NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22545, 12 April 1935, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

The view that the Morrinsville .sale yards are becoming the most important sale centre in the Waikato is supported (says the Waikato Times) by the calculation that over 100,000 sheep have been sold at the yards since, the beginning of January. This number comprises only advertised lines, so it is possible that an even greater number was on the market. Grandism (2545); You cannot Ouy Grand Hotel quality at less than Grand Hotel prices. Shop at the Grand Home Supply Store... France had a haunting fear of her frontier facing Germany, stated Ur Charles W. Gordon, D.D., in an address in Christchurch the other night. That fear was a gospel to her people, and was deeper than any religious conviction. Sho had nothing to rely on except her military power. Her leaders had every confidence in Britain, though the French public did not.

Come and see our show to-nigtit. We are open till 9 o’clock Friday nights Scoullar and Chisholm, Limited... Provisional figures placed before the Auckland Electric Power Board by the secretary showed that the board during the year had sold 138,607,227 units, producing a revenue of approximately £625,000. Those figures were above the board’s estimates for the year, which were respectively 134,450,000 units and a sum of £594.000. Consumers connected showed approximately a 50 per cent, increase on, the previous year. The ban on the importation from Australia of tomatoes, vegetables, and stone fruits was described as “ a welcome relief after the dumping of former years ” by Mr S. W. House, president of the Auckland Tomato and Stone Fruit Growers’ Association, at the annual meeting of the association the other evening. Mr House said that the retention of the duty on imported tomato pulp was also of great assistance to the growers. Everything of the best at the Prince of Wales Hotel. Princes street. Dunedin. : — Chns, Hinchcliff, proprietor... A decision to ask the Southland County Council to flank the bitumen roads experimentally with yellow gravel to improve the visibility was reached at a meeting of the General Committee of the Automobile Association (Southland), the other evening. It was stated (says the Southland Times) that such a step would assist to regula'te traffic better than was the case at present and that improved visibility was badly needed. The association also decided to ask for a uniform speed limit to' be imposed on the road from the Stead street bridge to Oreti Beach, instead of the three speed limits as at present. . , 1 Prepare for the Easter Holidays. Order requirements without delay. Wines, Spirits, Ales despatched promptly to order.—Wm. Crossan, Waterloo, Caversham.. . The hope that the Unemployment Board would do more to help workless girls than it had done in the past was expressed by the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr D. G. .Sullivan, M.P.), at the first annual meeting of the Christchurch Girls’ Employment' Committee. “ The board has not done nearly as much for the girls and women as they, have the right to expect it to do,” he said. “If you consider the amount that is paid by women in unemployment taxation and set against that the amount spent on them, you will find there is a large gap, and they are not getting anything like their due.” Ex Tainui, we have just landed one ton of the favourite Kenya coffee (Kinenguy Estate). Only obtainable from A. Dune and Co., coffee specialists, 32- Octagon, Dunedin... . •, Several hardy annuals appearing on the list of remits, were passed without discussion at the annual conference of the Waikato Sub-Provincial District of the Farmers’ Union in Hamilton the other afternoon. Renewed opposition to daylight saving was voiced in a Te Awamutu motion, • while the conference again affirmed its opinion that the price of land was too high in view of tne fact that the cost of making average land productive was at least, equal to present-day market values. Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd has forwarded to Messrs Robinson, of Whangarei Heads, a sledge used in the Antarctic. It is their intention to present the sledge to the Whangarei Museum. Writing to Mr A. B. Robinson, Rear-Admiral Byrd said that in view of the fact that three of the four Robinson brothers, Messrs A. 8., R. J. and H. Robinson, had been associated with him on his ships in the two Antarctic expeditions, they might like to present to the Whangarei Museum some memento of the second expedition. He had therefore given instructions that one of the sledges used at Little America be delivered to them. See the Easter Specials, in the Showroom. Woollen Goods, Dresses, Hats and Coats, all at Special Prices. Buy now.A. F. Cheyne-and C 0... That State control of armaments would be a primary factor in bringing wot Id peace was the considered opinion of members of the Te Awamutu Branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union in a remit tabled at the Waikato Sub-provincial Conference the other day. The conference approved of the terms of the motion, which suggested that an endeavour should be made to bring about co-ordination of all bodies desirous of maintaining peace. As a basis for action it was suggested that the State should take over the manufacture of all munitions of war but, in the event of the country being involved in war conscription should be applied not only to man power but to all the resources of the nation. . Flies bring disease. Keep your windows and house clear of these troublesome pests by using our fly baths. Quality meat safes stocked in all sizes.— Dickinson’s, Limited, Sheetmetal Workers, 245 Princes street... A quick retort was made by the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr D. ,G. Sullivan, M.P.) to a suggestion by Mr H. T. J. Thacker after the presentation of gold medals to two employees of the Municipal Electricity Department who gained the highest marks for New Zealand in the wiremen’s examination. “ Don’t you think it would be a good thing,” said Dr Thacker, “if we took the matter Ini'; ther? It would be a wonderful tiling ;f these men could have a free trip to England. where they might improve the great capabilities they nave shown. They would come back and be of value to thq country.” *’ We perhaps might have arranged for them to go with the Prime Minister,” said Mr Sullivan, smiling. “ Our school is almost the only high school in New Zealand about which the parents do not have a say,” declared Mr G. J. Lancaster, headmaster of the Christchurch Boys” High School, speaking at a gathering of parents of pupils about the control of the school. “Many of us have thought about the matter and believe that not only in the high schools but in all schools the parents should have a much bigger say in their conduct.” He went on to say that the activities of a parents’ association, which had just been formed, might result in a change in the system. However, it was the fault of parents if they did not have a voice in the school’s governance. A good display of china, crystal, ami hardware suitable for Easter presents are now on view at Gray’s Big Store. Milton... When climbing slowly up the steep gradient of Ruskin street, Parnell. Auckland, at about 7.30 the other evening, a large touring .model motor-car suddenly sank through the tar-sealed surface of the road into a deep pit. The right rear wheel of the vehicle almost disappeared, but the running-board rested on the ground and prevented the car from falling further. The road previously piesented an even surface, and gave no indication of any undermining. The pit was about four feet deep and extended for some distance under the carriageway. There will be no, general discussion between the Christchurch Beautifying Association and the Christchurch Drainage Board on the value of weirs in the Avon River in the meantime. A deputation has been set up by the association (says the Christchurch Press) to make representations to the board, but it was announced at a recent meeting of the association that the discussions would be better postponed until the board had received certain information in a report that had been sought from the Thames Conservancy Board. The report was expected within a few weeks and the association, agreed to withhold discussions until its arrival. Yet piggies, too, we can’t deny. If future view were taken/ Make lovely dishes by and by When cured like Hitchon’s bacon...