.of exchange by.barter is-heitog reverted to in some places. When In Chicago Mr .Albert Russell, of- Wellington, saw * the process-in operation. He'says . certain section of, 'pavement in Michigan ■ 'A avenue had been lent to the artists of the city- for the display of their- pictures, etchings, oil and water colours, and craft /f work, and it was related that one had sold ah Oil painting to ; a restaurant keeper in ; return for meals for a month. Mr Russel 1 saw" an old. woman secure a nice little water colour : fori six . dozen, eggs, i Bartoft’s' famous Saveloys. . Try them. Sugaf-cured bacon, slicea. 8d per . lb.,—, i, Bartons. Manse street... ; r.: The growing popularity of hiking by large parties in the vicinity of Amiklaiul has created a -problem similar to ■ ohe 'in , ‘ England, where organised hiking is ‘ strongly established (says the, Auwland Star). Naturally hikers must. carry their - lunch, and.where. lunch is eaten there? is left L unmistakable evidence -that hikers have passed that way. Last week-end at Ferhdale a hiking party left behind a great litter of paper and> scraps of A food. The flower of.the clematis is making a* fine showing just now, and .for the hikers it had an apparently irresistible appeal. ' Picked on a not day, the clematis flower > rapidly withers, and for that reason Alone • it should not be gathered in an indiscriminate Way. - 1 . Ex “Tekoa,” we have landed, a further consignment of Blue Mountain Jamaica, the world’s finest Durie and Co., Coffee Specialists, 32 v : Octagon, Dunedin..,; . , • It is hard to say whether the idea was original or whether :the'youngster had seen the old picture of a rider encouraging a donkey to ,go- by holding, in front. of its nose a bunch of carrots fied to the end of a stick, but a very similar; ipcideiit ? actually happened at a hikers’ picnic xe-. %r ( cently (says the Auckland Star), Part? §' of the equipment of tho picnic ground was ? ■>; a knowing donkey. After a time he showed great disinclination to carry children round the paddock. Then a boy got hold of a long stick, tied an apple to the And of it, and once aboard he dangled the fruit: temptingly in front of the Neddy’s nose. The donkey: may haVb been stubborn, but he was not bright, fori he chased - , ; the apple vigorously- for the rest of the ■ afternoon, making frantic efforts to; git his teeth into it—only to find: it just, beyond his reach.’ ' - Ham’s the stuff when times are routh '- To put some packing in you; Hitchon makes the very heat. It builds tip hefty sinew... .