NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22100, 2 November 1933, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

The first gooseberries of the season • were available at the Auckland markets at the end of last week, small supplies '• coming from the Cambridge district. Values ranged from 9s to 11s a case, the demand not being keen. • Those who enjoy a tramping holiday in Fiordland (says the Southland Times) will be gratified to learn that the Southland section of the New Zealand Alpine ■ Club has had a bridge constructed. over the Lower Hollyford on the. track between Howden and Martin’s Bay. This will open up the little-known country round Tutfiko. ’ flow' much is your time worth? If you are 'a busy man you count every minute w'orth money. Consult Peter Dick, jewellers and opticians, 490 Moray place, Dunedin. Phone 13-308... A curious case of “ currency hoarding " is reported from Hawke’s Bay. Some w'eeks ago a farmer lost a £1 bank note in his fields. No trace of the missing note could be found at the time, but recently it was discovered in a bird’s nest on the farm. Possibly due tq its having got wet, portion of the note was missing, but the remainder was in good condition and quite legible. While it may be of no avail to cry over spilt milk, it is certainly useless to waste tears over broken eggs. This must have been the thought in the mind of a Wellington truck driver whose vehicle, in turning from Kent terrace to Cambridge terrace the other afternoon, shed several crates of eggs into the roadway. The damage was all that could be expected. Country storekeepers supplied on worth-while terms.—Barton’s, Manse st... A six-roomed lodge, which is expected to be the finest building of its kind in - iYew Zealand, is being erected by the Alpine Sports Club in the Waitakere Ranges (says the New Zealand Herald). The club has purchased five acres of land • ;■ on one of the highest points in the ranges adjacent to M'Elwain’s road. The site commands a fine view in all directions, including Kaipara Harbour and Piha Beach. Provision is being made in the plans of the lodge for a wide veranda facing north. The land was covered wdth bush, and suitable punga tracks are being made to open up the property. The foundations of the building have been laid, and it is hoped to open the lodge before Christmas.

Regulation dust bins delivered free m city. Have you seen our dust bin containers? Just the thing to keep everything tidy.—Dickinson’s, Limited, Sheet Metal Workers, 245 Princes street. Things seem to be booming in the clothing trade in Christchurch at present (says the Sun), particularly in the making of shirts and similar gear. Reports by retailers the other day were to the effect that some of the Christchurch factories are working overtime to - supply the summer demand. One shirt factory cannot supply its orders for a couple of weeks yet, so keen has been the demand for one particular type of shirt being turned out. Spring Cleaning bargains in all departments. Latest model Electrolux for hire. Curtains, Linos., Runners, Mats, etc., in abundance. Call early.—A. F. Cheyne and C 0...

As people, were leaving the Invercargill Railway Station the other evening just after the departure of the express they saw dashing down Leven street a car, on the running board of which stood a girl. Before the car stopped she jumped off, but she was evidently not skilled in the art of leaving a moving vehicle, for she turned a graceful somersault on the bitumen. Onlookers feared \ she might be hurt, but she picked herselfup and dashed for the station platform, only to be disappointed with the news that the train was on its way. She" rejoined her escort, and the two were last seen considering whether they would make a heroic endeavour to catch the express at Woodlands. ' ■ Think happy thoughts often and smile. Never despond. There’s t'waya Bill Crossan’s ‘'Waterloo,” a rendezvous W the cheerful... “Aunt Molly,” of 2YA fame, must have something of a task to decipher many of the letters which are. forwarded to her by numerous young people. Here is the effort of a Wanganui girl who preferred to dispense with any assistance her parents might be prepared to offer: “ Dear Aunt Molly, I am sending, you three” peeggy squese. Thank you very much for telling me how to do them I am in starnded one now ,and_~ we are very glad. , from—Wauningui." Grays’ have a nice selection of Stewart and Stourbridge crystal at the Big Store, Milton... , , By an extraordinary coincidence a touch of realism was imparted to a comedy sketch in the Blenheim Operatic Society s “Happy Days” revue Estates the Marlborough Express). A member of the company, dressed as a fireman, wandered on to the stage bearing a miniature ladder, and began .to demand, in the words of the burlesque song “ What 'is that glow over there? a fire! Its afire. Scarcely had he uttered the words when the fire bell rang to give the alarm tor an actual outbreak. The effect was startling, to say the least. Grandism (2097);: We advertise, and sell our wines and spirits all the year round, so cannot a'fford to let you down. Grand Hotel Home Supply Store... “ experienceTias been that one wants to have an armoured car when using the streets of Wellington regularly for parking purposes,” said Sir Alexander Roberts, president of the Wellington AutomobileClub, at the annual meeting the other evening. “ How often do we see a driver struggling almost hopelessly to park alongside the kerb ‘bow first.’ and yet, it is so easily done ‘stern first. I often wonder whether it would not be possible for the officers of the club to give a little instruction in the art of parking to those requiring it, and I think that it the principle could be brought into operation generally a great deal of the damage , that occurs in parking would be avoided. I am sure you will agree that something in the nature of protection is required. • The public should realise that when they . are parking their cars they should leave f at* least sufficient room for anybody adjacent to get out.” , .l. Ex “ lonic,” a further supply of Blue Mountain Jamaica and Mysore, the two finest coffees grown. Obtainable from A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin... When new, a big liner may cost anything up to over £1,000,000. As scrap the same, vessel is usually sold for £25,000. It is surprising the number of odds and ends of items that come out of a scrapped liner Many of the timbers used in the fittings are in themselves extremely valuable. Beautiful specimens of oak, walnut, and mahogany ar e always readily sold. The dynamos on a large ship are capable of generating enough current for a large town. The length of wire that comes out of a scrapped ship is several hundred miles all told. The electric switches may total up to 5000. The boilers and engines are often in excellent condition, and fetch large sums. The number of doors removed from a scrapped liner would provide a small town with these items for several years. The screws taken from a liner add up to well over 200,000, and vary from some microscopic in size to others a foot long. , Highest grade sugar-cured bacon from 7Jd by rasher. —Barton’s, Manse street...

An Auckland motorist, _ who has returned to town after an enjoyable holiday week-end in the country, tells of an amusing incident that occurred in the bar of a certain hotel. One of the local Maoris, evidently a bit of a “ character,” was regaling all and sundry with the story of a big cock pheasant he had shot. “My word, he said, “te biggest pheasant you ever see. Him so long” (extending his arms) “ from the beak to te end of te tail, and so long ” (beyond the stretch of his arms) “ from one wing to te other.” Unbeknown to Hori, the local honorary ranger for the Acclimatisation Society was standing near. He had heard everything, and knew that Hori had no license, to say nothing of the fact that the shooting season closed months ago. “Do you know who I am ? n he asked the Maori, aadinß, "I’m the ranger.” Hori was not in the least perturbed. “Oh,” he replied, "you know who I am? I’m te biggest liar m Waipipi.” To borrow the parliamentary phrase: "The incident then closed.” It may, perhaps, be necessary to add that the township was not Waipipi. Adrift upon a lonely sea, His- only consolation, A shipwrecked sailor hugs with gle« A roll of Hitchon’s bacon...