NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23809, 16 May 1939, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

In Russia when he was doing mission work everyone called him colonel and no reverend, said Colonel F. J. Miles in an address in New Plymouth recently. This was because they knew a kernel was a bit of a nut. A Te Puke farmer. Mr H. D, Day, had the misfortune recently to lose 11 cows of his dairy herd, the beasts dying of poisoning. A veterinary who examined the animals was unable to establish the cause of death, but an English shrub which is growing on the farm is suspected. Just before the hearing of criminal Special showing of all new Autumn and Winter Goods in the showroom: Children’s. Maids’ and Ladies’ Knitted Goods. Winter Frocks. Hats and Coats. Call early while the selection is here. Many goods we will be unable to replace.—Mosgiel’s Drapers. A. F. Cheyna and Co.. , , cases began in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court recently a group of about 30 young men, all of substantial build, filed into the public portion at the rear of the court and arranged themselves along the railing. They were recruits from the police training dspo-, Wellington South, and had bee:r brought in to get some idea of couiC procedure. Describing a visit to the Tuia Power Station in the course of his address to the Hastings Rotary Club recently, Mr S. Ashcroft mentioned the fact that pipe lines to the established power station had been riveted, whereas those laid for the new station in process ' of construction were electrically welded. The Public Works Depar.ment had effected a saving of £5003 as compared with the original cost, by using this more modern method. Buyers in the Milton district will find Gray’s well stocked with the newest styles for winter wear. The inner and outer man is well catered for at the Big Store... The moa’s egg recovered from the swamp at Waikari and pieced together by Mr E. F. Stead, is now on exhibition at the Canterbury Museum, and is attracting a great deal of attention. This is the only moa’s egg in the possession of the Museum, the other specimens being merely casts. “If we are going to cure these difficulties that arise on the road the fines in future will have to be £5,” said Mr F. H. Levien. S.M., in the Waiuku Police Court recently in imposing a fine of £2 and costs on a negligent driving charge. The case was one in which the defendant admitted driving on the wrong side of the road and colliding with another car. “ The. other man had no possible chance to avoid the collision,” added Mr Levien. “There are a great number of selfish drivers on the road.” Quality Coffee! 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...

Few people realise that in the early history of New Zealand notes were issued for very small denominations during a currency shortage. There were notes for a penny, twopence, threepence and sixpence. These interesting notes, printed on small slips of white paper, are included in the exhibits lent by the Nelson Museum to the Canterbury Museum and which have been on display recently. The opinion that farmers’ utilitytrucks should be placed in a separate classification as far as registration was concerned was expressed by Cr O'. W. Gibson at a recent meeting of the Inglewood County Council. H 5 held that under the pressnt method of classifying farmers’ trucks as traae motors farmers were being penalised in the matter of third-party insurance. Farmers’ lorries, he submitted, did not use the toads to anything like the same extent as trade lorries, and yet they had to pay the same insurance. In many cases, too, the farmers’ utility lorry took the place of a motor car, and Cr Gibson submitted that they should only pgy the same third-party insurance. , , Grandism (3819): Buy on value, not on price; Grand House Whisky 12s, Cognac 12s, Dry Gin 11s 6d. —Grand Hotel Home Supply Store... "The solution of the present International unrest in my opinion,” commented Major-general Sir Andrew Russell, when speaking in Hamilton recently, “lies in a return to the teachings of the Bible, a solution of the economic problem and, for New, Zealanders, the defence of this country M “‘When I saw that the Government were not going to allow the importation of steel into New Zealand for building purposes my first I thought, said a member at a recent meeting of the council of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce, “was good-bye to New Plymouth’s new post office —at least for a good while.” Conscription of wealth first and men. afterwards was all right as an ideal, said Colonel H. E. Barrowclough, speaking at the Auckland Town Hall recently, but was it practicable from one point of view at least? If a man got his hands on a £1 note he did not need to be trained to spend it. He knew. But a man joining the Territorial Forces had to be trained, tie did not know the work of soldiering by instinct. That was particularly so if the man was to become a leader. Make your work lighter-have your blunt tools sharpened by our experts. Saws, scissors, mowers,our speciality. Satisfaction assured.—Dickinson s. Ltd., 441 Princes street, Dunedin... Interest was given the voyage of the British steamer City of Kimberley from New York to Auckland by the decision last month to move portion of the United States Pacific Fleet from Hampton Roads to the Pacific Coast with the utmost despatch. Part of the fleet was at Hampton Roads during a call by the steamer, which arrived at Auckland recently, and while the ship was at sea numerous wireless messages recalling shore parses were received. The City of Kimberley, with the California Star, which arrived a few days before, passed through the Panama Canal ahead of the fleet, but other ships in the New Zealand service were held back in order to give the warships right of way. No one has ever felt hampered with a “ Waterloo ” hamper. Crossan s “ Waterloo ” hampers are never in the way... A new “smithy” has been provided for the Wellington City Corporation blacksmiths at the Clyde Quay yards, and the days of the old rusty corrugated iron shack which has done duty for 40 years are numbered. The new blacksmith’s shop is now under the roof of the latest addition to the colony of buildings erected immediately to the south of the destructor. Instead of the old hand bellows there are three electric forges called downward-draught harths. manufactured in Birmingham. The downward-draught principle involves a set of fans which draw the fumes from above the fire down a nue and underground to a chimney stack, where another fan helps the fumes to get away. Similar hearths are in use in the tramways workshops at Lyall Bay. Residents in a quiet Auckland suburban street had their curiosity aroused one evening recently. From the kitchen of one home strange sounds were issuing, sounds suggestive of an entire regiment at drill. “ Company—shun! Comuany, slope—arrms! Ordah —arrms! Present—arrms! ” Staccato orders were accompanied by much clicking and shuffling 0 f feet, but after about 10 minutes of this there came the order, “Company, slope—arrms!’ then a crash and the kitchen was plunged into darkness. The explanation was very simple. One lad, who recently joined the Territorials, had persuaded a friend to give him instruction in elementary drill, a broom serving as a rifle. All had gone well until thl broom shattered the electric light fittings. The students last week were frisky. And well they ought to be. Breakfast and lunch of Hitchoai ham. A.nd Hitchon’s again for tea...