NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23202, 28 May 1937, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

Suggestions that he might enlist U. aid of a lawn mower were facetious!:, made to R. M. M'Kenzie, the All Black forward, at the Palmerston North Show Grounds oval the other Satm* day, when, during a senior Rugby match, he bestowed meticulous care bn the grass in the line of his boot before attempting to convert a try, and even went to the extent of removing several tufts. His enterprise met with complete success, the try being converted from near the side line. . -; Come and see our show to-night, we are open .till 9 o'clock Friday nights,— Scoullar and Chisholm. Limited... \ "A headmaster is neither a custodian nor a policeman, and I do not think it necessary that he should reside near the school," said the chairman of the Hawke's Bay Education Board* (Mr G A. Maddison), at the last meeting in Napier in reference to a request from the Port Ahuriri School Committee for the erection of a new residence next to the school for the headmaster. *'l think it is better that a headmaster should get away from the environment of the school for a time." It was decided to point out that the application could not be recommended to the department. : : . • :... All confidence can be placed in orders sent to the Waterloo Hotel, Caversham.., Every bottle will be true to label.'.. '.■'.;.

Two elderly victims of Dan Cupid caused not a little amusement to people waiting for trams in the Square just after 6 o'clock last Saturday afternoon (states the Christchurch StarSun). They were sitting in close em- ( brace on one of the seats provided by' the Tramway Board and every now and again a tender and lingering kiss was exchanged. The smiles and comments of passers-by did not cause them any concern, and the pleasant little interlude was only interrupted when the man had to catch a tram.

Special showing in all departments of new winter goods, all bought before the rise. Be wise, call early. Your inspection invited.—The Mosgiel Drapery Warehouse. A. F. Cheyne and C 0;...

Visitors to the 3YA broadcasting studios will no longer be able to see the announcer announcing, through a glass partition, or watch artists practising, and talkers talking in the small studio (says the Star-Sun). These two rooms—the announcer's room and the small studio—are now enclosed completely by sound-proof walls and doors, an addition which has just been completed. Noises and other distractions nave in the past troubled performers and announcers, footsteps and the noise of the lift penetrating the iron and glass partitions. The new doors are of fibrous material, and, but „ for their lightness, resemble strong-room doors. The new walls of the announcer's room and the studio, from the outside to the inside surface, are several'inches thick. Special bargains this week at the Big Store to commemorate the. sixtyr fifth year of Mr James Gray's entry into the business, also the seventy-fifth anniversary of the opening of the store... ,; • ...* ..

Awakened by the ringing of the telephone at a late hour the other night, a Blenheim resident, after the usual groping and shivering : and collecting of scattered wits, was much surprised at the greeting she received on the instrument (the Marlborough Express states). It was the voice of a juvenile, evidently, and all it said was "Your meat's rotten!" after, which .the: receiver was hung up. Needless to say, it was a case of " the wrong number, for a local butchery's number is very, close to that of the household number communicated with; and, apparently, that butchery has a dissatisfied-cus-tomer. . ,', , ■',' Why borrow your neighbour's lawnmower? Yours is the better machine if Dickinson's sharpen it.—:Dickinsori's, Ltd., 441 Princes street, Dunedin.:. The annual report of the Ruahine Tramping Club recalls that, while tramping in the Ruahines, several, private parties had been confused by an unnamed mountain 5420 ft high on the Pouranaki-Te Hekenga Ridge. /'This peak seemed to have been overlooked -when the authorities were naming mountains in that district and we. therefore, approached the Lands ana Survey Department and were successor in having our suggested name of Maungamahue accepted. The. English interpretation of this word, is -.'Forsaken Mountain,'" the report adds.. A muddy mishap befell the Acting Minister of«. Labour {Mr.P.-G Webb) when inspecting the conditions of work on the Scroggy Hill deviation Glen Eden (states the Hawera Star). The Minister was walking along; the top of a cutting, which-had a: rather steep pitch. Suddenly he overbalanced and slid down the sodden batter at a great rate. He reached the bottom safely, though well spattered with mud. But it was at the bottom that he met real trouble, for he tripped oyer a tram rail and went head first into a mud hole. The Minister was indeed a picture, but he came up smiling, and quickly said: "Oh, that's nothing. I have often worked in mud and slush up to my hips; but this is a change, with my head at the bottom instead of my feet."

Strength, flavour, aroma. ■• All are found in the favourite "Bourbon" brand of coffee and chicory. "Bourbon" is produced by specialists. Instructions in every tin... "They often don't take stock on the principle that if the books are missing they don't know about them, and consequently are not worried," sauiMr E. J. Bell, librarian of the Canterbury Public Library, when speaking of American libraries to the Canterbury, branch of the New Zealand Libraries Association. He said that in one library of about 600,000 books 10,000 were missing every year. Mr C. W. Collins, librarian at Canterbury University College, remarked that this might be considered a good sign,, as it indicated a large turnover in the library. Much amusement and some consternation were caused during the parade of ex-servicemen and women reviewed by the Governor-General, viscount Galway, in Auckland recently, when a large dog ran backward and forward across the parade ground in front of the saluting base as soon as the men began to be played round the . ground for the march past. Obviously excited by the stirring music of the bands, he would stop every now, and again, squat on his haunches, and hqwJ into the air. When he was not doing this he was attempting to stand on his hind legs. Finally a bystander drove him out of the way of the parade. Grandism (3199): Old London Dock rum wards off and cures colds and influenza. 12s bottle. The Grand Hotel Home Supply Store... "The Government has helped us in removing the protection on stoats and weasels and in granting us the right to increase our fishing and .shooting fees," says the annual report of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. "It has not yet, however, seen at to, put the question of opossum revenue on an assured basis so that we can anticipate our revenue and budget accordingly; also it has not moved in the matter of making all honorary rangers warrants lapse after three years—a reform that we consider essential before we are prepared to recommend any further appointments." A severe critic of the Dominion's licensing laws is Captain J. R. Patrick, of Sydney, whose travels have taken him to Europe and most other parts of the world. Captain Patrick (says the Star-Sun) said that in Europe he found the licensing laws of all the countries very free, as a contrast with those of New Zealand. Where there was that freedom there was >no drunkenness and no 6 o'clock "rush round the trough." There the people all knew they could get a drink in the evening if they so desired, and accordingly there was no frantic effort to drink as much as possible im the shortest possible time before the bars closed. Further, there was not the encouragement to break the law, as was the casejwith restrictions when some people formed the habit of slinking into hotels for after-hours drinking. Now and then an angry blast - Foretells that winters corning fwt. 'Tis then that we appreciate Hitchon's bacon on our plate..-..''