NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21978, 13 June 1933, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

“ The oldest book in the world written about 3000 years ago,”, said Professor Shelley recently at Canterbury College, “ \yas a book of advice , from a father to •'his b0d,.,-, a form; of writing' not.- altogether unknown to-day.” In .a swede crop this year Mr A. H. Halcombe, of Urenui, Taranaki, has some exceptionally heavy . roots. A number have been weighed and turned the scales in the vicinity of 201 b, and one was pulled which weighed 24^1b. Your sight is the most precious of the senses; therefore you 1 cannot afford..to neglect it. Consult our registered opticians, Mr R. A. Bridgman,. Mr. Pi. N. Dick. Oculists’ prescriptions a specialty.. Peter Dick, jewellers, watchmakers, and opticians, 490 Moray place, ’ Dunedin; phone 13-308... . / _ . >v At a meeting of the Wanganui District Development League the. question' was asked as to the 1 price pine trees, were commanding. at the present • time. ■ A, member- replied that he knew of a, farmer who had been paid £2 10s for trees planted 17 years ago. Others had averaged £1 for 20-year-old trees. ~. . To see a man get married one week, to know that he had been away on a honeymoon, and to hear at the meeting of the Stratford Uriemployment Committee that 'the same man was applying for work surprised a member the other day. ‘‘l.think it is over the odds that these men should be able to go on a grand; spree and then look to Us to be kept,” remarked another member.

Up-to-date methods in .the buying arrangements enable costs to be cut down, .which in turn reduces prices at Gray’s Big Store... .. - •' ' The story of a bull, calf’s amazing escape from death is reported from Norseman, Western Australia. The calf fell 270 feet, down the main shaft of a gold , mine. It was loaded into the skip, hauled to the surface, tipped into the braceman’s truck, transferred To the end. of the quartz dump, and tipped over. The braceman left'to get a gun to shoot the animal, as it was presumed to beseriously injured. , When .he returned, however, he saw the calf walking away as if nothing unusual had occurred. .Grandism (1975): Better wines and spirits delivered to your door at prices that simpiydefy competition—shop at the Grand Home Supply Store.. . ■ ' 1 To be precipitated down a cliff face 20ft with a horse and not-receive serious injury was the experience of -a settler residing on the Taunoka rOad, in the Waitotara Gopnty, last week. The mishap occurred during a tour of . inspection along the Taunoka road. The horse the settler wag riding tripped in some timber iii the slush,.which precipitated the rider over the horse’s head and down the cliff, the horse hurtling after him. Fortunately for the man the horse fell clear.'of him. Both man and beast alighted in soft mud. and escaped serious injury. 1 May Bargains a huge success.: No .. matter what your wants you, spend • and save by calling on us. . Call early) The Mosgiel Warehouse.— : A. P. Cheyne and C 0... • ■. '

A beautiful, alpine garden will probably be formed .shortly on an area of 10 acres opposite the hostel at • Arthur’s ' Pass (states the Grey River Argus). .The site isiat present. rough, waste land, and members of the Arthur’s Pass National Park Board considered schemes .for the impr.oyem.ent; of it ■ ■ when* they, i made ■ their annual inspection of the pass recently. The board is anxious to go ahead with works for improvement : on the areas it controls, but progress is at) present hindered to a considerable extent by; the fact that only limited finance is available. " ■ . - •

Nothing but praise from consumers of our famous sugar-cured bacon from • B£d lb. —Barton’s, Manse street..'. . rigid censorship of films and posters is urged in a motion passed by the Central Auxiliary of the Baptist* Union and forwarded' to the Acting Prime Minister (Mr J. G. Coates) . The motion read as follows:—“That this auxiliary, recognising the potential value of the kinema aa a means of education and entertainment, respectfully ■ urges * the Government that in the interests of the moral .wellbeing of the youth 'of our' country a stricter censorship of films and'posters be exercised so as to eliminate therefrom scenes of a suggestive or immoral nature.” -• 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... ■ ' A particularly large sea-horse, caught In a piper net off Kawau Island, has been photographed and preserved by the finders (says the New 'Zealand Herald);. . It? , length is llin. It belongs to a division .of; the sea-horse family known ..as; the spiny sea-horse, which Mr L. T. Griffin, of the Auckland Museum staff, states grows frequently to a-length of llin or I2in. It uses its long, prehensile tail to cling .to deep seaweed, - and is not usually seen by the ordinary shore fisher-' man, although it is not uncommon in these waters and is frequently taken by trawlers. In colour, it ranges from cream to a bright yellow or orange. All-wool Roslyn worsted suits- reduced to 49s 6d are one of the gifts at the “Ascpt ” 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..;'. : :

A crop that might be given greater consideration, particularly for- pig ' feeding, is: artichokes,, according to Mr ,T. W. Palmer, instructor in agriculture at Hastings. Average yields of from seven to eight tons per acre can. be obtained, and as the plant is extremely hardy it can resist both frosts and droughts. Once established, and carefully utilised thefe is no need to sow down this crop each •year, the crop being virtually permanent. Tests carried out with the feeding of artichokes show that for fattening purposes 8201 b of artichokes and 325!b wheat give an increase of TOOlb; live weight. On a feed basis, the artichoke compares favourably with tho potato, having a nutritive ratio of 1:7, while the potato has nutritive ratio of 1:8.6. Doctors prescribe " the' best ” .every time. In an emergency don’t depend on neighbours. Order now from Win Crossan, Waterloo. Caversham... 1 believe the'beggars have been asleep all the time,”,said a back country farmer bu, arrival at Hamilton last week, when lie discovered two fowls holding on tightly to the mud-covered back gear of his car, which he had driven 30 miles in the dark, so that lie could view the show next day. The light of the city garage disturbed the fowls, and the proprietor said it was :«p to the owner of the car to present him with tho ebooks. “ Not on' your life,” replied the farmer. Those two are the missus’ two best fowls, and' if she knew they were in Hamilton to-night she would not sleep a wink.” - ■ -i An apt remark by the Mayor (Mr W. F. Stihvell) caused amusement at a recent meeting _of the Mount j Albert Borough Council when a' discussion was in progress on the necessity ‘of relief workers to work an. extra day for the issue of boots by. the : Unemployment Board. When advice was received that the board bad arranged for the issue of meat to relief workers, a Labour member of the council asked' ironically if the unemployed had to work for this also. “ Only, perhaps, when they are eating it,” said Mr Stilwell. Made with cold water and milk ,in equal parts and “ only just ” brought to the boil, “ Bourbon for breakfast ” is a food in itself. Full instructions- in every tin..'..-, .v • ■ '

The fact that the £19,000 offered by the New Zealand Government for the .first 1,000.000 gallons of oil produced in the Dominion had been collected by the oil concern at New Plymouth, was mentioned by Mr W. Draffin when, he addressed the, Wanganui Rotary Club on Monday. He said that a total of 1,661.000 gallons had been produced by the New Plymouth wells. Oats have apparently been a particularly popular crop with Takapau farmers this autumn, judging by the amount of this particular crop to be seen about that district. Across the Takapau .plains, every farmer seems to have' gone in for . this form of feed (says an exchange), and in some cases farmers have more than one paddock sown down. Similar conditions in respect to heavy sowings of oats are to be found in the Norsewood and Matamau areas, and several crops, apparently sown after mangolds, are just commencing to show through the ground after the rains. Now that eggs are down. in price, , And Hitchon’s Baton’s always nice. We’ll have Hitchdn’s bacon and egga for tea: ; We love Hitchon’s, don’t you see....