NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23883, 10 August 1939, Page 20

NEWS IN BRIEF

A " Hall of Shame " has been planned in Kansas City. USA., to reduce the number of motor accidents. If an accident results in serious injury or death, the motorists will be photographed with their victims, and the pictures hung in City; Hall, where they will be available to 'the public. 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. Cheyhe and C 0..- • :/ ' : , . White butterflies have already made their appearance in Auckland; to the annoyance of householders who remember the damage to vegetable gardens in the past few years. Due possibly to the recent spell of fipe weather, these butterflies have been ~ seen in various parts of the city and suburbs. Tremendous areas were being planted in pines trees in South Australia, said Mr M. A. Eliott,, at the Palmerston North Citizens' . Luncn Club. The gums were the predominant wood, and the pine wood, was required for box-making and the like. .South Australia was. incidentally, the home of the subterranean clover, considerable quantities of which were being imported into New Zealand. . Ex "Taranaki." A" full supply of our new season's Blue MounLain Jamaica—the world's finest coffee! Only obtainable from .■; A. Durie and Co.. coffee specialists. 32 Octagon. Dunedin...; Because the Defence Department could supply boots of size 6 only, and because a soldier, despite Napoleon's dictum, still marches on his feet, recruits who paraded at the Invercargill Drill Hall on Monday evening for a medical examination were not issued with any equipment. They were asked to narade in mufti in the meantime. As the average man takes boots of sizes 7 and 8. there were, many unsatisfied applicants for the military footwear among the 35 or 40 who came forward for examination. A cloudless blue sky. and crisp mountain sunshine greeted the large party of ski-ers and excursionists who spent the week-end at the Ball Hut, Snow conditions were excellent, arid .there was practically no wind. The visitors spent the morning on the Ball Glacier, many of them journeying as far. as the ice falls on the Caroline Glacier. In the afternoon the snow slopes in front of the Ball Glacier were availed of by a large number of ski-ers. . '' Grandism' (3892): It's a pleasure to us to.be of service- to you.—Grand home supply store. We deliver anywhere: no order too small or too large. Behind the pack of the Horowhenua primary school representative team which played against Manawatu at Palmerston North last Saturday -was a small Maori boy who seemed to; possess a good knowledge of. the game. Perhaps this should not have been any cause for surprise, seeing.that his, surname is Jacobs arid his father none other than the redoubtable, B. Jacobs, who had such a lengthy and distinguished career .as a Rueby football player in the years after ■- A great saving might .be effected for counties throughout' the- Dominion, if standard plans were prepared, for bridges ty the engineers in Wellingtori who specialised in bridge plans, said Cr P. Kidd at- a meeting of the Mackenzie County Council .recently. The matter was being attended to, said Cr C. J. Talbot, a member of; the Main Highways Board; arid last year arstart had been made on the preparation of standard,.plans.. • ,■"""•' Prompt attention and quick despatch is given, to all orders for either town or : country at Crossan's "Waterloo," Caversham. Assorted hampers a speciNo longer will the territorial wonder why, it is so hard'tb put on> puttees early in the morning: The old; familiar puttee has had its day.' Its Place:is to be taken by a neat webbing anklet. Supplies for the New Zealand Forces are expected from England shortly. In adopting this anklet, Dominion forces will fall in line with the.forces in England, where the new anklet has won popularity, for, the speed with which it is slipped on, and for.the protection and comfort it gives. Mounted troops will, of' course, retain. breeches and puttees. •.•>■'; -r, v.v: ,■■ .v';;,!^His 1 concern at the number of,-chil-dren, who came to the technical colleges arid left after only one year, there was expressed by Mr J: J. Hurley at a meeting of the Board of Governors of the Christchurch Technical College. He was discussing the report; of, Dr F. H. Spencer, ah investigator into; technical education for. the Carnegie. Corporation of New York: Mr West' said he would like to know why so many children left so soon. Dr D, E, Hansen, the. principal, said that this practice was evident in colleges T all* over; New Zealand, and also in London. ■ . • Have you seen, pur■•" three-in-orie " bins .C for sugar, flour, and bread? Painted to suit the colour scheme-of your' kitchen br' pantry. Moderately priced.—Dickinson's,: Ltd.,. 441; Princes street, Dunedin

Did :'.'the importation of Japanese onions •by the New Zealand Government have any bearing on the Tientsin situation? Possibly so, according to merchants who were consulted by Hie Government before the order was lodged. When the Anglo-Japanese tension i developed, it is stated., the Government, presumably to avoid indignation in the Dominion sought to; cancel the order. A peremptory oill from the Japanese Conf.ul followed and the deal was carried through. ;>; ■

. Hand-made nails 100 years/old - are being used in the construction of the Pioneer Hut in the women's, section at the New. Zealand Centennial, Exhibition. The hut will be the main feature of the North Island wometVs exhibit, and will be built in the form of a xpplica of an early settler's home about the 1840 period. A raupo roof and a backcloth scene of a sailing shin in the bav will Complete the atmosphere. Some of the nails are from the. Bay of Islands and some from Petone. and were used originally in early settlers' dwellings. . ... . V ~-.'. . Blasting operations in an adjoining quarry were described as the primr.ry cause of the death of several of thi more timid exhibits at the Auckland Zoological Park by the curator. Lieu-tenant-colonel E. R. Sawer, in his annual report to the Auckland City Council. " While deaths from all causes only totalled 19, the list of accidents was unfortunately enhanced by the establishment of a Public Works road metal quarry within 100 yards of. our southern boundary," Lieutenantcolonel Sawer stated. " Seekers after foot comfort , wiU find a wide variety of comfortable, attractive slippers at. Gray's Big Store. Milton... "There are more nice homes in 100 miles of. New Zealand countryside than in anv'looo miles across Canada or the United States," said a recent visitor to North America., referring.to his impressions of the farm homesteads he saw there. The average farmer there, he said, seemed to be working against far greater odds than any farmer in New Zealand, mainly because he had to farm much larger tracts of land to get a similar return.- Except for a few small isolated areas, the land was not °* good duality. '.\ •'-'■ •..■;•', ■...■•. ::■ '•:, "Though th< weather was ver v stormy the new ship gave: us all thO impression that she is to be the ideal tug for the port," said the chairman of the •Lyttelton Harbour Board (Mr F. E. Sutton), discussing the new : .tug Lyttelton 11, in his monthly report to the board, states the Press. "On the trial to the Heads she averaged 13,22 knots, and on return against the wind she averaged 13.82 knots, and her horsepower showed more than 1400. Seeing that she was ordered to be J2so<-h6rse-power, all must agree, that the result of these trials' was v.ery satisfactory, and I feel we should express our thanks to our engineer , and harbourmaster, and also to the. architects .and builders for their successful efforti iit designing and building this vessel." Hitchon's bacon, tip-top brand, Finest in this sunnv land; V. '"'^'•''■'•'.'• Sizzling hot from the frying pan. Makes you feel a jolly man...