NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23558, 22 July 1938, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

A highlight of the recent gales m Taranaki occurred when two sheds on the property of Mr R. E. Gilbert, Hurworth, commenced to play leapfrog. A new shed just completed at a cost of £IOO was lifted clean over an old shed near by and was then smashed to pieces against a power pole. The old shed was undamaged. A good story was told by Mr P. R. Draper at Mr F. L. Frost’s political meeting in New Plymouth last week. Mr Frost is at present a guest of Mr Draper and he was making an attempt to increase the vocabulary of a pet budgerigar and teach it some additional Labour slogans. After a line effort by the Labour candidate the only response from the bird was “Shut up that noise.” , x Come and see our show to-night. We are open till 9 o’clock Friday nights.— Scoullar and Chisholm, Limited... A Beckenham (Christchurch! gardener is very proud o i the fact that already spring flowers from his own garden are Brightening his sitting room. He states that even the heavy rain over the past fortnight failed to stop growth, and remarked that his jonquils had been blooming for a month past, well ahead of the ordinary time at which they make their appearance. The discovery of more native ovens in the vicinity of Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont has aroused keen interest and revived discussions which took place some years ago when an oven was discovered near Stratxord. when the road to the plateau was under construction, as to whether Maoris had been in occupation prior to the eruption. Grandism (3553): If you have not the force of character to make an enemy, you will never make a friend. Grand House Whisky, 125... Five small shops at Avondale (Auckland) were broken into last week, but all that was stolen was 2s in cash and a small quantity of confectionery. Three of the five shops had previously been entered a few days before, bm. on that occasion the thieves obtained less than a shilling in Coppers from a till. In each instance entry was forced by smashing a glass panel in the door and releasing the lock. Within the past week sneak-thieves have entered three suburban churches or the ministers’ houses and stolen small sums, either from boxes in the church porch or from drawers in the minister s desk. The members of the staff of a New Plymouth firm who annually created something in the nature of an onion pool by the ordering of plants from an outside district have this year established a record for their order. A list posted up upon which members of,the staff notified their requirements and a desire to come into the pool resulted in the placing of an order .for the 1 coming season for 26,750 plants. The Home Makers of Milton should call at Gray’s Big Store,,where furnishings are being offered at Special Sale Prices. Call or phone this week... Some amusement was aroused at a meeting of the Auckland Presbytery when arrangements for a Summer School of Theology, to be held at Mairangi Bay in September, were outlined by the Rev. W. R. Milne. The school would be open to ministers and borne missionaries from the Auckland, North Auckland, and South Auckland Presbyteries, Mr Milne said, and to keep the cost as low as possible, it was proposed that the cooking should be undertaken by the men in attendance. “I am sure,” Mr Milne added, amid laughter, “that those deputed will find plenty of opportunity for fruitful discussion.” Ex Doric Star, the first of our new season’s " Jamaica’’—the world’s finest coffee. Only from A. Jurie and Co., coffee specialists 32 Octagon. Dunedin. . - Ooen warfare has marked the recent relationship between the , white heron at Hokitika and a flock of seagulls ''which, up to the time of the heron’s arrival, had a monopoly of the paddocks used as feeding grounds. Twto seagulls viciously attacked the heron one morning last week, but the big bird was more than equal to the occasion and drove them off. The seagulls went away only to return with reinforcements, and the heron was unable to withstand the combined onslaughtAt the moment the gulls have _ undisputed possession of the feeding grounds, and they should hold them by force of numbers. f If you find any difficulty in arranging your orders for wedding supplies, just entrust your orders to W. Crossari, Waterloo, Caversham... . ... A remark on Government majorities by Professor Boris G. Alexander, manager of the touring American negro debating team, caused laughter .at the Christchurch Businessmen’s Club luncheon last week. Referring to the Democrat Party in the United States, he said that “an unwieldy majority tends to go to sleep on the job.” Seeing that this was taken to apply to the New Zealand Government, he added: “ What I am saying is exclusively about the United States. But there was more laughter. New Zealand returned soldiers who during the Great War were nursed'm the Mount Felix and subsidiary , hospitals of Walton-on-Thames, England, will be interested to read that a consignment of New Zealand trees has recently been purchased from a New Plymouth horticulturist to be planted in New Zealand avenue in Walton. The avenue was officially opened m November, 1035, and has been so named to commemorate the close association of the Dominion of New Zealand and the town of Walton-on-Thames. Some 20,000 sick and wounded New Zealand troops were nursed in these hospitals. Turnbull’s Sample Room, Middlemarch, Monday. 25th, Tues., 26th, Wed., 27th July. Winter sale in full swing. Bargains for all. Your inspection invited.—A. F. Cheyne and Co., the Mosgiel warehouse... The use of water-curtains as a fireprevention measure in the Centennial Exhibition buildings was discussed recently at a meeting of the Wellington Fire Board. The superintendent, Mr C. A. Woolley, said that the concrete dividing walls originally provided for in the buildings had been eliminated. His plan was to constitute water-cur-tains—sprays of water from perforated pipes. These would be controlled by a special staff of men on duty all the time, who could set the sprays in operation by the throwing of a lever. The curtains could be made self-opera-tive on the sprinkler principle. when they were turned on, the fire would be isolated in one section of the building. even in a high wind. sixinch mains would lead into the grounds. It was decided that representatives of underwriters concerned should confer with Mr Woolley and the Exhibition architect, Mr E. Anscombe, on fireprevention measures. 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... “I never realised before the great size of the United States of America” writes Mr J, Johnson, staff-tutor for the Workers’ Educational Association, in an article on his trip to the United States last year. “ You travel all night in a train and you are still in New York State. The regions of the middle, the west, and the east there are almost three distinct countries, as well as the south; and each of the 48 States has its own elected Governor and two houses of Parliament, and its system of education. I was amazed that the union Should have as much strength as it has, or the poor President any power. But he has. He talks often over the air, very eloquently and ably and courageously, and everyone listens-in to him. We came away with the idea that F. D. Roosevelt was probably one of the world’s great men of to-day, the * leader of world democracy,’ a German refugee called him. And he is undoubtedly the greatest force in adult education in the United States of America, as he makes the people think.” 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 (22)...