NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23220, 18 June 1937, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

m Two young Taranaki people will not soon forget their wedding day (says the Daily News). All the guests assembled at a church in one of the smaller towns at the appointed hour on a recent morning, but there was no minister. The event accordingly had to be postponed until later in the day. Grandism (3217): Our spirits, wines, and beer are above the standard test; leave your order at the office. The Grand supplies the best... A very tall stilt-walker, as an advertising medium, created a deal of interest in New Plymouth on a recent afternoon (says the Taranaki Herald). Whenever he wished to rest, he sought the support of a light pole or the front of overhanging verandas with which his shoulders were on a level. Come and see our show to-night. We are open till 9 o'clock Friday nights.— Scoullar and Cliisholm. Limited... "Motor cars are selling like cabbages in New Zealand," declared Mr H. J. Butcher, chairman of the Service Committee of the Automobile Association of Auckland, on his arrival in Sydney the other week on his way to England. "In the opinion of; most people, including myself, Mr Semple is the best Minister* of Transport we have had. because he is a practical man." . ,l Strength, flavour, aroma. AH are found in the favourite "Bourbon" brand of coffee and "chicory. "Bourbon " is produced by specialists. Instructions in every tin...

*' I made many notes for this speech, but I am afraid I have successfully lost them." said Mr W. I. Bowyer, speaking at the opening of the new wing of the Otorohanga District High School the other day (states the Waikato Times). "That is ah excellent precedent for everybody." said Mr P. Fraser. amid laughter. . Men desiring a rainproof overcoat for casual wear are offered an excellent bargain at Gray's Big Store, Milton. The colours are navy and brown. The prices are 25s and 22s 6d... It would appear that there is a wave of remorse for youthful misdemeanours sweeping a certain section of the community. Within the past few weeks three instances of business people receiving " conscience money " have been recorded, and now the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune has received £1 from a former runner boy, who frankly admits that he occasionally sold a spare paper and pocketed the twopence, in order to get peace of conscience as a Christian, I have returned the sum to vou, knowing you would understand, he wrote. - - 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.... For several months expert mining men have been boring deep down into the earth near Reefton in an intensive search for the once famous Progress quartz reef. Already the first drill has reached a depth of 1000 feet, deeper than any bore has yet ever gone-in that country, and it is expected that another thousand feet of the broken rock mav have to be penetrated before the result of the search will be indicated. It is one of the most romantic of several efforts which are being made in this once wealthy locality to rediscover lost mineral reefs, which in their first days of exploitation yielded nearly £2,000,000 worth of gold in 20 years. If the present extra cold spell we are having this severe winter conveys anything, it is a comfortable and durable fur coat from David Langley, furrier, 320 Princes street, nearly opposite C.P.0... ■ , ■ . "Younger playgoers have missed a terrible lot," said Mr A. E. Manning at the drama school in Hamilton recently, when referring to the thrills which playgoers of an older generation experienced from the melodrama - which were then popular (states the Waikato Times). "It was the ambition of every boy to see the plays put on by Bland Holt and other managers, and how he cheered the handsome hero and jeered the villain with the black moustache! Of course, everything ended happily in those old melodramas—very different from the problem and social plays which followed. You can send your order with all confidence that it will be well attended to, when you address it to the Waterloo Hotel, Caversham... „ . ~ "Just around the corner is the view of television which Mr J. Carroll, a leading representative of the radio industry in Australia, has formed after a trip to the United States and Canada, i He is a through passenger by. the Monterey. "Enormous expenditure will be involved to develop television on the scale of broadcasting;" he said. "and those who undertake the cost will have to be given some security regarding revenue." He said the cost of television was about £IOO, compared with £4 for the ordinary radio receiving set sold in the United States. Two million sets were pne firm alone in the United States last year, and the demand was keeping up with the supply. . Why borrow your neighbours lawnmower? Yours is the better machine if Dickinson's sharpen it.—Dickinson s. Ltd., 441 Princes street, Dunedin... An incident that might easily have a moral for some nations occurred near Kilbirnie Park, Wellington the other day. and was witnessed by a number of pedestrians in the vicinity (reports the Evening Post). Two large cats evidently had a difference of opinion about some matter of feline politics, and, after a noisy argument at the top of a high bank, decided to resort to brute strength. Their battleground was narrow, and a few seconds after they came to grips they shot over the bank and fell to the roadway about ]5 feet below. One promptly chased the other up the bank again, and engagement was resumed at the top. In a matter of seconds, they droppecs to the roadway again, and, judging by their attitude and restrained exchanges. i decided that war could be disadvan- | tageous to both parties.

Now and then an angry blast Foretells that winter's coming fast. 'Tis then that we appreciate Hitchon's bacon on our plate..