NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23887, 15 August 1939, Page 18

NEWS IN BRIEF

Five unattended sheep, walking to .a straight line along Railway road. Hastings, attracted the attention yox passers-by one morning last week. Although there was no drover m sight, the sheep appeared to have some destination, and were moving at a fairly '°Pupils of the Stockton Mines School, WestDort. who will visit Christchurch this week for the New Zealand Industries Fair, will fly over Christchurch. An inspection of the Wigram aerodrome has been arranged by the Canterbury Aero Club 'for the children, and the club has arranged special free flights for Thursday. -'. - •*. -.- Ex " Taranaki." A full, supply Of our new season's Blue Mountain Jamaica—the world's.finest coffee! Only obtainable from •A. Durie and Co.. coffee specialists. 32 Octagon. Dunedin... Trees blossoming in several Parti of Christchurch are already indicating the approach of spring. On the banks of the Heathcote at Cashmere prunus trees are making-a-fine showing, alongside hollies still bearing their red berries, traditional sign of winter. In the pjot by the Bank of New Zealand corner crocuses ara providing a dash of colour. • ' , .' '■;.■• One of the biggest laughs ■at the performance of "The Wishing Well" in Hamilton last week was caused by an unrehearsed incident. One of the principals, playing the villain-of..the* niece,' wore a long black moustache, half of which suddenly dropped off during. one of the most exciting speeches. - Performers and audience Were convulsed., ." • ."'-.■' by far. Old London Dock No. 1 Jamaica Rum'■•(■No.-1)-' from sunny Jamaica; sold in five sizes. 2s to 125... "You can imagine my surprise to be sitting in theatres where full justice was being, done by smokers to pipes and cigarettes during pictures and a play. It was the first tiniel had seen it in my life," commented Mr H. J. Lancaster, of Glen Oroua,' to a Palmerstdn North reporter, when he said this had been his experience at. Tarnworth; arid Brisbane during, his recent visit to Australia.

"The forces with which cars.come into impact in a collision are astonishing, even at five miles an hour. ;Most people do not. realise the extent of : its" remarked Mr Justice Blair; in -the Supreme Court. Hamilton, when stating that :he had made a "particular hobby of assessing forces of impact. " Verv little indication of speed can be secured from the way the vehicles are snsashed. That is a fallacious idea"." Prompt attention and quick despatch is given to all orders for either town or country at Crdssan's "Waterloo," Caversham Assorted hampers a specialty...-' ' .;•. >;-;•- ■ -.-., ,„"•:,'■ Although this is the age of ; mechanisation, the horse is not yet "extinct" in the streets of even such a-large metropolis as Sydney, according to. Mr H. J. Lancaster, of Gl«n Oroua/Manawatu, whc has returned from a -visit to Australia/ He .said he had been somewhat surprised to see the, number of horse-drawn vehicles still in use there, particularly for bread arid, milk deliveries, and that the patient equine was still p useful element in Sydney's business life.

The .Napier Aerc Club took delivery last week at jts embankment aerodrome workshop of the Kirby Tutor intermediate sailplane, which the club acquired from Britain at a cost of just over £90.. The machine is semi-con-structed, arid the finished'parts reveal a good- standard of. workmanship. As soon as the clUb members have finished covering the new wings of their. Waco glider they will start work..'•' on the more advanced craft. Make your work lighter -have your blunt tools sharpened by •'our experts. Saws, scissors, mowers our speciality. Satisfaction assured.—Dickinson's, Ltd., 441 Trinces street: Dunedin,.. .

To all but three persons an incident which occurred in. the Wellington Town Hall last week in the course of a .boxing tournament .was amusing, to say the least., The men who were not amused were the two timekeepers and the gentleman whose duty it was to sound the gong. What caused the three discomfort, and many others, much amusement, was the action, of an impetuous second in one corner who inadvertently knocked the contents of a pail of -water over them. Towels not being available, handkerchiefs were used for drying purposes. Thpugh some sightseers may regret that the melting of the snow on'the Rimutakas has,deprived them of a local attraction, there wer i two persons who were thankful'; for its rabsence, when recently they Were • forced •"< to spend the night in the open-ion the Rimutaka- Hill. Earlier in the evening, with the hope of reaching Pahia•tua before midnight, they had left'Wellington on motor "cycles; one of which was a machine of doubtful* quality. While traversing the Rimutaka;hill.the collapse of! a wheel, brought the l rider to the ground, and the journey to a halt.-The two youths were obliged to sleep on the roadside for the remainder of the night. In the morning the machine v was temporarily repaired at a nearby farm and the journey continued without further mishap. Seekers" after foot comfort -will find a wide variety of comfortable, attractive slippers at Gray's Big. Store. Milton.... i

• " There is one literally .iruitful form of co-operation in which teachers can play an active part, without too much individual effort," states National Education, the official organ iof the New Zealand Educational Institute. "If the occupants of teachers' residences would plant one or more fruit trees in the teachers', garden from time to time, it would not be many years before all those living in schoolhouses would be provided with ari ample supply of fruit in season. Many have already planted on their own initiative."- ' : • - ''•■';'■'. ■ ■ v ':;-,.>.:-. --;." -,U.:;•■■

■ Negotiations between the dairy company; supplying milk to the Putaruru District High School and the School Committee, with reference to the washing of used bottles, have reached a deadlock. .The company suggested that if the children filed past a tap it would be little hardship for each'to have to wash his own bottle. MrR. 1 G. Hutton, headmaster, and members of the'committee considered the time taken for 280. children to march past a given spot would be unwarranted. The committee had therefore decided to send the bottles back unwashed, expressing the view ithat it was the dairy company's responsibility. Stocktaking bargains you cannot afford to,miss. ' See them at Turnbull's Sample Room, Middlemarch— Mon., 14th; Tues., 15th; Wed., 16th. Mosgiel's drapers will be there.—A. F. Cheyne and C 0... , Hockey sticks for schoolboys are now' unobtainable, and the Canterbury Hockey Association is becoming concerned, especially sin"e there were 11 more school teams playing, this year than there were .last year. It was reported to the Management Committee that the practice, of giving sticks as trophies to members of teams winning competitions would have to stop, because ; sticks could not be obtained. Hockey sticks cannot be made locally, and normally supplies come from India. \ "■ /...:, : V.;. ~'] /,-

The masters of a certain. Hawke's Bay school for boys entertained-guests with a : good story against themselves during.supper at a function held at the institution recently. A Maori boy' who was a boarder at the school was assigned the daily task, of feeding.the pigs. -He did this work ; cheerfully and efficiently, but eventually, tired of swine husbandry, he asked to be allotted another task. He was • told that if he chose he could assist in waiting on the staff tables at meal time. When he courteously declined and was asked for ah explanation, he astonished his mentors by replying, "By Criky; no, that's too' much' like' the other job." Now every day" I always look '■.}:■• .. At the last page in the Times; ( i Hitchon's bacon still holds its qw», And brings in all the dimes...