NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23223, 22 June 1937, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

“ The next business is under the heading of ‘ general,’ ” said Sir Charles Norwood, who presided over the monthly meeting of the Wellington. Free Ambulance Board recently. “ General,” said Mr Marks, “ there's none left; they’ve all been shot in Russia.”

Grandism (3220): Jerez Sherry, today’s fashion beverage. Notwithstanding the war in Spain, we have seven types sufficient for two years... Two Aucklanders. Messrs A. and E. Everson, who are noted for their work in constructing aeroplanes, have just completed building their own motor car, the task having taken two years’ work and planning. The vehicle is of ingenious design and is highly efficient. To coffee connoisseurs! Ex Tamaroa, one barrel super Blue Mountain Jamaica, 4s per lb; one bale choicest Mocha, 3s. —“Durie’s,” coffee specialists, 32 Octagon, Dunedin... “ I had a better job before I entered Parliament,” said Mr S. G. Holland, M.P., when speaking in Timaru the other night, “ and I will have a better job waiting for me when I get tipped out, which is most unlikely.” The mistake of a shop assistant in a northern town was responsible for the puzzlement of the commissioner of pensions when he received in his official mail last week the present of a watch. But the feeling of mystery in his case was mild compared with that of a provincial resident who was expecting the return of a repaired timepiece—the postman brought him a cork leg. You can send your order with all confidence that it will be well attended to, when you address it to the Waterloo Hotel, Caversham... At a meeting of the Manawatu Rabbit Board, the inspector (Mr D. R. Barron) said he was convinced that pollard poisoning carried out throughout the board’s district had taken a toll of , peasants this season. This was more noticeable in the Tangimoana Forestry Reserve. “It is unfortunate,” he added, “ but what can we do? Pollard poisoning is most effective for rabbit destruction.” Why burn your fingers with broken pot or kettle lids? Bring the size—we can supply.—Dickinson's, Ltd., 441 PHnppc; ctrppf A new title lias been given to Professor J. Shelley, director of broadcasting, by the council of the Town Planning Institute of New Zealand (says the Star-Sun). The minutes ot the last meeting of the council, which were received at a meeting of the Christchurch branch of the institute the other evening, record that the secretary “had waited on Professor Shelley, professor of broadcasting,”. who had agreed that a useful service could be rendered to the community by wellselected talks on town planning. We would point out that good food is one of the factors for perfect health in the home, Gray’s, of the Big Store, Milton, make quality a leading feature for the benefit of their district... “Mr Semple says he wants ideas.’ said Mr J. Hill, speaking at the meeting held at Prebbleton to consider the overhead bridge at the railway crossing (reports the Christchurch Press). "I can give him one that will save thousands of pounds, and perhaps £1,000,000. When any driver applies for a licence he should be asked whether he has brains enough to avoid an engine. If he is doubtful don’t give him a licence, and the crossings will be quite safe, because an engine does not chase a motorist down the road like a wild elephant.” 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... The day before the antiseptic system came into use were recalled by Dr G. M. Scott in a short address to the Hastings Orphans’ Club the other night (says the Herald-Tribune). He remembered that during the early days in the profession, spent in the London Hospital, surgeons wore black alpaca coats “in order that the bloodstains from the last operation might not show too clearly.” Operating tables were then not unlike a kitchen table and had on them a mattress covered with black oilcloth. Instruments were handed to the doctor by the assistant from a case hung on the wall —but, added the doctor, they were first wiped with a table napkin. There were many excited barrackers at Cook’s Gardens, Wanganui, recently, to see the English Association football side in action. One of the most prominent was a girl whose voice carried % well. She had a lot to say about a player named Starling, who, in the opening stages of the match, was playing well for Wanganui. Towards the close, however, when the English team work was beginning to tell, Starling was beaten for the ball. Clear as a clarion call came the fair barracker’s voice—“ You’re not a starling, you re a thrush.” At that moment a male barracker at the Jrcar of the stand chimed in. “By the look of the mud on him he’s a nightingale, he cut 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... The choir was singing lustily the last few bars of a rousing chorus, two grand pianos were making themselves heard above the vocalists, and the conductor was using every ounce of energy he possessed (says the Wellington Evening Post). Suddenly when his right hand was held aloft the baton slipped from his grasp. It soared aloft in a graceful parabola, but before it could fall it was skilfully retrieved by * the left hand. Not a beat was missed \ and the chorus was brought to a triumphal conclusion. But the audience , which witnessed this episode in _ the Wellington Town Hall the other night, after a moment of breathless suspense as to where the baton would fall, smiled almost audibly at the conductor’s feat; the choir could not help smiling broadly either, and the conductor, when he turned round and faced the audience to acknowledge their plaudits, was smiling too. By not making a miss of his catch, he had made a distinct hit. Now and then an angry blast Foretells that winter’s coming fast ’Tis then that we appreciate Hitchon’s bacon on our plate.