NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22328, 31 July 1934, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

The Buller Acclimatisation Society has received advice from the Minister of Internal Affairs that the opossum trapping season has been extended until noon on August 15. Mr Sidney Sutton was the winner of the" second prize of .£SOO in the recent art union. Mr Sutton is in the employ of Mr M. Thompson, farmer, Factory road, Temuka. > . . Grandism -,', (2326): The time-hoticured drink ,of the Royal Navy and Merchant Service. -Old London Dock. Rum (No. l)y 12s Bottle, 6s 6d Half, Flasks 5s 6d....- ( The fund-to ereet a-suitable memorial to the late Mr H. E. Holland,, former Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, now stands at £367, as compared with £337 last week. ;■■ ■ _,, One of the first lainbs to be born in the neighbourhood: of Auckland ,was offered for sale, at the Westfield yards last week. It was born on the farm of Mr G. Biekertori Fisher.' of Mangere, on April 12, and had grown particularly well. Buyers were active, arid the laml/ sold for 275. ' .- ..'•;• '■-.■■' Too much care cannot be devoted '■• to the most precious of. all pur' sensesrrthe sight. Consult our optician.—Peter Dick; opticians and jewellers, 490 Moray : place, Dunedin... ■'''■ ■■''. <.'-.■■-.' Trenchant criticism' of the ' action o£ the Government in.raising the duty, on cigarette papersMvas lhade at''-.the meeting: of the Wanganui Farmers' Union' by Mr T. W. Howie. ;fle said that; the effect -of it would be to hamper tobacco growing "within the Dominion, an industry which well needed loctering. . A voice: "The trouble is smoking is a luxury." ■■"'■'.'■- ''•'■■ v.,'-. ■•■',.' A new .locomotive for the Waihi Gold Mining Company arrived at Auckland- on board the New Zealand Shipping. Company's motor, ship Opawa. The .logo-' motive weighs nearly 16 tons, and >is assembled and ready for service. It was unloaded last week, and was. placed 'on, ii railway wagon to be taken" by train to Waihi. - . ~ .'.■■.•.' ..t We draw the attention of buyers to the special ' bargains of millinery, mantlet?, niid froekg showing this week at Grays' Big Store, Milton.... . •-.,. : :'• The amount of coal and timber exported from Gteymouth during the four weeks ended July. 21 showed a considerable increase on that for the same period the previous year. In a retimi supplied by the New Zealand Railways.-;it<is shown .that', the ; export--of-timber war} 1,988,611 superficial feet, - compared witli 1,503,761 for the previous year J . The, coal exported amouuted to 14.526- tons for the four weeks -of this year.- com? pared with 11.760 tons for the p<yiod in 1933. ■ / , ■' ■' •'! "O ye who .enter the portals, of the Mackenzie ,to 'found : homes, take ' thai word'of a child of the misty gorges and plant forest trees for your, lives.-, .So shall your mountain facings'and river, flats be preserved to your children's children for evermore." That is the insertion on the' monunieiit; at Burke's.' Pass to Michael John Burkei who discovered the .'pass'.''in '1855. h It was quoted to".'-a; gathering of children, and their .parents by "Mr G. W.Parkyn, headmaster of .the Burke's Pass School, at a celebration-o£ Arbor Day. •"•■.■■ ; . Last'week of Winter Sale Further reductions on balance of all winter goods. See special window' displays. -New- goods at less than sale prices. Call'early.—A, F. Cheync and C 0... •".'.-■' The busiest man at the New Zealand Model Aeroplane Association's flying competition at the Winter Exhibition in Auckland was the official who. undertook to retrieve craft that flew too.high and became .lodged in the steel, girders .near the roof. The aim of the competitors was to, keep their models in the,,ajr/as long as. possible, and .the -method' followed was naturally to gain .as much initial altitude as possible. In their eagerness | many competitors gave their; much "elevation, however, with the 1 result' that;several became,caught in the,girders, arid- wires. The pfficial was "kept- busy throughout the.competition, and his acrobatic feats some";3o feet above the .floor while attempting, to retrieve imprisoned at 'times 'attracted even; mora attention than the. competitor's.; /; "V-.; Everythipg of the best at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Princes streets ChaS.