NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22005, 14 July 1933, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

“ I may be in a position to make some offer to my creditors in about three months’ time,” said a bankrupt at ’ a meeting of creditors at Wellington. “ I would like to see some of these promises kept,” remarked the official assignee; ‘‘l have had 18 years’ experience, and I have never seen one such promise redeemed.” “We will now sing ‘Lead Kindly Light’,” announced a minister in a Wanganui church on Sunday evening. Just at that moment, without even a flicker of preliminary warning, the lights failed and the building was plunged into darkness. The faiure of the power did not lust for long, however, and at the end of a minute the congregation was able to continue with the service.

Come and see our show to-night. We are open till 9 o’clock Friday nights.— Scoullar and Chisholm, Limited’...'

If the crops next summer are to be of any appreciable size so far as yield is concerned (says the Guardian), there must be rain, and plenty of it thioughout Ashburton County before long. There were three comparatively dry summers ;n succession, and the dearth .of rain has left the sub-soil unusually deficient in moisture. Recent rains, frosts, au.l fogs, have wet the surface soil, but a few inches below the level of the ground the soil is dr}', and it is on those lower strata that tlie wheat crops depend. A ’ series of heavy downpours is an urgent necessity at the present time. Interest on deposits reduced, but cheer up! Willie Crossan (Waterloo) is still well stocked. Best brands of every kind supplied to order... The fact that numerous fruit and other trees ,in Tanranga are almost ready to break into bud may be taken as a sign of an early spring. Last week several gooseberry bushes were in blossom, and recently another Tauranga resident reported that a plum tree was in bloom. A blackbird was observed carrying material for its nest.

One effect of the shortage of winter feed for stock in Mid-Canterbury has been the development of a considerable railway traffic in swede turnips from south of Timaru to stations in Mid-Canterbury. A recent night goods train provided an example of this (says the T'maru Heiald). It included a rake of 10 trucks of swedes from Willowbridge, destined for the Rakaia-Metliven branch. Most of the traffic in swede turnips at present is between these areas.

Guaranteed Electric Irons; full weight; made in England; 17s 6d each during Sale at Gray’s Big Store, Milton... Sister K. A. Jutson. a member of the Church Army column headed by' Captain S. R. Ban,yard, which is at present in Christchurch, claims to ..be the champion woman bellringer of the . world. She makes bellringiiig her hobby and has rung for six hours and 20 minutes in Lincolnshire. At the Christchurch Cathedral on Saturday she rang the second and third bells, and she hopes to have an opportunity of enjoying some more chapge-ringing in Christchurch before the party moves on. - Fifty-first annual' winter sale now on. £3OOO worth of specially-imported winter goods only 4 months in stock to be cleared at end-of-season prices. See special window displays. Call early; your inspection invited. —A. F. .Cheyne and Co., The Mosgiel Warehouse... “Only 7 by gifts and exchanges, of seeds and plants with other botanic gardens, can our collection be rapidly built up, ’ said the curator of , the Christchurch Botanic Gardens (Mr James MTherson) , in a report to the Christchurch’ Domains Boaid He reported that 43 packets of seeds had been received from the director of the Sydney Botanic Gardens and 36 from Melbourne Botanic Gardens. All were seeds of Australian plants. Plants , were also. received from the cunator of the Timaru Public Gardens, the superintendent of reserves, Invercargill, bulbs from Mr R. Nairn, rhododendrons and other plants from Mr E. E. .Stead, and rare native plants from Mr H. Hart, .Dunedin. Nothing but praise from consumers of our famous sugar-cured bacon from 8-id lb. —Barton’s, Manse street...

Two further ships, not, as was originally expected, one only* are to load ’scrap steel in New Zealand for Japanese buyers —the supply of scrap is holding out well. The next boat to visit-the Dominion, the fourth of the series, .will be the Asama Maru, due to arrive at Auckiand_ about the middle of next month. She will pick up a total of about 6000 tons of scrap steel. Her loading arrangements so far involve calls at Lyttelton and Wellington, in that order, after Auckland. It is not yet known wh,at the fifth ship will be. nor when she will be at New Zealand ports. ' 1 - To get the most out of your gas oven you require a special size cake til. <r roast dish. We keep stocks and make anything you require. Dickinson’s Limited, 245 Princes street... A letter was received from the. Marino Department at a recent meeting of the Greymouth Harbour Board on the question of vessels signalling when touching the bars at Greymouth and Westport. The letter stated that it was proposed to issue by-laws making it compulsory for vessels to signal in all cases of touching .when outward bound. A draft copy of

the proposed by-laws was submitted to the board for its consideration. The regulations provide that every person who fails or neglects to comply with any of them will be liable to a fine of £SO. Grandism (2003): The time-honoured drink of the Royal Navy and Merchant Service. Old London Dock Rum (No. 1), 12s bottle: half 6s 6d.—Grand Hotel Home Supply Store... The somewhat dreary proceedings in the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court the other morning w r ere enlivened by the court orderly. He called the name of a woman defendant in a traffic case, and as there was no reply, said; “No appearance, your Worship.” However, in the back of the court, which was packed with waiting defendants. was a man with the same surname. lie stood up and said: “Here.” “Is your name Dorothy?” asked the orderly, “if not, sit down.” The man said his name was not Dorothy and sat down, while loud laughter rang through the court. All-wool Eoslyn 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...

The difficulty experienced in insuring goods transported by motor lorry was mentioned by an applicant before the Central Transport Licensing Authority at Auckland. “My experience has been that the companies will not insure against accident,” he said, “ and only against fire if no benzine is carried. But what carrier does not have a drum or two of benzine in his load any day?” The Transport Licensing Act provides that the authority may call on applicants to furnish satisfactory proof that their liability in respect to loss of or damage to goods conveyed by them is covered by insurance or is otherwise provided for to a reasonable extent.

Made with cold water and milk in equal parte and “ only just ” brought to the boil. “ Bourbon for breakfast ” is a food in itself. Full instructions in every tin... Mention was made last week that Spare Provisions, the dog brought to New Zealand by Mr Erling Tambs in the.yacht Teddy, is now the treasured possession of one of the Auckland Harbour Board’s pilots. The dog, according to her new owner, is the most intelligent animal he has ever known. She is as good a watch dog on shore as she was when her wanderings were confined to the Teddy. During the years that she was seafaring she had nowhere to scratch to bury what few bones came her way, and consequently her toe nails are considerably longer and sharper than they would be if she had lived a normal life on land. Life on the Teddy, where-meat was seldom plentiful, taught Spare Provisions to eat anything that looked like food (says the Auckland Star), and even to-day she will not turn up her nose at a dish of potato peelings. When the Teddy stranded on a small beach near Russell when returning to Auckland after winning the trans-Tas-man yacht race in 1931. Spare Provisions took advantage of a short spell on shore to prgsent her owner with a set of healthy puppies. At least three of this family are now owned on the North Shore, and another of the litter has its home at Motnihi. In September last the dog produced a second family of nine. Like the clock “ Big Ben ” in London, Ringing forth its joyous chime, So the fame of Hitchon’s bacon Circles round the world in rhyme.. ■