NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23882, 9 August 1939, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

A Chinese student at the : University of ,Michigan, United States ,of America, who memorised phrases from an etiquette book, had his first opportunity to try them out at a reception given by an important personage. When a cup of tea was handed, to him, he solemnly responded' "Thank you, sir.or madam, as the case may be." ,

Ex "Taranaki." A fullsupply ol our new season's Blue Mountain Jamaica—the world's finest coffee! Only obtainable from A. Durie and Co.. .coffee specialists .12 Octagon. Dunedin..: • ■ • Some little reputation as a treeplanting suburb is being built up by the One Tree Hill Borough. Mr W. G.,.Mulholland mentioned at a meeting of the council that the ceremony arranged at Aratongp. avenue'was. only one Arbor Day event in,One Tree, Hill; " Yesterday a start was made with the planting of 1000 trees in Mount Smart Domain," he. said. " They are all native varieties, and should be in by the end of September." A novel way to ensure that her sijiall son is not late home for dinner is used to effect by a woman in Nebraska; United States of America. She sets the alarm op an alarm clock attached to the child's tricycle to the time when' he has to return home, and he is never late for his dinner.

Grandism (3891):. The best nightcap —Old London Dock Rum, from tropical Jamaica. It's better hot at bedtime: 12s bottle.;.

A record number of flying hours for one week.was completed by the Wellington Aero Club at Rongotai aerodrome last month. The total of 148 hours is the most flown in one week since the club was founded/ During July, club flying totalled 282 hours 35 minutes, which was an exceedingly high figure when'it is considered that there were 16 days lujsuitable for flying. " ;?■'■ - : j- ■-. ■'■:''■ : v -••"', "-.•

Tbe training of apprentices, at technical colleges in the employers';lime was advocated by Mr G. Simpson at a meeting of the Board of Governors' of the Christchurch Technical College last week. He was supported by:.Mr J. E. Jones,'who said that if the apprentices could come to the college fresh in the daytime, of at night, they would learn twice as much. He would like to see the college/induce employers to agree to this. . Prompt attention and quick despatch is given to all orders for either town or country at- Crossan's "Waterloo. Caversham. Assorted hampers a specialty..; , ~', '< .;.7\;\:- ■«..■ :-V#':7

An unusual gift was received by, the Minister, of Industries and Commerce (Mr D. G. Sullivan) at supper after the official opening of the New Zealand Industries: Fair. .It was a tall vase, in the form of an urn; .turned from a piece of, larch wood and highly polished. On it'Was the followirigTinscription: "Larch .grownvat Hanmer: presented to the'Hon. D.-G.Sullivan at the, Industries -Fair; 1939; by Pi G. Clements. Ltd." The. presentation was; mada by Mr Clements, yfhQ : . was thanked by the Minister in a short speech. ; Pigeons in large numbers, which appear to have made their home in the Christchurch Cathedral tower may be seen most mornings 'promenading on the gutterings: and r stpne, wpjAi-ot Jthe massive structure, or, circling and fluttering over the" Square. Probably the birds are /in some cases the offspring of carriers once employed by the newspapers to carry messages from outlying districts,' while . others ' possibly have been, blown from their course • while racing, and have sought temporary shelter, which, has proved too congenial to leave, - The new • regulation dust bin, strongly constructed from galvanised iron;,large size. 7s. smaller 6s; delivered city and suburbs—Dickinson's, Ltd.. 441 Princes street. Phone 1CMJ96...:••-

An unfortunate incident,■ ■ but by no means an uncommon one in these days of crowded roads,- enlivened a' Napier street -recently. The piercing horn o* a modern sedancar began to sound.' '..ltcontinued, nor did the efforts of tho owner have any effect. Idlers appeared in doorways' arid upon nearby street corners while ; the'horn howled on steadily.. No one seemed to know what to do, but the tension was relieved, by a mechanic from a nearby garage who arrived at the double and settled,toe matter in short order, whereupon peace once'more descended upon'the streel. The-fact that 26 out of 33 children voted in favour,. of silent', films.for school use caused- a good* deal •' of surprise among members of the Ashburton Borough School Committee last evening, when, the headmaster (Mr M. J. Leith) reported that, of instruction with both talking and silent films, the pupils preferred the latter, for educational purposes.. It was stated teat the children found the double concentration too great a strain, and that they considered films easier to follpw, if comments were made by the teacher who conducted the-lessons relating to the subject screened. -\ ■- : ;■ Seekers after foot comfPrt ■ wi.l find a wide variety of comfortable; attractive slippers at Gray's-Big Store. Milton... ' ■ ■■'■'■'■ vv' '£:(.■*<•?;.■;>

On his recent visit to India /M~ Bishop of vAotearoa, the Right ReV„ F. A. Bennett, was given sonje evidence corroborating in a rather. .rerharkab> way the belief of scientists that {no Polynesian peoples, including , tho Maoris, from ;Southern Asia. In a lecture : the bishop isaid that when he had, occasion tp.mention tho Arawa tribe he was told that there was a people of exactly the same name in India, and. he found later two other names of groups or. tribes very like those of two other tribes in the Bay of Plenty. A fewcomnion< nouns%in Maori also had Sanskrit equivalents in sound and meaning. . ■ ' One 6f the most interesting speeches which- has been the of the Timaru t Optimists' Club to. listen /to was given at, a recent meeting, when Mr W. E.. Mackay spoke on, the subject of "Chiropractic." /Mr Macjkay stated that th,e science of chiropractic was first, known: in the • days n of Hypocretes, but it was-not till 189 a that the present'era. Of this; particular science was started, when Mr D. G. Palmer, of the United States,', rediscovered it, and it was in* America that this particular method of .treatment had the strongest hold. -..1n/that ■country there was a special cpljege for those wishing to study,' and out of/the 50,000 practising cniropracters in the woi-ld, 45.000 oflhem were in America, and 2000 of them j in New York alone. The- speaker, dealt with tho methods used and the results obtained, and mentioned that diet was as important to real health as any. other factor v . '.-■ •• 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. Cheyne and C 0... ' "

Claiming to possess 10 acres of possibly the best potato-growing land in the world, a settler of the Pakowhai district, near Hastings, expects to raise an outstanding crop of pota- - toes this year. Eighteen months ago. he said, the piece of land, which is close to the Ngaruroro River, was covered with blackberry and tusspek, and early last year the blackberry was up to 6ft high. Then came the floods, which covered the area with a deep deposit of soil and silt. A few months ago he worked the land with a swamp tractor, which rooted up what, was left of the blackberry bushes,.and he was amazed at the depth of the new soil. He could get a furrow of 2ft without reaching the old level or . the land. His conviction that the land would produce an outstanding crop of potatoes followed the result -he had obtained from planting a small patch last spring. The crop was amazing, he said, some of the tubers being uu to 6in through. v 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) MiJton (22)... : ,-••- : "'Y- ■'■"'•;•/ -