NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23332, 26 October 1937, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

“Whatever may be the opinion held on the Government housing scheme, said Mr A. Tyndall, addressing the Wellington Rotary Club on the Government scheme, “we are doing our best to give the State £ 1 worth of house for every £ 1 spent.” _ In the course of an interview in New Plymouth, Mr B. Suzuki, a distinguished Japanese journalist, stated that broadcasting in his country was controlled by a private company. Its only receipts were from tlfe equivalent of New Zealand licence fees and advertising was not permitted. The finest whiskies, ales, stouts, brandies, and wines sent (to legal order) to town and country. Crossan’s. Waterloo, Caversham.'.. For the past four years one student annually has come from Japan to take courses at Massey Agricultural College. Mr Y. Kawai, the only remaining student at the institution, has just completed a two years’ sheep-farming course, and leaves at the end of this month for Australia to pursue further studies. Another Japanese student will arrive at Massey College before the end of the year. Determined to go to Auckland to “see the trams.” a 10-year-old boy left his home at Te Aroha one day last week and entrained for Hamilton as the first stage of the journey. About 11 o’clock that evening, however, he was found fast asleep in the back of a garage opposite the police station by a constable. The following day he returned to his parents. The boy had 5s in his pocket, all that remained from 10s he received as a deposit for selling his horse before he left Te Aroha. Men feel the necessity to be up to date with their dress. New styles and colourings are available for Milton men in Shirts, Ties, Socks, Suitings and Hats at Gray’s Big Store...

A novel but effective means of transporting a sick passenger from the top deck of the Niagara to a St. John ambulance on the wharf, for transfer to the Auckland Hospital, wag adopted shortly after the vessel berthed at Queen’s Wharf recently. The patient, who was suffering from the after effects of an operation performed at Suva, was strapped securely to a stretcher and, when slings .were fitted, he was gently lowered about 50 feet to the waiting ambulance. The procedure, which occupied only a few seconds, averted the necessity ,of negotiating innumerable flights of stairs. Grandism (3323): We make and hold new customers because our high quality wines and spirits are consistent; every bottle sold carries our guarantee... Neither wind nor earthquake is likely to have a damaging effect on the new entrance gates to Pukekura Park, at New Plymouth. The safety of the gates was the subject of a report to the New Plymouth Borough Council last week by the engineer (Mr C. Clarke). He stated that he had checked over the drawings of the architects and had formed the opinion that for any damage to result from those, causes an 80-mile-an-hour gale and a severe earthquake simultaneously would be necessary, and that was a very remote possibility. Special Showing of new , Spring Goods in all departments. Buy now while the selection is big and the price small. See windows and interior display. Your inspection invited at Mosgiel’s Draper.—A. F. Cheyne and C 0... Although he had been criticised in some quarters in Sydney recently for apparently being slow to move up to the wharf from quarantine, said Captain E. R. Johanson. commander of the Matson liner Monterey, when he arrived at Auckland last week, he could see no reason for the criticism. He had found by experience that passengers preferred being a few minutes late to being made uncomfortable by extra speed in choppy seas. In any case, however, it had been shown in the qast that the Matson ships were exceptionally punctual. Reference to the poor educational standard of many of the young men presenting themselves last year for admission to the training colleges was made by Mr M. H. Oram at a recent meeting of the Wanganui Education Board when Mr Oram, the senior inspector (Mr W. J. Foden), and the chairman (Mr E. F. Hemingway) were appointed to examine this yearns Wanganui candidates. The examination officers last year presented a special report on the type of young man offering as teachers, and Mr Oram said that it was time that steps were taken to make the teaching profession more attractive for young men of the right type. “Definitely the right type pf young man is not coming forward. There is no inducement for them to take up teaching.” commented Mr R. Dukeson. He added that most parents were unable to afford to educate their children to the required standard. Coffee Mills! We have imported a few small coffee grinders suitable tor household use.—A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon. Dunedin.. .

Some thieves show considerable ingenunity but occasionally they are baffled in their attempts to carry out their nefarious work. This , happened on an Invercargill street the other night when someone tried to open the door of a sedan car which was parked while the owner was at a theatre. The owner locked the doors, but ,he left one window slightly down and someone used a length of wire to try to pull the handle up from the inside. The wire became hooked in a rug and could not be withdrawn, so it was left behind as evidence of an attempt that failed ' ... During the recent Winter Exhibition, the Whangarei Acclimatisation Society forwarded to the Dominion Museum, Wellington, the body of a kiwi, which was found on the roadside. This was duly mounted by the museum, and the society requested that it should be returned for display in the Whangarei Museum. Tins the Minister declined, but offered in exchange a Specimen of the grey kiwi. The society inquired of the Borough Council whether it desired to accept the exhibit for the Municipal museum. Cr A. T. Brainsby said that the bird now offered would probably be a better one than the dilapidated one already in the Whangarei Museum. Ihe offer was accepted and the donor thanked. Make your work lighter—Have those blunt tools sharpened by our experts. Satisfaction assured. Dickinsons. Ltd., 441 Princes street. Dunedin... Closer co-operation among the business community of the East Coast is sought by the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce, which has issued an invitation to members of other chambers in the area to attend its monthly meetings should they be in Gisborne. The Gisborne Chamber is of the opinion that the interchange of visits of members of respective chambers on the East Coast should make for beneficial results. At a meeting of the Hastings chamber, the chairman (Mr H W. C. Baird) said it was a good idea. He thought members would appreciate the invitation. If the uisborne, Wairoa, Napier, and Hastings chambers could meet and agree upon various works to push on the East Coast it would be very benefical to the district. A large moth, a species of porma, has been sent to the Hawke s Bay Museum by Mr A. R. Wiikie.ofTutira. The caterpillar of this moth is frequently attacked by the cordyceps fungus, and is so changed into what is commonly known as the vegetable catepillar.” This moth lias a large hairy body and light coloured wings with brown markings.- Owing to the large number of caterpillars which are destroyed by the fungus, the moth is comparatively scarce. The caterpillars are subterranean, living on the roots of grasses and other plants. When attacked by the fungus practically every tissue of the insect is replaced by the mycelium and from one end, usually the head, the spore-bearing stalk pushes its way above ground in order to disseminate the spores of the fungus. Have you tried Hitchon’s Pork Saveloys. Pork Sausages, or .Oxford Sausage (cooked)? If your grocer can’t supply, ring our Dunedin branch. 12-344. Milton phone 22...