NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22068, 26 September 1933, Page 14

NEWS IN BRIEF

No new cars have been registered in Timaru bo far this month (says the Herald) and only two or three were recorded last nionth. It ie stated that the new car trade in Timaru is practically at a standstill, but that there is a good demand for second-haiid vehicles. 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. N. Dick. Oculists' prescriptions a specialty. Peter Dick, jewellers, -watchmakers, and opticians, 490 ■ Moray place, Dunedin; phone 13-308.... '~ ■ ■ Unusual precautions to ensure that there were no counterfeit coins among a number she had received, evidently as change, were taken by a woman who was shopping in Auckland the other day. After leaving a shop she stopped near the doorway and methodically testrd each coin with her teeth, dropping the money into her purse when she was satisfied that there were.no lead or other base metal imitations included in her change. • _ Grandism (2066): Whatever you want in wines or spirits, whatever you're willing to pay from 3s. 6d Tagona Port to the famous 105 s Napoleon : Brandy—Grand Hotel for quality.'.. ;,' " . ' " Approximately 1,700,000 .superficial-feet of timber will, be shipped from the West Coast to Australia within the next fortnight. The Kiwitea will take approximately 700,000 feet of white and red pine 'for Melbourne and Adelaide, and next week the Kalingo will load about 1.000.000 feet for Sydney and Newcastle.' That lawn tennis was too selfish a game to encourage in.public schools was an observation made by Colonel White at a recent meeting of the Wanganui Education Board. "If tennis courts as to be laid down, in school grounds, for the. use of outsiders, let those who get'the benefit from them, pay for them. We want a school spirit encouraged and not a spirit of individualism."

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

Laughter was raised by Mr E..K. Sim in the. course of a report on the recent annual meeting of the Meat Producers' Board at a recent meeting of, the Southland Executive. of the Farmers' Union. "The war against the vested interests is on,",remarked Mr Sim, "headed by President Roosevelt of America,* supported by the Southland Electric Power .Board."

That citrus iruits ; will grow well in Masterton,! provided they, are properly cared- for, has been shown by one Lansdowne gardener, who has several trees, all of which are heavily laden. One "tree standing about'five feet in height has no fewer than 50 lemons on it. Six splendid specimens, aver aged just on one pound" each in weight, and measured from 11 to 14 inches in circumference.

"Whuskie" is pouring. into the United States, we are told, but the best is, poured out—not wastefully—at Wullie Crossan's "Waterloo."..:. . "'.-

