NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22326, 28 July 1934, Page 24

NEWS IN BRIEF

A raid by stray dogs ou a Hock of 200 sheep at Woodlands recently (says the Southland Times) resulted in a severe loss to the owner, Mr W. Henderson. Several sheep had to be killed, nine were badly worried, others were lamed, and some were forced into a swamp through fear of the marauders. There was no clue to the identity of those responsible for the dogs being at large. There is no doubt that good pickles, sauces, and soups are great appetisers. There are none better than the well-known and popular “ Stella " products. This firm also manufactures Cream of Tomato Soup. Try them.. .

How an orderly corporal Digger sold “ champagne ” profitably to the Tommies was told by Mr R. H. Ronavne in an address at a military gathering at Wanganui recently. An ex-barman, he sent to Selfridges for a soda siphon and cartridges, bought cheap French wine, aerated it, and sold it to the Englishmen resting at Marieux Wood for five francs a bottle. The steady decline in the price of money during recent months has had little effect j’et on the market for farm properties. Cheaper money (says the Christchurch Press) has induced buyers to offer more firmly for the land they want, but in genera! there has been nodisposition on the part of owners to reduce prices to what buyers consider reasonable levels, ' . ' Too much care cannot be devoted to the most precious of all our senses—the sight. Consult our optician.: —Peter Dick, opticians and jewellers, 490 Moray place, Dunedin...

An amusing story of. the mother of a “Tommy” whose son was engaged in tke Palestine campaign was related recently to the New Plymouth Round Table Club by the Rev. J. D. M’Lemian Wilson. The woman went in great distress to her clergyman, stating that her son had been killed. He asked her if she had received word from the War Office or from the Front of her son’s death, fjhe said she had not—she had had a letter from .the boy himself, and knew he was dead because the letter was headed the “ Holy Land.” • ■■ Everything of the best at the Prince of Wales Hotel. Princes street. Dunedin.— Chas Hincheliff. proprietor... While returning from a function at Fairview recently, a Timaru motorist upset the calculations of two small boys who were playing football on the street. As the car passed, the ball bounced in front of the machine, hit a head lamp, bounced up on to the bonnet, and remained on the car for a distance of about 100yds. The lad s thought the hall was lost for good.

