NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22205, 7 March 1934, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF

i Ag an indication of the improved conditions ruling on some farms, the \ai4nß Men's Christian Association in Cbnstchurch has received a letter from a farmer who engaged a boy through the association last year under the , subsidy scheme. The boy has now. been taken into regular employment at 25s a week, with a bonus of £lO at the end of the year. The farmer' expressed very keen appreciation of the work of the boy. - Mr A. J. Beamsley, a Soutubridge angler, is credited with landing the first large quinnat from the Rakaia. Mr J. Hampton, jun., landed, four fine fish, the heaviest being 271 b. Messrs L. and U. Hill were also successful. with quinnat catches. Owing ,to the absence of nor'westers the Rakaja is very clear and in good fishing condition. What about the yachtsmen a troubles? Wouldn't a wee drappie, Wtillie Crossaa's best, act as oil ton troubled waters? .. Ragwort is plentiful on farming ; lands throughout the West Coast at present, and farmers in some districts are having a particularly hard fight with the weed.. This noxious weed is especially plentiful in the Rotomanu district, and even those farmers whose lands are comparatively clear of it *re apprehensive regarding its spreading. Once well established, ragwort is difficult to eradicate. j A visitor, far removed from its usual haunts, has made its appearance on the properts of Mr J. Milne at M'Nab (says the Mataura Ensign). The stranger is a well-grown penguin, which was first noticed strutting around with the'farmyard ducks as unconcerned as if it was in company with its own kind. The penguin has the usual markings of its breed* and is surprisingly tame, allowing itself to be caught and handled with very little trouble. It is not known from where the penguin appeared, though it is thought that it came up the creek on Mr Mimes property, and the fact that the bird is very taine suggests that it has been a pet for some time. ,„: . ,« Annual Summer Sale in full swing.. Bee windows for. Bargains. Balance of Summer Goods must be cleared. Call early., Nd,Old stock;/everything new arid tm to; date at Genuine Sale Prices.—The Mosgiel Drapery Warehouse: 1882—A* F..Cbeyne and Co.-4934;.. : ■;■ ' • Two dogs, who had been aceusto'men.tp sport themselves in a.'"big drain.being niade through the Kuirau Reserve, had a painful surprise on a recent morning (re-, ports the Rotorua . Morning Post). _A blow-out which occurrred in the vicinity sent a- lot of hot water into the drain, and when the dogs jumped in for their *. usual cooling scamper, in the-sliisb they signalled their mistake; with howls of : pain and made haste to find a !place of egress. ':■ Luekilyi, the : Waters was not ■ hot , enough to scald the animals seriously.; At Jerusalem, on the Wanganui Rivet. there,ia. an area.of .40 acres of cherries (states the Herald), i Hitherto very little of the fruit.froin this atea'ha« been dis-? posed of owing to the difficulties >an.d .-. expense' in .marketing, but ,it_ is Istated: that next season active steps will be taken,; to market the cherries and that they, will be sent down to Wanganui by lorry for? distribution, Last year when the Gover-nor-Gerier'ar made a trip down "the rivet/: he received a .box of tbcae ;cherries :at Jerusalem and pronounced'them as excejr; , lent. ■"...■■..-.-.•'.•■..' -.l;'. „:•■..; ;'' '•.'.-.' -.' ...-.• :- ~" Grandism (2?03): Wine making is aa art the genius of man-discovered at:the dawn of ; thto world's history. You get the best at.the Grand Hotel..* -Ah English visitor to Taranikji .is impressed with the; quality and! cheapness of food at the hotels and refi" taurants. Speaking :to a .News .reporter, he said that, though -he had been.all over-.' thev'worldjnever had he obtained siich a fine three-course dinner.for 2s as,he had, : in New Zealand.restaurants.,,' ;".,* Why! " he-exclaimedi "I would baye had tp payf at "least ,5s -to 6s in anyplace in England.! ~ Perhaps the meal Would havV been put . on in greater style, but it would, riotHbe more Wholesome and certainly it would have been less ?n quantity*" Private advice has <been received., y.v Mataura ?that there hr every possibility of the immediate commencement at Mataura -'of 'i arTangementi'for the• erection of a new\inill by New iZealand., Jute and Hemp .Mills, Ltd (stater the Ensign). In view.of the .difficulty, of securing; adequate suppliesof raw materiaL'the decision to erect the first mill at Wauganui will not be put into effect. ' It is understood that Eastern Southland offers ample scope for the operations of the concern and .the selection of Mataura as; the mw suitable site is' receiving earnest consideration. . - We make, and mend, any metal article, Prompt service and-satisfactidn guatanteed.