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NEWS IN BRIEF

Reference was made at a meeting of. the Council of tbe Canterbury Chamber of Commerce recently to a large number of bulletins received by the chamber from banking and' other institutions overseas (reports the Christchurch Times). During the last few months the intelligence in these, bulletins has been of a njost cheering nature,” said Mr A. 1., Wright, vice-president. "All of them have struck a note of optimism.” Dir Wright added that the circulars received would well repay perusal by members. . S O.S.—Profits lost. Only value saved at Ascot Sale. All-wool Overcoats, were 755, S.O.S. Sale Price, 37s 6d. Also, Thornproof Suits, brown shades; £5 os: S. Sale Price, 655; all sizes,— "Ascot,” corner Princes and Kattray Although the export trade in timber from Greymouth shows no improvement, the district mills are working slightly better time at present than' for some time past (states the Grey River Argus). This is due to an increased domestic demand, resulting, apparently, from The stimulus of the building subsidy. One mill at least has engaged additional-hands recently. When* at the last meeting of the Southland Hospital Board a member made reference to a man making £SOO a year from 10 acres there was a general demand for further particulars (reports the Times). "It must have been 10 acres at Cromwell,” said Mr G. Wraytt. ‘Or an hotel,” suggested another member. “ No, not an hotel,” said Mr G. Wluttmgham emphatically. . Can you do good work with blunt tools. We employ experts to set and sharpen your saw, scissors, shears, knives, mower, etc.; satisfaction guaranteed.—Dickinson’s, Limited, 245 Princes street, Dunedin.. . ' Under the caption “Geysers Erupt in Street,” the following American newspaper clipping has been received by. a Wanganui resident from_ a friend in the States: —“ Rutorima, New Zealand.— Main street, Chinemutu, blew up recently when two new geysers erupted, throwing mud and water 100 feet high. No one was hurt, as a violent rainstorm was raging and residents w r re indoors. Grandism (2055): Blended on a wine basis, Granvin and Glovin save 60 per cent, against a bottle of spirits; sold at the Grand Hotel, Dunedin... . “ By comparison, we have been exceedingly’well off in this country)” said Mr T. C. List, district governor of _ Rotary in New Zealand, when addressing the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce on the results of his recent, tour in America. “We in New Zealand are the luckiest people in the world. Bad as tions were during the last 12 nionins, we, have nothing to complain of in comparison with the conditions in other countries.” . ' The freshness of spring is apparent in all departments at Gray’s Big Store, Milton. The dress appeal is an appeal to the ladies for the smartness and freshness of spring so much.desired... That it is unwise to take a car on to the beach at Colac Bay was realised by an Invercargill motorist recently (reports the Southland Times). His car, a Small one, first became stuck in, loose gravel. No sooner had it been extricated from the gravel than it became more seriously bogged in quicksand. Only feverish efforts of 30 voluntary helpers saved the car from immersion. , , Country storekeepers supplied on worth-while terms—Barton’s, Manse st... About 12 years ago a Gisborne resident received from a friend in Queensland.; as a curio, a brightly-coloured beetle ot a type not found in New Zealand; As usually happens with things ot that sort, the beetle was "wrapped in. cottonwool and put away in a cardboard pillbox, it was dead when it arrived from Australia, and there was no doubt about it being dead when the box was opened six years later. Yet, when a day or two ago the Gisborne resident was sorting through a. trunk in. which the pillbox was kept, she found on opening the box that six little beetles had hatched out, and one was still alive, although the original beetle had been incarcerated for 12 years in a practically airtight box, without food or light. No' fear, not on your life. Wullie Crossan says he will not have Japanese products at his Waterloo.. , , . The ease of a dog. having been battered to ' death through being tied to a cart when a horse bolted was Miscussed at the annual meeting of the AVanganui branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recently. It was considered that action should be taken against the owner, who. could not be located at the present time, , It; was reported that a clergyman had-almost been killed when attempting to stop the noise, which eventually was checked py .a taken out in the Gisbornb, district, wbitb includes the area between Motu and.Mofere as well as the coast. -The increase during the past 17. months has been remarkable. • This, period can be referred to as the worst portion of the slump, bqt radio dealers were kept busy, no fewer than 330 new licenses being taken out in that time. ■ , • • 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. 'Sea special window displays. Call early; your spcdtion invited.—A. F. Cheyne and Go., The Mosgiel Warehouse... . * < ■ , As a result of some unauthorised person opening a switch •on the Walton- , Kiwhitahi section obe day last montn about 60 consumers were isolated (stated the report of the engineer to a meeting of the Thames Valley Power Board. In consequence of unavoidable delay in iestoring the supply a consumer with a large incubating plant lost about 300 chickens out. of a large batch about to be hatched. “It has been a wonderful season: 1 have never known better,” said a prominent Tuakau eheepfarmer, spewing ot t ie lambing season. He said that during tua lambing period this year there was an absence of the usual cold winds and hail. In consequence, the mortality rate among both sheep and lambs was exceedingly low. He anticipated that excellent percentages would be obtained, and added that the splendid growth of grass now apparent was very helpful to the sheepfarmer. _ . Ex Port Dunedin, our new seasons Blue Mountain Jamaica— tha-worlds best! Also, Kenya and Mysore. All British grown coffees.—A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin... “ I can give a* very good and authoritative reason for my opinion that there is a definite improvement in internal conditions in Australia,” said Mr Howard James, of Christchurch, who arrived in Wellington from Sydney by the Maunganui the other morning. “That reason is the fact that the interstate trading boats are now carrying more cargo than they have been during the past. 10 years. Recently the Hawke’s - Bay Rivers Board received a request from a private company that proposes to construct a harbour at Clive for permission to carry out certain dredging at the mouth or the Ngaruroro River. It was stated that such work would facilitate the Mi- ' chargin'- of flood water, and would be of benefit "to the board generally. The board, in agreeing to the request, required that all work must first have the approval of its engineer and no liability to the board is to be incurred. , , , Highest grade sugar-cured bacon from 7jd by rasher. —Barton’s, Manse street... *The fact that advertising always bears fruit was testified to in an amusing anecdote related by Mr C. H. Tripp in an address at Geraldine, South Canterbury. An early station owner, who was somewhat depressed by the dourness of one of his employees, advertised in a Timaru paper for a “manager with a smile, onhis face! ” A week later he advertised that he “ Wanted one manager, not 300! Another amusing advertisement published in the same journal many, many years ago read: “Wanted, a station cook; sober if” possible.” ’ As a tribute to the memory of Mr Warwick Stanton, the young Aucklander who died in August, 1931. in an attempt to bring help to his friends who were caught in a blizzard, a memorial tablet has been erected at a height of 5500 feet ° n the slopes of Mount Ruapehu. The work, which was, completed recently, was of an arduous nature, small parties of the. lost climber's friends making a six-mile join* ney from the Chateau on four successive days to the Whakapapa-iti Gorge. We thank the Lord within our souls For all the pains he’s taken To send to us the pigs and fowls While Hitchon cures the bacon...

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22057, 13 September 1933, Page 14

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NEWS IN BRIEF Otago Daily Times, Issue 22057, 13 September 1933, Page 14

NEWS IN BRIEF Otago Daily Times, Issue 22057, 13 September 1933, Page 14