"That’s ray hat bn that peg. Iye had it for two years and it’s the only on* I’ve got. I’ve been too hard up to afford another, 5 but I’ve , bought myself a new pair of spectacles to improve my eyesight. That’s what the Government should, do. It should get some spectacles so that it can see properly. I don’t mind what it does with its old bat.” This remark, made by a member of a deputation from the North Canterbury Advisory Committee on Tree Planting, which .waited on Canterbury members of Parliament, caused a round of laughter when, the question of the necessity for the restoration of the grant to the Canterbury School of Forestry was under discussion. Coffee for breakfast, fresh and tragnmtl Ask your grocer, for the ‘‘Bourbon brand. Instructions in every, tin/ . Prepared by “ Dune's,” coffee specialists. 32 Octanon. Dunedin... . • Defending the system of home lessons. within reasonable limits, the headmaster of a North Island District Hi"h School (Mr W. J. Wernham) explained to-mem-bers of the committee the value of it. Homework was not given for the purpose of results, but to develop asset* , of character that were to .be of benefit to the pupil. The object of homework was to inculcate in the child a .spirit of industry, earnestness, and initiative. When a pupil got interested in his work, it became, a labour of love, and he was anxious to do a bit more' Some children suffered more by being out at night than by the .imposition of home study . If the school .was to be a preparation fbr life, the only thing the pupil had to learn to do was to work. “It is really surprising bow many boys and girls,, many of whom . have passed their matriculation, ..are anxious, to- take up the study-of horticulture in this .city, stated the report of the curator of the Botanic Gardens (Mr. J. A. MTherson) presented to a. meeting or .the Cnrxstchurch Domains Board. “Unfortunately,, the report added, “ funds and accommodation are the two limiting factors. Efforts are being made, however, to. meet the demand. Christchurch as a : city can justly claim that it is doing its very best, for young horticulturists until, such time as a school of horticulture is formed and endowed.” ~ Grandism (2324) : Quality the demand—demand made possible th# price. Tagona, a. fine blepded Spanish Wine, 3s a bottle 0n1y... , Hundreds of people saw the RanfurJy Shield for the first and last time at Lancaster Park the other Saturday .afternoon (states the, Christchurch Times). Canterbury was trying hard to score when someone brought out the famous log. of wood ”, and placed it on the grass, just behind the Hawke’s Bay line, evidently with the idea of giving sorely-needed encouragement to the holders of. the trophy. Numerous small boys crowded round to admire the shield, while part “1® crowd, which bad begun to drift towards the gates 10 minutes before the end or the game, also stopped to inspect the trophy which was about to return to the province which had held it for six years. Hawke’s Bay scored another try,, and although Canterbury came within sight of the shield again, it was the .end so,far as the crowd was concerned. Goodbye, the Shield,” said someone sadly, and then added as a consolation, But we’ve still got Lancaster Park.” , . ... - Men wanting high-grade suits and overcoats will find a good selection at bale Price this month at Gray a Big Store, Milton.. • ’ . V “ There is no doubt that the averageman, in his clothing, at any rate, keeps ,in. ; step with economic remarked the manager -of a large Christchurch drapery shop recently,, when commenting on the: improvement which has taken/,mace recently in the sale •of -men & clothing (reports v tke Press), “The average man looked as though the times . WCtey bad. Now he has made up his mind that it. does not pav to look shabby, and there « DO doubt that this change . of; attitude i* responsible for a very big improvement in the men’s .clothing/.trade. Even, apart from our own store; I think you, will .find that there -is a general irajprovement an that direction throughout New Zeaiand.. “Daring the last few years.there has been the most evident between the Chinese people and the British, said the Rev . G- H. APNear, speaking an - St., David’s Presbyterian Church (Auckland} the other morning. Mr MNeur .is the. pioneer of the Presbyterian Mission in Canton, where, (says the. New-. Zealand Herald) he has been working for the past. 33 years. “ During all the years we Lave been in China,” he. said,. “we have.never lived and Worked in such. an atmospjiere. of friendliness as during the past four Pi*» five rears, and-1 think that it us typical of what is taking-place in most, parts ot/ China. So we are faced with a widely, opened door, and there has never before; been such an opportunity in the history oi. the Church.” , ■ Why back a horse both ways? The front always comes in first. Try _a nip and a tip from Wm. Crossan, Waterloo. Cavcrsham... ~ , VA - 14-vear-old schoolboy named Leslie Norris, had an unpleasant expcnence the other afternoon when riding Lis bicycle on the Wellington wharf. His machine evidently skidded on the railway lines on; the jvharf, and be. Xyas tossed .into -the harbour, the bicycle following yhiro. Prompt assistance was offered by a member of the ‘ crew of the s.eamer Canadian Challenger, and the boy was. soon rescued, : Dragging; operations fm the bicycle were carried out, and the machine was eventually recovered.. , It is not generally known that at the present time the chrysalids of the white butterfly are -present in large numbers under the edges of boards, in the corneis of old sheds, and .under various odds,and ends about the average garden. A. Taranaki resident recently showed a Hawera Star reporter a large tin of these chrysalids, which. he had gathered Horn such places, and said there were . still thousands left: He thought that if the home gardener was informed or the potential white butterfly in his garden, no efforts would be spared todestrwaa manv’ an possible of the chrysalids. They are of a. slate colour, and the shape of the insect can be roughly seen through/the outer covering. They are; about ;threenn artevs of an inch in length, and are found hanging by a thread in, group* or 81 Turnbull’s Sample Room, Middlemarch, Saturday 21st. late night. Mon. (23rd>, TuL (24th), and Wed. (25th) Winter Sale in full swing. New goods at endyif-season prices. Catl early -A. •F: Cbcyne and C °Two men well known in the. station business in Wanganui; attended two funerals on the one recenw, not because they had to or;,? eß |s e r ui* (states the Wanganui Herald), but because the first one they attended; was the wrong one. Both knew that ■a. - certain funeral was leaving one of the city churches and they turned up. It was not until the service was being conducted at the graveside that one of the two noticed that the tombstone marking the other half plot bore a well-known family name. “ We’re at the wrong funeral, said the stock agent in a whisper. ‘‘Not on your life,” the other answered. But they made a brief inspection »f the grave later and saw the name on the coffin., /‘There* nothing for it but we 11 have to attend the right one,” the stock agent predicted. And he was right. Now the stock and; station world of Wanganui, succumbing to the belief that votes can be got by, attending as many funerals as possible, will not be surprised if two of us population declare themselves soon to be aspirants for political honours. , To protect vonr special plants trom slugs and other pests you require, special galvanised bands. Full stocks and stzea obtainable- at Dickinsons, -Limited, Princes street.. . A Marlborough cricket enthusiast, beginning; an address to a gathering of young men the other evening, told ■ them that he proposed to talk about his favourite game—cricket. Now, .you. fellows,” he proceeded, “ if you could have vonr wish this evening wherewonld you like most to be? ” Of course he expected that' they would answer with one unanimous voice: “Leeds! ” But for an interval there was a deathly ■ -silence, finally broken by a tired voice from th*,,. back of the audience “In bed! it said.. At the request of the Pupuke Golf Cjub (savs the New Zealand Herald), the Waiteniata County Council, sitting as the; Takapuna Domain Board, which leases tne ; property to the club, passed a; bydaw. as, a result of which all golf balls, lost by, players will be regarded as the property; of the club. In the past it is stated That, plavers have lost balls, which have been-;; removed from the links by boys and other persons who have visited the course for, this purpose: , • . ' Then here’s to curling, skates, and sled,. e’cr the ice be breakinV . May winter pastime help to spread The fame of Hitchon's Bacon...