NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23106, 4 February 1937, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

It is anticipated that a railway service between Napier and Wairoa will be possible at the end of July of this year as a result of progress which has been recorded with the task of rehabilitating and completing the East Coast line. According to present calculations, the final touches to • the Mohaka viaduct will have been applied in roughly six months' timeearlier than was originally anticipated. In Spain the war is still raging, but peace and contentment are still reigning supreme at the Waterloo Hotel, Caversham...

"We have heard reports that the Maoris spend their money on drink, with the result that their wives, families and homes are neglected. That practice must stop," said Mr Langstone, acting-Minister of Native Affairs, when speaking to a large gathering of Maoris at Waima, North Auckland. "I can assure you," he continued, "it is the sole desire of the Government to take Maoris off relief and public works and place them on the land and make them qualified farmers. We will do everything to achieve this end provided we get the closest co-operation of the Native race." Good food is one of the main requirements for good health. Milton people get this in the grocery department at Gray's Big Store... The depredations of a pair of young blackbirds among the stone fruit in a Tamaki garden are causing considerable annoyance to its owner, who, however, confesses that the attractive appearance of the thieves and their amusing antics among the trees are such that he finds it impossible to adopt drastic measures. He is therefore condemned to spend much time and energy in a futile effort to protect the fruit.

Weighing 4001 b, the largest striped marlin swordfish caught for years and possibly the third largest caught in New Zealand waters, was hooked by Mr Phelps, an American, at Cape Brett from the launch Marlin recently. Conditions for deep-sea fishing are described as ideal at Cape Brett and in the Bay of Islands. A report from Tauranga states that off Mayor Island six swordfish were .caught by a party of Matamata visitors, who fished from the launch Kingfish. The best individual catches were: Mr A. E. Davies, swordfish weighing 3101 b; Mr D. Rowe, 3081 b and 2971 b; 'Mr T. de Renzy, 2701 b. All the fish, gave fine displays and fought for periods varying from 30 to 85 minutes.

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 A. F Cheyne and Co..

Through the public-spirited action of a Wanganui citizen in depositing in trust with the Tourist and Development League the sum of money required as a guarantee, the league has now made formal application to the New Zealand Brass Bands' Association to have the 1938 Dominion brass bands' contest held in Wanganui. It is wellknown that such an event is of tremendous value to the city, and : it is to be sincerely hoped that the Tourist and Development League will be successful in their effort to promote the welfare of the community in this re* spect. l A Wanganui market gardener has had the misfortune to lose his entire crop of tomatoes as a result of the plants being attacked by blight. An outbreak of blight was first noticed on a few of the plants and a desperate attempt was made to save the others by spraying, but without success. A total of 3000 plants, the raising and tending of which has entailed six months' hard work, are doomed to complete failure. The recent unseasonable weather is blamed for the loss of the crop^ Grandism (3103): Like a bowl of sunshine, Aragon Spanish Wine blend tladdens the appetite—Grand Home upply Store, 45... Although New Zealanders are more alive to the value of trees than was the case, a few decades ago, there are not many (states the Evening Post) who go out of their way to supply the community with native shrubs, and consequently the action of a resident of Highland Park during the last two years is all the more meritorious. This public-spirited citizen planted the harbour side of Sar street with native shrubs for about 10 chains, and during last summer and this he has spent a considerable amount of time keeping them free from weeds. His work has been rewarded with* a long row of healthy plants, many of them being in flower at the present time. To see the last boat for Waiheke moving away from the Northern wharf after he had travelled over 100 miles from Dargaville to witness the New Zealand Tourist Trophy Motor Cycle Race at Waiheke was the unfortunate experience of a visitor to Auckland last week. In spite of the heavy rain excursion boats to the island were well patronised, and there was a good gathering of interested spectators on the course throughout the afternoon. Although many of them were drenched, the majority remained until the last of the riders completed the 168-mile ride. Strength, flavour, aroma. All are found in the favourite "Bourbon" brand of coffee and chicory. "Bourbon" is produced by specialists. Instructions in every tin... There are 40 children at the Public Works camp at Fordell, near Wanganui, where married men employed on the new Turakina-Okoia railway deviation reside. Four families alone have 35 children between them. Children of school age from the camp will attend the Fordell School, the grading of which will rise when the school opens for the year. There were two unusual incidents during play in the Auckland lawn tennis championships at the Stanley Street courts recently. During the Ladies' Singles match between Miss Margaret Beverley, of Matamata, and Miss D. Nicholls, of Wellington, the former failed to return a backhand shot. The ball struck the umpire in another game. He was sitting high on his seat between the No. 1 and No. 2 courts, and the ball lodged in his left-hand coat pocket. For a second or two everyone wondered what had become of the ball, and there was general laughter when the umpire was asked to return it to the server. In a later match "the spectators were treated to the unusual spectacle of a New Zealand champion, D. C. Coombe, of Wellington, serving underhand in an effort to surprise his opponents. Best quality regulation dust drums obtainable at Dickinson's, Ltd., tinsmiths and sheet metal workers, 441 Princes street, Dunedin... "There is an obligation upon the motorist in all cases, irrespective of the extent of the injury, to report to the police," observed Mr J. Miller, S.M., during the hearing in the Napier Police Court of a charge of failing to report an accident. The motorist charged said that he had been shown a bruise by a cyclist, but he had not considered the matter sufficiently serious to warrant reporting. "If there is any injury at all there is no latitude, the magistrate said. "It is not for the motorist to say that the injuries are slight, and there is no necessity to make a report; death may occur from what at first sight may appear to be a minor injury. Where there is any injury at all it must be reported." "It is easy to scramble ' eggs, but no one has yet succeeded in unscrambling them," said Mr A. Leese, town clerk at One Tree Hill (Auckland), when speaking at a borough council meeting of the difficulties of local body amalgamation. Mr Leese said the subject was of such importance that undue haste was to be deprecated, and he supported a suggestion that a survey should be made of local body administration throughout the Dominion. Ask your grocer for Hitchon's Pork Oxford Sausage (cooked). If he doesn't stock it, write us; We will tell you those that d 0...