NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22708, 22 October 1935, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

The executive of the tSouthland League, on the suggestion of Mr John Gilkison, has decided to request the Government Railways Board, during ite Invercargill visit, to allow a special round trip during the week that the Lake County Agricultural Show and the show at Pembroke are being 'held. Mr Gilkison (reports the Southland Times) said the idea was to have a gala week, and such an excursion should be attractive at this time of the year. . , . . ~ Spring Cleaning Specials from the Mosgiel Warehouse, White and Biscuit Curtain Nets, from Is 3d yard. Fancy Coloured Nets, 2s 6d yard. Silk Nets, from Is lid yard. 27-inch Runner, 6s 6d and 8s 6d yard. Hearthrugs, 5s lid up. Electrolux for hire, 5s full day.—A F. Ciievne and C 0... . Addis Ababa, the capital of Abyssinia, has been figuring prominently in the news of late. Like many foreign place names, one hears several different pronunciations, the most familiar of these placing the accent on the first “ ba ” as in Ali Baba, or the English word “ barber.” The pronunciation used by the 8.8. C. announcers, however, accentuates the final “ba “Aba-ba.” To one Auckland youth the Italo-Ethio-plan dispute has been forcibly changed from a vague knowledge of “ a scrap going on somewhere ”to starling realities. Born in New Zealand of an Italian father and a New Zealand mother, the young man, to his great astonishment, received a call to the Italian colours. Astonishment turning to anger, the youth, proclaiming, “ I am a New Zealander, not an Italian,” tore the summons into minute pieces. . ~ Grandism (2706): Granvm (Golden Brandy) Wine os, Glovin (Rum) Punch ss, Oragin (Orange) Gin 6s. There’s an eye-opener in strong wine values for J “ There is no unemployment in Russia,” remarked an interjector when Mr F. W. Doidge, Independent candidate for_ the Rotorua seat,'was addressing an audience the other night. "Well, that_ is true, but there is no unemployment in Mount Eden gaol either,” was the prompt reply of the candidate. A most unexpected catch in fresh water, a ling weighing 331 b, was caught in Lake Ellesmere on Thursday by Mr J. Gunderson, of Hornby. Mr Gunderson had foulhooked, and gaffed the fish ashore. The ling had evidently wandered into the lake when there was an opening from it to the sea. A similar case, when a groper was caught in the same lake, occurred in the last two or three years. Just landed, latest designs in English Striking Clocks: prices from £3. Timepieces from 26s 6d.—Peter Dick, jewellers and onticians. 490 Moray place. Dunedin.. . “The claims of some narrow nationalisms to the highest loyalty of men are degrading to man’s nobility, said Bishop West-Watson in his presidents address at the opening of the Christchurch Dro eesan Synod. 7 ‘lf they were not so tragic and disastrous they would be comic. And it is perhaps one of the most damning counts against dictators and dictatorships that they have no sense of humour; they could not afford one.” A dead seagull was brought in to the meeting of the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board the other afternoon for inspection bv members. The engineer and general manager, Mr E. F. Hollands, explained that the bird hit a high-tension wire on the Petone esplanade, resulting in Peton being without power for just under two m 1 Ah' departments at Gray’s “Big Store are replete with goods suitable summer season. A good place for Milton residents to get their wants supplied... “We must get rid of some of these patriotic songs,” stated the B if lo Nelson (the Rt. Rev. Dr Hilliard), when urging upon the Palmerston North Rotary Club the cause of peace and the elimination of the narrow state of mind, ideas ot superiority and foolish antagonisms which led to war. “It is about time we gave ‘ Rule Britannia ’ a decent burial and placed a tombstone over it. Another eong, ‘ Sons of the Sea,’ is passing away, it is an impertinent insult to other nations. “It is estimated that 501 b of garbage will produce lib of pork, ’ said Mr A.• Galbraith, in a .lecture to the Auckland Town Planning Institute on "Rpfnce of Cities ” He said that accord fng to the United States Department of S Agriculture the garbage of more than 8,000,000 of its population was fed to hogs. For utilisation of garbage for hog feeding frequent collection was necessary. “ It is"generally difficult to find a suitable site for a farm for such business, as there is always an objection to its establishment in settled areas, he said. You cannot do good work lth . tools. We employ experts who sharpen and set saws of any size. Satisfaction guaranteed.—Dickinson s Limited. 245 matter of whether we can afford an aerodrome, but rather whether we can afford to he jithout proper facilities for flying. Thirty years ago, who would have dreamed that we could walk out of this building and find, 300 cars in the streets of WhangareiThe same development will apply to aerial travel,” said Mr J. A- Fmlayson, speaking at a conference of local bodies h?ld to discuss provision of aviation tacmties for Whangarei. When a solicitor was giving evidence in the Supreme Court at Auckland as to the value of a farm property, Mr Justice Callan commented that doubtless many properties had been mortgaged for more than the value witness would care to put upon them. The witness, who had estimated the value of a farm at Turua at £2O an acre, said that a few years ago the same farm had been sold through his office for £137 an acre. It came back to the vendor shortly afterwards. “Those are the times that were described as times of prosperity; so they were for the conveyancer,” said his Honor. Kenya coffee, a good medium; Mysore, a better body and richer flavour; and Blue Mountain Jamaica, the world’s best, all obtainable from “ Durie’s,” coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin... At the meeting of the Masterton Borough Council the other night Cr Rippon sajd that he considered that the council should go into the question of . restoring the “ cuts ” made in the salaries anti wages of council employees. The Government had given a lead in the matter, and other local bodies and private employers were restoring “cuts.” Cr Wilson: “But we have had our election.” (Laughter.) Cr Rippon: “It was not one of my planks either.” The Mayor: “Well, you tell me where we are going to find the money and we will consider it.” Cr Rippon: “ The council should consider the matter anyway, especially in regard to the lower paid men.” The matter then dropped. The remarkable progress of mechanical invention in the last 40 years has goge beyond the ability of man to make proper use of his discoveries, said Air-marshal Sir Robert Clark-'Hall, speaking to tbe sons and young friends of Christchurch Rotarians recently. “We have overdone it,” said Sir Robert. “We have all these wonderful inventions and we do not know how to use them. The important work of the rising generation will be in better things, the improvement of government, economies, the things of the inind and spirit. We want for them a higher typo of intelligence and courage than that of their forefathers.” . The coming election will be a mixed one. But note: It is notified that all parties are welcome to discuss matters at the Waterloo, Caversliam... Born into the world with a ready-made and unenviable reputation, the stoat is one of the animal kingdom’s diminutive but highly notorious marauders. Justly, it has been held responsible for crimes of plunder and blood-spilling, but it remained until the last meeting of the council of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society for the first report to be received of the stoat in the role of a poacher of trout. Mr J. M'Kenzie stated that recently a party of motorists travelling on the road between Tai Tapu and Christchurch observed a stoat appear out of the drain on the side of the road carrying a one-pound trout in its teeth. Mr McKenzie said that close to the spot where the stoat was first seen there was a small bed of shingle, which was used by trout as » spawning ground. “It was not a dead fish that the stoat took from the drain,” said Mr M'Kenzie, “for the motorists could see that it was alive.” General surprise was expressed by the members at the report. Nothing better you will find. Nothing nicer of its kind; Not if yon search from pole to pole, Than Hitchou’s ham and bacon r 011...