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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23939, 14 October 1939, Page 20

NEWS IN BRIEF "It is just a quiet, shrewd way of wheeling a. wheelbarrow through the city by-laws," said Cr J. J. Scott, at the Wanganui City Council meeting recently, when an application lor a certain licence was being discussed. A clothes-line thief has been busy in East Invercargill lately, several housewives having lost clothing that was left out overnight. At one house in Islington street some curtains disappeared, and with them went the peg bag. Grandism (3947): Always remember it is quality and not price that makes the bargain. Shop at the Grand Hotel Home Supply Store... Compared with last season, the September intakes of the five dairy factories in the Winton district group— Awarua, Lochiel, Boggy Burn, Hokonui and Northope—increased by 24.788 per cent., 53,660 gallons of milk being received from 166 suppliers, as against 43,001 gallons from 138 in 1938. The wanton destruction of new fronds of some fine specimens ofpunga fern near the Park road and Godley road bus shelter at Titirangi, Auckland, has aroused annoyance amont* residents. Repeated cases of this action have been reported, and a close, watch is being kept by the honorary rangers of the district. - "I do not intend to do anything that will make or keep people in. a state of perpetual alarm, said the Mayor of Wanganui (Mr W. J. Rogers), reporting to the City Council that a set of the Government's up-to-date emergency regulations had been received and are now being studied by the council's officers. Make Labour Day one to be remembered. Visit the Spring Fair at the Barling's, Macandrew Bay... Approximately 125 tons of rubbish was collected during a " clean-up" week held in Devonport, Auckland, recently, this figure being in excess pf last year's collection. The borough engineer (Mr A. T. Griffiths), in a report, said it was evident that a considerable amount of repair work en roofs, down-piping and guttering had been carried out this year, judging by the amount of old material of "this class that had been received. Always a sight to attract attention are the ducklings which make their appearance on the Avon River, Christchurch, every year about this time. The first ducklings to be seen this year, following their mother upstream, were. noticed by the Worcester street bridge behind the Chamber of Commerce' building on Tuesday, and they attracted their full quota of spectators."', ".-, , | '••••••" Visitors tp Diinedin will find accommodation at Hotel Central, 100 Princes street, ;o their liking. A whale was seen by residents of Ahipara off the Ninety Mile Beach,' North Auckland, on a recent afternoon. The huge black shape was. seen moving across the bay a long way. out to sea, and was at first mistaken for a fishing .boat. The whale spent half . an-hour or more rolling about in the bay like a huge porpoise. After a while it twice leaped right out of the water and landed back again with tremendous force. It is a very rare sight to see a live whale so far north. "On a population basis, this Dominion has,the finest Air Force in the world," said Mr E. L. Culleh, MP., recently, when addressing representatives of the Maori people at Orhahu, Hawke's Bay, and outlining the defence measures that had been taken by the Government. He referred to the steps to expand the military forces in New Zealand, apd said that it was hoped that • before the end of the year, the military forces would hold similar preeminence. " ~' " .' --.''- Special showing of all new Goods in the showroom: Children's. Maids' and Ladies' Knitted Goods; y?inter Frocks, Hats and Coats. Call 'early, while the selection is here. Many goods we will be unable to replace.—Mosgiel's Drapers, A. F. Cfieyne and C 0,.. In tramless London streets, motor cars are parked in the centre, instead of the sides, accdrding to Mr R. J. Coates, of Christchurch, who has just returned from a trip abroad. This has .had a most' salutary effect upon traffic control, with a reduction of accidents. Mr Coates said that many benefits had been noted in various parts of Great Britain, and he thought the Dominion might well follow suit in 1 localities where the system could be introduced. Good, use of the gas rescue equipment bought a few months ago by the St. John Ambulance Association was made recently, when one of the'senior drivers was called to attend an employee of the Auckland Gas. Company, Limited, who had been overcome by gas fumes while working on a leaking main in Newton road. After treatment the man was taken to the casualty department of the Auckland Hospital and later he was able to go home. < Said McTavish to McNab: " Noo here's the Waterloo. Hae ye decided what ye'll hae? "It shudna' tak' ye lon' the n00!..' ■■■; / Whether the Automobile Association (Southland) should supply white paint to schools for the painting of rear mudguards for road safety purposes was debated by the general committee of the association recently. Those members opposed to the suggestion, which has apparently been adopted by some North Island associations, stated that the painting was compulsory for cyclists and was no legal concern of the . association, paint from which would be wasted by the tins being left open at the schools. The meetine finally decided to take no action. " New Zealanders are cannibals." How the German soldiers in the Great War must have shuddered at the prospect of falling into the hands of such an enemy. An Invercargill returned soldier wajs looking through his diary of war-time reminiscences recently, when he discovered the following interesting item:—" Extract from- routine orders, 'July 28, 1918; Pommier (France).—Prisoners taken by New Zealanders have been told not to allow themselves to be taken alive, as New Zealanders are cannibals. They were told they would be offered cigarettes and then eaten. They refused cigarettes offered to them on capture." Stocks of tinned and preserved fruits are still plentiful and cheap at Gray's Big Store, Milton... Better known to New Zealanders in Rugby football uniform, but now in a different role, A. E. (Bert) Cooke has gone into camp as a gunner attached to the 18th Anti-aircraft Battery. One of the most brilliant inside backs New Zealand has ever produced, Bert Cooke wore the All Black jersey in the years 1924-25-26-28-30. ' •■'• He then changed to the Rugby League code and reached the'highest honours in his new game before his retirement two seasons ago. Since then he had been active on the coaching side of the Rugby game. Lectures in driving motor vehicles for the benefit of women attached to the Auckland Red Cross and air raid precaution organisations have recently been organised by the Automobile Association (Auckland). The lectures have been well attended "and greatly appreciated. In spite of the possibility of the air raid precaution, organisation continued, according to a statement made by the president (Mr F. G. Farrell) at the annual meeting Of the association recently. The Empire is at war, and its people have been asked to carry out their daily routines as usual. This idea has been taken very much to heart by one irresponsible person in Invercargill who sees fit to take advantage of the free literature provided in the public library. Regularly, one Australian journal has been deprived of its page of recipes and, in spite of warning notices placed purposely on that particular page, the offender apparently\ still delights in mutilating the paper. Other such acts of vandalism, which amount to theft, have been reported by those in charge at the library. . Whichever walk in life you plan, Whichever course you're takin', Stick to your guns and be a.man,Sustained by Hitchon's bacon...-