NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23707, 14 January 1939, Page 24

NEWS IN BRIEF

Yachtsmen and others cruising la the Northland coast are accustomed to seeing flying fish jumping from the water and sailing through the air for a few yards, and several visitors from Auckland recounted having encountered schools of the stranie creatures. Mr E. C. Fowler, on the launch Huawai, saw one such fish make an_ unusually long “ flight.” Leaping from the waves, it remained in the air and planed for fully 80 yards dpwn wind; “It was a beautiful sight,” Mr Fowlersaid. “The fish looked tor all the world like a toy biplane skimming the waves.” , , ~ ... 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... A framed enlargement of the playwright and author, Mr Bernard Shaw, has been presented to the Palmerston North Public Library by Mr H. B. Reid. Enclosed in the frame is a note from Mr Shaw to Mr Reid acknowledging the receipt of a copy of the_ same, photograph, which was taken m the city. It reads; “ Dear Mr Reid, —Many thanks for the excellent snapshot. I was unable to acknowledge it before I left. They worked me too hard. Now on the ship I have a moments leisure.—G. Bernard Shaw, R.M.S. Rangitane.” _ - , Tr Grandism (3700): The Grand Home Supply Store offers you the finest and largest stocks of quality Wines and Spirits in the Dominion... Victim of the Nazi Anschluss, Professor Franz Goldberger, a Vienne-e Jew, would like to live in Napier. That much he has indicated in a letter to the Mayor of Napier, Mr T. W. Hercock, in which he appeals for permission to enter New Zealand. Pro* fessor Goldberger, who until the Anschluss was a professor at a Viennese commercial academy, states in. the letter that he is anxious to secure employment in New Zealand, and that he would even accept manual worx if necessary. Mr Hercock has referred the request to the Minister of Internal Affairs, of which fact he has acquainted the professor. “Will you please accept my sympathy and that of all New Zealanders in your sad plight? ” Mr Hercock’s letter states. “ We shall be glad to welcome you if you do come over.” . . 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, and boots are available at this shoo.. A motor car with a trailer attached left Parapara road and rolled over a bank, falling 100 feet before coming to rest against some trees. There were four occupants of the car—Mr A. Pearson, Wanganui, his wife and son, and Mrs H. J. Margetts, of Christchurch. Mr Pearson, sen., received a broken collarbone and rib, Pearson abrasions and injuries. Both were conveyed to the Eaetihi Hospital. Mr Pearson’s son managed to open the door and jump clear as the, , car left the road, but the other occupants rolled with it to the bottom. » Mrs Margetts suffered only slight cuts from broken glass, but was severely bruised. The party was returning to Wanganui from a holiday tour. 1939 Bargains Bigger and Belter. 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. Cheytie and C 0... For 10 days in December the average temperature in Maitland, New South Wales, was 100 degrees in the shade, according to a statement made by Mr Gladstone Hill, formerly of Christchurch, on his return on a holiday visit to the Dominion. Mr Hill has been working in the Newcastle area, and said that the average temperature for December had been over 93 degrees. On December 28 the temperature had been 115 degrees, and there had been no adequate rainfall in the area for. 10 years. As a result the Hunter River had dried up for the first time in history. It came as something of a shock, added Mr • Hill, to return on a ship where the temperature was 55 degrees. Visitors to IJimecliti will find accommodation at Hotel Central 100 Princes street to their liking. A Hamilton resident spending the holidays in Raglan decided to effect some improvements to his seaside bach. During the operations he unearthed a bumble bees’ nest. The nest was lined with pieces of torn newspaper. The Hamiltonian was able '.to assemble enough pieces to recognise a portion of a three-year-old copy of the V aikatp TiirnSiS» What he described as the best schoolboy howler he had ever heard was recounted by Mr A. G. Lynn, a former teacher, at the Gorge Road School jubilee bcfnquet. Mr Lynn said that one day when he was teaching at Gorge Road he was instructing his pupils in Government affairs and he asked the question, What is, a limited monarchy? One little girl replied after due consideration; “A king who is married.”' Another school anecdote was told by Mr Lynn, It was this: A teacher wrote on the examination report of a little girl pupil: “A good worker; but talks too much. The teacher was confounded when the report came back, signed by the father, and including the words: “You should hear her mother.” m . Quality Coffee! The world’s best— Blue Mountain Jamaica freshly roasted and ground daily. Is only obtainable from A. Durie and coffee specialists, 32 Octagon. Dunedin.. . ' . , , During the year just ended the sun was observed on 170 days by Mr G. V. Hudson in Karori, and on none of these, occasions was the disc clear of spots. Two hundred and fifty-three distinct groups of sunspots were recorded, compared with 265 in 1937. When the spots are very numerous it is impossible for an amateur observer to identify the same group if it appears on sun s disc a second time. Sunspots change rapidly from day to day and, comparatively’speaking, few last more than a single rotation of the sun (approximately 26 days). Thus the chances of recording the same spot twice over are small. Great sunspots exceeding 100,000 miles in length, mostly visible to the naked eye through smoked glass, were observed on the following dates." -- January 15-17 (local observations incomplete, but stated by the Daily Telegraph, London, to have been one pi the largest’since 1875); May 22-29, July 15-18; October 9-15. The maximum sunspot phase, which was due in 193», has probably passed, and a moderate decline in solar, activity may be expected in 1939. The next minimum is not due till about 1944. . • Make good housekeeping easier. Call and get an estimate tor installing a modern stainless sink-bench. Made from silvery “ Monel Metal, this bench is stainless, rustproof, hygienic, and maintains its beauty indefinitely. Dickinson’s Ltd.. 441 Princes street, Dunedin... ' - The heavy patronage at the recent race meetings at Ellerslie caused an unexpected situation at the Auckland. Railway Station, where the ticket office ran short of tickets from Auckland to Green Lane, and was forced to borrow 1000 tickets from the Green Lane station for the use of people living in the suburb who travelled to the city by train. The demand was caused by people who travelled tc the races on an ordinary Green Lane ticket, getting off at the Green Lane station, the fare being 6d cheaper than the special race tlC After 10 trips around the world. Mr James Lobb, of Waitahuna and formerly of Southland, can well be termed a globe trotter. And now he is preparing to set out on his eleventh trip “ following the sun ” to spend winter in England and America. Bora in Cornwall, Mr Lobb had many friends in England before coming to New Zealand to take up farming. and has formed many more friendships there and in America, on his numerous trips, Mr Lobb. who is well known in South' land, will leave in March.^ The golfer wangles to ana fro. Trying to find his line; If he’d eat more Hitchon’s bacoa. He’d find it every time...