NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22025, 7 August 1933, Page 14

NEWS IN BRIEF

The opinion that, following on a favourable winter, the Manawatu and adjacent districts were entering on a new dairying season with excellent production prospects was expressed by the director of the fields division of the Department of Agriculture (Mr J. W. Deem) last' week. A desire to reduce stocks before Balance Day. August 19, is an urge for the managers at the Big Store. Milton, to give special bargains this week... Two hundred thousand rainbow trout fry were liberated from the fish hatchery at Ngongotaha, Rotorua, last week. In order to introduce a new strain. 20.000 South Island ova are now being hatched in the Ngongotaha hatchery, and 290,000 were taken to the Tokaanu hatchery just , recently. Ex Port Dunedin, our new season’s Blue Mountain Jamaica—the world’s best! Also, Kenya and Mysore. Ail British grown coffees.—A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin... " Customs duties collected at Port Nelson for the month of July totalled £l7Bl 13s lid, compared with £1609~5s 9d for the corresponding month last year. Excise beer .duty collected in July was £BO4 17s Bd, Compared with £603 13s 6d for July, 1932. Sales tax for July amounted to £1240 16s 4d. Apart from occasional steer-riding contests at country shows, it is rare to find a bullock being used as a means' of transport. . Travellers on the Main North road were surprised a few days ago (says the Christchurch Times) to pass a lad, mounted on a big steer, calmly riding in the direction of Temuka. The animal was bridled; but a sack served the purpose of a saddle. The animal took no notice of motor traffic, and the boy seemed to be (,uite at home on his unusual inbuilt. Cases well packed, specially prepared to meet all requirements. W. Crossan, “ Waterloo,” Caversham, has had great experience. None more so!.. Etzema in sheep is reported as fairly prevalent in certain parts of the Manawntu. Losses have been high in some instances, as farmers were handicapped concerning treatment. Now, however, it has been found that Stockholm tar used on affected parts with interna! treatment as well is quite effective. The disease is first noticed’in the ears of the animal, which peel. It then spreads to the face, and the sheep constitutional y becomes weak. “Our political leaders avoid intelligent analysis of economic conditions by using slogans, one being that ‘ We must cultivate the spirit of old pioneers,’” said Colonel S. J. E. Cosey, of Auckland, in a speech made at Ngaruawahia. ‘‘This is unfair. If the early pioneers, when they landed in this, colony, had been advised that it - had 80,000 unemployed, £300,000,000 of national debt noxious weeds in every hill and vale, they would have scrambled aboard their ships again and looked for pastures new,” Country, storekeepers supplied on worth-while terms. —Barton's, Manse si... Preliminary work has been completed by the Auckland Citrus Committee for the planting of a test area in Auckland to try out various varieties of oranges and lemons. The Poorman, the Valencia and the Washington Navel are the kinds of oranges which will be experimented with, while the variety of lemons will be fairly wide. The object of the test is to ascertain the best types of citrus fruits, for planting in the province. The farmer had been paying sales tax for many, many years, as far back as he could remember, said Mr H. Seifert, speaking at a recent meeting of the Palmerston North Citizens’ Lunch Club. The farmer hacl been paying that through stamp duty. When land was sold there were also transfer fees, lawyers’, fees and a commission agent was generally employed. He thought, that to get rid of land cost, about 5 per cent, of its value. Grandism (2023): Mark Twain complained that while there was a lot of talk about the weather nobody did anything about it. Try Granvin Brandy Wine, 5s bottle... It is reported that following a recent flood in the Pelorus River, Mr A. W. Luff, a resident in the locality, discovered some 27 Maori axes strewn along a shingle bank near the bridge. Some of the axes were in rough state (says the Marlborough Express), but others were quite well finished. It is possible that the flood waters had unearthed.them from some old hiding place where a camp or pa had once been, as this section of the river is on the old Maori,route through to the coast. Through allowing the London funds to accumulate, the Hawera Dairy Company has made a profit of £3120, it was stated, at the annual meeting of the company. It was explained that for some time prior to the increase in the exchange- rate in February last,, the directors had adopted the policy of drawing only portion of the amounts payable on cheese shipments. In addition, certain f.o.b. sales were made subject to payment in London. - This policy resulted in an accumulation of funds in London and immediately following the increase in the exchange rate these funds were remitted to New Zealand, thus obtaining the full benefit of -the higher rate. After making allowance for the additional interest caused by short drawings the net profit was £3120. Varicose Ulcers and other teg complaints can be cured. Rheumatic complaints, Lumbago. Eczema. Rashes, etc., successfully treated by Nurse M'Donald, the Ultra and Violet Ray Co., rooms 21 Broadway..-. “It ’ is of interest to_- note that the site of the proposed Clifford Bay port and terminal for the South Island Main Trunk Railway is fight on the line of the great fault which has determined the Limestone Range,” said Mr 6. Jobberns, when addressing the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, on the physiography of Northern Marlborough. “ With i the exception of. the limestone of the - range itself, which stands almost verth ; cally in the sea cliffs, and is much crushed i and broken in faulting, there is no hard ; rock for harbour work within several j miles. All the adjacent country consists I of soft sandy mudstone or papa.” Fifty-first annual winter sale now on. £3OOO worth of specially-imported winter goods only 4 months in stock to cleared at end-of-season prices. Seo special window displays. Call early; your inspection invited.—A. F. Cheyne and Co., The Mosaic! Warehouse... ; Droving cattle through town streetg/ ia sometimes a trial to drover and public. A cow which by some means got into a fowl run in Rose street, Whangarei, recently proved a difficult proposition to eject (says the Northern Advocate). She walked round the run many times before she was persuaded to leave' by the open gate without having caused any damage to the dozen or so fowls occupying the enclosure.- After she had left the f°)J'| s she raced for a gap between two buildings, and the drover had to leave his horse to retrieve her. Do you know that Dickinson’s repair Electroplate, Pewter or any metal? Have that old favourite teapot repaired. Best workmanship and prompt service.--Dickinson’s, Limited, Sheet Metal Workers, 245 Princes street, Dunedin..; A witness in -a case in the Supreme Court at Tiinaru was being'examined as to the cost of a truck. He was able to state at once what the truck cost on terms, but hesitated when asked what the cash price would be. “ I suppose it is so long since you sold one for cash that you cannot remember? ” suggested hia Honor Mr Justice Blair. ’Witness replied that recently he had sold two vehicles for cash. “ Things are looking up in South Canterbury,” commented Mr E. Anderson, a counsel in the case. “The drought has broken,” added Mr C. S. Thomas, counsel for the opposing side, amidst laughter. Highest grade sugar-cured bacon from 74d by rasher.—Barton’s. Manse street..; . The practice of “gate-crashing” has increased with the hard times. A dance at Levin last Wednesday night suffered trespass by a good number of unauthorised persons, and it is suspected that in some cases this was due to trafficking in pass-out tickets. Several of the unauthorised visitors gained entrance through hack windows, wired-up fasteners of which had been undone for them by confederates on the inside. Such an exploit was daring enough, but it hardly equals in ingenuity that which is reported to have occurred at a previous function in the hall, when entrance to the building was obtained through the stokehold of the central heating system. , . A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, A cottage by the sea; And on my table II it chon’s Ham Means all the world to me...