NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21984, 20 June 1933, Page 14

NEWS IN BRIEF

.During the progress of a service at a Palmerston North church on Sunday night someone entered the vestry, at the rear of the building and took a new leather coat and a pair of gloves which had-been left in the room.

Within a short period the first factory for the packing of butter and. cheese, by the vacuum process in the Dominion will be established and in operation In Palmerston North, opening up a new industry. , ' Your sight is the most precious of the senses; therefore you cannot afford to neglect it. Consult our . registered opticians. Mr. R. ,’A. Bridgman, Mr P. N.‘ Dick. Oculists’ prescriptions a specialtyPeter Dick, jewellers, watchmakers, and opticians, 490 Moray place. Dunedin; phone 13-308... The interesting discovery that rats have climbed the bare slope of Fantham’s Peak, on Mount Egmont, and entered the Syme Hut, about 5000 ft up, has been made. A mattress has been damaged and labels andva book have been chewed. Poison has been laid.

The total number of cows tested by the Wairarapa Herd Testing Association for the year ended May 31 was'ss4l. with a butter-fat production of 1,314,9811 b. The average production per cow was 237.311 b, compared with 230.181 b in 1932, 237.751 b in 1931. and 251.301 b in 1930.

Buyers should note that Gray’s Winter Sale of Drapery, Boots, and Hardware starts this week at The Big Store,' Milton'!.. , '

Mr. H. D. Skinner, of the Otago Museum, in a .letter to Mr F. W. Downes, Wanganui, says that there is every possibility, that the Carnegie. Trust will, advance £3OO to - recondition the great Maori war canoe, Te Mata-o-Hoturoa, in the Alexandra Museum, Wanganui. •After long negotiations, the Lower Hutt Borough Council has arrived at ah agreement with the State Advances Department! to guarantee the rent up to a certain amount on a limited number of vacant State cottages, to find homes. for some relief workers who have been evicted from their homes.

Grandism (1981) : A full house, beats three of a kind. In poker, yes. But nothin<r can equal these three. Granvin ss, Glovin 6s. Aragon 45!.. Speaking in Hamilton,, Mr J. A. Lee, M.P. for Grey Lynn, expressed the opinion that the problem in New Zealand to-day was not to settle more men on the land and produce more, but to make the'present settler solvent and enable him to clear his produce at payable prices. Land settlement came after that.- ■

“ 1 don’t believe there is such a thing as over-production possible in "the.world—it is all a matter of defective circulation,” said'Mr W. Machin at a meeting of the Canterbury branch of the New , Zealand Economic Society. It had been picturesquely stated, continued Mr Machin. that over-production would not exist until the poorest Hottentot lived as sumptuously as the wealthiest American millionaire.

May Bargains a huge success. , No matter what your wants'you spend and save by calling on us. ' Cal) early. The Moegiel Warehouse.—A. F Cheyu'e, and C 0...

The case of a pigeon being harried and finally killed by a sparrow hawk , was reported to the-Wellington Acclimatisation Society recently by Mr 0. Walton, Eketahuna, who wrote that the hawk had got between .the pigeon and the . bush, eventually killing it. 'The hawk was stalked and shot/(rays.the-. Evening Post), and the pigeon, dead ahd„ badly'mauled, was found near it. Both fodies were forwarded to the society for examination. , New Zealand Was losing, millions of pounds a year through bad cheese, said Mr F. H. Anderson, Cambridge, to a meeting of the executive of, the Taranaki Federation of Dairy Companies at Stratford; recently. It',had been proved time after time that cheese and butter markets were sympathetic and dragged each other down. If.they could improve their cheese they would get better prices for butter, too,- - 1 ’•

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.. .•.

“The Manawatu district is going into the winter with pasture in-good'growing/ condition,” said Mr'J. W, Deem, director of the fields division of the Department of Agriculture, in an interview. “ The North Island is entering the winter with land in better condition than for some years past,” said Mr Deem. “There is an exception in the case of the Wairarapa, which will be badly off for. winter feed. This area, with the Hawke’s Bay district, received the rain fairly late, but the growth is improving. Nothing but praise from consumers of pur famous sugar-cured, bacon from;/;BJd lb.—Barton’s. Manse street.,. ’ ;/ The action of the chairman of the Westland Hospital Board (Mr W. Jeffries) in declining to accept the customary honorarium this year in-view-of the difficult times was warmly commended by the members of. the board, at a recent meeting, his-generous offer being accepted after tribute had been paid to the large amount of time ■ x and thought expended by Mr Jeffries in carrying oiit the. duties of his office. • All-wool Roslyq, 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.,. ■ ■

Taking up the endgeta in defence of women’s clothing, Dr Ada Paterson told the Canterbury School Committees’ Association last week that men were too conventional.- They had not the courager to be comfortable. “ I have' seen -men in Auckland walking about in the same amount of clothing winter and summer, I admire-their tenacity, but I wonder if it is worth it! ” she' said.

Because of the ravages of deer in the water shed area, the Waimakariri River Trust decided at a recent meeting to spend tipi to £2OO in‘stamping out deer with the ■ assistance of Mr A. R. Turnbull, owner of the Mount station, who has undertaken to engage two men for the purpose arid provide them with equipment. The board .will spend the money by giving a subsidy of 2s 6d a head and will also supply the men with ammunition, provided it has the legal power to make this expenditure. Doctors prescribe “ the best ” every time. In an emergency don’t depend on neighbours. Order now from Wm Crossan, Waterloo, Caversham...

Good progress has been made in introducing the Nelson system of religious education into Christchurch schools, according to figures quoted at a meeting of the Christchurch Presbytery by the Rev. Alan C. Watson. Reporting for the Youth Committee, Mr Watson said (according to the Press) that out of 32 ministers and home missionaries in the Christchurch Presbytery district 25 were conducting weekly classes in schools. Ten out oi the 25 took two classes weekly, and. two ministers held more than two classes. 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...

“1 am satisfied that the local people interested in the proposed minting of silver, in New Zealand will, have: every opportunity of submitting their, propositions.” said Mr J. A. C. Allum president of the Auckland Manufacturers Association, at a meeting of the_ General Committee of the association. Mr Allum said he had interviewed the Minister of Finance (Mr 'J. G. Coates), and was convinced that the claims of local concerns were not being ignored or in any ■Way side-tracked. Most young people hate to* be told, “ I nursed you when you were a- baby but it is music to older years, for it makes them feel younger. Very few men of 76 have heard the phrase addressed to them, and now one of these few, Mr Arthur Dashwood, will never hear it again. Mr Dashwood was born during the siege of Lucknow in 1857, and, a gin of 19 used to rock him. to sleep in, her arms. She was wounded, but survived, to live into the beginning of 1933’s spring tide. Her name was Mrs Marg?r«* Quaid, and her funeral at Aldershot recently was attended by her, oldest friend, the baby of 1857. Attention, farmers, to you all, It pays to listen to my call; .Whether you are saint or sinner. Have Hitchon’s Bacon for your dinner...