NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22630, 23 July 1935, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

Some fine samples of are now being shipped to the Dominion, writes a Samoan correspondent to the Poverty Bay Herald. The Maui Pomare took over * 7000 cases on her last trip. Growers are increasing their planting, and when the Union Company’s ships resume their trade there will be an ample supply available. Hot Coffee! Fresh and trugrant. Only real coffee contains the virtue and lifegiving energy of this natural break!ast beverage. Insist on getting the “ Bourbon” brand... ' _ At the first meeting of the Hikurangi Dairy Company directorate recently it was decided to make a grant of £SO towards the fund for crippled children. This action was recommended by the suppliers at the annual meeting, the amount being left to the directors. “I would say that plumbers are not infallible,” said a witness in the Supreme / Court, Wellington, when he was being pressed to say if he thought a plumber - was competent to do work mentioned m the case being heard. We know plumbers are not infallible, remarked the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers). “You have only to read Punch, said Mr W. H. Cunningham. “Even lawyers v are not infallible." confessed Mr O. C. Mazengarb. . „ , . Just landed, latest designs in English Striking Clocks: prices from £3. timepieces from 26« 6d.—Peter Dick, jewjlle.s and opticians. 490 Moray place. Dunedin... A sow bred at Maungatapere has a long journey in front of her. Bred on Mr S. I. Crookes’s property, the sow is being consigned to Mosgiel, where she will be used for breeding. This is another example of the strides which have been made in this district in pigkeeping, which daily is becoming recognised as a valuable auxiliary to dairy fa srvlew that misunderstanding was created overseas by the styling of the-. New Zealand Rugby team as AH Blacks" was expressed by Mr M'Neill at a meeting of Taranaki Chamber of Commerce. He said that m America people had the impression, on . that account, that the whole of the Dominion population was a race of coloured people and one of the reasons tbe_Ameneans would not trade with New Zealand was that they considered it would bo bringing 1 their own white people into competition with “blacks.” . , , Grandism (2628): Glovin—Centra! heating this winter, Glovin replaces the. vitality you lose in damp, sunless weather —ss bottle: L. Flask 2s 6d... A resident of Gonville, Wanganui,-has taken -a keen interest in birds, about her home during the winter hnd has kept feeding them with breadcrumbs and other scraps. Sparrows, starlings, blackbirds, . hiinahs. even a chaffinch have been attracted to the feeding esting to watch the birds. Most of them are nervous, particularly the blackbirds., Minabs seem to be a dominating torce, and the other types keep clear of them. “I used to think New Zealand was a small country, but now I find it is a big place,” said Mr E. Sato, a Japanese jour-, nalist, prior to his departure, after two weeks in the Dominion. It is a countr. of peace and beauty, be added. it naa** such large, open spaces of deepj rich soil. ... It is so different from Japan, where most, i of the land is rugged mountains on which . only trees will grow. I think, New Zea- , land people must be very happy. You may rely on. getting the best, whether it be whisky, ale, stout, or wine,. at Win. Crossan’s Waterloo Hotel, Cav ersham. Country orders promptly attended

Evidence that there are still some whose religious scruples prevent them from in any way becoming associated with politics was forthcoming in a registration form returned to the registrar of electors at Timaru. The person concerned in filling in the form added that it had_been done '■ under protest” the name of the elector’s religious denomination being also added. It might be explained that, while it is compulsory tinder statute to enrol on the Parliamentary Electoral Roll it, is not mandatory that one should exei else his or her franchise. , ... . Anart altogether from the activities ot European societies interested in the culture of th'e Maori, many Maoris are doing all they cap to preserve their ancient and distinctive arte and crafts, and with encouragement would do still more. Hint was the opinion expressed by Mr T. Heberley. the Dominion Museum's authority on Maon work. He instanced the example of the Otakx Maoris, who are at present erecting a meeting house by methods identical with those ot their forefathers. , Attention is drawn to Gray s Winter Sale, which opens this week. Attractive price lists have been prepared, and sent prospective buyers;in Milton district... An appeal that a boarding allowance should be granted to all country children to enable them to attend the nearest, high school was made in a successful remit frim Central Taranaki, at the conference of the Women’s Division of the Farmers Union, the allowance to be payable only to those children living too far away to travel daily to school. A South Taranaki remit urging that the bus transport ot country children to secondary schools should be subsidised, as those privileged to travel by train went free, was carAithough temporary repairs Ito the telegraph lines that were broken and damaged in the recent snowstorm in Canterbury were effected in most cases within n few days (says the Timaru Herald), the work of making the permanent repairs may take several months. At present all the available men in the engineering branch of the Telegraph Department ara concentrated on this work, and Mr R. T. C. Roberts, telegraph engineer, said recently that it was probably the biggest repair job to telegraph lines that had been necessitated as_ a result of a snowstorm in the Dominion. You cannot do good work with blunt tools. We employ experts who sharpen and set scissors of any size. _ Satisfaction guaranteed.—Dickinson’s Limited, 24j Princes street... . By prompt action a porter at the Waipukurau Railway Station last wee*c brought the south-bound express to a stop in time to prevent a fatal accident. As the train was moving out of the station a woman who was in one of the carnages, bidding farewell to a friend attempted to alight. The porter on the station, realising that she would fall under the train, jumped on the carriage and prevented her from carrying out her intention. At the same -time he applied the Westmchouse brakes and stopped the train. A few weeks ago an elderly woman was killed at the Waipukurau Station in similar circumstances. A very interesting relic of the early history of the parish of All Saints. Taradale, was shown at a tea tendered to the pioneer parishioners present at the diamond jubilee celebrations. This was a souvenir Bible presented to the first couple married in the newly consecrated church 60 years ago. It bore the following inscription:—“ Presented by the vestry to the first couple married in. All Saints’, December 21. 1875; R. Hollis—Catherine Chase.” It was inscribed by Messrs G. Bradley and F. W. Thompson (vestrymen) and the Rev. P. C. Anderson (the first vicar). Mr R. Hollis, 90 year's of age, is still living, hale and hearty, but was unable to be present at the jubilee celebrations. Turnbull’s Sample Room, Middlemarcli, Saturday, 20th (late night), Monday 22nd, Tuesday 23rd, Wednesday 24th. Special showing of all Winter Goods at Sale Prices. Call early. Don’t be disappointed—A. F. Cheyne and C 0... There have been many indications (comments the New Zealand Herald) of an early spring this year. Confirmation is given by the observations taken by Professor A. P. W. Thomas, who has for many years taken careful note of the date on which the first blooms appear in his well-known daffodil garden, which is at present a blaze of colour. This year the first bloom appeared on June 5, approximately eight days earlier than the average. The earliest spring, he has noted was about 10 years ago, when the first daffodil bloomed on June 3. ‘‘Although we have had two cold spells, the winter has been much milder than usuaij and there has also been plentiful rain.' - said Professor Thomas. “ Those factors no doubt account for the season being earlier.” For years on end I've taken this No other have I taken; Were it cut off. Oh how I’d miss My plate of Hitchon’s bacon...