NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23006, 8 October 1936, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

Wellington this year will witness the inauguration of the first New Zealand provincial amateur snooker championship, as there is scheduled for opening on October 12 the first recognised championship for snooker players If ever you are having a wee party of your own, you can always depend upon getting a nice assortment of wines and spirits .from W. Crossan's Waterloo Hotel, Caversham... The United States, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand and Sweden, in that order, are the leading countries of the world in the proportion of telephones to population. According to the Swedish Telegraph Administrate.-:, the leading cities in telephone density are Washington San Francisco, and Stockholm. No action will be taken by me Christchurch City Council to enforce a recent amendment to the health regulations prohibiting the storing of water in dairies. The council protested to the Health Department when the amendment appeared in the New Zealand Gazette aDout two months ago and a reply having been received by the By-laws Commitete of the council, the committee has instructed the chief city inspector (Mr J. W. Huggins) to take no steps to enforce the regulation. To ensure that milk is not adulterated, however, there will be the customary supervision.

For the dark mornings we have alarm clocks from 8s 6d.--rPeter Dick, jewellers and opticians. 488 Moray place, Dunedin, C 1... Figures relating to the house-build-ing subsidy scheme, which closed on September 30, have' been supplied by Mr M. Ross, district employment officer at Christchurch. The scheme was instituted on July, 1934, and was applicable to new dwellings or other approved buildings. At the close of the scheme the number of applications received at Christchurch totalled 1417, apd the total cost was £1,024,303. Of these applications, 1255 were approved, at a cost of £886,404, and tht subsidy granted amounted to £70,872.. Fortythree- of the applications were declined. During closing day 87 applications were received at the Christchurch office of the employment division of the Labour Department. Special showing of curtains, cretonnes, shadows, hearth rugs, squares, and linos, this week. See special window and interior display. All new goods. Prices right. Buy now.— The Mosgiel Drapery Warehouse, A. F. Cheyne and C 0... " There is one very aggressive young man present who hopped over from Sydney to meet my daughter," said the Premier ; of New South Wales, Mr B. S. B. Stevens, at a reception tendered to him in Auckland by the Australian Trade Commissioner. "He is one who does not care if the .Aorangi does not sail." Mr Stevens mentioned that his daughter had accompanied himself and Mrs Stevens and other members of the family on their seven months* tour, and that she was to be married very shortly in Australia. The Mayor, Mr Ernest Davis, extended the good wishes of the gathering to tl?e happy couple. Ex Fordsdale and Rangitata, our new season's Blue Mountain Jamaica. Only from A. Durie and' Co., coffee specialists. 32 Octacon. Dunedin.. Regret that the executive was unable to open a depot to assist members in relicensing their motor cars' this vear is expressed by the Automobile Association (Wellington) in its annual report. "This is a service wmc.h •. r a number ef years has been extended to members and one which * has been greatly appreciated, but this year the Government declined to allow us a supply of forms, and consequently it was not possible to, make the usual facilities available," states the report. " Through the North Island Mot--Union, however, representations are being made to the Government, and it is hoped that members will not be denied assistance in this resptct in future years."

Flies bring disease. Keep your windows and house clear of these troublesome pests by using our fly baths. Quality meat safes stocked in all sizes. —Dickinson's, Ltd, Sheet Metal Workers, 245 Princes street... Badly rusted after a lor g period underground and without its wooden butt, an interesting relic of the early days, a muzzle-loading pistoU was brought into the Dominion office by M?. T..K. Asher, Lyair Bay. recently. Mr Asher unearthod the pistol while digging in a property at Lyall,Bay. Altnough the pistol has obviously been in the ground for a very long time, all the metal parts are still distinguishable. The single' iron/barrel is 12 inches long, and has a bore of about three-eighths of an inch. The body is of braes with a feather pattern engraved on each side. Unfortunately, there is no manufacturer's name nor any indication as to what type of pistol it was or where it came from. It is considered almost certain to be of English manufacture and to have been made between 1835 and 1840. It was fired by a percussion cap, and probably had a very small wooden butt. Experts did not consider it to be a military firearm, but more of a " boudoir " or duelling pistol. Grandism (3004): The name Grand Hotel on any bottle is your assurance of quality. Patronise the Home Supply Store, Princes street... ,

"There seems to have been a good deal of epistolary work done up in the gaol," commented Mr Justice Smith in the Supreme Court, Wellington, when sentencing prisoners. This comment was provoked by an unusual number of written statements received by the court from prisoners. Eight men appeared before his Honor for sentence, and six of them forwarded statements, one oi! which was withdrawn.

Writing from the Muckross Hotel, Lakes of Killarney, Mr Michael H. Murphy, a former pupile of the Waihi East School, states that since leaving New Zealand he has had a varied career, during which he had travelled all over the world, and was at the present employed flying for an air line company operating between England and the Continent. He'was convinced that New Zealand was the best country in the world to live in, and hoped to return some day. When Mr Murphy was in the infants' class at the school, his mother, Mrs E. L. Murphy, was in charge of the infant section. Health and enjoyment of home comforts depend so much on the quality of the goods used. This feature ot business gets careful attention at Gray's Big Store, Milton, when buying to fill the needs of their customers...

That a sparrow hawk will bodly attack anything that flies is well known, but recently one of these feathered " aerial torpedoes " sallied straight into the kitchen of a Whangamomona house and bailed up its quarry, a tame pigeon, in a saucepan in the kitchen sink. The astonished housewife, hearing the com motion, rushed into the scene of action with a sugarbag, .which she clapped over the saucepan and telephoned for her husband. The head of the house was soon on the spot and in a trice had despatched the hawk and rescued the,pigeon. The pigeon soon recovered and took to its wings a sadder and » wiser bird.

Two Aucklanders are among the lecturers selected for the Teachers' Summer School to be held at Napier for 10 days commencing on January 10, 1937. They are Mr J. W. Shaw, M.A., of Auckland Teachers' Training College, whose subject will be "The Drama," and Professor H. Hollinrake, of Auckland University College, who will speak on " Music and Nationalism." Among other lecturers are Mr F. Milner, C.M.G., who will speak on'" World Affairs"; Mr G. Lawn. M.A., of Canterbury University College, who will lecture on " National Economic Planning," and Mr F. A. Shurrock, of the Chnstchurcli School of who will speak on and demonstrate "Folk Dancing." The school aims at providing an informal modern cultural course.

A sailor who was ninety-five. And always felt quite bobbish; Said "I alius eats good Hitchon's Ham, And never buys no rubbish...