NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23704, 11 January 1939, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

An unusual method was employed by a traffic officer to avoid congestion of traffic at the scene of a collision between a motor car and a lorry on the Great South road near Pokeno, Auckland. After repeatedly informing passing motorists that their help would not be needed, he chalked a notice, “No one hurt” on the back of the damaged car. The device had the desired effect, and the officer was able to continue his work without interruption. Single opossums have been seen fairly frequently in the Fendalton district in the vicinity of the River Avon (says the Christchurch Star-Sun), but a motorist returning home early one morning saw the unusual sight of an opossum crossing the road near the Millbrook Reserve carrying a young opossum on her back. 1939 Bargains Bigger and Better. It s frock week. See special window displays. Ladies’ frocks from 3s lid up. Every frock reduced. Call early while the selection is good.—Mosgiel’s Drapers. A. F. Cheyne and C0...' • Aquaplaning has enjoyed a great vogue in many countries in the world and has been popular in New Zealand. The other day two young, men at North Beach, Christchurch, were apparently enjoying themselves at a similar sport without the aid of a motor boat. They threw their surfboards along the beach in about two inches of water and then jumped on the boards to give them extra momentum. They did not go very far each time, but their novel sport looked as if it might be very dangerous. Quality Goffeel The world’s best— Blue Mountain Jamaica freshly roasted and ground daily, is only obtainable from A. Durie and Co., coffee specialists, 32 Octagon. Dunedin... When the Akaroa County Council received notice from the.. North Canterbury Hospital Board that: a loaff of £67,000 was being raised for additions to the Nurses’ Home, Mr C. B. Thacker, county chairman, remarked that in Ireland they raised all money for hospitals. by State lotteries (says the Akaroa Mail). The Government in New Zealand allowed the national art union, but he considered it should extend this to State lotteries and devote the profits to maintenance of hospitals, as this was done in many other countries now. Much money : left the Dominion for investment in lotteries in other countries. The other members of the council supported the chairman in his views. . ' ... The new regulation dust bin, strongly constructed from galvanised iron; large size 7s, smaller 6s, delivered city and suburbs.—Dickinsons, Ltd., 441 Princes street. Phone 10-096... A shark swimming in the Hokianga Harbour, in the vicinity of Opohui, caused something of a sensation among holiday-makers one day last week. It was first seen at Omapere, where a bather made a, hurried exit from the surf as the creature snapped at his heels. The fish, about eight feet long, then cruised around the Opononi wharf, ups.etting the equilibrium of large numbers of swimmers. > . i There is no fuss about the hospitality tendered at Crossan’s “Waterloo.’’ The best of drinks are always obtainable there, and many appreciate this fact... The success of Sydney’s attention tc> the provision of playgrounds for chil* dren in preventing juvenile crime was referred to by a former Lord Mayor 01. Sydney. Alderman E. S. Marks, who arrived in Auckland by the cruise ship Narkunrla. Sydney, he said, was spending about £20,000 a year on childrens playgrounds and already 5000 children were being taught arts and crafts and! nil sorts of sports and games at the playgrounds, each of which was in the charge of two men and two women experts. A striking tribute to the movement, said Mr Marks, came recently from a judge of the Childrens Court, who said that in the past year not one case had been brought before the court from one of the poorer waterfront districts where playground activities were carried out. Grandism (3697): Lofty, spacious, well-stocked bars at the Grand Hotel, where the customer gets only the finest quality Wines and Spirits... • After breaking away from her mooring at Cornwallis on Christmas Eve, the 14ft yacht Sea Nymph, owned by Mr A. Ballard, of Qnehunga, Auckland, was found on New Years Eve a total wreck on the rocks about a mue outside the Manukau Heads (states the New Zealand Herald). The yacht disappeared during the night in heavy weather and apparently drifted out or the harbour. Mr Ballard, who is a member of the Manukau Yacht and Motor Boat Club, searched the harbour during the week without success. The boat was found outside the heads by a farmer whose property runs down to-the water’s edge. Mr Ballard went but in a launch on. New Year s Day to inspect the wreckage, but did not consider it worth salvaging. The yacht was raced by Mr Ballard on the Manukau Harbour with some success. _ Holiday makers when in the vicinity of Milton will find Gray’s Big Store a good place to replenish stocks. -Well bought grocery, hardware,; drapery, arid boots are available at this sbopnrr When a child’s beach ball, left unattended for a few minutes on the shore at Cheltenham. Auckland, on a recent afternoon, was blown into deep water and drifted on the ebb tide towards the channel, its three-yesuvold owner suffered the pangs of a first bereavement. The crowd on the beach became interested when a powerful swimmer set off after the ball, but it, was skimming over the waves at such a pace that he had to give up the chase and turn back empty-handed. The position seemed hopeless when a 221 t yacht, with all sails set. swept round North Head and altered course to rescue the derelict. The ball-was scooped out of the water by one of the crew, and the yacht tacked smartly for the run in to the beach, where a hefty kick landed the ball back in the arms of its owner again. Once again the sun shone brightly for the three-year-Old. Have you -tried Hitchon’s pork sausages, pork saveloys or Oxford sausage (cooked)? If your grocer can’t supply, ring our Dunedin branch (12-344), Milton (22)...