NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22744, 3 December 1935, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

“ I think that it would be a good tiling if governors were fitted to all taxis to stop them from traveling faster than 33 miles an hour,” stated Mr J. L. StouU SAL, in the Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston North. He added that their speed was too fast—-often 45 or 55 miles an hour. For that Xmas Gift you require call and inspect our stock. Peter Dick, Jewellers and Opticians, 488 Moray place, Dunedin... , Further impressive information about the revival that is taking place in industry was supplied the other day by a number of Auckland firms important in their line of trade, among them being Messrs Alexander Harvey and Sons, Ltd., whose demand for tin containers from other manufacturers and traders serves as a reliable barometer of general economic conditions. Plans for the provision of tuition in blind flying have been made by the Wellington Aero Club. Blind flying has become an established feature in the courses offered by the flying schools and aeio clubs in Great Britain, and when in England recently Squadron-leader INI., C. M'Gregor, of Union Airways, and Flightlieutenant G. B. Bolt, of Cook Strait Airways, took courses and qualified for blind flying licences. . You have real enjoyment at your holiday resort if properly equipped with the necessaries. Send your order to Win. Crossan, Waterloo Hotel, Caversharn. He specialises in the best... An application from the Mount Albert Ex-Servicemen’s Social Club to hold Sunday evening pictures at the Sandringham Theatre was declined at a meeting of the Mount Albert Borough Council, in accordance with previous decisions. It was the intention of the club to make a silver collection toward the expenses of a Christmas party for children of Mount Albect returned soldiers. The unusual sight of a large swarm of bees taking charge of a busy street intersection was witnessed in Hastings, when a dense mass of bees buzzed round tho silent policeman at the corner of Hcretaunga street and Karamu road. Pedestrians and cyclists gave them- a wide berth. After remaining for over 15 minutes the swarm moved away to seek more peaceful quarters. 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... To travel comfortably in a motor car in Belgium the pressure of air in motor car tyres must be reduced far below normal working figures. The reason is to be found in cobblestone roads. Mr John Bates,, jun., of Christchurch, who motored through a number of European countries in his recent overseas tour, told a Christchurch Press reporter that while travelling across Belgium from Cologne to Ostend 214 of the 229 miles: covered were on these cobbled roads. He had to reduce the pressure in his tyres from 35 to 22 pounds to the square inch before anything like riding comfort could be obtained. “ We are all oppressed with the tyranny of present-day conditions. It is difficult to escape the worries, the probleths, the cares and the labours of to-day. They J occupy' our minds because they are the present, and they exercise an undue influence.” These remarks were made by Archbishop Julius in a sermon in Christchurch. It was a grand thing to have deliverance from the- tyranny, he said — to realise that this present of which we thought so much was but a fragment of a greater life to come. Grandism (-2742): Peace on earth, goodwill to men. Spread cheer with a gift from the Grand Home Supply Store. Get a price list... The Management Committee of the Auckland Cricket Association at its last meeting decided to send a letter of congratulation to E. Dunning and W. Dunning, players in the Rodney Association, on their feat in a match recently. The two players, who are father and son, were set the task of making over 200 runs in two hours. They made a first-wicket partnership of 341, the father scoring 223 not out and the son 112. The feat is said to be a record of its kind. “ The volume of work done by the International Labour Office has increased ! during the recent" years of economic depression, and there is evident a growing realisation of the value of international co-operation in the field of industrial and labour problems,” said Mr E. J. Riches, New Zealand member of the economic section of the International Labour Office, i in an interview with a representative, of ' the Christchurch Press. Another indication of growing interest was the increase in the number of visitors, including parties organised by the League of Nations Union and similar organisations in other countries, and study groups that visited the office. In 1934, he said, there had been 42,000 visitors. Turnbull's Sample Room, Middlemarch, To-day (Saturday), 30th; Monday, 2nd, Tuesday, 3rd. and Wednesday, 4th. Showroom Goods at Special Prices. Christmas Gifts. Gall early; your inspection invited. —A. S. Cheyue and C 0... An instance of coincidence as strange as one is likely to hear in a lifetime and illustrating that the world for all its widely-scattered millions may sometimes seem a small place indeed was related to a Southland Neyvs reporter by an Invercargill business man. On the railway station at Lyttelton he fell into casual conversation with a shunter. This man, he learned, had been a sergeant-major in the now) Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Before the war he was serving with hie regiment near the North-west frontier of India. After 1918 he came to New Zealand and found a job as a shunter in the Lyttelton yards. One day. an Indian came round buying bottles. Knowing something of the language this man spoke, the ex-sergeant-major talked to him for a few minutes. He happened to mention the frontier town where he had been stationed over 20 years ago. At its name the Indian became wildly excited —it was his native place. “Oh,” said the army mar,, “I can show you a photograph taken there.” He produced a picture of a group at a fancy dress hall gt Gharrial on August 16, 1911. On seeing this the Indian, still excited by the first coincidence, became almost transported with joy, for there, in the front row -wag his daughter, then a little girl. At the rear, beneath some pine trees, his own turbaned head could he seen. You cannot do good work with blunt tools. We employ experts who sharpen and set saws of any size. Satisfaction guaranteed.—Dickinson’s Limited. 245 Princes street... What is the correct pronunciation of the word “centenary”? At an Auckland Junior Chamber of Commerce lunch the other day (says the Star) the chairman put emphasis on the syllable “ ten.” The Rev. A. B. Chappell, who was the speaker for the occasion, with the approaching centenary celebrations as his subject, commented on two different ways that the word was pronounced. He said that “ ccn-tee-nary ” was the Oxford pronunciation, although it was not in the Oxford Dictionary, and at the Melbourne centenary the Australian joke was; “They could not send Prince George so they senthenary.” Finally, the Rev. Mr Chappell said that personally he would stick to “ cen-ten-ary.”

Christmas time and the holidays now within easy reach, the Milton housewives do well to get their grocery supplies at Gray’s Big Store... The health stamp idea, which is providing the main financial basis for children’s health camps in New Zealand (states the Evening Post), was first adopted in the Dominion in 1929, and the plan came from Denmark, where it was conceived by a young Danish postal clerk in 1904. As nowadays we harness rivers and utilise their power for ,t^ e benefit of the community, so thi« young Danish postal official dreamed of bar' nessiuc and utilising to some pood purpose the feeling of goodwill which is abroad in most countries during the Christmas season. He believed that people would be prepared to use on the letters and parcels carrying their expressions of goodwill special stamps, which, besides paving postage, would benefit some charity. Events bare proved that be was no visionary. Since 1904 the use of health stamps has spread all over the world, and the period during which they are used to assist many forms of charitable effort lias been extended to cover more than the actual Christmas season. In these hard times, the world it seeks. An economic plan; An economic breakfast is. A plate of Hitchon’s Ham...