NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22067, 25 September 1933, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

Freight railed through the Otira tunnel last; week amounted to .9655 tons, compared with 8768 tons. during the corresponding week last year and 940 G tons, in 1931.' . ; ...-' , ,

. Spring cleaning" time —Tokomairiro people should inspect the " Big i Store " selection of floor coverings, curtains, and cretonnes...' ' -.■ ' ' .;'-.'.

••;. " Events in Germany should be a-warn-ing to workers, and all those who value personal liberty and freedom," said Mr R. M. Laing, reading. a letter from. Germany at the meeting of the Lesigue oi_ Nations Union' the other evening (says the Christchurch Times). "Where two. or three'are gathered together there vri'.l' the Nazis be also," he added. Wullie Crossan'fi hampers are renowned throughout the .country, and patrons can depend upon their orders being faithfully attended to.. The Waterloo is famed for quality... . " . '.".'" ""..'. .'.,.*.;.

A solid rubber ball lost 'in , a garden about a year ago was found the other day by Master Ralph. Dobney, of Grey Lynn,, and the. discovery was then, made that a bulb had grown through it (says, the. Auckland Star). The sta'k had pushed its way straight up through, .the rubber, and then, on reaching the sunlight, had added several. inches of green' stalk. After being photographed, the plant freak was returned to the garden to see what the next; stage of development would'be.; .".'

i Turnbull's ; Sample Room, Middlemarch: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, this week. -Special showing of Spring GbodsY Call early.—A. F. Cheyne and C 0... , " Do not allow Mr Baxter to persuade you on sentiment," said' Mr Eliot Da-yi's, of Auckland, when speaking to a meeting of farmers-in Palmerston North, and: /ex-. pressing his opinion on the pleas likely to be put forward ; by Mr. Baxter, .representing the National Farmers' Union.'of Great Britain, on his visit to the Dominion. The 'pleas, he said, were that New Zealand should abandon the exportation of Icjieese ito England arid concentrate on butter.' -.' , . ~. ...■-■■-,■ •• •• . .'. v.

We make, and mend, any metal article. Prompt .service. andV satisfaction guaranteed. —Dickinsons, sheet ■ metal' workers, 245 Princes street...'" '.':;.■■ .'.r

Acceptance of a reward for carrying ;a passenger in his car, a vehicle not licensed for. a service, resulted in the 'conviction . of Leonard Wright in the'Eltham Police . Court recently. He was fined £1 and costs/. The .that, wag, proved to the satis- . faction of the .magistrate (Mr. W.. H.v Woodward) was. cancellation of a. 4s debt.! Mr J, h. Weir/lor. the Eltham" Borough Council, said under, the Act the definition'; of a passenger'.' license. was :i or " hirei or „ reward "In the present' instance Wright " took three besides himself;.to,, a euchre party at New Plymouth. ■_ He ' owed bneof .the passengers, "Whelani'4?,:', and he admitted he tobkhim to' Ne\y Ply-V mouth and so liquidated the debt.- He also admitted he received benzine had" been "shouted" into dances on previous occasions. - ; ../•'• ..-•'.-' '■"..',*'.. .-„

