NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23044, 21 November 1936, Page 28

NEWS IN BRIEF

There is a good deal of pneumonic influenza in the Whangarei district at present, and several deaths have resulted recently. Some concern is felt among medical men, as the illness has a.resemblance to that experienced during the epidemic of 1919. Grandism (3042): Invite the Grand family to join your party this Christmas. Tagona 3s, Aragon 4s, Corena 4s, Granvin ss, Oragin 65... As a student of town planning, Mr G. N. T. Goldie, who is to be appointed by the Wellington City Council to the position of assistant traffic inspector, has a special knowledge of traffic flows in Wellington. For some years tallies have been faithfully kept of the flow of traffic and it is information which becomes of the utmost value in town planning. Visitors to Dunedin will find accommodation at Hotel Central, 100 Princes, street, to their liking... Hotels in Holland catering for foreign tourists are reported to be already reaping the benefit from the devaluation of the Dutch guilder, and it is ex.pected that the next few months will see a revival of the tourist trade from all foreign countries, and particularly from Australia, as the Australian pound will now reduce the cost of travelling in Java by about 25 per cent. Ex Fordsdale and Rangitata. our new season’s Blue Mountain Jamaica. Only from A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists. 32 Octaeon. Dunedin.. In the turmoil and excitement which followed his. landing at Wigram on Sunday night after completing his flight from Sydney, Mr L. E. Clark, the young North Canterbury airman, had the misfortune to lose a pair of flying goggles which he prizes very highly. The goggles were fitted with a special lens suitable only for himself, and he was particularly anxious to recover them. He was unable to account for the disappearance of the goggles, as he thought they had been left in the cockpit of his machine when he landed at the aerodrome. “ I hardly think a ' souvenir-hunter would have taken them,” Mr Clark added, “but I would rather give something else away as a souvenir than lose those goggles.” They were returned to Mr Clark on Tuesday, however, by someone in the crowd who had picked them up. Turnbull’s Sample Room, Middlemarch.—Mon. 23rd, Tues. 24th, Wed. 25th; Special showing of Xmas and summer goods from the Mosgiel Warehouse. Your inspection invited; 3 days only- Call early.—A. F. Cheyne and C 0...

The guerilla warfare which is being waged in New Zealand between white butterflies, the enemy of gardeners and farmers, and the parasites released for’ the first time last year by the Department of Agriculture is resulting in a definite diminution of the butterfly pest in the North Island. The department considers that within the next two or three years the white butterfly will be fully controlled by the parasites. The pest causes considerable damage, to crops of cabbages and cauliflowers and turnips, swedes, and rape. Breeding of parasites is carried out by the Government entomologist in Palmerston North. Considerable quantities of these parasites are now being released in the South Island, where, it is hoped, a similar measure of control will be achieved. Visits of old friends from afar doing their buying in the ladies’ showroom at Gray’s Big Store* is the best indication that style, quality, and prices are correct... Lightning, in a flash that seemed like a ball of fire at Kohuratahi, struck and splintered a huge totara tree on the property owned by Cleland Bros., and at the same time, with the force of an explosion, knocked over Mr Norman Cleland and a cow he was milking. Mr Cleland suffered shock, but was otherwise unhurt. So great was the force of the shock that it snapped the stout steel chain which was holding the cow in the bail. “When it is completed, Milson will not have to take second place to the aerodromes at Mascot, Sydney, or Essendon, Melbourne,” said Mr D.AF. Smillie, president of Milson Aerodrome, Incorporated, who has returned to Palmerston North after a trip to Australia, in which he took special notice of aviation development in the Commonwealth. Milson was far ahead of either of the two big Australian aerodromes, both in situation and general appointments, said Mr Smillie. The hangar accommodation of Union Airways was better than anything he had seen in Australia. Just landed—A full selection of English chiming and striking clocks, the latest designs.—Peter Dick, jewellers and opticians, 488 Moray place, Dunedin... “ My only excuse for election as patron is that I was the first motorist at New Plymouth,” said Dr H. B. Leatham at the annual meeting of the Automobile Association (Taranaki). It was 35 years ago since he first drove a car, he said, and when he looked back on those days it was astounding to realise the progress. How they got along with those single-cylinder cars he did not know, but they, managed somehow and had a lot of fun as well. Police officers and solicitors, while waiting in the lobby adjoining the Auckland Police Court the other day, enjoyed a laugh at the expense of two young men who were accidentally locked in the medical room. For special reasons the room is without a handle inside, and when it swung to and its occupants were locked in, their repeated knocking and calls to attract attention were misconstrued. One of the men had to stand on a table and show his face through the fanlight to be recognised before caution was waived and the door opened. Why borrow your neighbour’s lawn mower? Yours is a better machine if Dickinson’s sharpen it.—Dickinson's. Ltd., 245 Princes street, Dunedin... The opinion that the majority of taxi-drivers were excellent citizens and did not deserve to be singled out for adverse comment was expressed at Napier by the chairman of the Committee of Inquiry into the taxi business, Mr P. M. Butler. A witness, Mr S. Cross, said in evidence that there had been no opportunity in Napier for drivers to sleep in their cars or to cook in them. “We have heard it said that we even wear our pyjamas in our taxis,” he added. “We have had no proof that taxi-drivers have been cooking in their cars,” said Mr Butler. “I think that was merely a vindictive statement. As a matter of fact, we think that the majority of taxi-drivers are decent citizens trying to eke out an honest existence. Why they should be singled out for adverse comment is more than I can say.” Do not forget the assorted hamper of necessaries for Xmas and New Year cheer. State your requirements and your order will be promptly attended to by W. Crossan, Waterloo, Caversham... With the intention of encouraging New Zealand museums to exchange exhibits, the Carnegie Institute has presented each with a show case in which to display exhibits received from other museums in the country. The Napier show case at present contains a series of drawing from the M’Lean collection showing the art of moko, or Maori tattooing. This will be on display for some time before it is sent to Auckland and afterwards to other museums in the circuit. The drawings give a very clear idea of different styles and stages of the art. Proposals by the New Zealand Tecnnical Education Association for the establishment of a technological library for the use of technical schools throughout New'Zealand were considered at a meeting of the board of managers of the Hamilton Technical High School. It was said that if each school contributed 2d a pupil and the State 3d, about £4OO would be available each year for the purchase of books and the administration of a postal library. Several members expressed the opinion that the levy might be applied to better advantage in the individual school libraries. A copper beating round his beat Said, “Hitchon’s Ham’s a princely treat For a cove who’s never off his feet And has to face hail, snow, and sleet.”..