NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21831, 19 December 1932, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

At the recent proficiency examination, conducted at Cambridge,, .100 per cent, passes were recorded, v • First orders filled first, Wullie Crossan, Waterloo Hotel,’ Caversham, is “up to his neck”. filling orders for. Xmas hampers... . Attention was drawn by the secretary at a meeting of the Thames Hospital Board to the difficulty of collecting fees from out-patients. He said he -had cob: leeted only 8s from 133 attendances during the month. People just said they had not the money to pay for the attention given. : ,' ' ’ ,• v ' Three new sawmills are to be erected in the Westland district—one at Teremakau, one at Koiterangi, and another at Wntaroa, in South Westland. The Waitangi River will have to be bridged to give the last-mentioned mill access to its bush. . Can you do good‘work with blunt tools? We employ experts to set. and sharpen your saw, scissors, 'shears, knives, mower; etc.; satisfaction guaranteed.—Dickinson’s, Limited, 255 Princes street, Dunedin..''.,, v.

A' special train left Featherston on Tuesday morning for Wellington .with 1600 fine fat lambs from the Martinborough district. The lambs, which wera taken to Featherston in motor lorries, are considered to be one of. the best lines' which has left Featherston Station in recent years. ' .' A . Several North * Taranaki dairy companies have received offers of 9 l-16d to PJd per lb for limited quantities of butter, but it is understood that directors in all cases have declined to do business on these terms, preferring to send- their produce Home on consignment. Grandism (1827): For Christmas or bn any, festive occasion. You are sure of the best that money can buy at the Grand Hotel Home Supply Store. Dial 1L542 "Intellectual snobbery is as .much to be deprecated as socirfl snobbery,” remarked the headmistress of the Auckland Girls’ Grammar School, Miss E. M. John" ston, in her annual report presented, at the breaking-up ceremony last, week. “And, in any case,” she continued, “ boys and girls who show no special ability at school often prove; in later life, excellent citizens.” , , ' '' ‘ ‘ ’ .• ' •

Sports Coats at 255, made oi all'New Zealand wool, are great bargains. Flannel Trousers to match for 17s 6d- make a low-priced holiday suit. Call and inspect or send for, samples to “The Ascot,” corner Princes and Rattray streets. Dunedin.. . . ■

“This is the.fiftieth;prize-giving' sipce I first had the honour of addressing .parents at the school ceremony,” said Professor A. P, W. Thomas at the Auckland Grammar School prize-giving last wepk. In those days there were about 209 pupils. To-day there were five grammar schools, with a roll number of about 3.000. Those years had been years of continual progress. . v ■ ■ Christmas is corning. 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 class of people by whom the greater: part of the work of this country or of any other country is done'is the class of people usually called the .nonacademic,” said Mr L. F. de Berry, headmaster of the West Christchurch 1 District High School, at, the prize-giving of the school. “Next year, when the school becomes a high school, it will be able to give this class of pupil the finest and fullest training' along creative )ines'. Opportunity will then be given the, boys and girls of the school to learn to use their hands and 'to become citizens of the utmost usefulness.”

Milton-grown Golden .Honey, in pottles and combs; fresh from the hives, can be bought at the Big Store, Milton. , ', . The proprietor of a Masterton-Carter-toh bus service, Mr A. Snelgrove, is:the victim of a mean action. Some unknown person placed iron filings in the oil filters of two of his buses, causing considerable damage to their i engines. It is believed that Mr Snelgrove’fi garage at; Carterton was entered arid—the offence committed there. • The garage is kept locked,' but there is a hole in the building provided for the benefit of Mr Snelgrove’s dog, which is big enough to admit a man. The fact that Mount Eden is a sanctuary has resulted in that part of Auckland being a happy home for opossums. Nocturnal in habits, the animals : spread over a fairly wide area, and people irt the vicinity of the mountain who have frut trees have reason to feel annoyed. There, does not appear to be much prospect of anything being done immediately to cope with the p.est, but official action lias been taken, by the Mount) Eden Borough Council to the extent of joining in the crusade that' has been- launched against the animal. ■ ' 1 v ; Christmas'Gifts for all in abundance lit the MosgieL warehouse. All hew goods at special, prices to suit your purse. Call early.—A. P. Cheyne and Co.. . " Some amusement was caused at a meeting, of the Mount Albert Borough Council last week when the question of. granting permission to the Auckland Boys’ Military Band to play carols .during the Christmas: season was discussed. “I think we should decide which is the most 'musical section of the borough and grant permission for that area only,” said the Mayor, Mr W. F. Stilwell. “Personally, I feel that everyone’s musical sense' is affected according to the hour of the day or, night,” remarked Mr V. A. Coyle. "My appreciation has been small when,l have been awakened at 3 o’clock on Christmas morning.” Permission was granted to the Band. ■ _ ' ■ In a recent letter to Mr L. J. Lynch, of Queenstown, an English visitor,' Mr R. Park, who met him in his travels, and who subsequently visited Queenstown, stated that he had been to Skippers and Paradise, and he thought they were the finest and most interesting" trips lie had ever , made. “ Queenstown itself is just, perfect and the air is like champagne. ’ stated Mr. Park. Mr Lynch had informed the visitor that Queenstown was one' or the finest places in .New Zealand, and the latter said this statement. was more than realised. • • • ,). ;; ■ ' ■ From every point of view it pays to buy the genuine article. The wise housewife therefore orders “ Bourbon ”, front her grocer; a blend of British Empiregrown Coffee and Chicory.. .. . . , Teachers in the State schools may be transferred to a new appointment at any time of the year, but there is a growing feeling among education boards that the appointments, especially in the higher grades, should be made to take effect from the beginning of each term. The Auckland Education Board recently had before it a letter from the Hawke s Bay Board asking for co-operation in getting the present haphazard system altered. The Auckland Board _ decided to approve the principle of making appointments-at the beginning of the term and to suggest to the Hawke’s Bay Board that the,subject was a suitable one to bring before the next conference.

Modern conditions have compelled the Church to face many complex problems. All over England within the past few years new residential and industrial districts have sprung up, and in. several dioceses a determined attempt has been made to fneet the religious needs of the new communities. Now, in the Diocese of Oxford, plans have been made that affect many parishes in the counties of Oxford, Berks and Bucks. In consequence of the increase of population at Cowley (from 3000 to more than 8000); at Reading, where the parish of Christ Church has now 16,500 inhabitants compared with-12,000; and in the big area that has been built on to the west of High Wycombe, it has been decided, after a special survey by the Cliurch.Extensjon Committee of the diocese, that it is immediately necessary to carry out a scheme to acquire a number of sites for . churches and church buildings. .The cost of this scheme represents nearly £40,000, and the committee, after careful iuqnirv, has been forced to the conclusion that it will be necessary to collect one-haW of it outside the parishes concerned. The great hope is that it will be found possible to collect £SOOO before the end .of the year, this amount being needed most urgently, ' ■ An engine driver on a train Found he was running late again; u To get some Hitchon’s bam he’d waited, Now he finds himself disrated...