A question as to A power board's liability for; compensation to owners of land •for erecting poles, and lines across their, properties was raised at a meeting of the Waitemata Electric Power Board. The manager . (Mr. A. Main) said it .was laid down that a board liable. fpr compensation only if the, property was injuriously affected. He considered the value-of property' was enhanced by electric reticulation in, a, district. No one had ever made a claim against the Waitemata Board and no compensation had been paid. Turnbull's Sample Room, Middlemarch: Monday,. Tuesday, and Wednesday,. this week. Special* showing of Spring Goods. Gall early.-r-A; F. Cheyne and C 0..- . The old wooden bridge, oyer the north branch of the Waimaka riri -River on ; the Kaiapoi-Waddingtoh main highway, via Rangiora, -is to be replaced hy a new ferro-concrete structure for which, tenders are to be called: immediately; The existing bridge is in a dilapidated condition (says the Christchurch Times) > and is considered to be beyond repair. It is. about 300 ft in length and is of single vehicle width/ The new bridge, iwhich is to be built on the •upstream, side, will be 40ft in length and about 22ft■ in.width. '.'.' .:. - \ September month is bird month. >■ Feed' the native, birds an<i skus retain .the natural songbirds in your garden... Honey cups and filling; cans can be: obtained at' Dickinson's, liimited, 245, Princes street, Dunedin..'. ' , . '' ' ' . ,\ •That the phrase "long-limbed colonials is not without a foundation in fact was shown by Dr Ada Paterson: during a lecture to the Auckland School Committees Association. - Figures .taken for groups cf children in New Zealand and in Glasgow proved that the New' Zealand children had definitely longer limbs than had ■the corresponding groups, and,it was a. reasonable inference that the figures for Glasgow were typical of those for. many jjartf of Great Britain: : , " \ ;■-'■', '■ Highest grade sugar-cured bacon trom 7sd by rasher. —Barton's. Manse street... ..The multiplicity of street collections'm New Plymouth »was discussed at a. conference of the Retailers' Holiday Committee and representatives of the - Borough Council.- Retailers were finding that the undue "number bi collections was interfering iwith business. It was agreed by the conference v that,; being ; a national effort, the P<?ppy Day appeal should; be exempted from a proposal that the various, organisations should combine.' to hold a joint collection.. It, was decided to call a meeting.. at. an , early date .to consider the suggestion. . ~ SOS.—Profits lost. Only .value saved at Ascot Sale. \ All-wool Overcoats, were 755; 5.0.5.. Sale Price* 37s /d. Also, Thornproof Suits, brown shades; £» os; SOS. Pale Price, 655; all sizes.— ',' Ascot,'? corner Princes and Rattray streets,.^» v ' ; •. t An unusual passenger for Honolulu by the Aorangi, whioh ieft Auckland last week., was a three months' old Irish water spiniel pup bred by Mr L. E. Pole, of Morrinsville, and sold to »the order o-t a buyer in Honolulu. New Zealand dogs are said to be in demand in the Hawaiian Islands owing to restrictions on importations from America, tor fear oi the introduction of animal diseases. such restrictibhe operate with regard to dogs from New Zealand. _.r Country storekeepers supplied on worth-while terms.—Barton's, Manse St... The action of the Health Department in selling by auction recently a rollertOD desk which was given to the Jimg George V Hospital, Rotorua, during the war bv'the Arawa tribe has aroused, some resentment among leaders of the tribe. "We are used to thia sort of thing, said one of the'leaders of Jhe tribewhen discussing the matter. ■ He" stated. that in addition to this desk, a piano purchased at a cost of over £IOO,-and a billiard table valued at £l2O, both of which had been donated by the Maoris ini district, had been similarly sold without any reference or aclsnowledgment to the donors. '-' '\ ~ Ex Port Dunedin, our new seasons Blue Mountain Jamaica—the world t best! Also, Kenya and Mysore. All British grown coffees.—A. Durie and Co.. coffee specialists. 32 Octagon. Dunedin...' An example of what can be done by the pioneer spirit was given to a party •which recently visited a Dlock of land at Awhitu. near Manukau Heads, selected for small farms settlement. The visitors were taken ashore from the launch in a dinghy constructed by two settlers who. for the past two years, have been making a living by gunvdiggmg in the -district, prior to the subdivision of. the block. The timber had been felled, pitsawn, and. shaped by the men from Pmus insignis. trees, and in spite of the Primitive, arduous methods used, the dinghy is a trim little boat. Mr G. J. Carrmgton, M.L.C., who was present, complimented the men on their self-reliance and initiative. , / .•',.;, , ,"• » A Bryndwr housewife is still looking tor an explanation of an untoward incident that occurred the other day. She had potatoes in an electric oven cooking in their "jackets "'when suddenly there came a loud report. .In consternation she turned off the main, switch (says the Christchurch Times) and rang for .an plectrician. He arrived in due_course, and could find nothing wrong. Finally, he investigated the inside of the oven, onhf to revealthat it was one of the potatoes which had caused' all the trouble, ft had burst in the heat and spread itself in little pieces round the walls of the oven. The housewife has' since been very suspicious of anything in the shape of a p0tat0.',.... '.,'..- ,•"■;•"■-■-. --'■■■ />'- Father said, " Now; what s for tea?. _ So mother brought the steak in;

But father threw" it to the cats, , . And went for Hitchon's bacon...