NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21827, 14 December 1932, Page 14

NEWS IN BRIEF

“At last our best cow has a heifer calf. Bulls seem to be the fashion these days.” So opens a little girl’s diary in connection with School Calf Club competitions promoted in the Wanganui district.

A handsome baptismal font has been presented to the Seatouu Presbyterian Church by a lady parishioner. The font is of white Takaka marble, and in ornate lettering-, on the baptism bowl is the text: “ Suffer little children to come unto Me.” The dedication was recently performed by the Rev. A. A. Armstrong, Grandism (1823): For quality and full value Tagona Port 3s, Aragon Spanish Wine 4s, Granvin ss. In a class by themselves.—Grand Hotel Home Supply Store...

"Acts of Parliament seem to be as necessary as our daily food,” said Mr G. Mitchell, chairman of the board at the prize-giving ceremony of the Wellington East Girls’ College. “ Sometimes,” he said, “I think it would be better if they closed Parliament and went for a long holiday.” The tender of Messrs J. H. Meyer and Co., of Wellington, has been accepted for the construction of the new St. Joseph’s Home of Compassion at Silverstream (says the Evening Post). The contract price is .approximately £29,300, exclusive of the engineering and electrical services, which will be let under a separate contract. Milton-grown Golden Honey, in pottles and combs, fresh from the hives, can be bought at the Big Store, Milton... The candid admission that her only purpose in sending her son to a farm was “ to sicken him of country life,” was made by a woman who asked the Auckland Boys’ Employment Committee to find the lad a position. • The incident was related at a meeting of the committee by the president, Mr N. G. Gribble. “My boy is going to be an accountant,” the mother had announced. A shovel-nosed shark Bft in length was hooked on a cod line from the New Brighton pier on Sunday afternoon (says the Press). After the big fish was played for half an hour three or four cod lines were tied together, and the shark, totally exhausted, was towed ashote. This type of shark, although of terrifying appearance, is not considered dangerous to bathers." Christmas Gifts for all in abundance at the Mosgiel warehouse. All new at special prices to suit your purse. Call early.—A. F. Cheyne and C 0... Banks Peninsula has never looked better according to a Christchurch motorist who frequently travels through the district. He states that the manuka, which is just coming into flower, is a wonderful sight. . ■An epidemic of whooping cough amongst the children and influenza amongst the adult islanders was reported by passengers from the Chatham Islands by the steamer Tees on Satunrday morning (says the Christchurch Times). The epidemic is now on the wane. While Mr W.. W. Toy, of Lyttelton, was visiting the Chatham Islands he was offered 600 acres of land for a bottle of beer and on condition that he paid the rates outstanding, amounting to £'s 10s. The present owner told Mr Toy that the land had been in possession of lus family since he was a boy, and, so tar as he knew, no one had ever set foot on

it. ' ■ , Do you like flies? Meat Safes and regulation dust bins are a necessity this weather. We deliver in the city.— Dickinson’s, Limited, Sheet Metal Workers, 245 Princes street... “ There never was a time in the history of mankind when it was more necessary to develop the faculties of the children to the full,” said Mr R. Semple, M.P., in addressing a gathering at the opening of a fair in aid of the Miramar Central School funds recently. “ Problems are greater today and more deep rooted, he continued, “ than any problems that ever faced any people in the past. It is necessary for every boy and girl to have a complete and unfettered education, that they may be furnished with the knowledge to 'tackle those problems which are aggravating the minds of the greatest thinkers in the world." ■ First orders filled first. Wullie Crossan, Waterloo Hotel, Caversham, is “up to his neck” filling orders ‘for Xmas hampers... Impressing upon the pupils of the oeddon Memorial College at the prize-giving ceremony recently that those who did not gain prizes should not be discouraged, the Mayor (Mr G; W. Hutchison); raised' a laugh when he recounted one of ms school day experiences (says the Auckland Herald). He said that he had just unearthed an old examination record of his, and was somewhat ashamed to see that he figured only fifteenth in a class of 40 pupils. He was inclined to believe he must have had a “rotten’ teaciiei, but lie remembered that, although he came only fifteenth, belovy, him were two headmasters and a magistrate. From every point ol view if pays to buy the genuine article. The wise housewife therefore orders *' Bourbon from her grocer; a blend of British Lmpi*c grown Coffee and Chicory... A two-year-old child named Barry Soundey, son of Mr and Mrs E. \\. Soundey, of Stratford, was severo.y scalded in the mouth, throat and. on the face the other day. The child went into the wash-house, where he placed one end of a rubber tube in a copper of boiling water and began to suck the other end, causing a stream of boiling water to be syphoned through, which inflicted severe It is much easier to pray for heathens in Africa and give sixpence to a missionary fund than it is to bring another Christian along to church, in the opum-ii of the vicar of St. Mathews Church (toe Rev. J. F. Feron) in St. Albans, and for this reason he has organised a speck I Sunday when every member of the congregation is expected' to bring along another person. , • • - Sports Coats at 255, made of al! Now Zealand wool, are great bargains Flannel Trousers to match for 17s 6cl make a low-priced holiday suit. Call and inspect or send for samples to “ The Ascot.’ corner Princes and Rattray streets. Dunedin...

For some weeks past men’s mercery shops in Wellington have displayed straw hats (says the Evening Post). Tilted at a rakish angle, they have crowned the heads of many a model, and have attracted attention. So far as Wellington menfolk are concerned, however, in direct contrast to the position in Auckland, where the straw-hatted man is no longer an oddity in Queen street, they have been slow, or shy, in accepting the return ot tlie straw hat with any degree of enthusiasm. It has been said that many have been sold, but if that is so, it is only during the past fortnight that the “ boater " has been worn about town. A fashion leader, it has seemed, has been wanted, but now that three or four have been brave enough to come out'in the open, possibly by Christmas time, with a spall of fine weather and not too many nor’-weslers, the straw hat in the streets of the city may not be something that is strange. Christmas is coming. Secure finest quality Ham procurable in Dominion. Cooked free of charge. Lamb cheapest for years. Demand will be great. Provision being made accordingly at Bartons...

The average man does not like to spoil a good story, and it requires an iconoclast to destroy faith in a golden idol; but sometimes that job has to be done. Such an iconoclast is Mr R. B. Lugg,_ according to the following West Australian report in the Sydney Morning Herald: —“ The. Lugg party, which recently set out to the Livesy Range to locate Paddy Whelan’s alleged rich find in that locality, returned to Laverton this morning (December 1). Dir Lugg unhesitatingly and emphatically declares that there is no indication of gold in the Livesy Range, nor is there any trace of Whelan ever having been there. He said he found no reef in or near the Livesy Range, and left a trigonometrical cairn on the top of the range with his initials cut on it as proof to following parties that he had prospected the fields. ‘ The allegation that the reef found by Whelan in the Livesy Range had already been pegged to the extent of five leases is, as far as I could see, incorrect, ’’ said Mr Lugg. 'We found no reef pegged by anyone in that country.’” A pilot in a silver plane Went gliding o’er the bounding main, He’d Hitchon’s ham, he was no foot, He flew right on to Liverpool...