NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21994, 1 July 1933, Page 20

NEWS IN BRIEF

When a Mount-View, Marten, farmer sold triplet lambs recently he had a return of £4 Os 3d from the one ewe from that source alone. The lambs were among a pen that sold at 26s 9d each. They were Romney-Suffolks. < ■ The farmer sold his other lambs at Christmas time when they brought 13s. . . Recently, both banks of the Piako River, adjacent, to the Pipiroa ferry (Auckland province), were ' white with stranded herrings as the tide receded. An explanation given was that the intense cold-had driven the fish to the mud on the banks, and they were left high and dry as the tide, went out. The seagulls had a royal feast, and few' signs were left later of the .stranded fish. Trapping operations carried out in the Tokomaru Stream by the Manawatu branch of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society have been most successful * (says the Evening Standard), and all the fish taken so far are splendid specimens. Enough have been taken for 1.000,000 ova, 200,000 of which have so far been secured from the trout held for artificial spawning operations. ■ ; ~ •

Your sight is the most precious of the senses; therefore you cannot afford to neglect it. Consult, oiir registered opticians. Mr R. A. Bridgman, Mr P. N. Dick. Oculists’ prescriptions a specialty.. Peter Dick, jewellers, watchraaketa, and opticians, 499 Moray place, Dunedin; phone 13-308... A traffic inspector in a. South Taranaki town was recently approached by Wo residents who complained that in the street where they resided boys riding unlighted cycles at night were both a nuisance and a menace. % The inspector visited the locality that night and the first two offenders he caught were children of the residents who had made the complaint. The operations of a sneak thief have been causing considerable loss and inconvenience to Sataitai residents for the past six weeks (says the Evening Post). Working at night and in the early hours of the morning, the thief has been making a practice of removing clothing left outside on the drying lines. In one instance he went so far as to enter a washhouse and take all the clothing that he could, lay hands on. One night last week the thief was again active, and several residents in the district, awoke next morning to find their clothes lines stripped bare of clothing.

Coloured lace curtains at Is per yard are worthy l the attention of buyers at Gray’s Winter Sale... “ The American Government was the pioneer in establishing a consular office in New Zealand, ” said Mr Calvin B. Hitch, American Consul-general, at a luncheon to Mr J. B. Foster, American Trade Commissioner, in Wellington. “The records in my office show that in the year .1838, just 95 years ago and before the first white settlement had been established in Wellington, an American Consulate was opened near the site of the present town of Russell, in the 'Bay of Islands, and since that date almost uninterruptedly down to the present time We have maintained official relations with New Zealand.”

Grandism (1991): We are the largest’ direct importers of bulk wines and spirits in the Dominion. Our huge vaults are open to your inspection any time... “ The position between Australia and New Zealand as rivals in' dairying is somewhat like two cars racing along a dusty road,” said Dr Marsden in his address to the National Dairy Conference on the future of the dairy industry. “We are the road hogs just in front. There will be no sympathy for us by the world if we allow ourselves tb be passed, neither will there be much love for us if we only just keep in front, throwing up just sufficient, dust to make our competitor uncomfortable. No one likes a road'hog who keeps just in front, but lie is expected to put on the accelerator and improve his position so as to maintain a larger distance in the lead.” It is reported from Nelson that severe winter conditions and a resultant scarcity of food are having an effect on bird life on the Waimea Plains. Many miles of hawthorn hedges have been cut down over the last two years as a precautionary measure against the sptead of fireblight should it appear, and so the hawthorn berries, on which blackbirds and thrushes have relied largely in the past, are not available. It is probable that these birds, attracted by the food and shelter to be found in the apple lands of the Moutere Hills, have left the plains. Whatever the cause, it is a fact that they are not nearly so plentiful in Waimea as they formerly were. All-wool Roslyn worsted suits reduced to 40s 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...

Specimens of an orchard freak were exhibited a few days ago by Mr Frank Ellery, of Gate Pa, Tauranga. They comprised fruit of a second and third crop of apples of the “ Grammar ” variety grown in his orchard. The first crop was a splendid one, the tree being laden and many of the apples being over 11b in weight. The tree flowered profusely after the first crop was gathered, but Mr Ellery left only a few flowers on the tree with a view to seeing if the fruit would develop. It did so. and one of these apples which he exhibited was a large, ripe specimen of nearly six ounces. A third flowering took place six or seven weeks ago, and was followed by more fruit.

Early potatoes ar« being attended to and green peas are coming into flowej on the lower slopes of the Richmond Hills at Nelson. _ Recently, the slopes have been visited by frosts, a rather unusual occurrence, but little damage has been done. .

Early lambing is anticipated in Hawke's Bay this year, and, judging by the manner in which fat lambs continue to flow in to the Stortford Lodge and Waipukurau saleyards, it is anticipated farmers will see the last of last year’s lambs being offered while the new season’s lambs are just ready for killing. The growth of the practice of early - lambing is a good sign, and, provided proper methods of management are. carried out, it is undoubtedly a most profitable one. A total of 94 students .of the New Zealand Bible Training Institute have sailed from the Dominion for foreign mission fields in the past 10 years, according to a report presented at the annual meeting of the institute. In . the past year, 16 graduates had gone overseas—to China, Japan, the Sudan, India and South America. In addition, many more were engaged in Christian work in New Zealand.

Doctors prescribe “ the best ” . every time. In an emergency don’t depend on neighbours. Order now from Wm. Crossan; Waterloo, Cavershani...

