NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22905, 12 June 1936, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

A suggestion that Hatimer Springs should be renamed " Hanmer Spa " was made by a special sub-committee of the Hanmer Springs Progress League at a recent meeting. After discussion, it was left to the sub-committee to obtain opinions from the residents about the proposed change in name. " Bourbon" Coffee. Usera 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... So taken was an Argentine visitor, Mr H. Maginness, with the display of wine at the recent Winter Show held by the Poverty Bay Winter Show Association, that he took a sample of Mr F. \Vohnseidler's exhibit back with him. Before leaving he stated that he was intrigued with the quality of the wine produced in the Gisborne district, and was amazed to find the climate so suitable for the making of such good wine. A spare stem for the Wahine has been kept in store at Port Chalmers as a precaution against a possible hull accident. The spare is in three sections, which, when riveted together, are long' enough to reach from the keel to above the deck line. Should it be required when the Wahine goes on to the floating dock at Wellington the spare stem will be forwarded from Port Chalmers. Grandism (2003): Grand Cognac equals the best three star Brandy sold to-day and better than most. Sold in five,sizes of bottles—l2s, 6s 6d, 5s Gd. 3s 6d, and 25...

An indication of the change contemplated by the Government in the issue of licences for wholesale and retail motor spirit sales was given at a meeting of the Christchurch City Council. The Bylaws Committee reported that a letter had been received from the chief inspector of explosives, stating that the Minister of Industries and Commerce (Mr D. G. Sullivan) had directed him to inform all applicants for new licences of the Government's proposal to introduce legislation limiting the number of selling outlets to an economic basis.

The opinion that tho time had come when they should inaugurate a centenary fund was expressed by Mr _K. M. Black at a public meeting held in Nelson to form a society for the advancement of the city. Some effort, he considered, should be made to form a fund which would be the nucleus of a Nelson Centenary Fund. A fund of £2OOO or £3OOO by 1942 would make possible a fitting celebration, and by the time that date was approaching the people would be centen-ary-minded. Come and see our show to-night. Wo 'ate open till 9 o'clock Friday nights.— Scoullar and Chisholm. Limited... That the Southland climate can compare favourably with more vaunted districts of New Zealand was demonstrated when a box of freshly-picked raspberriee was brought into the office (states the Southland News). The berries were exceptionally large, luscious, and brightly coloured, and were grown by Mr Thomson, Centre Bush, and were the second crop from canes which had already yielded a good crop. Another proof of the exceptional mildness of the season is the fact that birds have begun to build their nests.

You cannot go good work with blunt tools. We employ experts who sharpen and set saws of any size. Satisfaction guaranteed.—Dickinson's, Limited, 245 Princes street...

As the herald of a new system of passenger transit, the new railcar " Maahunui" made a 200-mile tour of the Manawatu and the Wairarapa last Sunday. The Manawatu had seen the car the previous week-end, but Sunday's was its first trip through the Wairarapa, where it is to be in service, and the sound of its trumpeting horn as it sped across the countrygathered people to the railway to see it. Platforms of stations, where the car stopped were crowded with townspeople, and every siding and level crossing had ite group of waving adults and children, while along the track fields and paddocks had their smiling watchers.

The height of Mussolini's Monument does not concern Crossan's Waterloo. Crossan's hotel affords ample accommodation for all the wants of bis patrons... Reports that a comparative scarcity of kauri timber in Auckland ie due to the attractiveness of the export market are denied by men in the trade. The whole trouble, they say, is that while the output is limited, the local demand is keen. One firm, said to be the only concern exporting, produced about 3,500,000 super feet of kauri last. year. Of this total, only 93,000 super feet was exported, about 50 per cent, of this going to (Australia and the balance to England, where there was certainly a keen market for decking in ships. Guidance by the Government in the type of post-primary education to which children were suited was a possibility suggested, at n meeting of the Christohurch Technical College Board of Governors. Too many children were going on to academic training when obviously they would benefit only from technical education, said the chairman, Mr T. W. West. The day was coming, he believed, when special examinations would determine what training would be best for the child. Parents who wished them to go against such guidance would have to pay for their children's education.

Farmers' needs arc in great variety at Gray's Big Store, Milton. Wire, staples, pliers, mauls, hedge knives, spades and adzes. All these are made to give good service... Cows allowed to graze on roads in the Opunake Town Board district must wear a registration badge of different colour each year and, like those who have resorted to painting over their old car number plates (and suffered prosecution), a similar offence has been detected by an officer of the board, who reported at the monthly meeting the case of an old registration cow badge being painted the same colour as this year's badge. It had been issued last year to a resident, and this year had been found on.another resident's cow. The owner of the cow had explained that his children had painted the badge, but he admitted knowing that his cow was wearing the badge. The board decided to institute legal action.

A new pest to the farmer has appeared in the Pukerau district of Southland. This le the subterranean grass caterpillar, which burrows to a depth of five or six inches in the soil and comes to the surface at -night time to attack the crowns of the grass plants, which speedily succumb to its ravages. Some extensive areas of well-established pasture, particularly in the Otaraia and Kaiwera districts, have been completejy denuded. So far no method of combating the pest has been discovered, but one prominent landowner is hopeful of a wet season forcing it to the surface, where it would be preyed upon by the starlings and other birds. At present, however, the position is serious, and a source of anxiety to many.

Let this remind you—the Berlei fitting supervisor will be at A. F. Cheyne and Co., Mosgiel, from June 8 to 13. This expert will personally give free fittings and advice on foundation garments. Call, or phone No. 2 to make your appointment... The Art Gallery Committee of the Christchurch City Council has advised the Management Committee of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum of its willingness to lend for a period of approximately three months any suitable work of art of New Zealand artists in the collection at the Robert M'Dougal! Art Gallerv for the exhibition at the opening of the National Art Gallolry on July 28. The selection of the pictures has been referred to the Technical Committee. No decision to change from the present manual system of changing the tramwav points in the Bottleneck at the entrance to the Square has yet. been made by the Christchurch Tramways Board. At its meeting in committee the other day the board further considered the reports made to it by its officers on the alternatives of manual operation from a tower and automatic points. Mr J. K. Archer, chairman of the board, said after the mcetine that the board had not yet found an alternative that it considered suitable for the conditions existing m the Bottleneck, and consequently no chance had been decided upon. When voirre feeling kind o' peevish And 'mighty far from gay Just trv a slice o* Hitehons Ham And drive the blues away...