NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21919, 3 April 1933, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF

Floating helplessly, down the River Avon, a boy of about three was saved from almost certain death when he was seen and rescued by a party of lads who were on the bank of the river, Among the books in the library of the late Mr Louis Cohen was one of Sir Water Scott's, entitled '■ Rokeby " (states the Wellington Dominion). It ia in splendid order and was published in the same year that the poem was finished, 1813, so there is every probability that it is a first edition. Mr Maurice Cohen, tends forwarding the book to Christie's in London. Bruce Woollen Mill goods are recommended for winter comfort. They are supplied at very reasonable prices at Gray's Big Store... A young man named Mangoes, a resident of Lyell; was recently entrusted with the charge pf 9000 sheep which had to be brought from Nelson to Totara Flat. Although he was on the road 23 days he did not lose one sheep. He was one short on arrival at Totara Flat in the Grey Valley, but it was one which had broken a leg, and Mangoes picked it up on his return journey. , " All the talk about the ' wild parties of Hollywood is nonsense," said Mr Harold E. Haines, who returned to Auckland by the Monterey the other day after an extensive tour of England and the United States. "I was in close touch with many of the best-known actors and actresses, and the atmosphere was always just like that of a nice Auckland drawing room. The sooner the English and the Americans get to understand one another the better it will be. There is no more hospitable or more kindly race than the Americans." All-wool Roslyn worsted suits reduced to 49s 6d are'one of the gifts at the "Ascot" sale. Sox 6d a pair and shirts 5s lid, working trousers 9s lid are wonderful bargains. Postage paid anywhere. Ascot, corner Princes and , Rattray streets.'.. , ' •. ■' . ' Two persons were .evicted from thezr houses last week at Gore (states the Mataura- Ensign). This is believed to be unprecedented in the history of the town. The circumstances of both cases were unfortunate, but both tenants were several months behind with their rent with little prospect of payment in the future. The furniture from one house is still lying on the side of the road in Lyne street. Maori working parties have completed the erection;of a rock wall round the diving pool at the bridge at Whakarewarewa, and have also carried out a considerable amount of painting and tidying, up. Already the general appearance of the pa has been very much improved by parties of Natives working under the direction of Mr Alfred Warbrick. A blend ot British-grown coffees and New Zealand Chicory, "Bourbon" brand appeals for its consistency in strength, flavour, and aroma. Produced by' A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, Dunedin... ■■ ' ' ■

One Christchurch man has solved the problem of riding a bicycle with the minimum of effort, and has at the same time found useful work for his Alsatian dog. He makes a rapid journey to the city from Riccarton sitting on his machine with au Alsatian on a leash towing him. His motive power is not altogether tractable, and going through Hagley Park he generally has to -use the full strength of his brakes when the dog sees the sheep which feed there. The hand-feeding of .stock is becoming general in Ashburton County, due to tho. lack of green feed following several weeks without rain. Root crops, which are in somewhat poor condition because of the dearth of moisture, have been drawn on long before they were ready for feeding to stock and this is gr.eatly reducing the quantity of food available for the winter, which some observers state will be a severe one. Grandism (1916): In its golden depths lies hidden a great achievement' in the art of blending—Granvin Brown Brandy Wine, 5s bottle...: The ferocity of the mako shark is. so well known as to need little comment: This attribute was illustrated recently at Mercury Bay, when a shark made an. attack on the launch Dauntless. When the launch was beached for. cleaning "purposes, three mako shark's teeth, broken; off, were found embedded in her timbers just below the bilge outlet. Apparently the mako had bitten off more than •he could- chew. . During an address, given in/Wellington on the economic wastage as the result of the. deterioration of rural roads, Mr H. F. Toogood said it. appeared that the public and even, perhaps, many members of county councils, had failed to grasp the fact that £5,000,000 invested in road crust had disappeared in road dust in the past 12 months. This wastage had not been replaced in the ordinary course of maintenance, and on many miles of roads the deterioration had not been arrested, but was continuing. Special showing of Autumn Goods in all departments. Call early while the assortment is here. All bought before the advance in prices. 1882-1933, the Mosgiel Warehouse. —A. F. Cheyne and C 0... A rather unusual speculation was represented in a sale conducted by an auctioneering firm in Christchurch. The auctioneers, under instructions from the mortgagee, sold a seventh of a beneficiary share in an estate which is administered by the Public Trustee (states the Christchurch Times). The estate consists of a clear-title property, which may not be sold for a year or 18 months. If the anticipated price is obtained for the property, the seventh share should be worth about £BO, but the purchaser, who paid £22 for it, while expecting a handsome return for his outlay, has to be prepared to leave his money in the estate until the property is sold. Nothing but praise from consumers or. our famous sugar-cured bacon from BJd lb. —Barton's, Manse street... " A mine that has been worked more or less continuously for 20,000 years i» worked to-day. in England in East Anglia. said Professor J. Shelley in an address in Christchurch. "This is a flint.mine, he continued*. " which was originally worked by Paleolithic man." Tools, made from the flint of this mine were presented to Professor Shelley when he visited it during the war period. One man was in. charge at the time . and was under a contract to the British Government to produce thousands of flints for the flint-lock rifles used by the native troops in Africa.Explosive rifles could not be entrusted; to these troops. There is a good time coming be it ever so far away, but remember that there is a tram stop at Crossan's "Waterloo.".. For what the Royal Humane Society consider the bravest deed of the year to come under their notice, a British engineer. Mr Benjamin R. Spencer, aged 38, of Klipspruit Sewage Farm, Johannesburg, has been granted the Stanhope gold medal of the society. A native worker, it was stated, went down a manhole at the farm to remove a' blockage, and was overcome by sewer gas. Two other natives followed, and. they also were overcome. Mr Spencer then went down with a rope round his waist and his face covered with a cloth soaked in chemical. He iastened a second rope to the men and _ they were drawn up one by one. He himself was drawn up unconscious. Don't blame the butcher. Get that carving knife sharpened. We employ experts who sharpen knives, scissors, and all edge tools ground Tuesday or Friday. Satisfaction guaranteed. Dickinsons, Limited, 245 Princes street, Dunedin... It is said that the prophet knows no honour in his own country; certainly a certain Christchurch man enjoys little respect for his musicianship in his own home (remarks the Sun). He is a well-known physical culture instructor and his one weakness is the mouth-organ. Not being allowed to practice at home, he make 3 a point of getting to his gymnasium early in the morning and there running through a few tunes. Now it chanced that a policeman whose duty took him by the gymnasium is also a mouth-organ enthusiast, and, creeping softly up the stairs, he accompanied the instructor on his own mouth-organ. The gymnasium instructor ig a very sober man, but since the accompaniment stopped when he ceased blowing, and the policeman crept sojrtly away the way he had come, how is he to know that the gymnasium, is not haunted by the ghost of a former, mouth-organ enthusiast whose wife abhorred the instrument? My poor old man is sixty-nine, Work he will wet or fine; And when I see him at the gate I put Hitchon's Bacon on his plate...