NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23499, 13 May 1938, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

Although the fund for crippled children opened by the Mayor of Auckland has long been closed, a regular donation has been received from an Auckland lady who takes a great interest in the work for cripples. Amount amount of £3O was received from her at the Mayor’s office one day la Grandism (3493); Specially-selected and thoroughly matured in the great West India Rum Dock, London—Old London Dock (Jamaica) Rum. 125... Almost 200 defendants were charged with motoring offences in the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland one day last week. Two courts were kept busy throughout the day. and the final case was not completed until about 4 p.m. The majority of the offenders did not appear, but several cases were defended. The prosecutions were heard by Mr C. R. Orr Walker and Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M.’s. , , . “A Minister of the Crown has stated that, if our demands were granted, New Zealand would be converted into a large dairy farm,” said Colonel S. J. E. Clcsey. advocating the compensated price for farmers in an address in Hamilton last week. “For every man on a dairy farm, there are seven in other occupations, and there would, still be that ratio under a compensating price system.” Come and see our show to-night, we are open till 9 o'clock Friday nights.— Scoullar and Chisholm. Limited... “In the main the outbreak has now subsided, and we are somewhat relieved about the position," said the district medical officer of health (Dr C. E. Gilberd) to a Northern Advocate (Whangarei) reporter recently, when discussing the position regarding the measles epidemic which recently swept the Far North. “ Except for a few mild cases, no further instances of the disease have been reported,” he added. ■ . , “Half our camera staff sat through the screening, and that is something, said Mr H. Lawrenson. foreign editor for Fox Movietone News. New Stork, in a letter received by Mr E. Bierre, commenting on the Magic Carpet films of New Zealand taken by Mr Bierre. The films (says the Hawke’s Bay Daily * Mail) included shots of sheep farming at Tutira and Craggy Range, Hawke’s Bay, the gannet rookeries a. Cape Kidnappers, White Island, and Maoris at Rotorua. Special showing of Autumn Goods. Call and see our attractive window and interior displays.—A. F. Cheyne and Co., the Mosgiel warehouse... The extent to which the law operates in criminal cases was explained to the jury in the Supreme Court at Palmerston North by Mr Justice Blair when summing up in a case involving charges of theft and receiving stolen goods. His Honor pointed out that, in lawn a man was guilty of burglary if he stood in the street 100 yards from the scene of the actual crime to give warning of the approach of the police. Similarly, in law, a man was guilty of forgery if he lent a fountain pen to a forger, knowing it was to be employed in commission of the crime of forgery. It is reported that observations by Hawke’s Bay and East Coast Aero Club pilots made while on food distribution flights over the flooded areas in the province indicate that the damage in some localities, particularly north of Tangoio and at Kaiwafca. is very serious, and the loss of pastures in some cases as higlv as 75 per cent. It is also reported that pilots have seen cattle and sheep hopelessly bogged in slips and silt. If stock losses are anything like the percentage nf, losses of pastures, the position of settlers in this area will be very serious indeed, read,” she stated. • Coffee! The world's best —Blue Mountain Jamaica—freshly roasted and ground daily, is obtainable from the coffee specialists. A, Durie and Co., 3Octagon, Dunedin.. An unusually high tide and rough water conditions in the Auckland Har hour one night last week made the landing of ferry passengers at Devontfort a task calling for considerable agility Owing to the uncertain movement of the boats, the gangway could not be lowered to the deck, and Passengers had to choose the moment; to |o ashore when deck and gangway were level. The pitching of the ferry boats made mooring also a master for iiiriement. and there was delay before the gangway could safely from the country get the best of attention when addressed to UOs san’s Waterloo Hotel, Caversham... ’ A large bone on a piece of string descended slowly through an aperture in the ceiling of the Canterbury University College hall during the capning ceremony last week, and SW HP® m ind fro. about 10 feet above the students’ heads, until the ceremony was -nwr Shortly after the bone appealed, a shower of confetti descended on those sitting just beiow the platfOTm and at intervals a motor horn some where above the ceiling joined in the professor oVSSStoVfoto fSus s “ I am to have the comfort of support —floral, anatomical, and musical. I3ut I trust the musicians will remember that the role of the accompanist is to accompany, not to usurp. Grocery well bought for quality and cost enables Grays, of.' wtth to supply housewives m Milton wiin ingredients for cooking which ensure satisfaction and good health in the home... • ... Farmers are permitted to regardJbme off taken by employees between mUK ings as a half-holiday, the only condition being that it must be. with the approval of the worker. Advice to this effect was received from Dominion Sfrmai S? B. BWde) pointed or not to regard time-off between milkings as a half-holiday. That the next election would be perhaps the most, critical in the.history of New Zealand politics, that socialism was prepared to fight ruthlessly, foi absolute power, and that the National . Party must face up to battle, .were points emphasised in a speech made bj Mrs J. B Campbell to a meeting of women at Haumoana Hall, Hawke s Bay. Mrs Campbell will represent the women of the Waipawa electorate at a conference of the Wellington division of the National Party. “In such a struggle the. secret of success is confidence and this element cannot be over-emphasised,” said Mrs Campbell. Canister sets, cake cabinets, bread bins, etc., make charming gifts. Call and see our selection. We.are open until 9 o’clock to-night.—Dickinson s. Ltd., Princes street. Dunedin...

A Disraelian reference to a prominent Takapuna public man was by Mr H. M. Bouisson, one of the candidates contesting a seat on the Takapuna Borough Council on a dozens’ ticket, at a meeting at Bayswater recently. “ I ask you which you believe will handle the borougn affairs more efficiently—a body of men who have handled their own affairs successfully and are therefore capable of handling yours, or a sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity and gifted with an egotistical imagination that can at all times command a series of interminable and inconsistent arguments to malign his opponents to glorify himself.” After this impassioned peroration, spoken all in one breath, the candidate came up for air. In a weak moment he admitted that the quotation was from Disraeli. It is rarely that the words of a famous Prime Minister are used with such telling and devastating effect. It was at least three minutes before the laughter had died down and the candidate was able to proceed with his address. Have vou tried Hitchon’s pork saveloys pork sausages, or Oxford sausage (cooked) ? If your grocer can’t supply, ring our Dunedin branch (12-344), Milton (22)...