NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22052, 7 September 1933, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

A cargo of 1000 crates of eggs from Canterbury for shipment by the Matarba to the United Kingdom left Christchurch on Tuesday (says the Times). The total of eggs in the shipment is 30,000 dozen, but the Canterbury Egg Export Committee hopes to ship 100,000 dozen this year, or, rather more than double the quantity sent last season. 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 f N. Dick. Oculists’ prescriptions a specially. Peter Dick, jewellers, watchmakers, and opticians, 490 Moray place. Duned'n; phone 13-308... t . A ewe on Mrs Anderson and Sons’ farm at Thornbury has become the proud mother of triplets, all three lambs being alive at birth (says the Southland Times). Two were perfectly normal, but the third, which later died, wag a freak. It possessed' no fewer than eight legs, and though its head was normal it had two bodies, each with four legs and a tail, divided off from the chest.

Donald: There’s a. flavour in your whusky that’s no’ in mine. Hoo is it? Sandy: I’ll tell ye. Mine’s Wullie Crossan’s. Yours isn’t... The mountain daisy is now’ in full bloom on Kangitoto (says the New Zealand Herald). It is a native of New Zealand, and is found in all parts of the North Island. It grows profusely on Rangitoto. It is now making a magnificent showing in many parts of the island, and at the 300-foot level, where it is to be found in great clumps, it is a particularly fine eight. Every time the word “ ski ” is mentioned there is an argument over its pronunciation, but this was definitely cleared up in an address to the Taranaki Alpine Club by Mr K. P. Tompkins (says the Herald). The word is a Norwegian one meaning "log of wood.” Mr Tompkins stated in no uncertain manner that the word was pronounced “ she.” Highest gra’de sugar-cured bacon from 7Jd by rasher. —Barton’s. Manse street; The world bad advanced beyond the thought of 1914, said Sir Jameg Parr, speaking to members of the Auckland Creditmen’s Club recently on “Pillars of the Empire.” “We shall never go back to the days of 1914,” he said, “whether it be to war, trade, money, or anything else.” A statesmanship, he added, would have to arise which would see that the old shibboleths would no longer hold sway—possibly even in the realm of economics. Seed time at Gray’s Big Store, Milton. Here we find a large selection of seeds packed by such well-known producers as Yates. Coopers, Star Seed Company, andSuttons... The proposal to set up a Central Bank in New Zealand was discussed at the last meeting of the Manawatn Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union,when the following motion was carried:—“That this* meeting strongly protests against the establishment of a central reserve bank until a vote of Hectors has been taken on the matter, and urges the Government to consider seriously the Douglas social credit system.” _ . Grandism (2050): Beal Sherry Wine, Jerez; Solera. Amontillado, Renown Qld Brown and Solera 1858, Amontillado Per* fecto—Grand Hotel, from 6s to 10s 6d bottle... j In the course of his reply to a deputation from the Hastings Relief Workers Association, headed by the. Rev. R. B. Gosnell and presided over by the Mayor (Mr G. A. Maddison), Mr J. S. Jessep, deputy chairman of the Unemployment Board, expressed the opinion that the number of unemployed in the Dominion was not increasing, and the hope that there would shortly be a general improvement. One point he wished, to stress was that the wages tax was steadily a good, indication that the situation was improving. Fifty-first annual winter sale flow on. £3OOO worth of specially-imported winter goods only 4 months in stock to be ejeared at end-of-season prices. See special window displays. Call early; your inspection invited. —A. F. Cheyne and Co., The Mosgiel Warehouse.. . ' A small boy, aged about three or four, held up all traffic at the foot, of Khyber Pass road, .Newmarket, shortly after 6 o’clock the other evening, when he became caught’between two streams-of cars travelling in opposite directions (says the New Zealand Herald). The child ran first one way and then the other, and compelled a traracar, a large motor bus, and several motor cars to stop abruptly. Finally, when all traffic had been stopped, the child made his way between the tram and the bus and reached the kerb safely. Ex Port Dunedin, our new season's Blue Mountain Jamaica —the world’s best! Also, Kenya and Mysore. ... All British grown coffees. —A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin... Recently the directors of the Mataiira Dairv Factory Company paid out a bonus to the 178 suppliers aggregating £4065 13s Id. This represented n bonus of ltd per lb of butter-fat over the period from November till the end of the season, and an average payment to suppliers for the season of 10.491 d per lb. . Many premises that in happier times provided a steady and profitable course of income have actually proved a burden to their owners during the period of dfr pression. That the difficulty is not merely one of finding a tenant is indicated by the following notice which hangs in the windows of an empty shop in Timaru: —“Wanted, an honest tenant to rent this shop, one who will not sneak out at midnight owing rent,, and one who is not a thief.” .. ' S.O.S.—Profits lost. Only value saved at Ascot Sale. All-wdel Overcoats, were 755, S.O.S. Sale Price. 37s 6d. -Also, Thornproof Suits, brown shades; £5 ss; S.O.S. Sale Price, 655; all sizes.— “Ascot,” corner Princes and Rattray streets... A Maori who appeared in the Police Court at Te Aroha charged -with being drunk and disorderly was asked by the justice if be had anything to say. He surprised the court by his extreme courtesy and command of the hnghsn language. He said he wished to take the opportunity of thanking Constable Mouson for the very kind manner m which he had been treated during nw brief period of incarceration. It was quite homely, he added, to be treated to a cup of tea, with bread and butter. The justice suggested that a prohibition order be taken out, to which the Maori replied: “I think, perhaps, it would be the wisest way.” He was convicted and discharged, but ordered to take out a prohibition order. Regulation dust bins delivered free m city. Have you seen our dust bin containers? Just the thing to keep everything tidy.—Dickinson s, Limited, bheet Metal Workers, 245 Princes street... What might almost be termed an excess of efficiency resulted in an Invercargill chemist suffering a loss recently. A small urchin appeared in his shop witn a bottle, which he handed over the counter with great solemnity. T chemist took it, noted the number on the name which happened tp be one of ms own. made up the prescription, and filled (he bottle. “That will be 3s 6d, please, he remarked suavely to the waiting mite, who thereupon burst forth querulously: “ No. no. I didn’t want that. I wanted to sell the bottle.” Country storekeepers supplied on worth-while terms—Barton’s. Manse st... It is a bad policy to laugh at another person’s misfortune. This fact was aptly demonstrated when two car loads of Napier people left the city by the sea for aif evening out in Hastings (says the Daily Telegraph). Everything went according to schedule until the journey home, when the leading car suffered a puncture near the Waitangi bridge, me following vehicle sailed past, the occupants cheering profusely at the discomfiture of their less fortunate friends. Hardlv had they travelled 100 yards further on, however, when the engine sputtered and died out. A closer examination revealed the fact that the tank was bone dry, and the party had no other option but to get out and push fneir conveyance from the Waitangi turn-off to Napier. But the worst part came about 20 minutes later, when the first car, bavins mended the puncture, went gaily past amid the tooting of the born, leaving their previously light-hearted companions to push a ear a distance of approximately three miles. The merits of Hitchon’s Bacon You read them day by day . In the last column of the Daily Times, Hitehon’s Bacon’s here to stay...