Grandism ,(2065);:.; Warm -and genuine is the hearty, handshake'"and the g'lgW of pride you feel when you share with./' your friend your Grand House Whisky;' 12s bottle... ' ■ * ■ The destruction; of. lambs by seagulls appears-'to ( be "becoming more'widespread.; A few seasons'ago Hawke's Bay farmers" reported a certain amount of 'mortality, which has recurred, although not- to. any.; extent this .season., except in the Wai?oa district. Last week complaints were made./ by farmers in the; Farndon district, and these depredations were blamed on the seagulls, but ho. instances" of ..the gulls attacking the lambs had been seen.,.';; , ': Jerusalem, artichokes-/were becoming 'more- -popular •'.as'; "k . vegetable ; owing: tb : women practising . slimming, .'said Mr J.. T.: Sinclair in an address on vegetable, growing ' in ' Christchurch., recently., 'He - stated that, that: artichoke contained ho starch, and was-a valuable food for valids." ' . .'.:.-. Highest grade sugar-cuf ed Bacon from 7Jdby; rasher.—Barton's, Manse streat^; During the past season ; the Grey District Society, it ported, paid out $36 "Ss'ffd for;362'Bhags* heads. The society's annual ,-rep.Qr.t states that from. reports to hand' throughout. the district ,the numbers to be seen are /as much as.usual, and it appears that these birds, seeking the most inaccessible places for rookeries, will,maintain,'their numbers in spite ; of shooting on the rivers -.and lakes, [ -'.';"..;'.''"';-..';,- : -.»■.-■',." ••'..••:■; •'.:■ t . The -owner.- of a property on the Napier hills has had remarkable .success in the cultivation'.of'oranges; ' Trees; on : his section have \giveh a'heavy -yield of sur-prisingly-;'good ffus, and; .he;; speaks enthusiastically of the opportunity which he considers is • thus (opened-up from- tbe commercial point 'of view,-or,-at least, from the point of view of homes growing sufficient for their pyfh? needs. A sample of. .the oranges which, have been grown oh the property .in question: possessed ?a good; sweet'flavour. . ', ..■ .•„ " .'' , S.O.S.—Profits lost.' Only value saved at 'Ascot Sale. All-iwool.Overcoats, weris 755, 5.0.5,. Sale Price, 37s 6d. Also, Thornproof. Suits, hrown shades; £5 sk; S.Ors. Sale Price,/! 655; all"Ascot," corner Princes and Rattray ' streets... - '' ■.:'.' ■ "■■ ■..■'.

The[secretary' of mittee has received advjce from Wellington that. ; the Unemployment Board rps agreed to lift", the disqualification regarding single men being allowed to take tip gold, prospecting; and the .matter, is ' left in the hands of, the Mining Committee. This meaijs that single men.disqualified through refusal • tdj go to camp are now eligible* for the prospecting subsidy at the discretion of the Mining Committee. ; /; Wholesale condemnation of the mallard duck from all'points of,view was expressed at a meeting of the'council of the. North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society the other night when - a -report was read.in reply to.a request for.'information regarding these-birds'from the .Under-secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs and the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. "It is the considered opinion of the,Gam"e, Committee that.the mallard.is a menace to the grey duck," the 'report,stated;'.; ■./„ ' Country, storekeepers supplied : j bn worth-while terms.—Barton's' Manse st'.. • According to a member of the crew,of the. Union« Company's steamer Nnrb&da, which recently visited ; Lyttelton to discharge Calcutta cargo, British, Dutch, *nd American motor cars are rapidly,'being ousted, from Java by-a Japanese motor car that sells very cheaply and 'is be very economical to run (says theChiistchurch Times).: Scores of these tars were to be noticed in the main streets. They are different in construction, from the ordinary European taxi, as they accommodate four . persons in the back. . The seats are placed as in the old-fashioned horse-drawn wagonette. ' ■ ;..-■■ An old-time whaling boat, the. firsVtb be built in Auckland for, many years,, has recently been completed by W. G. Lowe and Son, Ltd., arid the boat was shipped north the other day. The boat was built to the order of Mr H. F. Cook, of Russell, one of the few, remaining whalers, north of Cook Strait, who intends to..use it at his whaling station at Whangamumu. It is probable that it will be. the last of its kind to be built in Auckland, as steam, or motor.whalers are almost universally used to-day; "The new boat will be Used in makings picture of the old wealing days, and Mr Cook hopes.to secure from eight to 10 whales with it during the coming season. .?■'•: ~ Ex- Port Dunedin, our new seasons Blue Mountain world 8 best! Also, Kenya and Mysore. All Britwh grown coffees.—A. Durje and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon,;Dunedjn.. ; -. -...-,■ The secretary of the Waimate Acclimatisation Society (Mr J. C; Winning), has received renorts that whitebait Jiave commenced to run in theWaitaki River.- So far only small catches have been .taken and the run is not sufficiently large to warrant a trip to the river by anybody residing at a distance, but given' favourable weather conditions it is probable that these small fish will be present:*oqn in much larger quantities. . .-■;-•/-;.■■ Reference to many reported cases.was made by: counsel engaged in legal -argument in the Court of Appeal: on the question whether a. bequest in a .will constituted a , good trust (says the Press). One of -the cases to which the : court was, referred was an Irish case, "Moore v. the Pope." "Moore against/the Pope? »; queried-Mr ;Justice Reed. "I am surprised to bear that the Pope can be sued in Ireland." (Laughter.) After the blast the foreman said, • My lad,' you're : looking shaken,. You'd better go straight' home to bed , a ; feed of Hitchon's -bacon—