NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22256, 8 May 1934, Page 14

NEWS IN BRIEF

When a jury returned to the crowded Supreme Court in Wellington one day last week with a not guilty verdict in a case, a muffled “hooray” went up Horn one of the public present. The clerk of the court promptly and in a very much louder voice called, “ Arrest that man.' Two constables began to show signs of interest, but the offender made hirnselt inconspicuous among the crowd* and they did not attempt to find him. For the dark mornings you will require an Alarm Clock. Inspect our stock of Jaz, Westclox, and other makes, plain and luminous dials. Prices from 8e 6d. — Peter Dick, jewellers and opticians, 400 Moray place, Dunedin... Recently while excavations were being made at the Kakahu lime works. South Canterbury, a number of sharks’ teeth were discovered nearly 30 feet below the ground. The teeth varied in length from over an inch upwards and were in a petrified state, but still retained a’sharp edge. A sample was sent to Professor R. Speight, of Christchurch, who stated that the teeth are called Isurus desori, a shark of the tertiary period, now nonexistent, which has been recorded in vanous parts of New* Zealand as a fossil. Coffee for breakfast, fresh and fragranU Ask your grocer for the “Bourbon brand. Instructions .in every tin.. Prepared by “Durie’s,” coffee specialists. 32 Octagon, Dunedin... “Everything on the railway system hero is better than what obtains in us ; tralia,” said Mr Norman H. Gibson,_ of Sydney, during the course of an interview with a Southland Times reporter the other day. “ The booking system, the com, fort of the carriages, and the frequency of .the services are all very good.” ; Is New Zealand booming? (asks the Auckland Star.) The average New Zealander would say that it was not, but an Auckland firm of lawyers has received a letter from a client, in California asking to be.informed about general business conditions in New Zealand, and adding: “According to . newspaper reports here, the whole of . Australasia is booming.’ Possibly “ Australasia”, is a mistake for “ Australia.”, Everything of. the best at the. Prince of Wales Hotel. Princes street, Dunedin. —Chas. Hinchcliff, proprietor.. . . . “ Australians will not accept New Zealand’s new coins in the ordinary, way of trading,” stated Mr lan Matheson, a Wellington business man, who has just returned from Australia, to a reporter. “They know they are’genuine:all right, but still that is the position.”

“ I see Anzao Day as a huge interrogation mark," said Canon S. Parr, when preaching at the Anglican Cathpdral _in Christchurch last week. “The old saying was, ‘.What did you do in the Great War, daddy? ’ But now the question is ‘ What have j’ou done since the Great War ? ’ It is the dead who ask. And in all these 15 years what have we done?' We have built a memorial, ;we put wreaths on the bridge, we turn out on Anzac Day, and we buy a poppy—-and that’s all, or nearly all.” Bread and cakes are practically the only food which cannot be washed, therefore special sanitary containers are necessary. See our latest lines with, cutting boards attached.—Dickinson’s, Ltd., 245 Princes street... ;■ • ,

A point was recently taken up by certain restaurant proprietors of, Blenheim regarding what they considered to be the unfair competition represented by afternoon teas served for. payment in public halls at various bazaars and- functions.’ It was pointed out that for the right to serve the public with meals'and refreshments the regular eating', houses were subject to a license fee, inspections, and sundry regulations; .yet any organisation could set up in competition ' without' such, restrictions. Finally, the matter was submitted to the Department of Health, and the restaurant proprietors have now been by the .Borough Council that the department sees- no reason to interfere with the serving of afternoon teas’.in halls, provided due cleanliness is observed and the health of the public ia conserved. ■ ’ ■ I Men’s Overcoats, warm and up_ to. date, may be procured at Gray’s Big Store. The charges are not high for such highgrade; apparel... An unusual sight in , the streets Of Wellington recently was a Shetland pany, eight hands high, being led from .the Queen’s wharf to Lambton quay. The pony is of pure Shetland Island blood, 1 and has been imported' by the Barber Estate of liinutangi to act as junior stallon in their Shetland pony stud. It ia many years since a'purebred Shetland stallion lias been imported into this country, sud'it was not till Mr Barber had,, through the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency., Company, Ltd. v made exhaustive inquiries throughout New Zealand and Australia that this importation was decided upon. The ■ pony is at present 18 months old, and stands just 3.3 inchen high. His dam was that very well-known Shetland mafe Nina of Middlebank, and his sire Ray Duke of; Penniwells, both registered in the Shetland Island Pur«r bred Society Stud Book. Grandism (2254); Strictly direct marketing from Growers to the final customers enables'your Grand Hotel to sell quality Wines and Spirits at lowest possible prices... ‘ _ “I don’t think I am anticipating the report of those who'are investigating this matter if I say .that we have got the golden scale, .which attacked oaks, beaten, and that is a very good thing for Christchurch,” said the chairman (Mr H. Kitson) at the annual meeting of the Christchurch Domains Board. Throughout his address at Morrinsville last week Mr J. G. Coates fenced with the host of interjections he had to cope with in the best of humour, but one question. “Having another trip to London, Gordon? ” caused tlie Minister to answer sharply: “If anyone thinks I really enjov trips to London, carrying all the responsibilities and anxiety on my shoulders, and can get amusement out of it, well, he is welcome to it—especially if one comes back to be snapped at by a person of, the interjector’e type.’’—(Laughter and applause.) . - , , For assorted supplies of best brands you cannot do better than order from Wm. Crossan, "Waterloo." Caversham. Orders attended to pronto...

An authentic story is going the rounds about how an Invercargill opportunist made some easy pin money last week. He was down at Bluff when a British sailor asked him to'cash some English £i notes. The Invercargill man obligingly agreed to cash 20 of them, deducting Cd off each for ‘ exchange! ” There was nothing to prevent the Invercargill man from taking the 20 banknotes back to the city and turning them over again at their rightful value—25s each.

Commenting in the Christchucrh Press on Mr C. A. Sharp’s reply to his criticism, Professor Tocker said: “ The statement that the selection of Rhodes scholars has not always been a success, must stand. Individual eases cannot be cited without feelings being hurt. But it is widely recognised, thjit the average result has not been—and does not promise to be —all that Rhodes wished.” •

May Bargains for all. See special window displays. Buy your winter requirements at special prices* Call early while we have the selection. Goods cannot be replaced at these prices.—A. F. Cheyne and C 0...

Once again the Southland Boys’ High School is possessed of a pair of fives courts, the need of which has been felt ever since the old school in Conon wag abandoned at the end of 1925, and in their erection the memory of a distinguished old boy, the late Professor John Wilkie Hinton, of Colombo University, Ceylon, bag been commemorated. At a pleasing ceremony in the school ball one afternoon last week, at which members of the late professor’s family were present, the courts were dedicated by the Ven. Archdeacon Lush, of St; Johns Church, and they were handed over to the rector, Dr G. H. TJttley, by Sir J. G. Imlay. president of the Old Boys Association, the donors of the courts. A remarkable coincidence is shown in the weather report for April from Kuapuna, Mid-Canterbury. During the month 263 points of rain were recorded on nine days. In March the same total on the same number of davs was recorded, while the average rainfall for April during the last five years is 263 points. There's roguery in every trade. Sang Biddy in her kitchen: But never in the lovely grade Of bacon cured by Hitchon...