NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22825, 9 March 1936, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

' Of the total amount of £58,432 levied by the Napier City' Council for rates, £54.062 was received before, the 10 per cent, penalty came into operation. lhe sum received-represents 93 per cent, or the collectable rates. • • . ■ .. ■ Grandism (2823): Don't buy ■ in the dark; with Grand House wines and spirit* you have our printed money-back guarantee on every bottle... In the annual report of the Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand, to be presented at the annual meeting next month,.it is stated that the society has offered to participate with some acclimatisation societies in paying a. bounty on the destruction of German owls, critic pests which are proving extremely harmIri America he had noticed many small matters in which the people differed from those in New Zealand, remarked Father P. J. Herlihy, in the course of an interr view with a Manawatu Evening Stand; ard reporter recently. One was the manner in which table utensils were handled and another was the greater table use of ice-cream. In Aroerico it was eaten even in the depth of winter, he commented. When Donald was helping himsell rather liberally to M'Pherson's bottle joi Whisky (bought at Wullie Crossans) M'Phc'rson cried out: " Hold on, Donald, yer toasting a New Year, not. a Centenary.".. • ; _•-,, "Do you mean to say that you. work these hours and receive no overtime.', commented Mr J. H. Salmon, b.M., m the Wangahui Magistrate's Court recently when a lorry driver stated that he worked 20 hours a day during the busy period without overtime. The driver said that the Inspector of Labour had been making inquiries into the matter. The election of officers at the annual meeting of the Wellington Rugby Referees' Association was somewhat reimnis-cent of the recent general election. Not only did the members elect a new president and vice-president, but also replaced three members of the committee, all the Appointment Board, and one member of the 'Classification Commit ;ee. . Last 10 days of sale. Oddments at gift prices. See windows displays. Mats, frocks, coats, and summer underwear all. greatly reduced. New winter goods ope* rng.—The Mosgiel Drapery Warehouse. A. After finding its way, to the sands 01 Caroline Bay, a small- penguin was discovered bv a Timaru resident, who resides close to tSie bay. While it is not unusual for members 6f the penguin family to visit Timaru, this fellow was easily one of the youngest and smallest of the species that' has ever found its, way ashore at Timaru. The resident looked after the penguin for a short time, but after finding that it was suffering from no disability, he returned it to the water.; In a letter received by the Hamilton Borough Council last week Mr A. ti. Webb asked the council to pass a by-law prohibiting auctioneers ringing bells _in Victoria street for. long ; periods.. He claimed that the unavoidable noises, ot the street were - sufficient without having noises added which were *iite. unnecessary. The matter was referred to the General Purposes Committee. . • "Bourbon*.- Coffee. Users of this favourite brand of breakfast coffee will be : pleased to-hear the price is reduced id per lb; all grocers.—Dune's,■ specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin... ..''. ~. , Visitors to the mouth of the Ashburton River "were interested in several large trout which had been caught up in a tangled mass of gorse and broom and washed, down to "the sea, ■subsequently being cast up on the beach. The heavy flood in "the river had brought down a tremendous amount of debris in which fish near the mouth of the river had been caught; 'The swift flow of the water had taken them out to sea in an exhausted condition, and they had been thrown up oh the beach by the tide.^ Some alarm (says.the Manawatu Evening Standard) has been. expressed on the East Coast at the possibility of a food shortage among the Maoris owing to the failure of their potato and kumara trops. The crops have failed the whole of the Gisborne and East Coast districts, and also in the Wairoa and Mohaka areas,- and" arrangements are beine made to secure supplies ■ from the south to tide' over the Maori, people during the winter, where help is necesfilling of forms and medical inspections formed the subject of humorous comment by Major-general F. J. Duncan, at a lunch to the visiting farmers party, at the Auckland Show. "We are all puted to belong to the same great family, * he said. "If so, why is it necessary to make u s fill up innumerable-i forms and show the palms of our, hands .and .the soles of our feet every time we visit those who claim.to be our relations m the Imperial family?" ' . ,' ',' ,„i. Best quality regulation dust drums obtainable at Dickinsons, Ltd-, tinsmiths and sheetmetal workers, 245 Princes street. Dunedin... • It was at St. James's Palace. London. The All Black Rugby team was being introduced to the Prince of Wales, now King Edward VIII, by the manager. Mr V. R Meredith. "This is Mitchell, of Southland . . • Gilbert, West Coast . . . Caughey, Auckland," and so on, and as the players were introduced the Prince of Wales showed a .good knowledge ot the town or. province as he conversed with each man. But Petone beat hvm. "This is Lambourn, of Petone," said Mr Meredith. " Where's Petone? f asked the Prince. Lambourn was asked the question a thousand times afterwards. His team-mates saw to that. • • , The speaker at a Rotary Club luncheon held in Napier the other day was the Rev A. A. Parker, D.D., who delivered an address on "The India. of To-day.' Some idea of'the interest in which he held his listeners may be gained by the fact that in the time set aside for questions he was bombarded with queries about conditions in India. This fact was afterwards remarked upon, and one Rotarian stated that most speakers were hardly questioned at all on such occasions. ■.-'.-' i. " New Zealand is the only, known nesting country of the long-tailed cuckoo.states Mr L. W. M'Cashill in an article in the Forest and Bird Magazine. . In. winter the species is. found in various islands of the South Pacific from the Solomons in the west to Tahiti in the east. The ancient. Maori explained its annual disappearance by saying that the bird., shed its feathers in the autumn, turned into a lizard, and crawled into hole in the ground and spent the winter there. There is much to be learned of the migrations and nesting habits of the long-tailed ° The notice of intending buyers is drawn to the 2s 6d, ss, and 10s bargain tables at Gray's Big Store, Milton. These, include drapery, ladies' wear, hardivare.,... A Wellington horticulturist, who wa« much troubled with wood-lice (slaters) in his greenhouse, put in a hedgehog and a number of chickens to eat the insects. Tha*t night (statee extract, from the February issue of Forest and BirdV he slept with an easy mind, satisfied; that the woodrlice were in for a bad time. When he went next morning to view the results of his policy he saw a happy hedgehog and headless chickens.. Hedgehogs are fond of the chicks of wild birds as well as domesticated kinds. " Much lias been heard of how referee* are killing the game,' and though we knowthat in reality this statement is not correct, ire must admit that there is a tendency'to stick too much to thebook and forget that Rugby football is just & game." said Mr A. C. Kitto. president of the Wellington Rugby Referees' Association, in a report read at the .annual meeting of the association. "The rule book is just a guide covering breaches m every phase of the game, and literally it should only be used when one side gets an unfair advantage over, the other." - Can football jerseys which had one or two seasons' wear be conswler»d assets to a club, and be contained in the yearly balance sheet? This problem, was fully eonsidered at the annual meeting ot the Svdenhnm Rugby League Football Club, the other,night. An item on the balance sheet showed, football jerseys as an asset of £7 10s. Several, members held that, as' many of the jerseys were, old and. practically worthless, they were not a real asset. On the other hand, several members considered that if the jerseys were .being, used by. the "lub they most ee'-tainly were assets. No action was taken. . ' . ' . ' -" Hitchou's -bacon..l.•■maintain Would satisfy .the King of Spam Did he but know it could be got, He'd have it like a blessed shot... ■