NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22137, 15 December 1933, Page 20

NEWS IN BRIEF

An appeal to farmers to utilise additional receipts from wool in the employment of as many men as there is P r0 ““* able work for was made the other <W by Mr C. 11. Williams, president of the East Coast Sheepfarmers' Union. Comment was made by members of tne Tauranga County Council last week on the difficulty of obtaining men and boys for farm work. Mr C. E. S. Cane said it'was impossible to secure workers tor harvesting, as the relief men were unwilling to lose the Christmas holiday payment. . . „ Come and see our show to-night, we are open til! 9 o’clock Friday nights.— Scoullar and Chisholm, Limited... A resident of Wanganui who has returned from the West Coast of the South Island states that: a large number of timber mills there are working 10 hours a day, and that they have engaged extra hands. A few months -ago they were only working six-hour shifts on two or three days a week. , Accused in the Auckland Magistrate a Court was trying to convince Mr H. RLawry, S.M., that a charge of drunkenness against him was unfounded. “ Why,” he said indignantly, “T hadn t seen Sub-inspector Edwards for 23 years, and last night at the station I knew him at once.” in spite of that he was fined 10s. Christmas goods are well displayed m all departments at Gray’s Big Store. Residents of Milton and surrounding districts are invited to purchase from this fine selection.. . 1 • V

In Southland the country looks wonderfully well, and feed for stock is plentiful, according to Mr J. S. Hawkes, secretary of the Canterbury Automobile Association, who returned this week from a visit to Invercargill. Regarding the main highway'between Christchurch and Invercargill, Mr Hawkes states that the roads are good, with the exception of one or two places where reconstruction work is in hand. "Iu nine years this is the first case I have seen of that kind,” said his 'Honor Mr Justice Ostler in the Christchurch Supreme Court the other day, when making a decree absolute in a divorce case, and ordering the custody of an adopted child. Mr F. W. Cowlishaw, who appeared for petitioner, a woman, said that he, too,- had never come across such a case, but Mr Justice Adams had made an interim order for custody when the case was first brought forward. Most people enjoy good coffee, and once its taste is acquired it holds the consumer. . The favourite “Bourbon’’ brand appeals for its strength and flavour. Instructions for making in. each tin... . A search is still being made for the two brothers, Mr Thomas Scott, aged 73, of 4 Linwood avenue, Epsom, and Mr Robert Scott, aged 70, of PanmUTe, who are believed to have been drowned on November 25 when on a trip from M’ahurangi to Auckland in a 14ft sailing boat. It is intended to search in the vicinity of the south-west end of Saddle Island, off Mahurangi East Head, where it i» thought possible- the missing men’s boat might have capsized. Following the passage of legislation this session, preliminary steps are . now being taken to effect the removal of tha Motu Hotel to Matawai on the junction of the main roads, where it will serve tourists by either the Motu or the Waioeka routes between Gisborne and Opotibi. The main section of the existing hotel will be moved and converted into a bungalow type of building, offering modern facilities to travellers.

Grandiem (2134); Wherever he is, say it with Granvin—the golden, strbng brandy - wine, ss;’ 3 bottles in a useful attache case, 18s. At the Grand Hotel;.. . The auxiliary road service scheme adopted a few weeks ago by the Canterbury Automobile Association is making good progress, and to date than 24 service stations in Canterbury and on the West Coast have been appointed. Others have still to be appointed, But the scheme as far as it has been developed should prove of great assistance during the approaching Christmas, and New Year holidays to members who are financial on. the books of the association.

A killer whale, about 16ft to 20ft long, was seen between Motuihi and Waiheke Islands on Saturday afternoon (says the New Zealand Herald). The whale made a spectacular sight, repeatedly falsing the rear half of its body completely out of the water, and then bringing its tail down with a resounding crash. Two or three of these whales attack larger species of whales. In harbour waters they at* tack principally sting-rays. Although a blow from the tail would be sufficient, .to smash a dinghy, they are not so aggressibe in these latitudes as in the Antarctic,' where they bump icefloes from beneath in an endeavour to shake any animal on them into the sea. A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel’s Gut Warehouse. —Just opened, gifts of every description for all the. family and the home. For useful and serviceable gifts call on us early while the selection is large.—A. P. Cheyne and C 0... , L The rather rare Chinese gooseberry, is now in flower in Auckland gardens, but those residents who own these vines will have to wait a long time for the crop. Although the plants grow and fruit prplifically, the fruit does not become fully ripe until the winter.. The size of an egg and uninteresting in appearance, they have, when peeled, a soft, juicy flesh with a delicious flavour, and are particularly welcomed because they are available when little other fruit is to be. had. At the Invercargill City Council table the other evening there was a short and sharp exchange between Cra A. W. Jones and .J. H. Tattersfield. The former made a reference to “certain councillors hitting below the belt.” " I object to Cr Jones saying I was hitting below the belt,” said Cr Tattersfield heatedly, . oil he wants any hitting I am quite willing to transfer it to his nose.” Try it on," said Cr Jones. Mutterings, accompanied by angry glares, continued for a few seconds and then subsided. Christmas and New Year holidays appreaching fast! Don’t delay in ordering the necessary hamper of assorted drinks from the specialist, Wm. Crossan, Waterloo, Gavereham... . There is one supremely happy boy m Lower Hutt in spite of the fact that Ita is in bed suffering from measles and mumps combined. He is an ardent worshipper of polar explorers, and being unable to visit Byrd’s Jacob Ruppert owing to his illness, penned a letter to Admiral Byrd asking him to be good enougn to autograph a photograph cut from tua illustration page of the Evening Post. The youngster’s delight can be better imagined than described when back came, not the newspaper cutting, but a leal photograph duly autographed with a let ter of thanks for the good wishes tor the expedition which the boy had rieSb” it ditty SIU anv of Auckland’s beaches. At i the other day, after se^al ghtLartediy WASPS* and* being the J.ossessor of quite a Been ing the retrain of H J nd happy he Lonely: Bre°ccupiea dressmg had reached t i- t fh'it he was room before he realised that lie SP Do d ’you know that rcpair Electroplate, Pewter or any metal? Hava that old favourite t* B ?. o * '! paI “J;.i ceworkmanship and prompt Dickinsons, Limited, blieet Workers. 245 Princes street. Dunedin.The skeleton of a rare species of. mam mal of considerable scientific value, m. y be placed in the Wanganui Museum £ the P result of an identification By Mr G Shepherd, of the museum,. oi the Carcass of Berardins arnouxi cominou.y known as the porpoise whale IB® carcass, about. 16ft long, up in the vicinity of.Ohawe Beaeb-ra- November. but drifted away at high tula a Tew days, later. Meantime tie dscovery was reported to Mr Shepherd wbo requested that a look-out should be kept When the carcass was agam " ashed, up last week-end he was informed. in New Zealand waters. , . "Now of all the dogs that we ve posThe wisest was an Alsatian; And say he didn’t know the best; He’s tasted Hitchon a Bacon...