NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22964, 20 August 1936, Page 20

NEWS IN BRIEF

As the result of a canvass of pig breeders, over 60 pigs have been promised for sale, the proceeds to be devoted to the erection of a pig pavilion at the Claudelands Show Grounds. One of the pig*—a pedigree animal given by Mr I*. Jamieson, of Horotu—wa« sold at Claudelands for £B.

Because your stomach can only, stand cold water is no reason why, other* should not partake of something pleasant and nourishing. After a nip of Wullie's best, circulation is imoroved... A large sunflsh, measuring 10 feet across at its widest part and eight feet in length, was found on the beach near Dargaville recently by Mr F. V. Tanner, who estimated its.weight to be about one ton. A sunfish, a specimen of which is included in the Auckland War Memorial Museum's collection, is a large flat fish, with its fins shaped like great, blunt wings. In answer to a question in the Arbitration Court recently as to what a highly-strung person was like, Dr J. P. Hastings said that probably 50 per cent, of the citizens of Auckland were highly strung. He was asked what an emotional person was like, and he said such people were quite common and would probably just be the' average type. For the dark mornings we have alarm clocks from 8s 6d—Pet' • Dick, jewellers and opticians, 488 Moray place, Dunedin. C. 1... Th*e diamond jubilee of the Thames County, which falls in January, 1937, was mentioned at a meeting of the County Council recently by the clerk. He said the first meeting of the council, held in 1877, lasted four days. Members thought that the anniversary should not be allowed to pass without celebration, and a committee was set up to make arrangements. The Wanganui Acclimatisation Society has received many reports of the success of the scheme inaugurated five years ago to plant and raise trees producing nectar and berries for bird life. Thousands of trees have been distributed to farmers and schools, and the earlier plants are now producing flowers and berries, attracting bellbirds and tuis closer to habitations. Overcoat Week. Ladies', maids', girls' men's, youths', and boys' overcoats all at special prices this week. See special window displays.—A. F. Cheyne and Co.. the Mosgiel Warer house. \

"The lack of accommodation in Napier on certain occasions is a very serious thing," said Mr N. Solomon at a meeting of the Napier Chamber of Commerce, when arrangements for the accommodation of 80 British Empire Chamber of. Commerce delegates who are to visit Hawke's Bay next October were being discussed. "Last Easter there was not a room available for visitors for 30 miles around," he added.

" New Zealanders get fit in order to play the game. We in Scotland play the game to get fit," said Mr J. Hossack, a resident of Edinburgh, in discussing Rugby football- in Christchurch. He added that in Scotland Rugby was played at all the secondary schools, and the national game, Association football, was played at the elementary and intermediate schools. On this account, Scottish forwards usually excelled in ball control—dribbling rushes—through having played "Soccer " in the lower grade schools. Conversely, NeV Zealanders were, generally speaking, better handlers of the ball than the Scots, because they had played Rugby and nothing else through all the stages of their school life.

Grandism (2962): The best way to get a good name for whisky is to get a good whisky with a good name. Grand House Whisky stands alone; 12s bottle. Only limited success has been achieved by Dean J. B. Brocklehurst, of Napier, in his efforts to raise funds in England for the reconstruction of the Napier Cathedral, which was destroyed in the 1931 earthquake. "On the financial side, things are not working «ut as well as we were led to expect," he states in a letter received in Napier. "On every hand people are sympathetic about the appeal -we are making. I told one congregation I was drenched with sympathy, but that was not going to rebuild the cathedral. The only way I could get into pulpits here was by saying I did not ask for the collection; if I had done that I should not have been able to get into more than a few churches. Of all the preaching appointments I have made only three churches are giving us the collection. I have to rely entirely on people sending a donation after I have preached. ; The thousands of pounds I dreamed of getting are only a dream." Gray's Winter Sale continues at the Big Store, Milton, until Saturday, August 29. With increasing costs housewives do well to keep this well in their minds...

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Mauriceville Dairy Company recently and referring to the coming season, Mr V. K. Lemberg (chairman) said: ''All we have to worry about is plenty of moisture and sunshine, and it has started off all right. We know what prices we are going to get so everything should be O.K.* A suggestion by the Takapuna Borough Council that Lake Pupuke should be made a sanctuary for birds under the Game Protection Act was considered at a recent meeting of the North Shore Water Board. The proposal did not meet with support, and the board decided to take no further action in the matter. The secretary (Mr A. E. Wilson) reported that 14 analytical examinations of water taken during the past quarter from various parts and depths of the lake had proved highly satisfactory. The tests had not revealed any signs of the cause of the pollution of the lake some time back. Flies bring disease. Keep your windows and house clear of these troublesome pests by using our . fly i baths. Quality meat safes stocked in all sizes. —Dickinson's, Ltd., Sheet Metal Workers, 245 Princes street... Though a commonplace for New ■ Zealanders, a flock of sheep on the main highway between Opotikrand Gisborne last week was regarded by the American golfer Gene Sarazen as being well worth filming with the kinematographic camera he carries on his tour: Sarazen intimated that he intended screening several thousand feet of film during his lecturing tour at several famous colleges on his return to the United States. • He considered that New Zealand was an ideal country for tourists in search of scenic colour. " But your roads,' he concluded, " would make a nervous driver a bit scared. I don't want to drive over that road to Gisborne again. Ex Fordsdale and Rangitata, our new season's Blue Mountain Jamaica. Only fspm A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin... Two Maori women, Maria Joyce and Pera Wihongi. indulged in a combat in the main street of Kaikohe recently, one being armed with a pin. and the other With a pair of scissors. Wihongi was fined £2 and Joyce £l, with costs, 12s in each case. The epidemic of car stealing in the Wellington district still continues, according to reports. Cases have been reported of garages being broken into and the cars removed, to be found later abandoned in another part of the city, fortunately undamaged. .Owing probably to the type of its ignition kev. one make of small car seems to be the favourite of the thieves.-, -Car owners in the Island Bay and Hataitai districts suffered the most dunng the * last few weeks, a feature of the conversions being that cars taken from the one suburb were in many cases found abandoned in the other. Kelburn has apparently succeeded these suburbs in the favour of the converters, however, the cars being driven as far afield as Petone. A number of cars are also reported to have been removed from city parking places. Flag days in London have been responsible for collecting nearly £4.000.000 between 1916 and 1932.. , When unexpected visitors Come crashing through your gate, Send out for Hitchon's Ham at once, Don't even hesitate...