-Hinehcliff, proprietor... Amusing experiences were recalled the other day (says the Poverty Bay Herald) when it was announced that: the Native Department was inviting tenders for the erection of 21 milking sheds on Maori farms in the district. When modern con-crete-floored and tin-roofed milking sheds were built for' some "of the ; areas' on the Coast a fefr years; ago, 'they'were eyed with envy by the Miori famines, who. compared the cow "'accommodation with their own dilapidated. whares, ; Orie or two of, the :families eveu moved, into, the milking sheds,- which were. used as dwellings before the .authorities .discovered what had occurred. Tbil did not happen in rhany instances, and was met.with only in the far"out-back, where modern milking had'preceded the. modern mode of living. , ■ ' i "Why back a horse both ways? Tlie front always comes in first. -Try..a'nip and a tip from Win.. Crossan, Waterloo, Caversham... , '. . Under the will of Mr Wm, Tucker, ol Carterton, who died on June;29 last, the whole of his residuary estatei after_.the termination of. certain life interests, is bequeathed to the Public Trustee, upon trust to pay half.to all orphanages arid children's homes. in New Zealand controlled by the Church of England in equal shares for general purposes. The other half is to be paid' to similar institutions controlled by the Methodist Church in the Dominion. The . amount .that will finally be available in satisfaction of the charitable bequests will be substantial. The Public Trustee is the sole executor and trustees of > the will- r Coffee for breakfast, tresh and fragrant! Ask your grocer for the " Bourbon " brand. Instructions in every tin. Prepared by "Durie's," coffee specialists. 32 Octagon. Dunedin... Attention "has frequently been drawn to the distressing effect of oil'discharged from ships upon penguins and "seagulls. A sidelight on the subject was ■' elicited by a reporter from Mr R.S.( Wilson, the principal keeper at Pencarrow Lighthouse. Mr Wilson said that within ;tha last fortnight 60 ling had been washed ashore in the neighbourhood of Baring Head, having beenkilled by oil discharges fronia ship. The fish had been f6und all along the coast between Pencarrow and Turakirae_ Head. The Occurrence was by no. means singular.and Mr" Wilson said that he had also known of penguins, suffering a similar fate in the same area. ■ r Notwithstanding the generally accepted view that there is a shortage of medical men. the Grey Hospital Board in its quest to fijl the positions .of medical superintendent and surgeon, rendered vacant by the termination, of the services of Drs L. G. Bell and"J.,E. C. Moore, has received no fewer than 20 applications from highly qualified rhedical men in England, Scotland, Ireland,' Australia, and New Zealand. The; applications have been forwarded to the Health Department for. . recommendation.; Tb would seem apparent that applicants from abroad have some very good friends in New "Zealand, who have' advised' 'them of-the vacancy of the positiotis. ', Bread and cakes are practically the only food which cannot be washed, therefore special sanitary containers. are rieceesary. See our latest lines with.cutting boards attached.^—Dickinson's, Ltd., 245 Princes 6treet... Although kerbside pumps for filling cigarette lighters have not yet:appeared in Auckland (states the New Zealand Herald), a comparatively substantial amount of benzine is given away each week' to smokers who scorn the ttse of matches. Numerous tobacconist shops in, the, city are equipped with miniatpre pumpa from which the users of .lighters may obtain refills free of charge," ancl the amount of petrol thus .away varies according to, the establishment, from half a gallon to three .. gallon*.-;-» week. Proprietors of these smokers' free service stations say the majority;of'their patron? do not roll their '.'r's.'' Tfi" ; - state also that they have not noticed ""-".it increase in the demand for cigarefH lighters, although the demand., is wr.H maintained. Furthermore, the t sale 'bE matches does not anpear to have been affected. "You see," said, one tobacebnis't. "there are lighters and liffhtora, Some peonle who carry a cigarette lichter have to earrv a box of matr-Vo ..•>«< welli? Tf you wish pleasure and delight

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