—Dickinsons, aheet metal workers, "245 Princes street.'.. ' '■•■■'*.?■ " The fashion 6f the old ■ driya {waa.-t* havea very large family, and it seems t* me a pity that that fashion has gofte ootr said Dr William Irving, at a r*umon. ©* shipniates of :the vessel Crusade*wehristchurch on a recent aftcrnoon- . I <»» assure you that it was no joke fop partntpi to have to pack up all their household posv sessions, look after their children; and.'seek-; a new land. My father's luggage weighed nine tons, and there were eight in jn« family, but r believe lam rjght in saying ■ .; that sturdy stock Was prsuuced,' fie add*"; "One oi the ot Zpmndi, was the description- applied to Mount Egmont by. a visitor: to New Plymouth. Bishop Anderson, formerly of the diocese of Riverina, New South Wales, and a resident of Auckland, With Pukekura Park he had been very favpurably-im-. pressed; a wonderful spot, he called it. " It reminds me very much of a Japanese scene in some he said, r especially in the view looking south from the taoss. The lake; with its trelljsed ;«ch bridge, and the mountain, a second. Fujiyama, m the background.' is strikingly hke a Japanese landscape." ■ , ■■/_ ■ ; ■■ '• Coffee Connoiseure should know that toa world's best Mdunt««n Jamaica—is obtainable from' A. Dune and Co., coffee specialists, : 32 Octagon, believe that Little Amencafctha healthiest placein the, world., There are no germs or bugs down there, consequently no one getsajcdld or anytntaS: else" said Mr V. H.C*egka, a member of the Byrd Expedition, who m at praent in Wellington.- " There w a ,day; of 24 • hours' doylißht between the beginning of December and the end of February, and there is a snap in the «ir that *akes ; everyone feel good. It has been seriously suggested that Little Amenca ! would make a wonderful site Tor One of .the greatest summer sanatoria in .the. world. .1 believe Admiral Byrd is of that; opinion, .too.v One of the things, that stoke* the; W- > tor to Sydney is the way blisihess dealing , in one class of wear, has.congregated to- . gether. For jin one bfoek be-. . tweeri George and Pitt streets one will • find a number of firms dealing exclusively., in women's apparel, in the ~ block, are cheek-byrjowl several «rge - f firms" dealing excliißively, in mens, wear. { It is akin to' the drifting together, of ;■ ■■ birds of a feather. Discussing this /<ar*y-: cumstance with a Mftnawatu Times repre- v sentative, Mr J. Smith, a Sydney business man, pointed out that the result was in- , teresting from another point of view m v that it had produced window displays ot particular kinds of goods unequalled_in i extent anywhere else in the world. ,J.ne ; combined window displays of three firms alone totalled over 700 feet in length, and the goods on view were exclusively -devoted to men's apparel. ; ,v Gray's Summer Sale is now m progress, and Milton buyers will do ..well to make their purchases at the Big Store without "It*ia a marvellous experience,; and,l would not have missed it for worlds," said Mr B. R. O'Brien, 6f Wellington, Who accompanied Admiral Byrd toihe Barrier in the Jacob Ruppert. "Antarctica is a strange and beautiful World when it is not fierce and menacing. : Several inodents and experiences stand tout:vividly. The first of these was the passage through 'The Devil's Graveyard,' on the edge of the ice regions \ where; the largest icebergs are encountered.' It ■ is difficult,!without actually seeing.them, / to get any idea of their number-and immensity. They; are literally in thousands at every point of the compass. One. ice- •' ,be'rg Was estimated to be 20 miles in length and from. two to three miles; in width. Most of them are indescribably . beautiful, in gorgeous shades of blue and green, with other. colours jgatljered frtom the sky, catching the sunset glow* inV vivid-hues,"-' . ■ r ; ;.: : '''' : : '.•;■':. Some hams, they say, are very met, > But if the,best you seek, Both for quality and price, Hitcbotojj hams are quite unique,.^ . ■