NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22826, 10 March 1936, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

One boy and one girl share the distinction of being the only leap year babies born in the Invercargill district for 1030. Aa the result of a recent burglary, at Putaruru, a business man in that township, who values his office books, has placed a notice on the door of his safe reading: “This safe. is unlocked.” He trusts any burglars will appreciate his courtesy. ■ • > - Gray's Summer Sale at the Big Stor*, Milton, closes on Saturday, 14th inst. Make your purchases without .delay.... When the -Marama arrives at ’ Bluff from Melbourne on Sunday next she will have on board a party of Victorian doctors who plan to go deer-stalking in the country around Lake Manapouri. They hope (says the Southland Times) to spend about a fortnight in Southland and then tour the North Island.

Are your eyes troubling you? Our Optical service ; s at your disposal.—Peter Dick, Jewellers and Optician®, 488 Moray place. Dunedin. Phone 13-308... “Oh! you are like other farmers; you use your car instead of your plough,” commented Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, recently, when a farmer told the magistrate that he used his car in his farming pursuits. Suspension of defendant’s licence waa under consideration at the time.

Under the will of Joshua Froggatt, who died at. Longbush on June 30, 1035, the public trustee is appointed the executor and trustee. The will provides for the following charitable gifts:—£loo to the Church of Christ, Invercargill; and one fifth each of the residue of the estate to the Victoria Home and Karitane-Hunt Hospital?. Grandism (2824): Out of Dunedin's leading hotel came the wonderful drink, Granvin (Grand wine). Sold in three sizes of bottles—ss, 3s, and 2s 6d...

What must rank ns one of the largest trevalli ever caught in the Hauraki Gulf was brought up in a net by Mr A. W. P. Powell, of the Auckland Museum, during a scientific cruise. The fish, which was one inch short of three feet id length, was captured in Station Bay, Motutapu, and has been preserved at the museum.

An old iron pitch pot, which has & good deal of historical interest, has been found in the sand at the mouth of the Weite River. The pot, which is of fair size, ia still lined with pitch, but is encrusted both inside and out with marine growth. It is badly broken, and it is surmised that it was probably thrown away as useless. When found, it had still cemented to it shells from the Maori middens.

Why burn your fingers with broken pot or kettle lids? Bring the size—we # can supply.—Dickinson’s, Ltd., 245 Princes street.

When speaking of the pleasure it gave him to watch the Hutt Rugby team playing, the president. Sir Alexander Roberts, jokingly remarked at 1 the meeting of the Hutt Club the other night that there were times when he heard some rude things said in the grand stand. He explained that it was his custom to sit between Sergeant J. W. M'Holm and Major J. King, two heavy men, and had heard people say: “There's not much ham in that sandwich.” —(Laughter.) Several good stories were related at a social held by St. Andrew’s Church, Hamilton. Rev. R. R. Grant Sutherland was responsible for this one: A French lady making a visit to England entered into negotiations with a taxi-man to convey her tw a given point. The driver made a long detour and when the time for payment came demanded a larger fare than that agreed upon. Whereupon Madam remarked: "You are dearer to me now than when we were engaged.” Mr Sutherland expressed a hope that the same would be said of Mrs Sutherland 1 and himself when the time came to say farewell. When Donald was helping himself rather liberally to MTherson’s bottle of Whisky (bought at Wullie Grossgn’s) MTherson cried out: “Hold on, Donald, yer toasting a New Year, not a Centenary.". . On two nights last week 27 sheep on a property at Gracefield (Lower Hutt) have been killed by a dog or dogs and 10 or a dozen others will have to be destroyed because of injuries inflicted on them. Seventeen sheep were killed on Wednesday and 10 the night before. The sheep were driven into a corner of a creek and bitten in the neck. The owner of the sheep sat up until midnight and was up again at 4 a.m., but the killing had been done while he slept. There were 107 sheep in the flock. A message of goodwill from the “Men of Kent Association” in England to the “Men of Kent Association” in New Zealand has been brought by Major-general F. J. Duncan, organising secretary of the British National Union ahs ! leader of the party of Empire primary: producers—over 40 British and South African farmers 'and others interested in fanning—who arrived in Auckland last ijveek. The message is from Lord Cornwallis, who is president of the association in England. Last 10 days of sale. Oddments at gift prices. See windows displays. Hats, frocks, coats, and summer underwear all greatly reduced.. New winter goods opening.—The Mosgiel Drapery Warehouse. A.

A well-known Morrinsvilie business man lias been enjoying a joke at the expense of friends, whom he infortned that his wife and he had been away on a motor tour during the week-end to celebrate the second anniversary of their wedding. When his friends, knowing him to have been happily married for many years, looked mystified, he added that they had been married on February 29, 1928, and so it was only the second anniversary of their wedding day. When application is made to the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture for a licence to operate a dairy factory, and such a licence is refused, the application may bo referred to a committee of three persons who give further consideration to the case. In the past no provision was made for meeting the expenses associated with the setting up of such committees, but regulations in the last Gazette have remedied the omission. In future an applicant whose case is to be referred to a committee must first lodge a® security the sum of £SO. If his application fails he loses the money. "Bourbon” Coffee. Users of this favourite brand of breakfast coffee will be pleased to hear the price is reduced 2d per lb; all grocers.—Durie’s, specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin..,.

The unusual sight of nearly 300 seagulls standihg ip the road was seen by a Devonport resident who cycled home along King Edward Parade between 2 and 3 o’clock on a r.ecent morning (states the New Zealand Herald) . The birds were of all sizes, and were standing along the road for some distance. They appeared dared when the cyclist shone a torch at them,_ and finally he was forced to get off his bicycle, as they made no effort to move. Devonport residents are unable to account for the presence of the birds, which were not on the road at midnight. There was no need for the birds to seek shelter, as the weather was not stormy, and it is a mystery why they preferred the hard pavement to the beach or the sea.

Two men, a Canadian named George Beaulieu, and a Frenchman named Tai ls, were killed in a violent drama in the little village of Plessis Trcvise, near Villiers Sur Marne. Mr Beaulieu, who was about 50, 'had been director of a local bank, but was dismissed in October, 1934, when divorce proceedings were decided against him. As he was obliged to pay 2000 francs alimony (about £2B) a month to his wife, he found it necessary recently to put up his villa at Plessis Trevise for sale. The property was bought by M. Taris, a cabinetmaker, who arrived at the house to receive the keys. It is believed that Mr Beaulieu, incensed by the forced sale of his house, attacked the purchaser, whom he shot dead with his. revolver. He then deliberately set fire to the villa, flung himslf into M. Taris’ car, which was standing outside, set fire to it, and shot himself dead as he sat in the burning car. The police are stated bo searching for a woman friend of Beaulieu, who is believed to have been a. witness of the tragedy. Some say this and some say that, Some “beg pardon,” others what? When Hitchon’s Bacon’s on tbe plate-* They just hog in and never wait... ■