“ I, think there is going to be a ‘dustup’ over this phase of , our law, or want of it, before long,” said Mr A. M. Mowlem, S.M., during the hearing of an application to dispossess a relief worker tenant from a house in, Wellington, for which he owed many weeks’ rent. The tenant said that after supporting a wife and five children he had nothing left out of 30s a week. “As I see the law as it mow stands, if a man is in arrears with his rent then I must make an order for him to give up possession,” continued the magistrate. “ l r ou are in the soup as far almost as a man can be, but it js manifestly unfair that you should allow, this rent to accumulate like -this. If I gave you two weeks or a month can you get out ? ” In reply to a statement by the tenant that he could not get a house because he was on counsel for the plaintiff said that his office alone had let three Houses to men on relief worlj. 1 It was not correct to say that because a man was a relief worker he could not, get a house. The magistrate made the order asked for, ordering* the defendant to vacate the house within a 'month.

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.. . “There is not the wide gulf between practice and science that many people imagine; science is merely common sense made applicable,” said Professor W. Riddet, ■ director, of the Dairy Research Institute, in addressing the National Dairy Conference, at Hamilton. He urged that (primary producers should take full advantage of scientific knowledge. Science, he said, wanted to help practice. Both were working to the same end, and there was no definite cleavage. - There is in the possession of the Canterbury Pilgrims’ Association, a portrait, thought to be that of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, although it may . be confused with that of Edward Jerningham Wakefield. ’ Officers of .' the association are anxious to have- it definitely identified (says the Christchurch Times). , Speaking at the quarterly gathering of the. association the. chairman (Mr E. R. Webb) said that the portrait had been in Tonka, Norton’s rooms for a- number of years, and had been brought to the : gathering to be identified. There was, a signature on the back which seemed to be that of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, but the speaker could not be certain.•' ,/ ■ June Bargains a huge, success. No matter what your wants you spend and, save by 'calling on us. Call early.") The Mosgjel Warehouse.—A. F., Cheyne and C 0..,..

Unaware that he had broken a bone in a leg through a fall, an Auckland architect, 'Mr J. ■,T.: 'D.!Lloyd, walked to hi» home, a distance of about 200 yards,, and. then, collapsed. The walk included an ascent of some steps from the beach to the road. Mr Eloy'd, who is a member of.' the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, was, working on his launch when a baulk of timber which appeared to be securely wedged’ under the’ launch came, away in, his. hands. < He fell about tune feet to the beach, the dislodged piece,-,6? timber striking his right leg. After being assisted ,by another yachtsman, Mr, Lloyd walked to his ; home. Shortly after he reached the house he fainted. r

The suggestion that the ■ fruit carried Tor use 'on transtasman ships constituted a thrpat to 1 the New Zealand orchard industry, in -that it presented a possible medium, for the introduction of the fruit fly pest to, New Zealand, was made by Mr C.‘ J. Eineran at'.the meeting of the Christchurch Tomata and Stone Fruit Growers’ Association. He said that sufficienti care was not always taken, with bad ori surplus fruit, when the ships were in New Zealand waters. All, the precautions that had been taken to prevent the invasion of New. Zealand by the pest would have been useless if one infected fruit was allowed to reach the Dominion’s shores.

Nothing but praise from consumers of ( our famous sugar-cured bacon from Bi<j lb. —Barton’s. Manse street.: . ’ Considerable dissatisfaction has been expressed by Christchurch tomato grower* with the standardised 121 b packing box (says the Press). Mr. C. J. Fineran, at a recent meeting of the Christchurch Tomato and Stone Fruit Growers', Association, demonstrated that the chief'objection to the dimensions of the box—its alleged inability 'toehold T2lb of fruit—could be overcome by packing the tomatoes “on edge,” with the stalks pointing to the ends of the box instead of to the top. He said that the reason for the adoption of the particular size was to be in- conformity with the boxes: used in the North Island, thus facilitating railway and other carriage. The Nelson growers had been quite satisfied with the box. A prominent English huntswoman, Miss Sybil Harker, was the guest of honour at the hunt at Rotorua the other day. Miss Harker is master of the. Norwich stag hounds, and during her holiday in Rotorua she has ridden over the hunting country in the district as a prelude to her first run with the hounds. Describing stag hunting in England. Miss Harker said both the stags and the hounds were kept at the kennels, and on the day of the run the stag was released and given about 20 minutes’ start of the hounds. If~was not the object to kill the quarry, but to run it until it was sufficiently exhausted to be captured. It was then brought back. to the kennels in. a motor truck. The Norwich Club keeps 20 stags. Miss Harker has a string of nine hunters. •;

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Mr J. L. Hay, a member of the Christchurch Business • Men’-s Committee, had taken off his overcoat andcoat to assist in the arrangement of some of . the 10.000 parcels collected' as a result of the postmen’s drive last Saturday afternoon. With other members of the committee he worked throughout Sunday morning (says the Press), and then discovered that the overcoat and coat had been treated as others sent in from householders, and was-in-cluded somewhere in the vast mounds of clothing of all descriptions. Complete with gold watch, pencils, and, private papers, they could not be found easily, and the task of tracing them .appeared to be much like looking for a needle in a haystack. However concentration on one section brought both coats out. None of the articles in them had been lost.

The distinction in. law between a canvasser and a pedlar or hawker was discussed at a meeting of the Otahuhu Borough . Council. Mr F. W. Grey' said the council had tightened its control, of hawkers and inquired if canvassers came under the same by-laws. Numerous canvassers 6f; fuel, were operating in the district and were cutting into the trade of local suppliers. It was their practice to call for order* and later make delivery. The town clerk (Mr R. W. F. Wood) said a pedlar or. hawker was defined as a'person who carried hi* goods for sale. A canvasser was not so classed and to seek to bring canvassers into line would open up a big question. People called for orders for all sorts of goods, and made delivery later. The matter was dropped without further discussion. ' All the pigs, both large and email. Are examined one and all; And only the primest ones are taken , To be cured as Hitchon’s Bacon...