NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22907, 15 June 1936, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

Early morning searchers on the Ohope Beach, Poverty Bay, and other beaches near Opotiki have been rewarded with numerous frost fish. One Opotiki resident collected 30 one morning recently and the Maoris have been seen with good catches. . The correct foundation garment is allimportant to the lady wishing to vbe well dressed. We recommend a visit to the Big Store, Milton, to consult Miss Norman, from Berlei...

" These accidents occur in a few seconds; we have to spend a day and ahalf analysing what happened in so short a space of time," observed counsel, Mr N. S. Johnson, in a lengthy civil claini arising from a motor collision heard in the Supreme Court at Hamilton. A woman shopper was troubled on her way home at New Plymouth the other day by a persistent smell of burning, but, in spite of her careful examination of all houses by the wayside, she could not determine whence it originated. When she came to unpack her purchases from a stout leather shopping bag in which they had been placed the explanation was painfully obvious. Some careless passer-by had flicked a cigarette butt into the bag and most of her parcels were smouldering. Grandism (2905): The more you like a good whisky the better you will like Grand House. Sold in five sizes of bottles —l2s, 6s 6d, 5a 6d, 3s, and sample 25... The use of native trees and greenery for decorative purposes in halls was attacked at the annual meeting of the Wellington Horticultural Society by Mrs Knox Gilmer. It was regrettable that, despite the prohibition on the use ot native plants for decorating the Town Hall, the use of these plants was still common in other halls, and also on street days in decorating verauda posts. She hoped members would do their best " to stop this form of vandalism." World coffee consumption this season is expected to reach a new record of more than 25,000,000 bags. Deliveries to the chief markets for the nine months to March 31 have totalled 19,944,000 bags, an improvement on last year'B figures of nearly 20 per cent. The remarkable increase of consumption in the United States, which is by far the largest world market for coffee, is due not only to trade revival, but to the fact that, in the absence of taxation on coffee, demand has been fully stimulated by the cheapness of the commodity. The height of Mussolini s Monument does not concern Crossan's Waterloo. Crossan's hotel affords ample aCcommo'dation for all the wants of his patrons... "That is a unique record," remarked Mr J. Alexander M.L.C. chairman of the Board of Health Commission which opened its inquiry recently into the Manurewa (Auckland) water scheme. 'We are told that Manurewa has the highest birthrate, the lowest death rate, no cemetery, and an impure water supply," added Mr Alexander when be was handed a glass bottle containing water. "I cannot help wondering just in what way this exhibit is responsible," he added, as he held up the container for the members of the commission to view. The water was opaque and clouded with foreign matter. 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... i With a view to covering the cost of any future by-election, it was recently suggested to the Auckland City Council by a member, Mr G. G Grant, that the council should approach some insuring authority with regard to a proposal' to cover any expense likely to be incurred on account of the death or resignation of a member of the council. The Finance Committee of the council which had considered this proposal reported that it had no recommendation to make, but would later consider the framing of a remit for submission to the next Municipal Conference. " Bourbon" Coffee. Users or 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... Geologically speaking, it wag not so very long ago that there was no Cook Strait separating the two islands of New Zealand, and thu» there was no bar to the spread of vegetation from one island to the other, remarked Mr J. Scott Thomson when lecturing last week to members of the Wellington Horticultural Society on the South Island's vegetation. And yet he continued, there was the remarkable fact that out of the 1430 species of plants found in the South Island no fewer than 505 were endemic, that is, not found in the North Island. The nature of the South Island made it the headquarters of New Zealand's alpine flora, and it was interesting to note that some species of lichens found there were the same as those observed on the slopes of Mount Everest. Ashpans (black, brass or copper fronts) made to fit your grate. Also, log box linings, etc., made to order.—Dickinson s, Ltd., sheet metal workers. 245 Princes "Anyone learning a foreign language learns the bad words first," was the way in which a ship's cook, giving evidence in the Hastings Magistrate's Court, explained an example of Chinese he had used against a Chinese defendant. Later in the proceedings the defendant told the interpreter what had been said to him, but the interpreter refused to repeat it, finally compromising by writing it down for the defending solicitor to hand to the magistrate with the comment: "It must be conceded that they are a fairly catholic indictment. the witness had explained that he knew that the words were swearing, but did not know what they meant. The annual report of the Youth Hostel Association of New Zealand the headquarters of which are in Christchurch states that, although 18 months ago the suggestion of a visit of New Zealand trampers to overseas hostels wa s greeted with ridicule, a party of 30 trampers have now paid their shipping deposits and will sail from Sydney in the Jervii.Bay next March. The secretary of the English. Youth Hostel Association has informed the New Zealand body that the party•win receive a warm welcome. He advised t"<» parlv to break up into small parties upon reaching England, because large ones are difficult to handle. It is. hoped that trampers of other nationalities will join the New Zealand groups. The trampers will be away for six months and the cost of the tour is estimated at iI.W each. They will spend three months in England, commencing in the spring. Parliament is closing down, A respite they have taken; And members they have all gone home, To eggs and Hitchon'a bacon.. ■